2015 AWARD WINNERS
NORTHEAST FILM FESTIVAL 2015 AWARD WINNERS BEST FEATURE 12 Angry Men and Women Around Every Corner RZ-9 Sunny in the Dark *Voiceless BEST DIRECTOR OF A FEATURE Joe Gawalis (Around Every Corner) D.J. Higgins (Meet Mario) Iain Carson (RZ-9) *Courtney Ware (Sunny in the Dark) Pat Necerato (Voiceless) BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE Allison Thomas Lee (12 Angry Men and Women) Meredith Antoian (Meet Mario) Morgan Obenreder (RZ-9) *Hannah Ward (Sunny in the Dark) BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE Joe Gawalis (Around Every Corner) Cairo Luther George (Meet Mario) *Jay Huguley (Sunny in the Dark) Rusty Joiner (Voiceless) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FEATURE Verity Branco (Sunny in the Dark) Vanessa Koppel (Around Every Corner) Lee Meriwether (Sunny in the Dark) *Victoria Gates (Voiceless) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FEATURE Robert Loggia (12 Angry Men and Women) Kane Hodder (Abandoned in the Dark) Yaron Urbas (Around Every Corner) *Joe Sernio (Meet Mario) BEST SCREENPLAY *Ken Del Vecchio and Francine Del Vecchio (12 Angry Men and Women) David Boyle and Mike Lordi (Abandoned in the Dark) Joe Gawalis (Around Every Corner) Mike Maden (Sunny in the Dark) Pat Necerato (Voiceless) BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY Kaitlin Puccio (Elle) *Vicki Vlasic (High Achievers) Tyrell Jason (Interchange 9) Marvin kaplan (Lookin' Up) Ken Ross (Making Choices) BEST UNPRODUCED SHORT SCREENPLAY Tristan McIntosh (A Slow Burn) *Seregon O'Dassey (Absynthia) Ira Rosenblum and Kevin Lennon (Classical Ideal) Daniel P. Douglas (Richter's War) Victor Dragomir (The City of Ghosts) BEST DOCUMENTARY *Bounce: How the Ball Taught the World to Play Imminent Threat The Sum Total of Our Memory: Facing Alzheimer's Together BEST SHORT Breathe Lapsus Leaving The Lord of Catan *Wasted Beauty BEST DIRECTOR OF A SHORT *Youssef Ouarrak (Breathe) Leo Kei Angelos and Kristen Brancaccio (Day One) Karim Ouaret (Lapsus) Debra Markowitz (Leaving) Stuart C. Paul (The Lord of Catan) Fabien Martorell (Unbelief) BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT *Douglas Smith (The Gift) H. Jon Benjamin (Limbo) Fran Kranz (The Lord of Catan) Julian Glover (Then & Now) Andrew Howard (Unbelief) BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT Elisabeth Jamison (Falling to Pieces) Sophie Meister (Lapsus) Molly Ryman (Leaving) *Amy Acker (The Lord of Catan) Jennifer Jiles (Mother of the Week) BEST STUDENT FILM Bella CineMattie Greenland Rowen *Separation BEST ENSEMBLE CAST 12 Angry Men and Women BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE Cairo Luther George (Meet Mario) BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE Yaron Urbas (Around Every Corner) BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE SHORT FILM Jennifer Jiles (Mother of the Week) DIRECTOR’S CHOICE Leaving AUDIENCE CHOICE Voiceless AUDIENCE CHOICE SHORT FILM Mother of the Week RISING STAR AWARD PRESENTED TO Fatima Ptacek AWARD OF DISTINGUISHMENT IN ACTING PRESENTED TO Robert Clohessy
