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2026 Boston 48HFP
Nominees & Awards
Best Movie










SECOND RUNNER UP: Go For the Gold (Near Infinite Productions)
BEST MOVIE: Jump 667 (Cheads On Line 1)
Redirect (Extra Medium)
Silent Treatment (Wax Idiotical)
FIRST RUNNER UP: Town Way to Water (Bat An Eyelash)

Best Directing
Jump 667 (Cheads On Line 1)
Love, After (Medley of Fresh Vegetables)
Redirect (Extra Medium)
Ricochet (FireFort)
Town Way To Water (Bat An Eyelash)

Best Cinematography
The House Always Knows (Quill Pictures)
Last Words From The People That Love You (False Awakening)
Jump 667 (Cheads On Line 1)
Silent Treatment (Wax Idiotical)
Town Way To Water (Bat An Eyelash)

 
Best Script
Don't Spill the Beans (Moose Films)
Go For the Gold (Near Infinite Productions)
Jump 667 (Cheads On Line 1)
Thumb-derdog (Friendly Filmmaker)
True Winners (Obnots)

Best Editing
The Idol of Thunder (WEATHER IS HAPPENING)
Jump 667 (Cheads On Line 1)
Love, After (Medley of Fresh Vegetables)
Marietta's (Xan Tippe Productions)
Silent Treatment (Wax Idiotical)

Best Acting (Individual)

Miles Petrie
In Person
(Three Bags Full)

Liz Fuller
Jump 667
(Cheads On Line 1)

WINNER: Ali Dusinberre
Ricochet (FireFort)

Annie Cicero
Kyp Pilalas
Silent Treatment (Wax Idiotical)

RUNNER-UP: Jordan Pacheco
Thumb-derdog (Friendly Filmmaker)

Matthew Dray
True Winners (Obnots)

Best Acting Ensemble
Peace. (FRED-TV)
The Retreat (WooWho Pictures)
Silent Treatment (Wax Idiotical)
Thumb-derdog (Friendly Filmmaker)
True Winners (Obnots)

Best Original Score
The Competition of Harmonies (Cassette Blanca)
Love, After (Medley of Fresh Vegetables)
The Ones Who Went Silent (Deblias Sisters' Productions)
Roman Numerals (Juri Love Productions)
The Smoking Gun (torn hay dough)

Best Sound
​The Idol of Thunder (WEATHER IS HAPPENING)
In Person (Three Bags Full)
Jump 667 (Cheads On Line 1)
No Country For Old Milk (Cactus With A Haircut)
Rituals (Riverhawks)
Town Way To Water (Bat An Eyelash)


Best Titles
Don't Spill The Beans (Moose Films)
In Person (Three Bags Full)
Silent Treatment (Wax Idiotical)
Thumb-derdog (Friendly Filmmaker)
True Winners (Obnots)

Best Special Effects
The Idol of Thunder (WEATHER IS HAPPENING)
Jump 667 (Cheads On Line 1)
Kismet (10 Million Cryptids)
No Country For Old Milk (Cactus With A Haircut)
Redirect (Extra Medium)

Best Costumes
86 The Squid (Push the Button, Frank)
Beware of Dog (Team Evan Williams)
No Country For Old Milk (Cactus With A Haircut)
Shaver & McCoogs: The Case of Beer (MadCat Productions)

Best Use of Character
Breaking Up, Breaking In (BBD Productions)
The Doormat (Smaht Nation)
Family Before Everything (Emilissa Productions)
Go For The Gold (Near Infinite Productions)
"Leave" (RamCam)

Best Use of Prop
Don't Spill the Beans (Moose Films)
Finding You (Reel Time Productions)
Go For The Gold (Near Infinite Productions)
Project Apollo (French Press Productions)
Sweetie (Apocalypse Whenever)

Best Use of Line
Hydration Station (Lyricy)
In Person (Three Bags Full)
No Country For Old Milk (Cactus With A Haircut)
Silent Treatment (Wax Idiotical)
True Winners (Obnots)

Best Use of Genre
The Idol of Thunder (WEATHER IS HAPPENING)
Jump 667 (Cheads On Line 1)

Other People's Lives (Emerald Tinted Productions)
Sweetie (Apocalypse Whenever)
True Winners (Obnots)

Special Judge's Award: Best End Credits Tag
Love, After (Medley of Fresh Vegetables)

Special Judge's Award: Best Sets
Sweetie (Apocalypse Whenever)

Special Judge's Award: Best Color Grading
Ricochet (FireFort)

Special Judge's Award: Best Comedy
True Winners (Obnots)

Special Judge's Award: Best Artistic/Technical Achievement
Redirect (Extra Medium)


Best Song
Don't Spill the Beans (Moose Films)
Hydration Station (Lyricy)
Live Laugh Love (Monster Baby Feet)
Recycling (The Hardly Boys)
True Winners (Obnots)



































 








 
Women in the 48 Awards

RUNNER-UP: Karen Collari Troake
Clean As You Go (3 Cat Films)


Averie St. Germaine
Sweetie (Apocalypse Whenever)

Rachel Solomon, Calli Colvin
The Competition of Harmonies (Cassette Blanca)

HONORABLE MENTION: Ivana Strajin
The Tourist (Cold Plunge Productions)


Makayla Gawlik
The Ones Who Went Silent (Deblias Sisters' Productions)

Reese Piccerelli
Family Before Everything (Emilissa Productions)

WINNER: Georgia Pantazopoulos
Stay In Your Lane (MAS x Cinema Toast)


Maya Izzo
Love in the Classroom (Smithfield Silly Ducks)

KJ Hardly
Recycling (The Hardly Boys)

Megan Maisano
(Wax Idiotical)

Best Poster (Tie!)
Don't Spill The Beans (Moose Films)
&
Raw Deal (box house productions)


The winning team leaders
receive complimentary
poster shirts
but you can
order your own
by clicking on
the designs below!
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