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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
December 20, 2022
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Austin in Trouble (written by Tom Rincone)
*Desperately Seeking Sikh (written by Mariella Spagnolo)
Geri at the Counter (written by Penelope Spurr)
No Address (written by James J. Papa and Julia Verdin)
The Four Of Us Are Dying (written by Jesse Dorian)

BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS
*Josie Burke (Heirloom)
Anthony Robert Grasso (The Call)
Sophie Lachman (For Lonely Nights)

BEST TWIST
*Her Motive
Retribution's Child 
The Call

BEST CONCEPT
Her Motive
Holly Hill
*Let My Grandpa into Heaven 

BEST FILM
Duet 
For Lonely Nights
*Heirloom


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
September 28, 2022
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Bad Love Tigers (written by Kevin L. Schewe, MD, FACRO, Oliver W. Tuthill Jr. & Tara J. Walker)
Hovelton - Zombies (written by Mathew Tretola)
MK Djarum (written by Gwynn Davies)
*The Forte (written by Diane Gonzalez)
We Called Him Beethoven (written by Bob Brennan)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
*Shaolin 

BEST STUDENT FILM
*Guru

BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS
*Rebecca DeMarco (Marijuana Minutes)
Trey Guinn (Billy)
Arash Mokhtar (Guru)
Chris Thompson (The First Responder)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Billy
Pumpkin Seek
*The Thief

BEST COMEDY FILM
Love Sick
Marijuana Minutes
*The Pinch Hitter

MOST INSPIRING FILM
*Dare to believe 

BEST FILM
*Billy
Springtime Forever
The Thief

BEST FEATURE FILM
*Marijuana Minutes


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
June 29, 2022
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*Cooking With Passion (written by Jim Harkins)
Ghosts of San Francisco (written by David A. Seader)
Kat Killed My Cat (written by Javier Navarrete)
Spare Change (written by Christopher Raishun Marshall)
The Long Haul (written by Josh W Pomponio)

BEST ACTRESS
*Edie Casille (Celebrations)
Anjelica Jayes (A Cosplay Life)
Gabi Van Horn (The Big 3-Oh)

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Kenner (Trapped)
Charlie McElveen (The Morning Breeze)
*Bryan McKenna (Freddy, The Handyman)

BEST COMEDY
A Cosplay Life
*Boomslang 2: The Dinner
Freddy, The Handyman

BEST WEB SERIES
Boomslang 2: The Dinner
Divided 
*Kith & Kin

BEST LOCAL FILM
Kith & Kin
*The Big 3-Oh 
Trapped

BEST FILM
Celebrations
The Big 3-Oh 
*The Morning Breeze


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
March 23, 2022
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
A Cavendish Discovery of Witchcraft (written by James Fitzmaurice)
*Amy and Angel (written by Deedee Benkovich & Julia Verdin)
Homecoming (written by Mike Vezza & James Alexander)

BEST MUSICAL FILM OR MUSIC VIDEO 
Gaslighted
The Nightfly
*When it All Goes Down

BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS
Caitlin Connelly (Ebb and Flo)
*Iliana Guibert (The Session)
Anna Vanston (Cycle)

BEST COMEDY FILM
Loves Me, Loves Me Not
Twisted Perspective
*What Can I Say?

BEST FILM
*Cycle
The Session
Unintended

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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
December 15, 2021
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS
*Aric Grooms (MidLife)
Afton Quast (I Would Do Anything For Love)
Bettina Skye (Play Date)

BEST HORROR COMEDY
*You're It​

BEST FILM
Forgotten
Home at War
*MidLife

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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
September 29, 2021
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*A Confusion of Weasels (written by Paul Weidknecht)
Jungles (written by Joy Sunland)
Silence (written by Anupama Mandloi)

BEST ACTOR OR ACTRESS
Melissa Malone (Assisted Suicide)
Loring Murtha (Banana Zakary)
*Jasper Newman (The Don't Call List)

BEST FILM
*Banana Zakary
I Feel A Stillness Growing 
The Don't Call List
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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
June 22, 2021
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Flash and Stretch (written by Jim Norman)
Isolation Vacation (written by Andrew Kamal Abdou)
*Jersey Don (written by John Kerner)
Seraphim's Miracle (written by J.B. Storey)
Sizwe (written by Micharn Pollock)

BEST ACTRESS
Jeanette Bonner (The Feather)
*Caroline Heinle (STILL)
Libby Lee (Still With Us)

BEST ACTOR
Darian Dauchan (The Feather)
*Bobby McGruther (The Bunny Man)
Patrick Shane (STILL)

BEST STUDENT FILM
*It's Over
Lessons From Dad
Still With Us

BEST FILM
Air B & D 
The Bonds of Friendship
The Bunny Man
*The Feather​

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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
March 27, 2021
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*Chasing Love (written by Diana Foronda & Calvin Benson)
Clara's Garden (written by Bill Foster)
Fatal Ambition (written by Angel Connell)
Gross National Happiness (written by Kristin Steinmetz)
The Projectionist (written by Michael Dean)

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Acker (Outside)
Cartter Evans (Wake)
*Nancy Nagrant (Miracle Baby)

BEST ACTOR
*James Carpinello (Outside)
Vincent De Paul (Matty Boy)
Stephen Kunken (Miracle Baby)

BEST FILM
*Miracle Baby
The Internet Kills
Wake​


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
December 20, 2020
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Brook Farm written by Alexander Wake
Ring of Deceit written by Jim Harkins
*Terrified written by Pamela Reinhart

BEST ACTRESS
Eve Austin (Confidant)
Qurrat Kadwani (Show & Tell)
*Amandalyn McLellan (Fair Haven)

BEST ACTOR
Eddie McGee (Confidant)
Bobby McGruther (Fair Haven)
*Joe Nemcheck (King of Angels)

BEST ENSEMBLE
*Fair Haven
King of Angels

BEST ANIMATION
*Beanstalk

BEST FILM
Confidant
Fair Haven
*Show & Tell​


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
October 8, 2020
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Bad Summer written by Richard L. Stringham
* Bloodletters written by Tom Sime and Greg Derasmo
Everything, All At Once written by Julia Christgau
Pop Video written by Richard Stringham
Psychotics written by Rajiv Kachappilly

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
* She's a Devil

Stairwell My Love

BEST ACTRESS
Liza Galletti (Dating Blind)
* Katrina Schmidt (Groups of Two)
Maria Souza (Method)
 
BEST ACTOR

* Phil Kruse (A Week With Rebecca)
Ryan Murnane (Cartwright)
Bobby Slaski (Groups of Two)
 
BEST FILM

A Week With Rebecca
Cartwright
* Groups of Two
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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
December 18, 2019
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
At the Mercy of Faith (written by Samuel Lee Taylor)
Flight AD4515 (written by Martina Lisec)
*LimoCop (written by Kevin Lapsley, Michael Craig and Canz)

BEST ACTRESS
Ela Acur (Restless)
Kristin Muri (Crazy For The Blonde)
Meredith Ross (Wink)
*Tawny Sorensen (As One)

BEST ACTOR
Anthony Grasso (Wink)
Bobby McGruther (Tequila Flavored Cigarettes)
*Stephen Plunkett (Stormchaser)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
A New Generation Music Video
*The Same But Different
Weaponized

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Mixed Up
Purrrfect Intervention
*Tequila Flavored Cigarettes

BEST FILM
As One
*Crazy For The Blonde
Tequila Flavored Cigarettes

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*Decoy


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
September 25, 2019
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*Cairene Dreams written by Andrew Kamal Abdou, Max Gray & Michael Petzinger
Erased written by Camille Huot & Ambrealys
Punch! written by Meredith Grace Dabney

BEST ACTRESS
Gwen Gottlieb (Becoming Bethany Rhodes)
Dianne Rothenberg (Benefits Not Included)
*Katy Milewski (Little Did She Know)

BEST ACTOR
Rob Figueroa (Benefits Not Included)
*Chris Orangeo (Little Did She Know)
Robert Sciglimpaglia (Within and Without)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
*Aio Zitelli
Faultless plan
M LIKE MOBIUS

BEST FILM
Benefits Not Included
Here Today
*Within and Without

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*The Odyssey of the AOR​


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
June 26, 2019
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*EVENING OF THE EVIL EYE Written by Angel Connell
PLACE HOLDERS written by Rodney Simmons
THE AIRSTRIKE OPEN written by Kevin Dunn

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
*Red Eleven - Starry Eyes

BEST ENSEMBLE
*Audition Antics

BEST ACTRESS
Zoe Farmingdale (Not Yet)
Tamara Jones (OM-GYN)
*Qurrat Ann Kadwani (The Fifth Of November)

BEST ACTOR
Mark Gagnon (The Primrose)
*Dan Gregory (Tell Me Something Good)
Josh Phillips (Nasty Habits)

BEST FILM
*Foreign Nationals
Nasty Habits
The Primrose

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*The Fifth of November


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
March 27, 2019
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*LONG HAUL written by Megan Hess
THE BOUFFADOU written by Olly Williams
THE MIRACLE THAT SAVED CESAR IBANES' LIFE written by Ryan Thurston

BEST ACTRESS
*Lydia Fiore (Swiped Right)
Rebecca Rapoport-Cole  (My Dad and Bob Todd)
Janel Tanna (Irony of Catharsis)

BEST ACTOR
Anthony Robert Grasso (Swiped Right)
Jack Mulcahy (Beyond Kepler)
*Bobby Slaski (Meeting Across the Hills)

BEST FILM
Beyond Kepler
*My Dad and Bob Todd
Swiped Right​

BEST ENSEMBLE
*Beyond Kepler

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*I… Have Issues


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
December 19, 2018
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
HOUDINI'S LAST RUN written by David Steinman
INSIDE OUT written by Jim Popovich
*PLAN 6 written by Jennifer Chang

BEST ACTRESS
Jaecinda Ortiz (Delirium)
Colleen Wright (From Our Coven) 
*Marissa Carpio (Where There Is No Exit) 

BEST ACTOR
*Vincent Benvenuto (Rubber Room)
Jimmy Cintron (Mr. Kiss)
Treva Etienne (Acts of Desperation)

BEST FILM
Delirium
*Mr. Kiss
Rubber Room

BEST ENSEMBLE
*Acts of Desperation

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*Cassie


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
September 26, 2018
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*Girl Group - A Daughter's Tale written by Ashlei Hardenburg & Susan Murphy
Leotard written by Sophie Hood
I AM written by Shunsuke Funakoshi

BEST ACTRESS
*Debbie Twiss (Family Day)
Lauren Cox (Traveling Soldier)
Hannah Elless (Nora Ephron Goes To Prison)

BEST ACTOR
Charlton Hoag (7 Weeks)
Fredric Lehne (Margaret and Gary)
*Brian Kim (The Beach House)

BEST FILM
The Beach House
*The Only Flight
Underwater

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*Collision At Split Rock


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
June 27, 2018
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*`76 written by John Avino
RAIN ON THE RIVER written by Jeffrey Morin
STORE POLICY written by Ellen Raines
SYRIAN OCEAN written by Jeffrey Morin

BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS
*Jim Ford - We Have Your Wife
Jade Lane - Banana Bread
Ethan Stites - Vials

BEST FILM
Bless Me Father
To Be Normal
*Vials

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*Bless Me Father​


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
March 28, 2018
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
GASP written by Gregory Orr
THE HUNTED written by Sam Thompson
PERRY written by R. J. Watson
*THE STRAIGHT MAN written by Paul Laudicano

BEST ACTRESS
Anna Just - Hearts That Cross Borders
Carly Otte - F'd, another effing web series
*Tayler Hamilton - The Singer

BEST ACTOR
*Alexandru Aldea - All About Rita
Frank Albanese - Divided
Rob Figueroa - Something's Fishy

​BEST ENSEMBLE
*Wedding Season

BEST FILM
*Hearts The Cross Borders
The Singer
Wedding Season 

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*I Heart Yoga​


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
December 20, 2017
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*Layers written by Tom Bragg
Plot Twist written by Afonso Henrique

BEST ACTRESS
Alexis Lariviere - The Last Visit
*Kristin Malko - Out of the Box
Alessia Sushko - The Other Capulet

BEST ACTOR
*Dan Berkey - The Last Visit
Mike Funk - Photokill
Cormac McCarthy - The Sickest Guy I Ever Met

​BEST ENSEMBLE
*MindFull

BEST CONCEPT
*Jamie's Girl
Katherine
MindFull

BEST FILM
Photokill
The Last Visit
*The Other Capulet

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*The Other Capulet


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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
September 27, 2017
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*Back End written by Dan Gessner
Fortuity written by Kayla Ditlefsen
Golden Valley written by Samantha Morris
Mentally Evil written by Ronnie Lewis Jr

BEST ACTRESS
*Victoria Ratermanis - The Rose Garden
Yesi Rodriguez - The Mystery Gang
Laura Dowling Shea - The Spilling

BEST ACTOR
JD Goldschmidt - The Mystery Gang
*Dennis Herdman - DJs
David Volino - The Rose Garden

BEST FILM
Coming Down
The Mystery Gang
*The Spilling

AUDIENCE CHOICE 
*Garbaggio
Or So the Story Goes (runner up)

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GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
June 14, 2017
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
American Snake Pit written by Dan Tomasulo
Leave written by Alysha Haran
*Malika written by Carlos Mesber

BEST DOCUMENTARY
*All American

BEST ACTRESS
Evgeniya Orudzheva - Anna Robot
Tawny Sorensen - Date and Time
*Nikki Gold - Reality Disorder

BEST ACTOR
*Reese Mishler - Candyland
Keith Nobbs - Date and Time
Branden Macor - Triangle

BEST FILM
Addle Strife
*Let's Play Dead Girl
Winter Snow

AUDIENCE CHOICE 
*Unfinished Business


GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
March 29, 2017
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
A Just Cause written by Andrea Fiest Stein
*An Affair in the Greek Islands written by Slavica Bogdanov
Return to Metea written by Jeff Ingber
Rewind written by Ian Wilson

BEST ACTRESS
*Bethany Nicole Taylor - Taking in Quinn
Tanya Bevan - Beyond the Deep
Wrenn Schmidt - The Good Catholic

BEST ACTOR
*Matt Langer - Don't Think About It
John McGinley - The Good Catholic
Guilherme Festa - Life After Her

BEST FILM
Don't Think About It
King's Highway: The Story of Malcolm Fairfield 
Taking in Quinn
*The Good Catholic

AUDIENCE CHOICE 
*The Man in the Room



GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
December 21, 2016
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
12:34 written by Tobi Sigona
Brew Master written by Kelly Jean Karam
Destiny written by Gerald Schoenewolf
*Old Wounds written by Tom Wardach
The Holy Grail written by Walter Morris
Twists of Closure written by CN Bean

BEST ACTRESS
Lauren Dougherty (Cabinet in the Woods)
Stephanie Hinck (Crowns of Serendip)
*Brandi Alyssa Young (Evil Rising)

BEST ACTOR
*Ignacyo Matynia (Cabinet in the Woods)
Nathan Cluss (Crowns of Serendip)
Ronald Graham (Curses of War)

BEST FILM
Cabinet in the Woods
*Evil Rising
X Job

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*The Situation Room



GROVE FILM FESTIVAL
September 28, 2016
NOMINEES AND WINNERS (*denotes the winner):

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
*Can't Mumbai Me Love written by Andrew Abdou
Citrus written by Nick Ferro & Gil Barahona
Expiration Dating written by Andrew Abdou, Sarah Mogin & Michael Petzinger
F*ck written by Elijah Gomez
Modern Love written by Hannah Dillon
Resurrection Time Conspiracy written by Jim Carroll

BEST DOCUMENTARY
*In the Name of Comedy

BEST ACTRESS
Lynne Cormack (Acting Up)
Laura Shea (Great Expectations)
*Janel Tanna (Sienna’s Choice)

BEST ACTOR
*Taso Mikroulis (The Weekend)
Sebastian Stimman (1.7 Alpha)
Antonio Silva (Madam Trigger)

BEST FILM
Defarious
*Sienna’s Choice
The Weekend

AUDIENCE CHOICE
*A Real Date













































































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