Official Results
September 2024 Winners
Official results for the September 2024 New Jersey Film Awards competition.
Official Winners
The complete official September 2024 winners list.
Film Awards
16 awards
Best Feature Film
The Unorthodox Mr. Haywood
Best Drama Short
Secret
Best Horror Short
The Third Eye
Best Thriller
Who Knows?
Best Animation Short
Mammoth: Chasing the Rainbow
Best LGBT Short
Iced Coffee
Best Documentary Short
Ashes
Best International Short
When He Comes Home
Best New Jersey Short
LGBTV Spot: Asbury Park
Best College Short
For Siri
Best High School Short
Minutiae
Best Mobile Short
Senior
Best Music Video
I’d Race
Best Trailer
Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club
Best Movie Poster
When He Comes Home
Best Concept
If Only Living Life Was Easy
Acting Awards
8 awards
Best Actor in a Feature
Maxwell C. Blackriver (The Unorthodox Mr. Haywood)
Best Actress in a Feature
Iclal Atasoy (Winds of Vanishing)
Best Actor in a Short
Jon Laight (Meeting Point)
Best Actress in a Short
Zara Burdon Yeates (Between Two Tides)
Best Supporting Actor
Pablo De Lima (When He Comes Home)
Best Supporting Actress
Norma Sheahan (Between Two Tides)
Best Ensemble
Winds of Vanishing
Best Young Actor
Eloá Marques (When He Comes Home)
Technical Awards
10 awards
Best Director of a Feature
Ilkan Devrim Dinc (Winds of Vanishing)
Best Director of a Short
Brandon Rozo (Who Knows?)
Best First-Time Director
Ioannis Mathioudakis (Ashes)
Best Female Filmmaker
Zara Burdon Yeates (Between Two Tides)
Best Young Filmmaker
George S. Evans (Meeting Point)
Best Cinematography
Prithvi Chauhan (Who Knows?)
Best Editing
Anastasia Balta (Ashes)
Best Special Effects Makeup
Alexane Flambard & Melanie Hollender (The Third Eye)
Best Sound Design
Kevin W. Walker (Who Knows?)
Best Original Score
Maxwell C. Blackriver & Athena Weavers (The Unorthodox Mr. Haywood)
Screenplay Awards
2 awards
Best Feature Screenplay
“Franchise.” by Andreas Rietz
Best Short Screenplay
“Embracing Change” by Bryan Huynh