Outstanding Film
THEO LE SOURD, How Long Can You Hold Your Breath?
Outstanding Documentary
SHELBY HOUGUI, Bread Machine
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
SUNWOO PARK, Wu Ming Hua
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
MINA ELWELL, Hellicious
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
EMMANUELLA ZACHARIOU, Memoriam
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
KIDUCK KIM, Sink Deep
Gotham Sound Honorary Grant
PAUL MOUNSEY
ALEX CHOI
Ha Phuong/NYWIFT Scholarship
EMILIE SIMONINI, Max and Emilie (Film)
KIRA CLINES, Do or Dare (Animation)
IFP Award
ALEX ALVIAR, Tierra
Human Spirit Award – Film
IGNACIO GARCIA FRY, El Pescador
JIALING SUN, Acre
Special Jury Award for Social Documentary
PAULA CURY MELO, Adrift
ANIMATION AWARDS:
Outstanding Animated Film
SONJA VON MARENSDORFF, Crow
BRANWYN DRISCOLL, Cadence
Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation
BEN LUCAS, I Should Really Go Home
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Production Design
JACKIE SNYDER, Moth’s Café
Human Spirit Award – Animation
LYDIA FAMA, Long Distance Train
SYKASA Animation-Screenwriting Award
XINHUI MA
Special Jury Award for Writing in Animation
ANDRES PADILLA, Slides
Special Jury Award for Experimental Technique in Animation
DANI DUEK, Porcelana
FILM AWARDS:
Outstanding Film
ALEJANDRO CORTÉS for The Disappeared
Special Jury Award for Film
AMEER KAZMI for Fair Grounds
Outstanding Documentary
NICOLAS LOPEZ for InSight
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
MIWA SAKULRAT for Nymph
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
SHAI COTTEN for After Oil
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
ALEX ECHEVARRIA for Nymph
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
JOHN TASHIRO for A Girl Named Hope
Gotham Sound Grant
VARYANA GALDAMEZ
Independent Filmmaker Project Award
JULIA ANQUIER
Human Spirit Award – Film
ETNA ÖZBEK for water, water everywhere
New York Women in Film & Television Award
MIWA SAKULRAT for Nymph
ANIMATION AWARDS:
Outstanding Animated Film
FIONA LU for To Be Fiona
Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation
JOE SULSENTI for Fishy
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Production Design
JOE SULSENTI for Fishy
FIONA LU for To Be Fiona
Special Jury Award for Animation
BRANKO KLJAJIC for The Heist
ALEXA SWANSON for Friend Fiction
DEMI BOZAS for Selfish
Human Spirit Award – Animation
SOREN HUGHES for A Sun Came
Outstanding Film
AURORA ALÄNGE, Syskon
Outstanding Documentary
JUANA HODARI, Tomasa
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
KISHAN SAVJANI, Rubaroo
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
EVAN DECARLO, Marry Me on Mulberry Mountain
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
ANTHONY CARELLA, Syskon
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
ERIN DEWITT & TOBIAS BELLIARD, Apocalypse Mambo
Gotham Sound Grant
ASHLEY AVILA
Human Spirit Award
PHILIPPA FORT, Pippa
New York Women in Film & Television Award
MAYA COZIER, Short Drop
IFP Award
ENRICO GRANATO & LUIGI ROSSI, L’Appetito Venduto
Outstanding Animated Film
HSUAN HO & SILVER PAUL, Mausie and the Order of the Golden Sun
Special Jury Award for Comedy in Animation
KRISTINA MARTIN, Sprigs and Parsley in: Coffee Table
Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation
MONTANA HALL, Monster
Outstanding Achievement in Production Design
IVAN VIARANCHYK, Night Shadows
Outstanding Film
PAOLA BERNARDINI for Citta’ dei Sogni
Outstanding Documentary
EXA ZIM for Alexa to Exa
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
LORENZO ZANINI for Sexy Jalapeños
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
MEAGHAN JANE CLEARY for The Latchkey Kids
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
YANA KARIN for Citta’ dei Sogni
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
JARED SIMON for Citta’ dei Sogni
Gotham Honorary Sound Grants
HENRY MYERS
BRIAN PERRY
SVEN RETHEMEIER
Independent Filmmaker Project Award
JAMES CAMALI and JOSHUA BARCLAY
Human Spirit Award
ALEXANDRA KOPEC for The Artificial Womb
New York Women in Film & Television Award
PAOLA BERNARDINI
Special Jury Award – Film
RORY PFOTENHAUER for Japanese Fantasies
ANIMATION AWARDS:
Outstanding Animated Film
CLAIRE VAN RYZIN for HOTBOD
Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation
KYRA KUPETSKY for The Thrill of the Haunt and
ELENA MANETTA for On Schedule
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Production Design
CHELSEA QUINLAN for W∆NDERLUST
Special Jury Award – Animation
RENA PARISI for hiccUp
FILM AWARDS:
Outstanding Feature Film
Outstanding Achievement in Directing and Editing
JUAN PAULO LASERNA for Las Malas Lenguas
Outstanding Short Film
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
WILL HENRY for Magic for Beginners
Outstanding Documentary
KATE HOWLEY for River Men
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
WAYLAND BELL for Magic for Beginners and Stray
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
HELEN O’REILLY for Surviving the Hen
Gotham Honorary Sound Grants
JOSE RAMIREZ
RENEE HEITMAN
New York Women in Film & Television Award
HELEN O’REILLY
Independent Filmmaker Project Award
MAYID GUERRERO for When the Moon Shines
Human Spirit Award
KATE HOWLEY
ANIMATION AWARDS:
Outstanding Animated Film
LUZ BATISTA and SARAH SLOYER for Moonstruck
Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation
VIVIENNE MEDRANO for Timber
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Production Design
MEREDITH NOLAN for Skeleton Key
Outstanding Achievement in Stop Motion Animation
LINDSEY SCHNEEBERGER for Adventures of Moonshine and the Dirt Children
FILM AWARDS:
Outstanding Film and Achievement in Directing and Editing
SHUBHASHISH BHUTIANI for Kush
Outstanding Documentary
KAT KNIGHT for Cicada Psalm
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
JOHN STRONG for Out of the Center
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
NICHOLAS STANGO and JOHN STRONG for Out of the Center
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
ABDOOL LALTAPRASAD for The Sum of One
Gotham Honorary Sound Grants
EMMA HUCKSTADT ANKIT SOMANI
New York Women in Film & Television Award
JAVA JACOBS for Take a Deep Breath
Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) Award
COLIN HINGEL for Fishkill
Human Spirit Award
DANIEL RODRIGO ARIAS for Punulla
National Board of Review Student Grants
JAVA JACOBS for Take a Deep Breath and
MARK FLOYD
ANIMATION AWARDS:
Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation
SARA HO for Crabby Day
Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation
Character Design
SARA HO for Crabby Day
Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation
Production Design
MICHELE MALECKI for Catastrophe
Outstanding Achievement in Stop Motion Animation
DEANNA DEMAGLIE for Bagelwolf
FILM AWARDS:
Outstanding Film and Achievement in Directing and Editing JORGE ARZAC for Los Medios de Intercambio
Outstanding Short Film
FRANCESCA COPPOLA for Flamingos
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
IAN HOBAN for Los Medios de Intercambio
Outstanding Documentary and Achievement in Editing
EVELINA GOKINAYEVA for Day of Knowledge
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
FRANCESCA COPPOLA for Commedia All’Italiana (Comedy Italian-Style)
Gotham Honorary Sound Grants
STEVEN BURGESS
NICHOLAS HALLBILSBACK
BRITTANY NEFF
New York Women in Film & Television Award
CLAIRE PEREIRA DE SOUZA
Human Spirit Award
MIKE MCSWEENEY for Ashes of America
ANIMATION AWARDS:
Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation
KAUKAB BASHEER for Dechen and EVAN BORJA for Otzi
Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation Character Design
JAE IL SON for Vicious Circle
Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation Production Design
DEENA BECK for Chasing Unicorns
Outstanding Achievement in Stop Motion Animation
COLLEEN NEWELL for A Good Time
Outstanding Achievement in Stop Motion Animation Character Design
STEVEN CARTOCCIO for Concrete Jungle
Outstanding Achievement in Stop Motion Animation Production Design
NICHOLAS NEWGENT for Home Sweet Home
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW SCHOLARSHIP:
DANA TERRACE (Animation)
FILM AWARDS:
Outstanding Film and Achievement in Directing
VICTORIA RIVERA for Retrato de una Familia
Outstanding Achievement in Documentary
JACQUELYN LOBEL for Tengenenge
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
LEWIS MEYER for In the Grass
Film Department Award for
Outstanding Body of Work in Cinematography
SPENCER KATZ
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
RYAN HALASZ for Project Enigma
Film Department Award for
Outstanding Body of Work in Editing
NICK NOYES
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
JOSEPH PAOLUCCI for Blades of Grass
New York Women in Film & Television Award
AUBREY CARP for Living With Tommy
Human Spirit Award
BRITTANY BROTHERS for Shag Nation
ANIMATION AWARDS:
Outstanding Traditional Animation and
Achievement in Traditional Animation Character Design
ZACHARY BELLISSIMO for Blenderstein
Outstanding Traditional Animation
MICHAEL RUOCCO for Destiny is for the Birds
Outstanding Achievement in
Traditional Animation Production Design
MIRELLA TONCHEVA for Treasure of the Golden Skull
Outstanding Stop Motion Animation and
Achievement in Stop Motion Character Design
ZACHARY WILLIAMS for Pineapples & Pork in… BAD WRAPS
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW SCHOLARSHIPS:
DEENA BECK (Animation) and KAUKAB BASHEER (Animation)
FILM AWARDS:
Outstanding Film
LEXAN ROSSER for Children At Play
Outstanding Documentary
KYLIE JEUNETTE for The Children of Wegbe
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
KYLE MUMFORD for His Naked Mind
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
KYLE SLATHER for His Naked Mind
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
BENJAMIN SWEET for Mojave
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
KYLE MUMFORD for His Naked Mind
Sound Honorees
KATE DRISCOLL
ELIAS ORELUP
Human Spirit Award
ROBERT KOLODNY for Shelter
New York Women in Film & Television Award
BENNETT ELLIOTT for Dot
ANIMATION AWARDS:
Outstanding Traditional Animation
ROSS BOLLINGER for Pencilmation
Outstanding Achievement in
Traditional Animation Character Design
MALLORY CORONADO for Friend
Outstanding Achievement in
Traditional Animation Production Design
LINDSAY WOODS for Phosphoro
Outstanding Stop Motion Animation
JESSICA POLANIECKI for To Have and to Hold
Outstanding Achievement in
Stop Motion Animation Character Design
SHANNON LEE for Sweet Illusion
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW SCHOLARSHIPS:
SACHIO COOK (Animation)
YOHKO SHIRAISHI (Film)
VICTORIA RIVERA (Film)
FILM AWARDS:
Outstanding Achievement in Film
ANA MARIA HERMIDA for El Elefante Rojo (The Red Elephant)
Outstanding Achievement in Documentary
IAN PHILLIPS and VICTORIA RONDON for Tumi – The Life and Death of Boitumelo McCallum
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
ANA MARIA HERMIDA for El Elefante Rojo (The Red Elephant)
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
STEVEN GATTI for The Wounded and the Slain and
BRIAN GONZALEZ for Wishing, Well
Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
JUSTIN RICE for Quince
Human Spirit Award (Film) IAN PHILLIPS for Tumi – The Life and Death of Boitumelo McCallum
The Women in Film Award, presented by New York Women in Film & Television
KATIE-MADONNA LEE for Women’s Prison
ANIMATION AWARDS:
Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation
JAKE ARMSTRONG for The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Design
ALEXANDER WAGER for Juxtaposed
Human Spirit Award (Animation)
ELYSSA DIGIOVANNI for Trade Winds
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW SCHOLARSHIPS:
ROSS BOLLINGER for Pencilmation (Animation)
LINDSAY WOODS for Reward (Animation)