By Al Nigrin
originally published: 05/30/2017
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
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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