2022

BEST ACTRESS

Allison Tolman; Return to Sender

BEST ACTOR

Charlie Tacker; Stuffed

UP & COMING TALENT

Hunter Paul Nickless; Haunted for Life

BEST LOCAL

Chris Goodwin; Derrick & Boyed

BEST HORROR

John Gray; Household Demons

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Andrew Breyer; Calm Before.. The Rising Storm

BEST STUDENT FILM

Paul De Cinque; Bloom

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Claudio Melis, Karsten Zinser; Occhiali da Vista

BEST LGBT

Nayan Sarma; Dresses

BEST ART/ANIMATION, THE MICK CUSIMANO AWARD

Allison Power; Homeward Clown

BEST INTERNATIONAL

Daniel Moshel; MeTube: August Sings ‘Una furtiva lagrima’

OUT OF THE BOX

Justin Schwan; Boomslang 2: The Dinner

Antony Flackett; Twin Rock – Zero to 11

FEATURE LENGTH SCREENPLAYS

Robert D. Tolz; American Superstar

J. Christopher Haslip; Two Nights at the Pine Street Inn

Terry Luke Podner & Ed Charles Leaner; When Pigs Fly

SHORT SCREENPLAYS

Ruth Finnegan; A Moment. I Remember. (A Minute, A Life)

Diana Foronda; Candybyte

Mike Spence; We All Fall Down

2021

BEST PICTURE

Scifi: John Gray, “Welcome to Forever”

Horror: Gaelen Draper, “Streamer Stalker”

Film Narrative: Eric Carosella “A Tale of Redemption and Regret With Sunny the Heat.”

Covid19 (Quarantine Edition): Jennifer Msumba “The Fish Don’t Care When It Rains”

Student Film: Hayden Howe “Nesting Grounds”

Documentary: Dan Sadgrove “Garage Romantic”

Feature Film: Hisashi Kikuchi “Stand Strong”

The Mick Cusimano Award for Outstanding Animation/Art Film:

Pablo G Herrero “Encased”

Music Video

Byron Jacomo “It Takes a Little Time”

Trailer

Cody Chandler “Being Young Men”

Screenplays

Hal Lacroix, “Leaf Blower Armageddon”

Lawrence Whitener, “One Man Army”

Madhu R, “Death Offers Life – last moments of Vincent Van Gogh”

Honorable Mention

Ilena Finocchi, “Creatures in my House.” Edsta, “Take the Vax.” Nick Burns, “Last Time at Liam’s.” W. Trent Welstead “Lockdown Lust.” Brandon L. Wilson, “Gaydream.” Julie Destefano, “Mindful Dating.” Josh Funk, “The Fuzzies.” Deborah Slater, Mark Leialoha, “My Life Was the Size of My Life.” Jack Getschman, “A Journey to the Moon.” Jack Stockley, “Purgatory.” Susan Shulman, “Pulp Fishin’.” Sheila Ivy Traister, “When Life Resumes.” Julien Surdeau, “Alterify.” Ryan Orejarena, “Cutting Room Floor.” Richard Marx, “Absence.” Pedro de la Llave, “Behind the Glass.” Joe Lueben, “Another Father.” Nicolas P. Villarreal, “On/Off.” Giles Sander, “Soiled Shorts: The Series.” Edwin Caminho, “Did I have covid?” Alexandros Zarbis, “Happy Moments.” Helmut-Michael Kemmer, Andreas Ortner, “Change of Course.” Jim Allison, “Fools, Gold.” Janice Derosier, “The Next Stop.” Pat Battistini, Robert Francke, “Bandwidth.” Russell Brown, “The 44 Scarves of Liza Minnelli.” Michael Bihovsky, “Paperweight” (music video). Kyle Bahl, “I Think He Knew” (music video). Sierra Blanco, “Avalon Farms Academy” (screenplay).

2020

Best Documentary

Kristin Herby, “Stewy Baby a Dogumentary.”

Best Picture (Narrative)

Patrick T. Gahlen, “Requiem for a Crab.”

Best International Film

Dekel Berenson, “Anna”

Best Web Media

Josh Callahan, “Procedural Justice”

Best Performer

Caleb Harris, “Doors”

Best Music Video

Charlie Norton, “Lose You to Love Me”

Best Animation

Ho Kwon Kim, “Division Series”

Best Horror

Edward Hong, “Make a Wish”

Best Screenplay

Gabriel Jones, “Short Sighted”

Best Covid19 Quarantine Film

Neil Murphy, “The Killing of Time”