2018 Awards
BEST FEATURE
Rockaway
Director: John J. Budion
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
The Sleeper by the River
Director: Manuel Sanchez
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Reinventing Rosalee
Director: Dr Lillian Glass
BEST SHORT
Someone You Know
Director: Bryan Erwin
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
The Little Dictator
Director: Nurith Cohn
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Hula Girl
Director: Riess Hill
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Outnumbered in Africa
Director: Clare Fieseler
BEST SHORT SHORT
Stowaway
Director: Kenneth Anderson
BEST QWIK QLIP
Epic Jump
Director: Joy Levy
BEST T.V. PILOT
Tenure
Director: Timothy Busfield
BEST ANIMATION
The Warsaw Robin
Director: Mackenzie Bates
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Mission to Mars
Director: George Andrew Pasles
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Perrone
Film: Evol
BEST ACTOR - MALE
Keidrich Sellati
Film: Rockaway
BEST ACTOR - FEMALE
Timothy Laurel Harrison
Film: The Samaritans
BEST JERSEY FEATURE
The Samaritans
Director: Doug Bollinger
BEST JERSEY FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Made a Movie, Lived to Tell
Directors: Keith Reamer, William Murray
BEST JERSEY SHORT
Ruby & Her Uncle
Director: Erica Ripperger
BEST JERSEY SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Dovere for Camden
Director: Douglas Clayton
BEST HUMAN INTEREST DOCUMENTARY
Up To Snuff
Director: Mark Maxey
BEST MUSIC MAKES THE MOVIE DOCUMENTARY
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Director: Chris McDaniel
BEST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Poisoning Paradise
Director: Keely Shaye Brosnan
BEST INNER CITY DOCUMENTARY
Blacked Out
Director: Highland Park African-American History Project
BEST DOMESTIC SHORT ANIMATION
The Middle of Nowhere
Director: Henry Ronan-Daniells
FOREIGN ANIMATION - SPECIAL MENTION
The Old Woman and the Sea
Director: Wolfgang Parkhauser
DOMESTIC ANIMATION - SPECIAL MENTION
Martini Bombini O’Feeney Moonay
Director: Gerry Mooney
BEST CREATIVE CONCEPT SHORT
Chip McDougal: Neighborhood Watch
Director: Vince Arrigo
BEST CREATIVE CONCEPT SHORT SHORT
Bae
Director: Ryan Cervasio
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT - DRAMA
Sweetheart
Director: Jeremie Seguin
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT - COMEDY
Tom & Grant
Director: Tom Cavanagh
BEST T.V. PILOT FOR FIRST TIME FILMMAKERS
Vials
Directors: Alex Ayala & Chris Karr
RISING TALENT AWARD
Alexander Fezza
Film: The Crown Heights Riots: From Rage to Reconciliation
BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM AWARD
Secrets, A Coming of Age, Selfie Film
Director: Barbara Holstein
GUNS OR ROSES FILM AWARD
Gun
Director: Ed Wasser