By Al Nigrin
originally published: 06/09/2024
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The final day of the 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival competition features five great films! They include:
Sunday, June 9, 2024: online for 24 hours and in person at 5 pm!
Musical Angels – Saul Pincus (Toronto, Canada) A heartbroken violin maker tests the healing power of music. 2024; 9 min.
LIVE STREAM – Daniel Maldonado (New York, New York) Live Feed is an interpretive short that playfully examines the role of the intermediary (as an “in-between”) and the work of award-winning electroacoustic composer Jeff Morris. Using the form of a tangled live performance that includes interviews, a motion-controlled piano algorithm, a synesthesia painter, and a found object percussionist, new musical voices are given shape. The “four-way triangle” that emerges opens questions about creativity and the arts in the 21st century. 2023; 13 min.
Cowgirls and Synths – Joe Wallace (Springfield, Illinois) British hitmaker and Eurovision composer Ricardo Autobahn follows synth-pop duo Hyperbubble, described by Alternative Press as “the sonic equivalent of a truck full of Twizzlers,” as they drive to Nashville to record a country and western album using only synthesizers and drum machines. and teremín. Along the way, Hyperbubble members Jess and Jeff meet cult cartoon heroes Samantha Newark from Jem and the Holograms and Manda Rin from Bis/The Powerpuff Girls, theremin diva Dorit Chrysler, the guru of musical fashion Manuel Cuevas, cosmic cowboy Garett T Capps and aerial drums. filmmaker Ari Gold, vinyl pioneers Do-It-Yourself Shoes, synth-pop sweets Freezepop, Lederhosen Lucil, Helen Love and Our Daughters Wedding, and somehow end up winners in Dolly Parton’s Netflix song contest . Cowgirls and Synthesizers is a fast and fun zine that tells the true story of Hyperbubble’s 20+ year career, sprinkled with color, animation and comedy. 2023; 80 min.
Sunday, June 9, 2024: online for 24 hours and in person at 7 pm!
CARNIVORA – Felipe Vargas (Los Angeles, California) When their mother disappears, two estranged sisters are forced to care for their catatonic grandmother… only to realize that the grandmother is no grandmother at all. 2023; 12 min.
THE STAKES ARE HIGH – Jean-Pierre Caner (Los Angeles, California) Just as TAXI DRIVER was a reflection of post-Vietnam America, THE Stakes Are High captures America right now. Will Goldin is the everyman of this moment, living off the fumes of a dream, turning to the gig economy in hopes of a better future only to find himself in a rat race to the bottom – a story that has become increasingly relevant. Consequently, THE STAKES ARE HIGH is a journey. One scene leads to the next, the story building as Will tries to get ahead by risking everything. 2023; 90 min.
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THE Stakes Are High Director Jean-Pierre Caner and the director of LIVE FEED, Daniel Maldonado Will be available for a Q&A after the in-person screening!
The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Film Studies Program at Rutgers University, presents the 2024 New Jersey International Film Festival, marking its 29th anniversary. The NJIFF competition will take place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between May 31 and June 9, 2024 and will be a hybrid with online and in-person screenings at Rutgers University. All films will be available virtually through Video on Demand for 24 hours on the screening date. VOD start times are 12 midnight ET. Each general admission ticket or festival pass purchased is valid for both virtual and in-person screenings. In-person screenings will be held at Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, beginning at 5 pm or 7 pm on the day of the presentation. Additionally, NJIFF is proud to announce that acclaimed singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler will be in concert on Saturday, June 15 at Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey, at 7 pm General Admission Ticket= $15 per program; All-access festival pass=$120; In-person only student ticket = $10 per program; General admission Marissa Nadler concert ticket=$25.
Albert Gabriel Nigrin is an award-winning experimental media artist whose work has been screened on five continents. He is also a professor of film studies at Rutgers University and executive director and curator of the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc.
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New Jersey International Film Festival
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Cowgirls and synths, LIVE STREAM and musical angels – online for 24 hours and in person at 5 pm!
Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
New Jersey International Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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New Jersey International Film Festival
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New Jersey State Theater
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