Maverick Movie Awards

Maverick Movie Awards
Founded	2004
Language	International
Website	Official Website

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

2018[4]

Feature Film

Best Picture: Lost In Apocalypse
Best Director: Ben Rider and Xavier Baeyens, Blood and Bones

2017[5]

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

2016[6]

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

2014[7]

Feature Film

Best Picture: Bridge and Tunnel (Director: Jason Michael Brescia)
Best Director: Alexander Tuschinski (for: Break-Up)
Best Screenplay: Time Lapse (Bradley King & B.P. Cooper)
Best Chronicle: chicagoGirl The Social Network Takes on a Dictator (Director: Joe Piscatella)
Best Cinematography: Kauboji (Predrag Dubravcic)

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

2013[8]

Best Director: Dimitris Athanitis (for: Three Days Happiness)

Short Film

Best Picture: Mousse (Director: Jason Michael Brescia)

2012[9]

Feature Film

Best Picture: The Imposter (Director: Bart Layton)

Short Film

Best Picture: Tumbleweed! (Director: Jared Varava)
Best Actor: Dylan Smith (in Hangnail)[10]
Best Original Score: Atom[11]

2011[12]

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.
— Sandy Cioffi, director of Sweet Crude, quoted on website of Maverick Movie Awards[13]

The Maverick Movie Awards puts credibility and intrigue back into the word 'maverick.'
— Les Claypool, frontman of Primus, quoted on website of Maverick Movie Awards[14]

References

Maverick Movie Awards: Official Website - Archive
"Moviemaker Magazine: Article about the event". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
"HighlightHollywood.com - Interview with Robert Scott Crane about being nominated at Maverick Movie Awards". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
"2017 Maverick Movie Awards". Maverick Movie Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
"2017 Maverick Movie Awards". Maverick Movie Awards. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
"2016 Maverick Movie Awards". Maverick Movie Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
"Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2014 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
"Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2013 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
"Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2012 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
"Hangnail wins for best actor at Maverick Movie Awards". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
"Swinburne University of Technology official website - Department of Film and Animation - list of award-winning films". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
"Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2011 winners". Retrieved 11 May 2016.
"Maverick Movie Awards: Official website". Retrieved 7 November 2014..
"Maverick Movie Awards: Official website". Retrieved 7 November 2014..

External links

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[1] Maverick Movie Awards: Official Website - Archive

[2] "Moviemaker Magazine: Article about the event". Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[3] "HighlightHollywood.com - Interview with Robert Scott Crane about being nominated at Maverick Movie Awards". Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[4] "2017 Maverick Movie Awards". Maverick Movie Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[5] "2017 Maverick Movie Awards". Maverick Movie Awards. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[6] "2016 Maverick Movie Awards". Maverick Movie Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

[7] "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2014 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[8] "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2013 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[9] "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2012 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[10] "Hangnail wins for best actor at Maverick Movie Awards". Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[11] "Swinburne University of Technology official website - Department of Film and Animation - list of award-winning films". Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[12] "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2011 winners". Retrieved 11 May 2016.

[13] "Maverick Movie Awards: Official website". Retrieved 7 November 2014..

[14] "Maverick Movie Awards: Official website". Retrieved 7 November 2014..