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For independent films and screenplays. Shorts, features, documentaries and scripts, judged by our jury and honored every season

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Indie Film Awards is the awards program of the Hollywood Indie Festival, open to independent films and screenplays.

Festival

1000+

Films & Scripts Submitted

200+

Awards Granted

80+

Countries Represented

100%

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Gallery of Honor

The work our juries fell for

Each season ends with a new set of Award Winners, from first-time shorts and debut scripts to festival-hardened features.

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Poster for the film Deserter, a soldier seen from behind in a green forest, his figure repeated in motion

Deserter

Poster for the animated film Werther, colourful 3D characters piled together

Werther

Poster for the film Dear Baltimore, a silhouette with a butterfly wing over an old map of the city

Dear Baltimore

Poster for the film AZO, a face behind a lace veil in drifting smoke with an orange ember

AZO

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Not a showcase - a way to be contacted.

One door for finished films looking for a distributor, one for screenplays looking for a producer. Each project gets its own page in the maker’s own words, with their contact details on it - anyone interested writes to them directly, not to us.

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Join creators from more than 80 countries. Submit your short, feature, documentary or screenplay for the next seasonal edition.

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Entries reviewed every season via FilmFreeway