FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Best Feature Film
Dark Frequency

 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Drama Short
Cold Night in the Cold City

 

Best Comedy Short
Happy New Year!

 

Best Horror Short
Wrath on Evil

 

Best Thriller

Consequences

 

Best Sci-Fi Short

Polybius

 

Best Animation Short

Tytnia

 

Best Experimental Short

William, or The Fragile Harmony Of Latent Spaces

 

Best International Short

A Friend in the Night

 

Best Microshort

Now We Are Two

 

Best New Jersey Short

Polybius

 

Best College Short

The Last Message

 

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Spectral

 

Best Mobile Short

Love At Nova´s Land

 

Best Music Video

Behind the Sunglasses

 

Best Trailer

Wrath on Evil

 

Best Movie Poster

Consequences

 

Best Concept

Becoming Mrs. Presley

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor in a Feature

Jamiek Foster (L is for Legacy)

 

Best Actress in a Feature

Madison Sovak (Dark Frequency)

 

Best Actor in a Short

John Castle (The Pitch)

 

Best Actress in a Short

Robyn McIntyre (Happy New Year!)

 

Best Supporting Actor

George Karpuzas (Spectral)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Kristin Macke (Dark Frequency)

 

Best Ensemble

Dark Frequency

 

Best Young Actor

Nicholas Parnica (The Last Message)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director of a Feature

Jamiek Foster (L is for Legacy)

 

Best Director of a Short

Nicholas Nadashvili & Matt Moxam (Wrath on Evil)

 

Best First-Time Director

Lakshen Sundaram (You on the Right)

 

Best Female Filmmaker

Laura Gregory (Happy New Year!)

 

Best Cinematography

Nick Pietroniro (Polybius)

 

Best Editing

Matthew Silva (Wrath on Evil)

 

Best Special Effects Makeup

Amanda Huginkiss (Wrath on Evil)

 

Best Sound Design

Lakshen Sundaram (Spectral)

 

Best Original Score

Jhonatan Faria (Tigre)

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay

“A Melody in the Bronx” by F. Mancuso & R. Trombetta

 

Best Short Screenplay

“Fido” by John Norris Ray

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
Better. by Shaun Rylee
Charlie Horowitz by Dillon Fuhrman
Half Plus Seven by Lindsay P. Adkins & Wally Marzano-Lesnevich

 

Best Short Screenplay

Apologies for Any Inconvenience by Jennifer Milne – WINNER
Dumbsaints by Casey Mensing
Home by Adam Lucas – HONORABLE MENTION
THREE. TWO. GONE. by Russell Southam
An Unhealthy Slumber by Reynaldo Dumas

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Best Feature Film
Remind Me

 

Best Documentary Feature
Kelmer Neves: Impossible is an Opinion

 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Short Film
Fragile

 

Best Drama Short
Methods of Mortal Men

 

Best Comedy Short

Speak, Easy

 

Best Horror Short

Eviction

 

Best Thriller

KANDI KIDS

 

Best Sci-Fi Short

August

 

Best Animation Short

Another Day in Paradise

 

Best Experimental Short

Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body

 

Best International Short

Finding Glenwood

 

Best Microshort

L’inutilità

 

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

Masters of Ascension – The Chosen

 

Best Mobile Short

The Gift

 

Best College Short

Blind Love

 

Best High School Film

Beetlejuice: The Online Musical

 

Best Trailer

Amenadiel

 

Best Movie Poster

Beetlejuice: The Online Musical

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor

Bryan Kaime-Lomuria (Finding Glenwood) – WINNER
Mark Irvin (KANDI KIDS)
Rodrigo Alfonso (Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body)
Thomas J. O’Brien (The Confined)
Ralph Richardson (Methods of Mortal Men)

 

Best Actress

Rebecca Soraya Zaman (Finding Glenwood)
Amalia Zargianaki (Remind Me)
Alexis Jade Burnett (KANDI KIDS)
Daria Fiorillo (L’inutilità)
Andriani Angelidaki (Remind Me) – WINNER

 

Best Ensemble

Remind Me
Finding Glenwood
Beetlejuice: The Online Musical – WINNER
The Lonely Road
Masters of Ascension – The Chosen

 

Best Young Actor
Alexis Jayde Burnett (KANDI KIDS)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director
Sandu Negrea (KANDI KIDS)
Tung Le (Finding Glenwood) – WINNER
Aaron Tyler Gil (Methods of Mortal Men)

 

Best First-Time Filmmaker
Aaron Tyler Gil (Methods Of Mortal Men)

 

Best Female Filmmaker
Carona Davis-Diop (Masters of Ascension – The Chosen)

 

Best Cinematography
An Nguyen (Finding Glenwood)
Gabriel Inghilterra (Fragile) – WINNER
Ryan Campbell (KANDI KIDS)

 

Best Editing
Lance J. Reha (The Gadget) – WINNER
Tiago Lopes (Kelmer Neves: Impossible is an Opinion)
Manolis Tsourounakis (Remind Me)

 

Best Sound Design
Manos Sygletos (Remind Me)
Tim Boggs (KANDI KIDS) – WINNER
Victoria Castillo (Fragile)

 

Best Original Score
Max Aruj (KANDI KIDS)
Marina Makarova (August) – WINNER
Jayce Allisson Karl (Eviction)

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay

“Rhine Stone Land” by Vincent Scuro – WINNER
“New Moon 5280 – Season 1” by Dean Harakas – HONORABLE MENTION

 

Best Short Screenplay

“Just By Chance” by Antoinette Fernandez – WINNER
“The Curb” by Justin Moodie – HONORABLE MENTION

FEATURE FILM AWARDS

Best Feature Narrative
The Gap Between Her Legs

 

Best Feature Documentary
Broken Chains

 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best Short Film
Recruit Me

 

Best Drama Short
Matthew

 

Best Comedy Short

The Great Salami Breakout

 

Best Horror Short

Coffee With Friends

 

Best Thriller

The End of Innocence

 

Best Sci-Fi Short

Over the Skyline

 

Best Animation Short

Colony

 

Best Experimental Short

Life of a Dollar

 

Best Inspirational Short

Waterboo

 

Best Documentary Short

Through Fire

 

Best International Short

Arizona 1878

 

Best Microshort

Tempest

 

Best New Jersey Short

Feed

 

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

My Human Experience

 

Best Music Video

Don’t Believe In

 

Best College Short

Visor

 

Best High School Short

The Swear Jar

 

Best High School Microshort

Two Time

 

Best High School Documentary

Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash Re-opening

 

Best Concept

Bae

 

Best Trailer

Dylan’s Tree

 

Best Movie Poster

The Silence’s Noise

 

ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor in a Feature

Christopher Clayton (My King)

 

Best Actress in a Feature

Loriel Medynski (The Gap Between Her Legs)

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature

John D. Edwards (The Gap Between Her Legs)

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature

Danea Osseni (My King)

 

Best Actor in a Short

Zachary Zamsky (Matthew)

 

Best Actress in a Short

Lana McKissack (My Human Experience)

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Short

Miki Molina (Arizona 1878)

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Short

Louisa Erlich (Matthew)

 

Best Ensemble

Matthew

 

Best Young Actor
Luca Lorenzi (Over the Skyline)

 

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director
Sylvia Ray (My Human Experience)

 

Best First-Time Director
Jesaniel Marrero (No Limits)

 

Best Female Filmmaker
Brooke Tomlinson (Intuition)

 

Best Cinematography
Olivier Guerbois (Recruit Me)

 

Best Editing
Mariah Moiz (Broken Chains)

 

Best Visual Effects
My Human Experience

 

Best Sound Design
The End of Innocence

 

Best Original Score
Over the Skyline

 

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

Best Feature Screenplay

“The Canyon Club” by Michael Dean – WINNER
“On Duty” by Orso Vesperini, Aurèle N’Dja, Toby Osborne, Carole Starcevic, & R. Lee Brown – HONORABLE MENTION

 

Best Short Screenplay

“Fatal Ambition” by Angel Connell – WINNER
“The Hive” by Julie-Anne McDowell – HONORABLE MENTION