Official Results

December 2024 Winners

Official results for the December 2024 New Jersey Film Awards competition.

Official Winners

The complete official December 2024 winners list.

Film Awards

17 awards

Best Feature Film Trapped Inside My Sin

Best Drama Short The Other Guy

Best Comedy Short The Holiday Shuffle

Best Horror Short Curse of the Skinwalkers

Best Animation Short My Beloved

Best Experimental Short La San Giocosa

Best Inspirational Short Ferris Wheels

Best International Short The Cigarette

Best Microshort The Last Spark

Best New Jersey Short Father Figures

Best College Short The Main Character

Best High School Short La realidad de un sueño

Best Web Series/TV Pilot Cariddi’s Graveyard: Tales of Mare Nostrum

Best Music Video Where The Heart Goes

Best Trailer Retrieving Roadie

Best Movie Poster Cariddi’s Graveyard: Tales of Mare Nostrum

Best Concept Who’s Marina?

Acting Awards

8 awards

Best Actor in a Feature Sergio Lombardía (Treasure Hunter: The Royal Fifth)

Best Actress in a Feature Marilyn Rodriguez (Trapped Inside My Sin)

Best Actor in a Short William Osbeldiston-Hawkes (The Other Guy)

Best Actress in a Short Jennifer Drummond (A Beautiful Day)

Best Supporting Actor Robert O’Neil Lee (Father Figures)

Best Supporting Actress Victoria Stevens (Trapped Inside My Sin)

Best Ensemble The Holiday Shuffle

Best Young Actor Naeem Opoku (My First Fan)

Technical Awards

9 awards

Best Director of a Feature Tony A. Rodríguez (Treasure Hunter: The Royal Fifth)

Best Director of a Short Dan Blasterio Salsano (Cariddi’s Graveyard: Tales of Mare Nostrum)

Best First-Time Director Luke Stone (Retrieving Roadie)

Best Female Filmmaker Naaji Sky Adzimah (Derailed)

Best Cinematography Tom La Motte (Cariddi’s Graveyard: Tales of Mare Nostrum)

Best Editing Gastón Solari (Cariddi’s Graveyard: Tales of Mare Nostrum)

Best Visual Effects Corentin Chanabaud (The Last Spark)

Best Sound Design Lucas Lamoureux (The Last Spark)

Best Original Score Furio Valitutti (Cariddi’s Graveyard: Tales of Mare Nostrum)

Screenplay Awards

2 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “Lynch” by Peter Herlan