Award Nominations
Awards held on Sunday August 1st, following the last sets.

Best Actor Drama
Robert Sciglimapaglia for the Bathroom Chronicles
Tom Bentey for the American Benefactor
WINNER Thomas Gipson for The Transaction
Max Procacci for Show and Tell
Finn Wittrock for Louie
Dylan Wittrock for Louie

Best Actress Drama
WINNER Lia Peralta for The Bathroom Chronicles
Tory Mogelof for My Castle
Gaby Resende for Knight
Erika Lynn Jolie for the Haven Project
Qurrat Ann Kadwani for Show and Tell

Best Actor Comedy Short
Jonathan Flanders for Love Gov 2
David Kaid for Biff and Me
Mark Parsia for Jazz John
WINNER Loring Murtha for Banana Zakary
Jim Ford for A Boat Time

Best Actress Comedy Short
Tara Llewellyn for Under the Influence
WINNER Brittney Lee Hamilton for #PrincessProblems
Eve Austin for Lola Does Manhattan
Sierra Blanco for Biff and Me
Mai Le for the Love Gov 2:

Best Actor Horror/Thriller
Robert Cunniff for Vagary
Dan Gregory for Air B & D
WINNER David Alvarez for the Stamp Collector
Larry Rosen for Notice Me
T.J. Suarez for The Hunted
Jermey Miller for The Hunted

Best Actress Horror/Thriller
Molly Esther Wilson For Air B & D
Alissa Beth Sweeney for Delete
WINNER Yesi Rodriguez for Notice Me
Loarina Gonzalez for Air B & D
Kate Turner for The Hunted
Vanessa K Vega for Vagary

Best Director Drama
Rebecca Ruhm for The Bathroom Chronicles
Robert Biggs for Louie
WINNER Paige Sciarrillo for My Castle
Robert Asencio for Knight
Patrick Eicner, George Firewalker Carlson for The Transaction
Sakshi Gurnani for Show and Tell

​Best Director Comedy
Hailei Call for Under the Influence
WINNER Nicola Rose for Biff and Me
Michael Thomas Cain for Jazz John
Maritza Gomez for #PrincessProblems
John Papola for The Love Gov 2:

Best Director Horror/Thriller
Larry Rosen for Vagary
WINNER Jayleen S Perez for Air B & D
Luke Momo for The Stamp Collector
Sam Thompson for The Hunted
Yesi Rodriguez for Notice Me
Ruben Rodriguez for Delete

Best Comedy
Biff and Me
Banana Zakary
WINNER Under the Influence
The Body
Came with Cuffs
Jazz John
#PrincessProblems
The Love Gov 2:

Best Drama
WINNER The Bathroom Chronicles
Louie
The American Benefactor
My Castle
Knight
RUNNER UP The Transaction
King of Angels

Best Horror/Thriller
WINNER The Stamp Collector
Air B & D
The Hunted
RUNNER UP Notice Me
Delete
Vagary

Best Short Short
A Boat Time
Delete
What Can I Say?
Faces
RUNNER UP Vagary
WINNER Lola Does Manhattan
Banana Zakary

Best NJ Short Film
The American Benefactor
The Stamp Collector
RUNNER UP Knight
#Princess Problems
WINNER My Castle
Show and Tell

Best Cinematography
The Stamp Collector
Bathroom Chronicles
WINNER Louie
Are Her Digits Worth It?
Faces
Love Gov 2: A Crisis Not to Waste

Best Concept
Calling All the Occupants
Nineteen
RUNNER UP Jazz John
WINNER Are Her Digits Worth It?
Louie
Air B & D
The Haven Project

Best Ensemble
WINNER Under the Influence
Love Gov 2
Bathroom Chronicles
Calling All The Occupants
Louie
Biff & Me
My Castle

Best International Film
WINNER Romance
Cloudiness of Wind
Speckles
Life Hack
Came with Cuffs

Best Unproduced Script Finalist
WINNER Francesco Nuzzi for I Had An Affair With My Husband
Todd Bird for Gus
Mike Vezza for Jill and Bobby
Jim Norman for A Stop In Destiny
Wesley Clapp, Sydney Barbera for Snakeskin
Bradley M. Look for Package of Dreams

​Best Comedic Duo
WINNER Sierra Blanco and David Kaid for Biff and Me

Best Breakthrough Performance
Tory Mogelof

Best Documentary
Vitriol

NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Robert Asencio

Student Award Nominations
Awards held on Saturday July 31st

Best Actor in a Student Film College
WINNER Matthew Stannah for Graffiti
Charlie Tacker for A Special Dinner
Josh Castle for The Other Night
Evan Taylor for Based on a True Story
Nick Clark for Have a Nice Night
Nick Mauldin for Snakeskin

Best Actress in a Student Film College
WINNER Haley Pine-A Special Dinner
Natalie Yost for Dear Hannah
Keaton Mclachlan for Based on a True Story
Whitney Bacon for Sarah + Joey
Sydney Rowlette for Unpaid
Caitlin Connelly for Ebb and Flo
Julia Rothstein for Loose Threads and Stories of Love

​Best Director College
WINNER Charlie Norton for Graffiti
Haley Pine/Brendan Egan for A Special Dinner
Veronica Tullo for Dear Hannah
Brielle Cruz for Based on a True Story
Wesley Clapp for Snakeskin
Jay Servedio for The Other Night

Best Film College
The Other Night
Dear Hannah
Loose Threads and Stories of Love
Graffiti
WINNER Based on a True Story
Cloudiness of Wind

Best Comedy-College
A Special Dinner
The Little Star
WINNER Sarah + Joey
Levels
Unpaid
The Perfect Cup

Best Horror/Thriller College
RUNNER UP Snakeskin
Not So Alone
WINNER Have a Nice Night
Acceptance

Best Short Short College
Vegan Apples
Not So Alone
Funny and Weird and Wonderful
RUNNER UP The Perfect Cup
WINNER Acceptance

Best Concept-Student Film-College
The Other Night
Dear Hannah
Loose Threads and Stories of Love
Levels
RUNNER UP Sarah + Joey
WINNER Ebb and Flo
Homecoming

Best Script College
Graffiti
WINNER A Special Dinner
The Other Night
Based on a True Story
The Little Star
Loose Threads and Stories of Love
Snakeskin

Best Ensemble College
A Special Dinner
Based on a True Story
The Little Star
WINNER Unpaid
Graffiti
Sarah + Joey
Snakeskin

Best Cinematography College
RUNNER UP Romance
Cloudiness of Wind
Based on a True Story
WINNER Snakeskin
Graffiti
Little Star
Have a Nice Night

Best Documentary College
WINNER Homecoming

Best International Film College
WINNER Cloudiness Of Wind

Best Dramatic Duo
WINNER Keaton Mclachlan and Evan Taylor for Based on a True Story

Rising Star Award
Haley Pine

Best Actor in a Student Film High School
Matthew Lewellyn for Quarantine Superhero
WINNER Brendan Egan for The Lost Boy
Danny Dollase for The Immortals
Jack Brunault for The Lost Boy
Brendan Egan for Zoom Dating

Best Actress in a Student Film High School
Starla Bollé for Quarantine Superhero
Haley Pine for Zoom Dating
WINNER Zoe Tweedie for The Immortals
Eli Berliner for the Telescope
Bridget Byrnes for The Lost Boy
Kayla Williams for It’s Called Revenge

Best Director of a Student Film High School
WINNER Starla Bollé for Quarantine Superhero
Steven Hoffen for Growing Peace in the Middle East
Brendan Egan for The Lost Boy
Brendan Egan and Haley Pine for Zoom Dating
Ryan Keating/Danny Dollase/Zoe Tweedie for The Immortals
Chase Bolnick for She is My Music
Michelle Burger for It’s Called Revenge

​Best Film High School
The Lighthouse-Italian Ice
RUNNER UP Forgotten Objects
Quarantine Superhero
She is My Music
The Lost Boy
It’s Called Revenge
WINNER The Immortals

Best Comedy Film-High School
A Fist Full of Pasta
WINNER Zoom Dating
Donut Detective
The Lost Boy
Quarantine Superhero
Light House-Italian Ice

Best Experimental-High School
Entrophy
WINNER Binded
Picnic
Growing Up
RUNNER UP Why Do You Jump?
The Love That Remains
Two Times

Best Concept High School
RUNNER UP The Lighthouse-Italian Ice
The Love that Remains
The Telescope
The Immortals
WINNER Quarantine Superhero
Payback
She is My Music

Best Cinematography High School
The Love That Remains
WINNER Forgotten Objects
RUNNER UP She is My Music
The Immortals
Human Error
Binded
Payback

Best Documentary High School
Why Do You Jump?
WINNER Growing Peace in the Middle East
RUNNER UP Flower Power
Aqua Pura
Human Error

Best Animation/Stop Motion
Beauty
Immersion
WINNER Ayeo

Best Ensemble
It’s Called Revenge
Zoom Dating
The Lost Boy
Quarantine Superhero
WINNER The Immortals

Best Screenplay
The Immortals
Zoom Dating
WINNER The Lost Boy
Quarantine Superhero
It’s Called Revenge

Best Short Short
WINNER Payback

Best On Screen Duo
WINNER Starla Bollé and Matthew Lewellyn for Quarantine Superhero