THE 2007 BEST OF THE MIDWEST AWARDS

Presented by The Midwest Independent Film Festival

[Online voting ended Tuesday, November 20th]

 

Here are your nominees:

 

Best Music Video

 

Get Out, featuring Jen Porter

Depression Glass, featuring Cameron McGill

Get Steady, featuring Oh My God

 

Best Documentary

 

Rock the Bells, directed by Casey Suchan and Denis Henry Hennelly

Indestructible, directed by Ben Byer

 

Best Comedy

 

Cop Show, written by and starring Tracy Letts and David Pasquesi

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, directed by Jeff Garlin

My Lover’s Moods, directed by Jack C. Newell

Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager, directed by Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan

Low Note, directed by Scott Smith

 

Best Actor

 

Jeff Garlin, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

Malik Bader, Street Thief

Jonathan Eliot, Crime Fiction

Christian Stolte, Crime Fiction

Morocco Omari, Kubuku Rides: This Is It

 

Best Actress

Katrina Lenk, Crime Fiction

Laurie Metcalf, Steel City

JoNell Kennedy, Kubuku Rides

Simone Roos, My Lover’s Moods

Heather Prete, Cop Show

 

Best Editing

 

Tim Baron, Indestructible

Nadav Kurtz, Street Thief

Brian Jun, Steel City

Casey Suchan and Denis Henry Hennelly, Rock the Bells

Jeff Rostis, My Lover’s Moods


Best Cinematography

 

Ken Seng, Street Thief

Roko Belic, Indestructible

Pete Biagi, Bubble-Rama

Pete Biagi, The 5:22

 

Best Drama

 

Steel City, directed by Brian Jun

Street Thief, directed by Malik Bader

Death of a President (D.O.A.P.), directed by Gabriel Range

The 5:22, directed by Bernadette Demisay

Kubuku Rides: This Is It, directed by Terry Kinney


Best Director

 

Brian Jun, Steel City

Ben Byer, Indestructible

Casey Suchan and Denis Henry Hennelly, Rock the Bells

Malik Bader, Street Thief

Terry Kinney, Kubuku Rides: This Is It

 

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