Best of Cindependent 2023
Congratulations to all of the Cindies Nominees and Winners for their outstanding achievement!
Best Off-Kilter Short
🏆Who's Annie
Goodbye Tallahassee, I Hope You Understand
Rentals
Census
Smoke and Suds
Best International Short
🏆Echoing, It Doesn't Stop
My Youth
A Fable for Four Voices
Best Ohio Short
🏆Sheltered
Night Cafe
Lejania
Attrition
Falling Up
Best of Fest
🏆BOOKED
Best Comedy Short
🏆Falling Up
Curiosity
Showrunner
I Didn't Mean to Say I Love You
We Want A
Best Documentary Short
The Orchestra that Chuck Built
Persons Set Apart
Awadagin Pratt: Black in America
🏆Life in Tandem
Believe in Wonder
Best Actress
🏆Janice Theard (Archive and the Storyteller)
Annie Pisapia (Who's Annie)
Sky Coyne (Any Other Time)
Chesney Mitchell (Booked)
Harlie Sullivan (When the Man Comes Around)
Best Drama Short
🏆BREAK
When the Man Comes Around
Choices
Any Other Time
Lejania
Best Student Film
Summer Eclipse
Hunger Pang
Falling Up
🏆We Want A
Echoing, It Doesn't Stop
Best Actor
Jared Levy (Sheltered)
🏆Dante Donaldson (Attrition)
Gene Jones (Night Cafe)
Bill Wise (The Violinist)
Bob Clendenin (Curiosity)
Best Family Short
Brown Sugar
Peculiar and Strange
🏆City Bird
Best Director (Short Film)
🏆Joshua Nowak (Night Cafe)
Katy McCarthy (The Violinist)
Tommy Meisel (When the Man Comes Around)
Natasha Marie Rivera (Archive & The Storyteller)
Ben Evory (Sheltered)
Excellence in Filmmaking
🏆Citizen Sleuth
Best US Short
🏆The Violinist
Choices
Hidden
When the Man Comes Around
Archive & The Storyteller
