Winners of New York Independent Cinema Awards were announced today by the members of jury and the programmers of the festival. The artistic director of the festival spoke briefly about the great talents involved in the latest edition as official selections. It is our pleasure at the New York Arts & Cinema magazine to announce the winners of the latest monthly edition of the festival.

Best Narrative Feature:
The Land
Director: Ingvar Kenne
Best U.S. Narrative Feature:
Unspoken
Director: Daryl Denner
Best U.S. Narrative Short:
The Wasteland
Director: Yuchi Tian
Best International Narrative Short:
Director: Kristian Solin
Best Feature Documentary:
Naveed
Director: Mike Keenan
Best International Short Documentary:
Director: Amit Rai
Best U.S. Short Documentary
Fear and Desire: The life and death of Richard Hofmann
Director : David Ambrose
Best Script:
Writers: Darren Stokes, Matthew Bancroft
Best Animation & Best Director:
Directors: Raúl Koler, Emiliano Sette
Best Producers:
The Land
Producers: Ingvar Kenne, Steve Rodgers, Cameron Stewart
Best Cinematography & Best Edit:
The Wasteland
DOP: Ilya Chegodar
Editor: Evabuko
Best Actress & Best Female Director:
Night Rain
Director & Actress: JEANNE MARIE SPICUZZA
Best Actor:
Jonathan Weirich for Unspoken
Best Composer:
Tim Janssens for Christian Moullec: Flying with Birds
Best Comedy:
Director: Harold Eric
Best Experimental:
Director: Jieun Lee
Best Science Fiction:
The Adventures of the Gray Hat Hacker
Director: Beau Garner
Best Horror:
Director: Steven DeRock
Best Music Video:
Director: MAÏLIS
Best Trailer:
Street Wanderer
Directors: Silvia Le Brun and Omar Hechtenkopf
Best Student Film: A Call Above the Clouds Director: Leeni Linna
Best Unproduced Screenplay:
Put a Price on Emotion
Writer: GIUSEPPE DE VUONO
Best Series:
Big Time
Director: Rob Margolies
Honorable Mention Series:
My Life as a Doormat
Director: Anthony Robert Grasso