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New Jersey Film Festival Filmmaker Video Interview with Shaun Seneviratne


By Vic Fern

originally published: 09/05/2024



Al Nigrin, Executive Director & Curator of the New Jersey Film Festival, sits down with Shaun Seneviratne, Director of Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts for a filmmaker interview at EBTV:



Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts
 opens the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 6. Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts Director Shaun Seneviratne will be at the in-person screening to do a Q+A! The film will be Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7 PM in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ. Tickets are available for purchase here.

The 43rd Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between September 6-October 18, 2024. The Festival will be a hybrid one as it will be presented online as well as doing in-person screenings at Rutgers University. All the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. VoD start times are at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. Each General Admission Ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in-person screenings. Plus,  acclaimed electronic music artist Jim Haynes will be doing an audio-visual concert on Friday, October 18 at 7PM! The in-person screenings and the Jim Haynes Concert will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ beginning at 5PM or 7PM on their show date. General Admission Ticket=$15 Per Program; Festival All Access Pass=$120; In-Person Only Student Ticket=$10 Per Program. General Admission Jim Haynes Concert Ticket=$25. To buy tickets go here:  https://watch.eventive.org/newjerseyfilmfestivalfall2024

 




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