Official Results

July 2023 Winners

Official results for the July 2023 New Jersey Film Awards competition.

Official Winners

The complete official July 2023 winners list.

Film Awards

16 awards

Best Feature Film Dress Code

Best Drama Short The Alternative Hustle 2

Best Comedy Short You Don’t Know Jack: Tres Chicas

Best Horror Short Don’t Open The Box

Best Thriller Institute: Red Heron

Best Sci-Fi Short A Multitude of Uses

Best Animation Short Eeyore’s 21st Birthday

Best Experimental Short I Had a Nightmare

Best Inspirational Short Ahmar

Best International Short I Never Told You

Best Microshort Many Faces

Best Web Series/TV Pilot You Don’t Know Jack

Best Mobile Short The Kid Zone

Best Trailer Institute: Red Heron

Best Movie Poster Malcolm

Best Concept The Stones of Rome

Acting Awards

8 awards

Best Actor in a Feature Alex Javo (Malcolm)

Best Actress in a Feature Maria Marinaro (Dress Code)

Best Actor in a Short John Ryan Howard (Don’t Open the Box)

Best Actress in a Short Rose Hunt-Person (You Don’t Know Jack)

Best Supporting Actor Gennaro Iago Esposito (Friddo e Famme)

Best Supporting Actress Noelle Clarke (Institute: Red Heron)

Best Ensemble You Don’t Know Jack: Tres Chicas

Best Young Actor Isiah Jenkins (You Don’t Know Jack)

Technical Awards

10 awards

Best Director of a Feature Joseph Pupello (Dress Code)

Best Director of a Short Gennaro Iago Esposito (Friddo E Famme)

Best First-Time Director Martín Bazán (I Had a Nightmare)

Best Female Filmmaker Sohaila Lindheim (Institute: Red Heron)

Best Cinematography Shane Serrano (Institute: Red Heron)

Best Editing Alberto Arroyo (I Never Told You)

Best Visual Effects Sean Breathnach (Don’t Open the Box)

Best Special Effects Makeup Melissa Mattera & Arely Almazan (Malcolm)

Best Sound Design Sean Breathnach (Don’t Open the Box)

Best Original Score Stefan Swanson (Dress Code)

Screenplay Awards

2 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “Richard Spong” by Terry Luke Podnar