Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival

2015

 

Congratulations to our Screenplay winners

Short Film Script

“A Good Day’s Work”

Jess MacCallum


Feature Film Script

“Wally Got Wasted”

Seth Hymes


Congratulations to our 2015 winners


Best Feature Narrative

7 Minutes

Best Feature Documentary

Finding Jen’s Voice

Best Short Narrative

Lifeline

Best Short Documentary

Diamonds in the Rough

Best Actor

Luke Mitchel (7 Minutes)

Best Actress

Kathlene Gatti (Lifeline)

Best Music Video

Still Beautiful' ~ Vanaka (Featuring J.R. RICHARDS)


Best Animation

Dark Noir



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Friday June 26, 2015


Friday 6:30pm

Opening Ceremonies

Presentation of “Official Selection” Plaques, And All winning awards will be presented at this time. It is suggested that you attend.

Awards will be presented for the following categories:

Best Feature Narrative

7 Minutes

Best Feature Documentary

Finding Jen’s Voice

Best Short Narrative

Lifeline

Best Short Documentary

Diamonds in the Rough

Best Actor

Luke Mitchel (7 Minutes)

Best Actress

Kathlene Gatti (Lifeline)

Best Music Video

Still Beautiful' ~ Vanaka (Featuring J.R. RICHARDS)


Best Animation

Dark Noir


Friday 8:pm

The Following three films are from local filmmakers.


Sugar In My Bowl (2min 54 sec USA)

by Hannah Rose Snyder

Music Video


Indian Ate The Woodchuck (4min. USA)

by Brad Pattullo

Music Video


The Other Side (103m, U S A)

sub. by John Niespodzianski

Feature Narrative


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Saturday 10:am

The AC Project: To the Ends of the Earth (94m, U S A)

dir. by Brandon LiedYes here they are

Feature Documentary

Saturday 11:35am

The Penguin Counters (67m, U S A)

dir. by Harriet Getzels, Peter Getzels

Feature Documentary


Surviving Kensington (13m, U S A)

dir. by Mo Scarpelli

Doucmentary Short


Appalachia - Mountaintop to Moonscape (13m, United Kingdom)

dir. by Alan Gignoux

Narrative Short


Saturday 1:15pm

BEREAVE (100m, U S A)

sub. by Evangelos Giovanis

Feature Narrative


Saturday 3:00pm

I Was a Teenage Superhero Sidekick (77m, U S A)

dir. by J. Hanna

Feature Narrative


“Made in Pennsylvania”

The following films were all made in pennsylvania. Some were made right here in Pittsburgh

Saturday 4:30pm

Finding Jenn's Voice (1hr.13min.USA)

by Tracy Schott

Feature Documentary


Saturday 5:45pm

Quiet Zone (5min 20sec.USA)

by Paul Navarro

Animation


Nuts & Bolts (5min USA)

by Ryan Butters

Animation


Diamonds in the Rough (15m, U S A)

dir. by Dominique Carino

Webasodes


The Recall (27m, U S A)

dir. by Ace Yilma

Narrative Short


The Cabin (14m, U S A)

dir. by Robbbie Roberts

Narrative Short


breakage (12m, U S A)

dir. by Steve Parys

Narrative Short


Burghatory (22m USA)

by Paul Navarro

in Narrative Short


White Fetish (4m, U S A)

dir. by Sean Dacanay

New Media Short


End of Made In Pennsylvania

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Saturday 7:35pm

One Armed Man (27m, U S A)

dir. by Tim Guinee

Narrative Short


Saturday 8:00pm

7 Minutes (84m, U S A)

dir. by Jay Martin

Feature Narrative


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Sunday 10:00Am

Hate Crimes in the Heartland (60m, U S A)

dir. by Rachel Lyon

Feature Documentary


Sunday 11:05Am

Peace, Daal, & Partition (25m, U S A)

dir. by Paisley Smith

Doucmentary Short

Stella Walsh (15m, U S A)

dir. by Rob Lucas

Doucmentary Short


Toy Boy (8min Canada)

by March Mercanti

in Documentary Short


Dark Noir (4m, United Kingdom)

sub. by Sarah Butterworth

Animation


Lies Beneath the Nightshade (10m, U S A)

dir. by Andrew Wecht

Narrative Short


Pushing Buttons (12m, U S A)

dir. by Jonathan Landau

Narrative Short


FLIGHT FRIGHT (6m, U S A)

dir. by James Politano

Narrative Short


Lifeline (18m, U S A)

dir. by Jeffery Wang

Narrative Short


Sunday 12:45pm

WILDLIKE (1hr 38min Canada)

by Frank Green

Feature Narritive


Sunday 2:30pm

Coffee and a Bagel (4m, U S A)

dir. by Gavin Brown

Animation


Little Blue - A Broken Promise (10min 40 sec USA)

by Chris Jordan-Bloch

Documentary Short


Lapsus (30min France)

by Karim Ouaret

Narrative Short


Desk Job (17min 48 sec USA)

by Jason Eaken

Narrative Short


Sam's Box (14min USA)

by Felipe Gon

Narrative Short


The Brief-Case (12min 2 sec USA)

by vijay adireddy

Narrative Short


Clean Cut (5min 15 sec USA)

by Andrew Hunt

Narrative Short


Sunday 4:00pm

Companion (3min 13sec USA)

by Sean O'Neill

Animation


Strapped (17min 55 sec USA)

by Joe Farina

Narrative Short


A Wake (24min USA)

by Josh Spiegel

in Narrative Short


Eighty-Sixed (7min 25 sec USA)

by Alex Kohnstamm

Narrative Short


Oh Crappy Day (17 min 42 sec)

by Jon Bacon

Narrative Short


One Left Turn (17 min 50 sec USA)

by Glenn Pack

Narrative Short


Sunday 5:30pm

Lady Luck (18m, United Kingdom)

dir. by jo lewis

Narrative Short


A Fight To Propose (5m, U S A)

dir. by PJ Gaynard

Narrative Short


Broken Crystal (13m, U S A)

dir. by Jackie Marie

Narrative Short


Prisoner (21m, U S A)

dir. by Matthew Edwards

Narrative Short


21 Things (20m, U S A)

dir. by Andrew Anthony

Narrative Short


The Audition (11m, U S A)

dir. by Philece Sampler

Narrative Short


Sunday 7:00pm

‘Still Beautiful' ~ Vanaka (Featuring J.R. RICHARDS) (8m, U S A)

dir. by Min Reid

Music Video


I Have Decided To Be No One (3m, U S A)

dir. by Dom Portalla

New Media Short


FIRST DEGREE (25m, U S A)

dir. by Roger Weisberg

Doucmentary Short


Zizi And Honeyboy (15m, U S A)

dir. by Brett Donowho

Narrative Short


Ever Eve (6min 37 sec USA)

by Jill Sachs

Narrative Short


Fun Bible Facts! (4min 42 sec USA)

by Mike Kopera

Animation


Heavenly Peace (5min13sec)

by Andreas Wessel-Therhorn

Animation


Without a Doubt (6min 2sec USA)

by Gerald Guthrie

Animation


Enfilade (10m, Australia)

dir. by David Coyle

Experimental


Knock, Knock... (3m, U S A)

dir. by Anthony Lund

Narrative Short


TICK TOCK (9m, Turkey)

dir. by zeynep kocak

Animation


Stay (4min 30sec USA))

by Yining Yan

Narrative Short


The Dark Side

Dir, Richard Ledes

Experimental


*Tickets*


2016 Season Opens for Early-bird submissions

June 30, 2015 at Withoutabox And FilmFreeway





Congratulations to the Selected Films and Filmmakers !

2015

Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival is proud to announce that this year  we have 63 films and 2 Scripts from around the world.