`Cryptid’ voted Best at the Fest

Audience votes for its favorites at Adirondack Film Festival Saturday

By Ken Tingley

Not surprisingly, the hometown crowd was kind to the movies with hometown connections at the Adirondack Film Festival Saturday night.

Cryptid, the monster movie starring Queensbury actor Nick Baroudi, was selected with the “Best of the Fest” honors and “Best Narrative Feature for the Audience Choice Awards.

Baroudi was in attendance for the entire film festival.

The Lyme Disease documentary “The Quiet Epidemic” was chosen as Best Documentary Feature. Salem native Lindsay Keys and Tamarac native Winslow Crane-Murdoch were co-directors for the film and appeared as part of a panel discussion on Friday.

“A Lasting First Impression,” a movie that was partially shot in Glens Falls with scenes at Davidson Brothers, on Glen Street and the Exchange Street alley, was chosen as the Best Narrative Short.

The other two selections had Covid themes.

“We’re Gonna Come Back,” was chosen as Best Music Video for its bouncy tune with young singers looking to the future in a darkened Broadway scene.

“Waiting in the Wings” was chosen Best Documentary Short for chronicling how local community theaters in California survived during the pandemic.