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SEVENTH SEASON, MARCH 2018
Award Nominations Awards held on Sunday March 4th following Red Carpet Event Best Actor Drama Michael Ray for Collar WINNER Randall Rodriguez for Last to Fall Dan Berkey for The Last Visit Moses Massena for Shadowstar Returns Sebastian Beacon for The Villager Michael Boston for The Guitar Drew Maniscalco for Divided Best Actress Drama Amanda Bear for Like Me Alexis Lariviere for The Last Visit WINNER Jennifer Jiles for The Choice Anne-Marie Mueschke for Death of Love Jessica Ryan for Green Shoes Laura Dowling Shea for The Spilling Emma Orelove for The Hour Glass Best Actor Comedy Ryan O’Regan for Healing Heroes WINNER Dante Giannetta for Punchline David Weinheimer for The Loving Dead Brett Eidman for Taken in the Night Rob Cantrell for Headspace David J. Marzon for Fruit Bat 11 Seton Brown for The Tragedy of Sal Best Actress Comedy WINNER Kathrina Miccio for St. Joseph Nina Cudic for Garbaggio Suzanne Schmidt for Hey You, It’s Me Brooke Hoover for Shyft Gillian Goll for The Vigilantes Sarah Jun for the Loving Dead Jessica Green for Mindfull Best Actor Horror WINNER Jim Thalman for 16 Minutes Flood Reed for Balloon Dan Gregory for In the Blood Derek Chariton for Dead Color Tim Parrish for Dead Color Best Actress Horror/Thriller Erin Kiniry for Balloon Christiane Seidel for 16 Minutes Jamie Miller for Dead Color Alyssa Booth for Beneath Sam Garland for The Closet WINNER Heather B O’Scanlon for the Gift Yvonne Szumski for Ding Dong Best Supporting Actor-Short Film WINNER Artie Pasquale for Santino Nick Sakai for Uneffable Thomas Randolph for Bad Romance Jared Rinaldi for Death of Love Jonathan Pessin for Hey You It’s Me Ciaran Sheehan for The Choice Tom Bentey for Last Call Best Supporting Actress-Short Film WINNER Lindsay Brice for Hearts that Cross Borders Samantha Scaffidi for Santino Ameara Wahhab for the Villager Pamela Bowen Stanley for Reckoning Rebecca Kush for Last to Fall Angelita Esperanza for The Pleasure of Being Served Samantha Herrera for The Hour Glass Best Director Drama Linda Yellen for The Spilling WINNER Debra Markowitz for The Choice Paul Mendoza for Last to Fall Maurice Paramore for Bad Romance James McKenzie for Shadowstar Returns Renee Stork for Hearts that Crossed Borders Jennifer Marie for Please Read Best Director Comedy DJ Higgins for Santino WINNER Chris Caccioppoli for the Loving Dead Michael Irgang for Garbaggio Courtni Saizon for Uneffable Joseph Redl for Punchline Christopher Orango for Healing Heroes Derek Frey for Kill the Engine Best Director Horror Larry Rosen for Until the End Stephane Verzi for 16 Minutes Mitchell Slan for Balloon WINNER Lindsay Serrano for Beneath Zach Griffin for The Closet Tom Ryan for The Gift Best Comedy Santino WINNER Garbaggio RUNNER UP Hey You, Its Me Kill the Engine Uneffiable St. Joseph Fruit Bat 2 Best Horror/Thriller Until the End 16 Minutes WINNER Balloon The Closet Beneath RUNNER UP The Gift Best Short Drama WINNER The Spilling The Choice RUNNER UP Hearts that Crossed Borders Last to Fall The Villager The Last Visit The Guitar Best Short Short The Smiling Phantasm WINNER Smack Ding Dong Reckoning Kit RUNNER UP Shyft One in 175 Million All About Rita Best NJ Short Comedy St. Joseph RUNNER UP Healing Heroes The Tragedy of Sal Punchline WINNER Uneffable Aria Taken in the Night Best NJ Short Drama Death of Love RUNNER UP Bad Romance WINNER The Last Visit The Interrogator Green Shoes Secrets, a coming of age story Last Call Best Cinematography RUNNER UP Shadowstar Returns WINNER The Long Wet Grass 16 Minutes The Guitar Finding Water Green Shoes Through the Window Best Concept Smack WINNER Mindful The Other Place The Dinner Scene The Good Hand Secrets, A Coming of Age Selfie Film We are Friends Thumb Wrestler A Perfect Day Best Experimental WINNER Secrets, A Coming of Age, Selfie Film We are Friends Devour Me RUNNER UP Ma Belle Ami Lonely Girl Ms. Fortune Distance Best Ensemble WINNER Santino The Choice The Spilling Mindfull Uneffable The Other Place RUNNER UP Death of Love Best Screenplay WINNER Jennifer Marie for Please Read Séamus Scanlon for The Long Wet Grass Gillian Goll for The Spilling Tom Bragg for Divided Amanda Bear for Like Me Michael Manese for The Pleasure of Being Served Troy Gabaldon for Collar Top Scripts Ruth’s (Chen Drachman) Grifters, Drifters and Hipsters (Greg Taylor) Brier Hill (Jonathan D. Stiffy) The High Dive (Brian Patterson) First Prize (Carl B. Clark) After Credits (Jonathon Benoy) WINNER Staying Ahead (Lee Kolinsky) Vat Number 3 (Debra Johnson) Cherry Glazed (Christine Sherwood) Paradigm Shift (Katherine Fitzgerald) Best Animation We Are Friends Best One Minute Short You're Not Alone Rising Star Award Jessica Ryan Audience Award St. Joseph STUDENT NOMINATIONS Awards to be held Saturday, March 3rd, following Red Carpet Event Best Actress in a Student Film WINNER Julia Sims for Prude Brooke Barker for Through the Window Chloe Parayre for Spaced Out Georgi Schnappauf for HM Maddie Brand for Test Drive Kayla Killian for Summer of Dreams Abi Karl for Doors to the New Vocabulary Best Actor in a Student Film Lane Brunson for In Between Connor Daniels for Tick Tock Jack O Connell for Boy And WINNER Jake Edelstein for Almost Free Zulfi Khan for Stop Bullying! Jonathan Slovak for HM TJ Rumer for Summer of Dreams Best Director-College Summer of Dreams Nien Means No WINNER A Perfect Day Prude The Shelving In Between Best Director-High School WINNER Julia Picozzi for Wine Keegan Tindall for Tick Tok Ebbie Shim for A Little Bit of Respect Abigail Karl for Voicemail Carly Drabeck for Doors to the New Vocabulary John Tuohy for Parallax Dreams Keeley Giblin for Snip Sage Levine for Un-Reality Best Short-College WINNER Prude A Perfect Day Summer of Dreams The Shelving NightGuard Swallow Best Experimental-College Little Death Grief Wings WINNER Boy And Swallow Best Short Drama-High School WINNER Snip A Little Bit of Respect Wine Un-Reality Doors to a New Vocabulary HM Dark Red Best Comedy-High School Go Elf Yourself Tick-Tok Jerry Thinks He’s Funny Pooh What He Did WINNER Kebabbed Best Experimental-High School Saturn Returns That Little Voice Dreamer Note to Future Self Un-Reality Voicemail WINNER Dark Red Parallax Dream Best Concept In Between Tick-Tok Run Snip Test Drive WINNER Doors to the New Vocabulary Stop Bullying Technical Difficulties Best Animation/Stop Motion Muscle Memory The Orange Crayon Conversations Kebabbed All Dolls Fall in Love WINNER Day Dream Journal Best Cinematography Almost Free Nightguard Saturn Returns Spaced Out A Perfect Day WINNER Swallow Parallax Dreams Dark Red Best Ensemble WINNER Nien Means No Summer of Dreams The Shelving Prude Almost Free Through the Window Best Screenplay Through the Window Almost Free The Shelving WINNER Summer of Dreams Nien Means No Spaced Out Best Comedy Nien Means No Best Editing A Little Bit of Respect Rising Star Award John Tuohy March 2018 FESTIVAL ACHIEVMENT AWARDS NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: Jennifer Jiles NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: D.J. 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EIGHTH SEASON, MARCH 2018
Award Nominations Awards held on Sunday August 5th following Red Carpet Event Best Actor Long Short Michael Robert Anderson for Major Key WINNER Bradley Gosnell for Trailhead Stephen Girouard for Gog and Gear Alex Emanuel for Hungry Ithamar Francois for Matched Shane Hanney for Shellfish Shivantha Wijesinha for Death Trail Best Actress Long Short Jillie Simon for Hungry WINNER Madelyn Barkocy for Shellfish Monique Webber for Trailhead Catalina Del Puerto for Death Trail Brit Stiles for Modern Dating Judy Copeland for Actor Anonymous Ariane Ryan for Matched Best Actor Medium Short Steven Strickland for I Got a Call Back Mike Funk for To Be Normal WINNER Jim Ford for We Have Your Wife Alex Aldea for Man From Mars John Josh Romaro for One Man’s Trash Jacob Heimer for Musicians and Magicians Will Young for November Best Actress Medium Short Emaline Williams for A Thousand Words Laura Petersen for My Hero Marisa Bertani for Man From Mars Kate Easton for Musicians and Magicians WINNER Molly Collier for Fire Escape Megan Brown for Conflict Katherine Kahrs for E.ro.sion Best Actor Horror Merritt Reid for The Mystic Phil Hart for Toddler Tartare WINNER Alexandru Aldea for Home Early Kevin Bartolomucci for The Blood Calls John Crosthwaite for the Dark Hunger Best Actress Horror Nicole Tarnacki for 4:44 Tiffany Nicole Greene for The Pumpkin Queen Peyton Conry for The Blood Calls Melissa Archer for Wraith WINNER Ilaria Malvezzi for Unvoiced Best Supporting Actor Gary Kozak for To Be Normal David Roberts for I Got a Callback WINNER Sal Rendino for A Thousand Words Anthony DeVito for Marketing Tools Chris Mazzei for Actors Anonymous Jesse R. Tendler for E.ro.sion Best Supporting Actress Sabrina Matarazzo for Major Key WINNER Lily Sondik for November Arielle Haller-Silverstone for Beacon Hill Maria Moga for Toddler Tartare Gabby Piazza for One Man’s Trash Meghan Martin for Along the Drive Best Director Long Short Michael Robert Anderson for Major Key Michael Cutrone for Death Trail Andrew Froening for Cog and Gear Mark Stolzenberg for Actors Anonymous JD Wilson for Shellfish Ihmic Micah El for Trailhead WINNER Best Director Medium Short James Perry for Feels Like Euphoria Antoine Allen Momma’s Boy Joey Mosca for What is Owed Catriona Rubenis-Stevens for E.ro.sion Larry Rosen for Man from Mars Chad Servidio for One Man’s Trash Mara Bush for A Thousand Words WINNER Best Director Comedy Eliaz Rodriguez for Sillica Ben Donnellon for Dud Cast Michael Baumgarten for Father and Father WINNER Christopher Fox for I Got a Call Back Jennifer Marie for Casting Chloe Loring Murtha for My Hero Best Director Horror Larry Rosen for Home Early WINNER Jeremiah Kipp for Unvoiced Marc Taurisano for The Mystic Scott Danzig for Toddler Tartare Angie Hansen for The Pumpkin Queen WINNER Francesco Nuzzi for 4:44 Best Comedy We Have Your Wife My Hero RUNNER UP Marketing Tools WINNER Father and Father I Got a Call Back Casting Chloe Actors Anonymous Best Drama Major Key Momma’s Boy WINNER Trailhead Death Trail Fire Escape RUNNER UP Three’s a Crowd Feels Like Euphoria Best Horror/Thriller The Dark Hunger Daphne The Blood Calls Wraith Unvoiced WINNER The Mystic RUNNER UP Best Short Short Home Early 4:44 WINNER Misled Conflict Man From Mars Colors of Kismet Three’s a Crowd Millennials at Work RUNNER UP Best Local or New Jersey Film Daphne E.ro.sion, noun RUNNER UP On My Shoulder One Man’s Trash WINNER A Night Like This Shellfish All Over Again Best Cinematography Wraith WINNER Dead Man’s Fuel Cog and Gear Shellfish The Mystic The Dark Hunger Discloser Best Concept Beacon Hill Flare Toddler Tartare Definitely Soy All Over Again Double Trouble in Paradise Dud Cast RUNNER UP We Have Your Wife WINNER Best Ensemble Actors Anonymous RUNNER UP Daphne Casting Chloe WINNER Marketing Tools A Night Like This The Evil I’ve Seen Hungry Best Documentary White Cane Pine Hill Massacre The Girl Next Door WINNER Sparkplug Cowboys Breathe Beyond Dreamers Best International Film Macel the Existential Astronaut Pink and Quilted (France) WINNER Blown Away (Spain) The Noise of the Light (France) Nika (United Kingdom) Top Scripts 1801, Buck (Jalen Thompson) A Rotten Day (David Goldstein) All American (Dewayne Bontrager) Confessions of an Apotemnophile: I Think I Am (Connie Corcoran Wilson and Dan Decker) Don-John's Disappointed Mam (M.V. Montgomery) Far From Paradise (Brian W. Smith) WINNER June Block Hero (Seth Kozak) The Locket (Adam Lapallo) The Siberian Trap (Jeffrey Howe) Audience Award - Casting Chloe Horror Audience Award - Pumpkin Queen Rising Star Award - Madelyn Barkocy Best Fight Scene Award - Father and Father NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: Garry Pastore NJ Achievement in The Art of Filmmaking Award: Thomas Baldinger STUDENT NOMINATIONS Awards to be held Saturday, August 4th, following Red Carpet Event Best Actor in a Student Film Billy Kontos for Alone Together WINNER David Kramer for Heartless Michael Smiley for Missing Kevin Bohl for The Night Watchman AJ Knox for Girls Like Chocolate Greer Purnell for Toilet Man Elijah Comas for Little Trees Best Actress in a Student Film Isabel Lysiak for Little Trees WINNER Kim Kaiser for Ella Juliet Scleza for Detention Lily Lehotsky for Double C Natalia Jablokov for Alone Together Jessie Ireland for Time-Out Best Director-College Marvin Zana for Five Stars Clio Gevirtz for Ella WINNER Max Kane for Little Trees Casey Jacobs for To Catch a Fish Chenyang Shu for Toilet Man Ross Stern for Girls Like Chocolate Best Director-High School Alex Lehotsky for Double C Jackson Healey for Observer Maria Dragone for Tinker Yasmin Yilmaz for Beyond Dreamers WINNER Garret Ballinger for Detention Morgan Barth for Contingency Keeley Giblin and Courtney Voehl for Rose of Jericho Best Film College Five Stars WINNER Alone Together Heartless Little Trees Ella No Accommodations Best Film High School Double C Rose of Jericho WINNER Speak Tinker Imitant Missing Best Comedy Toilet Man Chaussures (Shoes) Detention Missing 5 Miles Girls Like Chocolate WINNER Time-Out Best Experimental-High School Contingency Rose of Jericho Electric Love Twitch Tainted Love WINNER Observer Study Hall Best Concept Speak Study Hall Tinker WINNER Time Out Nini The Night Watchman Chaussures (Shoes) Best Documentaries Haunted Roads of NJ Beyond Dreamers You Are Enough PSA Breathe WINNER Cling, Clang, Chime Best Cinematography Five Stars Observer To Catch a Fish Imitant WINNER Little Trees Alone Together Best Ensemble Five Stars Study Hall No Accommodations WINNER A Tall Drink of Walter Detention Speak Audience Award College - A Tall Drink of Walter Audience Award High School - Speak |
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Fifth Season March 2017 Festival Awards
NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting "The Tom Parisi" Award: Dan Grimaldi Rising Star Award: Addison Eisenberg Audience Award: Second Escape Award Nominations, Awards held on Sunday March 5th following Red Carpet Event Best Actor Jordi Vilasuso for This Modern Man is Beat Brian Pollock for Licentious WINNER Kazy Tauginas for Standing Eight Gys De Villier for It Gets Better Steve Silver for the Watchtower Matthew Murumba for Now or Later Jackson Rathbone for Horseshoe Theory Best Actress Yesi Rodriguez for Second Escape Janel Tanna If Only For a Moment Kate Villanova for the Art of Dreaming Ozge Selin Akbaba for Butterfly Natalie Sanchez for The Man in the Room Danielle Guldin for the Weekend WINNER Iliana Guibert for Twice Upon A Time Best Actor-Comedy Daniel Klimek for Witt and the Magical Spirits Nick Giedris for Frame of Reference Michael Tow for East of Hollywood Brendan Krick for the Backpage WINNER Joseph Donofrio for Pasquale's Magic Veal Danny Grimaldi for Pasquale's Magic Veal Best Actress-Comedy Angie Marie for Pasquale's Magic Veal Adison Eisenberg for Witt and the Magical Spirits WINNER Gina Rodriguez for Frame of Reference Dani Wang for East of Hollyood Gillien Goll for Great Expectations Chelsea London Lloyd for Sneezy G Best Actor-Horror Erik Searle for Wicked Conclusions Drew Maniscalco for Addicted Ryan Paregien for Oh the Fing Horror Charles S. Dutton for Veneration WINNER Ignacyo Matynia for Cabinet in the Woods Best Actress-Horror Danielle Baker for Oh the Fing Horror WINNER Jacqui Rossi for Until the End Chloe Hendrickson for Wicket Conclusions Valerie Bauer for Veneration Lauren Dougherty for Cabinet in the Woods Janet Miranda for Defarious Best Director Brian Kazmarck for Standing Eight WINNER Dennis Cahlo for The Weekend Debra Markowitz for By Blood Daryl Denner for Licentious Hamza Zaman for Blue Skies Steve Silver for The Watchtower Best Director-Comedy Chelsea London Lloyd for Sneezy G Daniel Klimek for Witt and the Magic Spirits D. J. Higgins for Pasquale's Magic Veal WINNER Chris Caccioppoli for East of Hollywood Ian J. Keeney for Frame of Reference Don Downie for Great Expectations Best Director-Horror WINNER Christian A. Morán for Let's Play Dead Girl Phillip G. Carroll Jr for Wicked Conclusions Chase Michael Pallante for Defarious Andrew Schwarz for Cabinet in the Woods Larry Rosen for Until the End Mark J. Parker for Sticks Best Comedy In the Name of Comedy East of Hollywood (RUNNER UP) Strayed Outa Compton Pasquale's Magic Veal WINNER Great Expectations The Backpage Best Horror/Thriller WINNER Defarious The Cabinet in the Woods Venteration Let's Play Dead Girl Sticks (RUNNER UP) Until the End Best Short Standing Eight By Blood WINNER This Modern Man is Beat Horseshoe Theory Twice Upon a Time If Only For a Moment The Man in the Room (RUNNER UP) Best Short Short Until the End WINNER Second Escape Blue Skies (RUNNER UP) Last Call Gemma The Broken Places Let Me Holla at Ya! Best NJ Short Butterfly Spark Falling in Love A Selfie Short (RUNNER UP) Twice Upon a Time Let's Play Dead Girl The Other Side of Love WINNER The Cabinet in the Woods Best International Film Dark Town (RUNNER UP) Wanderlust WINNER A Shadow of Dara The Eve Love in Motion Arcade Girl The Path of Avarice Minotauress Best Documentary In The Name of Comedy WINNER By Spoon! The Jay Meisel Story Nobody Dies Here Courage of Her Convictions The World of Dennis Patton Best Cinematography WINNER The Other Side of Love The Modern Man is Beat Butterfly Horseshoe Theory Spark Standing Eight Touching in Texas Best Experimental Love and Pain Falling in Love A Selfie Short It Gets Better? (RUNNER UP) The Truth: A Selfie Short Shackles of Fury WINNER The Art of Dreaming Best Ensemble WINNER Pasquale's Magic Veal The Watchtower Veneration (RUNNER UP) By Blood Strayed Out of Compton East of Hollywood Top Scripts Seth Kozak and Angela Kozak for The Angels Yasir Shah for Happy Endings Sean Whitley for Becoming Bigfoot Jess Grant for Eleventh Earl of Getzford Robin Jennings for Solstice (RUNNER UP) Debra Johnson for The Brumbles WINNER Debra Markowitz for Couple of Guys Debra Markowitz for Brothers Student Nominations, Awards held on Saturday March 4th at 8:15: Best Actor WINNER Dylan Markiewicz Good Cop, Sad Cop Gys De Villiers for Checkmate Connor Hines for Foreign Sounds Jeremy Sande for Cattle Call Josh Cohen for Burnt Ashes Alexander Robinson for Hound House Stephen Bodossian for Church Best Actress Steph Tregillies for When Randy Was Here Sherri Eakin for Cattle Call WINNER Lauren Greene for My Name Is Chelsea Holmes in Emma Inspired Keala Kern for My Name is Grace Anne-Marie Agbodj for Foreign Sounds Makenzi Koyen for The Morning After Best Director College Jade Chamberlain for My Name is Grace Rachel Varela for Cattle Call Tiara Montgomery for Hi, My Name Is Stephan Bodossian for Church Michelle Martinez for The Morning After WINNER Eric Shahinian for Foreign Sounds Best Director High School/K-12 Tiny When Randy was Here Good Cop, Sad Cop WINNER Hindsight Sock Monster Balloons Best Comedy Short Film Good Cop, Sad Cop When Randy was Here Hi, My Name Is Emma Inspired The Morning After WINNER Church Best Student Film High School Tiny When Randy was Here WINNER Good Cop, Sad Cop Hindsight Sock Monster Balloons Best NJ Short WINNER Checkmate Burnt Ashes Church Hi, My Name Is Extra 1104 The Morning After When Randy was Here Best Concept Extra 1104 Checkmate Hound House Silence Foreign Sounds WINNER The Morning After Burnt Ashes Best Experimental WINNER Sock Monster Hindsight Tiny Degeneration Voyager Balloons Best Cinematography Hound House My Name is Grace WINNER Emma Inspired Cattle Call Foreign Sounds Checkmate |
SIXTH SEASON JULY 2017
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 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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Third Season March 5th-6th 2016 Award Nominations, Awards held on Sunday March 6th at 6:45 Festival Achievement Awards NJ Filmmaker Award: Maurice Paramore NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting Award: Scott Schiaffo Best Actor-Comedy Taylor Allen for Raising the Dead Biff Swenson for Raising the Dead Lewis Black for Introducing Parker Dowd Robert Clohessy for The Last Taxi Driver Aidan Schultz-Meyer for Mixed Signals Bruce Nachsin for Dark Spector Saige Santana for How Chris Mazzetti Got His Swag Back Best Actress-Comedy Emma Fassler For Meeting Matt Damon Patty Rosborough For Raising the Dead Jennifer Jiles for Mother of the Week Rebecca Blaine Carton for Introducing Parker Dowd Judy Nazemetz for Dark Spector Amy Rutledge for Mixed Signals Burnelle Rose Gleason for Sad, Boring, Lonely Aubrey Best Actor-Short Robert Costanzo for A Way Out Artie Pasquale for We Remember Cole Gabrielson for The Radio John Michael Hastie for Flowers in Your Hands Ed Bertold for When the Night Falls Eric Hicks for Trouble for a Smoke Best Actress-Short Hillary Hawkings for A Pill for 2 Sam Garland Ella at the Library Madison Comerzan for Adhesive Love Alice Kremelberg for Sweet Hollow Tyler Kipp for Inspired Molly Ryman for Leaving Debbie Twiss for Thin Blue Line Best Director-Comedy Drew Chiminec for Raising the Dead Lauren Ashely Carter for Introducing Parker Dowd Lee Davis for Mother of the Week Debra Markowitz for the Last Taxi Driver Evan Yee for Buying Bouquets Rachel Breitag for Im-moral Best Director-Drama Jason Tostevin for A Way Out John Gallagher for We Remember Michael Boylan The Radio Lee Kolinsky for Stand Up Guy David Maire for Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir Debra Markowitz for Leaving Best Comedy Mother of the Week (RUNNER UP) Meeting Matt Damon Introducing Parker Dowd Last Taxi Driver Raising the Dead Buying Bouquets Im-moral Best Horror/Thriller When the Night Falls Awakenings Sweet Hollow Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir Good, Bye Feast at the Beach The Kill Club (RUNNER UP) Best Short We Remember The Radio A Way Out Stand Up Guy (RUNNER UP) Leaving Who is Riley Oaks? Best Short Short Dark Spector Thin Blue Line Mixed Signals Bread A Pill for 2 Around the Corner Sender (RUNNER UP) Best NJ Short The Radio Flowers in Your Hand Raising the Dead The Kill Club Herrings (RUNNER UP) When the Night Falls Best Local Film Around the Corner (RUNNER UP) Flowers in Your Hand A Man a Horse A Prayer for the Undead Mixed Signals Adhesive Love Best Cinematography Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir A Bench in a Park Awakenings The Radio We Remember The Kill Club A Pill for 2 (RUNNER UP) Best Concept Attack of the Killer Chickens (RUNNER UP) 50/50 The Bag Henry and the Violin Introducing Parker Dowd Im-moral Webseries:The WebSeries Best Ensemble Raising the Dead Mother of the Week Who is Riley Oaks Webseries:The Webseries (RUNNER UP) Stand Up Guy Thin Blue Line Im-moral Top Scripts Patrick McGucken for Family Stuff Robert Rogers for Dakota Caves-2 Miles Seregon O'Dassey for Absynthia Damien Slevin for Irish Fever Nathan Ludwig for Walter's Days Tony DiSibio for Doorlocker (HONORABLE MENTION) Robert Shill for The Dead Ringers Edmund Miller for Hairline Edmund Miller for Pink Elephants Debra Markowitz for By Blood (RUNNER UP) Ryan Calderara for Apartment Sixteen (HONORABLE MENTION) Ryan Calderara for The Encounter Robert M. Snyder for Shakespeare's Pen Student Nominations, Awards held on Saturday March 5th at 7:45: Best Actor John Salimbene for Prose for Rose Saige Santana for How Chris Mazzetti Got His Swag Back Topher Hansson for Buying Bouquets Michael Lor for Chatau Sauvignon: Terrior Connor Hess for Stronger than Words Best Actress Miriam Vakhitova for The Man She Will Never Know Alice Krmelberg for Sweet Hollow Meissa Hampton and Beth Polito for Treasure Map Tyler Kipp for Inspired Burnelle Rose Gleason for Sad, Boring, Lonely Aubrey Best Director Michael S Miller for Prose for Rose Maggie Kaszuba for Inspired David Maire for Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir Connor Hess for The Man She Will Never Know Evan Yee for Buying Bouquets Kevin Machate for Promise Me Best Director High School Deja Vu Locker Safety Painted Cranes Best Comedy Short Film How Chris Mazzetti Got His Swag Back Sad, Boring, Lonely, Aubrey Buying Bouquets Locker Safety Best Student Film High School Locker Safety Painted Cranes Deja Vu Best Student Film College Sad, Boring, Lonely, Aubrey Inspired Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir Sweet Hollow Buying Bouquets The Man She Will Never Know Best NJ Short Inspired Prose for Rose The Man She Will Never Know Buying Bouquets Deju Vu Treasure Map Best Concept Isabel The Frog and the Racecar A Man, A Horse: Portrait of Ramon “Tito” Moya Promise Me How Chris Mazzetti Got His Swag Back Buying Bouquets Koots Best Cinematography Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir Deju Vu Treasure Map Sweet Hollow Buying Bouquets Momentum |
FOURTH SEASON Award Nominations, Awards held on Sunday August 13th 2016 following 6:15 Red Carpet Event
Festival Achievement Awards NJ Filmmaker Award: Larry Rosen NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting Award: Jack Mulcahy Best Actor-Comedy WINNER Stephen Friedrich for Kidnapping of a Fish Jeff Sutton for Charley V Lee Sebastiany for Fortress of Dumbbells Yaron Urbas for Madam Trigger Alexander Kirby for Barry Bruiser and the Revenge of Lucy Leggs John Racioppo for Got This Best Actress-Comedy Nicole Foti for How to Taste Wine Like a Pro Lauren Esser for Extra Cheese Please WINNER Emm O'Connor in Capital Advice Emily Pantalone for Got This Kassie Thornton for Downward Dog Chelsey Jo Ristaino for Charley V Best Actor Chris Young for Hotel Lance Henrickson for Fragile Storm WINNER Jack Mulcahy for Isolated Incident Julius B. Kelly for Wait for Me Bryant Mancebo for On The Hook Stephen Friedrich for Kidnapping of a Fish Best Actress Lacy Marie Meyer for Organs of Opportunity WINNER Victoria Guthrie for Tales of Creation Jennifer Lafleur for Carbon Shanae Harris for Wait for Me Courtney Cavanagh for Terminal Legacy: Lost Souls Theodora Woolley for Kidnapping of a Fish Best Director-Comedy WINNER Jeff Sutton for Charley V Jim Mauro for Capital Advice Dennis Maragliano for Fortress of Dumbbells Teresa Dabback for Extra Cheese Please Mark Stolzenberg for Happy Family Susan Barry for Got This Best Director Dawn Fields for Fragile Storm Daniel Sangwoo Park for Isolated Incident Christian Lybrook for Carbon WINNER Phillip A. Ramos for Kidnapping of a Fish Mark Clauburg for Hotel Michael Berg for If You Go I Go Best Comedy WINNER Capital Advice Blazing Saddles Fortress of Dumbbells Madam Trigger Extra Cheese Please Got This Best Horror/Thriller Hot Water Afraid of the Night The Man Who Loved Flowers Terminal Legacy: Lost Souls (RUNNER UP) WINNER Organs of Opportunity The Sin of Those Who Love Us Best Short WINNER Fragile Storm The Kidnapping of a Fish Isolated Incident How to Cope with Loss If You Go I Go (Runner Up) Carbon Best Short Short Brooklyn The Last Anniversary WINNER Codename: Watermelon Return Chicken Frances A Real Date Tuesday Best NJ Short WINNER Hotel Charley V The Deep End Captain Cyborg Never Been Sicker The Last Anniversary Waiting for Me Best Local Film Got This Non-Sequitur WINNER Wait for Me Barry Bruiser and the Revenge of Lucy Leggs The Last Local Victory Father and Son Best Documentary WINNER Hard to Believe The Intimate Realities of Water Over the Bridge The Looking Glass Tides Some Kind of Utopia Best Cinematography Hotel WINNER Carbon Fragile Storm Cap'n Flapjack: The Curse of the Sticky Anchor Isolated Incident (Runner Up) Kidnapping of a Fish Best Concept WINNER Cap'n Flapjack: The Curse of the Sticky Anchor Afraid of the Night (Runner Up) Organs of Opportunity Tales of Creation Anniversary Wound Up Codename: Watermelon Best Ensemble Capital Advice Friends of Gertrude Charley V Happy Family (Runner Up) The Detention Room WINNER Got This Blazing Saddles Top Scripts Matt Clifford for Bad News Pairs (Runner Up) Ronnie Lewis, Jr. for Mentally Evil Jim Norman for From Schmear to Eternity Debra Johnson for Jump for Me Michael Rights for Etiquette WINNER Harry Seddon for The Preachers Stare in Times Square Stephen M. Hunt for Alter Ego Student Nominations, Awards held on Saturday March 5th at 7:45: Best Actor WINNER Alexander Jameson-Captain Cyborg Amir Prime-The Deep End Chase Mullins - Endo Kyle Jonas for Lovelorn Nathan Landis Funk for Extra Cheese Please Dylan Markiewicz for Gas Station Sushi Best Actress Lauren Esser- Extra Cheese Please Morgan Vasquez-The Deep End WINNER Morgan Vasquez-Never Been Sicker Kathrine Barnes -No Joke Haley Landers-The Other Self Maria Dragone for 1600 Best Director College Aaron Hobson for The Deep End WINNER Claire Fishman for Never Been Sicker Zack Morrison for Captain Cyborg James Jansson for Armortosis Joe Youorski for No Joke Teresa Dabback for Extra Cheese Please Theodore Caleb Haas for The Detention Room Best Director High School Porkroll Prohibition Lovelorn WINNER Sonder Usine Rico La Arte Best Comedy Short Film WINNER Extra Cheese Please Endo Pork Roll Prohibition Gas Station Sushi Streetfight Rose Garden Lawrence Lesslie Best Student Film High School 1600 Rico Sonder Lawrence Lesse WINNER Lovelorn Gas Station Sushi Best Documentary WINNER The Looking Glass Some Kind of Utophia Over the Bridge Tides Victory Home for the Holidays Best NJ Short Armortois Never Been Sicker Captain Cyborg WINNER The Deep End The Looking Glass Chat Room Best Concept Best Concept Endo Captain Cyborg Gas Station Sushi Armortosis Victory WINNER The Detention Room Tuesday Best Experimental Red Light Sonder Chat Room Some Kind of Utophia The Other Self WINNER Victory 1600 Best Cinematography WINNER Captain Cyborg Tides No Joke Rose Garden The Other Self Sonder |
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First Season March 8th 2015
Best Short Film WINNER Arrangement Best Comedy Short WINNER The Exploration of Cole as Led by the Prepubescent Sandy Best Horror/Thriller WINNER Gasmask Best actress in a short drama WINNER Victoria Gates Best actor drama WINNER Thomas Randolph Best actress in comedy short WINNER Dixie O'Connell Best actor in a comedy WINNER Adam Wahlberg Best Director in a drama short WINNER Keith Chamberlain Best Director in a comedy short WINNER Thomas Baldinger Best NJ Short film WINNER When The Gun Goes Down Best Student Film WINNER Five to Places Best short script-not produced WINNER Lost and Found Best Documentary WINNER My Time with the English Tourist Best Cinematography WINNER CASSANDRA Best Short Script-Not Produced WINNER Lost and Found Runner Up 100 Proof Warlock The Collectors Worn Seven Days The Black Raven Promise Me Psycho Assessment Achievement Awards: Jersey City Honorary Achievement of the Arts in Filmmakers Award: Jack Roberts Jersey City Honorary Achievement of the Arts in Acting Award "The Tom Parisi Award": Joe Sernio |
Second Season August 15th-16th 2015
FESTIVAL AWARDS Artie Pasquale Jersey City Honorary Achievement of the Arts in Acting Award "The Tom Parisi Award" Rob Santana Jersey City Honorary Achievements of the Arts in Directing Award Award NomineesBest Short Film-Drama The Walk Floating Sunflowers (RUNNER UP) Grafters Found The Coin A Dance with Andrea (WINNER) The Dress Best Comedy Flat Brim The White Spruce (WINNER) Sunday Best (RUNNER UP) A Bad Idea Quiet Picnic A Box Came to Brooklyn Let's Stay Together Best Actor Comedy Tom Bentey for Flat Brim (WINNER) Kevin Coyle for The White Spruce Ryan O'Regan for Sunday Best Chris Perillo for Lets Stay Together Adrian Arthur for Quiet Picnic Best Actress Comedy Lisa Pincus-Quiet Picnic Christina Vinsick for Growth Spurt (WINNER) Adison Eisenberg The White Spruce Heidi Soole in Man Slave Heather Rea Kirschenbauer for Lets Stay Together Best Actress Victoria Guthrie for Dunes Atlantic Anna Chlumsky for Floating Sunflowers (WINNER) Elise Rooker for Affliction Shea Saracino for Separation Kristie Ecke for Night Like This Melina Lyon for She Rides Bulls Best Actor- Peter Rigert for The Walk Juan Riedinger for Found Phil Lakin for Grafters (WINNER) Francisco Solorzano for Floating Sunflowers Frank Albanese for A Dance with Andrea Joe Sernio for A Dance with Andrea Best Horror/Thriller Candy Think Twice Klaus Behind Every Door (WINNER) Some Moments are Forever (RUNNER UP) Best Short Short Rest Stop Another Heart Breaks (RUNNER UP) Bear Trafico 'Meet the Girls” Behind Every Door Quiet Picnic (WINNER) Fragmentation Best NJ Short Ploy (WINNER) Communication Breakdown Pieces of Belmar Affliction The White Spruce Rest Stop (RUNNER UP) Flat Brim Best Cinematography Growth Spurt (WINNER) Traffico Meet the Girls (RUNNER UP) Floating Sunflowers Nights Like This Pieces of Belmar The Coin A Dance with Andrea Best Director-Drama Larry Rosen for Rest Stop Francisco Solorzano for Floating Sunflowers (WINNER) Lance J. Reha for A Dance with Andrea Richard O'Sullivan for the Dress Julius B. Kelly for Ploy Fabien Martorell for The Coin Best Director Comedy Tom Bentey for Flat Brim Amanda Bedula for Quiet Picnic Jason Downs for Growth Spurt Mark Serao for White Spruce (WINNER) Jason Cusato for A Box Came to Brooklyn Robyn Laliberte for Mammary Gland Malfunction Best Concept She Rides Bulls Breaking the Game The Coin (WINNER) Point Society Crystal Unclear (RUNNER UP) Sunday Best The Box Best Ensemble Cast Ploy The White Spruce (RUNNER UP) Floating Sunflowers A Box Came to Brooklyn (WINNER) Grafters A Dance with Andrea Best Scripts Atmosphere Eugene Tibbs Escaping the Friends Zone (RUNNER UP) 100 Dollar Bill Our Terms (WINNER) For Now Blood on the Saddle 75-44-5 Incident on I-95 The Message Go Fly a Kite Skywanderer Student Nominations Best Student Comedy The Date The Match Boy's Don't Cry (WINNER) Your Undivided Attention Drunkknophf Best HS Short Lost The Awakening (WINNER) Ambitions Victim of the Other Side Boys Don't Cry Drive A TEEN'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE WITH AUTISM Best Student Film College Nights like This Backstage Victim So What Separation (WINNER) Girl in Pieces Pieces of Belmar Best Actress Bryn Dolan-Backstage Kristie Ecke-Nights Like This (WINNER) Jodi Ferguson-Girl in Pieces Shea Saracinso-Seperation Kaylin Iamone-Victim of the Other Side Anna McKitrick-Pieces of Belmar Sherilyn James-Amanda Best Actor Josh Borton-So What Ian Monaco-Night Like This Nicholas McGovern-Victim (WINNER) Daniele Sestito-Ambitions Spencer Riggs-The Date Billy Hopkins-Boys Dont Cry Best Director HS Jenn Isaksen, Liam Honan for Victim of the Other Side (WINNER) Anthony Raise for The Awakening Abby Hoffman or Pinky Alexandra Jackman for A Teen's Guide.... Daniele Sestito for Ambitions Abby Hoffman, Matty King for Drive Best Director College short Kevin Nguyen for Nights Like This Wil Exavier for Victim Andrew Schwartz for Separation Claire Fishman for Hair Lockets Deanna Saltzman for Backstage (WINNER) Aaron Hobson For Amanda Bryant Magdael for I See US Best Experimental Drunkkkroft Hair Lockets (WINNER) Invasive Species Animations of the Afternoon Your Undivided Attention Best Cinematography Seperation Lost Pieces of Belmar Ambitions Drive Nights Like This (WINNER) Hair Lockets Best Concept Amanda Klaus Victim of the Other Side A Teen's Guide Victim The Match Pinky Pieces of Belmar (WINNER) I See You |