The Montclair Film Festival announced our 2018 award winners.  This year’s festival featured four competitive categories: Fiction, Documentary, Future/ Now, and New Jersey Filmmaking as well as Audience Awards in the Documentary, Fiction, World Cinema, and Short Film categories.

Congratulations to all of our filmmakers for their outstanding work!

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Fiction Feature Competition Winner:

FIRST REFORMED,  directed by Paul Schrader

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Fiction Feature Competition Special Jury Prize:

Julianne Nicholson, for her performance in WHO WE ARE NOW, directed by Matthew Newton

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Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature Competition Winner:

HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING, directed by RaMell Ross

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Documentary Feature Competition Special Jury Prize:

BLACK MOTHER, directed by Khalik Allah

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Future/Now Competition Winner, presented by the Horizon Foundation For New Jersey:

WE THE ANIMALS, directed by Jeremiah Zagar

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Future/Now Competition Special Jury Prize, presented by the Horizon Foundation For New Jersey:

Helena Howard for her performance in MADELINE’S MADELINE, directed by Josephine Decker

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New Jersey Films Competition Winner:

CRIME + PUNISHMENT, directed by Stephen Tiang

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New Jersey Films Competition Special Jury Prize:

LIYANA, directed by Aaron Kopp and Amanda Kopp

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Junior Jury Award:

AMERICAN ANIMALS, directed by Bart Layton

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Junior Jury Special Jury Prize for Social Impact:

CRIME + PUNISHMENT, directed by Stephen Tiang

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Fiction Feature Audience Award:

WHO WE ARE NOW, directed by Matthew Newton

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Documentary Feature Audience Award:

THE SENTENCE directed by Rudy Valdez

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World Cinema Audience Award:

THE GUILTY, directed by Gustav Möller

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Short Film Audience Award:

THE DRIVER IS RED, directed by Randall Christopher