Festival Archive
2017 Festival Archive
2017 WMIFF Winners – World Music & Independent Film Festival
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Awards & Winners
2017
Best Actor in a Feature Film
Edward Hayter, To Dream
Best Actress in a Feature Film
Sabrina Dickens, Is This Now
Best Supp. Actor in a Feature Film
Tom Sizemore, Bad Frank
Best Supp. Actress in a Feature Film
Joely Fisher, Search Engines
Best Director in a Feature Film
Russell Brown, Search Engines
Best Screenplay in a Feature Film
Mischa Marcus, Blur
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Andrew Rodger, One Thing Left to Do
Women Filmmaker
Nicole Alberelli, To Dream
First Director
Tony Germinario, Bad Frank
Best Actor in a Short Film
Jim Parrack, Red
Best Actress in a Short Film
Sally George, Love Somehow
Best Supp. Actor in a Short Film
Luke Eddy, Red
Best Supp. Actress in a Short Film
Candus Churchill, Letter Carrier
Best Cinematographer in a Short Film
Kitanan Chewvej, Milkshake
Best Screenplay in a Short Film
Anna Maloney, Love Somehow
Best Director in a Short Film
Peter Cannon, Someone Else
Best Director in a Feature Film – DMV
Mitchell Altieri, The Night Watchmen
Best Cinematographer in a Feature Film – DMV
Amanda Tryez, The Night Watchmen
Best Screenplay in a Feature Film – DMV
David Melendez / Michael DeVita, One Penny
DMV Women Filmmaker
Tracy Allyn, Vindicta
Best Actor in a Feature Film – DMV
Ken Arnold, The Night Watchmen
Best Actress in a Feature Film – DMV
Ali Lukowski, You’re Fuck N Dead
Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film – DMV
Kevin Jiggetts, The Night Watchmen
Most Creative Music Video
What Happened Here
Best Hip-Hop Music Video
Better Days
Best Rock Music Video
Red
Best Pop Music Video
Together As the Wind Blows, by Joey Manalang
Best Cinematography in Music Video
Red
Best Actor in a Short Film – DMV
Lyon Beckwith, A Lyons Heart
Best Young Actor
Aliyah Conley
Best Southeast Asia Feature Film
Yadvi
Best Southeast Asia Short Film
Fresh Blood
Best African Film
The Color or Rage
Best Editor
Bret Solem, The Night Watchmen
Best Feature Documentary in Music
No Roads In
Best Feature Documentary
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Best Make-Up
Miranda Riddie, Robert Haddy & Angela Lawson, The Night Watchmen
Best Costume Design
Gaurin Singh / Jyoti Singh, Yadvi
Best Experimental Film
Palpitations of Dust
Best Short Student Film
BMAD
Best Drama Screenplay
Losing Face
Best Action/Thriller Screenplay
Thorns of the Rose
Best Original Sound/Soundtrack
Symphony of Hope