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Our Favorite Stories In Film: The Opening Act

New Jersey Stage published its 25,000th story in December 2021. As the site approached the milestone, we posed the question on social media as how we should celebrate.  One response was to highlight our favorite stories from over the years.  We liked this idea, but could not narrow things down to just 25 favorites so we will present a favorite each day from different genres.  Every Wednesday will feature a story about film.  This week's choice is a feature on an independent fim called The Opening Act.




 

2022 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival Award Winners

by Al Nigrin
published 2022-02-22

The 34th annual 2022 United States Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival, which just concluded, is the largest and longest running juried festival of its kind in North America. The festival encourages any genre (including animation, documentary, personal, narrative, and experimental) made on Super 8mm/8mm film, Hi 8mm/8mm, or digital video. Here are the films that are this year’s award winners.



New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2022 Winners Announced

by Al Nigrin
published 2022-02-21

New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2022 Winners All the works that were part of the Spring 2022 New Jersey Film Festival Competition were selected by a panel of judges including media professionals, journalists, students, and academics. These judges selected the 27 finalists which were publicly screened at our Festival. The finalists were selected from 633 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the judges chose the Prize Winners in conjunction with the Festival Director.



Hallucinations World Premieres at the 2022 United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival on Saturday, February 19

by Justin Almodovar
published 2022-02-19

Hallucinations is a film by M. Wild that will be playing at the 2022 United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival on Saturday, February 19, 2022. It begins with a dreamscape and a narrator who seems to believe themselves to be at one with the stars in space; at one with the atmosphere. The first character that is introduced to us is Ava Gastpunkt who appears to be a well-known photographer. She comes up periodically in the film after this moment, but what is important to note about this introduction is that the film is establishing the role of photographer as a particularly important one in the world of this film. It seems that Wild is interested in perspective, and the parameters thereof, where the camera is a particular tool that we use to make perspective into something tangible.



Tim Dubbert’s III. screens at the 2022 United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival

by Loren Simon
published 2022-02-18

There once was a sailor who was shipwrecked on the treacherous black sea. The injuries he sustained had almost left him fatally wounded. That was until a woman had found him stranded and nursed him back to health but under unmentionable circumstances, she had no choice but to leave him behind. Many, many years later the sailor receives a letter detailing nine clues/rules that would eventually lead him back to his fateful love. Tim Dübbert’s nautical silent film III. captures the sailor’s journey and the arduous task of completing these steps. Dübbert is the sole director, producer, and filmmaker of this movie. Joined by his family and peers in Mönchengladbach, Germany: Chris Dübbert, Irina Dübbert, Luisa Dübbert, Stephen Erckmann, Klaus Fabian, Susanna Fried, and Damian te Beesen; the story of this unnamed sailor is brought to life. The thirteen minute submission to the 2022 United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival was shot and animated entirely on Super 8mm film.





Moving Feature Film Not Today plays at the Spring 2022 New Jersey Film Festival on February 18

by Jennifer Stanilla
published 2022-02-17

Not Today, written and directed by Aditya Kripalani, follows the emotional story of a girl’s first day working as a suicide prevention counsellor trying to keep a man from jumping off a building. In English and Hindi, with subtitles, the two main characters are compelling to watch as they converse only over the phone. Aliah Rupawala, played by Rucha Inamdar, and Ashwin Mathur, played by Harsh Chhaya, find they may have more in common with each other than they initially thought, and they may be able to help each other work through their own feelings. Always unsure if anyone is going to pick up the phone call, this film grips an audience with suspense and our connection with the characters.



Our Favorite Stories In Film: The Lost Village

New Jersey Stage published its 25,000th story in December 2021. As the site approached the milestone, we posed the question on social media as how we should celebrate.  One response was to highlight our favorite stories from over the years.  We liked this idea, but could not narrow things down to just 25 favorites so we will present a favorite each day from different genres.  Every Wednesday will feature a story about film.  This week's choice is a feature on the film The Lost Village.



Hallucinations World Premieres at the 2022 United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival

by Al Nigrin
published 2022-02-16

​​​​​​​Hallucinations, directed by M. Wild, is a very trippy sci fi feature where aliens descend in crystal spaceships to make contact with humans through guitar amp distortion and glowing animal skulls. This film will be getting its World Premiere on Saturday- February 19, 2022 as part of the 2022 United States Super 8 Film + DV Festival.



2022 United States Super 8 Film + DV Festival Celebrates 34th Anniversary

by Al Nigrin
published 2022-02-15

Now in its 34th year, the United States Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival is the largest and longest running juried festival of its kind in North America. The festival encourages any genre (including animation, documentary, personal, narrative, and experimental) made on Super 8mm/8mm film, Hi 8mm/8mm, or digital video. The  Festival will be held Online on February 19+20, 2022.



New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2022 Filmmaker Video Q+A with The History of Horror and Metal Director Mike Schiff

by Al Nigrin
published 2022-02-14

New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2022 Filmmaker Video Q+A with The History of Horror and Metal Director Mike Schiff and Festival Director Al Nigrin.


 

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