Williamsburg Independent Film Festival 5th Annual Awards
Best Narrative Feature
LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN
Best Narrative Short
RECURSION
Best Williamsburg Short
MINOR MONUMENTS
Best Documentary
PASSING ELLENVILLE
Best Director
Frank Whaley
LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN
Best Director -Short Film
Sam Buntrock
RECURSION
Best Actor
Rob McClure
RECURSION
Best Actress
Leighton Meester
LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN
Best Breakout Young Actress
Naiia Ulrich
THE GIRL ON THE ROOF
Best Breakout Performance - Best Featured Actor
Billie Joe Armstrong
LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN
Best Breakout Performance -Young Actor
Julian Shatkin
LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN
Best Cinematography
Simon Pauly
MONSURA IS WAITING
Best Screenplay
Stanton Nash
RECURSION
Best Breakout Director
Skeet Ulrich
THE GIRL ON THE ROOF
Audience Appreciation Award
KNOCK KNOCK
Best Foreign Film
CASTOR
Willfilm Award of Distinction
AS A FRIEND
Willfilm Award of Distinction
HAPPY HOUR
Willfilm Award of Distinction
1946
Thelma Bloch Award for the Arts
SEE SEVEN STATES FROM ROCK CITY
The Thelma K. Bloch memorial award.
Co-Founder, Peter Bloch's mother, Thelma Bloch, died on May 5, 2014. All her life, she was a devoted patron of the arts and this fund will directly foster young filmmakers.
We are the premier independent film festival in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Founded in 2010, by its chairmen Robert Skelly, Peter Bloch and Michael Brady. Past honorees and participants have included, Skeet Ulrich, Cathy Moriarty, Keir Gilchrist, Chloe Dahl, Gail Lerner, Rene Balcer, Michael Urie, Illeana Douglas, Daryl Roth, Julia Ormand, Cheyenne Jackson and Jason Butler Harner.