
The winners of NY Independent Cinema Awards have been announced through the members of jury assigned to various sections of the competition on June 6th, 2021. Independent cinema and film industry has been affected by the pandemic and it is important how virtual festivals such as NY Independent Cinema Awards are continuing to recognize, promote and award indie film projects and artists from all over the globe. It is our pleasure to announce the latest winners of NY Independent Cinema Awards.

Mena Suvari and Ben Begley in Fourth Grade
Best Narrative Feature:
Fourth Grade
Director: Marcelo Galvao
Best International Narrative Feature:
The Insurer
Director: Antoine vans
Best U.S. Narrative Short:
KANDI KIDS
Director: Sandu Negrea
Best International Narrative Short:
Restless
Director: Asger Krøjer Kallesøe
Best U.S. Documentary Feature:
The Race To Save The World
Director: Joe Gantz
Best U.S Documentary Short:
Fright Nights
Director: Alexander Henninger
Best International Documentary Feature:
The Blinding Sea
Director: George Tombs
Best International Documentary Short:
Fashion victims
Director: Alessandro Brasile
Best Script:
AMERICAN’T
Written by: Erick Geovanny Balderas Ortiz
Best Unproduced Script:
Writer: Karl Ryan Erikson
Best Director:
Goodbye to Yesterday
Director: Chae Talley
Best Producer:
AMERICAN’T
Producers: Patricia Chavez Pichardo
Erick Geovanny Balderas Ortiz
Best Cinematographer:
The Toymaker
DOP: Dylan J. Tollefson
Best Actress:
Sarah Boberg
for: Restless
Best Actor:
Andy Cohen
for: Goodbye to Yesterday
Best Composer:
The Sky Grey (Boredom) as a part of Alphabet Book on Human Conditions
Best Editor:
The Race To Save The World
Editor: David Gantz
Best Animation:
The Passerby
Director: Pieter Coudyzer
Best Comedy:
The Gone Boy
Director: Eva Eisner
Best Experimental:
LAST DANCE
Director: Songhuan Li
Best Science Fiction:
LUNA-TIC
Maria Brenda, Binjal Patel- Co-director
Best Music Video:
ORNETTE - Sometimes I Feel
Director: Bettina Kee
Best Trailer:
KANDI KIDS
Director: Sandu Negrea
Best Student Film:
The Toymaker
Director: John R. Caccamo
Best TV Series-Web-Pilot:
Recipes For Love - Episode 1 "Brownie Points"
Director: Danny Donnelly
Best Youth Actress:
A Better Balimore
Jael Toppin
Best Youth Actor:
An American Childhood
Elohim NycaLove
Best Female Director:
Sisters
Director: Sophia Paulmier
Best Independent Film:
Penitent
Director: Martin Webster
Best Unproduced Screenplay:
Black and White
Writer : Benjamin Burgess Jr.