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
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
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
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
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
Print
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
Print
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
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
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
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
