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Winners of the Spring 2021 New Jersey Film Festival Announced!


By Al Nigrin

originally published: 02/20/2021




 


 

New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2021 Winners.

All the works that were part of the Spring 2021 New Jersey Film Festival Competition were selected by a panel of judges including media professionals, journalists, students, and academics. These judges selected the finalists which were publicly screened at our Festival. The finalists were selected from 466 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the judges chose the Prize Winners in conjunction with the Festival Director.



Winner Best Documentary Film


Nobody Famous – Elizabeth Ahlstrom (Nashville, Tennessee)

The WBGO Story...Bright Moments from Newark to the World – Chris Daniel (Tinton Falls, New Jersey)



 



Winner Best Short Film


Echthaar - Dominic Kubisch (Schwechat, Austria)



Winner Best Animated Film


The Fabric of You – Josephine Lohoar Self (Glasgow, Scotland)

Honorable Mention Winners
The Trouble With Angels – Sam Chegini (Qazvin, Iran)
Haiku – Martin Gerigk (Krefeld, Germany)

Canis Major – Charli Brissey (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

How to Fall in Love in a Brothel – Sunhui Chang (Alameda, California)
Joey Skaggs: Satire and Art Activism 1960s to the Present and Beyond - Judy Drosd (New York, New York)

The Heart of Camden - The Story of Father Michael Doyle – Douglas Clayton (New Jersey)

The New Abolitionists – Christina Zorich (Los Angeles, California)


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Information:

Al Nigrin,

Executive Director/Curator,

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 Festival Hotline

Email: njmac12@gmail.com, njmac@aol.com

Websites: www.njfilmfest.com

https://newjerseyfilmfestival2020.eventive.org/schedule














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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