2023 AWARD WINNERS

* denotes winner of the category

NORTHEAST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 AWARD WINNERS

 
BEST DOCUMENTARY
*Jerry's Last Mission
Paterson and Its People

BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT
Ela Acur (MindFull)
*Carmen Borla (La Bolita)
Clare Calbraith (Wake Up)
Laura Petersen (Pearly Gates)
Jenny Piersol (Dear Simone)

BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT
Mike Funk (The Pinch Hitter)
Lukas Hassel (The Prof)
Joseph Sernio (Loved)
Jayson Warner Smith (Chipper)
*Jefferson White (Misprint)

BEST DIRECTOR
Marnie Baxter (Hello, Muscles)
*Abigail Breslin (Hitbaby)
Michelle Elise Harding and Scott "Silent K" Knowlton (Pressed)
David Joseph Higgins (Loved)
Adam Volerich (Misprint)

BEST CONCEPT
*Bench Seat
Billy
The Naming of the Things
To Forgive
Wake Up

BEST HOME GROWN FILM
*Before You Go
No Witnesses
The Beginning
The Call
The Naming of the Things

BEST COMEDY SHORT
*Daddy Issues
No Witnesses
Pearly Gates
Solidarity
The Pinch Hitter

BEST DRAMATIC SHORT
Chipper
In Wonderland
MindFull
*Pressed
Thoughts

BEST SHORT FILM
Dear Simone
La Bolita
LifeQuest
*Loved
Misprint

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Ms. North (written by Drew Henriksen)
No Address (written by James J. Papa and Julia Verdin)
Race For Love (written by Heather McKinley)
*The Pickleball Killer (written by Jim Carroll)
The Trap (written by Nate Plotkin and Nick Ford)

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE
Rivers Duggan (Ember in the Woods)
Kate Ginna (Stargazer)
*Amanda Nicholas (Syzygy)

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE
Matt Bogart (Stargazer)
*Charles Marinaro (Oath to Injustice)
Bill Sorvino (Who's Jenna...?)

BEST SCREENPLAY
*Ryan Callaway (Ember in the Woods)
Charles Marinaro (Oath to Injustice)
Jim Mendrinos (Syzygy)

BEST FEATURE FILM
Ember in the Woods
*Stargazer
Who's Jenna...?

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE
*Dear Simone

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*La Bolita