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Award Nominations
Awards held on Sunday July 30th following Red Carpet Event

Best Actor
Chris Sullivan for the Pooka
George Maguire for Youth
WINNER Jack Mulcahy for Subway Platform
Bill Morton for Subway Platform
Matt Langser for Don't Think About It
Jefrey Wilkerson for The Road to Jericho

Best Actress
Jessica Stroup for Youth
WINNER Jennifer Jiles for Waiting Room
Bethany Nicole Taylor for Taking in Quinn
Lily Rains for the Pooka
Bridget Ori for Based on True Events
Kim Paris for the Question

Best Actor Comedy
Chris Carfizzi for The Finger
WINNER Mike Vezza for Reality Disorder
Anthony Grasso for Swiped Right
Taylor Allen for Deliver Us
Biff Swenson for Deliver US
Tom Kearney for Poetry Stalled
Jared Odrick for Filling In

Best Actress Comedy
Madelyn Barkocy for American Splenda
WINNER Sara Teed for Awkward Favors
Nikki Gold for Reality Disorder
Lydia Fiore for Swiped Right
Hilary Mann for The Finger
Liz Samuel for Momtress
Stepanie Weppler for Swiped Right

Best Actor Horror
Scott Churchson for Gwendolyn
David Paul for Anadellia
WINNER Mike Funk for Photokill
Drew Maniscalco for Photokill
Bryant Mancebo for Initus
Larry Rosen for The Vow

Best Actress Horror/Thriller
Meaghan Bloom Fluitt for Anadellia
Brandi Alyssa Young for Evil is Rising
Lauren A. Kennedy for Photokill
Alexa Diaz for Mr. Bones
Yesi Rodrigez for The Holy Clense
WINNER Bethany Nicole Taylor for Gwendolyn

Best Supporting Actor-Short Film
WINNER Joseph D'Onofrio for John's Bar
Rahiem Wilson Morgan for Riding with Sunshine
Clayton Louis for Pay Per View
Joe Hadden for Diet TaB presents American Splenda
Adam Lowder for Based on True Events
Justin L. Wilson for The Waiting Room
David Hilfstein for Legit

Best Supporting Actress-Short Film
Victoria Guthrie for the Orgami Gate
WINNER Yesi Rodriguez for No Clue
Heather Brittain O'Scanlon for The Waiting Room
Arin MacLaine for Taking in Quinn
Kim Paris for 33 Years
Alaska L. McFadden for Don't Think About It
Charle Web for Window Dressing

Best Director
Daniella Turano for Taking in Quinn
Debra Markowitz for the Waiting Room
Stephen Girouard for Window Dressing
Craig Nobbs for Date and Time
WINNER Niv Klainer for Don't Think About It
James Heiner for Pay Per View

Best Director Comedy
Micheal Berg for John's Bar
Steven Biver for Poetry Stalled
WINNER Bradley Hawkins for Filling In
Gerard Bianco Jr for Reality Disorder
Dana Marisa Schoenfeld for Swiped Right
Eric J Carlson for Mystery Gang

Best Director Horror
Lance Reha for Photokill
Savion Smith for Evil Rising
Jennifer Marie for Evil is Here
Larry Rosen for Gwendolyn
Jaime Glover for Initus
WINNER Brian Andrews for Anadellia

Best Comedy
The Finger
John's Bar
RUNNER UP Reality Disorder
Swiped Right
Awkward Favors
Filling In
WINNER Momtress

Best Horror/Thriller
Photokill
Gwendolyn
Keep it in the Dark
Anadellia
WINNER Evil is Rising
Initus
RUNNER UP Mr. Bones

Best Short
WINNER Youth
The Waiting Room
The Pooka
The Road to Jericho
Taking in Quinn
RUNNER UP Window Dressing
Dont Think About It

Best Short Short
Gwendolyn
No Clue
Deliver Us!
Jack & Ophelia
WINNER The Question
RUNNER UP Street Guided Meditation

Project Wings
The Apartment

Best NJ Short Comedy
WINNER Swiped Right
Momtress
Diet TaB presents American Splenda
RUNNER UP No Clue
Deliver Us

Best NJ Short Drama
RUNNER UP Initus
Based on True Events
The Vow
Keep it in the Dark
The Question
WINNER Talk to Me

Best International Film
The Tug (Australia)
Clair and Bruno (France)
Mind’s Eye (Belgium)
WINNER Tuesday 10:08am (Canada)
It's Within (Canada)

Best Cinematography
Ruin
WINNER Adel Strife
Prep Talk
Uncorked Potential
Window Dressing
Don't Think About It
Claire & Bruno: A Story of Love and Fresh Meat

Best Concept
John's Bar
Legit
The Mystery Gang
WINNER Date and Time
33 Years
The Origami Gate
You Got a Problem
Riding with Sunshine

Best Experimental
Project Wings
WINNER Street Guided Meditation
Influencia
Ruin
Thanamattapoeia
Mind's Eye

Best Ensemble
Awkward Favors
Swiped Right
Date and Time
Talk to Me
WINNER John's Bar
Waiting Room
Addle Strife

Top Scripts
Marshall and MacArthur by Rober Redmond
The Turnabout by Barry Pagel
Clockwork by Eric Hackler
Fishin' with Pops by Damon Ragsdale
WINNER Crazy for the Blonde by Tom Bragg
The Wrong Jen Harper by Steve Hayet
True Colors by Scott Dissinger
For Love and Country by Alysha Haran

STUDENT NOMINATIONS
Awards to be held Saturday, July 29th

Best Actor
Martine L. Baruch for Forget
Sean Foer for Double Date
WINNER Justin Ivan Brown for Family Inc
Andrew Bering for The Guilt List
Julian Lipoff for King Me
Michael Jay Henry for Jack Magic
Austin Reyle for Q

Best Actress
KAmelia Huckel-Bauer for Forget
Margaret Fegan for The Post Office of Unsent Letters
Kate Collins for the Guilt List
Rachel Zuckerman for Exit Stage Left
WINNER Clio Contogenis for Jack Magic
Elle Shaw for Mother of the Year
Rachel DeLeonardis for a Table Discussion

Best Director College
WINNER Raul Andres Hernandez for Exit Stage Left
William Meade for Family, Inc.
Sam Block for Jack Magic
Nicole Collette for Innocence
Makena Costlow for Mother of the Year
Tereza Horak for The Guilt List
Clio Gevirtz for The Post Office of Unsent Letters

Best Director HS
Coby Hilelly for Forget
Sean Cuddihy for Relief
WINNER Jackson Healey for Trip
Sweetish-Fish crew
Jackson Healey for If a Tree Falls
Maria Dragone for Drip

Best Comedy
WINNER Inside the Woods
Double Date
If a Tree Falls
Jack Magic
Mother of the Year
King Me
A Table Discussion

Best Short HS
Forget
WINNER Sweet-Ish Fish
Relief
Trip
If a Tree Falls
Cereal

Best Short College
Exit Stage Left
The Guilt List
Family, Inc.
Innocence
WINNER Mother of the Year
Jack Magic
A Table Discussion

Best Concept
Q
2017
The Seagull
Before Christmas
Heavy Nimbostratus Clouds
WINNER Innocence
Relief

Best Experimental
Drip
WINNER Cereal
Trip
Technical Error

Best Cinematography
WINNER The Guilt List
Liberty State Park
Family, Inc.
Before Christmas
Trip
Heavy Nimbostratus Clouds

Best Ensemble
Inside the Woods
The Guilt List
Family, Inc.
Jack Magic
WINNER A Table Discussion
Heavy Nimbostratus Clouds
Window Dressing
July 2017 Festival Achievement Awards

NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: James Mount
NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Debra Markowitz

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