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Winners of the 2019 New Jersey International Film Festival Announced!

By Al Nigrin

originally published: 06/10/2019




Winners of the 2019 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 20 finalists which were publicly screened at our Festival. The finalists were selected from 498 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


Aleksi – Barbara Vekarić (Dubrovnik, Croatia)



Winner Best Documentary Film


Sing you a Brand New Song: The Words and Music of Coleman Mellett Jeanie Bryson (East Brunswick, New Jersey)



Winner Best Short Film


The Traffic Separating Device – Johan Palmgren (Stockholm, Sweden)



Winner Best Animation Film 


Fuse – Shadi Adib (Stuttgart, Germany)




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Honorable Mention Winners

When I Last Saw Jesse – Brian Rose (Kansas City, Missouri)

Little Histories – Rafael Marziano (Caracas, Venezuela)


Carlotta’s Face – Valentin Riedl (Munich, Germany) and Frédéric Schuld  (Hamburg, Germany)

Beast – Natalie Peracchio (Los Angeles, California)

House of Stronzo – Matthew White (Pittsford, New York)

The Reservoir – Jordan Rowe (Encino, California)

Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am – Nick Mead (Newton, Pennsylvania)



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; [email protected], NJMAC @aol.com email

Web Site: www.njfilmfest.com

About the author:

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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