The 45th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between September 4-October 4, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid as we will be presenting it online as well as doing select in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Almost 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 shows when both are offered. This program is available Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM. This in-person screenings will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ.
Matched
Ex-playwright turned elite matchmaker Diana is plagued by medical bills and on the brink of losing her job. Desperate, she uses her wealthy clients' lists of impossible romantic demands as casting breakdowns, hires her broke actor friends to portray these “dream dates,” and inadvertently launches an underground empire.
Year: 2026; Runtime: 24 minutes; Language: English; Country: United States; Director: Elvira Ibragimova; Screenwriter: Dominique Salerno; Producers: Dominique Salerno, David M. Night Maire, Marina Catala, Katie Mack; Filmmakers: Dominique Salerno, Elvira Ibragimova; Cast: Michelle Hurd, Jason Veasey, Dominique Salerno, Jason Kravits, Joy Franz, Ilda Mason, David Fierro
Remember This
A young journalist wakes up in the middle of the night on a deserted New York City street with bruises on her face and body and realizes, to her horror, that she has lost her memory and doesn't know who she is. When a stranger comes to her aid, she embarks on a disquieting journey to recover her identity and find out what happened to her.
Year: 2025; Runtime: 19minutes; Language: English; Country: United States; Director: Andrew Serban; Screenwriter: Andrew Serban; Producers: Andrew Serban, Jen Emma Hertel, Beare Flores; Filmmaker: Andrew Serban; Cast: Kate Garfield, Allison Altman; Cinematographer: Predrag Dubravcic; Editor: Soojin Chung; Composer: James Hall; Music: James Hall
Miriam
Through this performatic video letter, the director talks with her aunt, who was a victim of femicide years ago, about what it has been like for her to grow up in fear in a country that is dangerous for women, trying to forge her path as the only woman in her family and cope with the grief of the femicide.
Year: 2026; Runtime: 20 minutes; Language: Spanish; Country: Mexico; Director: Karla Condado; Screenwriter: Karla Condado; Producers: Karla Condado, León Boltvinik; Cinematographers: Karla Condado, León Boltvinik; Sound Design: Gerardo Berumen
