Award Nominations
Awards held on Sunday March 12th, following the last sets.
Best Actor
WINNER Joe Sernio for Loved
Al Nazemian for For I Am Dead
Dan Gregory for The Passage
Jake Sabinsky for Truck Fishing in America
Trey Guinn for Billy
Casey Hoekstra for 50 mL
Neal Adelman for Truck Fishing in America
Best Actress
Madelyn McHugh for Riley
Brooke Harrsch for Altered
Eve Austin for Darwin Flick
Alyssa Mills for Adrenalade
WINNER Caroline Heinle for White Noise
Marissa Moeller for 50 mL
Best Supporting Actor
Moe Jeudey -Lamour for Darwin Flick
Corbin Bernsen for Gemini
WINNER Riggsby Lane for For I Am Dead
Eric Young for Truck Fishing in America
Nicholas Cochetto for Adrenalade
John Tierney for Holly Hill
Best Supporting Actress
Samantha Robinson for Darwin Flick
Debby Gerber for Loved
WINNER Kathryn Milewski for Holly Hill
Meghan Moore for Altered
Melissa Jane Rodriguez for Gemini
Dominique Alessi for Credits Among Friends
Best Director Drama
Patricia Delso Lucas for For I Am Dead
Ben McHugh for Riley
Shelley Delaney for Truck Fishing in America
WINNER Jenn Marinello for Altered
DJ Higgins for Loved
Joe Benedetto for Darwin Flick
Clark Stefanic for The Confession
Best Director Comedy
Troy Burbank for Garage Sale
Jack Saxon for Billy
WINNER Michael Manese for Filipinos Get Some
Alexis Ramirez for Credits Among Friends
Jose Manuel Fajardo for FBI OG
Lisa Marie Tedesco, Johnny Kraszewski for Almost Home Alone
Best Director Horror/Thriller
Alex Zinzopoulos, Jack Skyyler, Joel Brook for Infested Ship
Kaipo Huang for Knock Knock Night
Chris Davies for Anya
Damon Abwon Clindinin for Daily Bread
WINNER Rob J Graydon for Borrow or Rob
Best NJ Director
WINNER Jack Foley for Holly Hill
Ron Wilson for Adrenalade
David Ambrose for Bad Beat
Michael Puccio for Bus Stop
José Manuel Fajardo for Quantum
Damon Abwon Clindinin for Daily Bread
SanMartin Garcia for White Noise
Best Comedy
WINNER Garage Sale
Almost Home Alone
Billy
Filipinos Get Some
RUNNER UP Credits Among Friends
FBI OG
Best Drama
Riley
WINNER Truck Fishing in America
Loved
Darwin Flick
White Noise
Altered
RUNNER UP The Confession
Best Horror/Thriller
WINNER Infested Ship
Knock Knock Night
Anya
RUNNER UP Daily Bread
Borrow or Rob
Best Short Short
WINNER Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad
Knock Knock Night
The Passage
April at the End of the Month
RUNNER UP Resistance
Nightmare
Anya
Best Micro Short
Lone Wolves
Cyber City
The Phone Call
RUNNER UP Ta-Da!
WINNER The Dark of Night
Dumb in an Elevator
Best NJ Short Film
Holly Hill
RUNNER UP Adrenalade
WINNER White Noise
Bad Beat
Bus Stop
Quantum
Daily Bread
Best Cinematography
Flash/Crash
WINNER Loved
Truck Fishing in America
Gemini
RUNNER UP For I Am Dead
Best Experimental
RUNNER UP Nightmare
Cyber City
Resistance
Project Natalya
April at the End of the Month
WINNER Quantum
Best Concept
RUNNER UP Gemini
Project Natalya
Billy
The Man from Granada
Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad
Flash/Crash
WINNER Riley
Best Ensemble
50 ml
Flash/Crash
WINNER Darwin Flick
Gemini
Filipinos Get Some
Altered
RUNNER UP Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad
Best Unproduced Script
Jay Dennis for Would?
WINNER Francisco Solorzano for Macho
Charles Hertz for Concealed Carry
John Martins III for As Time Goes By
Rising Star
Madelyn McHugh
Best International Film High School
Flash/Crash
Best Fight Scene
Adrenalade
NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: Dan Gregory
NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Julie Robinson
Awards held on Sunday March 12th, following the last sets.
Best Actor
WINNER Joe Sernio for Loved
Al Nazemian for For I Am Dead
Dan Gregory for The Passage
Jake Sabinsky for Truck Fishing in America
Trey Guinn for Billy
Casey Hoekstra for 50 mL
Neal Adelman for Truck Fishing in America
Best Actress
Madelyn McHugh for Riley
Brooke Harrsch for Altered
Eve Austin for Darwin Flick
Alyssa Mills for Adrenalade
WINNER Caroline Heinle for White Noise
Marissa Moeller for 50 mL
Best Supporting Actor
Moe Jeudey -Lamour for Darwin Flick
Corbin Bernsen for Gemini
WINNER Riggsby Lane for For I Am Dead
Eric Young for Truck Fishing in America
Nicholas Cochetto for Adrenalade
John Tierney for Holly Hill
Best Supporting Actress
Samantha Robinson for Darwin Flick
Debby Gerber for Loved
WINNER Kathryn Milewski for Holly Hill
Meghan Moore for Altered
Melissa Jane Rodriguez for Gemini
Dominique Alessi for Credits Among Friends
Best Director Drama
Patricia Delso Lucas for For I Am Dead
Ben McHugh for Riley
Shelley Delaney for Truck Fishing in America
WINNER Jenn Marinello for Altered
DJ Higgins for Loved
Joe Benedetto for Darwin Flick
Clark Stefanic for The Confession
Best Director Comedy
Troy Burbank for Garage Sale
Jack Saxon for Billy
WINNER Michael Manese for Filipinos Get Some
Alexis Ramirez for Credits Among Friends
Jose Manuel Fajardo for FBI OG
Lisa Marie Tedesco, Johnny Kraszewski for Almost Home Alone
Best Director Horror/Thriller
Alex Zinzopoulos, Jack Skyyler, Joel Brook for Infested Ship
Kaipo Huang for Knock Knock Night
Chris Davies for Anya
Damon Abwon Clindinin for Daily Bread
WINNER Rob J Graydon for Borrow or Rob
Best NJ Director
WINNER Jack Foley for Holly Hill
Ron Wilson for Adrenalade
David Ambrose for Bad Beat
Michael Puccio for Bus Stop
José Manuel Fajardo for Quantum
Damon Abwon Clindinin for Daily Bread
SanMartin Garcia for White Noise
Best Comedy
WINNER Garage Sale
Almost Home Alone
Billy
Filipinos Get Some
RUNNER UP Credits Among Friends
FBI OG
Best Drama
Riley
WINNER Truck Fishing in America
Loved
Darwin Flick
White Noise
Altered
RUNNER UP The Confession
Best Horror/Thriller
WINNER Infested Ship
Knock Knock Night
Anya
RUNNER UP Daily Bread
Borrow or Rob
Best Short Short
WINNER Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad
Knock Knock Night
The Passage
April at the End of the Month
RUNNER UP Resistance
Nightmare
Anya
Best Micro Short
Lone Wolves
Cyber City
The Phone Call
RUNNER UP Ta-Da!
WINNER The Dark of Night
Dumb in an Elevator
Best NJ Short Film
Holly Hill
RUNNER UP Adrenalade
WINNER White Noise
Bad Beat
Bus Stop
Quantum
Daily Bread
Best Cinematography
Flash/Crash
WINNER Loved
Truck Fishing in America
Gemini
RUNNER UP For I Am Dead
Best Experimental
RUNNER UP Nightmare
Cyber City
Resistance
Project Natalya
April at the End of the Month
WINNER Quantum
Best Concept
RUNNER UP Gemini
Project Natalya
Billy
The Man from Granada
Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad
Flash/Crash
WINNER Riley
Best Ensemble
50 ml
Flash/Crash
WINNER Darwin Flick
Gemini
Filipinos Get Some
Altered
RUNNER UP Interracial Couple In A Cheerios Ad
Best Unproduced Script
Jay Dennis for Would?
WINNER Francisco Solorzano for Macho
Charles Hertz for Concealed Carry
John Martins III for As Time Goes By
Rising Star
Madelyn McHugh
Best International Film High School
Flash/Crash
Best Fight Scene
Adrenalade
NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: Dan Gregory
NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Julie Robinson
Student Award Nominations
Awards held on Saturday March 11th after the last set
Best Actor in a Student Film High School
WINNER Caleb Sambucci for A Case of You
Joseph Bricker for An Actor Prepares
John Gialitis for The Audition
Sean Ennis for Between
Roman Santaniello for Elf Off The Shelf
Edward Wright for Ed Head
Best Actress in a Student Film High School
WINNER Francessca Sambucci for Il Tetto (The Rooftop)
Neeva Vaidya for Don’t Clock Out
Caroline Themak for Don’t Clock Out
Ciel Carillo for The Kranken
Nim Boudreau for Sugar Rush
Best Director-High School
Gabriel Werts for Il Tetto (The Rooftop)
Gabriel Werts for A Case of You
Aidan Brennan for An Actor Prepares
Eli Berliner for The Audition
Michelle Tang for The Kranken
WINNER Victoire Polsky for Don’t Clock Out
Best Film Drama High School
An Actor Prepares
Il Tetto (The Rooftop)
A Case of You
The Audition
WINNER Don’t Clock Out
Between
Best Comedy High School
Film Ketchup
Alien
WINNER The Stapler 2
Tomato Records
An Actor Prepares
The Kranken
Hall Monitor Cowboys
Hot Head
Best Script/Story High School
Il Tetto (The Rooftop)
A Case of You
Between
Fitting In
WINNER The Audition
The Kranken
Don’t Clock Out
An Actor Prepares
Best Experimental High School
Fiance
Film Ketchup
WINNER Between
Fitting In
Controversy of Being a Cool Girl
Next Generation: Edgerunners
Best Concept High School
Alien
Under Film
The Audition
WINNER Dreams
Hall Monitor Cowboys
Ed Head
An Actor Prepares
Best Cinematography High School
WINNER Between
Sugar Rush
The Audition
Under Film
Controversy of Being a Cool Girl
Fitting In
Don’t Clock Out
Best Horror/Thriller/Sci-fi High School
Krampus On Campus
Ed Head
WINNER Elf off the Shelf
Dreams
Controversy of Being a Cool Girl
Best Documentary High School
WINNER Isla Nena
Bronx Lacrosse
Two Americas
Best Animation High School
Heatwave
WINER Candy Heart
Once Upon A Brick
Hall Monitor Cowboys
Walk In My Shoes
Rising Star
Cosmo DeGennaro
First Time DIrector
Aidan Pierce Brennan
Best International Film High School
Controversy of Being a Cool Girl
Best Editing
Hall Monitor Cowboys
Best Acting Duo
Neeva Vaidya/Caroline Themak for Don't Clock Out
Best Actor College
Qi Chen for Hold My Hand
Zachary Geiger for Spackle
WINNER Patrick Harvey for Mob Times
Patrick A. Reilly for Strange Times on the Green
Best Actress College
WINNER Leah Skay for Voice Box
Kaili Vernoff for Spackle
Lauren Therese for Laria
Haley De Luna for Boo
Best Director College
Eamon Kelly for Voice Box
WINNER Austin Mitrione for Boo
Dean C. Dusharme for Spackle
Dylan Meyer for Recoil
Mengting Zhang for Hold My Hand
Best College Film
Voice Box
Boo
WINNER Spackle
Recoil
Hold My Hand
Best Comedy
WINNER Mob Times
Strange Times on the Green
Something About Us
Best Cinematography
Boo
Voice Box
Hold My Hand
WINNER Laria
Something About Us
Best Concept
Voice Box
Laria
Mob Times
WINNER Something About Us
Strange Times on the Green
Recoil
Best International Film
Hold My Hand
Best Horror/Thriller
Boo
Best Fight Scene
Laria
Best Editing
Voice Box
Best Acting Duo
Recoil
Awards held on Saturday March 11th after the last set
Best Actor in a Student Film High School
WINNER Caleb Sambucci for A Case of You
Joseph Bricker for An Actor Prepares
John Gialitis for The Audition
Sean Ennis for Between
Roman Santaniello for Elf Off The Shelf
Edward Wright for Ed Head
Best Actress in a Student Film High School
WINNER Francessca Sambucci for Il Tetto (The Rooftop)
Neeva Vaidya for Don’t Clock Out
Caroline Themak for Don’t Clock Out
Ciel Carillo for The Kranken
Nim Boudreau for Sugar Rush
Best Director-High School
Gabriel Werts for Il Tetto (The Rooftop)
Gabriel Werts for A Case of You
Aidan Brennan for An Actor Prepares
Eli Berliner for The Audition
Michelle Tang for The Kranken
WINNER Victoire Polsky for Don’t Clock Out
Best Film Drama High School
An Actor Prepares
Il Tetto (The Rooftop)
A Case of You
The Audition
WINNER Don’t Clock Out
Between
Best Comedy High School
Film Ketchup
Alien
WINNER The Stapler 2
Tomato Records
An Actor Prepares
The Kranken
Hall Monitor Cowboys
Hot Head
Best Script/Story High School
Il Tetto (The Rooftop)
A Case of You
Between
Fitting In
WINNER The Audition
The Kranken
Don’t Clock Out
An Actor Prepares
Best Experimental High School
Fiance
Film Ketchup
WINNER Between
Fitting In
Controversy of Being a Cool Girl
Next Generation: Edgerunners
Best Concept High School
Alien
Under Film
The Audition
WINNER Dreams
Hall Monitor Cowboys
Ed Head
An Actor Prepares
Best Cinematography High School
WINNER Between
Sugar Rush
The Audition
Under Film
Controversy of Being a Cool Girl
Fitting In
Don’t Clock Out
Best Horror/Thriller/Sci-fi High School
Krampus On Campus
Ed Head
WINNER Elf off the Shelf
Dreams
Controversy of Being a Cool Girl
Best Documentary High School
WINNER Isla Nena
Bronx Lacrosse
Two Americas
Best Animation High School
Heatwave
WINER Candy Heart
Once Upon A Brick
Hall Monitor Cowboys
Walk In My Shoes
Rising Star
Cosmo DeGennaro
First Time DIrector
Aidan Pierce Brennan
Best International Film High School
Controversy of Being a Cool Girl
Best Editing
Hall Monitor Cowboys
Best Acting Duo
Neeva Vaidya/Caroline Themak for Don't Clock Out
Best Actor College
Qi Chen for Hold My Hand
Zachary Geiger for Spackle
WINNER Patrick Harvey for Mob Times
Patrick A. Reilly for Strange Times on the Green
Best Actress College
WINNER Leah Skay for Voice Box
Kaili Vernoff for Spackle
Lauren Therese for Laria
Haley De Luna for Boo
Best Director College
Eamon Kelly for Voice Box
WINNER Austin Mitrione for Boo
Dean C. Dusharme for Spackle
Dylan Meyer for Recoil
Mengting Zhang for Hold My Hand
Best College Film
Voice Box
Boo
WINNER Spackle
Recoil
Hold My Hand
Best Comedy
WINNER Mob Times
Strange Times on the Green
Something About Us
Best Cinematography
Boo
Voice Box
Hold My Hand
WINNER Laria
Something About Us
Best Concept
Voice Box
Laria
Mob Times
WINNER Something About Us
Strange Times on the Green
Recoil
Best International Film
Hold My Hand
Best Horror/Thriller
Boo
Best Fight Scene
Laria
Best Editing
Voice Box
Best Acting Duo
Recoil
