2019 IndieBOOM! Winners Announced

Our 3rd Annual fest has wrapped! As always, we were impressed and delighted by the social media wizardry of our filmmakers, who worked overtime promoting their work. And our audience responded: we streamed over 1,300 hours of video - more than twice as much as last year! Fans couldn't get enough of our incredible shorts in every genre, watching on their phones, computers, and tablets (and our brand-new Roku and Fire TV apps got quite a workout too.) We tallied up viewing stats to determine all our Winners including our Fan Favorite which comes with a $500 prize to help a filmmaker make their next project.

Speaking of our Roku and Fire TV apps, our Winners will continue to stream on them all year... and all our films will continue to be available on our website for as long as the filmmakers want. So if you missed them during the fest, you can still watch them free!

We're proud of everyone who participated, because we know how much of a challenge it is to make great work as an indie creator. And the results speak for themselves. Now, without further ado, the winners of the 2019 IndieBOOM! festival:

WINNING ANIMATION
STAR IN THE EAST  Animation/Music Video, USA - Directed by Katie Garibaldi

WINNING COMEDY
transpLAnts  Comedy, USA - Directed by Sara Baum

WINNING COMMERCIAL
THE CRAP CHUTE  Commercial, USA - Directed by Brent Kappel
 
WINNING DANCE
DONNA ON THE GO: DANCE Dance, USA - Directed by Tam Warner

WINNING DOCUMENTARY
FIXING GRANDMA  Documentary, USA - Directed by William Wonders III

WINNING DRAMA
GROWING UP BETWEEN STOPS ON THE A-TRAIN  Drama, USA - Directed by Jennifer Y. Johnson-Garcia

WINNING EXPERIMENTAL
CIRCUMAMBULATION Experimental, USA – Directed by Andrew Xue

WINNING FAN FILM
BATMAN: THE SCHEME IS SOUND  Fan Film/Musical, USA - Directed by Kevin Croxton
 
WINNING FANTASY:
VIRTUAL VENDETTA  Fan Film, UK - Directed by Nick Sapwell

WINNING HORROR           
THE LOST BOYS: THE NEW BREED  Fan Film, USA - Directed by Randy Memoli

WINNING MUSIC
THE WEB OPERA  Musical, USA - Music by Michael Roth, Directed by Kate Jopson

WINNING PILOT
FOBia  Series, USA - Directed by Reshmi Hazra Rustebakke

WINNING ROMANCE
JESUS RIDES A HARLEY  Comedy/Romance, USA - Directed by Michael Boston

WINNING SCI FI
THE LOOKING GLASS  Fan Film, USA - Directed by Mike Heath

JURY PRIZE:
R.I.P.  Animation, USA - Directed by Cooper Haskell
 
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
A THORN  Drama, USA - Directed by Eha Urbsalu
LIVING IN CRIME ALLEY  Fan Film, United Kingdom - Directed by Rob Ayling
MAKE ME FLY  Musical, France - Directed by Peter Vino
MATRYOSHKA  Horror, USA - Directed by Manny Serrano
RUBBER DUCKY Music, USA - Directed by Sean Mannion
THIRD SHIFT  Series, USA - Directed by Rich Baker
WHAT ABOUT PAYMENT  Drama, USA - Directed by DK Davall

FAN FAVORITE/ $500 GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
THE EQUINOX EFFECT  Fan Film, USA - Directed by Kelly Reynolds