Southern States Indie FanFilmFest 2020
~ Listed as Southern States Indie Film Fest on IMDb ~
#SSIFFF
Due to the pandemic, we took the following steps this year: 1) we closed submissions early by moving up the Final Submission Deadline, 2) we judged films according to three seasonal submission periods and awarded seasonal laurels - see "~ SSIFFF 2020 SEASONAL CATEGORY WINNERS ~" below,
3) we announced Festival Selections and Festival Winners, 4) and ALL SELECTED FILMS from this year will be invited to the next live SSIFFF event, and all who opt to attend will have their films screened.
2020 FESTIVAL AWARDS RECIPIENTS
Best of Fest - Augustus
Atman Award for Diversity in Film - Shaw Rising
Best Southern States Film - Salting the Fly
FILM CATEGORIES BY TYPE
Best Feature - Torn: Dark Bullets
Best Southern States Feature - Bastard's Crossing
Best Featurette - Calf Rope
Best Southern States Featurette - Funeral of a Nation: A Musical Essay
Best Short - Augustus
Best Foreign Language Short - Manasanamaha
Best Southern States Short - Salting the Fly
Best Comedy - The Casserole Brigade
Best Fantasy/Horror - Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
Best Experimental/Art House/Silent Film - Interview With Marilyn
Best Short Short - Ramble
Best Smart Phone Film - Frankie and Jude: Star Wars - The Search for Jude
Best Animated Film - Division Series
Best English Language Web Series - Bottled Up
Best Foreign Language Web Series - Chrysalis
Best Southern States Web Series - Tank Talk
Best First Film - Your Name
Best Student Film - Hanger's Limb
Best Music Video - Peace/Matthew J. Thomas
Top Trailer - Wisper
DOCUMENTARY
Best Feature Documentary - The Offline Playlist
Best Southern States Feature Documentary - Blood, Bone & Stone
Best Short Documentary - The Pink House
Best Southern States Short Documentary - Stories Happen in Forests
SOUNDTRACK / SONG / POSTER
Best Original Soundtrack over 20 minutes - The Huntress: Rune of the Dead
Best Original Soundtrack 20 minutes or less - Augustus
Best Song with Lyrics - Tidal Wave (from Unsafe)
Best Song (Instrumental) - R. J. Fighting To Live
Movie Poster - The Dark Places
~ SSIFFF 2020 SEASONAL CATEGORY WINNERS ~
AUTUMN SEASON
Best Feature Film - Bastard's Crossing
Best Featurette - Funeral of a Nation: A Musical Essay
Best Short Film - Augustus
Best Southern States Short (tie) - Lessons from a Moonwalk (and) A Violent Storm
Best Short Short - Petalers
Best Art House/Experimental/Film Noir/Silent - R. J. Fighting To Live
Best Smart Phone Film - Black Lives Matter
Best Animated Film - Chums
Best Feature Documentary (tie) - Hard Road of Hope (and) Last Call for Tomorrow
Best Southern States Feature Documentary - Blood, Bone & Stone
Best Short Documentary - How We Vote Here
Best Southern States Short Documentary - Sheltered
Best Web Series - Tank Talk
Best Music Video - She Moved Through the Fair
Best Song (Instrumental) - R. J. Fighting To Live
Best Song with Lyrics - Come Away With Me
SUMMER SEASON
Best Feature Film - Torn: Dark Bullets
Best Featurette - Calf Rope
Best Short Film (tie) - Manasanamaha (and) Deus Otiosus
Best Southern States Short (tie) - The Casserole Brigade (and) The Dark Places Film
Best Short Short - Ramble
Best Art House/Experimental/Film Noir/Silent - Keu-ri-seu-ma-seu (Christmas)
Best Smart Phone Film - Cops and Robbers
Best Animated Film - Division Series
Best Feature Documentary - The One and Only Jewish Miss America
Best Southern States Feature Documentary - Shaw Rising
Best Short Documentary - The Pink House
Best Southern States Short Documentary - Stories Happen in Forests
Best Web Series - Bottled Up
Best Music Video - Peace/Matthew J. Thomas
Best Song - Tidal Wave (from Unsafe)
SPRING SEASON
Best Feature Film - No Ordinary Love
Best Featurette - Revelation, Alabama
Best Short Film (tie) - Your Name (and) Hanger's Limb
Best Southern States Short - Salting the Fly
Best Short Short - Don't Die
Best Art House/Experimental/Film Noir/Silent - Interview With Marilyn
Best Smart Phone Film - Phony
Best Animated Film - King of the House
Best Feature Documentary - The Offline Playlist
Best Southern States Feature Documentary - The Builder
Best Short Documentary - On the Edge
Best Southern States Short Documentary - How Great Thou Art
Best Web Series - Chrysalis
Best Music Video - You're the Kinds Guy/Michelle Rose
Best Song (tie) - Moment: Theme Song from Countdown (and) The Ice Cream Man: Regret Never Tasted So Sweet
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PAST EVENTS
Southern States Indie FanFilmFest 2019
Biloxi, Gulf Coast, MS, USA January 2020
~ Listed as Southern States Indie Film Fest on IMDb ~
Best of Fest - Easy Does It
Atman Award for Diversity in Film - Who Is James Meredith?
Best Southern States Film - Catatonia
FILM CATEGORY
Feature - This World Won't Break Featurette - Watermark English Language Short - Portrait of a Woman at Dawn
Foreign Language Short - The House in the Suburbs Southern States Short - Catatonia Horror - Room 566
Comedy - We Should Hang Out More Animated Film - The Ribbon Drone - Day Thirty-Three
Experimental/Art House/Film Noir - SPIRIT: A Martian Story Short Short - Another Love Story
Feature Documentary - Forced Change Short Documentary - Ashes to Ashes
Southern States Short Documentary - Water is Life Student Film - Gasp
DIRECTOR
Feature - Easy Does It/Will Addison
Featurette - Inhaling Red/Scott Allan Pardue
Foreign Language Film - It Comes From the Heavens/Oldren Romero
English Language Short - For Hope/James P. Rees
Southern States Short - Magnolia & Clementine/Ashley Shelton
Comedy - The Ham Sandwich/Paul Catalanotto
Horror - Ghost in the Gun/Andrew Chen
Talented New Director - Jules/Alexandra Gilbreath
ACTRESS
Feature or Featurette - Watermark/Katie Peabody
Comedy or Horror - Ethnically Ambiguous/Tiffany Phillips
English Language Short - Portrait of a Woman at Dawn/Elizabeth Roberts
Foreign Language Short - The House in the Suburbs/Eleni Sani
Southern States Short - Lillian/Shanae'a Moore
Supporting Actress - Easy Does It/Linda Hamilton
TALENTED YOUNG ACTOR or ACTRESS
Soul Bones/Lucien Rattray
ACTOR
Feature or Featurette - Easy Does It/BenMatheny & Matthew Martinez Comedy - Chronic/Bill Rogers
English Language Short - Dreaming of the Moon/Tony Greengrass Southern States Short - Swagger Back/Lawrence Green
Foreign Language Short - It Comes from the Heavens/Carlos Rafael Sanchez Vazquez
Horror - Fifty/Sasha Golberg Supporting Actor - This World Won't Break/Matthew Posey
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Feature - Limbo/Joe Stauffer Featurette - Chapter 9/Jake Brown
English Language Short - Bella/John Spencer Southern States Short - I Resign/Jay Mohan
Foreign Language Film - It Comes from the Heavens/Alexander Gonzales
MUSIC, POSTER, TRAILER
Feature or Featurette - This World Won't Break/Michael Paraskevas
Short Film - The Blurry World of Marcello Casagrande/Luigi Porto
Original Song - The Island of Dr. Moron/Mission Statement
Music Video - Across the River and Into the Trees/Enzo De Rosa
Southern States Music Video - I Will Survive/Don Smith
Trailer - Crowbar
Movie Poster - Lillian
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Southern States Indie FanFilmFest 2018
Biloxi, Gulf Coast, MS, USA January 2019
~ Listed as Southern States Indie Film Fest on IMDb ~
AWARD RECIPIENTS
Best of Fest - Rice
Atman Award for Diversity in Film - Marching Forward
Best Southern States Film - The 12 Lives of Sissy Carlyle
FILM CATEGORY
Feature - Technicolour Daydream Featurette - Esther’s Attic English Language Short - Jump
Foreign Language Short - Carro Southern States Short - Scarlet Begonias Comedy - The Writer
Horror - The Invaders Animated Film - Day of the Western Sunrise Drone - Namibia Web Series - Momtress
Experimental/Art House/Film Noir - Liquid Soul Silent Film - Poster Boy Smartphone Film - Apartment 14
Feature Documentary - Day of the Western Sunrise Short Documentary - Sugar Glass Ceilings
Southern States Documentary - Sound and Sole Music Video - Crosstie Town Trailer - Death and Compromise
DIRECTOR
Feature or Featurette - Beside Me (Tedy Necula) Southern States Feature or Featurette - Luke & Jo (Joshua Overbay)
English Language Short - The Conversation (Adam Ethan Crow) Foreign Language Short - Bhauvra (Saraswathi Balgam)
Southern States Short - Nashedonia (Will Berry) Comedy - Incommunicado (John Marcucci)
Web Series - I Do (Nathalie Schmidt) Talented New Director - Sunrise, Sunset (Hannah Roark)
Talented Student Filmmaker - Bingo Night (Brooklyn Alexander)
ACTRESS
Feature or Featurette - Rice (Valerie Fortin) English Language Short - Girl (Lindsay Trachtenberg
Foreign Language Short - Simple Simon (Amelie Radulescu) Southern States Short - Polished (Andie Morgenlander)
Comedy - Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture! (Kelly O’Neal)
Web Series - The So-So You Don’t Know (Sachi Parker)
Supporting Actress - The 12 Lives of Sissy Carlyle (Stephanie Northrup)
ACTOR
Feature or Featurette - Synthetic Phoenix (Ryan Perich) English Language Short - The Conversation (Corey Johnson)
Foreign Language Short - I Killed Vincent (Cyril Caumont) Southern States Short - A Leg Up (Phoenix Washington)
Comedy - Incommunicado (Felipe Viana) Supporting Actor Drama - Last Call (Dustin Prince)
Supporting Actor Comedy - Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture! (Robin Spriggs)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Feature or Featurette - Rice (Alex Vargas) English Language Short - Peggy (Justin O’Neal Miller)
Foreign Language Film - Cold Feet (Toshiya Chimura) Southern States Short - A Leg Up (Derek Bauer)
SOUNDTRACK, SONG, POSTER
English Language Feature or Featurette - The Pea Shooter (Teri Lennox) English Language Short - Dreamwisher (Asaf Sagiv)
Foreign Language Film - Sisya, The Disciple (Sarit Sekhar Chatterjee) Southern States Short - Ripe Figs (Eric Laws)
Original Song - Epic Quest, Sevrin the Magnificent Mage (Philip Derochie) Movie Poster - Sur'vi
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Southern States Indie FanFilmFest 2017
Biloxi, Gulf Coast, MS, USA January 2018
~ Listed as Southern States Indie Film Fest on IMDb ~
AWARD RECIPIENTS
Best of Fest - Zelos
Atman Award for Diversity in Film - Staring Down Fate
Best Southern States Film - The Importance of Sex Education
FILM CATEGORY
Feature Film - She, The Sergeant Matacho Featurette - Tyson! English Language Short - It Gets Better?
Foreign Language Short - Baba Best Southern States Short - Christine Animated Film - Blows with the Wind
Comedy Film - The Importance of Sex Education Drone Film - Kiss Experimental/Art House/Silent - Xing
Smart Phone Film - Signal Web Series Pilot - Sounds of Freedom Short Short - Balloon
Feature Documentary - Outcaste - The House that Carol Built Short Documentary - The Healing of Heather Garden
Southern States Documentary - House of Saints Top Trailer - Inherit the Stars
DIRECTOR
Feature - Just a Fling (Gorune Aprikian)
Featurette - Last Dream for the Moon (Octavian Repede)
English Language Short - The Importance of Sex Education (L. Elizabeth Powers)
Foreign Language Short - Baby One More Time (Paolo Turro)
Talented New Director - Xing (Rosa Costanza)
Southern States Short - Barrow (Daniel Earney)
Talented Student Filmmaker - The Secret Life of Balloons (Lauren Graham, Nina Graham)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Feature - Ann (Sofia Oggioni) Featurette - One Year on a Bike (Martijn & Siebren Doolaard, Julian Wunderle, Hanz Lasthuis)
English Language Short - Imbolc (Rory Moore) Foreign Language Short - The Victim (Rassam Feali)
Southern States Short - House of Saints (Gerry Melendez) Short Short - Forgotten Birmingham (Ben McCafferty)
ACTRESS
Feature or Featurette - She, The Sergeant Matacho (Fabiana Medina) English Language Short - Pickup (Mandy Evans)
Foreign Language Short - The Victim (Shahrzad Borjian) Southern States Short - Greenwood (Tammy Thomas)
Supporting Actress Drama - Zelos (Ainslie McGlynn) Supporting Actress Comedy - This is Jack (Amanda Tepe)
ACTOR
Feature or Featurette - Zelos (Ben Mortley) English Language Short - It Gets Better? (Gys DeVilliers)
Foreign Language Short - Time Escapers (Cyril Benoit) Southern States Short - Christine (Logan Reinhart)
Comedy - Those Shoes! (Crafty St. James) Supporting Actor - Mombie (Nate Wells)
SOUNDTRACK, SONG
Feature or Featurette - Do U Want It? (Eric Heigle, Andy Rathbone, Kirkland Middleton)
English Language Short - Deirdre (Audio Network)
Foreign Language Short - Baba (Nadaka)
Southern States Short - Mombie (N.T. Bullock)
Original Song - Wilmington on Fire (Voice of the Regular People/Ness Lee)