David Farnor | On 28, Sep 2015

Turn Me Online took home the Best British Series prize at the Raindance Independent Series Awards last night.

The show, directed by Hannah Megan Lane and starring co-writer Suzie Preece, follows 20-something Alice, who searches for love on the web while dealing with her mundane job. It was also nominated for Best Lead Actor.

The prizes, though, were evenly distributed among the winners by host Phillip Whiteman, with the victors all pleasantly surprised at the acclaim.

The evening at Vue Piccadilly Circus began in bloody style with the screening of the Dailymotion Web Series Pilot Contest winner, The Book Club, a hilarious horror mockumentary about the village of Chestersberg, which has seceded from the UK and made murder legal. Creator Jamie McKeller collected the gong, which is voted for by the public and will also given the show £2,500 to make a full series, apologising for the gore on display – and promising even more to come.

Rochelle Dancel, of Digital Creators UK, collected awards on behalf of those unable to attend, including Wildcats (the Raindance Discovery Award supported by Maker Studios), Artistically Challenged (the Special Festival Prize supported by BuzzMyVideos), and The Impossibilities, which fought off fierce competition from Wildcats, The Katering Show, Life’s Work and The Banks to take home the Best International Series prize supported by MCM Comic Con.

Our very own Ivan Radford was on hand to wrap up the night with the Best British Series gong, as Tell Me Online beat fellow nominees 1000 Londoners, Til Death, Blowing the Budget, History Bombs and Nikola Tesla and the End of the World. VODzilla.co was also on the jury for the Critics’ Choice Award, which was decided by a panel of reviewers from WebVee Guide, WebSeries Mag, Snobby Robot and Limited Release Podcast. The prize went to RAPT.

Here are the winners of the 2015 Raindance Independent Series Awards:

Dailymotion Web Series Pilot Contest: The Book Club

Best Lead Actor: Cody Smith (Manic Pixie Dream Wife)

Best Ensemble Cast: Dring

Best Achievement in Production supported by tellofilms.com: Project-M for Cinematography

Critics Choice Award: RAPT

Best Directing: Life’s Work

Best Writing: Quirkology

Raindance Discovery Award supported by Maker Studios; Rachel Puchkoff (Wildcats)

Special Festival Prize supported by BuzzMyVideos: Artistically Challenged

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Best International Series supported by MCM Comic Con: The Impossibilities

Best British Series supported by Vodzilla.co: Turn Me Online

 

For more Web Fest action, check out our top 12 series of the festival, or read on the full list of awards nominees.

 

BEST BRITISH SERIES supported by Vodzilla.co

1000 Londoners (UK: Mark Currie, Rachel Wang – producers)
Blowing the Budget (UK: Ed Kear – creator)
History Bombs (UK: Chris Hobbs – creator)
Nikola Tesla and the End of the World (UK: Ian Strang – creator)
Til Death (UK: Hayley Smith, Rob Jones, Glen Kirby – creators)
Turn Me Online (UK: Hannah Megan Lane, Suzie Preece – creators)

BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES supported by MCM Comic Con

The Banks (Canada: Adam Kosh – creator)
The Impossibilities (USA: Anna Kerrigan, Kati Rediger, Ash Springer – creators)
The Katering Show (Australia: Kate McLennan, Kate McCartney – creators)
Life’s Work (Canada: Ben Proudfoot, Andrea Batista – producers)
Phoenix Run (USA: TJ Walker, creator)
Wildcats (USA: Rachel Puchkoff, creator)

BEST WRITING

Amy Hartman & Melissa Martin for Dog Bytes (USA)
Roseanne Liang & Simon Ward for Flat3 (New Zealand)
M. Elizabeth Eller for Manic Pixie Dream Wife (USA)
John Luc for mychonny moves in (Australia)
Ric Forster & Louna Maroun for Neighbours vs Zombies (Australia)
Daniel Quirke for Quirkology (UK)

BEST DIRECTING

Jay Ferguson for Guidestones; Sunflower Noir (Canada)
Ben Proudfoot for Life’s Work (Canada)
Eron Carruth for Stricken (Canada)
Eric Piccoli for Project-M (Canada)
Kieron J. Walsh for Rapt (Ireland)
Rachel Puchkoff for Wildcats (USA)

BEST LEAD ACTOR

Aljin Abella for Hunter n Hornet (Australia)
Mickey Blaine for I’m Harry Clark (USA)
Kati Rediger for The Impossibilities (USA)
Cody Smith for Manic Pixie Dream Wife (USA)
Suzie Preece for Turn Me Online (UK)
Linnea Sage for Wildcats (USA)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

The Banks (Canada)
Dog Bytes (USA)
Dring (France)
The Katering Show (Australia)
Neighbours vs Zombies (Australia)
(R)onanism (Ireland)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION supported by tellofilms.com

Perfect Girl (Singapore) nominated for editing
History Bombs (UK) nominated for cinematography
Life’s Work (Canada) nominated for music score
Project-M (Canada) nominated for cinematography
The First Musketeer (UK) nominated for production and costume design
Wildcats (USA) nominated for sound design

RAINDANCE DISCOVERY supported by Maker Studios

John Michael Howard – writer/producer, 8 Acre (UK)
Adam Kosh & Ariane Bessette – writers, The Banks (Canada)
Harriet Sams – director, The First Musketeer (UK)
Julianne Donelle – writer/director No Pillowfights (USA)
Elisabeth Ness – writer, Redheads Anonymous (USA)
Rachel Puchkoff – writer/director, Wildcats (USA)

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