indie-x film fest: APRIL 2020 AWARD OF RECOGNITION FOR EXCITING FILMMAKERS (SPECIAL JURY PRIZE): WILLIAM STANCIK
4:00 AM Los Angeles 1983
• INDEPENDENT SHORTS AWARDS LA - SELECTION: FINALIST
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - SUPER SHORT CATEGORY: BEST ACTOR - WILLIAM STANCIK
• INDIE-X FILM FEST: SELECTION - semifinalist
• Couch Film Festival: Best Drama NOMINATION
“A KING IN EXILE”
• couch film festival: semi-finalist - best writer
• BERLIN FLASH FESTIVAL - SELECTION
• FROSTBITE International Indie Fest - SELECTION
• INDEPENDENT SHORTS AWARDS LA - SELECTION; FINALIST
• Deep Cut Film Festival - SELECTION
“Amphetamine trucker lament 1971”:
• Indie Visions Film Festival: SELECTION
• SLASHER SHORTZ: SELECTION
• WEIRD FILM FEST: SELECTION
• BLEEDINGHAM HORROR FILM FESTIVAL: SELECTION
• REELS OF THE DEAD: SELECTION
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - SUPER SHORT CATEGORY: Best Director
“BURGESS 3.14”
• SHORT CINE FEST - SELECTION
• INDIE-X FILM FEST: SELECTION, FINALIST - BEST ANIMATION SHORT
• couch film festival: semi-finalist - BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY
“CAN OF SOUP”
• Life Screenings International One - Minute Film Festival - SELECTION
• Berlin Flash Film Festival - SELECTION
• L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF) - One Minute Film - WINNER
• Willlachen Comedy & Satire Filmprize - FINALIST
• Couch Festival 1:00 to 5:00 Minutes: Nomination Best Experimental North America
• ALTFF Toronto Nomination: Ultra Short - Best Actor William Stancik
DESIRE OF THE SEA BEAST
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - SHORT CATEGORY: BEST NORTH AMERICAN DRAMA
• INDIE-X FILM FEST: SELECTION
• SHORT CINE FEST: SELECTION
• Couch Film Festival: Best Comedy NOMINATION
FAMILY SECRET OF STOCK FOOTAGE SON
• London X4 - Seasonal Short Film Festival - SPECIAL MENTION
• indie-x film festival: semi-finalist
• COUCH FILM FESTIVAL: 1:00-5:00 Minutes - NOMINATED: Best Drama
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: Super Short Category -- Nomination, Best Director
Frankenstein, Nietzsche, and Perhaps the Devil - AN ALMOST MUSICAL
• couch film festival: semi-finalist - BEST DIRECTOR
• BERLIN FLASH FESTIVAL - SELECTION
• FROSTBITE International Indie Fest - SELECTION
• INDIE SHORT FEST - SELECTION
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - SHORT CATEGORY: BEST WRITER
“I Am Beautiful Because of Beauty”:
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - SHORT CATEGORY- Best Comedy - WINNER
• Couch Film Festival: Best Documentary NOMINATION
“I AM VAL KILMER”
• Independent Shorts Awards: Best Experimental Short: HONORABLE MENTION
• Cult Critic Movie Awards: CATEGORY: TCCC: CULT FILM / UNDERGROUND FILM / EXPLOITATION MOVIE / MIDNIGHT FILM / PARA CINEMA - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• Indie Short Fest - semi-finalist
• IndieX Film Fest - SEMI-FIANLIST
• Alternative Film Festival Toronto: Best Experimental - Super Short Category - winner
• Couch Film Festival: 1:00 to 5:00 Minutes: Best Actor - William Stancik - winner
• Cult Critic Movie JEAN LUC GODARD AWARD NOMINATION: CATEGORY: TCCC: CULT FILM / UNDERGROUND FILM / EXPLOITATION MOVIE / MIDNIGHT FILM / PARA CINEMA
“KING HYENA”
• SHORT CINE FEST - SELECTION
• INDIE-X FILM FEST: SELECTION
• couch film festival: semi-finalist - BEST DIRECTOR
• couch film festival: semi-finalist - BEST WRITER - WINNER
• INDIE SHORT FEST - SELECTION
• MP Film Award: selection
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - LONG SHORT CATEGORY: BEST WRITER
LA Existential Crisis 1983
• INDEPENDENT SHORTS AWARDS LA - SELECTION: FINALIST
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - SUPER SHORT CATEGORY: BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY - WINNER
• INDIE-X FILM FEST: SELECTION - semifinalist
• Couch Film Festival: Best Writer NOMINATION
“LA Lounge Ennui 1983 “
• Couch Film Festival: Best Experimental: LA Lounge Ennui 1983 - WINNER
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: Super Short Category - Nomination, Best Experimental -WINNER
“MEAT NAIL 2”
• SHORT CINE FEST - SELECTION
“melancholy and unexpected urination”
• couch film festival: semi-finalist - best writer
• FROSTBITE International Indie Fest - SELECTION
• INDIE-X FILM FEST: SELECTION - semifinalist
“MONOLITH, WA”
• JUST A MINUTE TORONTO: SELECTION
• THE WAM (TACOMA): SELECTION
• GRINDHOUSE PLANET FILM FESTIVAL: SELECTION
• Shock Stock: SELECTION
“MONOLITH, WA 2”
• THE WAM (TACOMA): SELECTION
“peach top, peach tails: maximum seventies”
• Alternative Film Festival Toronto: Best Comedy Nomination Short Category
• Couch Film Festival: 5:01 to 10:00 Minutes: Best Comedy Nomination
SHAME ROOM
• INDEPENDENT SHORTS AWARDS LA - SELECTION; FINALIST
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - SUPER SHORT CATEGORY: BEST SUSPENSE/THRILLER
• INDIE-X FILM FEST: SELECTION -- semifinalist
• INDIE SHORT FEST LA: selection
• Couch Film Festival: Best DIRECTOR NOMINATION
“SMOKEHOUSE MAN”
• couch film festival: semi-finalist - best COMEDY - WINNER
• FROSTBITE International Indie Fest - SELECTION
• INDEPENDENT SHORTS AWARDS LA - SELECTION; FINALIST
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - SHORT CATEGORY: BEST COMEDY
• INDIE-X FILM FEST: SELECTION - semifinalist - - semifinalist
staTe 42
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - SHORT CATEGORY: BEST DIRECTOR
• INDIE-X FILM FEST: SELECTION - - semifinalist
• INDIE SHORT FEST LA: selection
• Couch Film Festival: Best Writer NOMINATION - winner
Stock Footage Terror Trip
• COUCH FILM FESTIVAL: 1:00-5:00 Minutes - NOMINATED: Best Experimental
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival -- Ultra Short Category - Nomination, Best 1-Minute Experimental
• 60 Second Horror Challenge
“THE CEDAR HILL STRANGLER”
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: SELECTION; NOMINATION - ULTRA SHORT CATEGORY: Best Writer
The Event in Apartment 8287
• Independent Shorts Awards - honorable mention: Best Dark Comedy Short
• indie-x film festival: semi-finalist
• COUCH FILM FESTIVAL: 5:01-10:00 Minutes - NOMINATED: Best Comedy: The Event in Apartment 8287
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: Short Category -- Nomination, Best Comedy
“THE MONOLITH, WA FREQUENCY”
• couch film festival: semi-finalist; Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy - WINNER
• BERLIN FLASH FESTIVAL - SELECTION
• FROSTBITE International Indie Fest - SELECTION
“THE OLD GUY IN THE WOODS”
• Couch Festival 1:00 to 5:00 Minutes: Nomination Best Experimental North America: WINNER
• ALTFF Toronto Nomination: Super Short -- Best Experimental North America - The Old Guy In The Woods
WEST LIBERTY IOWA
• indie-x film festival: semi-finalist
• Indie Short Fest: selection
• Couch Film Festival: Best Comedy: West Liberty Iowa -WINNER
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: Super Short Category - Nomination, Best Drama
“Willard and Me”:
• AltFF Alternative Film Festival: Selection, SemiFinalist nomination