2019 Nominees and Award Winners
Awards to be given out at Gala at Porta (911 Kingsley Street)
Best Actor-Comedy
Francesco Nuzzi for The Writer
Jack Mulcahy for The Last Reunion
Anthony Grasso for Wink
WINNER Zack Abramowitz for Receding
Trevor Hembling for GTA VI Voice Acting
Ken Ruan for Miserable Couple
Jack West for Divine Intervention
Best Actor-Horror/Thriller
Gregg Jolly for Troll
Taylor Allen for Teddy
Ryan Paregien for Oh the Effing Horror
WINNER Freddie Jarret for Lullaby
Kevin Bartolomucci for Blood Calls
Roy James Wilson for The Deliveryman
Best Actor-Medium Short
Derek Roche for Reverie
WINNER Gregg Prosser for Times Up
Lukas Hassel for The Son, the Father
Mike Funk for To Be Normal
Kent Moran for I’ve Been Compromised
C.P. Boyd for Zabriskie
Elliot Decker for Ready
Bow Borden for Old Times
Best Actor-Long
WINNER Lenny Venito for Hook’d
Sean A. Kaufman for Maturing Youth
Christopher Orangeo for Little Did She Know
Dominick La Ruffa Jr. for Want
Stephen Girouard for Cog and Gear
Jared P Smith for the Red Lotus
Allen Radway for Sad
Best Supporting Actor
Thomas Randolph for Regrets
WINNER Jim Thalman for Black n Blue
Teddy Coluca for Hook’d
Taylor Allen for My Dad and Bob Todd
Brandon Egert for GTA VI
Dan Berkey for Zabriskie
Jose Gonzalez Castro for 10 Hours
Best Actress-Comedy
Jolie Ledford for Clueless
Rebecca Rapoport-Cole for My Dad and Bob Todd
Laura Petersen for Fry Day I’m in Love
Heather Brittain O’Scanlon for Masterclass: Acting with Doors
Sarah Blackman for Peggy
Meredith Ross for Wink
WINNER Arielle Haller-Silverstone for Sac de Merde
Best Actress-Horror/Thriller
Rachel Keefe for Still
Caige Coulter for Goodnight Gracie
WINNER Danielle Baker for Oh The Effing Horror
Bettina Skye for Play Date
Michele Lyman for Troll
Brianna Moore for Posthumuously Yours
Best Actress-Medium Short
Halina James for Quantum
Katherine Banos for Ring of Fire
Jackie Dallas for Proud
Sophia Watson for # Slut
Victoria Guthrie for The Dancer
Mae Claire for Best Way to Murder
WINNER Cathy Moriarty for Chosen
Willow Finn for Ten Hours
Best Actress-Long Short
Elizabeth Owens for Life EDU
Kim Paris for Maturing Youth
Amanda Spencer for Pretty Pretty Prison
Allie Kramer for Hook’d
WINNER Katy Milewski for Little Did She Know
Leah Janvier for Where’s Lilly
Meredith Ross for Want
Best Supporting Actress
Lynn Cohen for Ladies Lounge
Faith Stafford for Pretty Pretty Prison
Silvia Dionico for Super-Woman
Bettina Skye for The Dancer
Ianna Vasale for Ring of Fire
WINNER Katelyn Marshall for I’ve Been Compromised
Eden Wright for Wink
Best Director-Comedy
Bob Klein for Fists of Endearment
Mark Clauburg for My Dad and Bob Todd
Dario Caudana for Receding
WINNER Joe Navarro for The Last Reunion
Matt Provenzano for Divine Intervention
Justin O’Neal Miller for Peggy
Best Director-Medium Short
Jackie Dallas for Proud
WINNER Trevor Morgan for 10 Hours
Grant Olans for Zabriskie
Ryan Willard For Quantum
Michele Lyman for the Acceptables
Tracy Kleeman for Ring of Fire
DJ Higgins for Super-Woman
Best Director-Long Short
Kenneth John McGregor for Sad
Jessica Alexandra Green for The Red Lotus
Michelle Martinez for Where’s Lilly
WINNER John Gallagher for Want
Amanda Spencer for Pretty Pretty Prison
Molly Gazay for Life EDU
Best Director-Horror/Thriller
Adam Seccafico for Posthumuously Yours
Manny Serrano for I Waited for You
Nelson Dunk for The Devil You Know
WINNER Melissa De Leon for Paralysis
Francesco Nuzzi for Troll
Mark Clauburg for Teddy
Best Horror/Thriller
Oh The Effing Horror
I Waited for You
Goodnight Gracie
WINNER Troll
Paralysis
The Devil You Know
Posthumuously Yours
Play Date
Best Animation/Stop Motion
Draw
Superbug Blues
L’Homme et Le Poisson
Night Light
Nini
Ian
WINNER Mogu and Perol
Best Comedy
GTA VI Voice Acting
Receding
The Last Reunion
Fists of Endearment
WINNER My Dad and Bob Todd
Wink
Sac de Merde
Best Medium Short
WINNER Quantum
Super-Woman
Ready
Ladies Lounge
Ring of Fire
Ten Hours
10 Syllables
Best Long Short
Maturing Youth
Life EDU
The Red Lotus
Hook’d
Little Did She Know
WINNER Where’s Lilly
Want
Best Short Short
Man From Mars
Scratch This
Clueless
The Jar
Benefits Not Included
Smiling Strangers
WINNER Who Decides
You’ve Got Mam’med
Best Micro Short
WINNER Clueless
Bae
Love at First Swipe
Interracial Dating
Lullaby
Never Again
Millennials at Work
Bringing Schools Where There are None!
Best Documentary
Sonic Highways Middletown
WINNER The Girl Next Door
The Selfie Project
I Remember Momi
Tattooed Gordes of Hawaii
Beyond Dreamers
Reaching for the Andes
Best Concept
Who Decides
The Son, the Father
Receding
WINNER Acceptables
10 Syllables
Times Up
I’ve Been Compromised
Best Ensemble
WINNER The Red Lotus
Little Did She Know
3 For the Road
Wink
Peggy
Times Up
#Slut
Receding
Best Cinematography
Ring of Fire
WINNER Ready
Super Woman
Zabriskie
Cycle
Creatures of God
The DancerWINNER
Best NJ Short
Old Times
Last Call
3.5
Blackout
Black n Blue
Regrets
WINNER The Best Way to Murder
Paralysis
Best Unproduced Script
Marked
Fish Out of Water
Rubert Becomes
The Locket
She Dreams of Plastic Tiaras
WINNER Country Roads
1801, Buck
The Vest
FESTIVAL AWARD ACHIEVEMENT IN ACTING:
JACK MULCAHY
FESTIVAL AWARD ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING:
DEBRA MARKOWITZ
Best Actor-High School
Max Cusson for The Box
Koby O’Donnell for The Studio
Garret Ballinger for The Switch
WINNER Sam Seda for Wanted
Brian Gross for Alone at Last
Mitchell Hahn for Clown
Enoch TIrado for After Dark
Best Actress-High School
Sarah Cohen for Friends Forever
Vic Pater for Rose of Jericho
Claire Harrington for Angela
Sarah Cohen for I Can’t Sleep Anymore
Leyla Elif for Deception
WINNER Aviel Bolesa for Behind Bars
Kelsey O’Keefe for Chloe
Best Short-High School
WINNER The Journey
Friends Forever
Angela
Wanted
Alone at Last
After Dark
The Switch
Clown
Best Short Comedy-High School
The Studio
WINNER The Switch
Seeing Double
Clown
The Hunt
Jeff the Halls
Best Experimental Short-High School
Transcended
Contingency
My World
Phosphorescence
The Complex
WINNER Void
Feel Like
Pieces of Mosaic
Best Director-High School
Garret Ballinger, Megan Heminghaus, Brittany Hope for The Switch
Nidhi Patel, Maria Martinez for Void
Sandie Livolsi for The Journey
Alex Lehotsky for The Hunt
Morgan Barth for Transcended
Isaiah Gomez for Wanted
Kie Antone for Alone at Last
Jeff Alcade for Jeff the Halls
Best Actor-College
Billy Kontostergios for Alone Together
Noah Seltzer for Headlock
WINNER Greer Purnell for Burglar Night
Jason Antonio for A Tall Drink of Walter
Sean Dube for Meeting Brown
Jeff Pointer for Captain Spiff is Dead
Jack Sale for Little Moments
Best Actress-College
Bianca Waechter for On Acting
Erin Collen Gordon for Feet
Maggie Siciliano for Little Moments
Rhea Patil for My Dying Sister
Diana Gonzalez-Morett for Meeting Brown
WINNER Bettina Skye for A Tall Drink of Walter
Best Director-College
WINNER Kathrn Milewski for Subtext
Aaron Hobson for My Dying Sister
Lauren Loesberg for Feet
Jacob Sussman for Headlock
Grace Soriano for A Tall Drink of Walter
Anjali Alwis for Little Moments
Colin Stewart for Alone Together
Best Short-College
WINNER Feet
My Dying Sister
A Beautiful Day
Alone Together
Subtext
Captain Spiff Is Dead
On Acting
Meeting Brown
Best Comedy-College
Burglar Night
On Acting
WINNER A TALL DRINK OF WALTER
Best Cinematography
A Beautiful Day
Headlock
WINNER My Dying Sister
Alone Together
Feet
Meeting Brown
STUDENT FILM RISING STAR ALEX LEHOTSKY