Winners of the 2014 New Jersey International Film Festival Competition Announced!

Winners of the 2014 New Jersey International Film Festival Competition Announced!
All the works that were part of the New Jersey International Film Festival Competition were selected by a panel of judges including media professionals, journalists, students, and academics. These judges selected the 24 finalists which were publicly screened at the Festival. The finalists were selected from 357 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the judges chose the Prize Winners in conjunction with the Festival Director.

Winner Best Feature Film
Lies I Told My Little Sister – William J. Stribling (Union, New Jersey)

Winner Best Documentary Film
Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck 5 – Jenni Matz (Los Angeles, California)

Winner Best Short Film
The Sound – Sacha Iskra (New York, New York)

Winner Best Experimental Film
My Most Handsome Monster – Madsen Minax (Houston, Texas)

Winner Best Animated Film
The Innovator – Sean McCarthy (San Jose, California)

Honorable Mention Winners:
Horror Film – Sebastian Wotschke (Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)
The Sax Man – Joe Siebert (Willowick, Ohio)
Blackbird – Jamie Chambers (London, England)
When He Comes Home – Ben Phillippo (Carlisle, Massachusetts)
Simpler Times – Steve Monarque (West Milford, New Jersey)
Arena – Martin Rath (Lodz, Poland)
          
For More Information Contact:
Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center
Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies
72 Lipman Drive  (#018 Loree Hall - Douglass Campus)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901-8525 U.S.A.
(732) 932-8482 phone; (732) 932-1935 fax; NJMAC@aol.com  e-mail;
Web Site: www.njfilmfest.com