FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Best Feature

Uncle Saeed

 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Drama Short
Joyriders

 

Best Comedy Short
Dance With Me

 

Best Horror Short

A Witch on Your Chest

 

Best Thriller

Loved

 

Best Animation Short

The Dream God

 

Best Experimental Short

Entity Line

 

Best International Short

God and Co.

 

Best Microshort

Gloom

 

Best New Jersey Short

Bye, Love

 

Best Mobile Short

Health – A Constitutional Right

 

Best Music Video

Control

 

Best Trailer

The Applicants

 

Best Movie Poster

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

 

Best Concept

Close Encounters of the Lucas Kind

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor

Ryan Osbourn (Bye, Love)

 

Best Actress

Hannah Lawrence (Joyriders)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Eric Slodysko (A Witch on Your Chest)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Debby Gerber (Loved)

 

Best Ensemble

God & Co.

 

Best Young Actor

Riana Emma Balla (Rift)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director

Simon Lex (Dance With Me)

 

Best First-Time Director

Mohammad Bagherifard & Mohammad Mazroee (Uncle Saeed)

 

Best Female Filmmaker

Laura Daragó (Rift)

 

Best Cinematography

Alvin Sloan (Joyriders)

 

Best Editing

Jeff Mellin (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?)

 

Best Visual Effects

Troy Ruff (Loved)

 

Best Special Effects Makeup

Kathryn Milewski (A Witch on Your Chest)

 

Best Sound Design

Tom Jeeves (Gloom)

 

Best Original Score

Pranav Datla (A Witch on Your Chest)

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay

“Don’t Tell Me What to Do” by Dexter Williams & Brimo Morales

 

Best Short Screenplay

“The Last Flare” by Luigi Salerno

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Best Feature Film

Rhapsody in Justice

 

Best Feature Documentary

Country and Courage

 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Short Film
UNEASE

 

Best Drama Short
To be or not to be

 

Best Comedy Short
Beer Goggles

 

Best Horror Short

The Cannibals

 

Best Experimental Short

tHE aGe of aNXiety

 

Best Inspirations Short

Vow of Silence

 

Best Documentary Short

Hug 65+

 

Best International Short

Roma

 

Best Microshort

Leaf of Tree

 

Best College Short

The Price for a Princess

 

Best High School Short

Krampus on Campus

 

Best Mobile Short

Fortunate Son

 

Best Trailer

The Dark Girl

 

Best Movie Poster

Beer Goggles

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor in a Feature

Philippe Brenninkmeyer (The Dark Girl)

 

Best Actress in a Feature

Katharina Scheuba (The Dark Girl)

 

Best Actor in a Short

Jek Jumawan (Nothing Beats Oldies)

 

Best Actress in a Short

Abigail Breslin (The Cannibals)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Bobby Burkich (The Cannibals)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Yvette Williams (Rhapsody in Justice)

 

Best Ensemble

Rhapsody in Justice

 

Best Young Actor

Giselle Eisenberg (The Cannibals)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director of a Feature

Eun-ju Park (The Two Photojournalists)

 

Best Director of a Short

Subasan and Stephen Arun (The Nemesis)

 

Best First-Time Director

Marcie Novella (Owning SIDS)

 

Best Female Filmmaker

Sonya Giddings (Extreme Obsession II)

 

Best Cinematography

Angelo Donzella (UNEASE)

 

Best Editing

Marc Fratto (Rhapsody in Justice)

 

Best Special Effects Makeup

Kyra Gardner and Barney Burman (The Cannibals)

 

Best Sound Design

Paolo Cercato (UNEASE)

 

Best Original Score

Anthony J. Dixon (Rhapsody in Justice)

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay

“Peru Violet” by Brandon Trask

 

Best Short Screenplay

“Party Room” by Maureen Baker

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Best Feature Film

Agita

 

Best Feature Documentary

Seven Thousand Souls

 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Short Film
Queen of Diamonds

 

Best Drama Short
Kiara

 

Best Comedy Short
Dre & Munchie

 

Best Horror Short

The House

 

Best Thriller

-13°C

 

Best Sci-Fi Short

Bat Diary

 

Best LGBT Short

The Road to Myself

 

Best Animation Short

What’s There?

 

Best Experimental Short

Nameless Mist

 

Best Inspirational Short

World War II US Army Airborne Tribute

 

Best Documentary Short

Dade Cook

 

Best International Short

Bored

 

Best Microshort

Time

 

Best College Short

Magpie

 

Best High School Short

Dying to be Thin

 

Best Mobile Short

Ex

 

Best Music Video

Something Good

 

Best Trailer

Nozi

 

Best Movie Poster

Nameless Mist

 

Best Concept

The Sad Blue

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor in a Feature

Peter Mashigo (Nozi)

 

Best Actress in a Feature

Maryann Maisano (Agita)

 

Best Actor in a Short

Omar Khan (Queen of Diamonds)

 

Best Actress in a Short

Samantha Carter (Talk to Me)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Matthew F. Rios (Ex)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Helen Draschil (Magpie)

 

Best Ensemble

Ex

 

Best Young Actor

Mikaela Isabel Brown-Cestero (Dying to be Thin)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director of a Feature

Leclere Serumula (Nozi)

 

Best Director of a Short

Alvin Sloan (The Logo)

 

Best First-Time Director

Justin Fearon (The Hallway Monitor)

 

Best Female Filmmaker

Paige Jones (Magpie)

 

Best Cinematography

Alexandre David Lejuez (The Strange Dreams …)

 

Best Editing

Christopher McClean (Talk to Me)

 

Best Visual Effects

Poramet Ariyakusonsuthi (Wish)

 

Best Special Effects Makeup

The House

 

Best Sound Design

Erfan Montazeri (The Sad Blue)

 

Best Original Score

Various (The Strange Dreams …)

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay

“Hand” by Brandon Trask

 

Best Short Screenplay

“Sideways” by Conner George

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Best Feature Film

Still I Reach For You

 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Short Film
The Critic

 

Best Drama Short
Crossed Destinies

 

Best Thriller

Vanished

 

Best Sci-Fi Short

Daggers and Roses

 

Best LGBT Short

It’s My Fucking Story

 

Best International Short

Diligitis

 

Best New Jersey Short

WITHOUT

 

Best College Short

Discovery

 

Best High School Short

How Can I Forget?

 

Best Mobile Short

The Fight

 

Best Music Video

PG Baby

 

Best Trailer

The Critic

 

Best Movie Poster

Brass

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor in a Feature

Gavin Peppers (Brass)

 

Best Actor in a Short

Alex Javo (Creating Malcolm Volume 2)

 

Best Actress in a Short

Una Maja Nowak (It’s My Fucking Story)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Ryan Higgins (Still I Reach For You)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Megan Pecot (Discovery)

 

Best Ensemble

Brass

 

Best Young Actor

Desyree Terminello (The Sound of the Sea)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director of a Feature

Justin D. Smothers (Brass)

 

Best Director of a Short

Kyle Gregory (The Critic)

 

Best First-Time Director

Juan Manuel Fagetti & Alejandro Maidana (Daggers and Roses)

 

Best Female Filmmaker

Enza Lasalandra (The Sound of the Sea)

 

Best Cinematography

Evan Schneider (The Critic)

 

Best Editing

Daryn Davidson (Retaliation)

 

Best Visual Effects

Alejandro Maidana (Daggers and Roses)

 

Best Special Effects Makeup

Felicity Kaanapu (Retaliation)

 

Best Sound Design

Gordan Chan (The Critic)

 

Best Original Score

Victor A. Janusz (Still I Reach For You)

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay

“Bred to Kill” by Karl Ryan Erikson

 

Best Short Screenplay

“Short Stuff” by Baron Davidson