2026 Long Island Cinema Festival Award Winners

AWARD WINNERSBEST MICROSHORT
Oh Shit, Did We Just Kill A Guy? | Oscar Monroy
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Whale 52 | Daniel Neiden
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY — SHORT
Josh Graydon | The Dumbletons
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY — FEATURE
Eric Macey | Raging Midlife
BEST SHORT FILM — COMEDY / ROMANCE
The Dumbletons | Wendell Laurent
BEST SHORT FILM — HORROR / THRILLER
Night Chillers | Robert Marsella & Dawn Natalia
BEST SHORT FILM — DRAMA
SISSY | Noa Devine
BEST LEGACY FILM
Stall Buddies | Glenn McBride Jr.
BEST SCREENPLAY — SHORT (PRODUCED)
Sophia McCarthy | Muscle Memory
BEST SCREENPLAY — FEATURE (PRODUCED)
JR Stokes | Beautiful, Pam
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Attack Attack Attack: Calhoun Colts | Carl Emmanuel Coulanges
BREAKTHROUGH SCREENPLAY — FEATURE (UNPRODUCED)
Adam Lamparello | The Last Call
BREAKTHROUGH SCREENPLAY — SHORT (UNPRODUCED)
Drew Henriksen | Afternoon
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR — SHORT
Wendell Laurent | The Dumbletons
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS — SHORT
Belle Bongiorno | blacketbleu.
BEST ACTRESS — SHORT
Rebecca Escobedo | Seven Valentines
BEST ACTOR — SHORT
Stephen Solomon | SISSY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR — FEATURE
Russ Camarda | The Proctor
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS — FEATURE
Phyllis March | The Proctor
BEST ACTRESS — FEATURE
Kait Dieppa | TIMINGS
BEST ACTOR — FEATURE
Anthony Famulari | Best Man
BEST DIRECTOR — SHORT
Noa Devine | SISSY
BEST DIRECTOR — FEATURE
J.R. Stokes | Beautiful, Pam
BEST FEATURE FILM
Best Man | Ryan Famulari & Anthony Famulari
THE MARQUEE AWARD
The Proctor | Ed Huether


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