The 2015 Princeton Student Film and Video Festival is set to take place Wednesday, July 22, and Thursday, July 23, at Princeton Public Library. Screenings will begin at 7 p.m. both nights in the library’s Community Room. The library is loacted at 65 Witherspoon Street in Princeton.
The festival, in its 12th year, features short works by high school and college students from the Princeton area and throughout the United States as well as international entrants. Final selections were made from nearly 200 submitted works in a broad range of styles and themes. Genres include animation, comedy, dramatic feature, documentary, experimental, personal narrative and science fiction.
The lineup of films by New Jersey high school students includes “8.3 by Talia Zinder, Princeton High School; “Do The Right Thing” by Khalid Khalil, Piscataway High School; “I Am Human” by Taylor Clark, Both Hands Artlet, Trenton; “Passions by Isaiah Jimenez-Mackson,” Scotch Plains Fanwood High School; “The Presenter” by Darcy Thompson, Highland Park High School; and “The Word Search” by Justin Boswick, Shawnee High School.
The films from filmmakers who are college students include “Adrift” by Chris Ortega, SUNY Purchase; “Apples” by Betsy Chao, Rutgers University; “Plastics Are Forever” by Louise Bartolotta, SUNY Purchase; “Dead Flowers” by Jessica Dotson, Rutgers University; “Geno” by Phillip Stankus, University of the Arts; ”Jolo’s Kitchen” by Brandon Barr, SUNY Purchase; “No Sleep” by Alexa Werrlein, Raritan Valley Community College; “Pieces of Belmar” by Zack Morrison, Columbia University; “The Pilot” by Jonathan McGuire, University of the Arts; “Sissy Can’t Sleep” by Jesse Lucks, Rutgers University; “Underneath” by Jessica Marcus, University of the Arts; and “Wolf of the Woods” by Evan Maron,” University of the Arts.
The festival will also feature six international films made by university students including, from Ireland, “Model Life” by Tom Reynolds; from Kurdistan, “It Hit Upon The Roof” by Teymour Ghaderi; from the Philippines, “My 2014 Neighbor” by Anya Zulueta; from Slovakia, “Rosso Papavero” by Martin Smatana; and, from Spain, “Desintegración” by Álvaro Martin and “Horseface” by Marc Martínez Jordán.
The festival is intended for teen and adult viewers. Admission is free. For more information, see princetonlibrary.org/psfvf.
