By Al Nigrin
originally published: 10/24/2016
Winners of the 2016 New Jersey International Film Festival CompetitionAll 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 21 finalists which were publicly screened at our Festival. The finalists were selected from 366 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the judges chose the Prize Winners in conjunction with the Festival Director.
Grand Prize Winners:
Winner Best Feature Film
The Other Kids – Chris Brown (San Francisco, California)
Winner Best Documentary Film
Psychedelia – Pat Murphy (Brooklyn, New York)
Winner Best Short Film
The Suitor – Alvaro Congosto (Woodside, New York)
Winner Best Animation Film
A is for Aye-Aye: An Abecedarian Adventure – Augusta Palmer (Brooklyn, New York)
Honorable Mention Winners:
H.O.M.E. – Daniel Maldonado (Queens, New York)
Kurdistan-Kurdistan – Bulent Gunduz (Antony, France)
Occupy, Texas – Jeff Barry (New York, New York)
Twinsburg – Joe Garrity (Oakland, California)
Roubado – Erica Watson (Los Angeles, California)
For More Information Contact:
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Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies
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New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901-8525 U.S.A.
Albert Gabriel Nigrin is an award-winning experimental media artist whose work has been screened on all five continents. 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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