SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Short Film
Pastiche

 

Best Drama Short
The Wind Up Doll

 

Best Comedy Short

A Parent’s Worst Nightmare

 

Best Horror Short

The Clown Statue

 

Best Thriller

Unknown Caller

 

Best Sci-Fi Short

Little Green Bastards

 

Best Animation Short

The Tryout

 

Best Documentary Short

Joined by Fate

 

Best International Short

Rayen

 

Best Microshort

Knock! Knock!

 

Best New Jersey Short

Hard Feelings

 

Best College Short

Tiger Mom

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor
Adam S. Gelles (Little Green Bastards)

 

Best Actress
Yanny Young (Tiger Mom)

 

Best Supporting Actor
Alex Montaldo (Pastiche)

 

Best Supporting Actress
Nicole Guilbault (Hard Feelings)

 

Best Ensemble
Pastiche

 

Best Young Actor
Ethan Kim (Tiger Mom)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director

Shivaan Makker (Pastiche)

 

Best Cinematography
Ryan Dioso (Tiger Mom)

 

Best Editing
Shivaan Makker (Pastiche)

 

Best Visual Effects
Sergi Tiginashvili (Pastiche)

 

Best Special Effects Makeup
Sara Freericks (Pastiche)

 

Best Sound Design
Rami Al-Balawi (Tiger Mom)

 

Best Original Score
Kevin Lynch (Hard Feelings)

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay
“Five” by Kevin Sean Mann – WINNER
“Vampeer III” by Leonidas Stanescu – HONORABLE MENTION

 

Best Short Screenplay
“Hiring Practices” by Rick-kendy Noziere & Francesco Nuzzi – WINNER
“Everything is OK” by Kevin Mann – HONORABLE MENTION

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Best Feature Film
Fair Haven

 

Best Documentary Feature
Workout Around the World

 

Best Director of a Feature
Aaron Parpart (Neon)

 

Best Actor in a Feature
Isaac Platizky (Cabin of Errors)

 

Best Actress in a Feature

Alexa Morden (The Colour of Spring)

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature

Dan Gregory (Cabin of Errors)

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature

Amanda Carroll Ellis (Fair Haven)

 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Short Film
The Blue Cave

 

Best Drama Short
Bluebell

 

Best Comedy Short

I’ve Got You Beat

 

Best Horror Short

Deep Shock

 

Best Thriller

Black Heart, Red Hands

 

Best LGBT Short

Suburb Able to Love

 

Best Animation Short

BEATRICE

 

Best Experimental Short
Escape From a Good Prison

 

Best Documentary Short

The Child Murderess of Vesene

 

Best International Short

Flicker (UK)

 

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

A Frantic Love 3

 

Best Music Video

Wonderful

 

Best Microshort

The Game Just Got Real

 

Best New Jersey Short

Dear Black Man

 

Best College Short

Yellow Rose

 

Best High School Short

Spoke Too Soon

 

Best Trailer

The Flower People

 

Best Movie Poster

El Reloj

 

Best Actor in a Short

Graeme Coughlan (Bluebell)

Cuete Yeska (The Turnaround) – WINNER

Sebastián Ramos (Matching Hearts)

Giorgio Besc (Suburb Able to Love)

Robert Barnes Jr (The Blue Cave)

 

Best Actress in a Short

Molly Ester Wilson (Air B & D)

Chelsea Debo (Bluebell)

Brandi Botkin (Judge) – WINNER

Karlejandra Lenor (Dear Black Men)

Tanisha Ray (Yellow Rose)

 

Best Ensemble

A Date With Shillelagh

 

Best Young Actor

Lavinia Vaka (Unhinged)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director of a Short

Alireza Biglari (Angels Do Not Die)

 

Best First-Time Director

Estefano Rodriguez (Matching Hearts)

 

Best Female Filmmaker

Jayleen S. Perez (Air B & D)

 

Best Cinematography

Xuezi Zhang (Iguana Death in the American Suburbs)

 

Best Editing

Jose Restrepo (Fly Myself Home)

 

Best Visual Effects

Lance J. Reha (Still)

 

Best Sound Design

The Rooftop

 

Best Original Score

Morgan De Carvalho (Loop: A Strangelove)

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay

A Son’s Gift by Michele Bell – WINNER
The Caregivers by Mikeal Burgin – HONORABLE MENTION

 

Best Short Screenplay

Apologies for Any Inconvenience by Jennifer Milne – WINNER
Home by Adam Lucas – HONORABLE MENTION

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Best Feature Film
The Andy Baker Tape

 

Best Documentary Feature
The Romans

 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Short Film
Disarray Days

 

Best Drama Short
The Color of Hate

 

Best Comedy Short

Smitten

 

Best Horror Short

A Serious Predicament

 

Best Thriller

Methodical

 

Best Sci-Fi Short

Rogue Seven: A Star Wars Fan Film

 

Best Animation Short

Daddydelphia

 

Best Experimental Short

The Hyperzoo

 

Best Documentary Short

Snapper: The Man-Eating Turtle Movie That Never Got Made

 

Best International Short

As the Wave Broke

 

Best Microshort

Be Cool

 

Best New Jersey Short

Nothing Left

 

Best College Short

They Loved You Yesterday

 

Best High School Short

Package for Riverview Ave

 

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Verified

 

Best Music Video

Let Them Eat Cake

 

Best Trailer

Demon in the Mirror

 

Best Movie Poster

Cheatty Love

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor
Frank Albanese (A Dance With Andrea) – WINNER
Bret Lada (The Andy Baker Tape)
Merritt Reid (Disarray Days)
Kai Zemaal Smith (Methodical)
Keanu Sousa Mendes (The Color of Hate)

 

Best Actress
DeLove Akra (Methodical) – WINNER
Ashley Douglas (mama)
Katerina Giannakopoulou (As the Wave Broke)
Lauren Moran (Verified)
Natalie Yost (Dear Hannah)

 

Best Supporting Actor
Jacques Colin (Alone)
Dustin Fontaine (The Andy Baker Tape) – WINNER
Michael Jacobson (Disarray Days)
Thomas J. O’Brien (The Confined)
Thos Shipley (Nothing Left)

 

Best Supporting Actress
Chanell Bell (Moving-In-Law)
Alix Benezech (Alone)
Kim Hopkins (Animals) – WINNER
Cinnamon Jay Aldridge (Last Call)
Jill Mesaros (A Serpent by the Nest)

 

Best Ensemble
As the Wave Broke
Cheatty Love
Daddydelphia
Redemption on Gun Hill Road – WINNER
Rogue Seven: A Star Wars Fan Film

 

Best Young Actor
Madison Coates (mama) – WINNER

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director
Karl Ryan Erikson (Disarray Days)
Delores M. Flynn (mama)
Brandon Lazenko (A Serpent by the Nest) – WINNER

 

Best First-Time Filmmaker
Alice Faria (Reasons) – WINNER
Bret Lada (The Andy Baker Tape)
Christopher Picone (The Confined)

 

Best Female Filmmaker
Daryn Davidson (Verified)
Kim Hopkins (Animals)
Veronica Tullo (Dear Hannah) – WINNER

 

Best Cinematography
Kristian Quino (The Revolver) – WINNER
Matthew Petrunak (A Serpent by the Nest)
Joshua Idusohan (Methodical)

 

Best Editing
The Addiction – WINNER
Methodical
The Romans

 

Best Visual Effects
As the Wave Broke
The Hyperzoo
Rogue Seven: A Star Wars Fan Film – WINNER

 

Best Sound Design
Rogue Seven: A Star Wars Fan Film
The Romans
Wonderland: The Series – WINNER

 

Best Original Score
As the Wave Broke
A Dance With Andrea
A Serpent by the Nest – WINNER

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay
“Lockridge” by Mikeal Burgin – WINNER
“Holiday Help” by Karl Erikson – HONORABLE MENTION

 

Best Short Screenplay

“A Lasting First Impression” by Kayla Romanowski – WINNER
“Blood’s Thicker” by Debra Marie Mawdsley – HONORABLE MENTION

FILM AWARDS

Best Feature Film
Tarkine Together

Best Short Film
Ego Sum!

 

Best Drama Short
Who Said Love is Dead

 

Best Horror Short

The Dark Horizon

 

Best Animation Short

moments in paradise

 

Best Experimental Short

Skin Deep: An Hymn to Eros

 

Best International Short

Family Salad

 

Best Microshort

Fade Out

 

Best New Jersey Short

Butterfly

 

Best College Short

Driving B

 

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Two Worlds Apart (Hard To Leave Backstories)

 

Best Trailer

Revenant Revolver

 

Best Movie Poster

Butterfly

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor

Dan Gregory (Tell Me Something Good) – WINNER
Anthony Notarile (Driving B)
Fabian Godineau-Le Roy (Family Salad)
Arcângelo Zorzi (Ego Sum!)
Kehinde Balogum (Two Worlds Apart)

 

Best Actress

Ariela Rozentul (Butterfly)
Brynn Owen (Driving B) – WINNER
Gabriela Furlan (Ego Sum!)
Charlotte Paish (Who Said Love is Dead)
Scarlett Santiago (Tell Me Something Good)

 

Best Ensemble

Tell Me Something Good
Driving B
Ego Sum!
Two Worlds Apart
Who Said Love is Dead – WINNER

 

Best Young Actor

Amaya Davis-Diop (Masters of Ascension – The Chosen)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director
Chris Gonsalves (The Dark Horizon)

 

Best Female Filmmaker
Tihana Jana Vukic (Baka)

 

Best Cinematography
Javier Herrera (Ego Sum!)

 

Best Editing
Rhys Shepherd (Tarkine Together)

 

Best Sound Design
The Dark Horizon

 

Best Original Score
Alan Špiljak (Baka)

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay
“The Opening” by Carona Davis-Diop – WINNER
“Haboob Wind” by Tommy Anderson – HONORABLE MENTION

 

Best Short Screenplay

“The Broken Road” by Tommy Anderson – WINNER
“Broadband” by Vincent Scuro & Brian Weber – HONORABLE MENTION