Past Awards by Year

2022

It was a wonderful weekend, kicked off with a friends and family sneak peak of the documentary Ariel Phenomenon, directed by local filmmaker Randall Nickerson. The post-screening discussion featured a dynamic discussion and Q&A with Nickerson, and the film’s editor, Ashfield’s own Christopher Seward.

Saturday featured our largest selection of short films from local filmmakers ever. It was an extraordinary evening capped off with the following awards:

Grand Prize
The Magical Forest & The Things, Dave Russo & Calliope Mary

Best Film, Youth
Half-Productive Nonsense, Josh Ferrara

Technical Achievement
The Elevator of Earthly Destruction, Melissa McClung

Best Documentary
The Three Sisters, Tamsen Merrill

Best Animation
Baking Biscuits, Brendan Leowolf

Audience Choice Award
The Magical Forest & The Things, Dave Russo & Calliope Mary

2019

Grand Prize
Father Roy Snipes, Mary Patierno

Best Musical Score & Audience Choice
Roosters and Birds, Brendan Leowolf

Best Actor: Nate Ruth
The Double Life Of Hugh, Ben Tobin

Best Comedy
Out Of Gas, Bruce Lessels

Best Animation
The Run, Mac Sloan Anderson

2018

Grand Prize
Hilltown 6, Ben Tobin

Tip O’ The Hat Award
A Monster Behind Me, Parker (Gussie) Smith

Best First Time Entry
Outside In, Randall Nickerson

Best Comedy
TV Dreams, Ben Murray

First Prize, Youth & Audience Choice Award
Rewind, Liam O’Shea

Best Documentary
The Giant Hunter, Jim Viera

2017

Technical Achievment Prize
What She Saw, Tamsen Merrill

Best Non-Profit Film
The Land Is My Inspiration, Franklin Land Trust/Melissa Patterson

Grand Prize & Audience Choice
The Book Club, Tobias LaMontagne

2016

Grand Prize & Audience Choice
A Little History, Ben Murray

First Prize, Youth
One Shot Mission, Tobias LaMontagne

Technical Achievement Award
WZRD, Galen Knowles

Tip O’ The Hat Award
Pranksters, Ainsley Murray, Alysha Parshall, Ashlee Townsley

Best Original Score
The Sky On His Back by Nicky Royston, film by Ben Tobin

Best Nartrative & Best Actor
Butter Man, Noel Anderson

Best Documentary
Spring Shearing, Tamsen Merrill

2015

Music Video Prize
Nightlight, Alouette Batteau, Amelia Nields-Chalfont, Isabella DeHerdt

First Prize, Youth
Save Our Spoons, Sophia Wernick

Best Narrative & Best Actor
The Salesman, Ben Tobin

Best Documentary
Reverse 911, Dave Fessenden

Technical Achievement Prize
Annabelle, Manfred Gabriel

Grand Prize & Audience Award
The List, Tobias LaMontagne

2014

Grand Prize
3 Days of the Demon, Nicholas Lund-Ulrich /Kerry Carlock

Best Narrative Entry& Audience Choice
One Small Cookie, Noel Anderson

Best Documentary
Summer, Myles Cheda

Technical Achievement Prize
Or Else I Shall Be Lost, Ben Tobin

Best Historical Film
Barefoot Allen, Tamsen Merrill

2013

Grand Prize
Country Guy, Eli Catlin & Jackson Reeeves Henning

First Prize, Youth
Travel On, Alouette Batteau, Amelia Chalfant, Isabella DeHerdt

First Prize, Adult
The Journey Of Alden Wakefield, Ben Tobin

Music Video Prize
An Afternoon In Ashfield, Myles Cheda

Technical Achievement Prize
The Sword, Tobias LaMontagne

Audience Choice & Golden Googles Award
Alas, Michelle LaRoque

2012

Grand Prize
Cynthia, Jude Elbaum & Kate O'Shea Ph.D.

First Prize, Adult
The Recent Excitement In Ashfield, David Fessenden

First Prize, Youth & Audience Choice
Speak Up, Isabella Deherdt

Music Video Prize
ABC Rap, Liam O’Shea

Technical Achievement Prize
Imaginarium, Ben Tobin

Special Low-Tech Award
Als’ Thrifty Country Wisdom, Patty Pieropan Dong

2011

Grand Prize & Audience Choice
A Fowl Of The Law, Noel & Silas Anderson

First Prize, Youth
Words, Words, Mere Words, Liam Quinn

First Prize, Adult
We’ve Come To Sing, David Fessenden & Jon Bos

Ashfield History Prize
Journey’s End Farm, Kate O’Shea & Mary Leue

Technical Achievement Prize
Anna and Her Tribe, Ben Tobin

Music Video Prize
Play Like A Girl, Mary Patierno

2010

Grand Prize & Audience Choice
The Adventures of Professional Man, Ben Murray

First Prize, Adult
Pancaper Two, Gayle Kabaker

First Prize, Youth
The Adventures of Bob, Theo Gabriel

Ashfield History Prize
Willy, David Fessenden

Technical Achievement Prize
School Bus Times, Gregory Thorp

Music Video Prize
Lighthouse, Evan Yeardon

Tip O’ The Hat Prize
Baba O’Riley, Henry Lombino

2009

Grand Prize
The Great Ashfield Pancaper, Gayle Kabaker

First Prize, Adult & Audience Choice
Dancing Queens, Nancy "Satch" Hoff"

Ashfield History Prize
Stocking The Food Pantry, Tamsen Merrill

Ashfield Resident Prize
Locavore, David Fessenden

First Prize, Youth
History In Free Fall, Galen Knowles

2008

Grand Prize
Ashfield On His Mind, Cicily Corbet

First Prize, Adult & Audience Choice
Flustered, Ben Murray

First Prize, Youth
Ashfield Artist, Bennett Duchin

Ashfield Resident Prize
Everything Practical, Practically Anything, Liz Castro

2007

Grand Prize
Three Seasons Of Winter, David Fessenden

Audience Choice
Invasion, Ben Murray

Co-First Prize
A Lifetime In Ashfield, Bennett Duchin

Co-First Prize
Home For The Holidays, Nick Lund-Ulrich