OCFF 2022 – Best of the Fest

The 6th Annual Ocean City Film Festival (OCFF) ran from March 3-6. On the last day, there was an award ceremony at Seacrets Nightclub. A total of 21 awards were made. Seven were handed out to filmmakers who attended the festival. The rest were awarded in absentia. Nineteen of the awards were called “Best of the Fest.” These were the awards decided by the OCFF jurors or the awards were decided based on the rankings of the jurors who watched them all on Film Freeway’s website. The final, two awards were called “People’s Choice” or “Audience Award.” These are the awards that are decided based on the online voting that film attendees could do based on scanning a QR code at the film venue.

Four of the Best of the Fest awards went to filmmakers in absentia. The filmmakers weren’t able to attend the festival for one reason or another. Organizers notified the filmmakers in advance and allowed them to send an acceptance video, which was edited together and played during the awards ceremony. Those 14 films were:

Contrasts by Vanessa Prigollini
First Contact by Geoff Allen
I Am Odd by Rory Russell
Flown by Hossein Hadinezhad
The Dark Hobby by Paula Fouce
Beach Boy by Douglas Forrester
The Trail Beyond Highland Road by Eli Copperman
Tell Me With a Smile by Milana Majar
The Night Clubbers (pictured above) by Matthew James Thomas
The Call of Water by Kaya Tone
No Visible Trauma by Robinder Uppal & Marc Serpa Francoeur
The Long Shore by Tyler Ford
I Dream of a Pschopomp by Danny Villanueva Jr.
The Tower Road Bus by Michael Streissguth

5 of the Best of the Fest awards went to filmmakers who had made it to Ocean City, Maryland, for the event. Those 5 films were:

All of This is Somehow True by Joseph Kraemer
Ye Shaam Mastaani – This Enchanting Evening by Sangeeta Agrawal (pictured above)
Beaver Boys by Jeffrey Ho
El Poso by Max Radbill
The Legacy Sessions by William D. Ashton

2 of the People’s Choice awards went to filmmakers who also had made it to Ocean City. Those 2 films were: