Grand Jury Award: Best Picture
Last Shot
Dir: Andy Palmer
Grand Jury Award: Best International Picture
Eugene O’Neill’s The First Man
Dir: Hardeep Giani
Grand Jury Award: Best Documentary Feature
4000 Days
Dir: Daniel Catullo
Grand Jury Award: Best International Documentary Feature
Chasing the Gold
Dir: Wes Greene
Grand Jury Award: Best Director Feature Narrative
Scott Norton
HorrorCon
Grand Jury Award: Best Human Interest Documentary Feature
More Than Santa Baby (A Tribute to Phillips Springer)
Dir: Tamar Springer
Grand Jury Award: Best Human-Interest Documentary Short
Remember Me: A Rachel Rose Story
Dir: Julianna Wolliver, Drew Raskin
Grand Jury Award: Best Mocumentary Short
Magnet Brain
Dir: Kurt St. Thomas
Grand Jury Award: Best Environmentally Friendly Short Doc
Lost Snow of the Alps
Dir: Kevin McCarey
Grand Jury Award: Best Music Video
The River Song
Dir: Vincent Corona Evans
Grand Jury Award: Best Music Soundtrack
The Death of the Hired Man
Robbyn Tongue
Grand Jury Award: Best International Animated Short
Krampus
Dir: Etienne Dumas
Grand Jury Award: Best Short Adaptation
The Death of the Hired Man
Dir: Donald Tongue
Grand Jury Award: Best Short Screenplay
The Tooth Fairy
Writer: Hanna Gaffnehy
Grand Jury Award: Best Female Actor in a Short Film
Mara Kassin
Motherload
Best Male Actor in a Short Film
Lejon Woods
Pick Me Up
Best Female Actor in a Short Film
Kathleen Turner
Joan’s Teeth
Best Documentary Short
The Owls
Dir: Taylor McNulty
Best Ensemble in a Short Film
Joyride
Dir: Sabrina Iacobellis
Best Horror Feature
Horrorcon
Dir: Scott Norton
Best Horror Short Short
Whistle
Dir: Dakota Ford
Best Psychological Thriller Short
To Shine Again
Dir: Marcell Leon Viragh
Best Screenplay Thriller Short
To Shine Again
Writer: Marcell Leon Viragh
Best AI Sci-Fi Narrative Short
Set Apart
Dir: Tom Coraggio, Ryan Torrens
Best Human-Interest Documentary Short
Finding Focus
Dir: Bill Lynch
Best Jersey Documentary Short
Extra Innings: The Story of the Over the Hill Gang
Dir: Robert Mandelberg
Best Animation Short Short
King Karno
Dir: Richard Thompson
Best Jersey Animation Short
Not A Hero by Accident
Dir: Adam Ansorge
Best Jersey Animation Short Short
The Windowsill
Dir: Kerry Mosier
Best International Animation Short
There’s A Robbery in Progress
Dir: Morgan Miller
Best Short Short Animation
Colors of the Soul
Dir: Lauren Schwartzbard
Best Animation Adaptation
The Sun and the Wind
Dir: Soyeon Kim, Todd Hemker
Best Jersey Short Short
Housewife
Dir: Dalton Snider-Smith
Best Jersey Screenplay
LOUsely Based
Writer: Eric Eisenstein
Best Human Interest Short
America
Dir: Laura New
Best Music Video
Tie:
Celebrate the Night
Dir: Xiao Yu Yang
And:
“Paper Doll” by Maia Dobbs
Bill Klages, Benjamin Drumm
Most Inspirational Music Video
Home
Dir: P.J. Bracco
Best Screenplay Human-Interest Narrative Short
Teddy’s Dollhouse
Writer: Kathleen Kaan
Best Jersey Human-Interest Narrative Short
Crescent Strays
Dir: Selma Mehmedagic
Best Suspense Thriller Short
Evelyn
Dir: Fabian Farina, Mariano Mattei
Best International Suspense Thriller Short
My Hero
Dir: Jassica Magaye
Best Prime-Time Pilot
Friends Not Food
Dir: Peter Stray
Best Comedy Short-Short
A Fleeting Fugue
Dir: Devon Reed
Best Comedy Short
The Dumbletons
Dir: Wendell Laurent
Best Prime Time Pilot- Comedy
Salty
Dir: Josh Martin, Alex Raban
Best Comedy-Horror Short
This Sucks
Dir: Colin Christopher Hankenson
Best Short Melodrama
Drawn Into A Corner
Dir: Robert Kijowski
Best Jersey Short Melodrama
Slack Tide
Dir: Taylor Gregory
Best Short-Short Reality Spoof
Round the Corner
Dir: Russ Emanuel
Best Short Horror Spoof
Rental Return
Dir: Martin Slayne
Best Politically Correct/Incorrect Short
The Border Czar
Dir: Raymond T. Williams
Best Politically Correct/Incorrect Jersey Short
Disclosure
Dir: Alex Valderana
Best Politically Correct/Incorrect Documentary Short
Joy Ride
Dir: Eric Greenberg
Best Creative Work by a Filmmaker
Dreamzzz
Dir: Hedi Berto Asencio
THE Best Qreative Qwik Qlip
Solstice Equinox Color Visions
Dir: Caroling Geary
Best ‘Wise Guy’ Short Narrative
Broker
Dir: Alex Haney
Best Short Do Over
Extra Innings: The Story of the Over the Hill Gang
Dir: Robert Mandelberg
Best Feature Do Over
Eugene O’Neill’s First Man
Dir: Hardeep Giani
Best Rising Star Filmmaker
Dir: Justin Gazzillo
WILDCAT
Best Student Film
Camera Cola
Dir: Wesley Smith
Best Jersey Student Film
Anacortes, WA
Dir: Tyler Riscoe
Best Student Animation Short
Project Selkie
Dir: Ryleigh Moule
Best Student Romance Drama Short
And, Light
Dir: Sadie Ervine
Best Rising Star MVP
(Most Valuable Philmmaker)
Ella Lambiase
The Leo Award: Rookie of the Year
Producer: Lenny Mandel
The Bowl
The Hitchcock Award
Psycho Bot
Dir: Pete Jacelone
Lifetime Achievement Award
Kathleen Turner
Humanitarian Award
Bernadette Rogoff
Woman of the Year Award
Debbie Higgins