2025 Winning Films
Brody’s AI Girlfriend
Awards: Best Overall, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Cinematography, Best Use of Character
Team/School: “Raise the Rent”, Five Towns College
Stephen Hlatky: Director, Editor
Robert Hofer: Producer, Actor
Frank Veltry: Script Writer
Kevin Rolon: Actor
Gavin Delucia: Gaffer
That Time Our Pirate Friend Stole a Gangster’s VHS Tape
Awards: Best Editing, Best Use of Prop, Best Use of Line
Team/School: “Team CRADD”, Five Towns College
Dean Flynn: Director
Christopher Eliopoulos: Editor
Deborah Thomas: Producer
Robert Mugno: Camera Operator
Angelo Conti: Writer
A Really S****y Date
Awards: Best Overall, Best Directing
Team/School: “Frame By Frame”, Half Hollow Hills HS West
David Glorioso: Director / Lead Editor
Olivia Spielman: Production Manager / Producer
Cate McLees: Assistant Director / Actor
Adrian Andrade: Production Assistant / Actor
Moving On
Awards: Best Writing
Team/School: “Team Cool Cats”, Long Beach High School
Cathy Maguire: Director
Dillon Hertzoff: Producer
Ayden Farish: Cinematography/Editor
Jordi Perez: Assistant Director
My AI Human
Awards: Best Editing
Team/School: “Wollyhood”, Sewanhaka High School
Aneeq Ali: Co-Producer/Co-Director
Kiana Arcillas: Co-Producer/Co-Director
Kiara Arcillas
Ashmita Ahmad
Kieran Simon: Actor/Actress
5 Minutes
Award: Best Cinematography
Team/School: “Brazen Bull Entertainment”, Sachem North
Stephen Lundberg: Director , Editor , Writer
Ryan Christopher lazazzaro: Production , Actor
Mason Ryan Castelli: Production , Actor
Lucas Daniel Ortega: Production , Actor
Nicholas Joseph Teodoro: Production , Actor
Chronicle of a Boy Displaced
Award: Best Use of Character
Team/School: “Piejinks Productions”, Locust Valley High School
Justin Kwok: Director
Dean Wolfe: Actor
Raffaele Giannattasio: Cinematographer
Take Your Medicine
Award: Best Use of Line
Team/School: “Goofy Gooberz”, Long Beach High School
Noam Borenstein: Director
Kasey Brymer: Exec. Producer
Aaron Blau: Screenwriter
Jake Haft: Actor
Matteo Urrego: Sound Technician
The Last Adventure
Award: Best Use of Prop
Team/School: Cougar TV
Erica Becker: Director, Producer
Benjamin Stone: Assistant Director, Producer
Ian Garcia: Actor
Carmen Garcia: Actor
Adrian Kulak: Production Sound Mixer