The sixth annual Naperville Independent Film Festival (NIFF) is set to take place September 13-21. Films will be screened at Classic Cinemas Ogden 6 Theater and Smith Hall, on the North Central College campus, in Naperville, Illinois. For the first time in the festival’s history a pre-opening event has been added for premiere screenings of two locally produced films; the Naperville Premiere of “COMPOSED”, a documentary feature film by Charley Rivkin, and the Midwest Premiere of the documentary feature “GUS: AN AMERICAN ICON”, by Pedro Brenner.
92 films will be screened, with 49 films and five screenplays nominated to compete in 11 “best” categories, including documentary, director, feature film, short film, actor, actress, animation, student-produced, music video, mobile video (newest category 2013), and screenplay.
2013 Official Nominees
Best Documentary
Between the Harvest By Scott Drucker, IL
Go Ganges By J.J. Kelley & Josh Thomas, US
Gus American Icon By Pedro Brenner, IL
Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home By Ethan Bensinger, IL
The Storykeeper By Rogier vanBeeck Calkoen, Netherlands
Best Director
It’s Not You, It’s Me By Nathan Ives, CA
Least Among Saints By Martin Papazian, CA
Pechorin By Khrushch Roman, Russia
The “K” Effect:Stalin’s Editor By Valenti Figures Jorge, Spain
Thursday’s Speaker By Gary Herbert, CA
Best Feature Film
It’s Not You, It’s Me By Nathan Ives, CA
Least Among Saints By Martin Papazian, CA
The Hobby Stop By Robert Gruen, NC
Thursday’s Speaker By Gary Herbert, CA
Wingmen Incorporated By Jason Schaver, IL
Best Short Film
Remember to Breath By Marc Saltarelli, CA
Rose, Mary, and Time By Hardeep Giani, London
Spaghetti for Two By Matthias Rosenberger, Germany
Summer Campbell By Scott Sullivan, CA
Towing By Wenhwa Ts’ao, IL
Best Actor
It’s Not You, It’s Me Ross McCall
Least Among Saints Marty Papazian
Reverberacion Pedro Rebollo
Rose, Mary, and Time Zak Lee
Spaghetti For Two Johannes Silberschneider
Best Actress
It’s Not You, It’s Me Joelle Carter
Least Among Saints Laura San Giacomo
Remember to Breath Lee Meriwether
Rose, Mary, and Time Isla Lindsay
Us and Them Elizabeth Spano
Best Animation
Moon Cakes By Chang Liu, IL
Psycho By Dan Lloyd, UK
Sidewalk By Celia Bullwinkel, NY
Tea For Three By David Pierson, UK
Zombie Eggs By Dan Lloyd, UK
Best Student Produced
Chubby Cupcake By Tony Venezia IL
Pipelines By Maciej Pasynkiewicz, CA
Sloth On a Cliff By Tony Venezia, IL
The Marriage By David Pierson, UK
Until College By Caitlin Halliburton, CA
Us and Them By Carrie Ferrante, CT
Best Music Video
“Delusional” Artist: Pride of Lions , IL
“Newtown”(You’re Not Alone) Artist: Marc Scherer, IL
“Come Dancing” Artist: Lisa McClowry, IL
“Let Your Light Shine” Artists: Bianca & Chiara D’Ambrosio, CA,
“Wave swept” Artist: Stephanie Boesso, IL
Best Mobile Video
Mamas Apple Pancakes By Tina KaraKourtis, IL
Life With The Boys By Todd Koenitz, IL
Cooking With Chef Michaels By Michael Bussan, IL
Best Screenplays
Life Time Loser By James Ross
The Secret of Daisy Blythe By Barbara Blomquist
Ultimate Flight Queen By Billie Bates
Condition of Return By John E. Spare
Leave of Absence By Bill Redding
