IN THE TUNDRA by Naomi Ding (1st Place) TIME TO GO by Chuck McClelland (2nd Place) DOPPELGÄNGER by Shannen Leafs (3rd Place)
Best of Fest 2024
The Fuse by Kevin Haefelin
Fan Favorite Winner 2024
A Western Tragedy by Blake Trumbower
High School
Sent by Simon Ostrower (WINNER) Remember me by Lauren Tyree (Honorable Mention) The Pointe of Expression by Kaiya Crowley (Honorable Mention) Mime and Mime Again by Blake Trumbower (Finalist) The Evil Penny and the Chasm of Doom by Brian Daly (Finalist) What About The Lasers? by Brian Daly (Finalist) Witch, Please! by Emma Hancock (Finalist) A Western Tragedy by Blake Trumbower (Finalist)
College
Midnight Flowers by Noah Cohen (WINNER) Come Back Home by Sara Elizabeth McNeal (Honorable Mention) Campsite by Alexander Fezza (Finalist) Closing Shift by Chris Mazza (Finalist) Last Days of Derby by Maya Rosenthal (Finalist) Vincent by Ryan Novak (Finalist)
Emerging
Canvas by Logan McCurry (WINNER) Eva and Fern by Daniel Paashaus (Honorable Mention) Some Sunny Day by Chris Cole (Honorable Mention) Work “Buddies” by Josué Agustin Advincola (Finalist) Period by Steve Levandoski (Finalist) Waltz for Sweatpants by Christopher Beyrooty (Finalist) MACONI by Obed Arango (Finalist)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Some Sunny Day(Outstanding Cinematography) Period(Outstanding Art Direction) Palmer Ashe III in “Canvas”(Outstanding Actor)
Jamie’s Mirror by Savannah Cook (1st Place) The Collectors by Brian Pollock (2nd Place) Lure by Chuck McClelland (3rd Place)
Best of Fest 2023
Mountains We Climb by Ryan Canney
High School Narrative
Working Title by Victoria Capitano & Emily Rae Kaucher (WINNER) Concur by Christian Pearson & Samantha Rosinski (Honorable Mention) Scrams by Will Louis Tantum & Brian Daly (Honorable Mention)
High School Music Video
Bothering You by Ava Lily Fong (WINNER)
High School Documentary
Drawings From Life: A Conversation With My Mom by Ava Lily Fong (Honorable Mention) (No sé) The Seed of Love is Peace by Collective of CCATE (Finalist)
College Narrative
It Isn’t Easy by Daisy Friedman & Isaak Popkin (WINNER) The Seeker by Robert Albor (Honorable Mention) These Aren’t The Rules by Owen Quimby (Finalist)
College Animation
We All Fall by Robert Walls IV (WINNER) Kill Her by Kohaku Shiota (Honorable Mention) Ruby Keeps Her Head by Frankie J. Charap (Honorable Mention) A Trip to Japan by Paloma McMurtry (Finalist) Eat Your Greens by Evan Libby (Finalist) Pallas by Stefan Refolo (Finalist) Shine by Hayden Caico (Finalist)
College Documentary
Autograph by Zachary Gutherman (WINNER)
Emerging Narrative
Brute Force by Tyler A. Wallach (WINNER) The Door by Andrew Froening & Brian Pollock (Honorable Mention) The Toms by Tom Verdi (Honorable Mention) Other Side by Yale Fried (Finalist)
Emerging Animation
Flesheater by Sean Bayles and Pat Durkin (WINNER)
Emerging Music Video
Aloha by Eli Copperman (Honorable Mention)
Emerging Documentary
The Making of Hayride to Hell by Alex Djordjevic (Finalist)
Emerging Experimental
Checked Bags by Mark Cline (Honorable Mention)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Julia Ty Goldberg as Talia “It Isn’t Easy”(Excellence in Acting) Sylvie Tamar as Ella “It Isn’t Easy”(Excellence in Acting) Mountains We Climb(Excellence in Editing) SCRAMS(Excellence in Editing) We All Fall(Excellence in Art Direction)
Blood Knot by Michael Greene (1st Place) Stand Tall, the Night by Michael Bliss (2nd Place) Mallory by Liz Chiodo (3rd Place)
Best of Fest 2022
Stalked by Wesley Mellott, Brittany Snyman
High School Narrative
0 in the Oculus by Devan Sakaria (Finalist) Oswald by Julian Perello (Finalist) Marshal and the Moor by Devan Sakaria (Honorable Mention) Reverie by Katie Youn (WINNER)
High School Animation
Eye by Ava Lily Fong (WINNER)
High School Music Video
SICKO by Devan Sakaria, Gavin Yang (Finalist)
College Narrative
Haven’t a Clue by Billy Kubacki (Finalist) How to Lose Me by Aya Bogod (Finalist) Life & Death of Charles Pence by E.R. Kranz (Finalist) Sunrise. Love by Victoria Waring (Finalist) Outgrowing My Shoes by Grace Conley, Kaya Trefz (Honorable Mention) Run by Billy Kubacki (Honorable Mention) BabyBox by Gabriella Diem Miko (WINNER)
College Animation
Journey Across the Bridge by Stefie Gan (Honorable Mention) Trail Beyond Highland Road by Eli Copperman (WINNER)
College Music Video
Hey Woman by Megan Gale (WINNER)
College Documentary
Downforce by Chris Alderfer (Finalist)
Emerging Narrative
Prohibition Fellas by Tom McFarland & Chuck Gloman (Finalist) Nobody Left Behind by Zach Rineer (Finalist) PeaPod Man by John Wrigley (Honorable Mention) Black Bourbon by Dave Patten (WINNER)
Emerging Music Video
On Borrowed Time by Dan Whitzer, Alec Pezzano (WINNER)
Emerging Documentary
Watching the Wilds by Nick Natalicchio, Alex Djordjevic (WINNER)
Emerging Experimental
Five Sketches Made With the Help of the Machine by Dennis Miller (Finalist)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Black Bourbon(Outstanding Editing) PeaPod Man(Outstanding Opening Sequence) Reverie(Outstanding Performance as a Duo) Stalked(Outstanding Cinematography) Stalked(Outstanding Sound Design)
Every Other Night by Mark Cline (1st Place) New Endings by Skylar Pinto (2nd Place) Five Points Flowers by Chuck McClelland (3rd Place)
High School Narrative
2024 by Billy Kubacki & Luke Whitney (Finalist) Uncomfortable Silence by Billy Kubacki and Luke Whitney (WINNER)
High School Experimental
The Scuba Divers Go Down Deep to Explore by CCATE (Finalist)
College Narrative
The Butcher’s Son by Megan Markotan (Finalist) Everything You Owe Me by Tommy Butler (Finalist) Breakdown by Chris Alderfer (Finalist) Trumpet by Kevin Haefelin (WINNER)
College Documentary
Reflections by Jim Hill (Finalist) Newman: From Cancer to a New Man by Anthony Cantu (Finalist) Meet the Makers by Connor Redcay (Honorable Mention)
College Animation
Neo New Jersey by J. Cella (Finalist) Shards by Geselle Vasconez (Finalist) The Bear by YongTao Hu (Honorable Mention) The Bearer of Bad News by Sabrina Krispel (Honorable Mention) Fernando Fox by Eli Copperman (Honorable Mention) Zel Leaves Hell by Sabree Ianniti (Honorable Mention) Tacet by Zachary Simon (WINNER)
College Experimental
Press Pound to Connect by Alexander Fingrutd (WINNER)
College Music Video
Last Night in Vegas by J. Nicholas Meese and Priya Ghosh (WINNER)
Emerging Narrative
Le Spectre de la Rose by Daniel Karasik (Finalist) Something Borrowed by Aimee Theresa & Danny Donnelly (Finalist) Do Over by Joseph Dombrowski (Finalist) How Long Until by John Rehr (WINNER)
Emerging Music Video
Knocking on Your Door by Michael Vincent Finazzo (Finalist) The Contract Musical by Chris Cole (WINNER)
Best of Fest 2021
The Contract Musical by Chris Cole
Chamber Choice Selections
Le Spectre de la Rose by Daniel Karasik The Scuba Divers Go Down Deep to Explore by CCATE
Producer’s Choice Award presented by Doug Torres
Last Night in Vegas by J. Nicholas Meese and Priya Ghosh
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Brittney Lee Hamilton in Do Over(Outstanding Achievement in Acting) Kamalini Ghosh in Last Night in Vegas(Outstanding Achievement in Acting) Cullen Hussey in Uncomfortable Silence(Outstanding Achievement in Acting) Mao Sone in Trumpet(Outstanding Achievement in Acting) The Contract Musical(Outstanding Ensemble) How Long Until(Outstanding Duo) 2024(Outstanding Achievement in Lighting) Last Night in Vegas(Outstanding Achievement in Editing) Trumpet(Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography) Shards(Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction)
Memorial by Chuck McClelland (1st Place) The Lunchroom by Grace Wang (2nd Place) Indelible by Lex Hurson (3rd Place)
High School Narrative
Quaran-Time’s Up by George Ayvazyan (Finalist) Static by William Kubacki and Luke Whitney (Finalist) Signal by Ian Kozlik, Shamus Duffy (Finalist) The Good, the Bad, and the Quarantined by George Ayvazyan (Honorable Mention) Slip Up by Tom Hetrick Jr., Shamus Duffy (WINNER)
High School Experimental
Steel Roots by Talon Falcone (WINNER)
High School Music Video
Upside Down by William (Billy) Kubacki, Luke Whitney, David Ward, Edward Kenna (WINNER)
College Narrative
No One Left by Morgan Hamilton-Lee (Finalist) One Two Three by Skyler Sulby (Finalist) Last Ride Out by Connor Gatesman (Finalist) Cardboard Castle by Wendy Wang, Dave Baer (Finalist) Impressions by Alexander Yarber (WINNER)
College Documentary
Creativity Stays Home by Cameron Rogers, Kenny Wooten (Finalist) Ethel Lawrence: The Rosa Parks of Affordable Housing by Katia Kalei Barricklow (Finalist) Longing for Hawai’i by Katia Kalei Barricklow (WINNER)
College Animation
Superstitions by Tonya Amyrin Rice (Honorable Mention) Star by Amy Sun (WINNER)
Emerging Narrative
Feeding the Fire by Thomas Proffitt (Finalist) Kill or Be Killed by Wesley Mellott (Finalist) Elysia by Wesley Mellott (Finalist) Ryde – Share by Tyler Jones & Saleem Irvin (Honorable Mention) Will Be Boys by Brit Bucklee (Honorable Mention) Fantasy Pony by Caitlin Carleton (WINNER)
Emerging Documentary
Best Friends by Meredith Veit (Finalist)
Best of Fest 2020
Flunkyball by Tess Forestieri
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Slip Up(Outstanding Screenplay) Shamus Duffy(Rising Star) C.J. Gelfand as Beatrice in Impressions(Outstanding Achievement in Acting) Ian Elmaleh as Billy Wilder in Last Ride Out(Outstanding Achievement in Acting) Star(Outstanding Art Direction) Fantasy Pony(Outstanding Ensemble) Flunkyball(Outstanding Editing)
High School Narrative Winner: The Term Paper by Joseph Scelza Winner: We Can Fix This by Maya Long / Dario Adame / Emma Kujath / Matt Musick
College Music Video HM: STARR by SevYnAce Records
Narrative Winner: High Tide by Lindsay Vitale HM: Georgie by Lars Keer HM: Canis Lupis by Ryan Haagen
Animation Winner: Winter Vampire/Summer Humans by Nick Fulfaro HM: Dive by Tenzin Yougyal HM: Shoot for the Stars by Atesh Sakarya HM: Bug Off by Austin Pettit HM: Limbo PD by Bethie Kazanjian
Emerging Best of Fest: Tight Spot by Kevin Haefelin Winner: PeaPod Man by John Wrigley HM: Waiting For Hope by Frank Battaglia
FILM CRAWL SELECTIONS
Film Crawl Fan Favorite The Death of Ink by Lanny Morgnanesi
Emerging The Tides that Bind by Nick Natalicchio Odyssey of Darkness by Pete Gonzalez The Death of Ink by Lanny Morgnanesi
College 6PM by Jake Beyer Die Groteske by Gemma Gallucci The Night Sky Patrol of Tomorrow by Gia Pedicone Badland by Drew Phillips – director / Eve Siconolfi – producer Red by Saba Ahmed Hyper-V by Conner White Exit by Maya Pirulli
High School BARC Development by Maya Long & Emma Kujath Pine 2 Pink by Maya Long, Skylar Pinto, Dario Adame, Emma Kujath, Colby Bilotta, Cole Stanley
FILM AWARDS
Excellence in Acting High Tide by Lindsay Vitale
Outstanding Art Direction Dive by Tenzin Yougyal
Excellence in Writing PeaPod Man by John Wrigley Limbo PD by Bethie Kazanjian
