Award Nominations
Awards held on Sunday August 11th, following the last sets.

NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: Mika Boorem
NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Angie Hansen

Best NJ Actor
Antwon Brooks for Soul of the Screen
Jett Miller for Mr. Stone’s House of Cards
AJ Dyer for Lyrical
Chris Aballo for The Out
A.J. Ciccotelli for Reunited (And It Feels So Cruel) WINNER
Dan Gregory for How Dare You? WINNER

Best Actor-Medium Short
Michael Fedele for Addiction
Michael Robert Anderson for Save The Ship
Spencer Fappiano for Close the Cabinets
Brett Eidman for Detoxification
Rick Irwin for Driven Out
Dan Gregory for How Dare You?
Chris Aballo for The Out WINNER

Best Actor- Long Short
Doug Bollinger for The Dance WINNER
A.J. Ciccotelli for Ricky’s Story
Eric Roberts for Princess Love
Anthony Monguso for Bound by Bushwick
John Kroner for Statistical Probabilities
Michael Eion Stanney for Yuh Filthy Animal

Best NJ Actress
Shelby O’Boyle for Twice a Day WINNER
Jeanna Schweppe for My Friend Doubt
Hayley Batson for Putt Putt
Karen Giordano for Full Throttle Paradise
Lexi Hannan for Lizzie

Best Actress-Long Short
Heaven Howard for Princess Love
Christine Nagy for The Dance
Laura Coover for As Easy As Closing Your Eyes WINNER
Kelly Grago for Statistical Probabilities
Mandahla Rose for The Paradise Road
Kelly Grago for Yuh Filthy Animal

Best Actress-Medium Short
Linda Collins for The Lonely Road to Nowhere
Alexis Abrams for Princess Dahlia’s Disconnected Fairytale
Maria M. Diaz for The Crafty Lady
Shelby O'Boyle for Twice a Day
Jeanna Schweppe for My Friend Doubt WINNER
Karen Giordano for Full Throttle Paradise

Best NJ Director-Drama
Shelby O’Boyle for Twice a Day
Carter M. Stewart for Lyrical
Mark Riccadonna for My Friend Doubt
Yoaspire for Soul of the Screen WINNER
Lizzie A Finn and John Leary for 100 Proof Warlock
Rocert Asencio for Don’t Forget to Pray

Best NJ Director-Comedy
Larry Rosen for Not the Detergent
George Grotheer for Putt Putt WINNER
Nick DeSimone for Full Throttle Paradise
Joey Mosca for How Dare You?
Chris Aballo for The Out
Donna Ault Jacobson for Reunited (And It Feels So Cruel)

Best Director-Comedy
Jim Harkins for Carnappers WINNER
Jose Manuel Fajardo for The Crafty Lady
Nick DeSimone for Full Throttle Paradise
Sean Louis Kelly for Close the Cabinets
Joey Mosca for How Dare You?
George Grotheer for Putt Putt
Larry Rosen for The Getaway

Best Director Horror/Thriller
Jack Foley for Lizzie WINNER
The Cremer Brothers for Detoxification
Andy Currie for Driven Out
Austin Mitrione for Grindhouse
Erik Thompson for Family Tradition
Harry Waldman for Bay for Blood

Best Director-Long Short
Parker Croft for As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Mark Montalbano for Bound by Bushwick WINNER
Chris Dabney for Princess Love
A.J. Ciccotelli for The Dance
Ryan O'Leary for Statistical Probabilities
Lisa Marie Tedesco for The Paradise Road
Jeff Clark, Jr. for Yuh Filthy Animal
Donna Ault Jacobson for Ricky’s Story

Best Director-Medium Short
Michael Robert Anderson for Save The Ship
A.J. Ciccotelli for I.W.S.K
Maria Filippone for Addiction
Brian Russell for SilverSizzle
Michael Guillaume for Somewhere to Be WINNER
Eric Cullen Hackler for The Funnel Web

Best Comedy
Carnappers RUNNER UP
The Crafty Lady
Putt Putt
Full Throttle Paradise WINNER
Close the Cabinets
How Dare You?
The Getaway

Best Horror/Thriller
Lizzie
Family Tradition
Grindhouse
Driven Out RUNNER UP
Detoxification WINNER
Bay for Blood

Best Film-Long Short
Princess Love
The Dance
Statistical Probabilities RUNNER UP
The Paradise Road
Yuh Filthy Animal
As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
Bound by Bushwick
Ricky’s Story WINNER

Best Film-Medium Short
Addiction RUNNER UP
SiverSizzle
Save The Ship WINNER
I.W.S.K
Somewhere to Be
The Funnel Web

Best Short Short
Not the Detergent
The Man
Fall
The Getaway RUNNER UP
Hellavision
Crystal Galaxy Enforcers
The Lonely Road To Nowhere WINNER
A Day In The Life

Best NJ Short-Drama
Don’t Forget to Pray RUNNER UP
100 Proof Warlock WINNER
Twice a Day
Lyrical
My Friend Doubt
Soul of the Screen

Best NJ Short-Comedy
Putt Putt WINNER
Full Throttle Paradise
Reunited (And It Feels So Cruel)
How Dare You? RUNNER UP
The Out
Not the Detergent

Best Cinematography
Grindhouse WINNER
As Easy as Closing Your Eyes
The Wrench
Letters from the Grave RUNNER UP
Bound by Bushwick
Somewhere to Be

Best Concept
CheckOut
Lyrical
Zoom Relief RUNNER UP
Save the Ship
Princess Dahlia’s Disconnected Fairytale WINNER
Letters from the Grave

Best Ensemble
Soul of the Screen
Yuh Filthy Animal WINNER
Full Throttle Paradise
SilverSizzle RUNNER UP
Grindhouse
Statistical Probabilities
Save the Ship

Best Produced Script
Maria Filippone for Addiction
Chris Aballo for The Out RUNNER UP
Giulio Bianchi for Zoom Relief
John Leary and Lizzie Finn for 100 Proof Warlock
Lisa Marie Tedesco for The Paradise Road WINNER
Maleek Mayers for Soul of the Screen
A.J. Ciccotelli for I.W.S.K

​Best Unproduced Script
Gerald Teaster for Magic Trick
A.J. Ciccotelli for Artold Bernice’s Cheek WINNER
Caleb Stone for Idiot Airlines Flight 666
Michael Jonathan Gellis for Old Men at the Club
Leonardo Mileikowsky for El Male

Best Micro Short
Not The Detergent

Best Animation
Five Easy Feathers

First Time Director
Giulo Bianchi

Best Acting Duo
Hayley Batson & Nick Turturro for Putt Putt 

Rising Star
Lexi Hannan
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Student Award Nominations
Awards held on Saturday August 10th after the last student films set

Best Actor College
Sammy Rivas for To Fifty Years of Happiness WINNER
Davie Reader for Symphony
Dan Goldring for Out Spoken
Adrian Espinal Martinez for With My Fingers
Chang Liu for Demolition
Michael Mazzone for Father Time

Best Actress College
Francesca Raimondi for For My Grandma
Claire Healey for To Fifty Years of Happiness
Georgia Weller for Symphony
Megan Moynahan for Out Spoken
Alexandra Hess for Father Time WINNER
Grace Curry for Borrowed Time

Best Director College
Blaise Cauvin for Father Time
Joanna Leigh Downing for For My Grandma
Sarah Boylan for Out Spoken WINNER
Natalie Mahoney for Borrowed Time
Zey Li for Demolition
Katrina L. Rodriguez for To Fifty Years of Happiness

Best Film College
For My Grandma WINNER
Out Spoken
Symphony
Father Time RUNNER UP
Demolition
To Fifty Years of Happiness

Best Concept College
With My Fingers
Demolition
Duty Calls RUNNER UP
Borrowed Time WINNER
ARENZ: The Final Quarter
Out Spoken

Best Cinematography College
With My Fingers
Symphony
Motherland
Demolition
For My Grandma
Father Time WINNER

Best Script/Story College
Demolition
Symphony
Out Spoken RUNNER UP
Father Time
To Fifty Years of Happiness WINNER
For My Grandma
With My Fingers

Best Documentary College
Motherland
ARENZ: The Final Quarter WINNER

Best Actor High School
Harry Rosenthal for Flower Brain WINNER
Justin Rouse for The Lethal Lizard
Henryk Walczak for The RedRobin Project
Justin Fearon for The Lethal Lizard
Richard Pecoraro for Krampus on Campus 2
Eddie Mariconda for Satan’s Little Lambs

Best Actress High School
Sofia Garcia for Iam Me
Emma Bissonnette for Flower Brain
Karla Ritter for I Hope Your Day Goes Well WINNER
Ashley Brown for The RedRobin Project
Lyla Hatley for The Falls
Alexis Alvarado for Satan's Little Lambs
Alexandra Schradin for I Hope Your Day Goes Well

Best Director High School
Siara Mason for Iam Me
Christopher Michael Cioffi for The Falls
Justin Fearon for The Lethal Lizard
Jay Santos for Satan’s Little Lambs
Alexandra Katherine Burke for Flower Brain
Sawyer Boyle for I Hope Your Day Goes Well WINNER

Best Film High School
Iam Me WINNER
The Falls
Lethal Lizard
I Hope Your Day Goes Well
Satan’s Little Lambs
Flower Brain

Best Concept High School
Guiding Light
The RedRobin Project
Breaking Eighty
Satan’s Little Lamb WINNER
I Hope Your Day Goes Well
Flower Brain
The Falls

Best Cinematography High School
Krampus on Campus 2: Asylum
The RedRobin Project
The Falls
Guiding Light
Flower Brain
Iam Me WINNER
Breaking Eighty

Best Horror/Thriller High School
Krampus on Campus 2: Asylum

Rising Star Student Films
Joanna Downing