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                    Nominees & Winners

                    2020




                      * Winners


                      Nominees


                      Variety Jury Award, Best Feature Film
                      Party With Me
                      *Our Lady of the Nile
                      Being Dead
                      Once Upon A River
                      Stitches
                      1986


                      Defiance Fuel Geraldine Page Award for Best Actress, Feature Film
                      *Patrycja Planik, Lillian
                      Amanda Mugabezakig, Our Lady of the Nile
                      Allison Flanigan, Party Like Me
                      Erin Daniels, Beautiful Dreamer
                      Vicky Knight, Dirty God
                      Snezana Bogdanovic, Stitches
                      Elizabeth Marvel, Being Dead


                      John Garfield Award for Best Actor, Feature Film
                      Marc Mechaca, #Like,
                      Buddy Duress, Beware of Dog,
                      Tatiana Means, Once Upon A River
                      Linus Roache, Being Dead
                      Enno Hesse, Trish For Hostage
                      *Jackson Rathbone, The Wall of Mexico


                      Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Best Director Award
                      Atiq Rahimi, Our Lady of the Nile
                      Robyn August, Beautiful Dreamer
                      John Meyers, Being Dead
                      *Amy Glazer, Beautiful Dreamer
                      Sarah Rich, #Like
                      Lothar Herzog, 1986


                      Daily News Best Screenplay

                      Lillian

                      H0US3

                      1986

                      Party With Me

                      Scent of My Daughter

                      *Being Dead


                      Rise Brewing Co. Best Supporting Actor, Feature Film
                      Florian Hacke, Fish for The Hostage
                      Kevin Iso, Beware of Dog
                      *John Ashton, Once Upon A River
                      James Russo, Woe
                      Jorge Sesan, High Tide
                      *Louie Ozawa, Beautiful Dreamer
                      Esai Morales, The Wall of Mexico
                      Michael J. Henderson, Party With Me


                      Best Supporting Actress, Feature Film
                      Paula Knupling, Beware of Dog
                      Pauline Bression, Vagabonds
                      Kathryn Erbe, Being Dead
                      *Wendie Malick, Beautiful Dreamer


                      Breakout Acting Award
                      *Sarah Rich, #Like
                      Marysol Fertard, Vagabonds
                      Marina Vasilyeva, Beware of Dog
                      Marisol Sacramento, The Wall of Mexico
                      Kenaldi DelaCerna, Once Upon a River
                      Dakota Lustick, #Like


                      Variety Best Ensemble Cast
                      Our Lady of the Nile
                      Vagabonds, Party with Me
                      H0US3, The Wall of Mexico
                      The Outside Story
                      Beautiful Dreamer

                      *Party With Me


                      Stella Artois Maverick Award for Quality in a Low-Budget Feature Film
                      Party With Me
                      *Breaking Them Up
                      Seven Short Short Stories About Our Marriage
                      The Outside Story
                      Woe
                      Disrupted
                      Relentless


                      Best Foreign Language Film
                      Our Lady of the Nile
                      1986
                      *Scent of My Daughter
                      Beware of Dog
                      *Stitches
                      High Tide


                      Festival Director Award for Outstanding Performance
                      Brain Tyree Henry, The Outside Story
                      *Marina Vasileva, Beware of Dog
                      Gloria Carra, High Tide
                      Geoffrey Lower, Disrupted


                      Variety Audience Award,  Feature Film

                      *Breaking Them Up


                      Daily News Audience Award, Short Film

                      *A Perfect Circle


                      Rising Star, Filmmaker Award
                      *Ben Senior, The Fall
                      Stephen Murphy, Relentless
                      Matthew Goodhue, Woe
                      Scott Dow, Breaking Them Up
                      Matthew Welsh, Disrupted


                      Jury Award, Best Short Film
                      Oleander
                      Koko Kids of Paris
                      *I’ll End Up in Jail
                      A Perfect Circle
                      Valerio’s Day Out
                      Paola Makes A Wish
                      Train Stop
                      Waiting For a Ride


                      Best Actress, Short Film
                      *Lou-Ann Zozime and Chaya Kama, KokoKids of Paris
                      Heather Allin, Chubby
                      *Beth Triffon and
                      Sarah Noble Peck, Patricia
                      Ashley Williams, Meats
                      Hannah Gross, Moving
                      Rakefet Abergel, Boo


                      Best Actor, Short Film
                      Boon Pin Koh, Hello Alma
                      Martine Francke, I’ll End Up in Jail

                      Aus Greidanus, Sr.,  New Dutch Herring

                      Rico Graziano, Waiting for a Ride
                      *Joshua Nazaroff,  Waiting for A Ride
                      BJ Averell, Patricia


                      Best Director, Short Film 
                      *Kate Hackett, Oleander
                      Alexia Collette, KokoKids of Paris
                      Kimberly Wilming, Wendy Wilming, Shangri-LA
                      Erica Olson, Wing Night
                      Sonia K. Hadad, Exam
                      Peter Falls, Roadside


                      Festival Directors Award, Best Film
                      Stitches

                      Lillian
                      Once Upon a River
                      Our Lady of the Nile
                      *Party With Me
                      Being Dead 
                      Beautiful Dreamer


                      Special Festival Directors Award, Best Ensemble Cast

                      *Vagabonds

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