Official Results
April 2023 Winners
Official results for the April 2023 New Jersey Film Awards competition.
Official Winners
The complete official April 2023 winners list.
Film Awards
14 awards
Best Feature Film
Still I Reach For You
Best Short Film
The Critic
Best Drama Short
Crossed Destinies
Best Thriller
Vanished
Best Sci-Fi Short
Daggers and Roses
Best LGBT Short
It’s My Fucking Story
Best International Short
Diligitis
Best New Jersey Short
WITHOUT
Best College Short
Discovery
Best High School Short
How Can I Forget?
Best Mobile Short
The Fight
Best Music Video
PG Baby
Best Trailer
The Critic
Best Movie Poster
Brass
Acting Awards
7 awards
Best Actor in a Feature
Gavin Peppers (Brass)
Best Actor in a Short
Alex Javo (Creating Malcolm Volume 2)
Best Actress in a Short
Una Maja Nowak (It’s My Fucking Story)
Best Supporting Actor
Ryan Higgins (Still I Reach For You)
Best Supporting Actress
Megan Pecot (Discovery)
Best Ensemble
Brass
Best Young Actor
Desyree Terminello (The Sound of the Sea)
Technical Awards
10 awards
Best Director of a Feature
Justin D. Smothers (Brass)
Best Director of a Short
Kyle Gregory (The Critic)
Best First-Time Director
Juan Manuel Fagetti & Alejandro Maidana (Daggers and Roses)
Best Female Filmmaker
Enza Lasalandra (The Sound of the Sea)
Best Cinematography
Evan Schneider (The Critic)
Best Editing
Daryn Davidson (Retaliation)
Best Visual Effects
Alejandro Maidana (Daggers and Roses)
Best Special Effects Makeup
Felicity Kaanapu (Retaliation)
Best Sound Design
Gordan Chan (The Critic)
Best Original Score
Victor A. Janusz (Still I Reach For You)
Screenplay Awards
2 awards
Best Feature Screenplay
“Bred to Kill” by Karl Ryan Erikson
Best Short Screenplay
“Short Stuff” by Baron Davidson