Official Results

August 2021 Winners

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

Official Winners

The complete official August 2021 winners list.

Film Awards

24 awards

Best Feature Narrative The Gap Between Her Legs

Best Feature Documentary Broken Chains

Best Short Film Recruit Me

Best Drama Short Matthew

Best Comedy Short The Great Salami Breakout

Best Horror Short Coffee With Friends

Best Thriller The End of Innocence

Best Sci-Fi Short Over the Skyline

Best Animation Short Colony

Best Experimental Short Life of a Dollar

Best Inspirational Short Waterboo

Best Documentary Short Through Fire

Best International Short Arizona 1878

Best Microshort Tempest

Best New Jersey Short Feed

Best Web Series/TV Pilot My Human Experience

Best Music Video Don’t Believe In

Best College Short Visor

Best High School Short The Swear Jar

Best High School Microshort Two Time

Best High School Documentary Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash Re-opening

Best Concept Bae

Best Trailer Dylan’s Tree

Best Movie Poster The Silence’s Noise

Acting Awards

10 awards

Best Actor in a Feature Christopher Clayton (My King)

Best Actress in a Feature Loriel Medynski (The Gap Between Her Legs)

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature John D. Edwards (The Gap Between Her Legs)

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Danea Osseni (My King)

Best Actor in a Short Zachary Zamsky (Matthew)

Best Actress in a Short Lana McKissack (My Human Experience)

Best Supporting Actor in a Short Miki Molina (Arizona 1878)

Best Supporting Actress in a Short Louisa Erlich (Matthew)

Best Ensemble Matthew

Best Young Actor Luca Lorenzi (Over the Skyline)

Technical Awards

8 awards

Best Director Sylvia Ray (My Human Experience)

Best First-Time Director Jesaniel Marrero (No Limits)

Best Female Filmmaker Brooke Tomlinson (Intuition)

Best Cinematography Olivier Guerbois (Recruit Me)

Best Editing Mariah Moiz (Broken Chains)

Best Visual Effects My Human Experience

Best Sound Design The End of Innocence

Best Original Score Over the Skyline

Screenplay Awards

4 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “The Canyon Club” by Michael Dean

Best Feature Screenplay — Honorable Mention “On Duty” by Orso Vesperini, Aurèle N’Dja, Toby Osborne, Carole Starcevic, & R. Lee Brown

Best Short Screenplay “Fatal Ambition” by Angel Connell