By Jason Godbey, Creative Director, Behind the Rabbit Productions
In October, NYC Web Fest celebrated its sixth year at Stonestreet Studios in Manhattan. It is a delightful fest, quite intimate, but they have some great screenings, panels, and workshops.
I had the pleasure of moderating a panel on writing for Digital and TV which included four very accomplished writers: Joanna Pickering, who is an actress and playwright; Misha Calvert, who created several web series including Step Into My Office, ; Cylla Sennii, who created the series Situationships on BET Digital; and Micharne Cloughley, who is currently a staff writer for Law & Order SVU.
The festival encourages creators to submit by having a healthy number of awards. Festival winners included:
Outstanding Achievement in Editing: Countdown — Nathan Breton
Outstanding Achievement in Sound: Microaggressions — Dicky Dahl
Outstanding Achievement in Music: Play the Hits — CJ Ballesteros & Lauren Moon
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Just the Two of Us — Christophe Dalpé & Benoit Jones-Vallée
Outstanding Achievement in Writing: Step Into My Office — Misha Calvert
Best Original Concept: Swipe — Martijn Winkler
Best Supporting Actress: Barbelle –Nadine Bhabha
Best Supporting Actor: Hype — Leroy Shingu
Best Documentary/Reality: Yotsrim– Shachaf Dekel
Best Mystery/Thriller: Terreur 404 — Samuel Archibald & William S. Messier
Best Dramedy: Tuesday Nights — Shiva Kalaiselvan & Joe Bandelli
Best Comedy: Dark Justice –– Mike Gerbino, Elisa Peebles, Travis Cannan, Che Holloway, Zahra Zubaidi
Special Guest Star: Tuesday Nights — Victor Williams
Dynamic Duo: The Mom List –Elena Melener & Melody Fadness
Best Actress: Home Turf — Sarah Cantin
Best Actor: Darcy on House Arrest — Trevor Dow
Best Foreign Language: Georges is Dead — Charles Grenier, Sarah Pellerin, Carolyne Boucher
Best International Web Series: Sui Generis — Roberto Nascimento
I Love NY: The Rehearsal — Jaclyn Bethany, Suze Myers, Alida Rose Delaney, Mikhail Makeyev
Best Short Film: Girl, Sweetvoiced — Rebecca Shoptaw
Best Pilot: Vows — Nazli Sarpkaya & Isabelle Pierre, Ginny Leise, Callie Hanau
Best Director: Darcy on House Arrest — Heidi Weitzer
Best Web Series: Home Turf — Mara Joly, Lou Bélanger, Rafael Perez, St Laurent TV, Sophie Samson
If you have a web series, this is a must-submit festival. For more information on NYC Web Fest, check out Episode 512 with Lauren Atkins, the festival’s founder.
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