2022 EFC Awards
Emerging Filmmaker Award Screening and Ceremony
Saturday 6/4
2:30 PM @ The Clairidge
Tickets: $5
Congratulations to our EFC Winners!
Visionary Award
“How to Murder Your Husband” and “To Cheat or Not to Cheat”
Olyvia Okochi
Montclair High School
Comedy – Grand Prize
“Staple”
Stephen Sassano, Maura Collins and Luca Marzulla
Middletown High School South
Comedy – Special Jury Prize
“Pentameter Posse”
Courtney Plaza and Maxine Ostella
Columbia High School
Drama – Grand Prize
“A Bounty”
Daniel Scharf and Chris Zou, Peter DiProspero
Bridgewater Raritan High School
Drama – Special Jury Prize
“End of Milkshake”
Evelyn Reese and Giulia Abreu
Bridgewater Raritan High School
Experimental Film – Grand Prize
“MM61”
Zoey Ness, Maura Collins, Stephen Sassano, Isabella Campion, Darla Matches, Joe Costa, Luca Marzulla and Ryan Eastmond
Middletown High School South
Experimental Film – Special Jury Prize
“Creative Block”
Caitlin Bieri
East Brunswick Tech – School of the Arts
Horror – Grand Prize
“Transcend”
Maya Zeidman
East Brunswick Tech – School of the Arts
Animation – Grand Prize
“A Moment to Breathe”
Sophia Consalvo
Bridgewater-Raritan High School
Social Impact – Grand Prize
“Blast Off”
Andre Harris, Luis Rosado, Sabian Silva and Salvatore Fierro
Passaic County Technical Institute
Social Impact – Special Jury Prize
“1 v 1: You vs the World”
Brianna Pares
Passaic County Technical Institute
Documentary – Grand Prize
“Newark”
Jasmine Crespo
Essex County Schools of Technology
Documentary – Special Jury Prize – Tie
“Dan the Man”
Drew Rosania
William Penn Charter School
And
“Isla Nena”
Maya Zeidman
East Brunswick Tech – School of the Arts
Storyteller Division – Grand Prize
“Just a Quick Ad Break”
Jack Sclafane
Leonia Middle School