The
Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center + the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies present the
2012 UNITED STATES SUPER 8mm FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL
2012 UNITED STATES SUPER 8mm FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL
Now in its 24th 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 see, to discover, and to celebrate the cutting-edge works created by passionate film/video makers with these small-gauge media formats. The 24th annual United States Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival will be held on February 17-19, 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 twelve jurors comprised of media professionals, journalists, students, interns, and film scholars. The panel included: Alexandra Chin, Ryan Dembek, Dan Fisher, Irene Fizer, Victory Furniture, Joe Gessner, Mark Hansen, Liat Kisos, Albert Nigrin, Heather Preyer, Ed Brett Scheuermann, and Sam Taddeo. The thirteen finalist works were selected from over 123 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world. In addition, the jurors chose the Prize Winners (to whom over $3000 in prizes will be distributed) in conjunction with the Festival Director. During the three days of the festival, audience members will participate in the judging process as well 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 19, 2012.
Special thanks to all of the jurors; Professors Susan Martin-Marquez, 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 Film & Video; Rhonda 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 2013 U.S. Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival when we will celebrate the 25th year of the festival! Thank you for making this year's festival a great success, and see you in 2013.
Albert Gabriel Nigrin
Executive Director/Curator & Founder
Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center + The U.S. Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival
The 2012 United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival, which is part of the New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2012 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 Board of Chosen Freeholders/Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission with assistance through a grant provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; Eastman Kodak; Johnson & Johnson; New Jersey Books; WCTC/WMGQ; The Home News Tribune; 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; Rutgers University Alumni Association; Jungle Software; New Brunswick City Market; Showbiz Software; Pro 8mm, PAC Lab; Jimmy Johns of New Brunswick; The Rutgers University Office of Community Affairs; Rutgers University Presentation Services; The Rutgers University Enhanced Classroom Support Department; Design Ideas; Advanced Printing; Steven C. Schechter, Esq.; and Share and Harris.
Cover Art: Grid/Lock by Albert Gabriel Nigrin ©2011
2012 UNITED STATES SUPER 8mm FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Friday, February 17, 2012
So Long, Kodachrome - Jim Granato (San Francisco, California)
An ode to Super 8 and to Kodachrome, the beloved, now defunct, popular color film stock, and an homage to a landmark American film from the seventies. 2010; 7 min.
The Seafarer - Michael Feldman and Kevin Clark (Astoria, New York)
An adaptation of an Old English poem about the suffering and joy of the seafarer’s life. A cellist has the same conflicted relationship with his instrument as the narrator in the film has to the sea. Both are lonely and dedicated; both are unsure if they would still choose the life they lead, and both are unsure if there was ever any choice at all. 7 min, 2011
SUNYATA - Dane Webster and James Fazzaro (Bricktown and Somerville, New Jersey)
A lowly house-painter, tired of his mundane existence, goes out in search of a better way of living. He encounters many obstacles both past and present that he must overcome and conquer before he can achieve true serenity. In the end, he sheds his material way of life and embraces a more profound co-habitation with nature. But is it at the cost of his sanity? 2012; 27 min. With in-person appearances by director Dane Webster and producer James Fazzaro!
Slip Cue - Robin Kupferman (Wilmette, Illinois)
A group of internationally-renowned DJs—including Junior Vasquez, DJ Sneak, the Freestylers, Krafty Kuts, Telefon Tel Aviv, Kate Simko, Kenneth Thomas, and Lady D--reveal how success in the music industry is possible with enough practice and dedication. A documentary, set to a throbbing beat, not only about the passion that it takes to become a DJ, but also about the way to shape one’s own path within the music industry. 2011; 25 min. With in-person appearances by director Robin Kupferman!
Keenan - Tom Knoff and Kurt Hemmer (Palatine, Illinois)
An intimate portrait of legendary photographer Larry Keenan, who captured both the intimate lives of the Beat Generation and the rise of the ‘60s rock counterculture in the San Francisco Bay area. As a student of the poet Michael McClure, Keenan gained access to the inner circle of the Beats: Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He then went on the photograph some of the most influential events and artists of the rock era, including Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Brian Jones, Jerry Garcia, and Country Joe McDonald. Keenan then moved onto exploring the possibilities of computerized photography. This film is dedicated to both the man and the art he created through his lens. 2011; 39 min. With in-person appearances by co-directors Tom Knoff and Kurt Hemmer!
Saturday, February 18, 2012
WE CANT SEE by Melissa Dellacato featuring Nick Vandell (Oak Ridge, New Jersey)
A touching music video. 2012; 3 min. With an in-person appearances by director Melissa Dellacato and actor Nick Vandell!
Waiting – Juan Rodriguez (Bronx, New York)
A short film that asks the question: What will come after waiting? 2012; 5 min.
With an in-person appearance by director Juan Rodriguez!
Smoking Gun – Carl Zumatto (Bronx, New York)
A short film focusing on why some friendships mean more than everything. 2012; 5 min. With an in-person appearance by director Carl Zumatto!
Vampiria - David Simonetti (West Paterson, New Jersey)
When the sun goes down, the claws and fangs come out as two jealous women with boyfriend issues exact revenge on each other as only vampires will do. Tonight they're out for blood...each other’s blood. 2011; 17 min. With an in-person appearance by director David Simonetti!
I Am ZOZO - Scott Di Lalla (Los Angeles, California)
In this feature-length horror film shot on Super 8 film, five friends sneak into an island getaway on Halloween weekend. When they decide to play with a Ouija board things take a macabre turn for the worst as they become the target of a malevolent demon named ZOZO. 2012; 90 min. With in-person appearances by director Scott Di Lalla and producer Zack Coffman!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Cadavers in the Trees - Jeannette Louie (Livingston, New Jersey)
A short animation about mortality, documenting the last moments of a beloved climbing tree that resided in a public park. With its dying limbs riddled with carvings, the tree no longer appears botanical, and is transformed into an organism sporting tattooed skin and weathered bones. 2010; 6 min. With an in-person appearance by director Jeannette Louie!
78 Days - Jason Nardella (St. Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec. Canada)
Working long days in desolate conditions; bearing up with rain storms, snow-covered tents, bears, swamps, and endless bombardments of flies: that's the life of a tree-planter in the Canadian outback. Capturing the resilience and grit that it takes to pursue this work, this feature documentaryfollows a group of veteran planters as they reforest the earth, one tree at a time. 2012; 63 min.
TOWERS - Jet Wintzer (Old Bridge, New Jersey)
In this post-apocalyptic independent feature, mutations caused by radiation from cell phones and towers have brought humanity to the point of virtual extinction. Within the barren American landscape, two girls and the world's last DJ, broadcasting via Ham radio, seem to be the only survivors. Jane emerges from a bunker underneath her Amish farm, and sets out onto the highways and back roads of America searching for a reason to live. Petal hid out in the deep woods of Oregon, where her folks lived as hippie pot farmers. She decides to put a gun to her head, when suddenly she hears Jane's voice come through on the CB, and knows that this is a signal she must follow. 2011; 71 min. With an in-person appearance by director Jet Wintzer!
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The
Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center + the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies present the
2012 UNITED STATES SUPER 8mm FILM & DIGITAL VIDEO FESTIVAL
February 17-19, 2012 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Call For Entries Deadline: January 13, 2012 by 5 EST (Unless you apply via WithoutaBox)!
Grid/Lock by A.G. Nigrin copyright 2011
The 24th Annual United States Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival will be held February 17-19, 2012 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 22 finalist works out of 157 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 732-932-8482!
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. 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: 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.
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Title of Work : ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Entrant's Name/Address :_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Telephone (Day): ____________________________(Evening):_____________________________________________
Email : ________________________________________________________________________________________
Website : ______________________________________________________________________________________
Please Circle Programming format: Blu Ray DVD
Please Circle Category: Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short Narrative,
Feature, Music Video, Student Film Maker (College or younger)
Description (include Running Time and Year Completed and use a separate sheet for more space):
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$45.00 non-refundable entry fee for each work under 50 min. and $75 for works over 50 min. (Made out to a US Bank if foreign entry) ____________ Entry Fee enclosed
Do not send cash. Make check or money order payable to the Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC.
Please read and sign to the following statement :
Signature to this agreement regarding entry regulations, requirements, and reproduction (as noted in document above) is required for eligibility for consideration for the festival.
Signature: ____________________________________________________________
Date: __________________________________________________________________
Mail Entries To:
United States Super 8 Film+Digital Video Festival, Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC
72 Lipman Drive (018 Loree Hall -Douglass Campus), Program In Cinema Studies
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1414 USA
732-932-8482=Fon; 732-932-1935=Fax; njmac@aol.com, njmac12@gmail.com=E-mail; www.njfilmfest.com = Website
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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)
The 2011 United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival, which is part of the New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2011, 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; Eastman Kodak; Johnson & Johnson; New Jersey Books; WCTC/WMGQ; The Home News Tribune; The Highland Park Mirror; 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; Rutgers University Center For Middle Eastern Studies; Writers Boot Camp; Baseline/Film Tracker; Jungle Software; New Brunswick City Market; Showbiz Software; PAC Lab; Pro 8mm; The Rutgers University Office of Community Affairs; Rutgers University Libraries; Rutgers University Presentation Services; The Rutgers University Enhanced Classroom Support Department; Design Ideas; Advanced Printing; Steven C. Schechter, Esq.; Share and Harris.
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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)
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.)
Finalists
Joey and Jerome's Artistic Meaningful Independent Film (Josh Bass: Houston, Texas, 2007; 23 min.)
Show Me (Jessica Vogt, Hillside, New Jersey; 2008, 13 min.)
Gertel’s galore ..lore .. ore (Stephanie Gray, Flushing, NY, 2007, 7 min.)
Eve’s Apples (Mary Borrello, Astoria, New York, 2008, 5 min.)
The Art of Comedy (Jenniffer Dominguez, Bronx, New York, 2008, 5 min.)
For more information call the Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC at 732-932-8482 or go to our website at www.njfilmfest.com!