Award Nominations
Awards held on Sunday August 5th following Red Carpet Event
Best Actor Long Short
Michael Robert Anderson for Major Key WINNER
Bradley Gosnell for Trailhead
Stephen Girouard for Gog and Gear
Alex Emanuel for Hungry
Ithamar Francois for Matched
Shane Hanney for Shellfish
Shivantha Wijesinha for Death Trail
Best Actress Long Short
Jillie Simon for Hungry WINNER
Madelyn Barkocy for Shellfish
Monique Webber for Trailhead
Catalina Del Puerto for Death Trail
Brit Stiles for Modern Dating
Judy Copeland for Actor Anonymous
Ariane Ryan for Matched
Best Actor Medium Short
Steven Strickland for I Got a Call Back
Mike Funk for To Be Normal WINNER
Jim Ford for We Have Your Wife
Alex Aldea for Man From Mars
John Josh Romaro for One Man’s Trash
Jacob Heimer for Musicians and Magicians
Will Young for November
Best Actress Medium Short
Emaline Williams for A Thousand Words
Laura Petersen for My Hero
Marisa Bertani for Man From Mars
Kate Easton for Musicians and Magicians WINNER
Molly Collier for Fire Escape
Megan Brown for Conflict
Katherine Kahrs for E.ro.sion
Best Actor Horror
Merritt Reid for The Mystic
Phil Hart for Toddler Tartare WINNER
Alexandru Aldea for Home Early
Kevin Bartolomucci for The Blood Calls
John Crosthwaite for the Dark Hunger
Best Actress Horror
Nicole Tarnacki for 4:44
Tiffany Nicole Greene for The Pumpkin Queen
Peyton Conry for The Blood Calls
Melissa Archer for Wraith WINNER
Ilaria Malvezzi for Unvoiced
Best Supporting Actor
Gary Kozak for To Be Normal
David Roberts for I Got a Callback WINNER
Sal Rendino for A Thousand Words
Anthony DeVito for Marketing Tools
Chris Mazzei for Actors Anonymous
Jesse R. Tendler for E.ro.sion
Best Supporting Actress
Sabrina Matarazzo for Major Key WINNER
Lily Sondik for November
Arielle Haller-Silverstone for Beacon Hill
Maria Moga for Toddler Tartare
Gabby Piazza for One Man’s Trash
Meghan Martin for Along the Drive
Best Director Long Short
Michael Robert Anderson for Major Key
Michael Cutrone for Death Trail
Andrew Froening for Cog and Gear
Mark Stolzenberg for Actors Anonymous
JD Wilson for Shellfish
Ihmic Micah El for Trailhead WINNER
Best Director Medium Short
James Perry for Feels Like Euphoria
Antoine Allen Momma’s Boy
Joey Mosca for What is Owed
Catriona Rubenis-Stevens for E.ro.sion
Larry Rosen for Man from Mars
Chad Servidio for One Man’s Trash
Mara Bush for A Thousand Words WINNER
Best Director Comedy
Eliaz Rodriguez for Sillica
Ben Donnellon for Dud Cast
Michael Baumgarten for Father and Father WINNER
Christopher Fox for I Got a Call Back
Jennifer Marie for Casting Chloe
Loring Murtha for My Hero
Best Director Horror
Larry Rosen for Home Early WINNER
Jeremiah Kipp for Unvoiced
Marc Taurisano for The Mystic
Scott Danzig for Toddler Tartare
Angie Hansen for The Pumpkin Queen WINNER
Francesco Nuzzi for 4:44
Best Comedy
We Have Your Wife
My Hero RUNNER UP
Marketing Tools WINNER
Father and Father
I Got a Call Back
Casting Chloe
Actors Anonymous
Best Drama
Major Key
Momma’s Boy WINNER
Trailhead
Death Trail
Fire Escape RUNNER UP
Three’s a Crowd
Feels Like Euphoria
Best Horror/Thriller
The Dark Hunger
Daphne
The Blood Calls
Wraith
Unvoiced WINNER
The Mystic RUNNER UP
Best Short Short
Home Early
4:44 WINNER
Misled
Conflict
Man From Mars
Colors of Kismet
Three’s a Crowd
Millennials at Work RUNNER UP
Best Local or New Jersey Film
Daphne
E.ro.sion, noun RUNNER UP
On My Shoulder
One Man’s Trash WINNER
A Night Like This
Shellfish
All Over Again
Best Cinematography
Wraith WINNER
Dead Man’s Fuel
Cog and Gear
Shellfish
The Mystic
The Dark Hunger
Discloser
Best Concept
Beacon Hill
Flare
Toddler Tartare
Definitely Soy
All Over Again
Double Trouble in Paradise
Dud Cast RUNNER UP
We Have Your Wife WINNER
Best Ensemble
Actors Anonymous RUNNER UP
Daphne
Casting Chloe WINNER
Marketing Tools
A Night Like This
The Evil I’ve Seen
Hungry
Best Documentary
White Cane
Pine Hill Massacre
The Girl Next Door WINNER
Sparkplug Cowboys
Breathe
Beyond Dreamers
Best International Film
Macel the Existential Astronaut
Pink and Quilted (France) WINNER
Blown Away (Spain)
The Noise of the Light (France)
Nika (United Kingdom)
Top Scripts
1801, Buck (Jalen Thompson)
A Rotten Day (David Goldstein)
All American (Dewayne Bontrager)
Confessions of an Apotemnophile: I Think I Am (Connie Corcoran Wilson and Dan Decker)
Don-John's Disappointed Mam (M.V. Montgomery)
Far From Paradise (Brian W. Smith) WINNER
June Block Hero (Seth Kozak)
The Locket (Adam Lapallo)
The Siberian Trap (Jeffrey Howe)
Audience Award - Casting Chloe
Horror Audience Award - Pumpkin Queen
Rising Star Award - Madelyn Barkocy
Best Fight Scene Award - Father and Father
Awards held on Sunday August 5th following Red Carpet Event
Best Actor Long Short
Michael Robert Anderson for Major Key WINNER
Bradley Gosnell for Trailhead
Stephen Girouard for Gog and Gear
Alex Emanuel for Hungry
Ithamar Francois for Matched
Shane Hanney for Shellfish
Shivantha Wijesinha for Death Trail
Best Actress Long Short
Jillie Simon for Hungry WINNER
Madelyn Barkocy for Shellfish
Monique Webber for Trailhead
Catalina Del Puerto for Death Trail
Brit Stiles for Modern Dating
Judy Copeland for Actor Anonymous
Ariane Ryan for Matched
Best Actor Medium Short
Steven Strickland for I Got a Call Back
Mike Funk for To Be Normal WINNER
Jim Ford for We Have Your Wife
Alex Aldea for Man From Mars
John Josh Romaro for One Man’s Trash
Jacob Heimer for Musicians and Magicians
Will Young for November
Best Actress Medium Short
Emaline Williams for A Thousand Words
Laura Petersen for My Hero
Marisa Bertani for Man From Mars
Kate Easton for Musicians and Magicians WINNER
Molly Collier for Fire Escape
Megan Brown for Conflict
Katherine Kahrs for E.ro.sion
Best Actor Horror
Merritt Reid for The Mystic
Phil Hart for Toddler Tartare WINNER
Alexandru Aldea for Home Early
Kevin Bartolomucci for The Blood Calls
John Crosthwaite for the Dark Hunger
Best Actress Horror
Nicole Tarnacki for 4:44
Tiffany Nicole Greene for The Pumpkin Queen
Peyton Conry for The Blood Calls
Melissa Archer for Wraith WINNER
Ilaria Malvezzi for Unvoiced
Best Supporting Actor
Gary Kozak for To Be Normal
David Roberts for I Got a Callback WINNER
Sal Rendino for A Thousand Words
Anthony DeVito for Marketing Tools
Chris Mazzei for Actors Anonymous
Jesse R. Tendler for E.ro.sion
Best Supporting Actress
Sabrina Matarazzo for Major Key WINNER
Lily Sondik for November
Arielle Haller-Silverstone for Beacon Hill
Maria Moga for Toddler Tartare
Gabby Piazza for One Man’s Trash
Meghan Martin for Along the Drive
Best Director Long Short
Michael Robert Anderson for Major Key
Michael Cutrone for Death Trail
Andrew Froening for Cog and Gear
Mark Stolzenberg for Actors Anonymous
JD Wilson for Shellfish
Ihmic Micah El for Trailhead WINNER
Best Director Medium Short
James Perry for Feels Like Euphoria
Antoine Allen Momma’s Boy
Joey Mosca for What is Owed
Catriona Rubenis-Stevens for E.ro.sion
Larry Rosen for Man from Mars
Chad Servidio for One Man’s Trash
Mara Bush for A Thousand Words WINNER
Best Director Comedy
Eliaz Rodriguez for Sillica
Ben Donnellon for Dud Cast
Michael Baumgarten for Father and Father WINNER
Christopher Fox for I Got a Call Back
Jennifer Marie for Casting Chloe
Loring Murtha for My Hero
Best Director Horror
Larry Rosen for Home Early WINNER
Jeremiah Kipp for Unvoiced
Marc Taurisano for The Mystic
Scott Danzig for Toddler Tartare
Angie Hansen for The Pumpkin Queen WINNER
Francesco Nuzzi for 4:44
Best Comedy
We Have Your Wife
My Hero RUNNER UP
Marketing Tools WINNER
Father and Father
I Got a Call Back
Casting Chloe
Actors Anonymous
Best Drama
Major Key
Momma’s Boy WINNER
Trailhead
Death Trail
Fire Escape RUNNER UP
Three’s a Crowd
Feels Like Euphoria
Best Horror/Thriller
The Dark Hunger
Daphne
The Blood Calls
Wraith
Unvoiced WINNER
The Mystic RUNNER UP
Best Short Short
Home Early
4:44 WINNER
Misled
Conflict
Man From Mars
Colors of Kismet
Three’s a Crowd
Millennials at Work RUNNER UP
Best Local or New Jersey Film
Daphne
E.ro.sion, noun RUNNER UP
On My Shoulder
One Man’s Trash WINNER
A Night Like This
Shellfish
All Over Again
Best Cinematography
Wraith WINNER
Dead Man’s Fuel
Cog and Gear
Shellfish
The Mystic
The Dark Hunger
Discloser
Best Concept
Beacon Hill
Flare
Toddler Tartare
Definitely Soy
All Over Again
Double Trouble in Paradise
Dud Cast RUNNER UP
We Have Your Wife WINNER
Best Ensemble
Actors Anonymous RUNNER UP
Daphne
Casting Chloe WINNER
Marketing Tools
A Night Like This
The Evil I’ve Seen
Hungry
Best Documentary
White Cane
Pine Hill Massacre
The Girl Next Door WINNER
Sparkplug Cowboys
Breathe
Beyond Dreamers
Best International Film
Macel the Existential Astronaut
Pink and Quilted (France) WINNER
Blown Away (Spain)
The Noise of the Light (France)
Nika (United Kingdom)
Top Scripts
1801, Buck (Jalen Thompson)
A Rotten Day (David Goldstein)
All American (Dewayne Bontrager)
Confessions of an Apotemnophile: I Think I Am (Connie Corcoran Wilson and Dan Decker)
Don-John's Disappointed Mam (M.V. Montgomery)
Far From Paradise (Brian W. Smith) WINNER
June Block Hero (Seth Kozak)
The Locket (Adam Lapallo)
The Siberian Trap (Jeffrey Howe)
Audience Award - Casting Chloe
Horror Audience Award - Pumpkin Queen
Rising Star Award - Madelyn Barkocy
Best Fight Scene Award - Father and Father
STUDENT NOMINATIONS
Awards to be held Saturday, August 4th, following Red Carpet Event
Best Actor in a Student Film
Billy Kontos for Alone Together WINNER
David Kramer for Heartless
Michael Smiley for Missing
Kevin Bohl for The Night Watchman
AJ Knox for Girls Like Chocolate
Greer Purnell for Toilet Man
Elijah Comas for Little Trees
Best Actress in a Student Film
Isabel Lysiak for Little Trees WINNER
Kim Kaiser for Ella
Juliet Scleza for Detention
Lily Lehotsky for Double C
Natalia Jablokov for Alone Together
Jessie Ireland for Time-Out
Best Director-College
Marvin Zana for Five Stars
Clio Gevirtz for Ella WINNER
Max Kane for Little Trees
Casey Jacobs for To Catch a Fish
Chenyang Shu for Toilet Man
Ross Stern for Girls Like Chocolate
Best Director-High School
Alex Lehotsky for Double C
Jackson Healey for Observer
Maria Dragone for Tinker
Yasmin Yilmaz for Beyond Dreamers WINNER
Garret Ballinger for Detention
Morgan Barth for Contingency
Keeley Giblin and Courtney Voehl for Rose of Jericho
Best Film College
Five Stars WINNER
Alone Together
Heartless
Little Trees
Ella
No Accommodations
Best Film High School
Double C
Rose of Jericho WINNER
Speak
Tinker
Imitant
Missing
Best Comedy
Toilet Man
Chaussures (Shoes)
Detention
Missing
5 Miles
Girls Like Chocolate WINNER
Time-Out
Best Experimental-High School
Contingency
Rose of Jericho
Electric Love
Twitch
Tainted Love WINNER
Observer
Study Hall
Best Concept
Speak
Study Hall
Tinker WINNER
Time Out
Nini
The Night Watchman
Chaussures (Shoes)
Best Documentaries
Haunted Roads of NJ
Beyond Dreamers
You Are Enough PSA
Breathe WINNER
Cling, Clang, Chime
Best Cinematography
Five Stars
Observer
To Catch a Fish
Imitant WINNER
Little Trees
Alone Together
Best Ensemble
Five Stars
Study Hall
No Accommodations WINNER
A Tall Drink of Walter
Detention
Speak
Audience Award College - A Tall Drink of Walter
Audience Award High School - Speak
Awards to be held Saturday, August 4th, following Red Carpet Event
Best Actor in a Student Film
Billy Kontos for Alone Together WINNER
David Kramer for Heartless
Michael Smiley for Missing
Kevin Bohl for The Night Watchman
AJ Knox for Girls Like Chocolate
Greer Purnell for Toilet Man
Elijah Comas for Little Trees
Best Actress in a Student Film
Isabel Lysiak for Little Trees WINNER
Kim Kaiser for Ella
Juliet Scleza for Detention
Lily Lehotsky for Double C
Natalia Jablokov for Alone Together
Jessie Ireland for Time-Out
Best Director-College
Marvin Zana for Five Stars
Clio Gevirtz for Ella WINNER
Max Kane for Little Trees
Casey Jacobs for To Catch a Fish
Chenyang Shu for Toilet Man
Ross Stern for Girls Like Chocolate
Best Director-High School
Alex Lehotsky for Double C
Jackson Healey for Observer
Maria Dragone for Tinker
Yasmin Yilmaz for Beyond Dreamers WINNER
Garret Ballinger for Detention
Morgan Barth for Contingency
Keeley Giblin and Courtney Voehl for Rose of Jericho
Best Film College
Five Stars WINNER
Alone Together
Heartless
Little Trees
Ella
No Accommodations
Best Film High School
Double C
Rose of Jericho WINNER
Speak
Tinker
Imitant
Missing
Best Comedy
Toilet Man
Chaussures (Shoes)
Detention
Missing
5 Miles
Girls Like Chocolate WINNER
Time-Out
Best Experimental-High School
Contingency
Rose of Jericho
Electric Love
Twitch
Tainted Love WINNER
Observer
Study Hall
Best Concept
Speak
Study Hall
Tinker WINNER
Time Out
Nini
The Night Watchman
Chaussures (Shoes)
Best Documentaries
Haunted Roads of NJ
Beyond Dreamers
You Are Enough PSA
Breathe WINNER
Cling, Clang, Chime
Best Cinematography
Five Stars
Observer
To Catch a Fish
Imitant WINNER
Little Trees
Alone Together
Best Ensemble
Five Stars
Study Hall
No Accommodations WINNER
A Tall Drink of Walter
Detention
Speak
Audience Award College - A Tall Drink of Walter
Audience Award High School - Speak
August 2018 FESTIVAL ACHIEVMENT AWARDS
NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: Garry Pastore
NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Thomas Baldinger
NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: Garry Pastore
NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Thomas Baldinger
