The Bergen County Film Commission, in association with the Fort Lee Film Commission, presents:
Reel Jersey Film Festival: A Celebration of American Film Past, Present & Future
September 25-29, 2008 at the Williams Center in Rutherford, New Jersey
This newly-established film festival will incorporate the existing Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow High School Student Film Festival as the "future filmmakers" element. This festival will also showcase films from present day filmmakers. Among the films scheduled to screen at this festival is the Academy Award winning documentary DOWN AND OUT IN AMERICA directed by Reel Jersey Festival honoree Lee Grant. There will be a retrospective film element administered by the Fort Lee Film Commission under the guidance of film historian Richard Koszarski.
Reel Jersey will also concentrate on securing present-day filmmakers to attend the festival to screen/premiere their present day films. Workshops and symposiums will be held in addition to the screenings which will take place in the Williams Center and which will access all five screens as well as the 1923 Rivoli Theatre in the Williams Center. We are pleased to announce that Weird NJ will sponsor our September 26 Midnight Horror program, which will include live bands.
For additional information, please contact the Bergen County Film Commission at 201-693-2763.