Official Results

April 2021 Winners

Official results for the April 2021 New Jersey Film Awards competition.

Official Winners

The complete official April 2021 winners list.

Film Awards

15 awards

Best Feature Film Blank Canvas

Best Short Film Madrid, Drawings… and Foreign Girls

Best Drama Short Sonata for A Calendar

Best Comedy Short Cupid’s First Day

Best Horror Short Transfer

Best Thriller The Grey Town

Best Animation Short dystopia

Best Experimental Short Shoe Horn/Office

Best International Short Morella, My Wife

Best Microshort Smoking Kills

Best New Jersey Short The Confined

Best High School Short Unique

Best Web Series/TV Pilot Hard to Leave

Best Trailer Escape

Best Movie Poster Against My Will

Acting Awards

5 awards

Best Actor Scott Major (The Undatable George Gibbs)

Best Actress Lydie Misiek (Against My Will)

Best Supporting Actor Robert Resnick (Tippy Toes)

Best Supporting Actress Elena Barone (The Blue Light Stays On)

Best Ensemble Matty Boy

Technical Awards

6 awards

Best Director Luca Caserta (Tell Me Who I Am)

Best Female Filmmaker Allison Andresini (The Blue Light Stays On)

Best Cinematography Filip Laureys (The Grand Scheme)

Best Editing Redemption On Gun Hill Road

Best Visual Effects Scarlet Circle

Best Original Score Matty Boy

Screenplay Awards

4 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “A Chanukah Story” by Isaac Platizky

Best Feature Screenplay — Honorable Mention “The Tragedy of Gelimp” by Kaden Gelber

Best Short Screenplay “Shadows of the Unknown” by Justin Moodie