Award Nominations
Awards held on Sunday March 9th, following the last sets.

NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: Jeanine Bartel
NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Phil Kral

Best NJ Actor
Dan Gregory for Must Be Nice WINNER
Maxwell C Blackriver for The Unorthodox Mr. Haywood
Isaac Platizky for The Monitor
Adam Vaugh for It Still Burns
Joseph Hernandez for Consequences
Dan Gregory for The Truth Between Us

Best Actor-Medium Short
Michael Fedele for The Mansion WINNER
Ariya Gharamani for A September to Remember
Jeff Clark Jr for Career Day
Mark Romeo for Cascades
Mark Montalbano for The Rooftop

Best Actor- Long Short
Maxwell C. Blackriver for The Unorthodox Mr Haywood
James Ciccone for The Cafone WINNER
Bill Sorvino for Back Story
Ryan Cason for Sing Me to Sleep
Eric Crist for The Woman in the Room
Luka Salib for So To Speak

Best NJ Actress
Angie Hansen for A Rough Start WINNER
Jo Gagliardo for Must Be Nice
Katie Walsh for Piercing Gaze
Ger Glennon for Wake Up!
Susan Gillespie Corbett for Wake Up!
Sabrina Iacobellis for The Truth Between Us

Best Actress-Long Short
Ariel Dizon Barish for So To Speak
Dina Aldabbagh for Sing Me to Sleep
Susan Moses for The Woman in the Room
Courtney Coffey for I Love Monroe
Alicia Giangrisostomi for Back Story WINNER

Best Actress-Medium Short
Mai Benezra for Izzy
Jeanine Bartel for Blood is Thicker
Julia Maggiola for Method & Madness
Nancy Nagrant for Right to Privacy WINNER
Viridiana Camacho for Always With You
Delissa Reynolds for Cascades

Best NJ Director
Tyrell Jason for A Violet Breakup WINNER
Sam Platizky for The Monitor
Ginny Pados for The Unorthodox Mr. Haywood
Joey Mosca for Must Be Nice
Tony Carpinelli for Consequences
Christian Cordes and John Sabla for Wake Up!

Best Director-Comedy
Tom Bentey for The Cafone WINNER
John Vincent Sabia, Christian Attrel Cordes for Wake Up!
John M Kerner for Career Day
Manny Serrano for A Rough Start
Joel Kaplan for Oh Daddio!
Alex Walpole for Piercing Gaze

Best Director Horror/Thriller
Manny Serrano for A Rough Start WINNER
Ryan C. Scott for It Still Burns
Sam Platizky for The Monitor
P. J. Shager for Coin Flip
Tony Carpinelli for Consequences
Tyrell Jason for a Violet Breakup

Best Director-Long Short
Tom Bentey for The Cafone
Seth Reuben Jacobson for Back Story
Celine Parreñas Shimizu for So To Speak
Danny Donnelly for The Woman in the Room WINNER
Mario Valdivieso for Sing Me To Sleep
Ginny Pados and Maxwell C. Blackriver for The Unorthodox Mr. Haywood

Best Director-Medium Short
Elizabeth Bourgeois for The Concert
Melissa Skirboll For Blood is Thicker
Anna Russell For Method & Madness WINNER
Sam Gollestani for A September to Remember
Brian Russell for Cascades
Julie Herlocker for Right to Privacy
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Best Comedy
The Cafone RUNNER UP
Wake Up! Short
Career Day WINNER
A Rough Start
Piercing Gaze
Oh Daddio!

Best Horror/Thriller
A Rough Start RUNNER UP
It Still Burns WINNER
Consequences
The Monitor
Coin Flip
A Violet Breakup

Best NJ Short
A Violet Breakup
The Monitor
The Unorthodox Mr. Haywood RUNNER UP
Consequences WINNER
Must Be Nice
Wake Up!

Best Film-Long Short
The Cafone
Back Story RUNNER UP
So To Speak WINNER
The Woman in the Room
The Unorthodox Mr. Haywood
Sing Me to Sleep

Best Film-Medium Short
The Concert
Blood is Thicker WINNER
Method & Madness
A September to Remember
Cascades RUNNER UP
Right To Privacy

Best Short Short
Spaced Invaders
Consequences
The Truth Between Us RUNNER UP
Must Be Nice
The Monitor WINNER
The Brother In Law

Best Animation
Skate Fast Turn Left
Banana Tree
Mammouth: Chasing the Rainbow RUNNER UP
Berlin WINNER

Best Micro Short
Thank You
The Mud Hole WINNER
Find the Right One
Skate Fast Turn Left

Best Concept
Copy Cataclysm
I Love Monroe
The Rooftop
A September to Remember
Spaced Invaders RUNNER UP
Good Buddies
The Mansion
Wake Up! WINNER

Best Ensemble
The Unorthodox Mr. Haywood
The Cafone
So To Speak
Career Day RUNNER UP
Right To Privacy WINNER
Method & Madness
The Concert

Best Unproduced Script
Tom Bragg for The Honeymoon Heisters WINNER
AJ Ciccotelli for Final Encounter
Jim Norman for Best of Times
John Norris Ray for Fido
Cesar Sanchis Romero for Open
Roberto Sierra Orgel for Pigs
Joe Territo for One A.M.
Roberta M. Roy for Just No Beyond

Best Documentary
The Greatest Guy You Never Met

Rising Star Award
​Mai Benezra

Student Award Nominations
Awards held on Saturday March 8th after the last student films set

Best Actor College
Jack Turkovich for Good Enough
Eric Alexander for Widow’s Walk WINNER
Daryl Keith Johnson for A Night’s Chemistry
Emile La Morte for The Memorex
Mason Castillo for Deserve
Emile LA Morte for Deserve

Best Actress College
Emily K Hernandez for Dawn of Time WINNER
Zeek Peaks for A Night’s Chemistry
Ruby Ricicsak for the Promotion
Ylfa Edelstein for Good Enough

Best Director College
Sabrina Zoe Geffner for Good Enough WINNER
Manny Martinez for Dawn of Time
Blaise Cauvin for Widow’s Walk
Jamal Thomas for A Night’s Chemistry
Helen Zhang for the Promotion
Jaaden Marcos Licor for Deserve

Best Film College
Deserve
The Promotion
Good Enough
Dawn of Time WINNER
Widow’s Walk
A Night’s Chemistry

Best Concept College
The Memorex
Son of the Ocean
Deserve
Kumares
The Promotion WINNER
Widow’s Walk

Best Cinematography College
The Memorex
Good Enough
Widow’s Walk WINNER
Son of the Ocean
Dawn of Time

Best Unproduced Script College
Where WINNER
Living With Mr. Fishy

Best Actor High School
Jay Butkowski for Headlock
Christopher O’Keeefe for Click
Solomon Fezer for What Remains of Us
Gabriel Amoroso for The Eyes of the Beholder WINNER
Zion Parks for Until Daytight Comes
Will Davenport for Until Daylight Comes
Aiden Montes Rodriquez for Untitled Artist

Best Actress High School
Akiana Delmanto for My Love Will Find You
Bellina Jimenea for Your Beautiful Smile
Mellony Ledo for What Remains of Us WINNER
Madison Newton for Click
Caroline Stocker for The Color Blue
Aria Kutty for Burber & Butter Chicken
Andrea Pena for From the Moon to Her Sun

Best Director High School
Jesse Acker for Headlock
Katherine Pecora for Medley
Solomon Fezer for What Remains of Us
Jonathan Aspin for Click
Aronas Zajan for Eyes of the Beholder WINNER
Madysen Doughery for Until Daylight Comes
Sharyea Phillips for From the Moon to Her Son
Kenny Hankins for Your Beautiful Smile

Best Director Experimental High School
Gianna Gavric for The Color Blue
Anthony DeMarco for bITTER bETRAYAL
James Ketley for Delusion
Jesse Acker for Headlock WINNER
Micheal Puma and Ethan Castro for Solitary
Angelina Colavita for The Voice
Lily Goba for Untitled Artist​

Best Film High School
What Remains of Us RUNNER UP
Click WINNER
Untill Daylight Comes
Eye of the Beholder
Medley
From The Moon to Her Son
Your Beautiful Smile
Headlock

Best NJ High School
My Love Will Find You
Your Beautiful Smile WINNER
Eye of the Beholder
Headlock
Medley RUNNER UP
Bunker Folley
Solitary
The Color Blue

Best Comedy High School
bITTER bETRAYAL RUNNER UP
The Cat Talker 300
Elders Crossing
Experimental Ideas WINNER
South Dakota Jones and the Lost Tempe of RR
Mac vs PC
Orange You Scared

Best Horror/Thriller High School
Delusion WINNER
The Voice
Bunker Folley RUNNER UP
A Brisk Killing
Stalker
Eyes of the Beholder
My Love Will Find You

Best Concept High School
biTTER bETRAYAL
Elder’s Crossing
Delusion
Experimental Ideas
The Cat Talker 3000
The Suited Man
Medley WINNER
Burgers and Butter Chicken RUNNER UP
Untitled Artist

Best Experimental High School
Delusion
Solitary
The Color Blue WINNER
Grief
Headlock RUNNER UP
Untitled Artist
The Voice

Best Cinematography High School
Delusion
Untitled Artist RUNNER UP
The Color Blue
Your Beautiful Smile
Until Daylight Comes
From the Moon to Her Sun WINNER
Headlock

Best Animation High School
You’re Gonna Win Some Money WINNER
Grief
Medley
South Dakota Jones and the Lost Tempe of RR RUNNER UP
Orange You Scared

Best Script High School
What Remains of Us
Click
Eyes of the Beholder
Burger & Butter Chicken
Until Daylight Comes WINNER
From the Moon to Her Sun RUNNER UP
Your Beautiful Smile
Medley

Best Edit
biTTER bETRAYAL

Best Documentary
Midnight Madness