WINNERS 2022
GOLDEN TRAM
Best in Fest – Feature
“Marijuana Minutes”
Director – Ryan D. Moore

GOLDEN TRAM
Best in Fest – Short
“La Tristeza del Mimo”
The Sadness of the Mime
Director – Ángel Puado

Best Director – Feature
Olivier Simon
“North of the Night”

Best Director – Short
Ángel Puado
“La Tristeza del Mimo”
The Sadness of the Mime

Best Actress – Feature
Rebecca DeMarco
“Marijuana Minutes”

Best Actress – Short
Janelle Tedesco
“I’m Not Nice”

Best Actor – Feature
Richard Hollman
“Songs for a Sloth”

Best Actor – Short
Clemens Schick
“Geography of the Heart”

Best Female Filmmaker –
Feature
Kirsty Bell
“A Bird Flew In”

Best Female Filmmaker –
Short
Olive Nwosu
“Egúngún”
Masquerade

Best International Film –
Feature
“A Bird Flew In”
Director – Kirsty Bell

Best International Film –
Short
“Bienvenue chez Candy”
Welcome to Candy’s
Dir. – Sabine Crossen

Best Comedy – Feature
“Marijuana Minutes”
Director – Ryan D. Moore

Best Comedy – Short
“I’m Not Nice”
Director – Tom A. Capps
&
Shannon Morrall

Best Drama – Feature
“North of the Night”
Director – Olivier Simon

Best Drama – Short
“Geography of the Heart”
Dir. – Alexandra Billington

Vincent Spano Award
Best NYC Filmmaker –
Short
“First Date”
Z. W. Amundson

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Thurs 7:30p | Fri 8:30p | Sat 10:00a | Sat 12:00p | Sat 3:15p | Sat 5:00p | Sat 7:30p | Sun 11:30a | Sun 3:15p
Thursday 7:30 pm
“LOVE” – 4 min.
Dir. Andrea Ashton
In this narrative art film bringing a modern poem to life, a series of touching vignettes show two women falling in and out of love — but not in any traditional way you’ve seen before. Their story is told in reverse chronology and was physically performed in reverse, as well, although then flipped “forward” in the edit so their movement feels slightly “off,” kind of like how love can make you feel.
Friday 8:30 pm
SONGS FOR A SLOTH – 1 hr 25 min.
Dir. Bradley Hasse
On the edge of a nervous breakdown, Maxwell is shocked to find out from his family lawyer that he’s inherited a sloth sanctuary from his father. When a talking sloth then visits his dreams, Maxwell becomes obsessed with saving the animal’s habitat in his waking life by returning to his first passion, music. In order to complete the task though, he must enlist the help of his lazy brother and self-involved sister.

Saturday 10:00 am
NORTH OF THE NIGHT – 1 hr 30 min.
Dir. Olivier Simon
Jack or Monsieur Jack, Aurore or Monica Vitti, Alice, Emile, the unknown woman of the river. It is men and women that a priori nothing brings closer. And yet …
Seized at a decisive moment in their lives, or their deaths, the characters of AU NORD DE LA NUIT (North of the night) are pushed to cross the other side of the river, in a Paris transformed into a merry-go-round. From one bridge to the other, between shadow and memory, the time of an urban wandering they will hunt, hide, dream vertically, the time of a night, the time of oblivion …
Saturday 12:00 pm
ME AGAINST THE WORLD – 12 min.
Dir. Kali Bailey
Mala and Doug live parallel lives in high school. He is the next Michael Jordan and she could cure cancer. In college, however, they collide. Mala tutors Doug to stay on the team. He ignites her social life. An unlikely duo, their friendship raises eyebrows. Will they ever realize that they are perfect for each other?
Saturday 3:15 pm
INFINITY + 1 – 8 min.
Dir. Flo Demmer
Sam, a young boy, longs for his mother’s love and protection after his father died. She, on the other hand, struggles to be the mother she wants to be while dealing with her own pain. She knows she’ll break down once that moment of weakness overcomes her. So she cuts herself from her feelings while leaving her son with his own behind.
AARON WITH 2 A’S – 17 min.
Dir. Michael Goldburg
Aaron retires from his day job to pursue his lifelong dream to be an actor. When he finally manages to land a major role, he discovers he’s his own worst enemy as his long-repressed inner doubts threaten to derail his second career and the relationships that matter most to him.
Saturday 5:00 pm
GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEART – 30 min.
Dir. Alexandra Billington
Ambitious actor’s agent Felix is at the top of his game in Germany and internationally repping his successful actress fiancée Rachel. Life could not be better – except Felix’s mother was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and his father, Hans, secretly struggles to cope. When Felix, in the midst of moving to Berlin from LA, meets real estate agent Anna when viewing an apartment – and he is utterly blindsided by the one feeling he never knew he wanted, one he is shocked to realize he would give up everything for – intimacy. But Anna needs more security than a feeling.
Saturday 7:30 pm
BIENVENUE CHEZ CANDY – 14 min.
Welcome to Candy’s
Dir. Sabine Crossen
Like in a fairy tale, it only took one glance for Etienne to fall head over heels in love with Candy. When she invites him home for a drink, he discovers that this pretty influencer with a vivid imagination did not invite him just by chance. But is Etienne ready to play Candy’s strange little game?
Sunday 11:30 am
SMASHED – 13 min.
Dir. Dawn Spinella
A home shopping network hostess has a total meltdown on live television when she learns that she’s been a sh*t mom to her 18 year-old daughter who’s about to head off to college. She chases the camera from set to set trying to make her bourbon ball quota, getting drunker and drunker along the way, ultimately discovering the value of family.
Sunday 3:15 pm
Placebo Heart – Episode 4 – “Great Raba” – 24 min.
Dir. Rodney Ferrer
A man who is haunted by his past, while trying to raise a family and keep a drug and alcohol addiction at bay. His world comes crashing when his wife Wanda discovers a secret and his mob affiliated brother in-law Charlie, decides to hunt him down. Now a homeless Merrick spirals into a world of drug abuse, depression and coming to grips with his past, his identity and his survival.