Celebrating another amazing year of films & filmmakers!

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IndieWorks screens short films every month produced by emerging filmmakers throughout New York. It provides a platform for those filmmakers to showcase their work in front of an audience and to network with individuals in the local film community.

Tuesday, April 19th, all 9 Silver Whiskers Award winners of the year, along with 1 lucky Audience Choice winner, will screen and be eligible for monetary prizes through winning the Golden Whiskers Award, our version of Best Picture! We'll also be awarding Best Director, Best Performance, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and the audience will vote for the Ultimate Audience Choice winner! This year's Best of Fest will be held at The Local in Long Island City!

As always, there's no entry fee, so bring all your friends and film enthusiasts. We're even giving out a prize to an audience member through a free raffle, and every single new person that attends will receive 250 free sparks from our sponsor Seed&Spark - enough to watch a feature film!

Evening's Line-up (screening order subject to change):

Pillows (13:00) Directed by Ann Carr / Written & Produced by Ginny Leise

November Winner
Nominated for Best Performance & Best Editing

Write With Me... (9:28) Directed & Written by Hannah Leshaw

February Winner
Nominated for Best Director & Best Cinematography

Tadaima (15:25) Directed & Written by Robin Takao D'Oench

June Winner
Nominated for Best Cinematography & Best Editing

Before We Lose (17:00) Directed & Written by Cristhian Andrews

August Winner
Nominated for Best Director & Best Performance

The Texture of the Light (21:58) Directed & Written by Arilyn I. Martinez Cora

October Winner
Nominated for Best Director & Best Performance

Live a Little (13:20) Directed by Molly McGaughey / Written by Zack Marotta

Online Audience Winner
(Eligible for Audience Choice Award)

The Fragrance Thief (12:23) Directed & Written by Tanmaya Shekhar

March Winner
Nominated for Best Cinematography

Stay at Home (11:12) Directed & Written by Ben Jaeger-Thomas

September (Web Series) Winner
Nominated for Best Performance

Larry Gone Demon (14:00) Directed & Written by Matthew John Lawrence

Halloween Winner
Nominated for Best Director & Best Editing

Hungry for Love (15:00) Directed & Written by Justin Ambrosino

July Winner
Nominated for Best Cinematography & Best Editing

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As stated, all 9 Silver Whiskers Award Winners are eligible for the Golden Whiskers Award. And all 10 screening films can win the Audience Choice Award. The other nominees are:

BEST DIRECTOR

Cristhian Andrews for Before We Lose
Arilyn I. Martinez Cora for The Texture of the Light
Matthew John Lawrence for Larry Gone Demon
Hannah Leshaw for Write With Me...

BEST PERFORMANCE

Modesto Lacen for
The Texture of the Light
Ginny Leise for Pillows
Ben Jaeger-Thomas for Stay At Home
Saadet Yuce for Before We Lose

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Keisuke Fukutsu for Hungry For Love
Mingjue Hu for Tadaima
Yessica Curiel Montoya for Write With Me...
Jamal Solomon for The Fragrance Thief

BEST EDITING

Adrian Carey & Daniel DiMauro for Tadaima
Soojin Chung for Hungry For Love
Matthew John Lawrence for Larry Gone Demon
Tyler Ribble for Pillows

SPONSORED PRIZES

Golden Whiskers Award Winner:

Winning film gets distribution in the exclusive Seed&Spark Cinema and the director gets $200 toward a future crowdfunding campaign should they choose Seed&Spark as their platform.
Free consultation with Casting Director Jennifer Peralta-Ajemian.

Audience Choice Award & Category Winners:

Each winner gets $50 towards a crowdfunding campaign should they choose Seed&Spark as their platform.

NOW WHAT?

RSVP for Best of Fest on Facebook
Read about & see photos from the year in our monthly Recaps.
Watch interviews with the winning filmmakers throughout the year(s) in our Insider Series.
Submit your film for Year 4 through FilmFreeway.

See you on April 19th!

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