Winner Best Feature Film
Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts – Shaun Seneviratne (Ridgewood, New York)
Winner Best Documentary Film
WHAT IS HAPPENING? ART IN THE LIFE OF GERTIE FRÖHLICH – Marieli Fröhlich (Vienna, Austria)
Winner Best Short Film
Dog Days – Ryan Kurt Whiting (Oakland, California)
Winner Best Animated Film
Red Snow – Susana Olmedo Alvarez, Aurelia Gil Junco (Madrid, Spain)
Winner Best Experimental Film
The Horse Tail - Justyna Łuczaj – Salej (Krosno, Poland)
Honorable Mention Winners
All You Need is Blood – Cooper Roberts (Greenvale, New York)
A Little Family Drama – Nadia Zoe (Los Angeles, California)
These Years – Kiana Rosa Fischer (Highland Park, New Jersey)
Rough Blazing Star – Christopher Wiersema (Montpellier, Vermont)
Spirit of Place – Jack Cooper Stimpson (London, England).jpg)
Festival Director’s Citations
Performances:
Anastasia Olowin (Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts)
Sathya Sridharan (Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts)
Emma Chasse (All You Need Is Blood)
Mena Suvari (All You Need Is Blood)
Diana Elizabeth Torres (A Little Family Drama)
Taylor Olsen (Look at Me)
Direction:
Shaun Seneviratne (Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts)
Cooper Roberts (All You Need Is Blood)
Justyna Łuczaj-Salej (The Horse Tail)
Nadia Zoe (A Little Family Drama)
WHAT IS HAPPENING? ART IN THE LIFE OF GERTIE FRÖHLICH Marieli Fröhlich (Vienna, Austria)
Cinematography:
Molly Scotti (Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts)
Travis LaBella (A Little Family Drama)
Malgorzata Szylak (The Horse Tail)
Screenplay:
Shaun Seneviratne (Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts)
Justyna Łuczaj-Salej (The Horse Tail)
Nadia Zoe and Ramon O. Torres (A Little Family Drama)
Editing:
Joe Violette (Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts)
WHAT IS HAPPENING? ART IN THE LIFE OF GERTIE FRÖHLICH Marieli Fröhlich (Vienna, Austria)
Cooper Roberts (All You Need Is Blood)
Production Design:
Henry Pskowski (All You Need Is Blood)
Alessandra Manias (A Little Family Drama)
Justyna Łuczaj-Salej, Maciej Bieganski, Tomasz Rolniak (The Horse Tail)
Music:
Jack Cooper Stimpson, Benji Compston (Spirit of Place)
Mikolaj Trzaska (The Horse Tail)
Steve Berlin (A Little Family Drama)
Sponsors:
The New Jersey Film Festival is funded and/or sponsored in part by The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center; The Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies/School of Arts and Sciences; Middlesex County, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts - Funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund; Grant funding has also been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners - This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts; The Rutgers University Office of Summer and Winter Sessions; OVID/Icarus Films, The Rutgers University American Studies Department; Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program; The Rutgers University Zimmerli Art Museum; The Rutgers University Writer’s House; Pro 8mm; The Rutgers University Office of Disability Services, WRSU; New Jersey Stage; The Home News, The Asbury Park Press; New Brunswick City Center; The Rutgers University Office of Community Affairs; Design Ideas; Advanced Printing; Steven C. Schechter, Esq.; Share and Harris.
