The 2009 Best of the
Presented by The
Tuesday, December 1st at Rockit Bar & Grill, 22 W. Hubbard
Special thanks to K.C. and Kipp Norman of Elephant Filmworks for creating our nominee presentation and to voiceover talent Derrick Nelson and actors Kirk Anderson, Joe Klancnik and Stephanie Nightlinger for lending (ok, donating) their talents to the Midwest Indie!
Winners were determined by the Festival Awards Jury, the Festival Director Mike McNamara and the public vote, for which nearly 2,000 people cast their ballot at MidwestFilm.org!
Best
Music Video
Microphone Song, directed by Alex Mechlin for
Canasta
Spectacle and Show, directed by Michael Chait for Halfpenny Marvel
Mustache Ride, directed
by Michael Starcevich for Men of Movember
Nothing at All,
directed by Davidson Cole for Levi Kreis
Mess of Things,
directed by Brian Fitzpatrick for Michael McDermott
Mister Morris,
directed by Miggy Downs for Phillip Morris
Best Short Film
Sugar, directed by Alex Beh
An Evening with Emery Long, directed by Brad DeMarea
Odd Shoe,
directed by Paul Cotter
Special Needs, directed
by Scott Smith
Wheelchair Werewolf, directed by Joe Avella
Leonard Knight,
directed by Tim Bieber
Best Editing
Sharon Zurek, Hannah
Free
Steve Delahoyde, Regrets
Greg Kohs, Song
Sung Blue
Jeff Nolan, Odd
Shoe
Joel Anderson, A
Lifetime Underground
Graham Metzger, Sugar
Best Female Actor
Jennifer Lawrence, The
Poker House
Ann Hagemann, Hannah
Free
Emily Wilson, Special
Needs
Heather Graham, Baby
on Board
Sue Gillan, An
Evening with Emery Long
Best Cinematography
Ken Seng, The
Poker House
Pete Biagi, Sugar
Tim Bieber, Leonard
Knight
Michael Kwielford, Verve
Scott Thiele, Martini
Girls
Best Screenplay
Rob Bola, See No
Evil
Ron Lazzeretti, The
Merry Gentleman
Lori Petty and David Alan Greer, The Poker House
Brad DeMarea, An Evening with Emery Long
Best
Male Actor
Brendan Donaldson, Audience
Award Winner
Tom Bastounes, The
Merry Gentleman
Brad Morris, Special
Needs
David Pasquesi, Regrets
Danny McCarthy, An
Evening with Emery Long
Best Director
Lori Petty, The
Poker House
Wendy Jo Carlton, Hannah
Free
Greg Kohs, Song
Sung Blue
Chris Smith, The
Pool
Michael Chaves, Worst
Date Ever
Best Feature
Hannah Free, directed by Wendy Jo Carlton
The Pool, directed
by Chris Smith
The Merry Gentleman, directed by Michael Keaton
Song Sung Blue, directed
by Greg Kohs
Being Bucky,
directed by Scott Smith
The Poker House, directed
by Lori Petty