Previous Festivals
Dive into the Nantucket Film Festival’s rich history by checking out past festival art and notable films below.
Recent films to go on to Academy Award nominations after the Nantucket Film Festival include: 2022 Best Picture Winner CODA, 2022 Best Documentary Feature Winner Summer of Soul, Toy Story 4, American Factory, Edge of Democracy, For Sama, Honeyland, The Wife, Life, Animated, Captain Fantastic, Inside Out, What Happened Miss Simone?, Boyhood, Last Days in Vietnam, Twenty Feet From Stardom, Cutie and the Boxer, The Hunt, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Brave, Searching for Sugar Man, and Margin Call.
YEAR 28
Notable Films: Patrick and the Whale, Joan Baez I Am a Noise, The Pod Generation, Dreamin’ Wild, Maggie Moore(s), The Saint of Second Chances, You Hurt My Feelings, Jules, After the Bite, Food and Country, Hung Up on a Dream, My Sailor, My Love.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Nicole Holofcener presented by Michaela Watkins, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Ken Burns & Lynn Novick presented by Dyjuan Tatro, New Voices in Television Writing – Jenny Han presented by Lola Tung. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Williams.
Tony Cox Awards Honors: Adrienne Shelly Award – Nicole Newnham (The Disappearance of Shere Hite), Maria Mitchell Visionary Award – Sophie Barthes (The Pod Generation), Feature Screenplay Competition Winner – SMOKE AS DIRECTED by Greg Scharpf, Short Screenplay Competition Winner – FAVORS by Agnes Skonare Karlsson, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – WICKED BAYOU by Morgan Milender, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – THE CURRENT by Jenny Goddard-Garcia. The ceremony was hosted by Bethany Van Delft.
Notable Programming: Late Night Storytelling – Theme: Get Me Out of Here!, Ruth Recheil + The Politic of Food fundraiser, Women Behind the Words featuring Allison Williams, Nicole Holofcener, and Michaela Watkins, In Their Shoes® with Joan Baez, A Deep Dive with Filmmaker Lynn Novick, Free Book Signing and Conversation with Jenny Han & Lola Tung, Morning Coffee With …®, and so much more.
YEAR 27
Notable Films: Fire of Love, Linoleum, Breaking, Lightyear, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Emily The Criminal, 2nd Chance, Endangered, The Forgiven, I Love My Dad, It Ain’t Over, My Old School.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Barry Jenkins, Compass Rose Award for Career Achievement – John Turturro presented by Ben Stiller, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Ramin Bahrani presented by Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, New Voices in Screenwriting – Cooper Raiff presented by Dakota Johnson. The ceremony was hosted by Ophira Eisenberg & Bethany Van Delft.
Tony Cox Awards Honors: Adrienne Shelly Award – Amy Bandlien Storkel (The Pez Outlaw), Feature Screenplay Competition Winner – THE RIFT by Michael Lei, Short Screenplay Competition Winner – PANCAKE SKANK by Sav Rogers, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – IMPERFECT* by David Crane and Nicole Evans, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – MURDER IN MARSH by Elisabeth Hayward.
Notable Programming: Late Night Storytelling – Theme: Keep Calm And Carry On, SEVERANCE Screening and Q&A with Ben Stiller and John Turturro, Screenwriters Roundtable featuring Ramin Bahrani, Jenny Slate, and Cooper Raiff, Staged Reading of HOWARD BEACH – Written by John Turturro, Morning Coffee With …®, and so much more.
YEAR 26
Notable Films: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Playing With Sharks, Coda, Roadrunner, The Loneliest Whale, In The Same Breath, and Naked Singularity
Excellence in Television Writing Award: Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino
Compass Rose Award for Career Achievement: Kelsey Grammer, presented by Rachel Winter
Tony Cox Awards Honors:
Feature Film Screenplay – THE 84 by Sonja Perryman, Short Film Screenplay – THE LITTLE MONSTER OF RAVENSWOOD MANOR by Katherine Sainte Marie, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay – SECOND CROSSING by James Howells, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay –HEAD FIRST by Jade Edwards
Notable Programming: GARDEN CONVERSATIONS – Queen of Beach Reads With Elin Hilderbrand, The Making of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and More with Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, A Better Man…With Michael Ian Black, SUNSET STORIES with Ophira Eisenberg, BREAKING LOOSE: A Conversation with Kelsey Grammer and Rachel Winter, This Is a Robbery: The Art of the Heist with Colin and Nick Barnicle, Journalism, Biography and the World of Television News with Chris Matthews and Lesley Stahl; GARDEN SCREENINGS- Jack London’s Martens Eden, The Disruptors; NFF AT THE DRIVE-IN; NFF NOW AT HOME – In Their Shoes with Ethan Hawke, In Their Shoes with Mark Duplass, In Their Shoes with Katie Silberman and Olivia Wilde, and so much more.
YEAR 25
Notable Films: Boys State, 9to5: The Story of Movement, Jimmy Carter Rockn’ Roll President.
Tony Cox Awards Honors:
Feature Film Screenplay – MINOR MODIFICATIONS by Shia LaBeouf, Short Film Screenplay – MARTHA by Sarah Smith, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay – BEING SEEN by Andi Delott, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay – DRYWALL by Rob Eckard
Notable Programming: NFF NOW AT HOME – In Their Shoes with Norman Lear, In Their Shoes with Middleditch + Schwartz, In Their Shoes with Eric Roth. NFF AT THE DRIVE-IN.
YEAR 24
Notable Films: Yesterday, Toy Story 4, The Farewell, Maiden, Brittany Runs a Marathon, David Crosby: Remember My Name, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Official Secrets, The Sound of Silence, For Sama, American Factory, Honeyland, The Edge of Democracy, and One Child Nation.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Leslie Dixon, presented by Nikki Blonsky, and Brittany Snow, Special Achievement in Television Writing Award – Anne Beatts, Jane Curtin, Heidi Gardner, Sudi Green, Sarah Schneider. The ceremony was hosted by Donick Cary and Eric Gilliand.
Tony Cox Awards Honors: Adrienne Shelly Award – Annabelle Attanasio (Mickey and the Bear), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – SUNDOGS by Elizabeth Chatelain, Short Film Screenplay Competition Winner – I KNOW YOUR NUMBER BY HEART by Alexis Barzin, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – LIVING by Kate Levitt, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay – FUNDERLAND by Sasha Perl-Raver
Notable Programming: All-Star Comedy Roundtable: SNL Writers’ Room Gold – Participants included Anne Beatts, Jane Curtin, Heidi Gardner, Sudi Green, hosted by Ophira Eisenberg, Late Night Storytelling – Theme: Fight, Flight or Freeze, Afternoon Tea Talk: Gillian Jacobs & Curated, Afternoon Tea Talk: Donick Cary, Little Know Facts Podcast Taping with Ilana Levine and Leslie Dixon, Morning Coffee With…®.
YEAR 23
Notable Films: Boundaries, The Incredibles 2, Love, Gilda, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Burden, The Wife, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, Minding the Gap, End Game, Bao, Eighth Grade, and Searching.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Noah Baumbach, presented by Adam Driver, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Morgan Neville, presented by François Clemmons, New Voices in Screenwriting Award – Andrew Heckler, presented by Garrett Hedlund. Mike Birbiglia and Ben Stiller hosted the ceremony.
Tony Cox Awards Honors:
Adrienne Shelly Award – Nancy Schwartzman (Roll Red Roll), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – CAMBRIDGE by Henry Hayes and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Short Film Screenplay Competition Winner – CINDERELLA WAR by Margaret Kane-Rowe, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – LEGACY by Kellen Hertz, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay – ALL WE DO IS NGUYEN by Huong Nguyen.
Notable Programming: All-Star Comedy Roundtable: The Improv Takeover with Thomas Middleditch, Ben Schwartz, Women Behind the Words with Miranda Bailey, Sera Gamble, Alysia Reiner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Nancy Schwartzman and hosted by Ophira Eisenberg, Live taping of NPR’s rambunctious Ask Me Another, In Their Shoes…® with Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver, Ben Stiller, and Chris Matthews, Silent Film/Live Music – The Man Who Laughs, Morning Coffee With…® hosted by Tom Cavanagh.
YEAR 22
Notable Films: The Big Sick, Whitney. “Can I Be Me”, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Patti Cake$, 500 Years, Wind River, Cars 3, The Illumination, Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Tom McCarthy, presented by Bobby Cannavale, Special Achievement in Television Writing Award – David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, presented by Kathleen Rose Perkins, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Nick Broomfield, presented by Regina Weinriech, New Voices in Screenwriting Award – Geremy Jasper, presented by Bridget Everett. The ceremony was hosted by Ben Stiller.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Adrienne Shelly Award – Alexandra Dean (Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – JOHNNY ACE by Moon Molson, Short Film Screenplay Competition Winner – THE YAO OF TAO by Jesse Wang, Robert Berg, and Rajiv Shah, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – THE LINE by Tesia Walker, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay – CASEY CAN’T by Kaitlin Fontana.
Notable Programming: All-Star Comedy Roundtable with Ben Stiller, Mike Birbiglia, Whitney Cummings, Bridget Everett, Kristen Schaal, hosted by Sasheer Zamata, Late Night Letters (Late Night Storytelling), TV and Talks – The Keepers, TV and Talks – Get Shorty, Silent Film/Live Music – The Freshman, Free Beach Screening – La Bamba (30th Anniversary) & Conversation with Esai Morales, Afternoon Tea Talk with Gabourey Sidibe, and so much more.
YEAR 21
Notable Films: Life, Animated, Finding Dory, Tallulah, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Don’t Think Twice, Captain Fantastic.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Oliver Stone, presented by Bennett Miller, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady (Loki Films), presented by Norman Lear, New Voices in Screenwriting Award – Siân Heder, presented by Zachary Quinto. The ceremony was hosted by Seth Meyers.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors:
Adrienne Shelly Award – Irene Taylor Brodsky (Beware the Slenderman), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – TEL AVIV ON FIRE by Sameh Zoabi, Short Film Screenplay Competition Winner – WAYLAID by Michael Koehler, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – CLEO by Julia Fontana, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay – THE GODMOTHER by Wyndham Lewis.
Notable Programming: In Their Shoes® with Molly Shannon and Michael Ian Black (Presentation of Compass Rose Acting Award – Molly Shannon), In Their Shoes® with Oliver Stone and Eugene Jarecki, TNP Presents: Ideas/Talks/Films, Enter the Story: Virtual Reality Experiences, Stage Reading—Selections from Screenwriters Colony: Episodic Comedy, and so much more.
YEAR 20
Notable Films: The End of the Tour, Inside Out, Best of Enemies, Mistress America, Sleeping with Other People, What Happened, Miss Simone?, Racing Extinction, Harry & Snowman, Shaun the Sheep: The Movie, Me and Earl and The Dying Girl.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Robert Towne, presented by Chris Matthews, Variety Creative Impact in Television Writing – Beau Willimon presented by Robin Wright, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Liz Garbus, New Voices in Screenwriting Award – Leslye Headland, Visionary Award – Bob and Suzanne Wright. The ceremony was hosted by David Steinberg.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors:
Adrienne Shelly Award – Crystal Moselle (The Wolfpack), Best Screenwriting in a Short Film Award – Shaka King and Kristan Sprague (Mulignans), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – COUNTERINTELLIGENCE by Kristen Davila, Short Film Screenplay Competition Winner – MORE COW BELL by Andy Nellis, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – ICE by Estella Gabriel, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay – SOLD by Jonathan Schwartz.
Notable Programming: Staged Reading of Bob Fisher’s My Roommate by Spencer Sloan with Tom Cavanagh, Dave Foley, Kevin Bigley, Donick Cary, Women Behind the Words with Jacqueline Bisset, Nancy Dubuc, Cynthia Littleton, Stacy Smith, and was hosted by Ophira Eisenberg, Morning Coffee With…® hosted by Eddie Brill, and so much more.
YEAR 19
Notable Films: Boyhood, I Origins, Begin Again, Life Itself, Last Days in Vietnam, The Skeleton Twins, Gabriel, The Case Against 8.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Aaron Sorkin, presented by Bradley Whitford, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Steve James, New Voices in Screenwriting Award – Mike Cahill. The ceremony was hosted by Wyatt Cenac.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Adrienne Shelly Award – Diana Whitten (Vessel), Best Screenwriting in a Feature Fim Award – Nathan and David Zellener (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter), Best Screenwriting in a Short Fim Award – Bernardo Britto (Yearbook), Best Storytelling in a Documentary Award – Robert Greene (Actress), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – EARLY PLUS INFINITY by Clark Carroll, Short Film Screenplay Competition Winner – OPEN ROADS by Mimi Jeffries, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – TOMORROWLAND by Jamie Mayer, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay – STIFFS by Stuart Feldman.
Notable Programming: All-Star Comedy Roundtable – hosted by Michael Ian Black with Billy Eichner, Jon Daly, Jenny Slate, and Ben Stiller, In Their Shoes® with Bradley Whitford hosted by Chris Matthews, Late Night Storytelling, Staged Reading of Strange Calls by Donick Cary with Brandy Burre, Tom Cavanagh, Rory Culkin, Chris Matthews, Fred Willard, and so much more.
YEAR 18
Notable Films: Short Term 12, Fruitvale Station, Twenty Feet From Stardom, Monsters University, Blood Brother, Blackfish, In A World…, The Short Game, The Spectacular Now, Life According to Sam.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – David O. Russell, presented by Glenn Close, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Barbara Kopple, New Voices in Screenwriting Award – Lake Bell. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Williams.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Adrienne Shelly Award – Penny Lane (Our Nixon), Best Screenwriting in a Feature Fim Award – Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12), Best Screenwriting in a Short Fim Award – Goran Dukic (What Do We Have in Our Pockets?), Vimeo Award for Best Writer/Director – Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – CAKE by Patrick Tobin, Short Film Screenplay Competition Winner – OPEN ROADS by Mimi Jeffries, 60 MIN Episodic Screenplay Competition Winner – THE MESSIAH PROJECT by David Baugnon, 30 MIN Episodic Screenplay – TIME OUT by Ian McWethy.
Notable Programming: All Star Comedy Roundtable – hosted by Michael Ian Black with Mike Myers, Seth Meyers, and Ben Stiller, In Their Shoes® with Glenn Close hosted by Chris Matthews, Late Night Storytelling, and so much more.
YEAR 17
Notable Films: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Brave, Your Sister’s Sister, Sleepwalk With Me, Robot and Frank, Hello I Must Be Going, Ethel, Ai Weiwei, Marina Abramovic, The Queen of Versailles, Searching for Sugar Man, Take This Waltz, Starbuck.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Nancy Meyers presented by Diane Keaton, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Rory Kennedy, New Voices in Screenwriting Award – Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Williams.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Adrienne Shelly Award – Olivia Silver (Arcadia), Best Screenwriting in a Feature Fim Award – Sarah Koskoff (Hello I Must Be Going), Best Screenwriting in a Short Fim Award – Nash Edgerton and David Michod (Bear), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – JEAN OF THE JONESES by Stella Meghie.
Notable Programming: All Star Comedy Roundtable – hosted by Bill Hader with Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, and Ben Stiller, In Their Shoes® with Frank Langella and Chris Matthews (Presentation of the Compass Rose Award for Acting – Frank Langella), Staged Reading of The Lost Cause by Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne with Steve Zahn, Mike Birbiglia, Cara Seymour, Stephen Root, Tom Cavanagh, and so much more.
YEAR 16
Notable Films: Buck, Margin Call, Higher Ground, Cars 2, Submarine, Page One, Senna, Tyrannosaur, Life in a Day, To Be Heard, Being Elmo.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Paul Haggis, New Voices in Screenwriting Award – Ben Queen. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Williams.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Adrienne Shelly Award – Amy Wendel (Benevides Born), Best Screenwriting in a Feature Fim Award – J.C. Chandor (Margin Call), Best Screenwriting in a Short Fim Award – Lake Bell (Worst Enemy), Best Writer/Director Award – Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur), Best Storytelling in a Documentary Award – Marc H. Simon (Unraveled), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – THE MURPHYS by Kaitlin McLaughlin.
Notable Programming: All Star Comedy Roundtable – hosted by Seth Meyers with Jerry Seinfeld, Aziz Ansari, Colin Quinn and Ben Stiller, In Their Shoes® with Vera Farmiga and Richard Corliss (Presentation of the Compass Rose Award for Acting – Vera Farmiga), Late Night Storytelling hosted by Anne Meara and Mike O’Malley, and so much more.
YEAR 15
Notable Films: Toy Story 3, The Kids Are All Right, Nowhere Boy, Get Low, The Tillman Story, Waiting for Superman, Bill Cunningham New York, The Concert, Winter’s Bone.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Barry Levinson, Special Achievement in Documentary Storytelling – Davis Guggenheim, New Voices in Screenwriting Award – Michael Arndt. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Williams.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Adrienne Shelly Award – Jennifer Arnold (A Small Act), Best Screenwriting in a Feature Fim Award – Matt Greenhalgh (Nowhere Boy), Best Screenwriting in a Short Fim Award – Rebecca Chace and Lisanne Skyler (Capture the Flag), Best Storytelling in a Documentary Award – Richard Press and Philip Gefter (Bill Cunningham New York), Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – ETOPIA by Tommy Butler.
Notable Programming: All-Star Comedy Roundtable – hosted by Brian Williams with Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis, Andy Samberg, and Ben Stiller, Late Night Storytelling hosted by Jonathan Ames, and so much more.
YEAR 14
Notable Films: The Hurt Locker, Cold Souls, Still Walking, The Cove, The Messenger, Year One, Amreeka, Humpday, Racing Dreams.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Harold Ramis.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – FUTURE WEATHER by Jenny Deller.
Notable Programming: All-Star Comedy Roundtable presented by Ben Stiller –Hosted by Chris Matthews, Participants – Harold Ramis, Peter Farrelly, John Hamburg, Ben Stiller; Late Night Storytelling hosted by Anne Meara and Peter Farrley, and so much more.
YEAR 13
Notable Films: American Teen, Frozen River, Transsiberian, Trouble the Water, The Wackness, Baghead, Choke.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Judd Apatow. Compass Rose Award – Meg Ryan.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – ANNA DOWN EAST by Fred M. Strype.
YEAR 12
Notable Films: Evening, Son of Rambow, Broken English, Teeth, Waitress, The Devil Came on Horseback, Great World of Sound.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Robert Benton.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – PECK by Marc Arneson.
YEAR 11
Notable Films: The Heart of the Game, Half Nelson, The Illusionist, Man Push Cart, Quinceanera, Wordplay, Al Franken: God Spoke.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – COLD SOULS by Sophie Bartes.
Notable Programming: Staged Reading of Spectacle, Part One of the Mark Rosen Chronicles, by Stacy Weiss and Dan Chariton – Cast included Ben Stiller, Macaulay Culkin, Amy Sedaris, Robert Sean Leonard, Lake Bell, David Krumholtz. Directed by Ben Stiller.
YEAR 10
Notable Films: The Dying Gaul, The Aristocrats, Hustle & Flow, Keane, Murderball, Me And You And Everyone We Know, The Puffy Chair, Somersault, Yes, My Summer of Love.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Steve Martin.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – MINK by Will Luers.
YEAR 9
Notable Films: The Door in the Floor, Down to the Bone, Garden State, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Maria Full of Grace, Napoleon Dynamite, Primer, Riding Giants.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Charlie Kaufman.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – THE LAST SEDER by Jennifer Maisel.
YEAR 8
Notable Films: 28 Days Later, American Splendor, Dirty Pretty Things, The Magdalene Sisters, Thirteen, To Be and To Have, Whale Rider.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – BURIED ABOVE GROUND by Chase Palmer.
Notable Programming: Staged Reading of A Confederacy of Dunces by Steven Soderbergh and Scott Kramer – Cast: Will Ferrell, Alan Cumming, Mos Def, Rosie Perez, Paul Rudd.
YEAR 7
Notable Films: 24 Hour Party People, The Good Girl, Happy Times, Mostly Martha, Tadpole.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – James Schamus.
Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards Honors: Feature Film Screenplay Competition Winner – DOWN TO THE BONE by Debra Granik.
YEAR 6
Notable Films: American Rhapsody, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Things Behind the Sun, Together.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Walter Bernstein.
YEAR 5
Notable Films: Girlfight, Happy Accidents, The Tao of Steve, Steal This Movie!, Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack, Swimming.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Paul Schrader.
YEAR 4
Notable Films: Twins Falls Idaho, Run Lola Run, Sugar Town, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Jay Presson Allen.
YEAR 3
Notable Films: Next Stop Wonderland, Gadjo Dilo, Safe Men, Slums of Beverly Hills, Smoke Signals.
Screenwriters Tribute Honors: Screenwriters Tribute Award – Ring Lardner, Jr.
YEAR 2
Notable Films: Ma Vie en Rose, The Full Monty, Shooting Fish, Hugo Pool, Colin Fitz, Forgotten Silver, Star Maps
Notable Programming: Staged Readings of Love-40 by Warren Leight, Domestic Disturbance by Frank Novak, Peace, Love & War by Pete Nelson
YEAR 1
Notable Films: The Cable Guy, Lone Star, Walking and Talking, Losing Chase, White Squall, Café Society, A Perfect Candidate
Notable Programming: Staged Readings of Unknown Citizen by Nicole Burdette, Grapefruit Moon by Mary Stuart Masterson, Saint Maybe by Craig Lucac –Participants: Robert Sean Leonard, William Baldwin, Winona Ryder, Mary Stuart Masterson, Fisher Stevens