Filmmaker Reviews

Best Animation IDY

“The Boisterous Bird and the Four Legged Pair”

IDY Award Winner for Best New Media

“Civil Disobedience Series”

Vanguard New Media Awards (TIE)

“Jeff Hilliard- “Silicone Wave” (TIE) &

Sarah Hanner music video “Alexandra” (TIE)

Golden Era Humanitarian Film Award for a Documentary 

“The Art of Catastrophe” 

Golden Era Humanitarian Film Award for a Narrative Film

“Covid 19 Sins & Virtues”

Roger Taylor Award for Best Original Score in a Short Film

Spell It Out In Neon

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Original Musical Score for a Short Film

Time and Tide: A Trilogy

Roger Taylor Award for Best Original Score for a Featurette

“Rogue: The Western”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement Original Musical Score for a Featurette

“The Swimmer”

Roger Taylor Award for Best Original Score for a Feature Film

“Neon Bleed”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement - Original Musical Score for a Feature Film

“Broome Street”

Mary Austin Award for Excellence in Screenwriting

Jillie Simo and Ange Arabatzsis 

“A Chance”

Mary Austin Award for Excellence in Producing

Claire Wiley

“Reverie”

Mary Austin Award for Excellence in Directing 

Stephanie McBain 

“Hashtag Blessed The Movie”

Juan Anchia Award for Best Cinematography for a Short Film

Ellie Ann Fenton

“We All Die Alone” 

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Cinematography for a Short 

Deangelo Harding

“Danny Boy” 

Juan Ruiz Anchia Award for Best Cinematography for a Featurette

Richard Satoru

“Rogue: The Western”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Cinematography for a Featurette

Senda Bonnet

“The Weight of Perfection”

Juan Ruiz Anchia Award for Best Cinematography for a Feature Film

Ariel Artur

“2.0 Lucy”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Cinematography for a Feature Film

Christopher Schwab

“Heretic”

IDY Award for Best Screenplay for a short film

Judy Chaikin

“The Audition”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Screenwriting for a Short Film

Gerald Webb

“$tack$”

IDY Award for Best Screenplay for a Featurette

Leanne Melissa Bishop and Anabelle Munro

“The Weight Of Perfection”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in screenwriting for a Featurette

Carly Miller

“Rogue: A Western”

IDY Award for Best Screenplay for a Feature Film

Dalea Faulkner

“Hashtag Blessed The Movie” 

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement in Screenwriting for a Feature Film

Chris Schwab

“HERETIC”

IDY Award for Best Documentary Short Film or Featurette

“The Year of Haydn. Covid Can’t Stop The Music”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Documentary Short 

Film or Featurette

“REVERIE”

Idy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature

“The Sound of Us”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement Documentary Feature 

“A Crack In The Mountain”

IDY Award for Best Performance by a Child Actor 

Katie Minter

“Dog Star” 

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Excellence in Acting by a Child Actor

Darby Camp

“3:35 To Boston”

IDY Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Short Film

“$tack$”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement by an Ensemble Cast in a Short Film

“Spell It Out In Neon”

IDY Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Featurette

“No Reception”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement by an Ensembles Cast in a Featurette

“Easy Said Up High”

IDY Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film

“Neon Bleed”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement by an Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film

“Covid 19 Sins and Virtues”

IDY Award for Best Supporting Actor In a Feature Film Dwayne Whitaker

“Edge Of Town”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Nicolas Heard

“Hashtag Blessed The Movie”

IDY Award for Best Supporting Actress

Giovanna Andolina

“Neon Bleed”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement by a Supporting Actress Harmony Smith

“Heretic”

IDY Award for Best Actor in a short film

Roberto Sanchez

“Just A Man And A Woman”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement by an Actor in a Short Film

Mark Christopher

“$tack$”

IDY Award for Best Actor in a Featurette

Bambadjan Bamba

“Wasted Seed”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement by an Actor in a Featurette

Marvin Glover

“The Weight Of Perfection”

IDY Award for Best Actor in a Feature Film 

Hugh McCrae, Jr.

“Human Resources”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement by an Actor in a Feature Film

Jeff Staron

“Broome Street”

IDY Award For Best Actress In A Short Film

Chuti Tiu

“Just A Man And A Woman”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement by an Actress in a Short Film

Kathleen Quinlan

“The Fixer Upper”

IDY Award Winner For Best Actress in a Featurette

Oyemen Ehikhamhen

“Rogue: The Western”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement by an Actress in a Featurette 

Helen Kennedy Turner

“Wasted Seed”

IDY Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film

Marlene Mc’Cohen

“Heretic”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement by an Actress in a Feature Film

Zikhona Bali

“Thando”

IDY Award for Best Director Documentary Featurette or Short

Nicole Bowers Wallace

“The Year of Hayden. Covid Can’t Stop The Music”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Directing a Documentary Featurette or Short

Claire Wiley

“Reverie”

IDY Award Winner for Best Director of a Documentary Feature Film

Chris Gero

“The Sound Of Us”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement by the Director of a Documentary Feature

Alastair Evans

“A Crack In The Mountain”

IDY Award for Best Director Short Film

Oscar Torre

“Just A Man and a Woman”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Short Film

Gerald Webb

“$tack$”

IDY Award Winner for Best Director of a Featurette

Carly Miller

”Rogue: The Western”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Directing a Featurette

Leanne Melissa Bishop and Anabelle Munro

“The Weight Of Perfection”

IDY Award for Best Director Feature Film 

Kagiso Modupe

“Thando”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement by a Director of a Feature Film

Thabo Khambule

“Margarine”

IDY Award for Best International Short Film

“Time and Tide, A Trilogy”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in Short Films

“Shortcuts”

IDY Award for Best International Featurette

“Time And Tide”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement for an International Featurette

“The Other One” 

IDY Award Winner for Best International Feature Film 

“Margarine”

Vanguard Award for Cinematic Achievement in an International Feature Film 

“2.0 Lucy”

IDY Best Short Film

“Just A Man And A Woman”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement Short Film

“$tack$”

IDY Award for Best Featurette

“The Weight Of Perfection”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement Featurette

“Rogue: The Western”

IDY Award for Best Feature Film

“Thando”

Vanguard Award For Cinematic Achievement Feature Film

“Neon Bleed” 

Festival Producers Trophy

“Reverie”

Festival Director’s Choice Trophy

“Rogue: The Western” 

Best of Festival

“THANDO”

Indie Spirit Award Winners

Pulp Friction

I’m An Electric Lampshade

Don’t Try This At Home

The Elsewhere

Private Insanities

Halloween Obsessed: The Misconception of Witches

Care

Nakusa

Tahriib: (Those Who Travel North)

FoolsProof

Jack and the Treehouse

We All Die Alone

Rules for the Heart

*There’s a brand new award that we’ve added to the IDY Awards Celebration. As the voting at times is so close that our Grand Jury has trouble making absolute decisions on the winner and runners up. We are introducing the Vanguard Awards for Cinematic Achievement. These awards will be given to outstanding films and projects which, though they may not garner the highest voting numbers overall in any one category,  but they display exceptional production and storytelling value and are therefore worthy of recognition. 

2022 IDY Awards and Certificates Link here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HHl9H2uCGYGM81Q7VAh8Oit7tUN08Ddd 

 2022 Vanguard and Indie Spirit Awards Link here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yAUNvSOJsWBREo7N4pLGJ9ndjiZaojAM  

2022 Winner’s Laurels Link here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19Q0-52LgSOlUolpmYOunCut08ZI8YFNC?usp=sharing