Emerging Filmmaker Competition

Watch these award-winning films at MontclairFilm.org/EFC-2021

Montclair Film Celebrates its 2021 Emerging Filmmaker Competition Winners!

Animated Film: Special Jury Prize Liam Murphy Ridge High School The Diving Contest Horror/Suspense: Grand Prize Darla Matches, Maura Collins,

Abby Badrick, 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

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 Estimated Time of Arrival

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,

Sophie Jackson Middletown High School South Life After Death Comedy: Special Jury Prize Stephen Sassano, 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 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

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Emerging Filmmaker Competition (continued) 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, 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