Indie Series Awards 2023: Nominations Announced

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The nominees for the 13th Annual Indie Series Awards have been announced. This year’s ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, California.

 The Indie Series Awards celebrate the best in independently produced entertainment created for the Web.

Check out the complete list of nominees below.

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Chateau Laurier

Complicated

Kith & Kin

Studio City

Treading Yesterday

BEST DIRECTING – DRAMA

Chateau Laurier, James Stewart

Complicated, Johnny Sizemore

Kith & Kin, Rainni Moran

Studio City, Timothy Woodward, Jr.

BEST WRITING – DRAMA

Complicated, Kerrick Greer

BrothAhood, Karlton T. Clay

Kith & Kin, Theresa Labreglio & Melissa Malone

Studio City, Michele Kanan, Sean Kanan & Timothy Woodward Jr.

BEST LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA

Courtney Gray, BrothAhood

Luke Humphrey, Chateau Laurier

Sean Kanan, Studio City

Kai Morgan, Treading Yesterday

Brynn Mosley, Complicated

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA

Erica J. Green, Complicated

Carolyn Hennesy, Studio City

Melissa Malone, Kith & Kin

Kyla Sylvers, Treading Yesterday

Tymika Tafari, Chateau Laurier

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA

Iroko Anyogu, Complicated

Jax Buresh, Treading Yesterday

Jason Grey, Chateau Laurier

Emmanuel Kabongo, Chateau Laurier

Tristan Rogers, Studio City

Justin Torkildsen, Studio City

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA

Natalie Burn, Studio City

Kim Grant, BrothAhood

Whitney Morrow, Complicated

Brittany Raymond, Chateau Laurier

Juliet Vega, Studio City

Ellen B. Williams, Kith & Kin

BEST GUEST PERFORMER – DRAMA

Adam Brudnicki, Kith & Kin

Shawn Francis, Complicated

Lilly Melgar, Studio City

Fiona Reid, Chateau Laurier

BEST ENSEMBLE – DRAMA

BrothAhood

Chateau Laurier

Complicated

Kith & Kin

Studio City

Treading Yesterday

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Best Interests, Better Intentions

Fairytale Fallout

Hot Set

King & Pawn

Millennials

Status Updates

BEST DIRECTING – COMEDY

Daddy’s Divas, David Tittone (Episode 2)

Detention Adventure, Joe Kicak

Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia

King & Pawn, Taylor Olson

Status Updates, Brad Ulbrich

BEST WRITING – COMEDY

Daddy’s Divas, David Tittone & David Torre (Episdoe 6)

Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia (Episode 4)

Hot Set, Tyler Holme & Jenny Urice

Millennials, Rugg Williams, Oren Williams & Zachary Isaiah Williams

Status Updates, Brad Ulbrich

BEST LEAD ACTOR – COMEDY

Adam Henry Garcia, Fairytale Fallout

Aaron Grady, Millennials

Eric Lutz, Status Updates

Reid Price, King & Pawn

Tomaso Sanelli, Detention Adventure

Brad Ulbrich, Status Updates

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – COMEDY

Teresa “Topnotch” Celeste, Millennials

Sheevani Desai, Hot Set

Krista Hovsepian, Fête

Simone Miller, Detention Adventure

Gabby Seed, Best Interests, Better Intentions

Jessie Vane, Chill Girl

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY

Philip Bolden, Millennials

Brandon George, Fête

Keagan Harry, Best Interests, Better Intentions

Jordan Moore, Chill Girl

Taylor Olson, King & Pawn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY

Lilly Bartlam, Detention Adventure

Samantha Casesa, Chill Girl

Marni Lustig, Status Updates

Tamara Perry, Fête

Taylor Valley, Pretty…If You Squint

BEST GUEST PERFORMER – COMEDY

George Barr, Status Updates

Devon-Deshaun Stewart, Millennials

Carolyn Taylor, Detention Adventure

Shelley Thompson, King & Pawn

Chris Welles, Chill Girl

Jona Xiao, Fête

BEST ENSEMBLE – COMEDY

Best Interests, Better Intentions

Daddy’s Divas

Detention Adventure

Fête

King & Pawn

Millennials

BEST AUDIO FICTION SERIES

The Boar Knight

Dark Dice

End of the Cornfield

The Heron

I Love Lucifer

The Rapscallion Agency

We’re Alive: Descendants

The White Vault

BEST WRITING – AUDIO FICTION

Around the Sun, Brad Forenza

The Heron, Matthew McCarty & Charles Hopkins

The Rapscallion Agency, Christof Laputka

We’re Alive: Descendants, Kc Wayland

BEST ACTOR – AUDIO FICTION

Daniel Demerin, Don’t Mind: Cruxmont

Jeff Goldblum, Dark Dice

Todd Haberkorn, The Rapscallion Agency

June Yoon, The Rapscallion Agency

BEST ACTRESS – AUDIO FICTION

Adjoa Andoh, Don’t Mind: Cruxmont

Mindy Cohn, Around the Sun

Claire Dodin, The Rapscallion Agency

Caroline Guivarch, The Rapscallion Agency

BEST ENSEMBLE – AUDIO FICTION

Around the Sun

End of the Cornfield

The Heron

Mortuus Est: Legacy

The Rapscallion Agency

We’re Alive: Descendants

The White Vault

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Best Interests, Better Intentions, Jeff Silva

Chateau Laurier, Arthur Cooper

Detention Adventure, Gayle Ye

Fairytale Fallout, Michael Fisher

Geomapping Love, Benoit Jones-Vallée

Hotel Sweet Hotel, Esteban Vergara & Felipe Amalfi

Studio City, Pablo Diez

BEST EDITING

Detention Adventure, Mike Lobel and Joe Kicak

Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia

The Rapscallion Agency, Luke Allen & Robin Shore

Studio City, Fady Jeanbart

We’re Alive: Descendants, Victoria Cheng & Michael Keane

The White Vault, Dayn Leonardson & Travis Vengroff

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Chateau Laurier, Melissa Bessey

Chill Girl, Caitlin Charles

Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia

Hot Set, Jenny Urice

Millennials, Tamea Scales

The Swiss Traveller, Atilla Vegh

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Detention Adventure, Sebastian Harder

Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia, Michael Fisher

King & Pawn, Tieren Hawkins & Jessica McDonald

Millennials, Rugg Williams & Valicia Evans

Hot Set, Jennifer Picaso

Chateau Laurier, Glen Charles Landry

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Chateau Laurier, Michael Stanutz

Daddy’s Divas, Frank Cogliano

Dark Dice, Brandon Boone, Steven Melin, Hitoshi Sakimoto & Travis Vengroff

Geomapping Love, Maxime Hervé

The Rapscallion Agency, Luke Allen

BEST SOUNDTRACK

Chateau Laurier, Michael Stanutz

Complicated, Kerrick Greer & Johnny Sizemore Detention Adventure, Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia, Sarah Slean & Antonio Naranjo

Fairytale Fallout, Adam Henry Garcia

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Here Comes The Boar Knight” from The Boar Knight by Steven Melin, Mike Pettry, Travis Vengroff & Kaitlin Statz

“Clown Wolf” from Chill Girl by Stage Wombat Collective

“Oh, May” from Kith & Kin by Judith Avers

“Millennials – Main Theme” from Millennials by Ezra Moore, Damone Arnold & Rugg Williams

BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES

Chateau Laurier

Detention Adventure

Geomapping Love

Hotel Sweet Hotel

ISA13 SPOTLIGHT AWARD

Chill Girl

Fête

Grievance Gulch: Bamboozo

Hey Toby Hey Owen: This is Not Sponsored by Valvoline

The Swiss Traveller

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