Maverick Movie Awards
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. The awards are given out by a panel of judges working in the film industry. Its winners include both big-budget studio films as well as low budget independent films.Winners
2018
Feature Film
- Best Picture: Lost In Apocalypse
- Best Director: Ben Rider and Xavier Baeyens, Blood and Bones
2017
Feature Film
- 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
Feature Film
- 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
Feature Film
- Best Picture: Bridge and Tunnel
- Best Director: Alexander Tuschinski
- Best Screenplay: Time Lapse
- Best Chronicle: chicagoGirl The Social Network Takes on a Dictator
- Best Cinematography: Kauboji
Short Film
- Best Picture: Concrete/Night
- Best Director: Joshua Hinkson
- Best Screenplay: The Funeral
- Best Chronicle:
- Best Cinematography: By My Hand
Feature Film
2013
Best Director: Dimitris AthanitisShort Film
Feature Film
- Best Picture: The Imposter
Short Film
- Best Picture: Tumbleweed!
- Best Actor: Dylan Smith
- Best Original Score: Atom
2011
Short Film
