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The Indie Gathering International Film Festival

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    1st Place Indie Gathering Award

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    Best Actor in an Ohio Film

    • James Gappy Burney
      Winner
      • James Gappy Burney(actor)
      • Vile
      White Midnight

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Arielle Fray
      • Matched

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Angel by Thursday

      6.0 (49)
      Wes Cortez
      Jake Johnson

    Best Director

    • Headshot
      Winner
      • Harley Wallen
      • Tale of Tails
      Painted Creek Productions

    Best Feature Film - Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Angel by Thursday

      6.0 (49)

    Best Feature Film - Suspense/Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Vile

      9.2 (7)
      Scott E. Brosius(director)
      White Midnight

    Best Feature Script

    • Winner

        Review

      Jonathan Zarantonello
      Emergency Exit Pictures

    Best Lead Actor

    • Headshot
      Winner
      • Harley Wallen
      • Tale of Tails
      Painted Creek Productions

    Best Lead Actor: Feature

    • Winner
      • Kenneth Matepi
      • Angel by Thursday

    Best Micro Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Normal Porn for Normal People

      8.5 (14)
      Amber Rose McNeill

    Best Micro Film - Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Boutique of Love: The Story of White Tree

      Ron Sonedecker
      AlienSmile Productions

    Best Micro-Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Routine

      8.0 (25)
      Russ Emanuel(producer, director)
      Emile Haris(writer)
      Russem Productions

    Best Ohio Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Vile

      9.2 (7)
      Scott E. Brosius(director)
      White Midnight

    Best Series Pilot

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Girl Unscripted

      9.1 (22)
      Eric Keith
      Tara Veneruso

    Best Short Film - Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Woodsman: Blood Battle

      Scott E. Brosius(director)
      White Midnight

    Best Short Film - Comedy/Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Meeting

      Dan A Edwards
      D.C. Evans

    Best Short Film - Student Film Maker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Torn

      Ron Sonedecker
      AlienSmile Productions

    Best Short Script

    • Winner

        Fatal Ambition

      Angel Connell
      Parousian Pictures

    Best Short Script - Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Over and Out

      Callie Currence

    Best Suspense/Thriller Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Consumption

      Essie Baird
      Tracy Lingafelter
      Seth Fearnow
      Morgan Fearnow
      Lea Wilson
      Jeff Little
      Kristin Mitchem
      Rich Rule
      Clayton Cottrille
      Barry Wade
      Dizzyboy Productions

    Best TV Pilot

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Tale of Tails

      7.4 (770)
      Harley Wallen
      Kaiti Wallen
      Tevis R. Marcum
      Steve Kopera
      Jerry Hayes
      Grover McCants
      Dominique Alexander
      Joseph Williamson
      Michael Hamilton
      Courtney Hamilton Vanloo
      Firoze Patel
      Kaizad Patel
      Allen Lynch
      Randy Lynch
      Alex Gasparetto
      Jessika Johnson
      Brett Stanfield
      Jovie Lyn
      Blanca Blanco
      Yan Birch
      Painted Creek Productions
      Chapter 3 Media
    • [object Object]

        The Damned Thing

      Branislav R. Tatalovic

    Web Episode

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Project M-Verse

      Aaron Harris

    Honorable Mention

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    Feature Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Making and Unmaking

      7.3 (204)
      Shaun Rose(producer)
      Bruce Rose Sr.(producer)
      Andrea Stangle(producer)
      Charles Trainosky(producer)
      West Side Outsiders Film Group

    Festival Director's Award

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    Best Directing: Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Angel by Thursday

      6.0 (49)
      Jeff Wallace
      Tight Spot Productions

    4th Place Indie Gathering Award

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    TV Pilot: Non English - Subtitled

    • [object Object]

        Fratelli Noir

      9.0 (23)
      Daniele Gangemi

    Star Award

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    Best Comedy Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Zero F**ks

      2.9 (62)
      Batia Parnass(producer)
      Ben Eckstein(director)
      KomedyCo

    Best Ohio Actress

    • Michelle Stuper
      Winner
      • Michelle Stuper
      • Circle one.
      AlienSmile Productions

    2nd Place Indie Gathering Award

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    Best Short Drama/Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Ewa Goes Viral

      Erik Anderson(director)

    Best Short Film Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Jazz John

      Michael Thomas Cain(director)
      Mark Levitt(writer)
      Forgotten Artist Productions

    Best Student Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Circle one.

      Ron Sonedecker
      AlienSmile Productions

    Best Feature Film

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        Matched

      3.2 (180)

    Best Short Suspense/Thriller

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        Hush

      9.5 (31)
      Joseph McGovern
      Constance Reshey
      Joseph Fuoco
      Christine Juanita Noble
      Frank Formica

    3rd Place Indie Gathering Award

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    Best Short Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The two emperor poets

      Shihyun Wang
    • [object Object]

        Vindicate

      Alicia McClendon(writer) (executive producer) (actress)
      Samuel Pittman(director)

    Best Feature Documentary

    • [object Object]

        Welcome to Monterey

      JoLo Productions

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]

        The Ballad of Mullet Man

      Kristin Mitchem
      Clayton Cottrille
      Mike Stinespring
      Rich Rule
      Dizzyboy Productions

    Best of Fest

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    Best Action Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Wu Lin: The Society

      6.3 (48)
      Johnny K. Wu(Producer, Director, Editor)
      Media Design Imaging

    Best Editing in an Ohio Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Wu Lin: The Society

      6.3 (48)
      Johnny K. Wu(Producer, Director, Editor)
      Media Design Imaging

    Best Ohio Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Wu Lin: The Society

      6.3 (48)
      Johnny K. Wu(Producer, Director, Editor)
      Media Design Imaging

    Best Overall Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Angel by Thursday

      6.0 (49)
      Jeff Wallace
      Claudia Wallace
      Olga Kalashnikova
      Branscombe Richmond
      Barbara Logan
      Arlene Newman-Van Asperen
      Jake Johnson
      Kenneth Matepi
      Jennifer Kinsey
      Russell Subiono
      Tight Spot Productions

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    Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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