(LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ) -- The 2018 Lighthouse International Film Festival ran from June 7th through June 10th in Long Beach Island.  Here are the winners of this year's festival awards.

Community Service Award – Long Beach Island Foundation

Pat Dengler Volunteer of the Year Award - Kelly Travis

Best HS Student Film - Pick Again - Kieran Sherry & Will Vinsko

Storytellers Audience Award (TIE!!) - Unspeakable-director:Milena Govich & Adventure Capital- Co-directors: Everett Glovier and Zach Myers

Grand Award Storytellers - Lost Kings- Director: Terrance Smalls

Special Jury Award Screenwriting Narrative Short - Still Water Runs Deep-Director: Abbesi Akhanie

Grand Jury Award Narrative Short Film - Atlantic City- Director: Miguel Alvarez

Short Film Special Jury Award Documentary - Nobody Loves Me- Director: Jeff Reichert & Farihah Zaman

Grand Jury Award Doc Short – Brooklynn- Director: Charles A. Mysak

Short Film Audience Award - Head Above Water - Director: Eric Shahinian

Doc feature Audience Award - Half The Picture- Director: Amy Adrion

Documentary Feature Special Jury Award - 306 Hollywood- Directors: Elan Bogarin, Jonathan Bogarin

Documentary Feature Grand Jury Award - Phantom Cowboys- Director: Daniel Patrick Carbone

Spotlight Audience Award Narrative – Easy- Director: Andrea Magnani

Spotlight Audience Award Doc - Daughters Of The Sexual Revolution- Director: Dana Adam Shapiro

Narrative Feature Audience Award - Night Comes On- Director: Jordana Spiro

Narrative Feature Special Jury Award - The Fever and The Fret- Director:Cath Gulick

Narrative Feature Grand Jury Award - Night Comes On- Director: Jordana Spiro

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Dreamgirls in 35mm Followed by a Motown/R&B Dance Party

Thursday, June 19, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) - Main Stage
1601 Irving Street, Rahway, NJ 07065
category: film

 

Wicked "Sing-A-Long" Film Screening

Sunday, June 22, 2025 @ 4:00pm
Algonquin Arts Theatre
60 Abe Voorhees, Manasquan, NJ 08736
category: film

 

The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Popcorn & Pajamas Film Series

Friday, June 27, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC)
360 Hamilton Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065
category: film

 

FREE SUMMER MOVIE: Despicable Me 4

Tuesday, July 01, 2025 @ 7:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film

 

FREE SUMMER MOVIE: Despicable Me 4

Tuesday, July 01, 2025 @ 10:30am
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film

 

 

EVENT PREVIEWS

The Williams Center to Screen "Wayward Kin" by David Joseph Volino

(RUTHERFORD, NJ) -- After a four-year-long production process, filmmaker and New Jersey native, David Joseph Volino, is sharing the full-length feature, Wayward Kin, with local audiences. See the film for one night only at The Williams Center in Rutherford on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. The screening begins at 7:00pm with the cast and crew in attendance.

The ShowRoom presents ENCORE: Rock Cinema Returns! A Summer Series of Legendary Sound and Vision

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- The ShowRoom Cinema is turning up the volume this summer with ENCORE: Rock Cinema Returns!, a series of must-see music films that combine incredible sound with captivating visuals. Screenings include The Who's Tommy; Pink Floyd: The Wall; Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains; and Streets of Fire.

Celebrate 30 Years of Drag Film Classics at The ShowRoom's Pride Month Screenings

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- The ShowRoom Cinema, in partnership with Larry Cadillac Salon — where "Hair Has No Gender" — marks Pride Month with two special 30th Anniversary screenings of groundbreaking drag films, both featuring unforgettable appearances by RuPaul.

Brookdale to Host Inaugural "Breaking In" Lecture Featuring Batman Producer Michael Uslan

(LINCROFT, NJ) -- The New Jersey Film Academy will launch its first-ever "Breaking In" Film Industry Lecture Series with a special event featuring Michael Uslan, the visionary Executive Producer behind the Batman film franchise. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at the Brookdale Performing Arts Center on the Lincroft campus and begins at 6:30pm.

East Lynne Theater Company to Host Juneteenth Screening of "Whispers from the Forgotten"

(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- In honor of Juneteenth, East Lynne Theater Company will host a screening of "Whispers from the Forgotten," a 33-minute documentary that explores the history of Union Bethel Civil Cemetery, an important Cape May County African American cemetery, on June 22, 2025, at the Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME Church.