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    Links to 2018 Young Filmmakers

    High School Student Films

    Here are links to the student films, featuring the three Grand Jury Prize winners as chosen by judges at the Young Filmmakers Track screening on Sunday, March 18th from 9 am to noon at the Bow-Tie Cinemas, South Orange, NJ.  Each Grand Jury winning film received a check for $200.

     

    Following these three films are links to ALL the FINALISTS (Honorable Mention and Storyteller Citation links coming soon.)

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    SIMPLY CLICK ON THE PHOTO OR TITLE AND WATCH THE FILMS!

     

    This year we had such amazing films from all over the world, the U.S. and locally!! We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

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    Max's Candy Crush

    YF Track
    Our Judges
    Photos from Fest

    What Do You Desire?

    Best Short Narrative

    Aidan Romanaux/Max Goldstein

    (Columbia HS - Maplewood/S. Orange, NJ)

    Best Short Documentary

    Madelyn Barkocy

    (Morris County School Of Technology - Denville, NJ)

    Lyric

    Best Animated Short

    Alex DeRosa

    (Millburn HS - Millburn, NJ)

    2018 Young Filmmakers Finalists - Narrative Short

    Imperfect

    ​RUNNER UP

    Lauren Plattman

    Governor Livingson HS - 

    Berkeley Heights, NJ

    Live, Laugh Loaf

    Andrew Nussbaum/Nia Stanford

    Morris County School of Technology - Denville, NJ

    Max's Candy Crush

    GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER

    Aidan Romanaux/Max Goldstein

    Columbia HS - Maplewood/S. Orange, NJ

    Quiet Time

    Noah Levine, Daniel Schwartz, Maggie Brill, Jess Helfenstein, William Dobbs, Sophia Mozzarella, Sydney Relihan

    Livingston HS - Livingston, NJ

    Words for Hermit Boys

    Sophia Heriveaux/Ben Krueger

    Columbia HS - Maplewood/S. Orange, NJ

    2018 Young Filmmakers Finalists - Documentary Short

    Jade

    RUNNER UP (Tie)

    Austin Kwok, Sean Bai, Ian Walker and Tony Huang

    International School of Beijing - China

    Village to Village

    RUNNER UP (Tie)

    Max Goldstein

    Columbia HS - Maplewood/S. Orange, NJ

    What Do You Desire?

    GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER

    Madelyn Barkocy

    (Morris County School Of Technology - Denville, NJ)

    By My Side

    Zanyar Muhamadineko

    Iranian Youth Cinema Society - Bukan, West Azerbaijan, Iran

    Soulfege - the A Cappella Experience

    Kyle Farscht

    Millburn HS - Millburn, NJ

    The Fabric of America

    Alyssa Berrios, Merry Hailegeorgies,Gabe Hoekman, Verite Igiraneza, Avi Krishan, Sophie Lucarelli, Juliet Marschall, Juan Ortiz

    Montgomery Blair HS - Gandhi Brigade Youth Media, Silver Spring, MD

    2018 Young Filmmakers Finalists - Animated Short

    Space Attack

    RUNNER UP

    Christina Wright

    Columbia HS - Maplewood/

    South Orange, NJ

    Cellular Life

    Ethan Halperin

    Columbia HS - Maplewood/

    South Orange, NJ

    Lyric​

    GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER

    Alex DeRosa

    Millburn HS - Millburn, NJ

    Fosamiso

    Andrew Campbell

    Columbia HS - Maplewood/

    South Orange, NJ

    Super Convention

    Sophie Goodman-Merel

    Columbia HS - Maplewood/

    South Orange, NJ

    Young Filmmaker 2018 Honorable Mentions and Storyteller Citations Coming Soon!
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