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                      Variety Audience Award,  Feature Film

                      *Breaking Them Up


                      Daily News Audience Award, Short Film

                      *A Perfect Circle



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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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