12th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominations


Nominees for the 12th Annual Indie Series Awards were revealed Wednesday during a special episode of Serial Scoop Now hosted by actor and entertainer Jo Weil.

Anacostia
and The Bay led the pack with 15 nominations each.  They are joined in the Best Drama Series category by Arthur, Capital Roar, For the Record, Incompleteness, My Pride and Purgatory.

The comedies were led by
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort with 14 nominations.  They are joined in the Best Comedy Series category by Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him), Cady Did, Cam_Girlfriend, Claire-ity, The Communist's Daughter, Reality Sets In and Searching for Sylvie.

The growing audio fiction genre was added to the ceremony this year.
  The nominees for Best Audio Series are Around the Sun, Clutch: Chapter 3, Earth Eclipsed, Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story, The Ol' Timey Spectral Hour and Silva Lining's Care Plan.

A record number of submissions were received from outside the United States leading producers to create the Best International Series category.
  Nominees include Arthur (Switzerland), Capital Roar (Colombia), Don’t Care to Share (Israel), Incoming: Words of War (Australia), Isolated (Peru), Like in Movies (Japan), Mortal Glitch (Ecuador) and On a List (Canada).  Submissions were also received from Bulgaria, Germany and Italy.

Also revealed today was the winner of the ISA12 Spotlight Award, created to celebrate new series made on a small budget.
  Love in 2020 received the honor, after being named a finalist in early January along with I Am You and Smothered.

The 12
th Annual Indie Series Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at The Colony Theatre in Burbank. 

Founded in 2009, the Indie Series Awards celebrate the best in independently produced entertainment created for the Web.  The ceremony is produced by Roger Newcomb and Susan Bernhardt.

Below is a complete list of nominees:

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Anacostia
Arthur
The Bay
Capital Roar
For the Record
Incompleteness
My Pride
Purgatory

BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Arhur (Switzerland)
Capital Roar (Colombia)
Don’t Care to Share (Israel)
Incoming: Words of War (Australia)
Isolated (Peru)
Like in Movies (Japan)
Mortal Glitch (Ecuador)
On a List (Canada)

BEST DIRECTING – DRAMA
Arthur, Nick Rusconi
The Bay, Gregori J. Martin
Capital Roar, Pablo Stoll & Mauricio Leiva-Cock
Don’t Care to Share, Dekel Aizen
Rumors, Matthew Vieira

BEST WRITING – DRAMA
Anacostia, Anthony Anderson
The Bay, Gregori J. Martin, Wendy Riche, Nick Peet & Susan Dansby
I Am You, Daryn Strauss
Incoming: Words of War, Kerry Drumm
Rumors, Nicole Vernarec

BEST LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA
Anthony Anderson, Anacostia
Kristos Andrews, The Bay
James Darch, On a List
Erik Fellows, Purgatory
Danny Mahoney, Purgatory
Ettore Nicoletti, Arthur

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA
Tamieka Chavis, Anacostia
Jade Harlow, The Bay
Suzanne Lenz, I Am You
Tatjana Marjanovic, Purgatory
Karrueche Tran, The Bay
Nicole Vernarec, Rumors 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA
Brandon Beemer, The Bay
Antonio Harrison Jr., Anacostia
Wil Lash, Anacostia
Mike Manning, The Bay
Eric Nelsen, The Bay
Jun Winter, Love Undone

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA
India Doy-Young, Anacostia
Ashlee Kegler-Lee, #Washed
Kira Reed Lorsch, Rumors
Jacklyn Zeman, The Bay
MarHadoo Effeh, Love Undone
Pasha Diallo, Anacostia 

BEST GUEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Carey Green, Anacostia
A Martinez, The Bay
Draper Wynston, #Washed
James Jones, Love Undone
Randy Wayne, The Bay

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Brittney Bluitt, #Washed
Chiara D’Ambrosio, The Bay
Bianca D’Ambrosio, The Bay
Lauren B. Martin, Anacostia
Akiba Robinson, Anacostia

BEST ENSEMBLE – DRAMA
Anacostia
The Bay
Isolated
Rumors
Scales
#Washed

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Cady Did
Cam_Girlfriend
Claire-ity
The Communist's Daughter
Reality Sets In
Searching for Sylvie

BEST DIRECTING – COMEDY
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Morgan Waters & Brooks Gray
Cady Did, Megan Hess
Cam_Girlfriend, Daniel AM Rosenberg
Claire-ity, Michael Klapp
Love in 2020, Eirinn Disbrow
Searching for Sylvie, John Cramer

BEST WRITING – COMEDY
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Morgan Waters & Brooks Gray
The Artist's Way Out, Jeananne Goossen
Cady Did, Jason Cicci
Cam_Girlfriend, Michael Goldlist & Ethan Cole
Claire-ity, Marybeth Massett & Patrick Massett
Reality Sets In, Scott Brooks & Lauren B. Martin

BEST LEAD ACTOR – COMEDY
George Barr, Roads to Keystone
Tom Jenkins, Claire-ity
Brandon Tyler Jones, Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
Dave Keystone, Cam_Girlfriend
Jason Stuart, Smothered
Morgan Waters, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – COMEDY
Cady Huffman, Cady Did
Anna Jaller, Love in 2020
Susan Jeffries, Searching for Sylvie
Lily LaBeau, Cam_Girlfriend
Lauren B. Martin, Reality Sets In
Marybeth Massett, Claire-ity

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY
Dan Beirne, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Benjamin Bryant, Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
Andy King, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
David Lavine, Searching for Sylvie
Chris Robinson, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY
Veanne Cox, Cady Did
Inessa Frantowski, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Ilene Kristen, Reality Sets In
Linda Purl, Claire-ity

BEST GUEST ACTOR – COMEDY
Scott Adsit, Cady Did
Clent Bowers, Smothered
Benjamin Keller, Girl, Chill
Pancho Moler, Smothered 

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
Sandra De Sousa, Girl, Chill
Marni Lustig, Status Updates
Kelly McCormack, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Joyce Van Patten, Cady Did 

BEST ENSEMBLE – COMEDY
Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
Call Center
Human Telegraphs
Miss!
The Salon
Scratch This

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Curtis Galindo-Orozco
Cady Did, Ramsey Fendall
Miss!, Ben Mezups
Rumors, Edward W. Salerno
What A Drag, Tyler Milliron

BEST EDITING
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Morgan Waters & Andy King
Halfway to Fifty, Amanda Frances
Love in 2020, Eirinn Disbrow
On a List, Mike Donis
#Washed, Jerod B. Couch

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Mercedes Coyle
Anacostia, Anthony Anderson, Pasha Diallo, Chris Bair, Spencer Bruttig & Lora Lee
Cady Did, Scott Michael Salame
#Washed, Yvonne Williams

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Glasscock Park, Kenneth Favell
Here to There, Charlie Salto
Letters to Daniel, Valyo Gennoff
Miss!, Andrew Clarke

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Anacostia, Anthony Anderson
Girl, Chill, Robert Michael
Love in 2020, Nick LaFalce
#Washed, Marcus Long

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Cady Did" from Cady Did, Written by Eric Miranda & Cady Huffman
"Here With Me" from Letters to Daniel, Written by Stephanie Ray
"Curious" from Roads to Keystone, Written by Colin Deane
"Where Do You Sleep" from #Washed, Written by Zalta (Produced by Byron Hardy and DJ Shad)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Vanessa Magic
Cady Did, Christopher Lawrence & Raxann Chin
Reality Sets In, Lauren B. Martin
Roads to Keystone, George Barr

BEST MAKEUP
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Jessica Panetta
Anacostia, Lora Lee
Cady Did, Angela Lynn Ware
Roads to Keystone, George Barr

BEST AUDIO FICTION SERIES
Around the Sun
Clutch: Chapter 3
Earth Eclipsed
Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story
The Ol' Timey Spectral Hour
Silva Lining's Care Plan

BEST WRITING - AUDIO FICTION
Around the Sun, Brad Forenza
Church of Mike, Charles Andrew Gash, Charles Borg, Derek Nelson & Shawn Easter
Clutch: Chapter 3, Jonathan Robbins
Sister Zombie, A Memoir by Anna Appleby, Harold Brodie

BEST ACTOR - AUDIO FICTION
Benjamin Bryant, Forever and a Day
Tom Konkle, Clutch: Chapter 3
Leigh Joel Scott, Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story

BEST ACTRESS - AUDIO FICTION
Jillian Clare, Clutch: Chapter 3
Lisa Kudrow, Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story
Angie Morency, Sister Zombie, A Memoir by Anna Appleby

BEST ENSEMBLE - AUDIO FICTION
Around the Sun
Clutch: Chapter 3
Forever and a Day
Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story


TOTAL NOMINATIONS BY SERIES
15 Anacostia
15 The Bay
14 The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
12 Cady Did
  8 #Washed
  6 Claire-ity
  6 Rumors
  5 Cam_Girlfriend
  5 Clutch: Chapter 3
  5 Reality Sets In
  4 Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
  4 Arthur
  4 Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story
  4 Love in 2020
  4 Purgatory
  4 Roads to Keystone
  4 Searching for Sylvie
  3 Around the Sun
  3 Capital Roar
  3 Girl, Chill
  3 Love Undone
  3 Miss!
  3 On a List
  3 Smothered
  2 Don’t Care to Share
  2 Forever and a Day
  2 I Am You
  2 Incoming: Words of War
  2 Isolated
  2 Letters to Daniel
  2 Sister Zombie, A Memoir by Anna Appleby
  1 The Artist's Way Out
  1 Call Center
  1 Church of Mike
  1 The Communist's Daughter
  1 Earth Eclipsed
  1 For the Record
  1 Glasscock Park
 
 1 Halfway to Fifty
  1 Here to There
  1 Human Telegraphs
  1 Incompleteness
  1 Like in Movies
  1 Mortal Glitch
  1 My Pride
  1 The Ol' Timey Spectral Hour
  1 The Salon
  1 Scales
  1 Scratch This
  1 Silva Lining's Care Plan
  1 Status Updates
  1 What a Drag

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