The Competition component of the 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival has just concluded! Here below are the Award Winning films and the Festival Director's Citations. All the works that we are screening are part of the New Jersey International Film Festival were selected by a panel of judges including media professionals, journalists, students, and academics. These judges selected the 34 finalists which were publicly screened at our Festival. The finalists were selected from over 702 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the judges choose the Prize Winners in conjunction with the Festival Director. Congratulations to all the winners and the official selections!
2024 New Jersey International Film Festival Winners
Winner Best Feature Film The Featherweight – Robert Kolodny (Brooklyn, New York)
Winner Best Documentary Film FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! – Peter Flynn (Wakefield, Massachusetts)
Winner Best Short Film INFINITY! – Benjamin To (Chino Hills, California)
Winner Best Animated Film Tennis, Oranges – Sean Pecknold (Los Angeles, California)
Winner Best Experimental Film The Miracle of You – Peter Spruyt (Hollywood, California)
Honorable Mention Winners
Shame on You – Jeffrey Himpele (Princeton, New Jersey)
Altona – The Affolter Brothers (New Westminster, BC, Canada)
Judy’s Garden – Evie Metz (Richmond, Virginia)
Brain Freeze – Kelsey Comeau (Brooklyn, New York)
Along The Rail – Jonathan Harkel (New Jersey)
I Want to Live on Mars – Mariya Somova (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
Game Interrupted – Ilayda Iseri (Istanbul, Turkey)
Fencing for the Edge – Holly Buechel (South Orange, New Jersey)
Cowgirls and Synthesizers – Joe Wallace (Springfield, Illinois)
STAKES IS HIGH – Jean-Pierre Caner (Los Angeles, California)
Good Girl – Jenny Kleiman (Elmhurst, New York)
Crossing The River – Allan Novak (New York, New York)
Festival Director’s Citations
Performances:
James Maddio - The Featherweight
Ruby Maxine Wolf - The Featherweight
Claire Haller - I Want to Live on Mars
Bethany Stollar - I Want to Live on Mars
Rahad Coulter-Stevenson - Stakes is High
Olivia Cordell - INFINITY!
Direction:
Robert Kolodny - The Featherweight
Benjamin To - INFINITY!
Peter Flynn - FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM!
Mariya Somova - I Want to Live on Mars
Kelsey Comeau - Brain Freeze
Sean Pecknold - Tennis, Oranges
Cinematography:
Adam Kolodny - The Featherweight
Akanksha Shyam - INFINITY!
Adam Nimyo - I Want to Live on Mars
Sklyer Bocciolatt - Stakes is High
Editing:
Robert Greene - The Featherweight
Jenna A. Bush - Fencing for the Edge
Sean Pecknold and Aaron Beckum - Tennis, Oranges
Jean-Pierre Caner - Stakes is High
Screenplay:
Steve Loff - The Featherweight
Peter Flynn - FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM!
Jean-Pierre Caner - Stakes is High
Production Design:
Sonia Foltarz - The Featherweight
Evie Metz - Judy’s Garden
Adi Goodrich - Tennis, Oranges
Music:
Samuel Jones - Stakes is High
Nick Daly - Judy’s Garden
Joe Cyrus and Shine Delphi - I Want to Live on Mars
