Award Nominees

Best Short Film-Drama
The Walk
Floating Sunflowers (RUNNER UP)
Grafters
Found
The Coin
A Dance with Andrea (WINNER)
The Dress

Best Comedy
Flat Brim
The White Spruce (WINNER)
Sunday Best (RUNNER UP)
A Bad Idea
Quiet Picnic
A Box Came to Brooklyn
Let's Stay Together

Best Actor Comedy
Tom Bentey for Flat Brim (WINNER)
Kevin Coyle for The White Spruce
Ryan O'Regan for Sunday Best
Chris Perillo for Lets Stay Together
Adrian Arthur for Quiet Picnic

Best Actress Comedy
Lisa Pincus-Quiet Picnic
Christina Vinsick for Growth Spurt (WINNER)
Adison Eisenberg The White Spruce
Heidi Soole in Man Slave
Heather Rea Kirschenbauer for Lets Stay Together

Best Actress
Victoria Guthrie for Dunes Atlantic
Anna Chlumsky for Floating Sunflowers (WINNER)
Elise Rooker for Affliction
Shea Saracino for Separation
Kristie Ecke for Night Like This
Melina Lyon for She Rides Bulls

Best Actor-
Peter Rigert for The Walk
Juan Riedinger for Found
Phil Lakin for Grafters  (WINNER)
Francisco Solorzano for Floating Sunflowers
Frank Albanese for A Dance with Andrea
Joe Sernio for A Dance with Andrea

Best Horror/Thriller
Candy
Print
Think Twice
Klaus
Behind Every Door (WINNER)
Some Moments are Forever (RUNNER UP)

Best Short Short
Rest Stop
Another Heart Breaks (RUNNER UP)
Bear
Trafico 'Meet the Girls”
Behind Every Door
Quiet Picnic (WINNER)
Fragmentation

Best NJ Short
Ploy (WINNER)
Communication Breakdown
Pieces of Belmar
Affliction
The White Spruce
Rest Stop (RUNNER UP)
Flat Brim

Best Cinematography
Growth Spurt (WINNER)
Traffico Meet the Girls (RUNNER UP)
Floating Sunflowers
Nights Like This
Pieces of Belmar
The Coin
A Dance with Andrea

Best Director-Drama
Larry Rosen for Rest Stop
Francisco Solorzano for Floating Sunflowers (WINNER)
Lance J. Reha for A Dance with Andrea
Richard O'Sullivan for the Dress
Julius B. Kelly for Ploy
Fabien Martorell for The Coin

Best Director Comedy
Tom Bentey for Flat Brim
Amanda Bedula for Quiet Picnic
Jason Downs for Growth Spurt
Mark Serao for White Spruce (WINNER)
Jason Cusato for A Box Came to Brooklyn
Robyn Laliberte for Mammary Gland Malfunction

Best Concept
She Rides Bulls
Breaking the Game
The Coin (WINNER)
Point Society
Crystal Unclear (RUNNER UP)
Sunday Best
The Box

Best Ensemble Cast
Ploy
The White Spruce (RUNNER UP)
Floating Sunflowers
A Box Came to Brooklyn (WINNER)
Grafters
A Dance with Andrea

Best Scripts
Atmosphere
Eugene Tibbs 
Escaping the Friends Zone (RUNNER UP)
100 Dollar Bill
Our Terms (WINNER)
For Now
Blood on the Saddle
75-44-5
Incident on I-95
The Message
Go Fly a Kite
Skywanderer

Also honoring Artie Pasquale with the Jersey City Honorary Achievement of the Arts in Acting Award "The Tom Parisi Award"  

And Rob Santana with the Jersey City Honorary Achievements of the Arts in Directing Award

Student Nominations
Best Student Comedy
The Date
The Match
Boy's Don't Cry (WINNER)
Your Undivided Attention
Drunkknophf

Best HS Short
Lost
The Awakening (WINNER)
Ambitions
Victim of the Other Side
Boys Don't Cry
Drive
A TEEN'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE WITH AUTISM

Best Student Film College
Nights like This
Backstage
Victim
So What
Separation (WINNER)
Girl in Pieces
Pieces of Belmar

Best Actress
Bryn Dolan-Backstage
Kristie Ecke-Nights Like This (WINNER)
Jodi Ferguson-Girl in Pieces
Shea Saracinso-Seperation
Kaylin Iamone-Victim of the Other Side
Anna McKitrick-Pieces of Belmar
Sherilyn James-Amanda

Best Actor
Josh Borton-So What
Ian Monaco-Night Like This
Nicholas McGovern-Victim (WINNER)
Daniele Sestito-Ambitions
Spencer Riggs-The Date
Billy Hopkins-Boys Dont Cry

Best Director HS
Jenn Isaksen, Liam Honan for Victim of the Other Side (WINNER)
Anthony Raise for The Awakening
Abby Hoffman or Pinky
Alexandra Jackman for A Teen's Guide....
Daniele Sestito for Ambitions
Abby Hoffman, Matty King for Drive

Best Director College short
Kevin Nguyen for Nights Like This
Wil Exavier for Victim
Andrew Schwartz for Separation
Claire Fishman for Hair Lockets
Deanna Saltzman for Backstage (WINNER)
Aaron Hobson For Amanda
Bryant Magdael for I See US

Best Experimental
Drunkkkroft
Hair Lockets (WINNER)
Invasive Species
Animations of the Afternoon
Print
Your Undivided Attention

Best Cinematography
Seperation
Lost
Pieces of Belmar
Ambitions
Drive
Nights Like This (WINNER)
Hair Lockets

Best Concept
Amanda
Klaus
Victim of the Other Side
A Teen's Guide
Victim
The Match
Pinky
Pieces of Belmar (WINNER)
I See You