success story was Lies I Told My
Little Sister, which went on to be
picked up and released nationwide on DVD as a Geena Davis
Selection from her 2015 Bentonville Film Festival, championing
women and diversity in media.
On February 19-20, it’s time for
the 2016 United States Super
8 Film & Digital Video Festival
— another unique aspect of the
Brodsky of the International Center for 8mm encouraged me to
create this festival so I did. The
first year it was an invitational
festival where I reached out to
Super 8 filmmakers that I admired to submit films. I curated
that first festival but all of the 27
others have been juried just like
the New Jersey Film Festival.”
Screenings for the festival take
The Super 8 Festival is very dear to me as I began
my filmmaking career as a Super 8 filmmaker
New Jersey Film Festival. Now
in its 28th year, it is the largest
and longest-running juried super
8mm film and digital festival in
North America.
“The Super 8 Festival is very
dear to me as I began my filmmaking career as a Super 8
filmmaker and wanted to help
the small film gauge gain more
prominence,” said Nigrin. “Back
in 1988, Toni Treadway and Bob
NewJerseyStage.com
place on Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday night in Voorhees Hall
#105 (Near the corner of George
Street and Hamilton Street) in
New Brunswick. All programs begin at 7:00pm. Seating is general
admission with at $12 for adults,
$10 for students and seniors,
and $9 for Rutgers Film Co-op/
NJMAC friends. For more information on the festival visit www.
njfilmfest.com.
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