Southern States Indie FanFilmFest 2022
On the Gulf Coast, USA
~ Listed as Southern States Indie Film Fest on IMDb ~
WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2022 SEASON!
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~ SSIFFF 2021 was not scheduled or held due to the Covid-19 pandemic ~
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PAST EVENTS:
#SSIFFF 2020
~ Listed as Southern States Indie Film Fest on IMDb ~
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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#SSIFFF 2019
Biloxi, 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
Student Film - Gasp
Southern States Short Documentary - Water is Life
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/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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#SSIFFF 2018
Biloxi, 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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#SSIFFF 2017
Biloxi, 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)