NASSAU FILM FESTIVAL 2025 
Best of Festival Winners AND PRINCETON TIGER AWARD RECIPIENTS

Best of Festival (BOF) Award - judges award for excellence in filmmaking

Princeton Tiger (PT) Award - audience award as judged by festival goers

Awards listed by Title and Director

ANIMATION

BOF - McIntosh - Steven Hayet

PT - Pan and Stove - Scott Kane

STUDENT FILMS

BOF - One Moment - Aiden Hurley (University of Texas-Austin)

BOF - Hungama - Nawal Mubin and Mayra Corena Gutierrez, (Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema)

PT - Echo - Addison Steen (Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science)

HORROR

BOF - A Night To Remember - Creighton Smith and Michael Kelly

PT - Rental Return - Martin Slayne

DOCUMENTARY

BOF - Princeton’s Haven: A Hoagie Story - Russell Cerminaro

PT - Dempster Fire Training Center - Luke Owen

PT - Autism The Lost Generations and Neurodiversity - Leigha Emma Cohen

FICTION

BOF - Because I Love You - Bob Celli

BOF - Parallax - Daryl Denner

PT - Under The Lights - Miles Levin

PT - Booth For Two - Byron Ruf

PT - Al Fresco - Ignacio Rodo