Saturday, June 1-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM

The Traffic Separating Device – Johan Palmgren (Stockholm, Sweden)
In this hilarious short documentary, a “traffic separating device” is installed in the middle of Stockholm. It is supposed to keep cars away and to let buses pass. It turns into a disaster as drivers continue to go where they’re not supposed to go, leading to hundreds of cars getting destroyed every week.  At once tragic and funny, this documentary speaks to a whole mess of human failures. In Swedish and German, subtitled. 2018; 15 min.

Aleksi – Barbara Vekarić (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
This terrific romantic comedy, from Croatia, tracks a young woman’s “quarter-life” crisis.  Having failed to find a job after graduating from college, Aleksi, now 28, returns home to live with her parents.  Ignoring her pressing responsibilities, and instead following her impulses, she entangles herself with three men: Christian, an American photographer; Goran, a local musician, whom she can't stand because of his traditional values, but with whom she has an intense physical chemistry; and Toni, an older, richer playboy who tries to lure her with the extravagance of yachts, parties and expensive drugs.  The question is:  will Aleksi choose one man, from among the three, or will she decide to ditch them all?  In Croatian, subtitled. 2019; 90 min.
Q+A Session with Director Barbara Vekarić!

Sunday, June 2-Voorhees Hall #105-5PM

Hoan Alone: Personal Stories from the Bridge – Aaron Johnson (Oak Creek, Wisconsin)
The Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge in Milwaukee is one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks. But it’s also a site that draws deeply troubled individuals, who are contemplating suicide. This animated documentary poignantly explores issues of depression and suicide prevention through three intimate interviews. 2018; 9 min.

When I Last Saw Jesse – Brian Rose (Kansas City, Missouri)
In November 2006, Jesse Ross traveled to Chicago to participate in an academic conference. While attending a meeting, he rose from his chair and walked out of the room.  He has not been seen or heard from since. When I Last Saw Jesse is a compelling feature documentary which tells the story of what happened in Chicago that night, and the impact of Jesse’s sudden and mysterious absence on his family and friends. 2018; 81 min.

Sunday, June 2-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM

Anacronte – Raúl Koler and Emiliano Sette (La Plata, Argentina)
This animated short from Argentina refashions the struggle between good and evil. 2019; 12 min.

Little Histories – Rafael Marziano (Caracas, Venezuela)
This timely feature film is set during the five-day Venezuelan military coup that took place in 2002. Little Histories consists of five different fictional stories that unfold between the start of the coup and the return of then-President Hugo Chavez. As the coup plays out, often in the background, the ordinary lives of the characters, from the working class to white-collar professionals, take on extraordinary dimensions. “Each story is a part of history, offering a commentary on normalcy in chaos.”-Kelly Harrison.  In Spanish, subtitled. 2018; 93 min.

Friday, June 7-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM

Carlotta’s Face – Valentin Riedl (Munich, Germany) and Frédéric Schuld  (Hamburg, Germany)
As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around her to have faces. She couldn’t even recognize her own face. Years later, she learned that she suffers from a rare, untreatable brain defect. Remarkably, however, she turns to art, as a medium that offers her a way to finally recognize herself. In German, subtitled. 2018; 5 min.

Fuse – Shadi Adib (Stuttgart, Germany)
A mousetrap snaps shut, a market place awakens. A group of men heatedly discuss how to kill the animal in the little box.  One after the other, they try to trump each other’s sadistic fantasies, and even a stranger’s suggestion to let the creature loose, turns out to be a sick manipulation. But as the macabre game unfolds and spirals out of control, both victim and tormentor suffer the same fate. The animated film was drawn entirely on paper and features, among others, Nick Cave as one of the main voice actors. 2018, 7 min.

Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am – Nick Mead (Newton, Pennsylvania)
Bruce Springsteen's right-hand man Clarence Clemons was a force on stage.  But who was he when the lights went down? Featuring interviews with President Bill Clinton, Joe Walsh, former bandmates, friends, and close family members, Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am?highlights Clemon’s life as musician while also presenting another side of that not many saw when he lit up the stage.  This is an intimate portrait of a musician who searched for enlightenment during the unknowingly final years of his life. 2019; 90 min Q+A Session with Producer Joseph Amodei! Co-sponsored by the Rutgers University American Studies Department!

Saturday, June 8-Voorhees Hall #105-5PM

Beast – Natalie Peracchio (Los Angeles, California)
When a destructive force comes between two sisters, it threatens their relationship and their lives. 2018; 7 min.
Mother – Ewan Gotfryd (Los Angeles, California)
Mother is an experimental short film that pays homage to Maya Deren, one of the most influential avant-garde filmmakers of the twentieth century. Featuring a dream-like narrative about a woman trapped within a fantasy and confronted by her inner fears. 2019 10 min.

Dark Deco – Matt Deblinger (Miami, Florida)
Candace and Ben's relationship unravels after Ben becomes addicted to the Deco, a virtual-reality device with mysterious simulation capabilities. While vising Candace's grieving family for dinner, the estranged couple discovers that Ben is not the only one who is absorbed by this new technology. . . 2019; 12 min. Q+A Session by Actor Jose Duran and Editor Nicholas Orris!
House of Stronzo – Matthew White (Pittsford, New York)
House of Stronzochronicles the quest of Pete Cecere, one of the preeminent collectors of folk art and outsider art in North America, to find permanent homes for the more than 5,000 pieces of original art that he stores inside his Virginia home. Pete thinks his art is the star of the film. But it is his overwhelming passion for collecting more and more stuff that actually steals the show. 2018; 58 min.

Saturday, June 8-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM

The Reservoir – Jordan Rowe (Encino, California)
With high school in the rearview mirror and college fast approaching, Aaron (played by Jared Gilman, the star of Moonrise Kingdom) and his best friend Grant, who have played in a rock band on and off for years, are approached by a washed-up manager, Eddie Iverson.  Iverson offers them a potentially life-changing opportunity:  to be the opening act for his new band on their cross-country tour. Will Aaron risk the comfortable life his parents have planned for him or risk it all to escape suburban mediocrity? 2018; 19 min

Sing you a Brand New Song: The Words and Music of Coleman Mellett – Jeanie Bryson (East Brunswick, New Jersey)
Guitarist Coleman Mellett was working on an album of original songs when he perished in a plane crash at the age of 34. In this moving story of enduring love, music, and friendship, Grammy-Award-winning producer Barry Miles, James Taylor, Chuck Mangione and many other talented musicians come together to complete Mellett’s final album, and to revel in his music. A beautiful and joyous documentary that should not be missed.  2019; 51 min.
Q+A Session by Producer Jeanie Bryson!

Sunday, June 9-Voorhees Hall #105-5PM

Song for Turbulent Youth - Jianhua Yang (Zhuhai, China)
Full of hope for the future, six friends graduate from college in China, but the life path each hoped to follow turns out to be thickly sown with thorns. Guan Xiaobo discovers that his limousine shop is not well-run. Chang Fan is from a poor family, and his dreams of starting his own business are thwarted. Ni Wawa’s advertising agency thrives, but her secret lover makes her linger in sorrow. Tang Feier, an aspiring singer, loses herself in the temptation of fame. Facing the storm of fate, the six friends return to the safe harbor of their intimate circle, and eventually reach the shore of happiness. In Mandarin, Subtitled. 2018; 93 min.
Co-sponsored by The Rutgers University Confucius Institute!

Sunday, June 9-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM

Tulips – Alla Ready (Union Beach, New Jersey)
Unable to deal with a family loss, a mother and her teenage daughter resort to constant fighting and resentment.  Deep down, they both crave love and support but they don’t know how to express those needs. In the end, the tragedy causes them to access their true feelings. In English and Russian, subtitled. 2019; 5 min. Q+A Session with Director Alla Ready!

Window Shopping - Russell Kohlmann (Farmingdale, New Jersey)
What happens when young man with an active imagination and lackluster sex life goes shopping? 2019; 7 min.
Q+A Session by Director Russell Kohlmann!

Domino - Brent Leoni (Hillsborough, New Jersey)
Laura invites a group of friends over for a party, oblivious to the chaos that is taking place around the globe. 2019; 23 min. Q+A Session by Brent Leoni!

Anywhere is Here – Ian Lettire (Stewartsville, New Jersey)
Sarah Dawson, a teenaged girl, endures life at the hands of a corrupt and abusive father and a neglectful mother.  Seeing no other option, she devises a plan to steal her father’s money and to run away with her best friend Ben. Unfortunately things go terribly awry, when she is unwittingly thrown into her father’s nefarious world of white-collar crime. Can she unravel the tangled web that her father has spun?  Or should she run as far away from home as she can?. 2019; 76 min.  Q+A Session with Director Ian Lettire!

TIME
All Voorhees Hall programs begin at either 5:00PM or 7:00 PM. Films are screened in the order listed.

LOCATIONS
Voorhees Hall #105, 71 Hamilton Street/College Avenue Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

NOTE: Our primary screening location, Voorhees Hall #105, features comfortable seats, stadium seating, and a state-of-the-art hi-definition projection and sound system. We can also provide listening assistive devices, without charge, to those who are hearing impaired.  Please contact us 48 hours prior to a screening so that we can arrange to have these listening assistive devices available for your use.

ADMISSION
$12=General; $10=Students+Seniors; $9=Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends.
All films are subject to change. Call our information number 848-932-8482 the day of show to confirm titles.

TICKETS
Tickets are available on a “first-come-first-served” basis and can be purchased at the door beginning a half-hour before the start time.

Advance Tickets are available and can be purchased using Paypal up to the day before a screening (unless that screening is sold out). Log on to www.paypal.com, and use njmac@aol.com as the send money address. Tickets are $14 each in advance ($12+$2 processing fee). Include the names of the attendees and the date/time of the screening in the memo box. We will have a list of those who pre-paid at the door. Advance Tickets are non-refundable. Call or email us for more info on Advance Ticket sales.

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 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: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Voorhees+Hall,+71+Hamilton+St,+New+Brunswick,+NJ+08901/@40.5000688,74.4481033,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c3c65384be2723:0xee54027c4331b753!8m2!3d40.5000688!4d-74.4459146

Note: Parking in the lots listed above are only for visitors to the University. Faculty, Staff, and Students must park only in lots they are authorized to park in.
Visitor vehicles must be registered prior to parking at the link below:
https://rudots.nupark.com/events/Events/Register/0818ab33-621c-4e8c-a7b0-e0ece5278f6a

INFORMATION
New Jersey International Film Festival
Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center
Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies
4170 Academic Building, 15 Seminary Place
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901-8525 U.S.A.
(848) 932-8482 phone
NJMAC@aol.com, NJMAC12@gmail.com  e-mail
www.njfilmfest.com websit

SPONSORS
The New Jersey International Film Festival 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 through a grant provided by New Jersey State Council on the Arts / Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; The Rutgers University Confucius Institute; Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program; Jungle Software;  The Rutgers University American Studies Department; Rutgers Global; The Zimmerli Art Museum; Rutgers University Summer Session; The Rutgers University Office of Disability Services; Johnson & Johnson; WCTC/WMGQ; WRSU; The Home News Tribune; The Asbury Park Press; New Brunswick City Market; The Rutgers University Office of Community Affairs; The Rutgers University Digital Classroom Services Office; Design Ideas; Advanced Printing; Steven C. Schechter, Esq.; Share and Harris..

Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC 2018 Staff
Executive Director/Curator: Albert Gabriel Nigrin
Office and House Managers: Preeya Dave, Alexis DeRise, Abigail Folvar, Sergio Gattica, Dayna Hagewood, Franne Magen, Joshua Reich
Volunteers/Interns: Olivia Beach, Jessica Birk, John DeJesus, Hayleigh Gronenthal, Justin Holness, Stephanie Man, Bryana Martinez, Aimee Rabino, Angeli Reyes, Quinn Turon, Tyler Van Osten, Luis Veras
Advisors: Bob Brodsky, Victoria Connor, Dr. Susan Martin-Marquez, Dr. Daniel Nigrin, Toni Treadway, and Dr. Alan Williams
Board of Trustees: Dr. Irene Fizer, Bill Harris, Albert Gabriel Nigrin, and Steven C. Schechter, Esq.

The New Jersey International Film Festival Summer 2019 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: Ode to Eisenstein by Albert Gabriel Nigrin ©2019.