Winners of the 2017 New Jersey International Film Festival Competition Announced!

All the works that were part of the New Jersey International Film Festival Competition were selected by a panel of judges including media professionals, journalists, students, and academics. These judges selected the 22 finalists which were publicly screened at our Festival. The finalists were selected from 322 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

Emma – Juan Pablo Martinez (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Winner Best Documentary Film

Levinsky Park – Beth Kruvant (South Orange, New Jersey)

Winner Best Short Film

The Ravens – Jennifer Perrott (Annandale, New South Wales, Australia)

Winner Best Animation Film

First Bloom – Tingting Liu (Nanjing, Jiang Su Province, China)

Honorable Mention Winners:

Glowworm – Laina Barakat (Marlborough, New Hampshire)

Don’t Think About It – Niv Klainer (New York, New York)

Church – Stephen Bodossian (Franklin, New Jersey)

Seppuku – Daryn Wakasa (Montebello, California)

Second Nature – Michael Cross (Seattle, Washington)

Kedi –  Ceyda Torun (Istanbul, Turkey)

One Eightieth of Zhang Tianyi – Shuhan Fan (Glendale, California)

Passaic – Douglas Underdahl (Millburn, New Jersey)

I Am Still Here– Mischa Marcus (Los Angeles, California)

Strawman – Tian Xie (Alhambra, California)

For More Information Contact:

New Jersey International 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

 

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