2025 BOSTON 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS
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BEST POSTER
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BEST MOVIE
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Coastal Elites (2nd Runner Up)
Flesh Is Not Food (1st Runner Up)
Plugged In (2025 Boston Best Movie!)
Re-Education
Whispers from the Dressing Room
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WOMEN IN THE 48 AWARD
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Allison Thompson - I Love You Today (Winner)
Anna Walsh - Steeped in Denial (1st Runner-Up)
Beccy Rigden - Monster Baby Feet
Kathryn Brodie - See Something Say Something Do Something
KJ Traynor - This Date In History
Lorena Santana - Sour Grapes
Lynn Weissman, Bianca Vranceanu, and Danielle Hudson - Goodbye
Makayla Gawlik - The Case of Kilroy Guthrie
Raina Bhartia - Not My Cup of Tea
Sam Mastrati - Valkyrie
Sara Costa - Whistleblower (2nd Runner-Up)
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AUDIENCE AWARDS
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Group A Winner: Good News
Runner-Up: Re-Education
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Group B Winner: My Favorite Vacation Story
Runner-Up: A Hole As Wide As Your Body
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Group C Winner: Once Apasta Time
Runner-Up: Fool’s Bargain
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Group D Winner: Surf N’ Turf
Runner-Up: Bad Person
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BEST USE OF GENRE
Bad Person
Love Through Time
Once Apasta Time
The Prophesea
The Tampact (Winner)
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SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Best Political Satire of the Now: Re-Education
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BEST USE OF REQUIRED LINE
Coastal Elites (Winner)
The Gloop Boys
Re-Education
The Tampact
Uncle Phineas
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SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Best Use of Non-Required Line: Classy Hands Cracks
(“Come out with your classy hands up!”)
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BEST USE OF REQUIRED PROP
The Prophesea (Winner)
The Roomate Interview
Shaver & McCoogs
Steeped
Steeped in Denial
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SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Sweetest Tea Scene: Surf N’ Turf
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BEST USE OF REQUIRED CHARACTER
Coastal Elites
Re-Education
The Roommate Interview (Winner)
Shaver & McCoogs
The Tampact
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SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Best Villain: Al Dente, Once Apasta Time
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BEST COSTUMES
Classy Hands Cracks
For Crown and Country
The Midnight Ride
The Prophesea (Winner)
Surf N’ Turf
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BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Coastal Elites
Plugged In (Winner)
Poop Office
This Date in History
Valkyrie
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BEST TITLES
Bad Person
Coastal Elites
Plugged In (Winner - Tie)
The Prophesea
Shaver & McCoogs (Winner - Tie)
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SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Best Non-Use of Boston: Shaver & McCoogs
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BEST SOUND
Andy’s Apartment
I Love You Today
Plugged In (Winner)
Re-Education
Surf N’ Turf
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BEST SONG/MUSIC​
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​​Coastal Elites
Once Apasta Time (Winner)
The Prophesea
Shaver & McCoogs
U-Turn
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BEST ACTING (ENSEMBLE)
Classy Hands Cracks
Fool’s Bargain
Good News (Winner)
Sour Grapes
Uncle Phineas
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SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Most Versatile Performer: Annalisa O’Neill (My Favorite Vacation Story)
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BOSTON CASTING INDIVIDUAL ACTING AWARD
Mark Marshall - Bad Person (Winner)
Andre Meservey - Coastal Elites
Julia Angelini - Goodbye
Laurie Lee - I Love You Today (Runner-Up)
Lisa Kherallah - I Love You Today (Runner-Up)
Jillian Margetta - Whispers from the Dressing Room
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BEST EDITING
A Hole As Wide As Your Body
Flesh Is Not Food (Winner - Tie)
Outside Inn
Plugged In (Winner - Tie)
Re-Education
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NEWENGLANDSCREENWRITERS.COM BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
Coastal Elites (Winner)
My Favorite Vacation Story
Plugged In
The Prophesea
Re-Education
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SPECIAL JUDGE'S LAUGHTER AWARD
​Coastal Elites
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bad Person
Flesh Is Not Food (Winner)
I Love You Today
Re-Education
Whispers from the Dressing Room
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BEST DIRECTING
Coastal Elites
Flesh Is Not Food
Plugged In
Valkyrie
Whispers from the Dressing Room (Winner)
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SPECIAL JUDGE'S AWARD
Most Arresting Opening Scene: Whispers from the Dressing Room
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2025 BOSTON 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
Hands Brerra
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