Award Nominations
Awards held on Sunday March 13th, following the last sets.

Best Actor Comedy Short
WINNER David Gazzo for Johnny the Dime
Jake Ensor for Dangerous Fantasy
Bryan McKenna for Freddy, the Handyman
Jon Herron for LoveLetters Profiles
Loring Murtha for Don’t Jump
Joshua Will for The Last TIme I Saw Richard and Deirdre

Best Actress Comedy Short
WINNER Ger Glennon- LoveLetters Profiles
Michele Marie Traina Divorce Diaries
Laura Petersen for Don’t Jump
Michelle Cassioppi for The Last Time I Saw Richard and Dierdre

Best Actor Medium Short
Chase Brown for The Bullet
Godfrey J Rayner for Gregory
WINNER Guyviaud Joseph for Home at War
Andrew Long for Wailing Silence
Louis Rocky Bacigalupo for Acedia
Dawson Ehlke for These Imperfect Gifts

Best Actress Medium Short
WINNER Kathyrn Kates for Greetings from Sarajevo
Jiselle McCollum for These Imperfect Gifts
Tarah Paige for The Assassin’s Apprentice
Charlotte Blacklock for Everytime We Say Goodbye
Heather Drew for Matched
 
Best Actor Long Short
WINNER Johnny Brantley, III for The Dutchman’s Pipe
David Lettire for Too Damn Long
Manoli Ioannidis for Vax
Randy Memoli for Quarintineed
Wayne T Stills for If We Were Normal
Tom Ciorciari for Every Good Piece

Best Actress Long Short
Riya Gujral for The Foster Home
Libby Lee for Still With Us
Rosie Kilby for Too Damn Long
WINNER Helen Laser for The Time In Between the Seconds
Sonja Cirilo for Your Labs are Normal
Dolly Lewis for The Dutchman’s Pipe
Maria Filippone for Every Good Piece

Best Supporting Actor
WINNER Dan Gregory for Home At War

Best Supporting Actress
WINNER Rosie Kilby for Too Damn Long

Best Director Comedy
WINNER Angie Hansen for Divorce Diaries
Mark Cabaroy for Buzz Kill
Benjamin Danzi for Dangerous Fantasy
Loring Murtha for Don’t Jump
John Sabia for LoveLetters Profiles
Benjamin Danzi for Dangerous Fantasy
Dennis Curley for The Last Time I Saw Richard and Deirdre

Best Director Horror/Thriller
Roberto J Lopez for Vamp Nite
Humberto Guzman for Imaginary
Louie Salazar for Wash-n-Die
Zack Kron for Matched
WINNER Rafael De Leon Jr. for Momma, Don’t Go
Larry Rosen for Last Call, Midnight

Best Director Long Short
WINNER Ian Lettire for Too Damn Long
Jared Garcia for Still With Us
Mark Clauburg for The Time in Between the Seconds
Richard N. Wilson for The Foster Home
Jean Pierre Kathoefer for Your Labs are Normal
Chris Caccioppoli for Vax
Béla Baptiste for The Dutchman’s Pipe
 
Best Director Medium Short
Melissa Skirboll for Greetings From Sarajevo
Russ Emanuel for The Assassin's Apprentice
WINNER Vanessa Powers for These Imperfect Gifts
Julian Garcia for Everytime We Say Goodbye
Erik Thompson for Wailing Silence
 
Best NJ Director
Alec Palumbo for Home at War
WINNER Jared Garcia for Still With Us
Julian Garcia for Everytime We Say Goodbye
Jack Foley for Paige
Angie Hansen for Divorce Diaries
Randy Memoli for Quarintineed
 
Best Comedy
WINNER Don’t Jump
LoveLetters Profiles
Divorce Diaries
Dangerous Fantasy
RUNNER UP A Goldfish Contemplates Life
The Last Time I Saw Richard and Deirdre
Buzz Kill

Best Horror/Thriller
WINNER Vamp Nite
RUNNER UP Imaginary
Wash-N-Die
Matched
Momma, Don’t Go
Last Call, Midnight

Best Long Short
WINNER Your Labs are Normal
Still With Us
RUNNER UP Vax
The Dutchman’s Pipe
Too Damn Long
The Time In Between the Seconds
If We Were Normal

Best Short Medium
WINNER Greetings From Sarajevo
The Assassin’s Apprentice
These Imperfect Gifts
RUNNER UP Wailing Silence
Home At War
Acedia

Best Short Short
Bitter Coffee
The Bullet
WINNER Gregory
The Last Time I Saw Richard and Deirdre
Momma, Don’t Go
Imaginary
RUNNER UP I Don't Know Joe
Overdue
 
Best Micro Short
WINNER Matched
Pumpkin Seek
RUNNER UP Wash-n-Die
That Doll Ain’t Right!
Freddy, The Handyman

Best NJ Short Film
Home at War
Still With Us
Everytime We Say Goodbye
RUNNER UP Paige
WINNER Divorce Diaries
Quarintineed

Best Cinematography
The Time in Between the Seconds
WINNER The Bullet
The Assassin's Apprentice
Too Damn Long
Your Labs are Normal

Best Experimental
What’s the Mark?
Sometimes a Figure Grabs Me by the Wrist W̶h̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶S̶l̶e̶e̶p̶
The Lights of Dawn
WINNER Quarintineed
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Pumpkin Seek
 
Best Concept
Dangerous Fantasy
A Goldfish Contemplates Life
Nana
342
The Lights of Dawn
WINNER Buzz Kill
What’s The Mark

Best Ensemble
WINNER The Last Time I Saw Richard and Deirdre
The Assassin’s Apprentice
Perfect Gifts
Still With Us
Your Labs are Normal
RUNNER UP Vax
Divorce Diaries

Best Unproduced Script
Omar Hardware for The Vaccination
Larry Collins for Identification
WINNER Matt Clifford, Mellinda Hensley for Do Us Part
Andrew Kamal Abdou for Isolation Vacation
Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel for Butterfly
Mike Vezza for Homecoming

Rising Star Award: Mia Procida

​NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Loring Murtha
NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting Award: Mike Funk

Student Award Nominations
Awards held on Saturday March 12th after the last set

​Best Actor in a Student Film College
WINNER Gregg Kearns for What’s Left Unpacked
Dalton Smith for Lady Louise
Michael Hawkins for Just Another Day
Lake Wolosker for The Mountains Call Me Home
Lukas Jann for Cindy’s Diner

Best Actress in a Student Film College
WINNER Kate Manning for What’s Left Unpacked
Maddie Burgess for Lady Louise
Vivian Poe for The Mountains Call Me Home
Nora Nilsen Healy for Cindy’s Diner
Phoebe Lee for Cindy’s Diner

​Best Director College
Desirée Tolchin For What’s Left Unpacked
Erika Lynn Jolie for The Mountains Call Me Home
WINNER Ryan Daniel for Just Another Day
Titus Gustafson for Lady Louise
Thomas Hernandez for Three Red Cups
Benjamin Steinberg for Cindy’s Diner
Mac Allen for Origin Story
Vinu Joseph for Driveway

Best Film College
What's Left Unpacked
Lady Louise
Three Red Cups
WINNER The Mountains Call Me Home
Cindy’s Diner
Just Another Day

Best Concept-Student Film-College
Lady Louise
Three Red Cups
WINNER Cindy’s Diner
Origin Story
Driveway

Best Documentary College
Origin Story
WINNER Driveway

​​Best Director High School
​Michelle Tang for Hunter
Gabriel Werts for Only a Fool
Caitlin Bieri for Creative Block
WINNER Eli Berliner for Think Like a Filmmaker
Gabby DeRugeriis, Ava Velluzzi, Chloe Davis, Andrea Rodermann for Banana Man
Chloe Davis for The Magic Matches
Brooks Wieszczek It's Only the End of the World

​Best Film High School
WINNER Hunter
Only a Fool
It's Only the End of the world
Creative Block
Submergent Sound
The Inner Workings of the Normal Mind
Run Away

Best Drama High School
Hunter
Only a Fool
Creative Block
A Self Portrait
WINNER It's Only the End of the World

Best Comedy High School
Nightly news of the paranormal
Banana Man
In the Slope
WINNER The Mouse Trap
Unpopped

Best Horror High School
Lights
WINNER Hugs: A NJ Legend
Radio Silence
Sound of Silence

Best Concept-Student Film-High School
Case 1407
A Self Portrait
In the Slope
Unpopped
Space Race
WINNER Banana Man
The Inner Workings of the Normal Mind

Best Experimental High School
Two Time
Wander
Transcend
A Self Portrait
WINNER Creative Block
Unpopped


Best Animation High School
Choice
The Magic Matches
The Mouse Trap
WINNER Run Away
Space Race
Head In the Clouds
The Inner Workings of a Normal Mind

Best Documentary High School
WINNER Submergent Sound-A Guy Named Pete
Think Like a Filmmaker
Cherie Je T'Aime
Paradise Island

Rising Star Michelle Tang
Best Comic Relief Michael Castelli for In The Slope
Best Story Andrew Gonzalez
Best Ensemble Hunter
Best POV Film Nightly News of The Paranormal
Best Actor Edward Sambucci for Only A Fool
Best Cinematography A Self Portrait
Best Editing A Self Portrait