The NFF Official Juries announced in May and the NFF Official Awards are presented to recipients on the last day of the festival in June.
- AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
Cast your vote for the Best Feature and the Best Short after each screening.
- AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Cast your vote for the Best Feature and the Best Short after each screening.
- TEEN'S VIEW ON NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL AWARD FOR SHORT FILM
Our teen-only jury honors their favorite short film.
- BEST STORYTELLING IN A DOCUMENTARY FILM
Inspired by 2004's Audience Award Winner, the documentary Girlhood, this award recognizes the craft of storytelling in documentary filmmaking.
- THE ADRIENNE SHELLY EXCELLENCE IN FILMMAKING AWARD
Nantucket Film Festival celebrates the legacy of Adrienne Shelly by honoring outstanding achievement by a female filmmaker among the festival's features, documentaries and short films. Each year's winner is provided with transportation to and lodging at the festival, along with a $5,000 cash prize.
- SHOWTIME'S TONY COX AWARD FOR BEST SCREENWRITING IN A FEATURE FILM
Presented in honor of Tony Cox, former CEO of Showtime Networks, who passionately nurtured emerging talent.
- SHOWTIME'S TONY COX AWARD FOR BEST SCREENWRITING IN A SHORT FILM
Presented in honor of Tony Cox, former CEO of Showtime Networks, who passionately nurtured emerging talent.
- SHOWTIME'S TONY COX AWARD FOR SCREENWRITING: SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Presented in honor of Tony Cox, former CEO of Showtime Networks, who passionately nurtured emerging talent.
Submit your script to the Nantucket Film Festival Screenplay Competition and have the opportunity to have your script read by a prestigious jury, receive top industry recognition, participate in a festival focused specifically on screenwriters and win an incredible, all-inclusive month's stay on stunning Nantucket at The Screenwriter's Colony where your every need is catered to and all you're asked to do is write!
The winner receives:
- All-inclusive month's stay on stunning Nantucket at The Screenwriter's Colony
- $2,000 cash prize from the Nantucket Film Festival
- VIP week-long festival pass to all events, including air travel and accommodation
- A Showtime sponsored reception during the Festival in the winner's honor
- Custom leather bound copy of the script, courtesy of Showtime
- Name appears in Festival catalogue and on website as a competition finalist
- Print and media coverage
- Access to special NFF rate on consultation with renowned script doctor
The three finalists receive:
- Name appears in Festival catalogue and on website as a competition finalist
- Print and media coverage
- Access to special NFF rate on consultation with renowned script doctor
The ten semifinalists receive:
- Name appears on Festival website as a competition semifinalist
- Print and media coverage
- Access to special NFF rate on consultation with renowned script doctor
Dedicated to the belief that at the heart and soul of every great film is a talented writer with a great story, the Nantucket Film Festival is committed to helping screenwriters develop well crafted and high quality screenplays through a new Script Analysis service.
Contrary to internal "coverage" designed to save time for film executives, our script analysis is envisioned with the writer in mind. We offer you the opportunity to learn what does and doesn't work before your screenplay reaches the executive's desk. Our analysis is meant to be constructive and help you improve your script. Let our professional script consultants be the first in line to evaluate your script, not the last.
The Screenwriters Colony is a month long, all-expense-paid retreat on the island of Nantucket. Writers are invited to workshop their feature screenplay projects with guidance from industry mentors. Participating writers live together in an atmosphere of secluded creativity at picturesque Almanack Farm, perched on the edge of Nantucket's cranberry bog conservation land. In addition to intensive one-on-one feedback sessions, writers and advisors enjoy a sociable colony experience over dinners and island outings.
Screenplay Competition jurors include:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Campbell Scott, Tom McCarthy, Diana Ossana, Bobby and Peter Farrelly, Stanley Tucci, Rosie Perez, Kit Carson, Greg Mottola, Nancy Tenenbaum, Nancy Savoca, Lee Daniels, Anthony Swofford, and Donna Giglotti.
Screenwriter's Colony mentors and advisors include:
Campbell Scott, actor/director/screenwriter (Off the Map, Big Night, Rodger Dodger); Oren Moverman, screenwriter (Jesus' Son, I'm Not There, The Messenger); Bingham Ray, founder October Films and former president of United Artists; L.M. Kit Carson, producer/screenwriter (Paris, Texas, Bottle Rocket); Coleman Hough, screenwriter (Soderbergh's Full Frontal, Bubble); and Lawrence Inglee, creative executive at Marc Gordon Pictures (Saving Private Ryan, The Day After Tomorrow).
- 2009 Winner: "Future Weather " by Jenny Deller
- 2008 Winner: "Anna Down East" by Fred M. Strype
- 2007 Winner: "Peck" by Marc Arneson
- 2006 Winner: "Cold Souls" by Sophie Barthes
- 2005 Winner: "Mink" by Will Luers
- 2004 Winner: "The Last Seder" by Jennifer Maisel
- 2003 Winner: "Buried Above Ground" by Chase Palmer
- 2002 Winner: "Down to the Bone" by Debra Granik
