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Video Overview of the Fall 2023 New Jersey Film Festival

By Victory Furniture

originally published: 08/29/2023




The 42nd Bi-Annual 
New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place on the Fridays and Sundays between September 8-October 8, 2023. The festival will be a hybrid one as it will be presented online as well as have in-person screenings at Rutgers University. All the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. Each General Admission Ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in-person screenings. The in-person screenings 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=$100; In-Person Only Student Ticket=$10 Per Program.  For more info go here.

Here is the EBTV Video Overview of the Festival with Director Al Nigrin:

 




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