Festival Archive
2015 Festival Archive
2015 WMIFF Winners – World Music & Independent Film Festival
Celebrating the filmmakers, musicians, and independent voices that make this festival community special.
A look back
Awards & Winners
2015
Short Screenplay
North Brother
Feature Screenplay
Mirror Cracked
Best Woman Filmmaker
Kathleen Davison, Primrose Lane
Best First Director
Veronica Mannion, Booze Boys & Brownies
Best Sup. Actor/Short
Peter Meissel, Bolero
Best Sup. Actor/Short – DMV
Lee Sturdivant, The Last Will & Testament
Best Sup. Actress/Short
Barbara Probst
Best Sup. Actress/Short – DMV
Tammy Barboza
Best Cinematography/Short
John O’Shaughnessy
Best Cinematography – DMV
Jiro Preston / Derrick Hendrickson
Best Screenplay Short
Kathleen Davison, Effloresce
Best Screenplay Short – DMV
Chad Morton
Best Documentary/Short
Should Tomorrow Be
Best Documentary/Feature
When Voices Meet
Best Documentary/Music
Poet in Havana
Best Animation
No winner listed
Best Student Film
Junk Girl
Best Southeast Asia/Short
The Emotional Dimension of the James River
Best African Film
Rolling Dream
Best Christian Short Film
The 4th Question
Best Experimental Film
No winner listed
Best Sup. Actor/Feature
El Mago
Best Sup. Actor – DMV
Noah James Buttler, Primrose Lane
Best Sup. Actress/Feature
Billy Richardson, Retaliation
Best Sup. Actress – DMV
Shari Belafonte, Primrose Lane
Best Gospel Music
Dahiana Torres, Bachelorette’s Degree
Best Pop
Light
Best Hip-Hop Music Video
Take Control
Best Country Music Video
Make It Out
Best Rock Music Video
My Dog
Best Alternative Rock
Still Beautiful
Most Creative Music Video
Precious Stone
Best Director in Music Video
Precious Stone
Best Director Short – DMV
Min Reid
Best Director in Short Film
Venu Nakshatram
Best Actor Short Film
Emilie & Sarah Barbault
Best Actor Short Film – DMV
Curtis Mark Williams, Effloresce
Best Actress in Short Film
Bhopal Reddy, Distant Dream
Best Actress in Short Film – DMV
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Best Makeup
Kathleen Davison, Effloresce
Best Director Documentary
Catie Carlton, The Dinner
Best Original Sound/Short
Nikki Williams, Primrose Lane
Best Orig. Sound/Feature
Nancy Sutton Smith, When Voices Meet
Best Cinematography/Feature
Suns of the Universe
Best Cinematography – DMV
Sharon Katz, When Voices Meet
Best Screenplay Feature Film
Bobby Finley, Primrose Lane
Best Screenplay Feature
Edwin Koester, Ghosting
Best Editor
Kathleen Davison, Primrose Lane
Best Costume Design
Vonneta Cornish, Bachelorette’s Degree
Best Director in Feature Film
Mark Cohen, Primrose Lane
Best Director in Feature Film – DMV
Nichole Renne Lumpkin, Primrose Lane
Best Actor in Feature Film
Joe Scott, My Lonely Me
Best Actor in Feature – DMV
Kevin Alexander Boon, Ghosting
Best Actress in Feature Film
John Altman, My Lonely Me
Best Actress in Feature Film – DMV
Andrew Glessner, Binge
Best Nollywood Actress, Viewers Choice – DMV
Veronica Mannion, Booze Boys & Brownies
Best Nollywood Actor, Viewers Choice – DMV
Melan Perez, Bachelorette’s Degree
Best Nollywood, Viewers Choice – DMV
Tina Taylor, Claudio Oben, Elvis Efamba