The Maverick Movie Awards annually honors films and screenplays. They were founded as the New Haven Underground Film Festival in 2004, and became known as "Maverick Movie Awards" in 2008.[1] The awards are given out by a panel of judges working in the film industry.[2] Its winners include both big-budget studio films as well as low budget independent films.[3]
Winners
Feature Film
- Best Picture: Outlaw Painter
- Best Documentary: The Children of the Noon
- Best Animation: Three Days Drowning
- Best Director: Vassilis Mazomenos, Lines
- Best Screenplay: Occupant, Julia Camara
- Best Cinematography: Ben Rider, Our Little Haven
- Best Editing: Sam Szafrans / Outlaw Painter
- Best Music: Forever Tomorrow
- Best Special FX: Teleios
- Best Actress: Alfeeya Shaikh in Jihad
- Best Actor: Fedja van Huet in J. Kessels
- Best Supporting Actress: Anu Hasan in IS THIS NOW
- Best Supporting Actor: Arish A. Khan in Fags in the Fast Lane
Feature Film
- Best Picture: 1400
- Best Documentary: All the World in a Design School
- Best Animation: The Hunting of the Snark
- Best Director: Stephen Chen, Silent City
- Best Screenplay: Restraint, Adam Cushman
- Best Cinematography: Russ De Jong, Badsville
- Best Editing: Gordon Antell, Badsville
- Best Music: The Barn
- Best Special FX: Virtual Revolution
- Best Actor: Michael Padraic Scahill, Cowards Do It Slow
- Best Actress: Caitlyn Folley, Restraint
- Best Supporting Actor: Hoyt Richards, Dumbbells
- Best Supporting Actress: Gabrielle Rose, The Birdwatcher
- Best Ensemble Performance: Legend Of The Lich Lord
- Special Achievement: Arbitrary Fairytales
Short Film
- Best Picture: Concrete/Night (Director: Noe Weil)
- Best Director: Joshua Hinkson (for Sic)
- Best Screenplay: The Funeral (Yehudah Jez Freedman)
- Best Chronicle: Project: Shattered Silence (Director: Colleen Sparks Hamilton & Jared O'Roark)
- Best Cinematography: By My Hand (Tucker Macdonald)
Feature Film
- Best Director: Dimitris Athanitis (for: Three Days Happiness)
Short Film
- Best Picture: Tumbleweed! (Director: Jared Varava)
- Best Actor: Dylan Smith (in Hangnail)[9]
- Best Original Score: Atom[10]
Short Film
- Best Soundtrack: Beatboxing - The Fifth Element of Hip Hop (Director: Klaus Schneyder)
Reception
One thing is clear, the festival circuit has to be taken back for those it was originally meant to serve: filmmakers and audiences. MMA is a group whose mission is so in line with what needs to be done in this ever-changing landscape.
The Maverick Movie Awards puts credibility and intrigue back into the word ‘maverick.’
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