The 2011 Best of the Midwest Awards Gala
Presented by The Midwest Independent Film Festival
Tuesday, December 6th at Rockit Bar & Grill, 22 W. Hubbard


Here are your nominees for the 2011 BMAs (voting closed November 22nd):
Click here to purchase your tickets for the Tuesday, December 6th festivities


Best Music Video
Black Leaf, directed by Sam Macon
Party Thighs, directed by Logan Hall
What Up Little Kid, directed by Pedro and Ramiro Castro
Clear Your Head, directed by Mark Pallman
Call the Press and Send Their Best, directed by Matthew Achterberg and Michael Starcevich
 
Best Short Film
Breakups, directed by Ted Tremper
Mumbai Golf, directed by Joel Edwards
Apartment Guy, directed by Alex Fendrich
Off Into Space, directed by Anna Jung
A Certain Breed, directed by Scott Smith
Graveyard, directed by Ron Lazzeretti
Above the Sun, directed by Steve Delahoyde

Best Editing
Steve Delahoyde, Above the Sun
Joel Edwards, Mumbai Golf
Dean Peterson, Incredibly Small
Josh Bodnar, Butterflies
Randy Palmer Jr. and Brooks Ruyle, Ballhawks
 
Best Female Actor
Emily Wilson, A Certain Breed
Jamie Anne Allman, The Last Rites of Joe May
Meredith Droeger, The Last Rites of Joe May
Cate Freedman, Breakups
Stacie Beth Green, The Dream Play

Best Cinematography
Michael Gabriele, Green Vial
Kerry Shaw Brown, Be Infectious
Mike Diedrich, Ballhawks
Joel Edwards, Mumbai Golf
Adam Ginsburg, Incredibly Small

Best Screenplay
I. Michael Toth, The Dream Play
Keith Bearden, Meet Monica Velour
Dean Peterson, Incredibly Small
Yaron Deskalo, Mumbai Golf
Ron Lazzeretti, Graveyard

Best Male Actor
Dennis Farina, The Last Rites of Joe May
Kirk Anderson, Cherry
Brad Morris, Babysittings
Timothy Burke, The Dream Play
Stephen Gurewitz, Incredibly Small
Christian Stolte, Graveyard

Best Director
Joel Edwards, Mumbai Golf
Scott Smith, A Certain Breed
Mike Diedrich, Ballhawks
Dean Peterson, Incredibly Small
Keith Bearden, Meet Monica Velour

Best Feature
Cherry, directed by Jeffrey Fine
Meet Monica Velour, directed by Keith Bearden
Incredibly Small, directed by Dean Peterson
Ballhawks, directed by Mike Diedrich
The Dream Play, directed by I. Michael Toth
The Last Rites of Joe May, directed by Joe Maggio

Click here to cast your ballot for the 2011 Best of the Midwest Awards!


Click here to purchase your tickets for the Tuesday, December 6th festivities

 

We would also like to thank our festival sponsors that keep our First Tuesday festivities going strong all year round!  Please be sure to thank our gala and festival sponsors yourself by sending them your business!

 

Our Host Committee is working tirelessly to make the BMAs a landmark evening for Chicago and the Midwest.  We cannot thank them enough!  You should thank them, too!