FEARnyc 2019 congratulates the winners of this year’s juried awards, special honors, and all the incredible filmmakers whose work we were privileged to show. It was an honor to judge this year and this is one of my new favorite festivals. Listed below are the FEARnyc 2019 Award Winners.
- Best Picture
Happy Face – Produced by Alexandre Franchi and Stephane Gérin-Lajoie
- Best Director
Hurricane Aaron – J.R. Howell

- Best Screenplay
Mope – Lucas Heyne
- Best Short Film
The Desecrated – Produced by Melissa Jo Peltier, John Gray, and Phillip Goldfarb
- Best Director of a Short Film
Come Be Creepy With Us – Beth Fletcher
- Best Screenplay for a Short Film
Psycho Path – Cooper Thornton
- Best Actor
Mope – Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

- Best Actress
Happy Face – Alison Midstokke
- Best Cinematography
Drinking The Water – Johann Rashid and David Rusanow
- Best Film Editing
Blind – Kai E. Bogatzki

- Best Production Design
Blind – Marcel Walz
- Best Visual Effects
#NO_FILTER – Sebastien Tonneau and Michael Dupret
- Best Original Score
Urban Fears – Nicholas Michael Jacobs
- Best Lighting Design
Trust Me: A Witness Account of the Goatman – Kelsey Talton
- Best Costume Design
The Glory Years – Garrett Burns and Matt Leary
- Best Sound Design
Drinking The Water – Federico Gómez
- Best Makeup
Cryptina’s Spook-Time Variety Show – Toshi Salvino and Doug Sakmann

- Best Unproduced Screenplay
Headway – By Geoffrey J.D. Payne