Celebrating another amazing year of films & filmmakers!
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. We aim to create a space that sparks discussion & collaboration and pushes our peers and ourselves to find inspiration from each other.
Our annual season runs June through March, culminating in our Best of Fest Finale every April. Out of 173 submissions during our 5th year, we were able to screen 46 wonderful films and webisodes. Tuesday, April 17th, all 8 of our monthly Silver Whiskers Award winners of the year, along with 2 lucky Audience Chosen winners (who were our two highest scoring non-Silver Whisker winning films of the year), will screen again and be eligible for monetary prizes! The top prize comes with winning the Golden Whiskers Award, our version of Best Picture; but we'll also be awarding Best Writer/Director, Best Ensemble Performance, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and the audience will vote for the Ultimate Audience Choice winner! Best of Fest will be held at our usual The Local in Long Island City, but with more of a party-vibe! As always, there's no entry fee, so bring all your friends and film enthusiasts out to watch these 10 fantastic films and close out this season in celebration!
Evening's Line-up (screening order subject to change):
The Orange Story (17:29) Directed & Written by Erika Street Hopman, Written & Produced by Eugene Sun Park
June Winner
Nominated for Best Cinematography
Sundogs (15:55) Written & Directed by Elizabeth Chatelain
December Winner
Nominated for Best Writer/Director
Rooftops of My City (15:13) Written & Directed by Maya Jasmin
February Winner
Nominated for Best Ensemble Performance
Chocolates (15:13) Written & Produced by Patricia Selznick, Directed by Mike Cattelona
March Winner
Nominated for Best Ensemble Performance and Best Cinematography
Sibs (15:10) Directed by Cynthia Silver, Written by Samantha Slater
Audience (December) Winner
(Only Eligible for Audience Choice Award)
Runaway (19:37) Written & Co-Directed by Harrison Heller, Co-Directed by Tommy Kraft
November Winner
Nominated for Best Editing
Meeting Macguffin (9:58) Written & Directed by Catya Plate
Audience (November) Winner
(Only Eligible for Audience Choice Award)
Cake (9:22) Written & Directed by Anne Hu
January Winner
Nominated for Best Writer/Director, Best Ensemble Performance, and Best Editing
Madness (11:00) Written & Directed by Tae Jung Choi
August Winner
Nominated for Best Writer/Director and Best Cinematography
Smile (3:12) Directed by Bill Kirstein, Written & Produced by Bill Kirstein & Ginny Leise
October Winner
Nominated for Best Editing
All 8 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 WRITER/DIRECTOR
Madness (Tae Jung Choi)
Cake (Anne Hu)
Sundogs (Elizabeth Chatelain)
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Rooftops of My City (Maya Jasmin & Terence Schweizer)
Chocolates (Patricia Selznick & Ford)
Cake (Daniella Rabbani, Thomas Dane, Anne Hu)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Chocolates (John Hudak, Jr.)
Madness (Dj Carroll)
The Orange Story (Beecher Cotton)
BEST EDITING
Smile (Bill Kirstein)
Runaway (Harrison Heller)
Cake (Anne Hu)
Golden Whiskers Award Winner:
Winning filmmaker gets $200 towards a future crowdfunding campaign should they choose Seed&Spark as their platform. And the film has the option of automatic non-exclusive distribution in the Seed&Spark Cinema.
A 1TB G-drive
50% Off any a la carte Post-Production Service 4milecircus offers (motion graphics, editing, sound editing, etc.).
CongestedCat Productions will offer free script coverage for the director's newest short, and devote a day of our social media shares to the winning project and its latest updates.
Audience Choice Award & Category Winners:
Each winner gets $50 towards a crowdfunding campaign should they choose Seed&Spark as their platform.
CongestedCat Productions will offer free script coverage for each director's newest short.
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 6 through FilmFreeway.
See you on April 17th!
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