Education
Emerging Filmmakers Competition 2021
Congratulations to all of our 2021 Emerging Filmmaker Competition winners!
Visionaries (Grades 9 – 12)
- Visionary Award
Sam Zaslow-Braverman, Golda Och Academy
Vicariously - Narrative: Grand Prize
Adam Rodarte, Fallbrook High School
In These Streets - Narrative: Special Jury Prize
Peter Di Prospero, Immaculata High School
Copycat - Narrative: Special Jury Prize
Daniel Lee, UCVTS Academy for Performing Arts
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*Warning: Graphic Language - Comedy: Grand Prize
John-Trajan Bernardo, Sinjin-Kai Bernardo
County Prep High School (Hudson County School of Technology in Jersey City)
The Voice of Reason - Comedy: Special Jury Prize
Maura Collins, Ashlyn Estevez, Sasha Harris, Abby Badrick, and Sophie Jackson, Middletown High School South
Life After Death - Comedy: Special Jury Prize
Stephen Sassano and Jason Sassano, Middletown High School South
Immersion - Animated Film: Grand Prize
Recipient of the Guerriero’s Gelato & Cakes 2021 Sweetest Film Award
Carli Platt, Millburn High School
Clayception - Animated Film: Special Jury Prize
Jason Lewis, Montclair High School
How To Wear A Mask - Animated Film: Special Jury Prize
Liam Murphy, Ridge High School
The Diving Contest - Horror/Suspense: Grand Prize
Darla Matches, Maura Collins, Abby Badrick, and Sophie Jackson, Middletown High School South
The Love That Remains - Horror/Suspense: Special Jury Prize
Sophie Jackson, Middletown High School South
The White Wood - Horror/Suspense: Special Jury Prize
Ryan McWalters, Chatham High School
The Things We Do For Love - Experimental: Grand Prize (tie)
Pamela Hernandez, Passaic County Technical Institute,
Day of the Dead - Experimental: Grand Prize (tie)
Jennifer Ruiz-Gonzalez, East Brunswick Tech – School of the Arts
Growing Pains - Experimental: Special Jury Prize
Maya Zeidman, East Brunswick Tech – School of the Arts,
Norepinephrine - Social Impact: Grand Prize
Ashley Bergemann, Passaic County Technical Institute
The Reality of Eating Disorders - Social Impact: Special Jury Prize
Naylani Burton, Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology
Locked In - Cinematography: Special Jury Prize
Brooks Walker and Terrence Faison, Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology
Freak 2021 EFC Showcase: My Covid Life!
- Special Jury Awards
Carolann Cuebas, County Prep High School
Life During a Pandemic - Elliot Chisholm-Reyes, Fallbrook High School
Covid & L’Manburg - Hafeez Hardin, Columbia High School
Lockdown Logins - Ivie Medina, Passaic County Technical Institute
A Year in Quarantine - Skyler Garcia, Fallbrook High School
My Covid VIRUS - Taylor Christenson, Fallbrook High School
Isolation Storytellers (Grades 6-8)
- Comedy: Grand Prize
Jack Sclafane, Leonia Middle School
we RIDE - Documentary: Grand Prize
Onyedikachi Osondu, Bloomfield Middle School
Escapades of a Pandemic Surfer - Experimental: Grand Prize
Willow Killebrew, Montclair Kimberley Academy Middle School
Los Ojos Bonitos (The Beautiful Eyes) - My Covid Life!: Grand Prize
Zack Donohue, Far Hills Country Day School
Remote Learning - My Covid Life!: Special Jury Prize
Lyla Larkin, Watchung School
Out Of My Mind