BWiFF 2017

Festival Overview

The 2017 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF 2017) consisted of 34 short and feature-length official selections. The Shorts and Features competition was held at Music Box Theatre in Chicago from July 23-30.

Features Competition

Across the River
Everything in the Song is True
Gold Star
I Am Still Here
Monkey
Shreelancer
September Morning

Shorts Competition

Cliff, Superfan
Closer Than They Appear
Das Fischer
Das Paket (The Parcel)
For My Next Trick
Husbands and Wives
Illegal Aliens
I Love New York
Konig Opa (King Grandpa)
L'accompagnante (The Accompanying Dancer)
Lenses
The Man Who Built Cambodia
Neighbor
The Orange Story
Peaceful Life
Save
Six Degrees of Separation
Spaceman.
Stung
That Party That One Night
The Transfer
The Visitant
Ya Albi

World Cinema Selections

(Out of Competition)

Fish
Hijo por Hijo (Child for Child)
Lunch Time
Two Worlds

2017 Blue Glass Awards Presentation

2017 Blue Glass Award Winners

Best Original Score
Anatoliy Zubkov, Closer Than They Appear

Best Production Design
Holger Isenberg and Fabienne van de Koolwijk, King Grandpa

Best Sound
Closer Than They Appear

Best Editing
Zoritsa Kotseva, Monkey

Best Cinematography
Alexander Stanishev, Monkey

Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Curtin as "Deanne" in Gold Star

Best Supporting Actor
Leonid Yovchev as "Penev" in Monkey

Best Achievement for a Young Actor
Daniil Izotov as "Kolya" in Closer Than They Appear

Best Actress
Aleksandra Kostova as "Maya" in Monkey

Best Actor
Arjun Radhakrishnan as "Shreepad Naik" in Shreelancer

Best Screenplay
Dimitar Kotzev and Ivan Markov, Monkey

Best Director
Nataliya Belyauskene, Closer Than They Appear

Best Music Video
Stung

Best Documentary Short
Cliff, Superfan

Best Documentary
Everything in the Song is True

Best Narrative Short - Drama
Closer Than They Appear

Best Narrative Short - Comedy
Das Paket

Best Narrative Feature
Monkey

Best of Illinois
Spaceman.

Audience Favorite
Gold Star

Best of Fest
Monkey