Official Results
May 2026 Winners
Official results for the May 2026 New Jersey Film Awards competition.
Official Winners
The complete official May 2026 winners list.
Film Awards
15 awards
Best Feature Film
The Girl We Let In
Best Drama Short
Not From Here
Best Comedy Short
The Whisper of the West
Best Horror Short
Rathill
Best Thriller
Bang Zoom!
Best Sci-Fi Short
Daggers and Roses
Best Animation Short
hoodoo
Best Inspirational Short
Don’t Break Any Hearts
Best Documentary Short
The Storyteller
Best Microshort
Hello, My Son
Best College Short
Ashes of Reverie
Best High School Short
The Hard Way Home
Best Music Video
Who Am I
Best Trailer
Drone Runners
Best Movie Poster
The Hard Way Home
Acting Awards
6 awards
Best Actor
Porter Montgomery (The Hard Way Home)
Best Actress
Veronika Babina (The Girl We Let In)
Best Supporting Actor
Serge Usicov (Not From Here)
Best Supporting Actress
Winnie Penkethman (The Girl We Let In)
Best Ensemble
Don’t Break Any Hearts
Best Young Actor
Andre Gant (Ashes of Reverie)
Technical Awards
9 awards
Best Director
Juan Manuel Fagetti (Daggers and Roses)
Best Female Filmmaker
Juliana Rodríguez (Not From Here)
Best Young Filmmaker
David Sakaoghli (Ashes of Reverie)
Best Cinematography
Wendell Raulston, Jr. (Rathill)
Best Editing
K. Kinsella & Z.B. Yeates (The Storyteller)
Best Visual Effects
Alejando Maidana (Daggers and Roses)
Best Special Effects Makeup
Julia Pierce (Not From Here)
Best Sound Design
Jordan Baas (Rathill)
Best Original Score
Daniel Muñoz (Not From Here)
Screenplay Awards
2 awards
Best Feature Screenplay
“The City of Children“ by Brooke Grondin
Best Short Screenplay
“Still My Sister” by Aidan Zimmerman