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              Award Nominations


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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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