US Super 8 + DV Fest: Annie, wake up – Online for 24 Hours!

Sunday, February 22, 2026 @ 12:00am

NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

2026 United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival Day 2 – Program 2      

View the winning films and digital videos of the International United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival, selected by a jury of filmmakers, Rutgers University student interns, and media professionals. The festival--now in its 38th year—will feature finalist works by independent filmmakers from the United States and around the world. Co-sponsored by Pro 8mm'

Annie, wake up - is a non-narrative, assemblage film that uses the device of a fictional protagonist, Annie, to reflect on feelings of home, both comforting and oppressive. The ten chapters explore meanings both domestic and communal. Home is a domicile, a community, a geography, and an ideology. The film collages heterogeneous media sources like 8mm home movies, stop motion, direct animation, and archival sound to construct layers of feeling within the frame and throughout the soundtrack. 'Annie, wake up' creates a reflective space that is sometimes brooding, sometimes miraculous, perhaps both.

Video on Demand for 24 hours beginning at 12 Midnight Eastern USA.