
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”
Honorable Mention
Tzvia Lorusso, “To Call Her or Not.” Alex Feldman, “The Selftape.” Romy Palan, “Head Space.”
Special Thanks
Chet Turner, “Paying Up” and “Amy.”