PREVIOUS EDITIONS
2024
NEW YORK
PROGRAM
Seventh Annual Lee Strasberg Film Festival
BEST ACTOR
WINNER: Gjermund Gjesme, You and Me, Naked Boy
1. Derick Ansah, Eli
2. Gjermund Gjesme, You and Me, Naked Boy
3. Nicholas Safier, The Edge of Water
4. Gaurav Singh, No Smoking
5. Venkatesh Vohra, Bokeh
BEST ACTRESS
WINNER: Arianna Williams, Icing
1. Ines Høysæter Asserson, Everything I Never Told You
2. Amel Litim, Don’t Save Jessica
3. Nzingha Rothmiller, Eli
4. Arianna Williams, Icing
5. Michal Zys, Unicorns & Rainbows
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Matthew Stannah, You and Me, Naked Boy
1. John Coady, It’s a Double Feature!
2. Nixon Frederick, The Edge of Water
3. Bryan Harlow, Do Over
4. Daniel Hong, It’s a Double Feature!
5. Matthew Stannah, You and Me, Naked Boy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: Elizabeth Sun, Beneath the Surface
1. Marlene Hoffmann, The Transition
2. Elizabeth Sun, Beneath the Surface
3. Emma Watts, Today’s the Day
4. Chantal Van Zyl, Beneath the Surface
5. Sidney Rose White, Everything I Never Told You
BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: Rose Kelso, You and Me, Naked Boy
1. Maya Jacob, Eli
2. Rose Kelso, You and Me, Naked Boy
3. Richard James Manzo, Don’t Save Jessica
4. Isabella Uzcategui, Icing
5. Sean Velasco-Dodge, The Edge of Water
BEST SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Tanvi Chandak & Umang Sawhney, Bokeh
1. Tanvi Chandak & Umang Sawhney, Bokeh
2. John Coady, It’s a Double Feature!
3. Richard James Manzo, Don’t Save Jessica
4. Eden Rize, Unicorns & Rainbows
5. Paris Ruiz & Alana James, 3B
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: Evan Miller, Everything I Never Told You
1. Nicholas DiLullo, The Edge of Water
2. Eren Dennis Gedikoglu, Phoenix
3. Evan Miller, Everything I Never Told You
4. Odinger Mitchell, The Transition
5. Paloma Ronquillo, Icing
BEST OF FEST
WINNER: Beneath the Surface
1. Bokeh
2. Beneath the Surface
3. Don’t Save Jessica
4. The Edge of Water
5. Eli
6. Icing
7. You and Me, Naked Boy
8. No Smoking