Official Results

March 2022 Winners

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

Official Winners

The complete official March 2022 winners list.

Film Awards

14 awards

Best Feature Narrative Sunspot

Best Drama Short Lonely Season

Best Comedy Short Sushi

Best Horror Short Hybrid Hazards

Best Thriller Knock Knock

Best Inspirational Short Pivot: Paying It Forward

Best International Short Until When?

Best Microshort Bumpin’

Best New Jersey Short I Don’t Know Joe

Best High School Short Silence of The Mirage

Best Web Series/TV Pilot Water Wars

Best Music Video Palm Reader

Best Trailer Exile

Best Movie Poster Escape

Acting Awards

6 awards

Best Actor Kyle Towey (Water Wars)

Best Actress Joelle Montoya (Sunspot)

Best Supporting Actor Daniel Chagas (Until When?)

Best Supporting Actress Rivera Reese (Sunspot)

Best Ensemble Escape

Best Young Actor Steph Prizhitomsky (Silence of the Mirage)

Technical Awards

8 awards

Best Director (co-winner) Ricardo Soares (Until When?)

Best Director (co-winner) Alexis Ramirez (Hybrid Hazards)

Best First-Time Director Kapil Ghatwai (Convenient Dilemma of Aiden Wolowitz)

Best Cinematography Nick Manesiotis (Sushi)

Best Editing Pivot: Paying It Forward

Best Special Effects Makeup Samantha Mileski (Hybrid Hazards)

Best Sound Design Exile

Best Original Score Anakin Rybacki (Water Wars)

Screenplay Awards

4 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “Video Nasties” by C.J. Duke

Best Feature Screenplay — Honorable Mention “Stand Your Ground” by Frank Mancuso

Best Short Screenplay “Colosseum” by Adam Jay Crawford