Official Results

July 2025 Winners

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

Official Winners

The complete official July 2025 winners list.

Film Awards

22 awards

Best Feature Narrative Mary’s Lake

Best Feature Documentary Mutation

Best Short Film God & Country

Best Drama Short Inside

Best Comedy Short Murder, But Epic!

Best Horror Short Doomscroll

Best Thriller Confession of a Serial Killer

Best Sci-Fi Short Hic et Nunc

Best Animation Short Black Root

Best Experimental Short The Lonely Mushroom

Best Inspirational Short In My Mind’s Eye

Best International Short The Last Call

Best Microshort A Silent Cry

Best New Jersey Short ANYA

Best College Short The Coffee Break

Best High School Short The Trail

Best Web Series/TV Pilot Rexxi

Best Music Video Stranger in the Night

Best AI Short Olympus Plays On

Best Trailer God & Country

Best Movie Poster Murder, But Epic!

Best Concept Torments

Acting Awards

8 awards

Best Actor in a Feature Ivan Bifulco (Glass Flowers)

Best Actress in a Feature Shannon Locasha (Mary’s Lake)

Best Actor in a Short Claudio Pallottini (Confession of a Serial Killer)

Best Actress in a Short Hannah Teresa (The Last Call)

Best Supporting Actor Keenan Michaels (Mary’s Lake)

Best Supporting Actress Kris Prihodova (ANYA)

Best Ensemble Glass Flowers

Best Young Actor Tenley Wright (A Day With Grandpa)

Technical Awards

11 awards

Best Director of a Feature Roberto Loiacono (Glass Flowers)

Best Director of a Short Arnav Agarwal (God & Country)

Best First-Time Director Jonathan Gomez (Mi Vida)

Best Female Filmmaker Olivia Alva Brennan (Devour)

Best Young Filmmaker Matthew Anthony Walsh (A Day With Grandpa)

Best Cinematography Alexander Kuepfer (Calaverita A La Muerte)

Best Editing Aayush Singhal (God & Country)

Best Special Effects Makeup Abigail Horton (God & Country)

Best Visual Effects D. Yadav & A. Singhal (God & Country)

Best Sound Design Jesse Kalavoda (Torments)

Best Original Score Andrew Stirling MacDonald (Torments)

Screenplay Awards

2 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “Saoirse’s Holy Show” by Michael Peers