Visionary Award
Sam Zaslow-Braverman, Golda Och Academy
Vicariously

Narrative: Grand Prize
Adam Rodarte, Fallbrook High School
In These Streets

Narrative: Special Jury Prize
Peter Di Prospero, Immaculata High School
Copycat

Narrative: Special Jury Prize
Daniel Lee, UCVTS Academy for Performing Arts
Estimated Time of Arrival
*Warning: Graphic Language

Comedy: Grand Prize
John-Trajan Bernardo, Sinjin-Kai Bernardo
County Prep High School (Hudson County School of Technology in Jersey City)
The Voice of Reason

Comedy: Special Jury Prize
Maura Collins, Ashlyn Estevez, Sasha Harris, Abby Badrick, and Sophie Jackson, Middletown High School South
Life After Death

Comedy: Special Jury Prize
Stephen Sassano and Jason Sassano, Middletown High School South
Immersion

Animated Film: Grand Prize
Recipient of the Guerriero’s Gelato & Cakes 2021 Sweetest Film Award
Carli Platt, Millburn High School
Clayception

Animated Film: Special Jury Prize
Jason Lewis, Montclair High School
How To Wear A Mask

Animated Film: Special Jury Prize
Liam Murphy, Ridge High School
The Diving Contest

Horror/Suspense: Grand Prize
Darla Matches, Maura Collins, Abby Badrick, and Sophie Jackson, Middletown High School South
The Love That Remains

Horror/Suspense: Special Jury Prize
Sophie Jackson, Middletown High School South
The White Wood

Horror/Suspense: Special Jury Prize
Ryan McWalters, Chatham High School
The Things We Do For Love

Experimental: Grand Prize (tie)
Pamela Hernandez, Passaic County Technical Institute,
Day of the Dead

Experimental: Grand Prize (tie)
Jennifer Ruiz-Gonzalez, East Brunswick Tech – School of the Arts
Growing Pains

Experimental: Special Jury Prize
Maya Zeidman, East Brunswick Tech – School of the Arts,
Norepinephrine

Social Impact: Grand Prize
Ashley Bergemann, Passaic County Technical Institute
The Reality of Eating Disorders

Social Impact: Special Jury Prize
Naylani Burton, Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology
Locked In

Cinematography: Special Jury Prize
Brooks Walker and Terrence Faison, Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology
Freak

Special Jury Awards
Carolann Cuebas, County Prep High School
Life During a Pandemic

Elliot Chisholm-Reyes, Fallbrook High School
Covid & L’Manburg

Hafeez Hardin, Columbia High School
Lockdown Logins

Ivie Medina, Passaic County Technical Institute
A Year in Quarantine

Skyler Garcia, Fallbrook High School
My Covid VIRUS

Taylor Christenson, Fallbrook High School
Isolation
Storytellers (Grades 6-8)

Comedy: Grand Prize
Jack Sclafane, Leonia Middle School
we RIDE

Documentary: Grand Prize
Onyedikachi Osondu, Bloomfield Middle School
Escapades of a Pandemic Surfer

Experimental: Grand Prize
Willow Killebrew, Montclair Kimberley Academy Middle School
Los Ojos Bonitos (The Beautiful Eyes)

My Covid Life!: Special Jury Prize
Lyla Larkin, Watchung School
Out Of My Mind

My Covid Life!: Special Jury Prize
Lyla Larkin, Watchung School
Out Of My Mind