The winners nominations for the 2nd annual Raindance Independent Series Awards are listed below. Watch the video of the award ceremony in full:
The list of the Jury for 2015 can be found here.
Jury Award Categories:
BEST BRITISH SERIES
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- 1000 Londoners (UK: Mark Currie, Rachel Wang - producers)
- Blowing the Budget (UK: Ed Kear - creator)
- History Bombs (UK: Chris Hobbs - creator)
- Nikola Tesla and the End of the World (UK: Ian Strang - creator)
- Til Death (UK: Hayley Smith, Rob Jones, Glen Kirby - creators)
- Turn Me Online (UK: Hannah Megan Lane, Suzie Preece - creators) WINNER
BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES
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- The Banks (Canada: Adam Kosh - creator)
- The Impossibilities (USA: Anna Kerrigan, Kati Rediger, Ash Springer - creators) WINNER
- The Katering Show (Australia: Kate McLennan, Kate McCartney - creators)
- Life's Work (Canada: Ben Proudfoot, Andrea Batista - producers)
- Phoenix Run (USA: TJ Walker, creator)
- Wildcats (USA: Rachel Puchkoff, creator)
BEST WRITING
- Amy Hartman & Melissa Martin for Dog Bytes (USA)
- Roseanne Liang & Simon Ward for Flat3 (New Zealand)
- Elizabeth Eller for Manic Pixie Dream Wife (USA)
- John Luc for mychonny moves in (Australia)
- Ric Forster & Louna Maroun for Neighbours vs Zombies (Australia)
- Daniel Quirke and Johnathan Davenport for Quirkology (UK) WINNER
BEST DIRECTING
- Jay Ferguson for Guidestones; Sunflower Noir (Canada)
- Ben Proudfoot for Life’s Work (Canada)
- Eron Carruth for Stricken (Canada)
- Eric Piccoli for Project-M (Canada)
- Kieron J. Walsh for Rapt (Ireland)
- Rachel Puchkoff for Wildcats (USA)
BEST LEAD ACTOR
- Aljin Abella for Hunter n Hornet (Australia)
- Mickey Blaine for I’m Harry Clark (USA)
- Kati Rediger for The Impossibilities (USA)
- Cody Smith for Manic Pixie Dream Wife (USA) WINNER
- Suzie Preece for Turn Me Online (UK)
- Linnea Sage for Wildcats (USA)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
- The Banks (Canada)
- Dog Bytes (USA)
- Dring (France) WINNER
- The Katering Show (Australia)
- Neighbours vs Zombies (Australia)
- (R)onanism (Ireland)
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
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- Perfect Girl (Singapore) nominated for editing
- History Bombs (UK) nominated for cinematography
- Life’s Work (Canada) nominated for music score
- Project-M (Canada) nominated for cinematography WINNER
- The First Musketeer (UK) nominated for production and costume design
- Wildcats (USA) nominated for sound design
RAINDANCE DISCOVERY
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- John Michael Howard - writer/producer, 8 Acre (UK)
- Adam Kosh & Ariane Bessette - writers, The Banks (Canada)
- Harriet Sams - director, The First Musketeer (UK)
- Julianne Donelle - writer/director No Pillowfights (USA)
- Elisabeth Ness - creator/writer, Redheads Anonymous (USA)
- Rachel Puchkoff - writer/director, Wildcats (USA) WINNER
Other Award Categories:
CRITICS CHOICE AWARD: Rapt by Blinder Films WINNER
- award given by our special critics jury made of reviewers from: WebVee Guide, WebSeries Mag, Snobby Robot, Vodzilla.co and Limited Release Podcast
SPECIAL FESTIVAL AWARD: Artistically Challenged by Michael Deigh WINNER
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- award given out by our Web Fest selection judges
AWARDS HISTORY:
- 2014 Raindance Independent Series Awards:
- Best British Series: S.O.S. Save Our Skins
- Best International Series: Destroy The Alpha Gammas (USA)
- Best Lead Actor: Hannah Cheesman - Whatever, Linda (Canada)
- Best Ensemble Cast: Flat3 (New Zealand)
- Best Achivement In Production: Whatever, Linda (Canada) for Production Design
- Raindance Discovery Award: Hannah Cheesman & Julian De Zotti - Whatever, Linda for Writing
- Web Series Pilot Contest Winner: Dance4Me (UK)
- 2013 Raindance Best Web Series Award (sponsored by Rotolight): One For Ten by reel nice [click here]
- Jury: Lisa Campbell (Editor, Broadcast Magazine); Ross Whittow-Williams (Executive Producer, BigBalls Films); Mick Greenwood (Managing Editor, MSN Video UK & International Video Project); and, Chris Sussman (Executive Editor, BBC Comedy). - 2011 Web Series Pilot Contest Winner: The Vessel by Fyrian Films [click here]
- Jury: Rupert Bryan (MD Motion Picture House); Elisar Cabrera (Raindance Film Festival); Susan Miller (Creator, Anyone But Me); Chris Stone (Creator, Blood And Bone China).
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