Official Results

January 2025 Winners

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

Official Winners

The complete official January 2025 winners list.

Film Awards

15 awards

Best Feature Narrative This Path

Best Feature Documentary Interpreting Erik

Best Drama Short How to Summon Ghosts

Best Comedy Short Jamaican Sunrise

Best Horror Short Ravager

Best Thriller Get In, Get Out

Best Sci-Fi Short Older Self

Best Experimental Short Girls, Angels, Melodies

Best International Short Vital Sign

Best New Jersey Short The Ones Who Love Us

Best College Short Ask Again Later

Best Music Video Mistery

Best Trailer This Path

Best Movie Poster Lulu in Turin

Best Concept Paralyzed

Acting Awards

8 awards

Best Actor in a Feature Jeremie Agbessi (Give Me Your Hand)

Best Actress in a Feature Candela Del Zotto (Sombras Chinas)

Best Actor in a Short Tom Michaels (Older Self)

Best Actress in a Short Dulce Maria Cortes (The Crying Woman)

Best Supporting Actor Nando Luis Roman (Nakaq)

Best Supporting Actress Melinda Martinho/Sandra Hermann (Give Me Your Hand)

Best Ensemble Give Me Your Hand

Best Young Actor Nikolett Fanni Bús (Girls, Angels, Melodies)

Technical Awards

11 awards

Best Director of a Feature Sebaztian Baz (Sombras Chinas)

Best Director of a Short Juliana Rodriguez (The Mermaid Collector)

Best First-Time Director Ian Charles Lister (Lulu in Turin)

Best Female Filmmaker Trisha Gianesin (Toxemia)

Best Young Filmmaker Samantha Toronto (Ask Again Later)

Best Cinematography Corey Descant (Critical)

Best Editing Robert Del Campo (Sanguine Deposit)

Best Visual Effects Rob Schultz (Older Self)

Best Special Effects Makeup Michelle Cassidy (Nakaq)

Best Sound Design H. Sebastian, R. Vichenzo, & N. Tinaro (Sombras Chinas)

Best Original Score Morgan De Carvalho (Give Me Your Hand)

Screenplay Awards

2 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “The Sword of the Celestial Dragon” by P. Koepke