By Al Nigrin
originally published: 06/14/2021
Still from Full Circle
The 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival Competition has just concluded! We had a very good festival this year despite it being done virtually again. I want to thank the thousands of people who attended. We couldn't do what we do without such tremendous support!
All the works that were part of the 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival Competition were selected by a panel of judges including media professionals, journalists, students, and academics. These judges selected the 25 finalists which were publicly screened at our Festival. The finalists were selected from 547 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. Here are the Winners of the 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival:
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Best of Festival Winners
Best Feature Film: Bone Cage - Taylor Olson (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Best Documentary Film: Full Circle - Anne Via McCollough (Norfolk, Virgina)
Best Short Film: Space Case – Zachary T Scott (Austin, Texas)
Best Animated Film: First Light - Amy Lee Ketchum/Ellen Boscov (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Best Experimental Film: S T O P – Marieli Froehlich (Vienna, Austria)
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Honorable Mention Winners
The Heartland – Marquise Mays (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Just Being Here – Matteo Moretti (Middlebury, Vermont): Stolen Fish - Gosia Juszczak (Madrid, Spain): Who the f... is Roger Rossmeisl? – Luc Quelin (Paris, France); Sweethurt – Tom Danger (Turramurra, NSW, Australia); The Dark Odyssey – Michael Lavine (Germantown, New York); Into the Light – Benjamin Schwartz (New York, New York); Two Little People – Xin Li (Melbourne, Australia); The Process of Recovering – Nora Mandray, Jonathan Bulette (Santa Monica, California)
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Albert Gabriel Nigrin is an award-winning experimental media artist whose work has been screened throughout the world. He is also a Cinema Studies Lecturer at Rutgers University, and the Executive Director/Curator of the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc.
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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.
