(Ramapo, NJ—December 2,
2017) The Ramapo College of New Jersey (RCNJ) Film Festival has awarded Best
Cinematography to David Mansour of Bayonne and Best Narrative to Hoboken’s Colm
Donston, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.
Mansour
won for his film Dream On. Donston earned his award for his film Solitaire.
Give Love by Carlos Hernandez of
Jersey City and North Bergen resident Sophia Abraham, Black and White by
Ivanna Guerrero of West New York and Jersey City resident Amirah Johnson, and First
Day by Alana Aninipot, a Secaucus resident, had received nominations as
well.
“The amount of work that
the students have put in is incredible," says Gregg Ascolese, TV
Production instructor. "The students are definitely progressing with all
of their individual sets of skills.”
High Tech alone had secured five films in the festival out of a total of 20 selected by the festival committee.
“The jury was very
impressed yet again with this year’s films,” says Neel Scott, the Associate
Professor of Digital Film at Ramapo College. “We’re very excited to see the
filmmakers and watch their films at the festival.”
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| (from left to right: Amirah Johnson, Ivanna Guerrero, Colm Donston, and David Mansour) |
