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MYSTIC FILM FESTIVAL

2022 Award Winners

Lifetime Achievement Award
Ruth Buzzi

Grand Jury Prize – Narrative Feature
Amerikatsi, directed by Michael Goorjian

Grand Jury Prize – Documentary Feature
Film, The Living Record of our Memory, directed by Inés Toharia Terán

Grand Jury Prize – Documentary Short
Pony Boys, directed by Eric Stange

Grand Jury Prize – Narrative Short
Hazardous, directed by Peter Filardi

Best Documentary Feature
Jack Has A Plan, directed by Bradley Berman
Best Narrative Feature
A Stage of Twilight, directed by Sarah T. Schwab

Best Documentary Short
In Their Hands (En Sus Manos), directed by Elle Rinaldi

Best Narrative Short
To Be Honest, directed by John Robert Hammerer

Best Actor Narrative Short – George Lombardo for Off The Menu

Best Actress Narrative Short
Alyson Muzila for Scotch, Please

Best International Film
Concerned Citizen, directed by Idan Haguel (Israel)

Human Rights Award
GSW Gun Shot Wound, directed by Jody Schiliro

Best New Director
Sparkman Clark, directed Something Unseen

Best New England Film
After Closing, directed by Carley Byers

Best Connecticut Film
The Oystering Life, directed by Stephen Andruss Hamm

Best Original Score
The Church With An Overshot Wheel, composed by Donald Sosin

Best Costume Design
Amerikatsi, by costume designer Maro Parian

Best Conservation Film
Bitter River, directed by Khushnuda Shukuri and Mark Albini

Best Documentary Film Cinematography
Women in the Front Seat, director of cinematography by Indy Saini

Best Narrative Film Cinematography
Bootlegger, Nicolas Canniccioni, director of photography

Best Documentary Film Editing
Death, By Koji, edited by Julian Liby

Best Narrative Film Editing
The Locket, edited by Jillian Noyes

Best Screenplay Narrative Feature
Two Eyes, written by Travis Fine

Best Screenplay Narrative Short
No Peanuts For Brooks McGill, written by Jody Heaps

Best Ensemble Cast
Paris Is In Harlem, directed by Christina Kallas

Best Art Direction
The Woodsman, directed by Kyle Kuchta

Best Student Film
Double Take, directed by Eli Canter

Best Director Student Film
Jackson Mirmina, Greaseballs

Best Screenplay Student Film
How to Tie a Tie, directed by Jimmy Cork

Audience Choice Award Narrative
Amerikatsi, directed by Michael Goorjian

Audience Choice Award Documentary
Women In The Front Seat, directed by Indy Saini

Audience Choice Award Student Film
Lost Souls, directed by Christina Giordano

2022 Screenplay Competition Winners:
Grand Prize Winner
Journey Man by Rhyess Nash
First Runner Up
Tattooed Woman by Jonathan Westbrook
Second Runner Up
Betrayed by Alfred Thomas Catalfo
Third Runner Up
Oil & Water by Alfred Thomas Catalfo, Morgan Webster Dudley
Fourth Runner Up
Amy & Angel by Julia Verdin, Deedee Benkovich

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