best of fest short feature
YES

WRITTEN BY: Randi Barros
DIRECTED BY: Randi Barros
PRODUCED BY:  Hollis Sherman-Pepe

best of fest Short Film
The resonance

WRITTEN BY: Sashia Dumont
DIRECTED BY: Sashia Dumont & Paul Robinson
PRODUCED BY: SEN3 PRODUCTIONS

best of fest Directing
The resonance

WRITTEN BY: Sashia Dumont
DIRECTED BY: Sashia Dumont & Paul Robinson
PRODUCED BY: SEN3 PRODUCTIONS

best of fest Cinematography
the paradise road

WRITTEN BY: Lisa Marie Tedesco
DIRECTED BY: Lisa Marie Tedesco
PRODUCED BY: Lisa Marie Tedesco

best of fest foreign film
sorry, she can't help herself

WRITTEN BY: Roqiye Tavakoli & Yasamin Rizan
DIRECTED BY: Roqiye Tavakoli
PRODUCED BY: Morteza Rafiel & Hadi Akhondi

best of fest animated filmball lightning

WRITTEN BY: Catriona Baker
DIRECTED BY: Catriona Baker
PRODUCED BY: Catriona Baker

best of fest short COMEDY
tails of love

WRITTEN BY: Benny J. Smith
DIRECTED BY: Lucy Turner Sparrow
PRODUCED BY: Lucy Turner Sparrow

best of fest student film
how it should be

WRITTEN BY: Natalie Yerelekian 
DIRECTED BY: Natalie Yerelekian 
PRODUCED BY: Zooey Jeone & Nathan Denese

best of fest student DOCUMENTARY
SISU: FINNISH ART OF FLYING

WRITTEN BY: Megan Cleary
DIRECTED BY: Megan Cleary
PRODUCED BY: Megan Cleary

best of fest SPOKEN WORD
HOW TO LIVE WITH BLOODSTAINS

WRITTEN BY: Alani Aleli
DIRECTED BY: Alani Aleli
PRODUCED BY: Alani Aleli

best of fest student stage play
statue of limitations

WRITTEN BY: Cambria Kylinn Martin
DIRECTED BY: Geoffrey T. Sheehan
PRODUCED BY: Housatonic Community College

best of fest STAGE PLAY
Taking the D train

WRITTEN BY: Brynn Hambley
DIRECTED BY:  Geoffrey T. Sheehan
PRODUCED BY: Housatonic Community College

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