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Festival Prize

Audience Award

Winner
Second Escape
9.0 (11)
Larry Rosen
Rosenguez Productions
Winner
Anadellia
David J. Paul
Brian Andrews
Anngeannette Pinkston

Best Actor Horror

Winner
Ignacyo Matynia
The Cabinet in the Woods
Winner
Mike Funk
Photokill
Erik Searle(actor)
Wicked Conclusions
Drew Maniscalco(actor)
Addicted
Charles S. Dutton(actor)
Veneration
David J. Paul
Anadellia
Ryan Paregien
Oh, The Effing Horror

Best Actor in a Comedy

Winner
Joseph D'Onofrio(actor)
Pasquale's Magic Veal
Brendan Krick
The Backpage
Two Ten
Daniel Klimek(actor)
Witt and the Magical Spirits
Nick Giedris(actor)
Frame of Reference
Michael Tow(actor)
East of Hollywood
Dan Grimaldi(actor)
Pasquale's Magic Veal

Best Actress

Winner
Iliana Guibert(actor)
Twice Upon a Time
Yesi Rodriguez(actor)
Second Escape
Janel Tanna(actor)
If Only for a Moment
Kate Villanova(actor)
The Art of Dreaming
Ozge Selin Akbaba(actor)
Butterfly
Natalie Sanchez(actor)
The Man in the Room
Danielle Guldin(actor)
The Weekend
Kim Paris(actor)
The Question
Happy Smile Films

Best Actress Horror/Thriller

Winner
Bethany Nicole Taylor
Gwendolyn

Best Actress in a Comedy

Winner
Sarah Teed(actor)
Awkward Favors

Best Actress in a Comedy Short

Winner
Gina Marie Rodriguez(actor)
Frame of Reference
Adison Eisenberg
Witt and the Magical Spirits
Angie Marie Muscat(actor)
Pasquale's Magic Veal
Danni Wang(actor)
East of Hollywood
Gillien Goll(actor)
Great Expectations!
Chelsea London Lloyd(actor)
Sneezy G

Best Animation

Winner
You Got a Problem...
Charles Mandracchia

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Other Side of Love
Tyrell Jason(cinematographer)
This Modern Man Is Beat
7.2 (336)
Tom Brunstetter
Butterfly
Serife Potuk(cinematographer)
Horseshoe Theory
8.2 (89)
Leonidas Jaramillo(cinematographer)
Spark
8.8 (10)
Michelle Elise Harding(cinematographer)
Standing Eight
8.7 (15)
Tony Burns(cinematographer)
Touching in Texas
Jeffrey Williams(cinematographer)
Don't Think About It
6.8 (9)
Taylor Frontier

Best Comedy

Winner
Great Expectations!
7.4 (9)
Don Downie(director)
The Backpage
8.0 (31)
Brandon Lescure
Two Ten
East of Hollywood
9.7 (16)
Chris Caccioppoli(director)
Pasquale's Magic Veal
7.7 (21)
D.J. Higgins(director)
In The Name Of Comedy
9.4 (13)
Jon Hart(director)
Filling In
9.2 (30)
Sarah Hawkins(Producer)
Karl Holtz(Executive Producer)
Jared Odrick(Executive Producer)
Xavier Cardriche(Associate Producer)
Kurt Lohmiller(Associate Producer)
Bradley Hawkins(Consulting Producer)
Dadley Productions
Awkward Favors
9.4 (18)
Sarah Teed(producer)

Best Comedy Short Film

Best Concept

Winner
Date & Time
7.2 (9)
Craig Nobbs
Heavy Nimbostratus Clouds
Michael R. Turner(director)
Q
Hart Jacquez(writer/director)
Legit
Eve Austin(executive producer)
Christine Verleny(executive producer)
Jordan Elizabeth Gelber(producer)
Tom Kohut(producer)
Riding with Sunshine
10 (9)
Kristian Comer(Writer)

Best Director

Winner
Niv Klainer
Don't Think About It
Dennis Cahlo(director)
The Weekend
Brian Kazmarck(director)
Standing Eight
New Lease Films
Open Fire Films
Craig Nobbs
Date & Time
Rafael Nani(director)
Rose Garden
Caliope

Best Director - Student

Winner
Asha Shahinian
Foreign Sounds
Fasehun Films

Best Director Horror

Winner
Christian Alexander Morán(director)
Let's Play Dead Girl
Winner
Brian Andrews
Anadellia
Andrew Schwarz(director)
The Cabinet in the Woods
Mark J. Parker(director)
Sticks
Phillip G. Carroll Jr.(director)
Wicked Conclusions
Chase Michael Pallante(director)
Defarious

Best Director in Comedy Short

Winner
Chris Caccioppoli(director)
East of Hollywood
Daniel Klimek
Witt and the Magical Spirits
D.J. Higgins(director)
Pasquale's Magic Veal
Don Downie(director)
Great Expectations!
Chelsea London Lloyd(director)
Sneezy G
Ian J. Keeney(director)
Frame of Reference

Best Director of a Comedy

Winner
Bradley Hawkins
Filling In
Dadley Productions

Best Documentary

Winner
By Spoon! The Jay Meisel Story
Anthony Desiato(director)
In The Name Of Comedy
9.4 (13)
Jon Hart(director)
The Courage of Her Convictions
Gillian Ray(director)
Nobody Dies Here
8.5 (12)
Simon Panay(director)

Best Ensemble

Best Horror/Thriller

Winner
Defarious
6.9 (12)
Chase Michael Pallante(director)
The Cabinet in the Woods
7.9 (23)
Andrew Schwarz(producer)
Bob Klein(producer)
Veneration
7.0 (13)
Frank Lisi(director)
Let's Play Dead Girl
7.5 (12)
Christian Alexander Morán(director)
Sticks
7.7 (6)
Mark J. Parker(director)
Keep It in the Dark
Herb Cremer
Joe Cremer
JoeBert Entertainment

Best International Film

Winner
A Shadow of Dara
5.5 (57)
Rainer Meri(director)
Minotauress
6.8 (29)
Diana Galimzyanova
Salla Hongisto
Dark Town
Asad K.M.(director)
Wanderlust
6.7 (8)
Barnaby Boulton(director)
Love in Motion
Leanne Campbell(director)
The Path of Avarice
Catriona Rubenis-Stevens(director)
The Tug
Nic Barker

Best NJ Short

Winner
The Cabinet in the Woods
7.9 (23)
Andrew Schwarz(producer)
Bob Klein(producer)
Winner
Swiped Right
Dana Marisa Schoenfeld
Lydia Fiore
Falling in Love, A Coming of Age Selfie Film
Barbara Holstein
Let's Play Dead Girl
7.5 (12)
Christian Alexander Morán(director)
Twice Upon a Time
7.0 (5)
Paul Borghese(director)
Butterfly
Serife Potuk(director)
The Other Side of Love
Tyrell Jason(director)
Spark
8.8 (10)
Daniel Merlin Miller(director)
Keep It in the Dark
Herb Cremer
Joe Cremer
JoeBert Entertainment

Best Script

Winner
When we first met(#1.1)
Debra Markowitz
Intention Films and Media
Seth Kozak
Angela Kozak
for "The Angels"
The Wrong Jen Harper
Steven Hayet

Best Short Drama

Winner
This Modern Man Is Beat
7.2 (336)
Alex Merkin

Best Short Short

Winner
Second Escape
9.0 (11)
Larry Rosen
Rosenguez Productions
Winner
The Question
8.9 (47)
Larry Rosen
Happy Smile Films
Blue Skies
Hamza Zaman(director)
Last Call
8.0 (24)
Larry Rosen(director)
Let Me Holla at Ya
Kareem Kamahl Taylor(director)
Gemma
8.4 (8)
Cristopher Stauffer(director)
The Broken Places
Andrew S. Ritchie(director)

Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Yesi Rodriguez
No Clue
Happy Smile Films

New Jersey Achievement Award in the Art of Filmmaking

Winner
The Waiting Room
Debra Markowitz
Intention Films and Media

Rising Star

Winner
Witt and the Magical Spirits
Adison Eisenberg

Best Actor in a Student Film

Austin Reyle
Q

Best Actress Horror

Lauren Dougherty
The Cabinet in the Woods
Chloe Carroll(actor)
Wicked Conclusions
Valerie Bauer(actor)
Veneration
Janet Miranda(actor)
Defarious
Meaghan Bloom Fluitt
Anadellia
Danielle Baker
Oh, The Effing Horror

Best Actress in a Drama

Alaska L. McFadden
Don't Think About It

Best Actress in a Drama Short (Summer)

Jennifer Jiles
The Waiting Room

Best Actress in a Short Drama

Danielle Guldin(actress)
The Weekend

Best Cinematography - Student

Heavy Nimbostratus Clouds
Adam D. Ouellette(director of photography)

Best Director (Summer)

Debra Markowitz
The Waiting Room
Intention Films and Media

Best Director - Drama

Stephen Girouard(director)
Window Dressing
Bit by Bit Productions

Best Ensemble (Summer)

The Waiting Room
Intention Films and Media

Best Screenplay

True Colors
Scott Dissinger

Best Short Drama (Summer)

The Waiting Room
Debra Markowitz
Intention Films and Media

Best Short Film

Window Dressing
Stephen Girouard(director)
Bit by Bit Productions

Best Student Film College

The Guilt List
8.1 (10)
Tereza Hirsch(Director)
Zoya Skya(Producer)

Best Supporting Actor

Jury Prize

Best Script

Winner
By Blood
Debra Markowitz

Best Short

Winner
Youth
7.4 (47)
Brett Marty
Speculative Films
The Man in the Room
Bonnie C. Harper(producer)
King Richard's Playmakers
A Real Date
Bonnie C. Harper(producer)
Eric J Carlson(producer)
King Richard's Playmakers
By Blood
Debra Markowitz

Best Student Film College

Winner
Mother of the Year
Makena Costlow
Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Chapman University

Best Actress

Natalie Sanchez
The Man in the Room
King Richard's Playmakers

Best Actress in a Comedy

Lydia Fiore
Swiped Right

Best Concept

The Mystery Gang
Eric J Carlson(writer / director)
J.D. Goldschmidt(writer/actor)
King Richard's Playmakers

Best Director

Debra Markowitz
By Blood
Eric J Carlson(director)
The Mystery Gang
King Richard's Playmakers

Best Ensemble

By Blood
Heavy Nimbostratus Clouds
Michael R. Turner(director)
Nicole Davenport(gina)
Chris Cherin(mark)
Yuko Torihara(anna)
Roberto Forero(andrew)

Audience Award

Audience Award

Winner
Anadellia
Nyasia Mitchell(actor)

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