Friday-May 31-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns will be given out during this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!

Separation Sonnet - Andressa Furletti (Brooklyn, New York)
A rhythmic experimental short, inspired by the sonnets of the Brazilian poet, playwright and bossa nova composer Vinicius de Moraes. 2012; 8 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director Andressa Furletti!

A Stroll Through the Park An Asbury Symphony - Sage Seb (Los Angeles, California)
A few days prior to the 2011 All Tomorrows Party Music Festival in Asbury Park, NJ, world-renowned street artist Shepard Fairey created a series of music-themed murals across the boardwalk town. Following Fairey as he celebrates music through his art, this documentary now unexpectedly serves as a time capsule to a lost era, as Hurricane Sandy washed away nearly all of the artist’s work. Also featuring interviews with Public Enemy front man Chuck D and NYC art curator Jonathan Levine. 2013; 18 min.

Midnight Catch - Jamison M. LoCascio (Montclair, New Jersey)
A lighthearted bond between two men turns deadly when they discover that they are on the opposite ends of the law. 2012; 20 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director Jamison M. LoCascio!

The Rink  - Sarah Friedland and Ryan Joseph (Elmhurst, New York)
This vibrantdocumentary tells the story of Newark’s Branch Brook Park Roller Rink, one of the few remaining urban rinks of its kind, and the roller skaters who call it home. Upon first glance, the exterior resembles a fallout shelter, as a concrete structure nestled in the pit of a hill bordered by public housing and a highway; however, the streamers and interior lights are cheerily reminiscent of ‘70s roller discos. Serving diverse communities within Newark, the rink is a microcosm of the city that surrounds it, and serves as a vital cultural space for a city that is seeking to forge a new narrative for itself. 2012; 52 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by directors Sarah Friedland and Ryan Joseph!

Saturday-June 1-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns will be given out during this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!

Stable - Paul Williams (Annadale, New Jersey)
In this intense short, a cop tries to stop a man from committing suicide inside a church. 2013; 3 min.

Spaghetti für Zwei (Spaghetti for Two) - Matthias Rosenberger (Miesbach, Germany)
A routine stroll develops into a dark odyssey, as a lonely man perceives the outside world as menacing, and swarming with would-be hustlers and criminals. 2012; 19 min.

Wet Behind the Ears - Sloan Copeland (New York, New York)
This hilarious feature film takes a twisted look at a newly-minted college graduate’s seemingly fatal joblessness, and her fruitless attempt to adjust to the real world. Join Samantha Phelps on her journey deep into the hell of the current job market, where her only options seem to be either minimum wage or jail time. 2013; 92 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director Sloan Copeland, actress/producer  Jessica Piervicenti and actress/producer Margaret Keane!

Sunday-June 2-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns will be given out during this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!

Chicken – Jessica Sue Burstein (Brooklyn, New York)
Shot on location in Puerto Rico, this short film traces a brief, intimate encounter between two tourists from different parts of the world. 2012; 26 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director Jessica Sue Burstein!

Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean - Matthew Mishory (West Hollywood, California)
This ravishing and poetic feature film about the early life of James Dean presents an unflinching exploration of the cinema icon's complicated sexuality and formative relationships. Part portrait of a young artist as a young man, part love story, and part exploration of postwar Hollywood, this boundary-breaking film begins in 1951, as Dean is driving toward the desert of Joshua Tree, California.  Through a series of dreamlike vignettes about this pivotal time in his life, during which he was focused on fashioning himself as a great American actor, the film culminates in an illuminating confrontation that forever changes his life. 2012, 93 min.

Friday-June 7-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns will be given out during this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!

Nora - Michael Peer (Los Angeles, California)
Nora distills the terror of a woman’s life, moment after moment, as she overcomes the pain of past memories. Moving beyond abusive relationships and addiction, Nora emerges, scarred but not defeated. This short is ultimately a film about hope, and about life as a constant balance between light and darkness. 2012; 12 min.

LE TEMPS DE L'INCERTITUDE (UNCERTAIN TIMES) - Vivianne Perelmuter (Paris, France)
In this beautiful and haunting feature film, Anne is in crisis:  she writes stories for pay, but is suddenly overcome with doubts.  She feels dizzy when she starts writing, regretting all the paths that she didn't choose in life. But this very night, led against her will to wander through the city in which she lives, she will have to find her bearings in a labyrinth of signs. In French, subtitled. 2013; 90 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director Vivianne Perelmuter!

Saturday-June 8-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns will be given out during this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!

Franky and The Ant - Billy Hayes (Redondo Beach, California)
Franky has been betrayed, but he wants everyone to know that vengeance is not what he seeks. He wants a lot more than that. 2012; 9 min.

Killing Time with Lizzie Boredom - Elizabeth Theis (Brooklyn, New York)
Killing Time with Lizzie Boredom is an existential comedy about one girl's dream to be America's Next Top Mortal.  As an agoraphobic hypochondriac with delusions of grandeur, Lizzie sets herself on a path to achieve fame and notoriety from within the claustrophobic walls of her decaying home. Fantasizing about a star-studded life that she doesn't realize is enclosed within her mind, she is bent on achieving immortality, one psychotic episode at a time. 2012; 10 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director Elizabeth Theis!

COLD TURKEY - Fannar Thor Arnarsson  (Boston, Massachussetts)
In this chilling horror short, Adam is a teenager whose problems go a bit beyond hormonal surges. To cure himself of cannibalism, he decides to go cold turkey. In Icelandic, subtitled. 2013; 14 min.

Dead Man Working - L.E. Salas (West New York, New Jersey)
A wry feature-length mockumentary, that skillfully sets up the recent economic crisis as the prelude to a very bleak future. To the dismay of everyone living, the recently deceased begin to mysteriously rise from their graves. These fresh (and sometimes not so fresh) corpses are not here to eat the living; instead, they want their old jobs back, and will not be deterred from their single-minded task.  As this new and inexpensive work force emerges from the grave, to take back both blue-collar and white-collar jobs, no one is safe from the threat of undead workers. 2012; 70 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director L.E. Salas!

Sunday-June 9-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns will be given out during this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!

Kayip (The Loss) - Mete Sozer (Los Angeles, California)
After a painful breakup with the love of his life, a man waits at a cafe for a lifetime, hoping she will walk in again.  In Turkish, subtitled. 2013; 14 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director Mete Sozer!

Rose, Mary and Time - Hardeep Giani (London, England)
A story of second chances. Barney loved a woman who was murdered.  With the help of an inherited clock, and the assistance of an old Indian shopkeeper, he finds himself back in time, with the opportunity to save her... but life isn't always as easy as that. 2013; 37 min.

Welcome and our Condolences – Leon Prudovsky (Tel Aviv, Israel)
The year is 1991. The beginning of the massive Jewish immigration wave from the former USSR to Israel.  12 year-old Misha is documenting his family's journey on a home-video camera.  The already traumatic immigration experience turns into a crisis, when his elderly aunt dies on the plane just before they reach the land of their ancestors. Now, the family will have to go through various levels of bureaucracy with an immigrating corpse. In Russian and Hebrew, subtitled. 2012; 30 min.

SYSTEM PREFERENCES - Anya Belkina (Boston, Massachusetts)
A fascinating animated documentary about the computer pioneer Bashir Rameyev, who sought to achieve something extraordinary during the heyday of the Soviet Union, in order to prove that he and his family were not so-called “enemies of the people”.   The computer he invented was used to launch the satellite Sputnik into space and, as a consequence, spurred the development of Russian and American microelectronics. Once the USSR decided, in 1969, to curtail such computer research in favor of cloning American products, the loss of competitive innovation impacted the entire global community of computer users. 2012; 34 min.

Friday-June 14-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns will be given out during this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!

I'll Be Your Mirror - VITA WEICHEN HSU (Valencia, California)
In this lovely animated film, a series of charcoal images are drawn on pages of a book withdrawn from the library. 2012; 2 min. 

Home - Jono Oliver (Brooklyn, New York)
An engrossing independent feature filmabout a man recovering from mental illness, who tries to rebuild his life and reconnect with his estranged son by moving out of the group home where he resides into an apartment of his own. Jack’s plan soon hits serious obstacles: the rent for his new apartment is suddenly raised and, in addition, he must prove his readiness to the doctor in charge of his release.  The film sensitively tracks his interactions with many people along the way: from the group home nurse who helps him, to the psychiatrist who doesn’t really think him ready to leave; to a friend on the street, a hustler to whom Jack turns for advice; to the bad guys from his past; to an eclectic and wonderful group of fellow residents. However he can, by whatever means necessary, Jack seeks, more than anything, to find his home. 2013; 112 min.

Saturday-June 15-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns will be given out during this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!

Trained  - Anthony Jerjen (Geneva, Switerland)
In this film, set at the turn of the twentieth century, Leonard is a professional magician. But after twenty years of work, business is not doing well, and he decides to perform a unique magic trick in order to boost his career. He wants to stop a train using the power of his mind. Will he succeed? 2012;15 min.

The Space Jockey Pursuit  - Brian Titshaw  (Smyrna, Georgia)
In this funny and quirky feature film-within-a film, Space Jockey is slated to be Hollywood’s next blockbuster and the producers want to cast an unknown as the lead. And no one is more unknown than Alvin Bernstein. A strict method actor, Alvin always commits himself completely. For the past year, he has lived in a mental institution doing character research. But to break into Hollywood, he must first break out of the nuthouse. 2013; 103 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director Brian Titshaw!

Sunday-June 16-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns will be given out during this screening of the New Jersey Film Festival!

Art House-Part One - Don Freeman (New York, New York)
This superbly crafted documentary moves poetically through the houses of four artists, who created these splendid interiors for themselves. In Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the Arts and Crafts tile designer Henry Chapman Mercer built “Fonthill,” a hauntingly beautiful castle-like home and studio. In the desert near Phoenix, the famous ceramicist and architect Paolo Soleri, now 93, reveals the surreal and exquisite shapes of Cosanti, his home and studio. In Garrison, New York, the leading dinnerware designer of the mid-20th century, Russel Wright, built his remarkable home and a 75-acre park of waterfalls, gardens and paths. Finally, in Paoli, Pennsylvania, the studio and home of sculptor and furniture legend Wharton Esherick is filmed for the first time. 2013; 30 min. With an introduction and Q+A session by director Don Freeman!

16 ACRES – Richard Hankin (New York, New York)
16 ACRES is the story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, as told by the key players who have shaped the site. At the heart of the story is the dramatic tension between the noblest intentions and the politics, hubris, and ideology that is the bedrock of New York. 2012; 93 min.

All films shown that are part of the New Jersey International Film Festival Competition are either Area or New Jersey Premieres!

TIME

All Voorhees Hall programs begin at 7:00 PM. Films are screened in the order listed with a brief intermission between films for double and multiple-bills.

LOCATIONS

Location is indicated below. Directions are also listed below.

Voorhees Hall #105 (Near the corner of George Street and Hamilton Street),
71 Hamilton Street/College Avenue Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

NOTE: Our new primary screening location Voorhees Hall #105 features new comfortable seats, stadium seating, a state-of-the-art hi-definition projection and sound systems!

ADMISSION

$10=General; $9=Students+Seniors; $8=Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends.

TICKETS

Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis only and can be purchased at the door beginning a half-hour before the show begins. Advance Tickets are available to groups of 3 or more. Call or email us for more info.

All films are subject to change. Call our information number 848-932-8482 the day of show to confirm titles.

DIRECTIONS

Voorhees Hall #105=Take the NJ Turnpike to Exit 9 and then take Route 18N (New Brunswick direction) and go for 2 1/2 miles to the College Avenue Campus/George Street exit (immediately after the Route 27S exit) and make a left at the light at the end of the exit ramp onto George Street, then go to the next light and make a right onto Hamilton Street, then go to the next light and make a right onto College Avenue. Almost immediately on your right hand side there is an University Parking Lot (#9) which is made available for our patrons to park in. Voorhees Hall is adjacent to the Zimmerli Art Museum and is 100 paces across the Voorhees Mall from Parking Lot 9. Patrons can also park in Rutgers Lots #1 (next to Kirkpatrick Chapel) and #16 (next to Murray and Milledoler Hall).
Map and Directions are also here: http://rumaps.rutgers.edu/?q=bnum:3013

INFORMATION

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.
(848) 932-8482 phone (732) 932-1935 fax;
NJMAC@aol.com, NJMAC12@gmail.com  e-mail;
Web Site: www.njfilmfest.com

The New Jersey Film Festival Summer 2013 is funded and 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 Cultural and Heritage Commission/Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; the Rutgers University Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs (GAIA Centers); the Confucius Institue of Rutgers University; the Rutgers Middle Eastern Studies Program; The Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences; the Rutgers University Office of Academic Engagement and Programming; The Rutgers University American Studies Department; Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program; Eastman Kodak; Johnson & Johnson; New Jersey Books; WCTC/WMGQ; The Home News Tribune; Jungle Software; New Brunswick City Market; VideoBlocks; Footage Firm; The Rutgers University Office of Community Affairs; The Rutgers University Enhanced Classroom Support Department; Design Ideas; Advanced Printing; Steven C. Schechter, Esq.; Share and Harris.

Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC 2013 Staff
Executive Director/Curator: Albert Gabriel Nigrin
Office and House Managers: Yasmeen Ali, Stephen Dovidas, Ryan Dembek
Volunteers/Interns: Nia Allen-Lee, Alexandra Chin, Erika Conty, Rugved Deshpande Daniel Fisher, Allyson Hensley, Nicolas Holt,
Jennifer Kong, Ken Lavin, Melinda Muller, Christine Pukropski, Jayrd Regner, Matt Riddle, Johanna Ruiz, Allie Steiger, Andrew Zrebiec
Advisors:   Bob Brodsky, Victoria Connor, Dr. Susan Martin-Marquez, Dr. Daniel Nigrin, Dr. Dianne Sadoff, Toni Treadway, Dr. Alan Williams
Board of Trustees: Dr. John Belton, Dr. Irene Fizer, Bill Harris, Albert Gabriel Nigrin, Steven C. Schechte, Esq.

The New Jersey International Film Festival Summer 2013 is curated by Albert Gabriel Nigrin. Schedule Editor: Irene Fizer. Schedule compiler: Vic Fern. Schedule Designer:  Victoria Connor/Design Ideas. Schedule printed by Advanced Printing.  Cover Art: Organ Grinder by Albert Gabriel Nigrin ©2012.