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2025 Award Nominees

Web Series and Short-Form Video 

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Best Actor in a Comedy

  • Frank Crupi, "Our Year"

  • Chris Huntly-Turner, "The Zoo"

  • Harrison Lott, "How Does That Work?"

  • Joseph Marchand, "Maestro"

  • Christian Leadley, "Mansplaining"

  • Seth Chitwood, "World's Worst Thanksgiving Series"

  • Tyler Martin, "Don't Suck"

  • Jordan Loveday, "Fergus"

Best Actress in a Comedy

  • Lauren Collins, "My Dead Mom"

  • Anna Fatahov, "Protected Space"

  • Lauren Karaman, "After Life Hunters"

  • Amy Raffe, "A Series of Unfortunate Dates"

  • Gene Lou, "Bad Asians"

  • Anya Krawcheck, "Mansplaining"

  • Florencia Sokol, "Apartment A"

  • Mary C. Ferrara, "World's Worst Thanksgiving Series"

Best Actor in a Drama

  • Ken Schwarz, "Discharge"

  • Travis Grant, "Brimstone"

  • David Ogrodowski, "The Cocktail"

  • David Lansbury, "He'll Be Home For Christmas"

  • Chandler Reed, "She Was, She Is, She Never Will Be"

Best Actress in a Drama

  • Sana Asad, "Get Up, Aisha"

  • Rachel Black Spaulding, "Her Turn"

  • Jennifer Plotzke, "Square Breathing"

  • Kira L. Wilson, "In Between The Lines"

  • Katia Mendoza, "Soul Mates"

  • Sonya LaTorre, "She Was, She Is, She Never Will Be"

  • Lyndsay Smart, "Diagnosis"

Best Actor in a Thriller, Sci-Fi, or Fantasy

  • David Ogrodowski, "The World After"

  • Richard P. Doyle, "Fleur"

  • Bradley Cashman, "Joan & Talbot"

  • Joseph Hernandez, "Consequences"

  • Peter Mastne, "Enter the Room"

  • Brett Eidman, "Detoxification"

Best Actress in a Thriller, Sci-Fi, or Fantasy

  • Christina Leonard, "Illuminagents"

  • Chloe Delle-Vedove, "Greystanes"

  • Karen Gomez, "So Dark The Sky"

  • Kaitlyn Farley, "Joan & Talbot"

  • Vanessa Jette, "Abracadavers"

  • Rachel Kordell, "Mori"

Best Supporting Actor

  • John Marean, "Brimstone"

  • Quinn Lozar, "Are We All Gonna Die!?"

  • Michael Gosden, "The Zoo"

  • Jack Tinga, "Fergus"

  • Yarno Rohling, "Fleur"

  • Rich Holton, "Enter the Room"

  • Tom Rockwell, "Consequences"

  • Dan Gregory, "Diagnosis"

Best Supporting Actress

  • Fiorella Cross, "Career Day"

  • Megan Follows, "My Dead Mom"

  • Mari Lewis, "Queen Lear"

  • Caitlin Paige, "A Series of Unfortunate Dates"

  • Nadine Bhabha, "Settle Down"

  • Lucía Ivanissevich Machado, "Apartment A"

  • Katie Ailion, "Don't Suck"

  • Kimberlee Connor, "He'll Be Home For Christmas"

Best Host

  • Jon Sosis, "Building Friendships"

  • Harrison Lott, "How Does That Work?"

  • Adam Henry Garcia, "Fairytale Fallout"

  • Priya Sohota, "Stori Strong"

  • Kelsey Guy, "Kaleb & Ms. Kelsey

  • Curt Springstead, "Fraud Fighter"

  • Great-Grandma Ruth, "And That's the Truth! with Great-Grandma Ruth"

  • Mike Cunliffe & Arik Sokol, "The Ghost Pepper Eating Contest of Jefferson County"

  • Maurice Huvelin, "Tutopique #Selfie"

Best Director in a Comedy

  • Sam Coyle, "Settle Down"

  • Chandler Levack, Wendy Litner, "My Dead Mom"

  • Anna Fatahov, Eyal Dickman, "Protected Space"

  • David Ambrose, "Tomorrow's Bandits"

  • Caitlin Mayernik, "Shrews"

  • Michael Gosden, "The Zoo"

  • Joseph G. Bucci, Ian Altenbaugh, "Fort Pitt Motel"

  • Tyler Martin, "Don't Suck"

Best Director in a Drama

  • Ryan Metcalf and Ken Schwarz, "Discharge"

  • Herb Cremer and Joe Cremer, "Forgotten"

  • Melissa Skirboll, "Her Turn"

  • Debra Markowitz, "Brimstone"

  • Sergio Camacho, "United Crafts of America"

  • Michael Molina Minard, "Naysayer"

  • Eimy Carhuaz Cervantes, "My Home Home"

  • Jennifer Monk, "Slightly Cracked"

Best Director in a Thriller, Sci-Fi, or Fantasy

  • Naomi Wildermuth, "Infernalis"

  • Wes Fisher & Kevin Kukler, "The World After"

  • Torin Hight, "Mori"

  • Adam Henry Garcia, "Fairytale Fallout"

  • Yesi Rodriguez, "Notice Me"

  • Steven Goard & Alonge Hawes, "The Uptown Chronicles"

  • Megan Mann, "Joan & Talbot"

Best Writing (Comedic)

  • Alyssa Dimarucut, "Bad Asians"

  • John M. Kerner, "Career Day"

  • Wendy Litner, "My Dead Mom"

  • Chris Huntly-Turner, "The Zoo"

  • Amy Raffe, Jack Braddy, Grace Julia, "A Series of Unfortunate Dates"

  • Ryan Correll, Samuel Rubinstein, "Melvin Avenue"

  • Jannik Dahl Pedersen, Rasmus Skaarup Johansen, "The Struggle for Existence"

  • Matt Conant, Lauren Cipollo, Michael Licisyn, "Living in 8 Bits"

  • Jerrold Benford, Brian Parks, "New Jersey Vice"

Best Writing (Dramatic)

  • Marushka Almeida, Nisha Khan, Rabiya Mansoor, "Get Up, Aisha"

  • Ken Schwarz, "Discharge"

  • Jennifer Monk, Lisa Dallinger, Laura Jane Turner, "Slightly Cracked"

  • Susannah Nolan, "Square Breathing"

  • Seth Chitwood, "He'll Be Home For Christmas"

  • Richard P. Doyle, "Fleur"

Best Cinematography (Comedic)

  • Gal Genossar, Eyal Malka, Tova Dorfman, "Protected Space"

  • Alvin Lavilla, "Bad Asians"

  • Kerri Sitty, "Tomorrow's Bandits"

  • Benoit Jones-Vallée, "They Are Among Us"

  • Isaac Newcombe, "The Sender"

  • Louka Boutin, "Paper Cuts"

  • Dan Goldsmith, "World's Worst Thanksgiving Series"

  • Andrew Hunter, "Lady Ada's Secret Society"

Best Cinematography (Dramatic)

  • Matt Ryan, "Greystanes"

  • Joe Cremer, "Detoxification"

  • Toru Nishikubo, "Her Turn"

  • John B. Marean, "Assassin"

  • Josh Graydon, "Brimstone"

  • Asha Etchison, "Soul Mates"

Best Ensemble Cast (Comedic)

  • Settle Down

  • Career Day

  • My Dead Mom

  • Protected Space

  • The Zoo

  • The Writers Room

  • River Tap That

  • Fort Pitt Motel

  • Shrews

Best Ensemble Cast (Dramatic)

  • Slightly Cracked

  • Infernalis

  • Discharge

  • Her Turn

  • Burned

  • Naysayer

  • He'll Be Home For Christmas

  • Pressure

Best On-Screen Chemistry

  • Arnie Rodriguez & Austin Green, "Forgotten"

  • Travis Grant & Michael Fedele, "Assassin"

  • Katherine Coleman & Tyler J. Oakley & Roxie Pell, "The Writers Room"

  • Jennifer Plotzke & Timothy Nolan, "Square Breathing"

  • Will Ormsby Cary & Lauren Karaman, "After Life Hunters"

  • Dominick Cost & Darius Lassiter, "Tomorrow's Bandits"

  • Sophia Harber & Fleurette Modica, "Shrews"

  • Charlie Dubendorfer & Ani Arzoumanian, "My Home Home"

  • Brian Parks & Jerrold Benford, "New Jersey Vice"

  • Joe Cremer & Bryan Civitarese & Ciarah Amaani, "Best of Fest"

Best Editing (Comedic)

  • Michael Licisyn, "Living in 8 Bits"

  • Meimei Liu, "Are We All Gonna Die!?"

  • Stéphane Lafleur, "Maestro"

  • Jeffrey Hanley, "Our Year"

  • Sam Frazier Jr, "The Ghost Pepper Eating Contest of Jefferson County"

  • Julen Giménez, "Apartment A"

  • Tyler Martin, "Don't Suck"

Best Editing (Dramatic)

  • Rob Reilly, Rob Graydon, "Brimstone"

  • Jeff Warren, "United Crafts of America"

  • Cris Thorne, "Soul Mates"

  • Antoni M. Kowalczyk, "Mirror"

  • Pablo Agustín Tomaselli, Paul Hawk, "Skyland: Project 0"

Best Premise

  • How Does That Work?

  • So Dark The Sky

  • Are We All Gonna Die!?

  • Stori Strong

  • Designing Empires

  • Melvin Avenue

  • Josephine

  • Namaste Away From Me

Outstanding Music Video

  • Maybe I'm a Queen

  • Chaton - From the Future

  • Gucci Coochie

Outstanding Trailer

  • Skyland: Project 0

  • Los Aspirantes - The Applicants

  • Heard: The Listening Project

  • Assassin

  • The Sender

  • Designing Empires

  • The Uptown Chronicles

  • Birth of an Oracle

  • The Cardboard Boating World Championships

Outstanding Script

  • Charlie Saves Christmas

  • In The After

  • Against the Clock

  • The Uptown Chronicles

  • Grave Maker

  • Nishchala

  • Grief

  • Stay Inside

  • The Lodge Brothers

Outstanding Short Film

  • Discharge

  • Brimstone

  • Fleur

  • In Between The Lines

  • Her Turn

  • Tomorrow's Bandits

Outstanding Fantasy

  • Greystanes

  • Fairytale Fallout

  • Dash McCabe vs. the Evil Devil Woman From the Moon

  • Joan & Talbot

  • Abracadavers

  • The Uptown Chronicles

Outstanding Comedy

  • Settle Down

  • My Dead Mom

  • The Zoo

  • Are We All Gonna Die!?

  • They Are Among Us

  • Fergus

  • Shrews

  • Don't Suck

Outstanding Drama

  • Slightly Cracked

  • Naysayer

  • Square Breathing

  • He'll Be Home for Christmas

  • She Was, She Is, She Never Will Be

Outstanding Thriller

  • Notice Me

  • The World After

  • Burned

  • Detoxification

  • The Cocktail

  • Consequences

  • Infernalis

Outstanding Unscripted/Reality

  • Heard: The Listening Project

  • Building Friendships

  • United Crafts of America

  • Fraud Fighter

  • And That's the Truth! with Great-Grandma Ruth

Outstanding Sci-Fi

  • Illuminagents

  • Mori

  • So Dark The Sky

  • Designing Empires

  • Walking Shadows

  • Adventures in Zeroworld: The Incredible Shrinking Mannequin

Outstanding Sketch Comedy

  • Living in 8 Bits

  • The Writers Room

  • A Series of Unfortunate Dates

  • Stori Strong

  • Kaleb & Ms. Kelsey

  • Our Year

  • Melvin Avenue

  • The Struggle for Existence

Outstanding Mockumentary

  • After Life Hunters

  • How Does That Work?

  • River Tap That

  • The Ghost Pepper Eating Contest of Jefferson County

  • World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

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Michael Ajakwe Jr. "Don't Wait, Create" Award

In recognition of excellence in filmmaking, one web series creator will be awarded this special Achievement Award named after the pioneer of web festivals, Emmy-Award-winning Michael Ajakwe Jr.

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Theresa Labreglio "Jersey Strong" Award

One special talent will be celebrated with this special Award named after Jersey-native, award-winning creator, Theresa Labreglio.

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Direct Selections

Select shows will be awarded with "Direct Selections” - automatic entry into our partner festivals all over the world.

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Best of the Best

Winners of the Outstanding Genre categories advance to the final award of The Gala. One of them will be crowned The Best of the Best!

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