Official Results

September 2025 Winners

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

Official Winners

The complete official September 2025 winners list.

Film Awards

16 awards

Best Feature Film Lost in Time

Best Short Film Nada Sin Ti

Best Drama Short Until We Meet Again

Best Comedy Short Elmo Is Dead

Best Thriller Suspect

Best Animation Short Hugh Manning in Buzzy Bugaboo

Best Experimental Short Hunting Fireflies

Best Inspirational Short Pictures

Best International Short La Mort Pourpre

Best New Jersey Short Frea

Best College Short When Time Stopped

Best Mobile Short As Long As You Want

Best Music Video The Important Thing

Best Trailer Lost in Time

Best Movie Poster Hybrid Hazards: Revelation

Best Concept Sedona Sunset

Acting Awards

8 awards

Best Actor in a Feature Jesse Choy (Hybrid Hazards: Revelation)

Best Actor in a Short Alexis Panagiotou (When Time Stopped)

Best Actress in a Feature Alexa Morden (Lost in Time)

Best Actress in a Short Natasha Bogutzki (Give/Back)

Best Supporting Actor Guilhem Thiel (La Mort Pourpre)

Best Supporting Actress Lia Thalassinou (When Time Stopped)

Best Ensemble L’Onore Part 2

Best Young Actor Jayla Sumlin (Sticks and Stones)

Technical Awards

10 awards

Best Director of a Feature Alexis Ramirez (Hybrid Hazards: Revelation)

Best Director of a Short Giuseppe Di Giorgio (Suspect)

Best First-Time Director Seda Kanburoğlu (Such a Nice Girl)

Best Female Filmmaker Maria Zvezdina (Village Mart)

Best Young Filmmaker Emanuela Mascherini (Blue Dawn)

Best Cinematography Keith Mitchell (Lost in Time)

Best Editing Miguel Garcia Bernal (Nada Sin Ti)

Best Special Effects Makeup Frea

Best Sound Design Rafael Pirela (The Family Photo)

Best Original Score Jhonatan Faria (The Family Photo)

Screenplay Awards

2 awards

Best Feature Screenplay “Jesse” by Nicholas P. Runfolo