Indy Film Fest announces awards
Today, Indy Film Fest announced both feature-length and short film winners in each category: American Spectrum, Documentary, Hoosier Lens and World Cinema.
Winning films are decided on by a jury of film screeners and winners receive a cash prize. All films are available for screening until the end of the Fest on August 23 unless otherwise noted*. The winning films are as follows:
BREAKING FAST (American Spectrum Feature) A romantic comedy that follows Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood learning to navigate life post-heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who offers to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
THE CHASE (American Spectrum Short) An authentic LA tragicomedy that challenges the audience to tell right from wrong, hero from villain. As it sprints across back alleyways and busy streets, this short film explores white privilege, socioeconomic conflict, and of course, spousal dedication.
DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL (Documentary Feature) When a Chinese-American police officer kills an unarmed Black man in a darkened stairwell of a New York City housing project, it sets off a firestorm of emotion and calls for accountability (no longer available through the virtual Fest).
THE LOVE BUGS (Documentary Short)Over the course of 60 years, entomologists Charlie and Lois O’Brien amassed a collection of 1 million insects from nearly 70 countries.
SLEEZE LAKE (Hoosier Lens Feature) Still searching for freedom and community in a post-Vietnam world, groups of young people took to the open roads in shag-carpeted custom vans. They called themselves "vanners" and their culture was a strange cocktail of irreverence and hedonism.
SONNIE (Hoosier Lens Short) For Deon ""Sonnie"" Casey, life has not gone according to plan. Raised by his grandmother after the death of his parents, Deon is now a single parent himself, working over 60 hours a week. Despite setbacks, Deon is determined to provide a better life for his son. Finding strength and solace in competitive weightlifting and his work at the YMCA, Deon pushes onward in hope that things will get better.
CHASING UNICORNS (World Cinema Feature) Õie, a young accountant from a small town, accidentally stumbles into Estonia's tech scene. At a hackathon, she meets Tõnu who has gone bankrupt with every one of his companies, but is always trying again.
MILK (World Cinema Short) A Russian immigrant couple do all they can to provide help to their daughter while facing their differences.
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