2022 Nominees!
Below are the nominees for
Web Series, Music Videos, Short Films, Pilots, Trailers, and Scripts.
For Fiction Podcast nominations, click here.
Winners will be announced at our world-famous Gala on September 25, 2022!
Best Actor in a Comedy
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Colin Mochrie (Sloppy Jones)
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Arnaud De Grandry (Tape)
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Ahsan Ali (Legit Married)
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Ken Lawson (Forgotten Masters)
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Austin Valli (Aghast!)
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Ryan Creamer (The Nathan)
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Robert Neumark Jones (Joe Schmo)
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David Lami Friebe (Run Away With Me)
Best Actress in a Comedy
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Tatyane Meyer (Brazzy Jazzy)
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Lauren LeBeouf (The Nathan)
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Harris King (Fornicakes)
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Emma Ramos (Dichos)
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Alessandra Rosenfeld (Silly Girl)
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Britney Lee Hamilton (#PrincessProblems)
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Anne-Sophie Soldaini (Tape)
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Cyrena Fiel (Topline)
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Ali Bill (The Drive-Thru Therapist)
Best Actor in a Drama or Thriller
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John Tague (Civil Disobedience)
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Drew Margolis (Insignificant)
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Tom Bentey (The American Benefactor)
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Shoqan Chupanbaev (Life [Omir])
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David Ogrodowski (Absolved)
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Ettore Ricoletti (Arthur)
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Dan Gregory (Air B&D)
Best Actress in a Drama or Thriller
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Mariana Lewis (Doctor Faustus)
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Maggie Cramer [(mis)placed]
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Juliana Sevilha (Diary of an Actress)
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Maddie Chyczij (Weirdos)
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Cat Ayyar (Sirens)
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Melissa Malone (Kith & Kin)
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Vanessa Compagnucci (Arthur)
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Molly Esther Wilson (Air B&D)
Best Actress in a Sci-Fi or Fantasy
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Anna Lucie Schollerova (Clearly Human)
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Emma Houghton (Abracadavers)
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Yuleum Lee ('Shinjikki' The Mermaid Who Predict The Future)
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Serena De Sario (In Vino Veritas)
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Anna Parsons (Retrograde)
Best Actor in a Sci-Fi or Fantasy
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Ben Myers (Zero Method)
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Stephen Bradbury (Cosmic Playtester)
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Eb Mensah (Miles Behind: A Spider-Man Fan Film)
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Fabrizio Fallacara (In Vino Veritas)
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Adler Lafleur (Battle for the Box: Part IV)
Best Supporting Actor
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Freddy Giorlando (Above the Horizon)
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Dan Gregory (Air B&D)
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Corey DiNardo [(mis)placed]
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Harry Tseng (Discontent)
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James Ciccone (The American Benefactor)
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Joe Lenihan (Kith & Kin)
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Sunny Munn (Guinea Pigs)
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Jeremy Neumark Jones (Joe Schmo)
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Jeff Naviello (Scarlet Circle)
Best Supporting Actress
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Ashley Monique Menard (Wasted on the Young)
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Nikki Coble (Above the Horizon)
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Megan Soo (Weirdos)
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Bela Larby (Weirdos)
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Elle Garcia (Critically Ashamed)
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Alise Morales (The Nathan)
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Alana Johnson (Brazzy Jazzy)
Best Host
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Augusto Bitter (True Dating Stories)
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Candice Palladino (It's Daisy May)
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Evan O'Hare (Haunted Objects)
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Julian O’Shea (Unknown Melbourne)
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Jennifer M. Kay and Aimee Theresa (This IS Showbiz)
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Mike Cunliffe & Arik Sokol (The Tall Bike Joust)
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Gary Jones (Forgotten Masters)
Best Director in a Comedy
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Jessica McGaugh (Womanhood)
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Kayla Conroy (Human Telegraphs)
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Paradox Delilah (Dentists)
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Franca Paschen (Critically Ashamed)
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John J. Fahey (Run Away With Me)
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Josh Sullivan (Silly Girl)
Best Director in a Drama
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Mariana Lewis (Doctor Faustus)
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Deon van Rooyen, Linda Palmer, Michael Adrian Lockett (Civil Disobedience)
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Wayne Cella (Insignificant)
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Russell Conley (Above the Horizon)
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Dimitriy Kyrykbaev (Life [Omir])
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Ingrid Franchi (Prisoner)
Best Director in a Thriller
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Jayleen S. Perez (Air B&D)
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Young Man Kang (Secretly Sweetly)
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Jamaal R. Green (Chronicles of Shelton)
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John P. Dowgin (Prey)
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Kevin Hejna, Jesse Hutchins (Absolved)
Best Director in a Sci-Fi or Fantasy
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Ben Myers (Zero Method)
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Oliver Mend, Rose of Dolls (Complete Time Travel Guide)
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Rob Alicea (King's Blade)
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Tito Guillen (Miles Behind: A Spider-Man Fan Film)
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Chaewoon Park ('Shinjikki' The Mermaid Who Predict The Future)
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Sylvia Ray (My Human Experience)
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Millie Rose Heywood (Retrograde)
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Adler Lafleur (Battle for the Box: Part IV)
Best Writing (Comedic)
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Jennifer M. Kay (This IS Showbiz)
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Maxime Chefdeville (Resistance)
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Franca Paschen, Giuditta Lattanzi, Elle Garcia, Chike Robinson (Critically Ashamed)
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Jamie Hart, Sophie Nation, Jonathan Neil Alexander (Sloppy Jones)
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Ed Toolis (There's an App For That)
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Saraphina Mattis (Talia Versus)
Best Writing (Dramatic)
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Melissa Malone & Theresa Labreglio (Kith & Kin)
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Ben Myers (Zero Method)
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Deon van Rooyen (Civil Disobedience)
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Eric Piccoli (Wipe Me Away)
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Kristi J. Woodard, AJ Hall (#Situationships)
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Tom Cavanaugh (Now, Now, Now)
Best Cinematography (Comedic)
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Nick Snow (Critically Ashamed)
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Bobby Sansivero (Brazzy Jazzy)
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Jr Guajiro (Recife is an Egg)
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Andrew Morgan (Stakeout)
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Cameron Roden (Avocado Toast)
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Sam Schmitz (Lower East Asides)
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Jeremy J. Nelson (Silly Girl)
Best Cinematography (Dramatic)
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Daniel Cahill, Jonathan Haynes (Discontent)
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Rachel Gammel (Sirens)
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Nicholas Richter (Zero Method)
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Malachi Matcho (Chronicles of Shelton)
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Christopher Ramsey (Minimally Invasive Procedure)
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Mihail Syryanov (Life [Omir])
Best Ensemble Cast (Comedic)
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This is B.S.
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Detention Adventure
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23 and Mob
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Dichos
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Strings Attached
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Thirty
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Critically Ashamed
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Riding the Currency
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Block Watch
Best Ensemble Cast (Dramatic)
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Retrograde
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Above the Horizon
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Secretly Sweetly
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Chronicles of Shelton
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Indelible
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Kith & Kin
Best On-Screen Chemistry
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Junior Orellana & Ralizabeth Orellana (The Couples Struggle: Carcast)
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Alessandra Noelle Rosenfeld & Josh Sullivan (Silly Girl)
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Des Morgan & Andrew Morgan (Stakeout)
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Nathaniel Jameson & Alex Saltiel (& The Bathroom)
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AJ Hall & Monica Gallman (#Situationships)
Best Editing (Comedic)
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Atsushi Ogata (Lost & Found Cowboy)
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Zhenya Borisova (DestructoZhanna)
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Jennifer M. Kay (This IS Showbiz)
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Liam Hart (Sloppy Jones)
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Matt Laud (The Nathan)
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Liv Parriott (Steep Town)
Best Editing (Dramatic)
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Jamie Lockhart (Absolved)
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Scott Simerly Jr. (Civil Disobedience)
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Mariana Lewis (Doctor Faustus)
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Marc Fourreau (Hogtown/Ainsi va Manu)
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Nikolai Metin (The King's Blade)
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Shane Rock Nelson (Indelible)
Best Premise
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Lola Does Manhattan
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Like in Movies
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Miles Behind: A Spider-Man Fan Film
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Weirdos
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Welcome to Soulshine
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Prime Cuts
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Roommate
Outstanding Music Video
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Puzzle
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Money (What's It Gonna Do For Me)
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It's Never Too Late
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Dream Big
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Copper Lines
Outstanding Trailer
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The Transformers: Regeneration
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The Usual
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Women Empowerment Event Documentary
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The Gliwensbourg Chronicles
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Now, Now, Now…
Outstanding Script
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The Stumptown Buzzsaws
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The Librarians of the Jules Verne
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Rio Realities
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Refocused
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Gold Cup City
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Birthday Boy
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Persephone
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The Association
Outstanding Short Film (All Genres)
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Air B&D
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#PrincessProblems
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Scarlet Circle
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Silly Girl
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Aghast!
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Above the Horizon
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Indelible
Outstanding Mockumentary
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Talia Versus
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Forgotten Masters
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Block Watch
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This IS Showbiz
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The Nathan
Outstanding Comedy
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There's An App For That
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Recife is an Egg
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Run Away With Me
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Fornicakes
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Joe Schmo
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Legit Married
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Dichos
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Guineau Pigs
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Steep Town
Outstanding Drama
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Life [Omir]
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Doctor Faustus
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Civil Disobedience
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Prisoner
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The Photographer
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Hogtown/Ainsi va Manu
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Wipe Me Away
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Minimally Invasive Procedure
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Weirdos
Outstanding Thriller
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Secretly Sweetly
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Absolved
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Prey
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Kith & Kin
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Arthur
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Chronicles of Shelton
Outstanding Unscripted/Reality
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The Couples Struggle: Carcast
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Unknown Melbourne
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Ordinary Life Chronicles
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Prometheus: Season of the Elders
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The Tall Bike Joust
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Haunted Objects
Outstanding Dramedy
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Avocado Toast
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Critically Ashamed
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Dentists
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Lower East Asides
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Skeleton Crew
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Thirty
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Topline
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The Drive-Thru Therapist
Outstanding Sci-Fi
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Zero Method
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Cosmic Playtester
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Complete Time Travel Guide
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In Vino Veritas
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Abracadavers
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My Human Experience
Outstanding Sketch Comedy
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Womanhood
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Lost & Found Cowboy
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& The Bathroom
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True Dating Stories
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23 and Mob
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The Subaru Sagas
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Wherever You Go
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Human Telegraphs
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This is B.S.
Outstanding Fantasy
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Retrograde
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Battle for the Box: Part IV
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Clearly Human
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King's Blade
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Shinjikki' The Mermaid Who Predict The Future
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Miles Behind: A Spider-Man Fan Film
NJ WebFest Best of the Best
Winners in their respective Genre Awards advance as nominees for the Best of the Best!
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Best Comedy Winner
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Best Drama Winner
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Best Thriller Winner
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Best Mockumentary Winner
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Best Unscripted/Reality Winner
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Best Sci-Fi Winner
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Best Sketch Comedy Winner
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Best Dramedy Winner
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Best Fantasy Winner
Michael Ajakwe Jr. "Don't Wait, Create" Award
One creator will receive this special Achievement Award in honor of our friend, the father of all webfests and Emmy-Award winner, Michael Ajakwe, Jr.
Theresa Labreglio “Jersey Strong” Award
Awarded to one New Jersey-based talent who makes our state proud!
Direct Selections
Select shows will be awarded with automatic entry into our partner festivals all over the world!