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