IAWTV Awards 2018
Held at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles August 24, 2018
Best Comedy Series
Dinner with Don (Winner)
Fucking Adelaide
How to Buy a Baby
Kiki and Kitty
Stellar Hosts
Whatta Lark
Whelmed
Best Drama Series
After Forever
Bidune Kaid (Undocumented)
Giants (Winner)
In Absentia
The Bench Series
Wrong Kind of Black
Best Documentary or Educational Series
Badass Pilot
Ephemera
Hitting Zero: A Legacy
The Election Effect (Winner – Tie)
Unboxed (Winner – Tie)
Best Animated Series
Multiplex 10: The Web Series
Utopia City
The Why (Winner)
Best Children’s Series
Science with Sophie (Winner)
Small Talk
Best Non-English Series
End Unsung
Ink
Julie
Nemausus (Winner)
The Cell
We All Wanted to Kill the President
Best Live Series
The Dominion of Essalund
The John Campea Show (Winner)
Best Pre-Recorded Hosted Series
Advantage Omar
House Call with Dr. Yvette Lu
In the Mom Cave with Jen & Dina
Struggle Meals
This Doesn’t Suck
Who We Are (Winner)
Best Branded Series
[Re]Generation presented by Cacique
Spinoffs: Season 2 presented by AARP (Winner)
Best Female Performance Comedy
Atra Asdou – Other People’s Children
Gillian Cosgriff – Whelmed
Meghan Heffner – How to Buy a Baby (Winner)
Liv Hewson – Homecoming Queens
Lisa Hughes – The Actress Diaries
Tara Platt – Whatta Lark
Best Female Performance Drama
Ryan Bartley – L.A. Macabre
Anita Gillette – After Forever
Cady Huffman – After Forever (Winner)
Vanessa Baden Kelly – Giants
Kelsey Scott – Giants
Corsica Wilson – L.A. Macabre
Best Male Performance Comedy
Joshua Harris Shernoff – Business as Usual
Don Rickles – Dinner with Don
Marc Bendavid – How to Buy a Baby
Matt Hamilton – The Actress Diaries
Christopher Graham – Whatta Lark (Winner)
Best Male Performance Drama
Mitchell Anderson – After Forever
James Bland – Giants
Yohan Genin – Nemausus (Winner)
Ryan Hellquist – L.A. Macabre
Syd Michael Robinson – Brothers
Kevin Spirtas – After Forever
Best Ensemble Comedy
Dinner with Don
Fucking Adelaide (Winner)
Stellar Hosts
The Hunted: Encore
Whatta Lark
Best Ensemble Drama
After Forever
Barely Adults
Bidune Kaid (Undocumented)
Giants
L.A. Macabre
Public Writer (Winner)
Best Host
Dr. Yvette Lu – House Call with Dr. Yvette Lu
John Campea – The John Campea Show
Dave Keystone – Small Talk
Mark Gardner – This Doesn’t Suck
Dave Keystone – Who We Are (Winner)
Best Directing (Comedy)
Corrie Chen – Homecoming Queens (Winner)
L. Gabriel Gonda – The Gamers: The Shadow Menace
Ana Ramon Rubio – We All Want to Kill the President
America Young – Whatta Lark
David Zwolenski – Whelmed
Best Directing (Drama)
Amin Dora – Bidune Kaid (Undocumented)
Laurent King – Ink (Winner – Tie)
Ethan Kogan, Jessica Silvetti – In Absentia
Jennifer Pepperman – After Forever
Carey Williams – Giants (Winner – Tie)
Best Directing (Non-Fiction)
Xavier Girard – In the Shadow of
Amen Jafri – The Secret Lives of Public Servants (Winner)
Shachaf Dekel – Yotsrim
Best Writing (Comedy)
Gillian Cosgriff – Whelmed
Wendy Litner – How to Buy a Baby (Winner)
Nakkiah Lui – Kiki and Kitty
Ana Ramon Rubio – We All Want to Kill the President
Adjani Salmon, Ali Hughes – Dreaming Whilst Black
Best Writing (Drama)
Bassem Breish – Bidune Kaid (Undocumented)
Camille Chastrusse – Julie
Blake Fraser – Patricia Moore
Ethan Kogan, Jessica Silvetti – In Absentia
J. August Richards – Giants (Winner)
Michael Slade, Kevin Spirtas – After Forever
Best Cinematography
After Forever
Fucking Adelaide
Giants
Ink (Winner)
L.A. Macabre
Nemausus
Whatta Lark
Best Production Design
After Forever
Chateau Laurier
Homecoming Queens
L.A. Macabre
Nemausus (Winner)
Best Editing
After Forever
Homecoming Queens
L.A. Macabre
Nemausus (Winner)
Whatta Lark
Best Costume Design
Chateau Laurier (Winner)
L.A. Macabre
Nemausus
The Canadians
Best Makeup
Chateau Laurier (Winner)
L.A. Macabre
The Canadians
Best Sound
Chateau Laurier
Giants (Winner)
L.A. Macabre
Best Original Music
After Forever
Fucking Adelaide
Nemausus (Winner)
The Gamers: The Shadow Menace
The Hunted: Encore
Best Visual Effects
Kristal Clear (Winner)
L.A. Macabre
The Hunted: Encore