April 19, 2015
For Immediate Release
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BNFF 2015 - Closing Awards Ceremony 
BNFF 2015 - Closing Awards Ceremony
         A Few Highlight Pics From Closing Day &                                  The Winners Below
         

GRAND JURY AWARDS

 

BEST FEATURE FILM - Blessid by Rob Fitz

BEST DOCUMENTARY - "When The Bell Rings" by Brad Bores

BEST SHORT FILM - "Bottled Up" by Sam Juergens

BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE - Rob Fitz for "Blessid"

BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT - Marco J. Riedl for "Keeper Of The Past"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER - Beecher Cotton / Silas Tyler for "Blessid"

(The Best Cinematographer award also included a $15,000 camera package award from Panavision)

BEST SCI-FI, HORROR OR THRILLER - "Truth" by Michael Cramer

 

 

CINEMATIC AWARDS

 

MOST INNOVATIVE FILM - "The Sisterhood Of The Night" by Caryn Waechter

FALLS AWARD - FOR BEST WESTERN NEW YORK FILM - "Give & Take" by Scott Andrew Kurchak

FALLS AWARD - FOR BEST CANADIAN FILM - "Black Fly" by Jason Bourque

AUDIENCE AWARD - "Lion Ark" by Tim Phillips

BEST COMEDY - "Blood Riders: The Devil Rides With Us" by Lari Teras

BEST MUSIC - Jason Lewis for "3 Holes And A Smoking Gun"

BEST ANIMATION - "Hands Of Flame" by Steven Markowitz

BEST SCREENPLAY - 1ST - "Grace" by Lynda Lemberg & Jeffrey Allen Russel

BEST WRITING IN A FEATURE - Michael Hanley for "Learning To Ride"

BEST WRITING IN A SHORT - Charlotte Schioler for "By Any Means A-veilable"

BEST ACTRESS - IN A LEADING ROLE - FEATURE - Deborah Hay for "The Anniversary"

BEST ACTOR - IN A LEADING ROLE - FEATURE - Rick Montgomery for "Blessid"

BEST ACTRESS - IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - FEATURE - Nicole Marie for "The Mayor Of Rock & Roll"

BEST ACTOR - IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - FEATURE - Colin Mochrie for "The Anniversary"

BEST ACTOR - IN A SUPPORTING ROLE  - FEATURE - Joaquim de Almeida for "3 Holes And A Smoking Gun"

BEST ACTRESS - IN A LEADING ROLE - SHORT FILM - Amy Jo Johnson for "Lines"

BEST ACTOR - IN A LEADING ROLE - SHORT FILM - Solomon Shiv for "After Rachel"

BEST ACTRESS - IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - SHORT FILM - Paula Rhodes for "The Other Kind"

BEST ACTOR - IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - SHORT FILM - William Stone Mahoney for "After Rachel"

 

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS

 

HONORABLE MENTION... FEATURE FILM - "The Anniversary" by Valerie Buhagiar

HONORABLE MENTION... DOCUMENTARY - "Humano" by Alan Stivelman

HONORABLE MENTION...IN A SHORT FILM CATEGORY - "Gone Fishing" by Noah Millman

HONORABLE MENTION - BEST SCI-FI, HORROR OR THRILLER - "Wolf House" by Ken Cosentino & Matt Lord

HONORABLE MENTION...IN CINEMATOGRAPHY - Matthew Nardone for "Give & Take"