Award Nominations, Awards held on Sunday August 13th following 6:15 Red Carpet Event
Festival Achievement Awards
NJ Filmmaker Award: Larry Rosen
NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting Award: Jack Mulcahy
Best Actor-Comedy
WINNER Stephen Friedrich for Kidnapping of a Fish
Jeff Sutton for Charley V
Lee Sebastiany for Fortress of Dumbbells
Yaron Urbas for Madam Trigger
Alexander Kirby for Barry Bruiser and the Revenge of Lucy Leggs
John Racioppo for Got This
Best Actress-Comedy
Nicole Foti for How to Taste Wine Like a Pro
Lauren Esser for Extra Cheese Please
WINNER Emm O'Connor in Capital Advice
Emily Pantalone for Got This
Kassie Thornton for Downward Dog
Chelsey Jo Ristaino for Charley V
Best Actor
Chris Young for Hotel
Lance Henrickson for Fragile Storm
WINNER Jack Mulcahy for Isolated Incident
Julius B. Kelly for Wait for Me
Bryant Mancebo for On The Hook
Stephen Friedrich for Kidnapping of a Fish
Best Actress
Lacy Marie Meyer for Organs of Opportunity
WINNER Victoria Guthrie for Tales of Creation
Jennifer Lafleur for Carbon
Shanae Harris for Wait for Me
Courtney Cavanagh for Terminal Legacy: Lost Souls
Theodora Woolley for Kidnapping of a Fish
Best Director-Comedy
WINNER Jeff Sutton for Charley V
Jim Mauro for Capital Advice
Dennis Maragliano for Fortress of Dumbbells
Teresa Dabback for Extra Cheese Please
Mark Stolzenberg for Happy Family
Susan Barry for Got This
Best Director
Dawn Fields for Fragile Storm
Daniel Sangwoo Park for Isolated Incident
Christian Lybrook for Carbon
WINNER Phillip A. Ramos for Kidnapping of a Fish
Mark Clauburg for Hotel
Michael Berg for If You Go I Go
Best Comedy
WINNER Capital Advice
Blazing Saddles
Fortress of Dumbbells
Madam Trigger
Extra Cheese Please
Got This
Best Horror/Thriller
Hot Water
Afraid of the Night
The Man Who Loved Flowers
Terminal Legacy: Lost Souls (RUNNER UP)
WINNER Organs of Opportunity
The Sin of Those Who Love Us
Best Short
WINNER Fragile Storm
The Kidnapping of a Fish
Isolated Incident
How to Cope with Loss
If You Go I Go (Runner Up)
Carbon
Best Short Short
Brooklyn
The Last Anniversary
WINNER Codename: Watermelon
Return
Chicken Frances
A Real Date
Tuesday
Best NJ Short
WINNER Hotel
Charley V
The Deep End
Captain Cyborg
Never Been Sicker
The Last Anniversary
Waiting for Me
Best Local Film
Got This
Non-Sequitur
WINNER Wait for Me
Barry Bruiser and the Revenge of Lucy Leggs
The Last Local
Victory
Father and Son
Best Documentary
WINNER Hard to Believe
The Intimate Realities of Water
Over the Bridge
The Looking Glass
Tides
Some Kind of Utopia
Best Cinematography
Hotel
WINNER Carbon
Fragile Storm
Cap'n Flapjack: The Curse of the Sticky Anchor
Isolated Incident (Runner Up)
Kidnapping of a Fish
Best Concept
WINNER Cap'n Flapjack: The Curse of the Sticky Anchor
Afraid of the Night (Runner Up)
Organs of Opportunity
Tales of Creation
Anniversary
Wound Up
Codename: Watermelon
Best Ensemble
Capital Advice
Friends of Gertrude
Charley V
Happy Family (Runner Up)
The Detention Room
WINNER Got This
Blazing Saddles
Top Scripts
Matt Clifford for Bad News Pairs (Runner Up)
Ronnie Lewis, Jr. for Mentally Evil
Jim Norman for From Schmear to Eternity
Debra Johnson for Jump for Me
Michael Rights for Etiquette
WINNER Harry Seddon for The Preachers Stare in Times Square
Stephen M. Hunt for Alter Ego
Festival Achievement Awards
NJ Filmmaker Award: Larry Rosen
NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting Award: Jack Mulcahy
Best Actor-Comedy
WINNER Stephen Friedrich for Kidnapping of a Fish
Jeff Sutton for Charley V
Lee Sebastiany for Fortress of Dumbbells
Yaron Urbas for Madam Trigger
Alexander Kirby for Barry Bruiser and the Revenge of Lucy Leggs
John Racioppo for Got This
Best Actress-Comedy
Nicole Foti for How to Taste Wine Like a Pro
Lauren Esser for Extra Cheese Please
WINNER Emm O'Connor in Capital Advice
Emily Pantalone for Got This
Kassie Thornton for Downward Dog
Chelsey Jo Ristaino for Charley V
Best Actor
Chris Young for Hotel
Lance Henrickson for Fragile Storm
WINNER Jack Mulcahy for Isolated Incident
Julius B. Kelly for Wait for Me
Bryant Mancebo for On The Hook
Stephen Friedrich for Kidnapping of a Fish
Best Actress
Lacy Marie Meyer for Organs of Opportunity
WINNER Victoria Guthrie for Tales of Creation
Jennifer Lafleur for Carbon
Shanae Harris for Wait for Me
Courtney Cavanagh for Terminal Legacy: Lost Souls
Theodora Woolley for Kidnapping of a Fish
Best Director-Comedy
WINNER Jeff Sutton for Charley V
Jim Mauro for Capital Advice
Dennis Maragliano for Fortress of Dumbbells
Teresa Dabback for Extra Cheese Please
Mark Stolzenberg for Happy Family
Susan Barry for Got This
Best Director
Dawn Fields for Fragile Storm
Daniel Sangwoo Park for Isolated Incident
Christian Lybrook for Carbon
WINNER Phillip A. Ramos for Kidnapping of a Fish
Mark Clauburg for Hotel
Michael Berg for If You Go I Go
Best Comedy
WINNER Capital Advice
Blazing Saddles
Fortress of Dumbbells
Madam Trigger
Extra Cheese Please
Got This
Best Horror/Thriller
Hot Water
Afraid of the Night
The Man Who Loved Flowers
Terminal Legacy: Lost Souls (RUNNER UP)
WINNER Organs of Opportunity
The Sin of Those Who Love Us
Best Short
WINNER Fragile Storm
The Kidnapping of a Fish
Isolated Incident
How to Cope with Loss
If You Go I Go (Runner Up)
Carbon
Best Short Short
Brooklyn
The Last Anniversary
WINNER Codename: Watermelon
Return
Chicken Frances
A Real Date
Tuesday
Best NJ Short
WINNER Hotel
Charley V
The Deep End
Captain Cyborg
Never Been Sicker
The Last Anniversary
Waiting for Me
Best Local Film
Got This
Non-Sequitur
WINNER Wait for Me
Barry Bruiser and the Revenge of Lucy Leggs
The Last Local
Victory
Father and Son
Best Documentary
WINNER Hard to Believe
The Intimate Realities of Water
Over the Bridge
The Looking Glass
Tides
Some Kind of Utopia
Best Cinematography
Hotel
WINNER Carbon
Fragile Storm
Cap'n Flapjack: The Curse of the Sticky Anchor
Isolated Incident (Runner Up)
Kidnapping of a Fish
Best Concept
WINNER Cap'n Flapjack: The Curse of the Sticky Anchor
Afraid of the Night (Runner Up)
Organs of Opportunity
Tales of Creation
Anniversary
Wound Up
Codename: Watermelon
Best Ensemble
Capital Advice
Friends of Gertrude
Charley V
Happy Family (Runner Up)
The Detention Room
WINNER Got This
Blazing Saddles
Top Scripts
Matt Clifford for Bad News Pairs (Runner Up)
Ronnie Lewis, Jr. for Mentally Evil
Jim Norman for From Schmear to Eternity
Debra Johnson for Jump for Me
Michael Rights for Etiquette
WINNER Harry Seddon for The Preachers Stare in Times Square
Stephen M. Hunt for Alter Ego
Student Nominations, Awards held on Saturday March 5th at 7:45:
Best Actor
WINNER Alexander Jameson-Captain Cyborg
Amir Prime-The Deep End
Chase Mullins - Endo
Kyle Jonas for Lovelorn
Nathan Landis Funk for Extra Cheese Please
Dylan Markiewicz for Gas Station Sushi
Best Actress
Lauren Esser- Extra Cheese Please
Morgan Vasquez-The Deep End
WINNER Morgan Vasquez-Never Been Sicker
Kathrine Barnes -No Joke
Haley Landers-The Other Self
Maria Dragone for 1600
Best Director College
Aaron Hobson for The Deep End
WINNER Claire Fishman for Never Been Sicker
Zack Morrison for Captain Cyborg
James Jansson for Armortosis
Joe Youorski for No Joke
Teresa Dabback for Extra Cheese Please
Theodore Caleb Haas for The Detention Room
Best Director High School
Porkroll Prohibition
Lovelorn
WINNER Sonder
Usine
Rico
La Arte
Best Comedy Short Film
WINNER Extra Cheese Please
Endo
Pork Roll Prohibition
Gas Station Sushi
Streetfight
Rose Garden
Lawrence Lesslie
Best Student Film High School
1600
Rico
Sonder
Lawrence Lesse
WINNER Lovelorn
Gas Station Sushi
Best Documentary
WINNER The Looking Glass
Some Kind of Utophia
Over the Bridge
Tides
Victory
Home for the Holidays
Best NJ Short
Armortois
Never Been Sicker
Captain Cyborg
WINNER The Deep End
The Looking Glass
Chat Room
Best Concept
Best Concept
Endo
Captain Cyborg
Gas Station Sushi
Armortosis
Victory
WINNER The Detention Room
Tuesday
Best Experimental
Red Light
Sonder
Chat Room
Some Kind of Utophia
The Other Self
WINNER Victory
1600
Best Cinematography
WINNER Captain Cyborg
Tides
No Joke
Rose Garden
The Other Self
Sonder
Best Actor
WINNER Alexander Jameson-Captain Cyborg
Amir Prime-The Deep End
Chase Mullins - Endo
Kyle Jonas for Lovelorn
Nathan Landis Funk for Extra Cheese Please
Dylan Markiewicz for Gas Station Sushi
Best Actress
Lauren Esser- Extra Cheese Please
Morgan Vasquez-The Deep End
WINNER Morgan Vasquez-Never Been Sicker
Kathrine Barnes -No Joke
Haley Landers-The Other Self
Maria Dragone for 1600
Best Director College
Aaron Hobson for The Deep End
WINNER Claire Fishman for Never Been Sicker
Zack Morrison for Captain Cyborg
James Jansson for Armortosis
Joe Youorski for No Joke
Teresa Dabback for Extra Cheese Please
Theodore Caleb Haas for The Detention Room
Best Director High School
Porkroll Prohibition
Lovelorn
WINNER Sonder
Usine
Rico
La Arte
Best Comedy Short Film
WINNER Extra Cheese Please
Endo
Pork Roll Prohibition
Gas Station Sushi
Streetfight
Rose Garden
Lawrence Lesslie
Best Student Film High School
1600
Rico
Sonder
Lawrence Lesse
WINNER Lovelorn
Gas Station Sushi
Best Documentary
WINNER The Looking Glass
Some Kind of Utophia
Over the Bridge
Tides
Victory
Home for the Holidays
Best NJ Short
Armortois
Never Been Sicker
Captain Cyborg
WINNER The Deep End
The Looking Glass
Chat Room
Best Concept
Best Concept
Endo
Captain Cyborg
Gas Station Sushi
Armortosis
Victory
WINNER The Detention Room
Tuesday
Best Experimental
Red Light
Sonder
Chat Room
Some Kind of Utophia
The Other Self
WINNER Victory
1600
Best Cinematography
WINNER Captain Cyborg
Tides
No Joke
Rose Garden
The Other Self
Sonder