WINNERS 2022
FEATURE FILMS
THE SEASONS, FOUR LOVE STORIES - Best Romance Feature, Paul Schwartz
AGATHA - Best Experimental Feature, Kelly Bigelow Becerra, Roland Becerra
RIGGED - Best Feature Documentary, Jim Wolfston
THE HONG KONGER: JIMMY LAI'S EXTRAORDINARY STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM - Best Feature Documentary: Social Rights Subject, Ron Holwerda
1991. WHO IS YOUR NEIGHBOR? - Best Foreign Documentary Feature, Goran Marsalek, Tomislav Sulj, Drazen Hrzenjak
MADLY - Best LGBT Feature Film, Allison Dayne
SHORT FILMS
HAMLEYED - Best Short Fiction, Pedro Blanco-Uribe
GINORMOUS - Best Short Comedy, Magnus Sundberg
THE PLAYBOY OF PARK SLOPE - Best Short Romance, Joe Acierno
THE ANIMAL - Best Short Animation, Dana Leigh Snyder
THE CLASS ANALYSIS - Best Short Sci-Fi, Jim Politano, Webb Pickersgill
PENNY - Best Short Thriller, Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
FOR I AM DEAD - Best Short Fantasy, Patricia Delso Lucas
A HAIRCUT FOR THE HINA DOLL - Best Foreign Short, Minoru Mizoguchi
BLUE DELUSION - Best Foreign Short Experimental, Fang Guan
FUNKBOY - Best First Short Film Award, Ian O'Boyle
FITTING IN - Best Student Short Film, Mark Leschinsky
PETER THE CATERPILLAR - Best Student Short Animation, Elizabeth Kirshtein
VAL (-E-REE) - Best LGBT Short, Samantha D Lavin
AVAILABLE POSITION - Best Short Story, Umut Ulas Er
AMADI COMES HOME - Best Women Empowerment Film, Julie Asriyan, Jessica Burgess
DOCUMENTARIES, EXPERIMENTALS, VIDEO ART
CINE HIDALGO - Best Short Documentary, Olivia Heffernan, Ian Volpi
YOUR LOVING SON, HENRY - Best Historical Short Documentary, Matthew McLaughlin
RUGBYTOWN - Best Inspirational Short Documentary, Patrick Guthrie
DISABLED ARTIST SHOWCASE: CREATING OUR SPACE - Best Short Documentary / Social Subject, Emmitt Thrower
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM - A MUSICABRE - Best Experimental Short, Danny Ashkenasi
SHOUTING AT THE WALLS - Best Student Short Documentary, Coleen Finn
WEBISODE / NEW MEDIA/ TV / MUSIC VIDEO
LIZZY'S PLAN: 3 PEAS IN A PODCAST - Best TV Short, Jeremy Mowery, Mia Rivera
ANIMALS TALK TOO (5 STORIES) - Best Web / New Media - Short, Samir Parag Kshirsagar
ONLY EDEN - Best Music Video, Andrea Jean Plamondon
A FEAST THAT NEVER COMES - Best Experimental Music Video, Maria Juranic
SCREENPLAYS
AMY AND ANGEL - Best Feature Screenplay, Julia Verdin, Deedee Benkovich
BAD LOVE TIGERS - Best Sci-Fiction Feature Screenplay, Kevin L. Schewe
COLOR CODED - Best Comedy Feature Screenplay, Damien Demetre Bell
KANDLESTICK MEN - Best Feature TV Screenplay, Frank Monteleone
A NEW BELIEVER - Best Inspirational Short Screenplay, Ellie Mae Louise Smith
CAST & ACTING
MOON STUDENTS - Best Ensemble Cast, Feature Film
FUNKBOY - Best Ensemble Cast in Short Film
VAL (-E-REE) - Best Actress in Short Film, Maryfrances Careccia
GINORMOUS - Best Actor in Short Film, Arjun Biju
TO FATHER - Best Actor in Foreign Short Film, Jae-Feel Hwnag
EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, SOUND
FUNKBOY - Best Editing, Connor Morgan, Rich Imburgio
HAMLEYED - Best Cinematography, Nevil Guerra
CINE HIDALGO - Best Sound Design, Rafael Ruiz
HAMLEYED - Best Production Design, Erasmo Colon
MUSART - Best Soundtrack, Kira Zeeman Rugen
FOR I AM DEAD - Best Costume Design, Miguel Penaranda Olmeda, Mary Wiklander Williams
A HAIRCUT FOR THE HINA DOLL - Best Make-up Design, Yanagi Nobuto, Minami, Harada Maho
DIRECTING & PRODUCING
MOON STUDENTS - Best Director in Feature Film, Daniel Patrick Holland
1991. WHO IS YOUR NEIGHBOR? - Best Producer in Feature Film, Drazen Hrzenjak
HAMLEYED- Best Director in Short Film, Pedro Blanco-Uribe
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE - Best Producer in Short Film, Mofieni Iniya
A HAIRCUT FOR THE HINA DOLL - Best Producer in Foreign Short, Tomoyuki Sagawa
TWO AMERICAS - Best Young Filmmakers, Asher Elias Anantham & Alana Anantham
GRAND JURY AWARDS
THE NEW GUARD - Grand Jury Award, Woman Screenwriter, Sophia Flot-Warner
LAJJAWATI: A LOVE STORY FROM INDIA - Grand Jury Award, Feature Screenplay, Sumathy Ram, Charles Leopardo
GRID DOWN, POWER UP - Grand Jury Award, Documentary Feature, David Tice
GPS - Grand Jury Award, Woman Director in Short Film, Nell Dashiell
MUSART - Grand Jury Award, Short Musical Documentary, Kevin Hanzlik, Randall Vemer
TO FATHER - Grand Jury Award, Foreign Short, Jae-Feel Hwang
AVAILABLE POSITION - Grand Jury Award, Best Actor, Umut Ulas Er
HONORABLE MENTIONS
THE CHIEF OF NASH VALLEY & THE SAGA CONTINUES - Honorable Mention, Feature Drama, Aundra' Michael Segrest
PANDEMONIUM - Honorable Mention, Feature Comedy, Taylor Page
THE PRIORY OF SION PUBLISHED BY EDITIONS EDILIVRE IN FRANCE - Honorable Mention, Feature Screenplay, Florence Cazebon-Taveau
A SCRAPBOOK OF WHAT'S YOURS - Honorable Mention, Feature Experimental, Darryl Ashton
THIS IS WHAT NEW YORKERS SAY - Honorable Mention, Feature Documentary, Sara Alessandrini
NESSELRODE - Honorable Mention, Comedy Feature Screenplay, Jim Norman
LUSEA - Honorable Mention, Short Animation, Carly Dessain, Ashley Rose Reiner
OUTPATIENT - Honorable Mention, Short Drama, Joseph Samuel Meyerson
AWKWARD SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS - Honorable Mention, Short Comedy, Brian Broeckelman
CHINESE LAUNDRY - Honorable Mention, Short Fiction, Giorgio Arcelli Fontana
A BROTHER'S HATE - Honorable Mention, Short Action, Jerry Sosa
EYES OF GOD - Honorable Mention, Short Thriller, Leah Lin
SALVATION - Honorable Mention, Short Story, Zane
FRAGMENTED - Honorable Mention, Short Experimental, Ioulia Lymperopoulou
DAD JOKES - Honorable Mention, Short Student, Robert Gordon
ASIAN AMERICAN VOICES - Honorable Mention, Short Student Documentary, Sharon Lo
EVERYONE'S A CRITIC - Honorable Mention, Short Story - Student, Amir Kadiev
TO BE LIKE YOU - Honorable Mention, Director, Meredith Esquivel
DRIVE - Honorable Mention, Producer, Robert Monegan
THE OFFER - Honorable Mention, First Time Filmmaker, Matthew McLaughlin
FOR I AM DEAD - Honorable Mention Actor, Al Nazemian
EMILY WHITE - EARLY MONDAY - Honorable Mention, Music Video, Hunter Heath
PERFECTLY NUMB - Honorable Mention, LGBT Short, Fraser John Richardson, David Lewis Richardson
LIKE A POWERPOINT - Honorable Mention, Short Romance, Pat Bradley, Melanie Gretchen