2014 UNITED STATES SUPER 8MM FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL begins this Saturday at Rutgers University!

2014 UNITED STATES SUPER 8MM FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL begins this Saturday at Rutgers University!

Now in its 26th year, the United States Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival is the largest and longest running juried Super 8mm film and digital video festival 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. We invite you to discover the cutting-edge works created by passionate filmmakers with these small-gauge media formats. The 26th annual United States Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival will be held on February 15-16, 2014 in Voorhees Hall #105, beginning each evening at 7 PM, on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Festival will include a different program each evening.

All of the submitted works were screened by a panel of fifteen jurors comprised of media professionals, journalists, students, interns, and film scholars. The panel included: Erika Conty, Joe DiLeo, Daniel Fisher, Irene Fizer, Victory Furniture, Sam Green, Nehha Jain, Tracy Kramer, Albert Nigrin, Jayrd Regner, Molly Rich, Matt Riddle, Johanna Ruiz, and Andrew Zrebiec. The thirteen finalist works were selected from over 123 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the jurors chose the winners in conjunction with the Festival Director. During the two days of the festival, audience members will also participate in the judging process by voting for their favorite work via the "Audience Choice Prize." All of the award-winners will be announced after the closing-night screenings on Sunday, February 16, 2014.

2014 UNITED STATES SUPER 8mm FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL

DAY ONE SCHEDULE

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Penetrating Trauma - Igor Stevanovic (Saint Louis, Missouri)
A short experimental film made by manipulating 8mm porn footage. 2013; 4 min.

Separate - Benjamin Whitson and Sina Eslamiis (Saint Augustine, Florida)
A short Super 8mm film exploring the moment at the end of a relationship when there are two sides fighting for survival - one that seeks to hold onto the past and the other that knows it is time to move forward. 2013; 6 min.

Daybreak - George Ungar (Toronto, Canada)
A hand-drawn animated film about the elusive moment of quiet reflection before we lift ourselves from bed and face the world. 2013; 7 min.

Maya - Marya Krogstad (San Francisco, California)
A film inspired by Maya Deren's Meditation on Violence. Featuring kung fu performances by Justin Charles Hoover, and filmed amidst the lush and stark environment in the Marin Headlands of Sausalito, California. 2013; 12 min.

Objects Attack! - Rona Mark (Forest Hills, New York)
Lovey Chambers, a passionate but incompetent woman, finds herself in the midst of a personal crisis. Not only are everyday objects confounding her, but her boyfriend has vanished and been replaced by an exact duplicate (who doesn't seem to recognize her). An affectionate pastiche of B-movies, sixties psychedelia and sci-fi, all wrapped up in a B&W Super 8mm feature film. 2013; 82 min.

DAY ONE GENERAL INFO:
Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University,
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey
$10=General; $9=Students+Seniors; $8=Rutgers Film Co-op Friends
Information: (848) 932-8482; www.njfilmfest.com

Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns of New Brunswick will be given out prior to this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!