New York Television Festival Announces Independent Pilot Competition Winners (Complete List)

Winners include “New Partner” for Best Comedy and “Riftworld” for Best Drama

The 11th annual New York Television Festival announced the winners of its fourth annual Independent Pilot Competition Saturday following a full day of events.

“It’s an exciting time to love TV, create TV and develop TV – across all platforms – and this year’s Festival harnessed this excitement as fans, executives and independent artists celebrated this art form,” said NYTVF founder and executive director Terence Gray in a statement. “We saw a real uptick across the board in the quality of submissions this year, resulting in strong engagement by industry decision-makers, and a record number of meetings taking place throughout the week between these partners and our Official Artists.”

Winners included “New Partner” for Best Comedy Pilot, “Riftworld” for Best Drama or Dramedy Pilot and “The Katering Show” for Best Short-Form Digital Series.

“The Katering Show” also won the “Best of the Fest” award, tieing with “The Parker Tribe,” which in turn was also awarded the Critics Award.

The full list of winners is below.

Best Comedy Pilot: “New Partner”
Created by Quinn Beswick and Josh Margolin (Los Angeles, CA)
Welcome to the the cursed existence of Ron Robinson, a cop who can’t stop getting his partners killed.

Best Drama or Dramedy Pilot: “Riftworld”
Created by Jonathan Williams, Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, and Laura Perlmutter (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
A struggling journalist teams up with a dimension-traveling wizard to help him find his way home.

Best Short-Form Digital Series: “The Katering Show”
Created by Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
The journey of a food intolerant and an intolerable foodie.

Best Unscripted Pilot: “Funny Cause It’s True”
Created by Victor Varnado (New York, NY)
A “Mythbusters”-style look at the world of comedy that deconstructs a comedian’s act from the inside out.

Best Actress (Comedy): Becky Yamamoto and Meghan O’Neill for “2 Chans”

Best Actor (Comedy): Marshall Stratton and James Coker for “The Other Kennedys”

Best Actress (Drama or Dramedy): Tiffany Rachelle Stewart for “Black Rose”

Best Actor (Drama or Dramedy): David Koechner for “The Parker Tribe”

Best Director: Andrew W. Chan for “The Midnight Anthology”

Best Editor: Tulica Singh for “Croissant Man”

Best Writing: Bob Borrmann and Luca Stein for “Dead John”

NYTVF Critics Award: “The Parker Tribe” created by Jane Baker (Brattleboro, VT)
Living life in suburban Philadelphia in the late 1970s is both hilarious and painful for Mary “Jo” Parker, a 13-year-old tomboy in a large Irish Catholic family.

NYTVF “Best of the Fest”:
(tie)
“The Katering Show” created by Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
“The Parker Tribe” created by Jane Baker (Brattleboro, VT)

Descriptions and trailers for these and all IPC selections can be found at NTVF.com.

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