Official Results

October 2025 Winners

Official results for the October 2025 New Jersey Film Awards competition.

Official Winners

The complete official October 2025 winners list.

Film Awards

15 awards

Best Feature Film Contamination

Best Drama Short A Lost Cause

Best Comedy Short The Set(up)

Best Horror Short The Six Stages

Best Thriller Snuggle

Best Sci-Fi Short The Pardon

Best LGBT Short Nice to Meet You

Best International Short Blinded Eyes

Best Microshort Genesis Project III: A New Dawn

Best New Jersey Short The Pardon

Best College Short Far Away

Best Music Video Like a River

Best Trailer Far Away

Best Movie Poster Dead Star

Best Concept The Shadow in My Sleep

Acting Awards

8 awards

Best Actor in a Feature Neil Chase (Contamination)

Best Actor in a Short James Benson (The Set(up))

Best Actress in a Feature Diandra Elettra Moscogiuri (Dead Star)

Best Actress in a Short Hannah Ryen (Why Hello)

Best Supporting Actor Soroush Saber (A Lost Cause)

Best Supporting Actress Olivia Mignone (New Jersey Devil)

Best Ensemble Contamination

Best Young Actor Clementine Benstock (New Jersey Devil)

Technical Awards

11 awards

Best Director of a Feature Ryan Callaway (New Jersey Devil)

Best Director of a Short Will Diggs (The Pardon)

Best First-Time Director David Milesi (Dead Star)

Best Female Filmmaker Kayla Neves (Promises)

Best Young Filmmaker Kassiani Maglara (Far Away)

Best Cinematography Sergio Milani (Broken)

Best Editing Joe Hix (Snuggle)

Best Visual Effects Sahil Kassam (The Set(up))

Best Special Effects Makeup Isabelle Isel (Snuggle)

Best Sound Design Alexandros Kouros (Far Away)

Best Original Score Paolo Cercato and Mark Meccoli (Broken)

Screenplay Awards

2 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “The Paisley Witch Trial” by Julia Campanelli