New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2017 Winners Announced!

All the works that were part of the Spring 2017 New Jersey Film Festival Competition were selected by a panel of judges including media professionals, journalists, students, and academics. These judges selected the 14 finalists which were publicly screened at our Festival. The finalists were selected from 284 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the judges chose the Prize Winners in conjunction with the Festival Director.

Winner Best Feature Film 

Gelo - Luis & Gonçalo Galvão Teles (Lisbon, Portugal)

Winner Best Documentary Film 

Art of the Prank - Andrea Marini (Winter Park, Florida)  

Winner Best Short Film 

Bad Tidings - Daniel Natale (Red Bank, New Jersey)

Honorable Mention Winners

Knights of New Jersey - Michael Hadley (Montclair, New Jersey)

The Northlander - Benjamin Ross Hayden (Calgary, Canada) 

Craving Cuba - Zuzelin Martin Lynch (San Anselmo, California) 

Schizophrenia - Yuri Muraoka (Tokyo, Japan)

The Sara Spencer Washington Story - Royston Scott (New York, New York)

…With God Against Man… - Seymon Pinkahasov (Brooklyn, New York) 

River Blue: Can Fashion Save the Planet? - David Mcilvride and Roger Williams (Vancouver, Canada)

For More Information Contact:

New Jersey Film Festival

Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center

Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies

4170 Academic Building, 15 Seminary Place

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901-8525 U.S.A.   

(848) 932-8482 phone; (732) 932-1935 fax; NJMAC12@gmail.com, NJMAC@aol.com;

Web Site: www.njfilmfest.com

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

bergenPAC presents An Evening with Judge Reinhold and screening of "Beverly Hills Cop"

(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) presents An Evening with Judge Reinhold and screening of Beverly Hills Cop on Friday, January 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. Celebrating the 40th year anniversary of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, here's your chance to hang out with Detective William "Billy" Rosewood, played by Judge Reinhold who co-starred in all four installments with Eddie Murphy including the latest 2024 Netflix release. ** Note: this show was rescheduled from September 27, 2024, previous purchased tickets will be honored at the new date. For inquiries, please contact the box office at 201-227-1030.

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New Jersey Symphony presents Disney's "The Muppet Christmas Carol" in concert

2024-12-05 to 2024-12-08

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State Theatre New Jersey and NJPAC Productions present An Evening with Chevy Chase & National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

2024-12-05