The Maverick Movie Awards annually honors films and screenplays. They were founded as the New Haven Underground Film Festival in 2004, and became known as Maverick Movie Awards in 2008.[1] The awards are given out by a panel of judges working in the film industry.[2] Its winners include both big-budget studio films as well as low budget independent films.[3] An international film competition and awards event, MMA has received submissions for awards consideration from many notable filmmakers including Academy Award-nominee Sue Goffe, Academy Award-nominee Grant Orchard, Academy Award-nominee Pierre Coffin, and BAFTA Award-winners Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis.[4][5][6][7][8] Additionally, numerous films submitted to Maverick Movie Awards have featured the work of notable actors such as Academy Award-winner Jim Broadbent, Doug Jones (actor), Ross Marquand, and Golden Globe-nominees Lee Meriwether and Judd Nelson; as well as the work of acclaimed cinematographers such as Academy Award-winner Vilmos Zsigmond and the original scores of composers such as Grammy Award-winner Thom Yorke, Academy Award-nominee Philip Glass, and Academy Award-nominee Johann Johannsson.[9][10][11] Many Maverick Movie Award-winning films have gone on to receive other prestigious awards and nominations including A Morning Stroll (Academy Award-nominee; BAFTA Award-winner), The Imposter (2012 film) (BAFTA Award-winner; Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize-nominee), Lost and Found (TV Movie 2008) (BAFTA Award-winner), and Varmints (BAFTA Award-nominee).[12][13][14][15][16]
| Founded | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Language | International |
| Website | Official Website |
Winners edit
2018[17] edit
Feature Film edit
- Best Picture: Lost In Apocalypse
- Best Director: Ben Rider and Xavier Baeyens, Blood and Bones
Short Film edit
- Best Screenplay: Navjyot Bandiwadekar, Quarter
2017[18] edit
Feature Film edit
- Best Picture: Outlaw Painter
- Best Documentary: The Children of the Noon
- Best Animation: Three Days Drowning
- Best Director: Vassilis Mazomenos, Lines
- Best Screenplay: Occupant, Julia Camara
- Best Cinematography: Ben Rider, Our Little Haven
- Best Editing: Sam Szafrans / Outlaw Painter
- Best Music: Forever Tomorrow
- Best Special FX: Teleios
- Best Actress: Alfeeya Shaikh in Jihad
- Best Actor: Fedja van Huet in J. Kessels
- Best Supporting Actress: Anu Hasan in IS THIS NOW
- Best Supporting Actor: Arish A. Khan in Fags in the Fast Lane
2016[19] edit
Feature Film edit
- Best Picture: 1400
- Best Documentary: All the World in a Design School
- Best Animation: The Hunting of the Snark
- Best Director: Stephen Chen, Silent City
- Best Screenplay: Restraint, Adam Cushman
- Best Cinematography: Russ De Jong, Badsville
- Best Editing: Gordon Antell, Badsville
- Best Music: The Barn
- Best Special FX: Virtual Revolution
- Best Actor: Michael Padraic Scahill, Cowards Do It Slow
- Best Actress: Caitlyn Folley, Restraint
- Best Supporting Actor: Hoyt Richards, Dumbbells
- Best Supporting Actress: Gabrielle Rose, The Birdwatcher
- Best Ensemble Performance: Legend Of The Lich Lord
- Special Achievement: Arbitrary Fairytales
2014[20] edit
Feature Film edit
- Best Picture: Bridge and Tunnel (Director: Jason Michael Brescia)
- Best Director: Alexander Tuschinski (for: Break-Up)
- Best Screenplay: Time Lapse (Bradley King & B.P. Cooper)
- Best Chronicle: chicagoGirl The Social Network Takes on a Dictator (Director: Joe Piscatella)
- Best Cinematography: Kauboji (Predrag Dubravcic)
Short Film edit
- Best Picture: Concrete/Night (Director: Noe Weil)
- Best Director: Joshua Hinkson (for [ [sic]])
- Best Screenplay: The Funeral (Yehudah Jez Freedman)
- Best Chronicle: Project: Shattered Silence (Director: Colleen Sparks Hamilton & Jared O'Roark)
- Best Cinematography: By My Hand (Tucker Macdonald)
Feature Film edit
2013[21] edit
Best Director: Dimitris Athanitis (for: Three Days Happiness)
Short Film edit
- Best Picture: Mousse (Director: Jason Michael Brescia)
2012[22] edit
Feature Film edit
- Best Picture: The Imposter (Director: Bart Layton)
Short Film edit
- Best Picture: Tumbleweed! (Director: Jared Varava)
- Best Actor: Dylan Smith (in Hangnail)[23]
- Best Original Score: Atom[24]
2011[25] edit
Short Film edit
- Best Soundtrack: Beatboxing - The Fifth Element of Hip Hop (Director: Klaus Schneyder)
Reception edit
One thing is clear, the festival circuit has to be taken back for those it was originally meant to serve: filmmakers and audiences. MMA is a group whose mission is so in line with what needs to be done in this ever-changing landscape.
The Maverick Movie Awards puts credibility and intrigue back into the word 'maverick.'
References edit
- ^ Maverick Movie Awards: Official Website - Archive
- ^ "Moviemaker Magazine: Article about the event". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ "HighlightHollywood.com - Interview with Robert Scott Crane about being nominated at Maverick Movie Awards". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Maverick Movie Awards Announces Winners & Nominees".
- ^ "2012 - Maverick Movie Awards! Where moviemakers honor moviemakers from all over the world!". www.maverickmovieawards.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19.
- ^ "Maverick Movie Awards (2013)". IMDb.
- ^ "Awards Databases". 4 February 2015.
- ^ http://awards.bafta.org/
- ^ "Vilmos Zsigmond". IMDb.
- ^ "Jim Broadbent". IMDb.
- ^ "When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Chiara Pascali. "GoodShortFilms.com - A Morning Stroll by Grant Orchard".
- ^ "The 84th Academy Awards | 2012".
- ^ "Film in 2008 | BAFTA Awards".
- ^ "Lost and Found". IMDb.
- ^ "thedotandline.com - Watch 'Varmints' and Let Jóhann Jóhannson Make You Sob by John Maher". 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "2017 Maverick Movie Awards". Maverick Movie Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "2017 Maverick Movie Awards". Maverick Movie Awards. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "2016 Maverick Movie Awards". Maverick Movie Awards. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2014 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2013 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2012 winners". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ "Hangnail wins for best actor at Maverick Movie Awards". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Swinburne University of Technology official website - Department of Film and Animation - list of award-winning films". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2011 winners". Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Maverick Movie Awards: Official website". Retrieved 7 November 2014..
- ^ "Maverick Movie Awards: Official website". Retrieved 7 November 2014..