2025 BOSTON 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS
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BEST POSTER
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BEST MOVIE
Coastal Elites (2nd Runner Up)
Flesh Is Not Food (1st Runner Up)
Plugged In (2025 Boston Best Movie!)
Re-Education
Whispers from the Dressing Room
WOMEN IN THE 48 AWARD
Allison Thompson - I Love You Today (Winner)
Anna Walsh - Steeped in Denial (1st Runner-Up)
Beccy Rigden - Monster Baby Feet
Kathryn Brodie - See Something Say Something Do Something
KJ Traynor - This Date In History
Lorena Santana - Sour Grapes
Lynn Weissman, Bianca Vranceanu, and Danielle Hudson - Goodbye
Makayla Gawlik - The Case of Kilroy Guthrie
Raina Bhartia - Not My Cup of Tea
Sam Mastrati - Valkyrie
Sara Costa - Whistleblower (2nd Runner-Up)
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Group A Winner: Good News
Runner-Up: Re-Education
Group B Winner: My Favorite Vacation Story
Runner-Up: A Hole As Wide As Your Body
Group C Winner: Once Apasta Time
Runner-Up: Fool’s Bargain
Group D Winner: Surf N’ Turf
Runner-Up: Bad Person
BEST USE OF GENRE
Bad Person
Love Through Time
Once Apasta Time
The Prophesea
The Tampact (Winner)
SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Best Political Satire of the Now: Re-Education
BEST USE OF REQUIRED LINE
Coastal Elites (Winner)
The Gloop Boys
Re-Education
The Tampact
Uncle Phineas
SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Best Use of Non-Required Line: Classy Hands Cracks
(“Come out with your classy hands up!”)
BEST USE OF REQUIRED PROP
The Prophesea (Winner)
The Roomate Interview
Shaver & McCoogs
Steeped
Steeped in Denial
SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Sweetest Tea Scene: Surf N’ Turf
BEST USE OF REQUIRED CHARACTER
Coastal Elites
Re-Education
The Roommate Interview (Winner)
Shaver & McCoogs
The Tampact
SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Best Villain: Al Dente, Once Apasta Time
BEST COSTUMES
Classy Hands Cracks
For Crown and Country
The Midnight Ride
The Prophesea (Winner)
Surf N’ Turf
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Coastal Elites
Plugged In (Winner)
Poop Office
This Date in History
Valkyrie
BEST TITLES
Bad Person
Coastal Elites
Plugged In (Winner - Tie)
The Prophesea
Shaver & McCoogs (Winner - Tie)
SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Best Non-Use of Boston: Shaver & McCoogs
BEST SOUND
Andy’s Apartment
I Love You Today
Plugged In (Winner)
Re-Education
Surf N’ Turf
BEST SONG/MUSIC
Coastal Elites
Once Apasta Time (Winner)
The Prophesea
Shaver & McCoogs
U-Turn
BEST ACTING (ENSEMBLE)
Classy Hands Cracks
Fool’s Bargain
Good News (Winner)
Sour Grapes
Uncle Phineas
SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Most Versatile Performer: Annalisa O’Neill (My Favorite Vacation Story)
BOSTON CASTING INDIVIDUAL ACTING AWARD
Mark Marshall - Bad Person (Winner)
Andre Meservey - Coastal Elites
Julia Angelini - Goodbye
Laurie Lee - I Love You Today (Runner-Up)
Lisa Kherallah - I Love You Today (Runner-Up)
Jillian Margetta - Whispers from the Dressing Room
BEST EDITING
A Hole As Wide As Your Body
Flesh Is Not Food (Winner - Tie)
Outside Inn
Plugged In (Winner - Tie)
Re-Education
NEWENGLANDSCREENWRITERS.COM BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
Coastal Elites (Winner)
My Favorite Vacation Story
Plugged In
The Prophesea
Re-Education
SPECIAL JUDGE'S LAUGHTER AWARD
Coastal Elites
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bad Person
Flesh Is Not Food (Winner)
I Love You Today
Re-Education
Whispers from the Dressing Room
BEST DIRECTING
Coastal Elites
Flesh Is Not Food
Plugged In
Valkyrie
Whispers from the Dressing Room (Winner)
SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Most Arresting Opening Scene: Whispers from the Dressing Room
2025 BOSTON 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT
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