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I NEED; I WANT

The Full Story

This project grew from an experiment to one of the 

world's most honored independent films.

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Available on . . .

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BEST FEATURE RECOGNITION

       BEST AMERICAN PICTURE, 8 and Half Film Awards, Rome Italy.

       AUDIENCE CHOICE BEST FEATURE FILM, Sunshine City Film Festival, St. Petersburg FL.

       BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM, Prime International Film Festival, Mumbai, India

        FLOW FESTIVAL AND FILM MARKET, Best Feature Film, Fort Lauderdale FL

       SILVER AWARD BEST INDIE FEATURE, Milan Film Awards, Italy

       BRONZE AWARD BEST FEATURE FILM, Tokyo Film Awards, Japan

       NOMINEE BEST FEATURE FILM, Athens Intl. Art and Film Festival, Greece. 

       NOMINEE BEST PICTURE, BEST FEATURE FILM BY A BLACK FILMMAKER, NOMINEE

            BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM, International Black and Diversity Film Festival, Toronto, ONT

       NOMINEE LONELY WOLF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Best Drama, London England

       NOMINEE BEST FEATURE FILM, 4TH DIMENSION FILM FESTIVAL, Parasido Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

       NOMINEE BEST MICRO BUDGET FILM, National Independent Film Association, U. of Wisconsin.

       HONORABLE MENTION BEST FEATURE FILM, American Golden Picture Awards, Jacksonville FL

       HONORABLE MENTION BEST FEATURE FILM, Florence Film Awards, Italy

       

        

LEAD ACTRESS
MILLY FIGUEREO

GOLD AWARD BEST ACTRESS, Tokyo Film Awards, Japan

BEST ACTRESS, Sunshine City Film Festival, St, Petersburg FL

BEST LEAD ACTRESS, International Motion Picture Awards, Toronto ONT

NOMINEE BEST LEAD ACTRESS, International Black and Diversity Film  Festival, Toronto, ONT

NOMINEE BEST ACTRESS, Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Port  St, Lucie FL

2022 LADIES IN FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT (LIFE) ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, 

Sunshine City Film Festival, St. Petersburg, FL

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LEAD ACTOR
BERNIE RODRIGUEZ

 

GOLD AWARD BEST ACTOR, Tokyo Film Awards, Japan

BEST ACTOR, Sunshine City Film Festival, St. Petersburg FL

NOMINEE BEST ACTOR, International Black and Diversity Film Festival, Toronto ONT

NOMINEE BEST ACTOR, Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Port St. Lucie FL

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
KAREN MAITZEN-SARKADY

 

HONORABLE MENTION BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS,  American Golden Picture Awards, Jacksonville FL

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SUPPORTING  ACTOR
JAMES L. LINCOLN

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, International Motion Picture Awards, Toronto ONT

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, International Black and Diversity Film Festival, Toronto ONT

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
IVY SUNFLOWER

 

2022 LADIES IN FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT (LIFE) ACHIEVEMENT AWARD,

Sunshine City Film Festival, St. Peterburg FL

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PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER
BILL LIGGINS

 

2022 STEFANIK AWARD, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, Sunshine City Film Festival, St. Petersburg FL

BEST UP-AND-COMING FILMMAKER and MOTION PICTURE MAKER OF THE

    MONTH (APRIL 2022), International Motion Picture Awards, Toronto ONT

BEST SCREENPLAY, American Golden Pictures Awards, Jacksonville FL

SILVER AWARD BEST DIRECTOR, Hollywood Gold Awards,, Los Angeles CA

FINALIST BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER, Cosmic Film Festival, Orlando FL

NOMINEE LONELY WOLF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Best Director, London England

NOMINEE LONELY WOLF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Best Original Screenplay, London England

NOMINEE LONELY WOLF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Best Directorial Debut, London England

HONORABLE MENTION BEST DIRECTOR, Florence Film Awards, Italy

2022 LADIES IN FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT (LIFE) ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, Sunshine City

              Film Festival, St. Peterburg FL

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SUPPORTING ACTRESS
IVY SUNFLOWER
 

CO-PRODUCER/EDITOR
YOLANDA CABRERA-LIGGINS

 

2022 LADIES IN FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT (LIFE) ACHIEVEMENT

     AWARD, Sunshine City  Film Festival, St. Peterburg FL

BEST EDITOR,  Sunshine City Film Festival, St. Petersburg FL

BEST EDITOR, Athens International Art and Film Festival, Greece

BEST EDITOR, Cosmic Film Festival, Orlando FL

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I NEED; I WANT
 

BEST MOVIE SCORE, Global Non-Violent Film Festival, Hollywood CA

BEST FILM POSTER, International Black and Diversity Film Festival, Toronto ONT

Meet Our Crew

Allen J. Johnson

Director of Photography

Herbert Carrington lll

Production Assistant

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Sergio Velazquez

Production Assistant

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Donna Coley-Trice

Production Assistant

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