Official Results

February 2022 Winners

Official results for the February 2022 New Jersey Film Awards competition.

Official Winners

The complete official February 2022 winners list.

Film Awards

17 awards

Best Feature Narrative Vengeance Served Cold

Best Short Film The Darkest Chapter

Best Drama Short Grief

Best Comedy Short Writer On The Storm

Best Horror Short The Reunion

Best Thriller The Child is Hiding in the Woods

Best Animation Short Martina

Best Experimental Short Where the Winds Die

Best Inspirational Short Lonely Season

Best International Short The Game The Doubt

Best Microshort Stains

Best New Jersey Short The Deep Dark Pit

Best College Short Ryn

Best High School Short The Baggage

Best Mobile Short The Talk

Best Trailer Through the Pain

Best Movie Poster Slaughter Beach

Acting Awards

8 awards

Best Actor in a Feature Jamiek Foster (Through the Pain)

Best Actress in a Feature Kameka Linton (Vengeance Served Cold)

Best Actor in a Short Terence Blanton (At What Cost)

Best Actress in a Short Cailey Merulla (Ryn)

Best Supporting Actor Jim Cannatelli (Slaughter Beach)

Best Supporting Actress Hazel Young (The Darkest Chapter)

Best Ensemble The Game The Doubt

Best Young Actor Pietro Maffei (The Child is Hiding in the Woods)

Technical Awards

9 awards

Best Director of a Feature Giuseppe Ivan David Di Giorgio (Finally Free)

Best Director of a Short Jalen Tellis (At What Cost)

Best First-Time Director Daniel C. Davis (Slaughter Beach)

Best Female Filmmaker Vibha Patel (The Deep Dark Pit)

Best Cinematography Danielle Castelli (Finally Free)

Best Editing Roger Villarroya (Stains)

Best Special Effects Makeup Isabelle Isel (Slaughter Beach)

Best Sound Design Daniel Suárez (Martina)

Best Original Score Sam Bishoff (Slaughter Beach)

Screenplay Awards

4 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “ap*pe*tite” by Kevin Mann

Best Feature Screenplay — Honorable Mention “Synesthesia Story” by Jillian Vitko

Best Short Screenplay “Faux Pedro” by David Juarez