2017 Winners & Nominees
Best Actress in a Feature Film
Elena Beuca (D-Love)
Linda Burzynski (Fear, Love & Agoraphobia)
Julianna Robinson (Gas Light)
Michaela Spanle (Vive Le Morte)
Jenna Ushkowitz (Yellow Fever)
Best TV Pilot
Death Lives (Erick Hellwig)
Takers (Rachel Carey)
East (Dana Marisa Schoenfeld)
Gogol (Alexander Tsekalo)
Uncorked Potential (Jack Kauffman)
Best Short Short
Backstory (Joschka Laukeninks)
The Long Island Wolf (Julien Lasseur)
Revenge Is Best Served(Larry Rosen)
Momtress (Jeremiah Kipp)
Milennium: Eternal Sunrise (Vlad Aksenov & Elena Aksenova)
Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film
Daniel Baldwin (The Red Maple Leaf)
Nicoye Banks (The Dunning Man)
Matthew Lilliard (6 Love Stories)
James Caan (The Red Maple Leaf)
Jd Williams (Beyond The Silence)
Best Unproduced Screenplay
American Hero, written by Mikhael Bassilli
Blood Trigger, written by Ron Podell
Bronx Torpedo, written by Robert Young
The Sum Of Random Chance, written by Kris Ketonen & Lee Chambers
A Summer In Epirus, written by George Baltsas
Best Cinematography
Pablo Chasseraux (Another Forever)
Daniel Cayarga (Disposable)
Joe Dietsch (Happy Hunting)
Ludwig Dranz (Hear The Silence)
David Balding (I, Timon)
Best Editing
Ian Blume & Eugenio Richer (The Dunning Man)
Alex D’lerma (Fear, Love & Agoraphobia)
Joe Dietsch & Lucian Gibson (Happy Hunting)
Jan-Timo Sonnemann (Hear The Silence)
Chris Chan Lee (jasmine)
Best Short Film
Albedo Absolute (Vlad Marsavin & Elena Baranova)
The Cabinet In The Woods (Andrew Schwarz & Bob Klein)
Flower (Michael Gandolfini & Lenni Messi)
The Final Mission (Winston James)
Boat People (Paul Meschuh)
Best Documentary Film
Be Relentless (Jessie Marek & Brad Riley)
The Unstoppable Irving Fields (Martin Feinberg)
Plant Codes, Unleashing Nature’s Healing Power (Gary Null)
Nathan East: For The Record (Chris Gero & David Maxwell)
The Bullish Farmer (Ken Marsolais & Nancy Vick
Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film
Alicia Witt (6 Love Stories)
Clarissa Molocher (Hear The Silence)
Mira Sorvino (The Red Maple Leaf)
Nahanni Johnstone (Yellow Fever)
Terri Conn (North Of The City)
Best Actor in a Feature Film
Usman Sharif (Beyond The Silence)
Dustin Coffey (Fear, Love & Agoraphobia)
Martin Dingle Wall (Happy Hunting)
Frank D’Angelo (The Red Maple Leaf)
Jason Tobin (Jasmine)
Best Screenplay for a Feature Film
Beyond The Silence, written by Cathryna Stanley, Shawnee Gatlin & William Barbee
Hear The Silence, written by Alex Melzener
The Karma Club, written by Kevin Porter Young
Vive Le Morte, written by Thomas Welte
The Dunning Man, written by Michael Clayton & Kevin Fortuna
Best Director of a Feature Film
Alex D’Lerma (Fear, Love & Agoraphobia)
Bramwell Noah & Dan Noah (I, Timon)
Dax Phelan (Jasmine)
Joe Dietsch & Lucian Gibson (Happy Hunting)
Ed Ehrenberg (Hear The Silence)
Best Feature Film
The Dunning Man (Kevin Fortuna)
Happy Hunting (Jeff Kalligheri & Bryson Pintard)
Hear The Silence (Lou Binder)
Fear, Love & Agoraphobia (Alex D’Lerma, Dustin Coffey & Markus Linecker)
The Red Maple Leaf (Frank D’angelo, Mike Cecere & Gemma Runaghan)
Jasmine (Eric Klein & Dax Phelan)
Best of the Festival Jury Award
Hear The Silence (Lou Binder)
The Unstoppable Irving Fields (Martin Feinberg)
Happy Hunting (Jeff Kalligheri & Bryson Pintard)
The Dunning Man (Kevin Fortuna)
Fear, Love & Agoraphobia (Alex D’lerma, Dustin Coffey & Markus Linecker)
Best of the Festival Audience Award
The Breaking Point (Joe Gawalis)
D-love (Dave Rogers & Elena Bueca)
Bunnie (Tina Traster)
Undocumented (Patricia Shih)
Swiped Right (Dana Marisa Schoenfeld & Lydia Fiore)
Gas Light (Chuck Cuellar)
Hoboken International Film Fesival Award For Excellence In Acting
Joyce DeWitt
