(Hackettstown, New Jersey) - The Rutherfurd Hall Foundation (RHF) is proud to announce the upcoming “Rutherfurd Hall Film Festival” that will take place on June 26.
This festival will consist of three film showcases: High School student films (beginning at 1 p.m.), Documentary and Experimental films (beginning at 3 p.m.) and Narrative films (beginning at 5 p.m.).
In an effort to showcase local creativity of young students in the filmmaking arts, this festival will include submissions from students at: Blair Academy, Middletown High School, Millburn New Jersey and Warren Hills Regional High School.
Many of the other films in the festival concern Warren County culture and history including Extra 1104:The Rockport Train Wreck, a chronicle of how in 1925 a violent storm washed debris onto a grade crossing, derailing a Lackawanna Railroad train in Mansfield Township, New Jersey, killing 42 passengers and five crewmen.
Mikey Kampmann’s Shell Jeff is a philosophical farce, outlining a day in the life of quixotic day-dreamer with hints of Napoleon Dynamite. Director Isaih Gomez, a Perth Amboy native, brings to the festival a film entitled The Smile, a modern film noir.
The full film lineup and descriptions can be found here.
Select filmmakers are available for interview.
Festival Judges include:
Janice Kovach: N.J. Motion Picture and Television Commission
Boris Gavrilovic: Head of Film at Centenary University
Juan Mateo Menendez: Filmmaker
Judith Kampmann: Filmmaker, Writer & Actress
Christine Rusin: Chief Executive Officer at Parashoot Productions
Lydia Seed New: Film Editor with experience at the Sundance Film Festival
Jeff Brelvi: Film Production Professional
Tickets for the film festival can be pre-purchased here. Tickets are $7 for one screening session or $15 for entrance to all three screening sessions. There will be an hour between screenings for a lively Q&A. Guests are invited to bring food and refreshments along with enjoying the historic grounds of Rutherfurd Hall.
Website: https://rutherfurdhall.org/event/celebrate-the-arts-film-festival/
Rutherfurd Hall is located at:
1686 Route 517
Allamuchy, NJ 07820
(908) 280-3654
The Rutherfurd Hall Foundation’s Celebrate the Arts Festival would not be possible without the support of: JOHN JOHNSON AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, STEVE SOMERS
PHILANTHROPY FUND, THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, JOHN AND MARGARET POST, ROBERT & ROSEMARY TUOHY, BLUE RIDGE LUMBER, RE/MAX HERITAGE PROPERTIES, PROGRESSIVE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES LLC, WRNJ RADIO, FULTON BANK, THE FOUNDATION FOR HACKETTSTOWN MEDICAL CENTER, WHITE SPACE ART & EVENT GALLERY.
Rutherfurd Hall
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Rutherfurd Hall's Celebrate the Arts Film Festival
Featuring Extra 1104:The Rockport Train Wreck, Rutherfurd Hall presents an afternoon of films including high school work, documentaries, narratives and experimental films.