BWiFF 2014
Festival Overview
The 2014 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF 2014) consisted of 32 short and feature-length official selections. The Shorts and Features competition was held at Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center in Palatine from July 21-26 with opening and closing night special presentations on July 20 and 27.
A Festival Centerpiece Concert was held at Durty Nellies in Palatine featuring performances by local bands Jockpot Donnie and Big Paraid, and a screening of the 2014 music video selections.
Features Competition
@home
The Lengths
Life Inside Out
NightLights
Not Exactly Cooperstown
One: A Story of Love and Equality
Plato's Reality Machine
Shorts Competition
Black Water
Blood Brothers
Called to Serve
The Fall
Four in the Morning
The Hero Pose
Insomniacs
LA Miner
Lapsus
Lost in the Sky
A Man on the Edge
Midnight
Molly
Nice is Cool
Ocean
Palms
Penance
Pint
Sheltered Love
Sorry About Tomorrow
V for Visa
Wandering
We Are All Alone in This Together
Wooing Wes Wilson
2014 Blue Glass Award Winners
Best Original Music - Short Film
Bence Kutrik (Score) & Nick Dahlquist (Original Song), Four in the Morning
Best Original Music - Feature Film
Elliott Goldkind (Score), Maggie Baird & Finneas O'Connell (Original Songs), Life Inside Out
Best Sound
Nassim El Mounabbih & Alexis Jung, Lapsus
Best Editing
Stuart Doherty, V for Visa
Best Visual Effects
Andrew Scott & John Mamikon, Lost in the Sky
Best Production Design
Alexis B. Preston, Sheltered Love
Best Cinematography
Mathias Boucard, Lapsus
Promising New Filmmaker
Ben Petrie, Nice is Cool
Best Achievement for a Young Actor
Nikki Hahn as "Mia" in The Hero Pose
Best Supporting Actress
Kate Black-Spence as "Nicole" in NightLights
Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Garretson as "Tim" in NightLights
Best Actress
Shawna Waldron as "Erin" in NightLights
Best Actor
Stephen Louis Grush as "Jacob" in NightLights
Best Screenplay
Mischa Jakupcak, The Hero Pose
Best Director
Edward Lyons, A Man on the Edge
Best of Illinois
NightLights
Best Music Video
Ocean
Best Dramatic Narrative Short
A Man on the Edge
Best Comedic Narrative Short
The Hero Pose
Best Documentary
One: A Story of Love and Equality
Best Narrative Feature
NightLights
Audience Favorite
NightLights
Best of Fest
NightLights