The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center + the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies present the
2013 UNITED STATES SUPER 8mm FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL
February 15-17, 2013 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey


Cover Art: Gradiva by Albert Gabriel Nigrin ©2012

2013 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival Award Winners

Grand Prize Winners

Best Documentary Film
Don’t Break Down - Matt Meindl (Columbus, Ohio)

Best Short Film
Last of Our Kind - Reed O'Beirne (Seattle, Washington)

Best Experimental Film
Decapoda Shock-Javier Chillon (Madrid, Spain)

Best Jersey Film
The Art of Forced Collaboration – Jet Wintzer (Old Bridge, New Jersey)

Audience Choice Prize
The Key Difference – Joe Gessner (Roseland, New Jersey)

Honorable Mention Winners
Diary of Dreams: Volume One - Daniel Abad (Madrid, Spain)
The Transmission – Brian Lonano (Atlanta, Georgia)
Dead Good - Beverley Jordan (Norwich, United Kingdom)
Holiday - Tony Lawrence (Sydney, Australia)
Olivia - Ana García Abad (Toluca Lake, California)
TROBIA - Benjamin Ross Hayden (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)



 
    

2013 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival
Now in its 25th 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 film/video makers with these small-gauge media formats. The 25th annual United States Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival will be held on February 15-17, 2012 at 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: Nia Allen-Lee, Yasmeen Ali, Alexandra Chin, Erika Conty, Ryan Dembek, Rugved Deshpande, Daniel Fisher, Irene Fizer, Victory Furniture, Allyson Hensley, Albert Nigrin, Matt Riddle, Johanna Ruiz, Allie Steiger, and Andrew Zrebiec. The nineteen finalist works were selected from over 166 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the jurors chose the Prize Winners in conjunction with the Festival Director.  During the three days of the festival, audience members will participate in the judging process by voting for their favorite works via the "Audience Choice Prize." All of the award-winners will be publicly announced after the closing-night screenings on Sunday, February 17, 2013. In addition, there will be special tribute programs for two Super 8 filmmakers -- Sanjiban Sellew and Anne Robertson -- who won many awards at our Festival.  We join their families and friends in mourning their untimely passing as we celebrate their remarkable work.

Special thanks to all of the jurors; Professors Susan Martin-Marquez, Dianne Sadoff, John Belton, and Alan Williams of the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies; Rosalyn Neal and Anna Aschkenes of the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission; The New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; Susan Selig, Geoff DeMoss, and Judy Doherty of Eastman Kodak; Michael Bzdak of Johnson & Johnson; Bob Brodsky and Toni Treadway of the International Center for 8mm; Rhonda and Jaclyn Vigeant of Pro 8mm; Barbara and Mike Poolin of PAC Lab; Aaton Cohen-Sitt of Jungle Software; Bill Harris of Share and Harris;  Irene Fizer; and The Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC friends, sponsors, donors, interns, and staff for making this festival possible.

We encourage you to submit your work to the 2014 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival when we will celebrate the 26th year of the festival! Thank you for making this year's festival a great success, and see you in 2014.

Albert Gabriel Nigrin
Executive Director, Curator, & Founder
Rutgers Film Co-op, New Jersey Media Arts Center, and The U.S. Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival

The 2013 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival, which is part of the New Jersey Film Festival Spring 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 Rutgers University 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; The 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; Media Services/Showbiz Software; Footage Firm; Pro 8mm, PAC Lab; Jimmy Johns of New Brunswick; The Rutgers University Office of Community Affairs; The Rutgers University Digital Classroom Services Department; Design Ideas; Advanced Printing; Steven C. Schechter, Esq.; and Share and Harris.

This program is sponsored by Share & Harris, L.L.C., Certified Public Accountants
Specializing in Small Businesses, Personal & Corporate Taxes, Tax & Estate Planning, Accounting & Bookkeeping
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2013 UNITED STATES SUPER 8mm FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Friday, February 15, 2013


The Transmission – Brian Lonano (Atlanta, Georgia)

While a storm rages outside and Henry drinks from his bottle of absinthe, he receives a bizarre television transmission. 2012; 6 min.


Nothing Seems to Last - Daniel Robin (Atlanta, Georgia)

A haunting family memory about infidelity, desperation, and lust is told from somewhat conflicting perspectives. 2012; 6 min.


Decapoda Shock-Javier Chillon (Madrid, Spain)

An astronaut returns to Earth after a fatal accident on a distant planet. 2012; 9 min.


TROBIA - Benjamin Ross Hayden (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

This abstract animation film explores fractal entities that provide a harmonic emotional resonance, and pays homage to the forgotten 3D modeling software developed by Lazarus Plath. 2012; 7 min.


Dead Good - Beverley Jordan (Norwich, United Kingdom)

A “living statue” street performer encounters some devilish competition. He doesn't get mad - he just tries to get even... 2012; 8 min.


Olivia - Ana García Abad (Toluca Lake, California)

In this short film, Olivia is a 13-year-old narcoleptic girl who is constantly bullied by her classmates. However, her luck changes when her disorder brings her an unexpected power: the ability to step into other people's dreams. 2012; 15 min.


Story City – Phillp Docken (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

A mesmerizing meditation on the limitations of attachment and desire, inspired by Buddhist scripture. 2012; 14 min.


A Tribute to Sanjiban, The Restless Rascal  (1953 – 2012)

As Sanjiban wrote, "my filmmaking career began in 1976. I was 23 years old. At the time I was a disciple of a charismatic East Indian meditation teacher who gave me a Beaulieu Super 8 camera and told me to entertain the world. I was thrown off guard. […] As time went on my film style became more and more vaudevillian in nature. Living in San Francisco gave me permission to explore different exaggerated comic dispositions on multiple levels. I felt a sense of freedom and relief that I didn't have to be sophisticated to be in the film/art scene. Perhaps I was no more than a gag artist and that label was fine with me." In the 80s Sanjiban moved back to his roots, the woods of Western Massachusetts. He continued to work as a cabinet-maker and carpenter and gathered a team of co-conspirators around him styled as the Konkapot Big Boys of Super 8. When his camera broke in 1995, Sanjiban took up digital video until his untimely death in 2012.  This tribute celebrates Sanjiban's style, skill, understanding, fun, ferocity, and the embrace of the absurd that marks his film work.  Visit the website SanjibanFilms.com for more information.
Film selections:
1. Me against you (1988) 1 min. A capsule of conflict.
2. I Got Mail (1999) 3 min.  Retrieving the news of the day.
3. Roadkill Revival (1990) 4 min.  Animal Rescue 9-1-1.
4. Pinnacle Man (1989) 5 min. Comic reflections on the path to knowledge. 
5. Prayer Box (2003)  7 min. Wayside in. 
6. Self Arrest (2006) 5 min. A therapeutic remedy in times of terror.
7. Remembering Lao (1990) 7 min. Re-imagining a fabled event in the life of Lao Tzu.
8. Parada Vida (1990) 7 min. A life pause, a resting place.
39 min.  Notes by Toni Treadway. This special tribute program is co-sponsored by the International Center For 8mm.

Saturday, February 16, 2013


Holiday - Tony Lawrence (Sydney, Australia)

In this experimental short film a beautiful girl sees beyond her reflection in the mirror. 2012; 7 min.


Don’t Break Down - Matt Meindl (Columbus, Ohio)

An intriguing experimental documentary about garbage.  2012; 7 min.


The Art of Forced Collaboration – Jet Wintzer (Old Bridge, New Jersey)

A depressed artist visits Jackson Pollock’s home and grave in East Hampton, New York hoping to gain inspiration. 2013; 10 min.


Last of Our Kind - Reed O'Beirne  (Seattle, Washington)

Weaving together film, music, and poetry, this film transforms the memory of a lost love into a ritualistic incantation of longing. Action is exaggerated and time seems to blur, as the lovers’ tale unfolds poetically into a modern interpretation of the Persephone myth. Featuring an original soundtrack created by Cocteau Twins' founder, Robin Guthrie, interwoven with a voice-over recitation of Rick Linville’s poem. 2012; 13 min.


Ecstasy of St. Agnes - Slawomir J. Milewski (Lidzbark Warminski, Poland)

A short experimental film on the inability to communicate and a short movie about love. 2012; 20 min.


Diary of Dreams: Volume One - Daniel Abad (Madrid, Spain)

An experimental film about the contemplative state in which one might find oneself whilst dreaming. 2012; 24 min.


A Tribute to Anne Charlotte Robertson, Film Diarist (1949 – 2012)

Anne Charlotte Robertson filmed herself, her day-to-day existence, and tribulations that most of her audience could grasp or had lived. She set down the beat, wanting what many people want: to be loved, to be happy, to be thin, to be disciplined, to be in control of life, imaginary and real. She recorded on Super 8 film like an obsessed person might keep a diary, intimately, exhaustively, and in a manner closer to a poet or writer locked in a closet than to her contemporaries in experimental film. Like many women who keep a diary, she did not shrink nor shirk. She succeeded in leaving a pile of films and many pieces of her puzzle. She lived both in harmony, and disharmony, with her mother, in the "looney bin" and finally, somewhat contentedly, on her own. She relied on the kindness of friends, strangers, the so-called safety net of our civilization, and not the least, she drew on a reserve of courage and boldness and honest, bald-face looking and documenting that is remarkable. These reserves of courage and honesty are on parade at all times in her films. Anne went to art and film school, graduating from Massachusetts College of Art with an MFA and honors in Filmmaking in 1985. She earned her BA, magna cum laude, from The University of Massachusetts, Boston in Art and Psychology. Later, she was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in Filmmaking. She shot Super 8 film as that was the affordable, portable choice for artists in those decades. She made both short and long films, and is best known and recognized for her monumental 37-hour work called Five Year Diary, which she began creating in 1981.  Each segment of Five Year Diary is a 26-minute film, containing 400 feet of Super 8 original film with sound on film. She often added sound from audio cassette tapes and usually performed with the film at screenings, doing live voice-over. The last reel of the Five Year Diary was made in 1997 on film. A long diary on videotape followed but only Super 8 film had enduring appeal to her as a medium. The short films chosen for this special tribute can give only a hint of Anne's massive artistic output. She left her film collection to Harvard Film Archive where more films will be issued for study about this important woman filmmaker.
Film selection:
1. Magazine Mouth (1983) 7 min.  Through animation and stop-motion techniques, Anne illustrates her feelings about life in America during President Ronald Reagan’s first term.
2. My Cat, My Garden and 9/11 (2001) 6 min.   Anne's adopted cat gets sick, 9/11 happens, and her garden goes to winter. 
3. Apologies (1990) 16:47. Anne's most well-known film, in which she names everything that she is sorry about. A significant feminist manifesto. 
Notes by Toni Treadway. This program is co-sponsored by the International Center For 8mm and the Harvard Film Archive.

Sunday, February 17, 2013


Rewind Poem
– Mark Jeremiah (Bronx, New York)

Difficult questions lead to dangerous answers. 2012; 2 min.


Petits Details
(Little Details) – Natalie Setoute (Woodhaven, New York)

Through a child’s eyes we remember what we can no longer see. 2012; 3 min.


Natal - Ricardo Faria (Tuckahoe, New York)

Always in your heart. 2012; 5 min.


12+2 – Ian Findlay (Mount Vernon, New York)

A mentor can’t make up for a lost childhood, but it’s a start. 2012; 5 min.


The Key Difference – Joe Gessner (Roseland, New Jersey)

Best friends Brad and Harry reflect on Brad’s latest failed relationship over a cup of coffee. 2013; 8 min.


ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW – Randy Moore (Santa Monica, California)

A post-modern fairy tale about a middle-aged father whose sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two young women on holiday. Starring Roy Abramsohn (from Showtime's Weeds). 2012; 103 min.

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The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center + the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies present the
2013 UNITED STATES SUPER 8mm FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL
February 15-17, 2013 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Call For Entries Deadline: January 11, 2013 by Noon Eastern (Unless you apply via WithoutaBox)!

Gradiva by A.G. Nigrin copyright 2012



The 25th Annual United States Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival will be held February 15-17, 2013 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Festival encourages any genre (animation, documentary, experimental, fiction, personal, etc.), but the work must have predominantly originated on Super 8mm/8mm film or Digital video or 8mm video formats. All works will be screened by a panel of judges who will award over $3000 in prizes. Last year's festival audiences viewed 13 finalist works out of 123 entries from throughout the world over three evenings. The Festival takes as its mandate the spreading of the 8mm and Digital word. For more information go to www.njfilmfest.com  or call us at 848-932-8482!

ENTRY CATEGORIES:Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short Narrative, Feature, Music Video,
and Student Film/Video Maker (College or younger)

ENTRY FEES:
1.   Works up to 20 min:                        $45.00   
2.   Works between 20-50 min:            $55.00   
3.   Works over 50 min:                         $75.00

ENTRY REGULATIONS:
This competition is open to U.S. and International entries. Maximum film age is 24 months. No repeat entries. All entries must have originally been shot predominantly on Super 8/8mm film or Digital/Hi 8/8mm video. Digital works include HD, miniDV, DigiBeta, etc. Video transfers of films are accepted. Send entries in DVD mailers, reusable containers or bubble wrap envelopes.   Note: Please do not use fiber-filled envelopes or oversized boxes when sending entries, as they can cause serious damage to DVDs and Blu Ray discs and, subsequently, to video equipment.  Entries that we receive that have been damaged or otherwise compromised in this way may be rejected from entry. If a work is selected for public screening entrants are contractually obligated to provide an exhibition copy suitable for screening and cannot withdraw their film from the festival. Entry must be a New Jersey or Area Premiere and must not be available to view in full on the internet! Please note we do not pay screening fees. Only finalists are notified in advance that their work has been selected to be part of the Festival.

ENTRY FORMATS:
Submit DVD for pre-screening. If chosen for festival screening a high quality region free DVD or Blu Ray disc must be sent for festival screening. Mark case and DVD, with title, length, year, and maker's name.
Our new primary screening location features new comfortable seats, stadium seating, a state-of-the-art hi-definition projection and sound systems!

REQUIRED ENCLOSURES: ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MUST ACCOMPANY FILM OR VIDEO:
· DVD pre-screening entry, placed inside mailing case or shipping envelope.             
· Entry fee via check or money order (in US funds) made payable to: Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC
· Official entry form, completed and signed.
· Short synopsis of entry, biography of maker/actor(s), and Press Kit with photos (optional).

LIABILITY: Filmmaker shall indemnify and hold United States Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim in connection with the Film involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and/or loss of or damage to the screening videos submitted. In particular, Filmmaker expressly warrants it has obtained all necessary copyright clearances for original works of authorship used in the Film. Although every possible care will be taken with DVDs and Blu Ray discs while in our possession, we cannot accept responsibility for unforeseen loss or damage of entries. Please do not send originals.

REPRODUCTION AGREEMENT: Submission of an entry gives the festival permission to have accepted work exhibited, photographed, locally telecast, and reproduced either in part or whole, for exhibition, educational or publicity purposes.

Cover Art: Gradiva by Albert Gabriel Nigrin ©2012
 
    

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2012 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival Award Winners

Grand Prize Winners

Best Feature=Tie=Pro8mm Scanning Prize from and sponsored by Pro8mm
I Am ZOZO - Scott Di Lalla (Los Angeles, California)
TOWERS - Jet Wintzer (Old Bridge, New Jersey)

Best Documentary=Film Processing Services from and sponsored by PAC Lab
78 Days - Jason Nardella (St. Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec. Canada)

Best Short=20 rolls of Super 8 film from and sponsored by Eastman Kodak
Keenan - Tom Knoff and Kurt Hemmer (Palatine, Illinois)

Best Experimental=20 rolls of Super 8  film from and sponsored by Eastman Kodak
SUNYATA - Dane Webster and James Fazzaro  (Bricktown and Somerville, New Jersey)

Audience Choice Prize=Story O Software from and sponsored by Jungle Software
I Am ZOZO - Scott Di Lalla (Los Angeles, California)

Honorable Mention Winners
The Seafarer - Michael Feldman and Kevin Clark (Astoria, New York)
Slip Cue - Robin Kupferman (Wilmette, Illinois)

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2011 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival Award Winners

Grand Prize Winners

Best Documentary=Pro8mm Scanning Prize from and sponsored by Pro8mm
Beatboxing: The Fifth Element of Hip Hop - Klaus Schneyder (New York, New York/Aachen, Germany)

Best Short Documentary=Film Processing Services from and sponsored by PAC Lab
Crooked Beauty - Ken Paul Rosenthal (San Francisco, California)

Best Short=Gorilla Software from and sponsored by Jungle Software
Martha and Dee Visit the Fifth Dimension - Noelle Foster (Carmichael, California)

Best Animation=Pro8mm Scanning Prize from and sponsored by Pro8mm
Cookie Crooks - James Barfield (Los Angeles, California)

Best Experimental=25 rolls of Super 8 film from and sponsored by Eastman Kodak
Pick - Benjamin Hayden (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

Audience Choice Prize=Story O Software from and sponsored by Jungle Software
Go Ahead – Joe Gessner (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

Honorable Mention Winners
Four Cubic Feet of Space – Tony Gault (Glenwood Springs, Colorado)
Istvan - even there no kiddin - Mike Yuhasz (Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada)
Buddy: The Amazing Pack Rat - Bonnie Norton (Elgin, Oregon)
Winged - Jennifer Hardacker (Forest Grove, Oregon)
Summer Snapshot - Ian McCluskey (Portland, Oregon)
Susan's Horses - Elizabeth Henry (Glenwood Springs, Colorado)

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2010 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival Award Winners

Grand Prize Winners

Best Documentary=$400 Gorilla Software from and sponsored by Jungle Software
Free Land - Minda Martin (San Diego, California)

Best Short Documentary=$400 of Film Processing Services from and sponsored by PAC Lab
Fledgling - Tony Gault and Elizabeth Henry (Glenwood Springs, Colorado)

Best Experimental=$400 Pro8mm Sampler Film Package from and sponsored by Pro8mm
Inside Out/Side One - Matt Meindl (Columbus, Ohio)

Best Short=$400 of film from and sponsored by Eastman Kodak
Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman - Matthew Mishory (West Hollywood, California)

Best Music Video =$400 Gorilla Software from and sponsored by Jungle Software
No More - Ken Ochiai (Los Angeles, California)

Best Jersey Film =$400 Gorilla Software from and sponsored by Jungle Software
Gitchy - Thomas Norman (Brick, New Jersey)

Audience Choice Prize=$400 of stock footage from and sponsored by Stock Footage For Free
Can't Fight This Feelin' - James Christy (Princeton, New Jersey)

Honorable Mention Winners
City of Noise - Mitch Barany (Calgary, Canada)
Making The City - Ruchi Mital, Brooklyn, New York)
Hiljaisuudesta toiseen (From One's Silence To Other's) - Panu Johansson and Annika Rapo (Hägersten, Sweden)
Cut - Matthew D'Abate (Brooklyn, New York)

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2009 United States Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival Award Winners

Grand Prize Winners


Best Documentary=$400 of Film Processing Services from and sponsored by PAC Lab
Immokalee U.S.A. (Georg Koszulinski and Dan Gloeckner, New York, New York, 2008, 77 min.)

Best Experimental=Tie=$250 of film from and sponsored by Eastman Kodak
Die Schneider Krankheit (Javier Chillon, Madrid, Spain, 2008, 10 min.)
Out of the Blue (Alexandra Roxo, Brooklyn, New York, 2009, 7 min.)
The Night Gardener (Jennifer Hardacker, Portland, Oregon, 2008, 9 min.)

Best Short=Tie=$400 Gorilla Software from and sponsored by Jungle Software
Cochran (James P. Gannon, Brooklyn, New York, 2008, 8 min.)
October’s End (Patrick Boyton, Frederick, Maryland, 2009, 7 min.)
Fossil Light (Tony Gault, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 2009, 17 min.)

Best Animation=$400 Gorilla Software from and sponsored by Jungle Software
Trapped (Chota Takamine, Okinawa, Japan, 2008, 10 min.)

Best Jersey Film=$400 Gorilla Software from and sponsored by Jungle Software
Haunted Hayride (Warren F. Disbrow, Neptune, New Jersey, 2008, 94 min.)

Audience Choice Prize=$100 of film from and sponsored by Eastman Kodak
Cochran (James P. Gannon, Brooklyn, New York, 2008, 8 min.)

Honorable Mention Winners
Herb Garden (Noah Stout, Princeton, New Jersey, 2008; 5 min.)
T-shirt of Me (Matt Meindl, Gahanna, Ohio; 2008, 5 min.)
MJ12 (Rob Malone and Zach Strauss, Yardley, Pennsylvania, 2008, 21 min.)
The Night Janitor (Adam Harvanek, Brooklyn, New York, 2008, 10 min.)
Syntagma (Christina loakeimidi, Athens, Greece, 2008, 8 min.)
More Control (Steve Daniels, Columbia, South Carolina, 2008, 6 min.)
The Yellow Forest (Phillip Docken, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2009; 10 min.)
The Heart is What Remains (Alexandra Roxo, Brooklyn, New York, 2009, 13 min.)