Winners of the 2023 fifth annual Block Island Film Festival
Best Actor Short Film - Joe Coffey — “Micks Out”
Best Short Film Director — Lisa Aimola — “The Nickname”
Best Short Film Drama — “Mick’s Out” — Keenan O’Reilly, Director / Written and Produced by Joe Coffey & Kennan O’Reilly
Best Short Film Thriller — “The Devil’s Playground” — A.J. Ciccotelli (Writer/Director/Producer)
Best Short Film Comedy — “Get In” — Nick Beaubien & Mike Brown (Writers/Directors/Producers)
Best Short Film Newcomer — Kristen Falso Capaldi (Writer/Director) — “You Weren’t Afraid At All”
Best Feature Film — “The Dancing Monkey” — Chandler Wild (Writer?Director/Producer)
Best Feature Film Director — Chandler Wild — “The Dancing Monkey”
Best Feature Film Script — Larry Natalia — “By the Water’s Edge”
Best Feature Film Actor — Shawn Fitzgibbon — “By the Water’s Edge”
Best Short Film Documentary — “Love Letters for New Bedford” — Ethan de Aguiar (Director)
Best Screenplay/Screenwriting Competition — Steven Keith Bogart — ”The Last Skywriter in the Universe”
Spotlight Lighthouse Award Winner — Short Documentary — “Finding Hope” — Nick Rapuano (Director) & Lisa Deane (Writer)
Spotlight Lighthouse Award Winner — Documentary-series — “Slatersville” — Christian de Rezendes (Director/Producer)
Spotlight Lighthouse Award Winner — Documentary — “Bound by Blue” — Katherine Reaves (Director), Susan Bush & Laura Parsons (Producers)
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Winners of the 2022 fourth annual Block Island Film Festival
Best Student Short Film — “Stay Don’t Go” — Brian Velsor (Writer/Director)
Best Screenplay - Screenplay Competition — Millie West — “Cat Island”
Best Drama Short Film — “I.W.S.K.” — A.J. Ciccotelli (Writer/Director/Producer)
Best Comedy Short Film — “Pulp Friction” — Mark Atkinson (Writer/Director/Producer)
Best Screenplay Short Film — Josie Burke — “Heirloom”
Best Actor Short Film — Robert Isenberg — “The Invisible Thread”
Best LGBTQA+ Short Film — “OUT: a short film” — Seth Chitwood (Writer/Director)
Best Short Film Documentary — “Faces After Suicide” — Lindsey Doolittle (Director/Producer)
Best Director Short Film — Shadi Ghaheri — “Swimming”
Best Picture Thriller Short Film — “Hazardous” — Peter Filardi (Writer/Director/Producer)
Best Female Actor Feature Film — Timothy Laurel Harrison — “Rock Paper Scissors”
Best Actor Feature Film — Justin Chatwin — “The Walk”
Best Screenplay Feature Film — “Rock Paper Scissors” — Doug Bollinger & Josh Lee (Writers/Directors/Producers)
Best Picture Feature Film — “The Walk” — Daniel Adams (Director)
Spotlight Award (Feature Film) — “Sandstone” — Nick Rapuano (Writer/Director/Producer)
Spotlight Lighthouse Award Winner (Feature Documentary) — “Island Nurse” — Sue Hagedorn (Director/Producer)
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Winners of the 2021 third annual Block Island Film Festival
Spotlight Lighthouse Award Winners: “Starting at Zero: Reimagining Education in America — Willa Kammerer; “The Berrigans: Devout & Dangerous” — Sue Hagedorn
Best Feature Film — “Butterfly Lost” — Mei Bignall
Best Feature Film Director — Jim Schneider (“Jack and the Treehouse”)
Best Actor Feature Film — Daniel Brindley (“Butterfly Lost”)
Best Composer Feature Film — Andy Fite (“Jack in the Treehouse”)
Best Feature Screenplay — Bill Brock (“The Dress”)
Best Narrative Short Film (Drama) — “The Dance” — A.J. Ciccotelli
Best Narrative Short Film (Comedy) — “Matched” — Zack Kron
Best Narrative Short Film (social awareness) — “Ethan Song” — Nick Rapuano
Best Director Short Film — Marcellus Cox (“Mickey Hardaway”)
Best Screenplay Short Film (drama) — Anna Simone Scott (“Take My Heart”)
Best Screenplay Short Film (comedy) — Philip C. Sedgwick (“Zap!”)
Best Student Short Film (drama) — “Speechless” - Yufan (Jane) Chai
Best Student Short Film (Comedy) — “A Special Dinner” — Haley Pine & Brendan Egan
Best Director Student Short Film — Aggie Ryan — “His Eyes are Blue”
Best Documentary Short — “Not Broken: Freedom Ride” — Krista Dillane, Emma Lao & Dylan Abad
Best Documentary Short (social awareness) — “NWWVT: Rehousing the Homeless Recovery Program” — Melanie Paskevich, C.J. Jackson & Missi Delehanty
Best Documentary Short Director — Robert Isenberg — “The Painter”
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Winners of the 2020 second annual Block Island Film Festival
Spotlight Lighthouse Award Winners: “Jay Myself” — Bette & Stephen Wilkes; “Stevenson - Lost and Found” — Sally Williams & Josie Merck
Best Feature Film — “Butter” written & directed by Paul A. Kaufman
Best Narrative Short Film (Drama) — “Guest of Honor” written & directed by Justin Robinson
Best Narrative Short Film (Comedy) — “The Pitch” written & directed by Ayman Samman
Best Short Screenplay — “Bigger Than a Breadbox” written by Lauren & Frank Leon
Best Documentary Short — “The Ocean Knows No Borders” directed & produced by Jack Gordon
Best Screenplay — “Young Widow Coffin” written by Scott Carneal
Best Narrative Student Short Film — “Sucker” written & directed by Tricia Cramer
Best Actor — Tina Alexis Allen (“Diamonds & Rust”)
Best Actor - Alex Kersting (“Butter”)
Audience Award — “The Sand Castle” written & directed by Eli Katzoff
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Winners of the 2019 inaugural Block Island Film Festival:
Spotlight Lighthouse Award Winner: “Underdog” written & directed by Richie Greer, produced by Kim Estes and Amber Wegner
Best Feature Film — ”Greenfield” written & directed by Julius Telmer
Best Director Feature Film “Take Care of Emily”— Nick Rapuano
Best Feature Film Screenplay “One Hour Outcall” — Bill Norrett
Best Actor Feature Film “Nothing To Do” — Paul Fahrenkopf
Best Screenplay (non-fiction)(Black Star Rising) — Doug Williams
Best Screenplay (fiction)(True Destiny) — Joe Leone
Best Short Film (drama) “Breathe” — Mark Aznavourian, Mitch Yapko & Jacob Pinger
Best Short Film (comedy)”Sac de Merde” — Greg Chwerchak & Arielle Haller-Silverstone
Best Short Film (technical achievement)”The Automaton” — Alex Reeves & Adam Janeira
Best Short Film (comedy/audience award)”Walter Treppiedi” — Elena Bouryka
Best Short Film (drama/audience award)”Together” — Tony Scott
Best Director Short Film (comedy)”Oh Boy” — Loring Murtha
Best Director Short Film (drama)”Nasty Habits” — Allisyn Arm
Best Actor Short Film (comedy)”Sac de Merde” — Arielle Haller-Silverstone
Best Student Short Film (drama)“A Glimpse of Happiness” — Stefan Sauer
Special Student Cinematography Certificate of Achievement “Parallels” — Alex Collinger