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Brightside Tavern Film Festival

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 20192018201720162015

    Festival Prize

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Streets of New York
      Winner
      • Jack Mulcahy
      • Last Reunion
      Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)
    • Streets of New York
      Winner
      • Jack Mulcahy(actor)
      • The House on Cox Curve
    • Dan Gregory
      • Dan Gregory
      • Tell Me Something Good
      Narrow Bridge Films
    • Gregg Prosser
      • Gregg Prosser
      • Time's Up

    Best Actress

    • Claire Karpen
      Winner
      • Claire Karpen(actress)
      • The House on Cox Curve
    • Cathy Moriarty
      • Cathy Moriarty
      • Chosen
      Intention Films and Media
    • World Premiere The Performance
      • Lara Wolf
      • Time's Up

    Best Actress Horror

    • Winner
      • Morgan Canham
      • Bad Trash
    • Bettina Skye
      Winner
      • Bettina Skye
      • Play Date
      JoeBert Entertainment
      Outtake Productions

    Best Actress in a Comedy

    • Laura Petersen at the Barnicott Hangover Premiere
      Winner
      • Laura Petersen
      • The Bathing Bandit
    • Amanda Brooke Lerner
      • Amanda Brooke Lerner(actress)
      • The House on Cox Curve
      • Katherine McDowell
      • The Last Flicker
      By the Glass Pictures
    • Jeanine Bartel
      • Jeanine Bartel
      • The Spy Who Scratched Me

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Dancer

      John Marean
    • [object Object]

      The Saxophonist

      5.4 (22)
      Charlie Williams
    • [object Object]

      The Dancer

      John Marean
    • [object Object]

      Bad People

      8.3 (73)
      Gela Chinchaladze
      20 Steps Productions
    • [object Object]

      A Meal Alone

      Trent Campbell
    • [object Object]

      The Farmhand

      6.6 (63)
      Michelle Elise Harding

    Best Cinematography - Student

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Percht

      7.7 (23)
      Andreas Widmer
      Filmakademie Wien

    Best Comedic Duo

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Bathing Bandit

      8.0 (9)
      Mike Vezza
      Jared Rinaldi

    Best Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The House on Cox Curve

      4.3 (9)
    • [object Object]

      The Last Flicker

      Zack Kron
      By the Glass Pictures
      Martini Boy Films

    Best Concept

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Meal Alone

      Marc Sheehan
    • Winner

      The Selfie Project

      Barbara Holstein
    • [object Object]

      Coffee and a Donut

      9.6 (15)
      Cary Patrick Martin
    • [object Object]

      The Best Way to Murder

      Mae Claire
    • [object Object]

      Aphrodite

      Elroy Martinez Jr.(Elroy Martinez Jr.)
      Elroy Martinez Jr. Films
    • [object Object]

      The Farmhand

      6.6 (63)
      Michelle Elise Harding
      Shari Harding

    Best Director - Drama

    • André Joseph
      Winner
      • André Joseph
      • The Saxophonist
    • Sofia Pellegrino
      Winners
      • Sofia Pellegrino(Director)
      • James M. Perry(Co-Director)
      • The Last Cry
      Pellegrino Productions
      • Giorgi Tavartkiladze
      • Bad People
      20 Steps Productions
      • Jonathan Blake Harris
      • Time's Up
      • David Spaltro
      • As One

    Best Director Horror

    • Winner
      • Philip Kral
      • Rat-A-Tat
    • Antoine Allen
      • Antoine Allen
      • Unnoticed Monster
      Antoine Allen Films
    • Melissa De Leon
      • Melissa De Leon
      • Paralysis

    Best Director of a Comedy

    • Zack Kron at a screening for Oh, Boy...
      Winner
      • Zack Kron
      • The Last Flicker
      By the Glass Pictures

    Best Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Time's Up

      Gregg Prosser
      Lara Wolf
      Eric Rosenberg
      Hope Gutierrez
    • [object Object]

      The Saxophonist

      5.4 (22)
      André Joseph
    • [object Object]

      The House on Cox Curve

      4.3 (9)
      Jack Mulcahy(actor)
      Claire Karpen(actress)
      Amanda Brooke Lerner(actress)
      Lisa Younger(actress)
      Jake Generalli(actor)
    • [object Object]

      The Farmhand

      6.6 (63)
      Russell Shealy
      Carrie Anne Hunt
      Spenser Gerard
      Stephen Royal Phillips
      Jack VanderToll
      Ferlin Luker
      Tracey de Leon
      Emilie Milone

    Best Ensemble (Summer)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Three for the Road

      Linda Collins
      Sandra Lucas
      Eve Austin
      David Patrick Wilson
      Willy-Gilly Productions

    Best Makeup / Costume

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Smiling Strangers

      Alexandra Faye Sadeghian
      Larry Rosen

    Best NJ Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Best Way to Murder

      Melissa De Leon
      Mae Claire
    • [object Object]

      Toilet Prayers

      Dan Gregory
      Sam Platizky
      Isaac Platizky
      William R. Farley
      Joey Mosca
      Narrow Bridge Films

    Best NJ Short-Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dependence

      Cris Thorne
      Crizlassic Productions

    Best Short Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Harmony

      Elroy Martinez Jr.
      Rachel Navarro
      Elroy Martinez Jr. Films
      Navarro Productions
    • [object Object]

      A Hitman's Silence

      Elroy Martinez Jr.
      Elroy Martinez Jr. Films
    • [object Object]

      Paralysis

      Melissa De Leon

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Winner
      • Nick Dillenburg
      • As One
      • Alejandro Chamorro
      • The Last Cry

    Best Twist Ending

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Time's Up

      Jonathan Blake Harris

    Rising Star

    • Dan Gregory
      Winner
      • Dan Gregory

    Best Actor Drama Short

    • Lester Greene
      • Lester Greene
      • Control
      • Beavin Lawrence
      • The Saxophonist

    Best Actor in a Comedy

    • Loring Murtha
      Rob Brock
      • Loring Murtha
      • Rob Brock
      • The Last Flicker
      By the Glass Pictures
      Martini Boy Films

    Best Actress in a Drama

    • Mae Claire
      • Mae Claire
      • The Best Way to Murder
    • Sofia Pellegrino
      • Sofia Pellegrino
      • The Last Cry
    • Tawny Sorensen
      • Tawny Sorensen
      • As One
    • Carrie Anne Hunt
      • Carrie Anne Hunt
      • The Farmhand

    Best Actress in a Drama Short (Summer)

    • Alexandra Faye Sadeghian
      • Alexandra Faye Sadeghian

    Best Director

    • Debra Markowitz
      • Debra Markowitz
      • Chosen
      Intention Films and Media
    • Dan Gregory
      • Dan Gregory
      • Lost and Found: Loster
      Narrow Bridge Films
      • Eamon O'Rourke(director)
      • The House on Cox Curve

    Best Director - Comedy

    • Melissa Skirboll
      • Melissa Skirboll
      • The Spy Who Scratched Me
      LifeDreamProductions

    Best Director - Student

    • Béla Baptiste
      • Béla Baptiste
      • Percht
      Filmakademie Wien

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]

      The Saxophonist

      5.4 (22)
      André Joseph
      AJ Epyx Productions
    • [object Object]

      Coffee and a Donut

      9.6 (15)
      Cary Patrick Martin
    • [object Object]

      The Last Cry

      7.7 (7)
      Sofia Pellegrino(Director)
      James M. Perry(Co-Director)
      Pellegrino Productions
    • [object Object]

      The Farmhand

      6.6 (63)
      Michelle Elise Harding
      Shari Harding

    Best Horror/Thriller

    • [object Object]

      The Confined

      7.5 (13)
      Christopher Picone(director)
      Robert Dibella(producer)
      Darren Wallach(producer)
      James Abbott(producer)
      Richard Wallach(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Confined

      7.5 (13)
      Christopher Picone(director)
      Robert Dibella(Associate Producer)
      Thomas J. O'Brien(Actor/Associate Producer)
      Darren Wallach(Screenwriter/Casting Director/Executive Producer)
      Richard Wallach(Executive Producer)

    Best International Film

    • [object Object]

      When the Music Stops Playing

      Sadie Duarte(director)

    Best Micro Short

    • [object Object]

      Test Drive

      6.9 (55)
      Jim Ford
      John Vincent Mason
      Ryan Convery(editor / producer)
      Forestfire Productions
      Fat Foot Films

    Best Script

    • [object Object]

      Breathe

      Christian Pavlik

    • Evening of the Evil Eye

      Angel Connell(screenwriter)
      Parousian Pictures
    • [object Object]

      Nomad

      Jeremy Brown

    Best Short Drama

    • [object Object]

      Time's Up

      Sam Borowski
      Jonathan Blake Harris
      Taylor Salotti
      Ferrari Xavi
    • [object Object]

      The Best Way to Murder

      Melissa De Leon
      Mae Claire
    • [object Object]

      As One

      David Spaltro
      Tawny Sorensen
      Craig Nobbs

    Best Student Film College

    • [object Object]

      A Meal Alone

      Marc Sheehan

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Rocio Mendez
      • Rocio Mendez
      • Coffee and a Donut
      • Christina Garced
      • Lost and Found: Loster
      Narrow Bridge Films
    • Eden Wright
      • Eden Wright
      • Wink
      305 Media Group
      Stack House Productions

    Jury Prize

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    Best Supporting Actor

    • Winner
      • Taylor Allen
      • My Dad and Bob Todd
      Grey Machine Films

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Kim Paris(actress)
      • Maturing Youth
      Rhythm&Flow Entertainment Studios

    Best Actor

      • Sean A Kaufman(actor)
      • Maturing Youth
      Rhythm&Flow Entertainment Studios

    Best Actress in a Student Film College

      • Gabrielle Galloway(actress)
      • Hazel

    Best Cinematography College

    • [object Object]

      Hazel

      8.9 (11)
      Max R. Zabell(director)

    Best Director College

    • Sara Eustaquio in Los Angeles.
      • Sara Eustáquio(director)
      • Hazel

    Best Film

    • [object Object]

      Maturing Youth

      8.2 (6)
      Chase Michael Pallante(producer)
      Rhythm&Flow Entertainment Studios

    Best Film College

    • [object Object]

      Hazel

      8.9 (11)
      Sara Eustáquio(director)

    Best Horror/Thriller

    • [object Object]

      Play Date

      7.8 (7)
      Herb Cremer
      Joe Cremer
      Theresa Labreglio
      Melissa Malone
      JoeBert Entertainment
      Outtake Productions

    Best Short Short

    • [object Object]

      Congratulations

      Dan Gregory
      Joey Mosca
    • [object Object]

      Forgotten

      Joe Cremer
      Herb Cremer
      Theresa Labreglio
      Melissa Malone
      JoeBert Entertainment
      Outtake Productions

    Excellence Award

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    Best First Time Director

    • Dan Gregory
      Winner
      • Dan Gregory
      • Lost and Found: Loster
      Narrow Bridge Films

    Best Special Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Meal Alone

      Danny Stafford(makeup artist)
      Marc Sheehan(director)
      Brian Tracey(production designer)
      This award of excellence was not on the nominations list on the website can provide more evidence if needed.

    NJ Achievement in The Art Of Acting

    • Anthony Robert Grasso
      Winner
      • Anthony Robert Grasso

    Best Concept

    • [object Object]

      Coffee and a Donut

      9.6 (15)
      Cary Patrick Martin

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