Take a moment to recognize our Season 2 nominees!

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🎥 Milwaukee Independent Film Awards

Feature Film Nominations

Milwaukee Independent Spirit Award – Feature Film

Take Out Girl – Hisonni Mustafa

Sanguine Teeth on a Driftless Road – Austin Galante

Mags and Julie Go On a Road Trip – Ryann Liebl

Anywhere – Adam Seidel

Gold – Paige McKenna Grube

Best Feature Film Award

Pleasure, Bye – Adam Vencil

Anywhere – Adam Seidel

Warlord – Stuart Brennan

Another Day – Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Contamination – Neil Chase & David Heacock

Red Bird – Alexander Laugier, Thomas Habibes & Houssam Adili

Best Director – Feature Film

Article 92 – Joe Hawk

Anywhere – Adam Seidel

Warlord – Stuart Brennan

Goodnight Killer – Patrick Shulz

Gold – Paige McKenna Grube

Another Day – Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Contamination – Neil Chase & David Heacock

Red Bird – Alexander Laugier, Thomas Habibes & Houssam Adili

Best Writer – Feature Film

Anywhere – Adam Seidel

Two Bad – Jim Menza

Another Day – Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Contamination – Neil Chase

Best Editor – Feature Film

My Little Moon – Ali Atshani

Anywhere – Adam Seidel

Another Day – Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Contamination – Neil Chase & David Heacock

Red Bird – Alexander Laugier, Thomas Habibes & Houssam Adili

Best Actor – Feature Film

Sean Gunn as Wade – Anywhere

Alan George Maki as John Koski – Fly Old Bird

Andrew Walker as Rick – Force Drift

Kevin Marquette as Grimm – Two Bad

Cody McGlashan as Derrick – Another Day

Neil Chase as Dallas – Contamination

Brandon Horth as Taylor – Contamination

Best Actress – Feature Film

Hayley McFarland as Syd – Anywhere

Nichelle Nichols as Doc – Force Drift

Katrina Loberiza as Amber – Another Day

Best Supporting Actor – Feature Film

Mackintosh Muggleton as Eric – Masters and Vices

Billy Boyd as The Sheriff – Warlord

T.J. Thomas as Rob – Another Day

Kyle Swanson as B.D. – Another Day

Jean-Louis Tribes as Alex – Red Bird

Best Supporting Actress – Feature Film

Katherine Cozumel as Traci – Another Day

Christina Worth as Melissa – Another Day

Elizabeth Chamberlain as Captain Hiller – Contamination

Best Cinematographer – Feature Film

Adam Minnick – Anywhere

Shaun Maki – Fly Old Bird

Brandon Obey – Another Day

Neil Chase & David Heacock – Contamination

Romain Reboul – Red Bird

Marcus Patterson – Giselle

Best Costuming / Makeup – Feature Film

Warlord

Contamination

Red Bird

Gold

Best Special Effects – Feature Film

Contamination

Red Bird

The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro

Best Drama – Feature Film

Another Day – Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Warlord – Stuart Brennan

Red Bird – Alexander Laugier, Thomas Habibes & Houssam Adili

Best Thriller / Action – Feature Film

Goodnight Killer – Patrick & Malte Schulz

Contamination – Neil Chase & David Heacock

Red Bird – Alexander Laugier, Thomas Habibes & Houssam Adili

Best Comedy – Feature Film

Slouching Towards Branson – Will Wood

The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro – Don Swanson

Anywhere – Adam Seidel

Another Day – Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Best Original Film – Feature Film

Two Bad – Jim Menza

Another Day – Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Gold – Paige McKenna Grube

The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro – Don Swanson

Best Music – Feature Film

Slouching Towards Branson – Will Wood

Another Day – Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Contamination – Neil Chase & David Heacock

Red Bird – Alexander Laugier, Thomas Habibes & Houssam Adili

Best Production Value – Feature Film

Anywhere – Adam Seidel & Jacob Snovel

Warlord – Stuart Brennan

Another Day – Greg Kirkpatrick, Jr.

Contamination – Neil Chase & David Heacock

Red Bird – Alexander Laugier, Thomas Habibes & Houssam Adili

Best Foreign Film – Feature Film

Warlord – Stuart Brennan

Goodnight Killer – Patrick Schulz

Red Bird – Alexander Laugier, Thomas Habibes & Houssam Adili

Contamination – Neil Chase & David Heacock

Best Documentary – Feature Film

Gold – Paige McKenna Grube

Slouching Towards Branson – Will Wood

Exile Echoes – Mazyar Mahan

Building Bub’s Grubs – Loye Miller

The Food That Fuels – Ed Porter

Best Feature-Length Script

Morituriosis – Jesse Dorian

The Walkers – Jack Truman

Mafia Prom Date – Volpe – Michael J. Volpe

Aces Wilde III – Jonathan Cane

Wake-Up Call – Melanie Villines

Best UWM Film

Wild Cat – Ava R. Kahut

Mindframe – Kiersten Hoff

Tales from Ukraine – Nadja Nordstrom

Dangerously Pointy – Max Buzecky

mise en place – Vivian Wagner

Best Episode or Pilot

The Days of Knight: Chapter 1 – John P. Martinez

Crusader’s Tale: Season II – Brad Allen

Cyber-Psycho Chronicles – Harry Keane

🎞️Short Film Nominations

Milwaukee Independent Spirit Award – Short Film

You Gotta Do Something – Austin Galante & Matthew Kenner

Spirit of the Driftless: Preserving Our Legacy – Jonas Strensom & Timothy Steven Jacobson

Daniel Needs to Leave – Craig Knitt

Diary of an Accomplice – Brenda Isabell

Brother Husbands – Kelly Peterson

The Voice in the Vessel – Daniel Wheeler

The Blood Trade – Bowdie Bentz

Okay Annie – Sam Chudler

GIN – Jose Castillo

I AM – Anna Kranz

Face Time – Joel Sacramento

Visions of Her – Mark F. Roling & Erik G. Voss

Shots for a Friend – Craig Knitt

Fail Safe – Joe Schwaba

Crusader’s Tale: Season 2 – Brad Allen

The Good Ol’ Days? – Joshua Warner

Best Short Film Award

Breasts Not Required – Seth Thompson & Hannah Sullivan

Chairs – James Hughes

Reaping: Cinematic Blues for the Discontented Heart – Brandon Mishawn

Solar Neighbor – Austin Cole

Memoria Obscura – David C. Nelson & Connor Ryan

Diary of an Accomplice – Brenda Isabell

Fail Safe – Joe Schwaba

Best Director – Short Film

Zombie – Lisa Spencer

Before the Dawn – Alexander Denysenko

Diary of an Accomplice – Brenda Isabell

Fail Safe – Joe Schwaba

Mindframe – Kiersten Hoff

Awesomistic – Rena MacMonegle

Promises Promises – KC Schomas

Crusader’s Tale – Brad Allen

Silent Plan – Omer Yildirim

Over My Dead Body – Daniel Sadler & Erica Rowe

Best Writer – Short Film

Enter the Room – Harry Waldman

Tomorrow Undead – Dale Thomas Cizmadia

Diary of an Accomplice – Brenda Isabell

Awesomistic – Tom C. Hunley

Best Editor – Short Film

SIC – Sam VDH & William Kaftan

A Place for Alan – Dana Wiker

Turing Test – Jaschar Marktanner

The Inheritance – Craig Knitt

Tomorrow Undead – Dale Thomas Cizmadia

Crusader’s Tale – Brad Allen

Over My Dead Body – Daniel Sadler & Erica Rowe

Best Actor – Short Film

Matthew Kenner as Ken – You Gotta Do Something

Matthew Kenner as Melvin – Diary of an Accomplice

Joe Schwaba as Rodney – Fail Safe

CJ Guzan as Sammy – The Inheritance

Russell Shealy as Todd – Awesomistic

Brad Allen as William Lothar – Crusader’s Tale

Richard Lingscheidt as Alan – Turing Test

Best Actress – Short Film

Patty Sway as The Bride – Boring Is Underrated

Angela Andronache as Mara – Queen of Hearts

Sheena Washington as Vicki – Diary of an Accomplice

Erica Hau as The Selkie – Selkie

Lauren Analla as Brooke – Promises Promises

Marlene Fahnster as Sophie – Turing Test

Summer Storholt as Annie – Okay Annie

Moon Shavit as Reut – Giselle

Best Supporting Actor – Short Film

Darren Anselmo as Detective Sparks – Queen of Hearts

Craig Knitt as Deal Maker – The Inheritance

JB Thompson as Donnie – Shots for a Friend

David Rodrick as Fadi al-Maza – Crusader’s Tale

Kyle Schleuter as King Richard the Lionheart – Crusader’s Tale

Garrett Kluever as Emperor Henry – Crusader’s Tale

Joseph A. Mauro as Noah Lothar – Crusader’s Tale

Ezekiel N. Drews as Duke Leopold – Crusader’s Tale

Best Supporting Actress – Short Film

Angela Andronache as Christina Valentina – Candlesticks

Amelia Chandlee as Tessa Lothar – Crusader’s Tale

Sara Victoria Pitts as Liana Kanatashi – Crusader’s Tale

Elissa Dynes as Anna Lothar – Crusader’s Tale

Melia Lisette as Rio – Promises Promises

Best Cinematographer – Short Film

Tomorrow Undead – Dale Thomas Cizmadia

Memoria Obscura – David C. Nelson

Crusader’s Tale: Season II – Zak Menzies

Fail Safe – Wil LaLonde

Queen of Hearts – Albert Aronov

Pulse – Christopher Sinneman

Selkie — Rebeca Dourado

Best Costuming / Makeup – Short Film

Selkie – Tatjana Bluchel

Crusader’s Tale - Brad Allen
Tomorrow Undead – Dale Thomas Cizmadia

Pari Leto – Jason Seelmann

Scapegoat – Andrew Egan

Best Special Effects – Short Film

Falling from Grace – Joshua Warner

Pari Leto – Jason Seelmann

Tomorrow Undead – Dale Thomas Cizmadia

Pulse – Kory Getman

Lamps – Cody Bender

Turing Test – Jaschar Marktanner

Best Drama – Short Film

Silent Plan – Omer Yildirim

Promises Promises – KC Schomas

Falling from Grace – Joshua Warner

Tomorrow Undead – Dale Thomas Cizmadia

Pulse – Kory Getman

The Good Ol’ Days? – Joshua Warner

Shots for a Friend – Craig Knitt

Turing Test – Jaschar Marktanner

Best Thriller / Action – Short Film

Silent Plan – Omer Yildirim

Scapegoat – Andrew Egan

Please Stand By – Tim Guthrie

The Sisters of Brian Glen – Lauren Clark

Best Comedy – Short Film

Over My Dead Body – Daniel Sadler & Erica Rowe

Lamps – Cody Bender

The Emotional Support Center: Coulrophobia – Daniel Guzman

Daniel Needs to Leave – Craig Knitt

Best Horror – Short Film

Selkie – Cody Boesen

Tomorrow Undead – Dale Thomas Cizmadia

Pari Leto – Jason Seelmann

Scapegoat – Andrew Egan

Okay Annie – Sam Chudler

Best Original Film – Short Film

The CheeseMan Auditions – Carolyn Gair

What We Imagined – Shubhavi Arya

Silent Plan – Omer Yildirim

Falling from Grace – Joshua Warner

Tomorrow Undead – Dale Thomas Cizmadia

Pari Leto – Jason Seelmann

Queen of Hearts – Angela Andronache

I AM – Anna Kranz

Awesomistic – Rena MacMonegle & Tom C. Hunley

Selkie – Cody Boesen

River Trail Odyssey – Ben Leasum

Arthur Ave. – Joey Medina

Best Music – Short Film

Crusader’s Tale – Brad Allen

Pulse – Kory Getman

Memoria Obscura – David C. Nelson

Scapegoat – Andrew Egan

River Trail Odyssey – Ben Leasum

Arthur Ave. – Joey Medina

Best Production Value – Short Film

Tomorrow Undead – Dale Thomas Cizmadia

Pari Leto – Jason Seelmann

Fail Safe – Joe Schwaba

Crusader’s Tale – Brad Allen

Pulse – Kory Getman

Best Foreign Film – Short Film

Silent Plan – Omer Yildirim

Pari Leto – Jason Seelmann

Time in Abeyance – Dustin Moore

Exile Echoes – Mazyar Mahan

Mother’s Tongue – Mark Regan

Turing Test – Jaschar Marktanner

Best Short Film Script

Shiverborn – Mahmoud Boukhriss

The Green Machine – Part 1 – John P. Martinez

Dancing Queens – Diana Foronda

Dracula’s Guest – Matthew Speak

The Budgie – Coale Coleman

Night Storm – Catherine Stanley

The Fourth Night – Mike Briock