Official Results
May 2025 Winners
Official results for the May 2025 New Jersey Film Awards competition.
Official Winners
The complete official May 2025 winners list.
Film Awards
18 awards
Best Feature Film
Phantom and Percepter
Best Drama Short
Clockwork Tension
Best Comedy Short
Hailey’s Crisis of Faith
Best Horror Short
Josephine
Best Thriller
Jupiter
Best Sci-Fi Short
Contingence
Best Experimental Short
Ballad of the Millennial Dream
Best Inspirational Short
Redraw
Best Documentary Short
Fire Cat
Best International Short
Flashes of Light
Best Microshort
Western Mild
Best New Jersey Short
Frank N. Styne
Best College Short
A Recipe for Romance
Best High School Short
Better Watch Out
Best Mobile Short
Luckey Quarter
Best Trailer
Spectral
Best Movie Poster
Spectral
Best Concept
Cine Fear: The Scraps
Acting Awards
6 awards
Best Actor
Ethan Pann (A Conversation with Mary)
Best Actress
Katia Mendoza (Soul Mates)
Best Supporting Actor
Metta World Peace (Welcome to the Land of Misfits)
Best Supporting Actress
Meg Spectre (Hailey’s Crisis of Faith)
Best Ensemble
Welcome to the Land of Misfits
Best Young Actor
Tabitha Taylor (Josephine)
Technical Awards
10 awards
Best Director
Sebastian H. Foxworth (Welcome to the Land of Misfits)
Best First-Time Director
Jason Felix (Frank N. Styne)
Best Female Filmmaker
Sohaila Lindheim (Jupiter)
Best Young Filmmaker
Naeem Opoku (Wake Up)
Best Cinematography
Asha Etchison (Soul Mates)
Best Editing
Gregory Gullo & Justin DeRenzo (T.G.)
Best Visual Effects
Sebastian H. Foxworth (Welcome to the Land of Misfits)
Best Special Effects Makeup
Mariana Guzman Corrales (Frank N. Styne)
Best Sound Design
Miriam Ricordi (Flashes of Light)
Best Original Score
Marcos Rangel (Redraw)
Screenplay Awards
2 awards
Best Feature Screenplay
“Misty Morning” by Anselmo Garcia
Best Short Screenplay
“The Octopus” by Jill Morrison