Skip to main content

2025 Nominations

Thank you for your patience as we sorted through the submissions. Finally…These are the selections for 2025.

We look forward to seeing you in Red Bank on Friday, April 25th through Sunday April 27. Please check back as we will be posting the sets for this year’s event, as well as our details of our kickoff party on Saturday’ April 26th at Five Dimes Brewery.

Best Drama

  • Diamond in the Holler
  • A Shattering
  • CR7
  • Lox
  • My Rockstar
  • The Only Son
  • Baby Love
  • As We Fall Silent
  • Sanctuary
  • I Appreciate Your Concern

Best Comedy

  • Static Cling
  • Believe
  • The Blip
  • A Rough Start
  • Bird Poop
  • Hoodie
  • The Third
  • The Big Book
  • Missing The Trailers
  • The Overlook
  • Wabi Sabi

Best Horror/Thriller

  • Glass Eyes
  • Lizzie
  • Generation Hack
  • Ana0091
  • Verflechtung
  • Detoxification
  • The Patricia Party

Best New Jersey Shortfilm

  • Hoodie
  • Mud Hole
  • Irrational
  • Same Situation
  • Statistical Probabilities
  • You Don’t Even Look Italian
  • Believe – A Christmas Story
  • Glass Eyes

Best Music Video

  • Orange Blues 24
  • Milan Lazistan – Sleep Until Noon
  • Cali Tucker – Urban Cowboy
  • Sean O’Malley – Maybe We’ll be Alright
  • Camryn James – Where the Heart Goes

Best Animation

  • Pretty Kitty
  • Red Alert
  • Unstoppable Beat
  • Original Sin
  • Deer Season
  • I Remember
  • Memories of the Pond
  • Darwin the Dreamer

Best Documentary

  • Ripple
  • Guiding Light
  • Power Through
  • We Can, We Have!
  • Justin’s Addiction Story
  • Beyond the Herd
  • Humanity
  • The HoodTrophy Bino Story: Breaking the Generational Curse

Best International Short

  • While Some Must Sleep
  • The Image Sellers
  • The Calling
  • Imaginary Friend
  • The Girl
  • Melody
  • Morning Crossroads
  • As We Fall Silent
  • CR7

Best Ensemble

  • Statistical Probability
  • Overlook
  • Swimming Naked
  • The Big Book
  • Mud Hole
  • Hoodie
  • Career Day

Best Actress – Drama

  • Lauren Wagner (As We Fall Silent)
  • Mouzam Makkar (Overlook)
  • Kelly Wolf (A Shattering)
  • Veronica Papiani (Baby Love)
  • Amanda Lyberg (My Rockstar)

Best Actor – Drama

  • Mitchell Anthony (As We Fall Silent)
  • Eric Ladin (Overlook)
  • Scott Cohen (A Shattering)
  • Jared Savaille (CR7)
  • Wojciech Fry-Lewis (The Only Son)

Best Actor – Comedy

  • Chris Orangeo (Hoodie: A Revenge Story)
  • Chase Markoff (Bird Poop)
  • Bob Mann (The Third)
  • Brian Reilly (XMas Anonymous)
  • Jared Moore (The Big Book)

Best Actress – Comedy

  • Beth Amiro (The Third)
  • Katarina Gretsky (Believe)
  • Sammy Smedley (XMas Anonymous)
  • Angie Hansen (A Rough Start)

Best Actress – Horror/Thriller

  • Angel Pean (Generation Hack)
  • Sophia Luca Parola (Glass Eyes)
  • Adi Ben Ezra (ana 0091)
  • Jana Selina Cocivera (Verflectung)
  • Lexi Hannan (Lizzie)

Best Actor – Horror/Thriller

  • Jack Foley (Lizzie)
  • Brian May (Glass Eyes)
  • Gregory Reymont-Herrero (Verflechtung)
  • Brett Eidman (Detoxification)

Best Student Film (College)

  • Same Situation
  • Hands
  • Missing the Trailers
  • Kiss My Ash
  • Pretty Kitty

Best Student Film (High School)

  • Log#76
  • Melody
  • Guiding Light
  • Gone
  • To The Max

Best Supporting Actress – Comedy

  • Nicole Ciuppa (Career Day)
  • Rachel Wichiko Whitney (Wabi Sabi)
  • Jackie McCarthy (Static Cling)
  • Lucy Slavin (Undercover Wrestler)
  • Rebecca Todd (Simon)

Best Supporting Actor – Comedy

  • Peter Sarty (The Third)
  • James O’Connor (Believe: A Christmas Story)
  • Jake Graydon (A Rough Start)
  • Tony Tomas Correa (Believe: A Christmas Story)

Best Supporting Actress – Drama

  • Sophia Cofino (Shame)
  • Kassandra Perez (Baby Love)
  • Elena Campbell-Martinez (Lox)
  • Lily Connellan (I Appreciate Your Concern)

Best Supporting Actor – Drama

  • Steven Maurice (A Diamond in the Holler)
  • Memo (My Rockstar)
  • Pranav Garg (CR7)
  • Owen Morgan (The Only Son)

Best Director – Drama

  • Stephanie Williams (My Rockstar)
  • Azad Anesh (CR7)
  • Kate Kelsen (Baby Love)
  • Jordan Shea Calusdian (Swimming Naked)
  • Jan Jalenak (A Shattering)
  • Piotr MatyJa (The Only Son)

Best Director – Comedy

  • John Gray (Overlook)
  • James O’Connor (Believe)
  • John M. Kerner (Career Day)
  • Kurt Fleischer (Frank)
  • Ed Willey (Simon)

Best Director – Horror/Thriller

  • Cremer Brothers (Detoxification)
  • Daniel Meyers (Glass Eyes)
  • Matt L Hahn (Generation Hack)
  • Jonathan Frey (The Patricia Party)
  • Jillian Terwedo-Malsbury (The Gourd, The Brad, and The Ghostly)

Best Short Movie

  • Baby Love
  • Original Sin
  • A Rough Start
  • Morning Crossroads
  • Shame
  • The Trunk
  • Little Issues

Best Medium Short

  • CR7
  • The Image Seller
  • Save The Ship
  • 42 Seconds
  • Loverboy
  • Sanctuary
  • A Shattering
  • X-Mas Anonymous
  • The Rooftop

Best Long Short Film

  • Swimming Naked
  • Losing Lalo
  • The HoodTrophy Bino Story: Breaking the Generational Curse
  • Statistical Probabilities
  • A Diamond In The Holler

Best Cinematography

  • Fragil Express Prologue One
  • While Some Must Sleep
  • Loverboy
  • The Overlook
  • The Performance
  • Ivy’s Dream
  • The Image Seller
  • The Mud Hole

Submit your film today and join the fun on April 25-27, 2025!