The views have been tallied and the fans have chosen. Here are the winners of the IndieBOOM! Festival.

"If you build it, they will stream." The inaugural IndieBOOM! Festival proved just that.

Our slate of 38 short films from all over the world drew tens of thousands of viewers from Dec. 18 - Jan. 5. And together they streamed hundreds of hours of video via our website and the BKOD Roku channel. Our filmmakers got to promote their work while growing their fanbase and our audience got to discover, support and share amazing films. And our screenplay competition helped emerging writers get industry attention. (More info on our prizes here.)

At IndieBOOM!, every view is a vote. So we tallied up every play and every minute watched of each of our selections to come up with our winners. And our jury of industry pros gave their own award to their favorite film of the festival. 

Congratulations to all our winners, and all our films... you helped IndieBOOM! launch with a bang!

2017 INDIEBOOM! FESTIVAL WINNERS

FAN FAVORITE (The most-viewed film of the fest) and winner of our $500 Grand Prize:
THE HIDDEN HOPE
Star Wars Fan Film - Directed by Roy Perez Brondo (Mexico)

WINNING COMEDY
PETTY CRIME
Directed by Knoa Knapper (USA)

WINNING DRAMA
EDITH
Directed by Christian Cooke (UK)

WINNING DOCUMENTARY
DECONSTRUCTING EDEN
Directed by Rick Wood (USA)

WINNING MICRO-DOC (Under 10 min.)
VERRÜCKT: THE SNAIL FARMER OF VIENNA
Directed by Kevin Longa (USA)

WINNING SUPER-SHORT (Under 10 min.)
WIFE SUPPORT
Comedy, Directed by Jackie Geary (USA)

WINNING DANCE
COLD
Directed by Sven Niemeyer (Germany)

WINNING EXPERIMENTAL
600 SPACE ALIENS
Directed by Scott Bateman (USA)

WINNING SERIES
THE LIVIA SCOTT SKETCH PROGRAM
Directed by Livia Scott, Jim Turner, Kyle Parsons, John Kingman, Matt Morrison, John Trowbridge, Amey Goerlich, Ryan Hunter (USA)

WINNING THRILLER
THE DOOR
Directed by Richard Termini (Australia)

WINNING SCI-FI
DEAR MANKIND
Directed by Floris Asche and Woitek Konzil (Germany)

WINNING ANIMATION
AFTER
Directed by Shaun Kelly (Ireland)

WINNING FAN FILM
THE HIDDEN HOPE
Star Wars Fan Film - Directed by Roy Perez Brondo (Mexico)

JURY PRIZE
ANNIE WAITS
Comedy, Directed by Marnie Paxton-Harris​ (UK)

WINNING SCREENPLAY
ESCAPE
Written by Jace Lacob (USA)