Maverick Movie Awards

Maverick Movie Awards
Founded 2004
Language International
Website Official Website

The Maverick Movie Awards annually honors films and screenplays. They were founded as the New Haven Underground Film Festival in 2004, and became known as "Maverick Movie Awards" in 2008.[1] The awards are given out by a panel of judges working in the film industry.[2] Its winners include both big-budget studio films as well as low budget independent films.[3]

Winners

2014[4]

Feature Film

Short Film

  • Best Picture: Concrete/Night (Director: Noe Weil)
  • Best Director: Joshua Hinkson (for Sic)
  • Best Screenplay: The Funeral (Yehudah Jez Freedman)
  • Best Chronicle: Project: Shattered Silence (Director: Colleen Sparks Hamilton & Jared O'Roark)
  • Best Cinematography: By My Hand (Tucker Macdonald)


2013[5]

Feature Film

  • Best Director: Dimitris Athanitis (for: Three Days Happiness)

Short Film


2012[6]

Feature Film

Short Film

  • Best Picture: Tumbleweed! (Director: Jared Varava)
  • Best Actor: Dylan Smith (in Hangnail)[7]
  • Best Original Score: Atom[8]


Reception

One thing is clear, the festival circuit has to be taken back for those it was originally meant to serve: filmmakers and audiences. MMA is a group whose mission is so in line with what needs to be done in this ever-changing landscape.
— Sandy Cioffi, director of Sweet Crude, quoted on website of Maverick Movie Awards[9]
The Maverick Movie Awards puts credibility and intrigue back into the word ‘maverick.’
— Les Claypool, frontman of Primus, quoted on website of Maverick Movie Awards[10]

References

  1. ↑ Maverick Movie Awards: Official Website - Archive
  2. ↑ "Moviemaker Magazine: Article about the event.". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "HighlightHollywood.com - Interview with Robert Scott Crane about being nominated at Maverick Movie Awards". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2014 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2013 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2012 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "National Screen Institute, Canada: Official Website - Announcment of the award.". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Swinburne University of Technology official website - Department of Film and Animation - list of award-winning films.". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Maverick Movie Awards: Official website". Retrieved 7 November 2014..
  10. ↑ "Maverick Movie Awards: Official website". Retrieved 7 November 2014..

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