Festival Archive
2014 Festival Archive
2014 WMIFF Winners – World Music & Independent Film Festival
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Awards & Winners
2014
Best Drama
Ekie
Best Comedy
Yes, And
Best Horror
Dead Woman’s Hollow
Best Actress in a Feature Film
Meghan Burman, Dam 999
Best Actor in a Feature Film
Dustin Guy Defa, Swim Little Fish Swim
Best Director in a Feature Film
Sohan Roy, Dam 999
Best Cinematographer in a Feature Film
Ajayan Vincent, Dam 999
Best Screenplay in a Feature Film
Damien Jelaine & Nicolas Dioles, Public Bitches
Best Actor in a Short Film
James Matthew Poole, Dark Fine Paradigms
Best Actress in a Short Film
Ingeborg Riedmaier, Chimerical
Best Director in a Short Film
Derek E. Morton, Dark Fine Paradigms
Best Cinematography in a Short Film
Colin Mayer, Metropolis
Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film
Chet Anekwe, Busted Life
Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film
Naome Shen, Forget Me Not
Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film
Reginald Barne, Night Stream
Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film
Melinda Farrington, Outsmart
Best Makeup
Troy Smith, Dead Woman’s Hollow
Best Editor
Suresh Pai, Dam 999
Best Original Sound
Paresh Shah, Pied Piper
Best R&b Music Video
Sam Ebako, Stuck in My Head
Best Rock Music Video
Crucivixen
Best Hip Hop
Only Me
Best Alternative Rock
The Wolfpack Steel Assassin
Most Creative Music Video
Crucivixen
Best Country Music Video
Barstool Kind of Night
Best Director in Music Video
Bryan Rooney
Best Experimental
Un Mundo Raro
Best Animation Film
Steve Quest: the Musical
First Time Director
Matt Bowden & Joe Compton
Women Filmmaker
Sue Dimouro & Phyllis Saint George, The Therapy Killings
Best Short Documentary
Life of a Black Falconer
Best Feature Documentary
Istanbul Unveiled
Best Feature Documentary in Music
By & Bye: New Orleans at the Crossroad
Best Director in Documentary
Anisa Qureshi, Taylor Phillips & Sakir Hussain, Session
Best Student Film
Welcome Home
Best Screenplay in a Short Film
Chasing Refuge
Best African Short Film
Captive
Best South East Asia Short Film
Samosa
Lifetime Achievement Award
Karen Black
Lifetime Achievement Award
Boo Boo Anderson
Honorable Mention
Director Obed Joe
Honorable Mention – DMV Actor
Best Davis
Honorable Mention – Cinematographer
Christopher Okonkwo
DMV Viewer’s Choice Award
Kang Quintos
DMV Viewer’s Choice Award
Bessey Ikem