MassIFF Announces its 2015 Award Nominees
Now in its fifth run The Massachusetts Independent Film Festival will again honor distinguished filmmakers screening this year. The filmmakers and their films are given recognition based on their creative spirit particularly in the craft of storytelling and willingness to engage in thought-provoking ideas and issues.
Nominees are grouped in the following categories: Best Feature, Best Short, Best Documentary, Best Actor Feature, Best Actor Short, Best Actress Feature, Best Actress Short, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Director Feature, Best Director Short, Best Writing, and Best New England Film. The winners will be chosen by our panel of judges who are respected Boston-area film critics.
MassIFF would like to thank our sponsors: Otto Pizza, Resolution Rentals, Tasty Burger, and 1550 WNTN. We would also like to thank all the filmmakers who submitted their work. MassIFF had a record number of submissions this year which made the acceptance process especially difficult.
Please join us at Tasty Burger in Harvard Square at 8:00pm on the 29th for our after party where winners will be announced.
MassIFF Nominees:
Best Feature:
Wildlike
Containment
Leaves of the Tree
Best Short:
Rabbits (Coeur d'Alene)
Lullaby
Maternal
Best Documentary:
Stink!
Becoming Bulletproof
A Day's Work
Best Actor Feature:
Johnny Hopkins - Sidewalk Traffic
Lee Ross - Containment
Eric Roberts - Leaves of the Tree
Best Actor Short:
Bill Sage - The Taking of Ezra Bodine
Stephen Tyrone Williams - Tobacco Burn
Rick Kincaid - Lullaby
Best Actress Feature:
Ella Purnell - Wildlike
Taylor Spreitler - Girl on the Edge
Heather Matarazzo - Sidewalk Traffic
Best Actress Short:
Alysson Paradis - A Day of Lucidity
Laura Capkanis - Summer Breeze
Rachel Lu - Paper Wrap Fire
Cinematography:
Miguel Del Olaso - The Light Thief
John Schmidt - Leaves of the Tree
David Kruta - Lullaby
Omar Nasr - Maternal
Editing:
Amy Leland - The Taking of Ezra Bodine
Romain Namura - A Day of Lucidity
Ray Chung - Lullaby
Susan Chasen - Goodbye Mr. Smith
Director Feature:
Frank Hall Green - Wildlike
Ante Novakovic - Leaves of the Tree
Anatol Durbala - What a Wonderful World
Director Short:
Jeongtae Kim and Jeongmi Mun - The Poor Fighter
Merlin Camozzi - Rabbits (Coeur d'Alene)
Stuart Valberg - Lullaby
Andreas Hadjipateras - Maternal
Writing:
Anthony L. Fisher - Sidewalk Traffic
Anatol Durbala - What a Wonderful World
David Lemon - Containment
Brendan Boogie - The Mayor of Rock and Roll
New England Film:
A Small Herd
The Mayor of Rock and Roll
Who Did It? The Clue VCR Game
Goodbye Mr. Smith
Wander, Wonder, Wilderness
This Year’s Judges:
Tom Meek (The Huffington Post)
Peter Keough (The Boston Globe)
Brett Michel (The Boston Herald)
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