2022 Lighthouse International Film Festival's Dramatic Features Competition

(LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ) -- The Lighthouse International Film Festival (LIFF) has announced its 2022 dramatic features competition program, which includes inspiring, creative, and shocking films from the USA and around the world. The festival will take place for the 14th time on Long Beach Island, between June 2-5, a long weekend that offers a host of exciting in-person events: new film screenings, panels, networking events, and parties. In addition to its dramatic features competition, LIFF will hold a documentary features competition, a shorts competition, an episodic competition, a high school film competition, surf film screenings, and headliner programs. 

2022 Lighthouse International Film Festival: Documentary Competition Films

(LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ) -- The Lighthouse International Film Festival has announced its 2022 documentary competition program which includes inspiring, creative, and cutting-edge films from the USA and around the world. The Festival will take place on Long Beach Island, New Jersey (LBI) between June 2-5, a long weekend that offers exciting in-person events, film screenings, panel discussions, networking events, and parties. The Festival’s line-up will include dramatic features competition, shorts competition, episodics competition, high-school students' films competition, surf films screening, and spotlight and headliner features. 

Lighthouse International Film Society to Screen "Olga" for the Benefit of World Central Kitchen's Efforts in Ukraine

(LOVELADIES, NJ) -- Looking for a way to show its support for the people of Ukraine? The Lighthouse International Film Society is hosting a benefit for World Central Kitchen and their life-giving work feeding the citizens of that war-torn country.  They will be screening Olga, which tells the 2014 story of a teenage Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland while training for the Olympics, on Wednesday, May 11th at 7:30pm. The screening takes place at Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd, Loveladies, NJ.

2022 New Jersey International Film Festival Preview

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Over 20 films will have their New Jersey or Area Premiere (Middlesex County) screenings as part of the 2022 New Jersey International Film Festival, which takes place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between June 3-12. The 27th annual festival will be a hybrid - presented online as well as with select 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 ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in person screenings. 

Lighthouse International Film Society to screen "Nest 38" and "Broken Wings"

(SHIP BOTTOM, NJ) - The Lighthouse International Film Society will screen a documentary double feature of Nest 38 and Broken Wings on Saturday, April 9th at 7:00pm. The screenings take place at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences (120 Long Beach Blvd) in Loveladies, NJ. Admission is $10 online or $12 at the door.  The event is free for LIF Society Members.

Axelrod PAC presents 2022 Axelrod Jewish International Film Festival with Virtual Screenings

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center presents the 2022 Axelrod Jewish International Film Festival (AJIFF) featuring 7 award-winning, critically-acclaimed, regional premiere films, plus the smash Israeli award-winning television drama, “The Chef.” The festival runs March 20-April 10, 2022. All films for this year’s festival will be screened virtually “from the comfort of your home.

Lighthouse International Film Society Screens The 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts

(LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ) -- Lighthouse International Film Society will present The 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts Series at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences March 18-19 offering you the chance to pick the winner of The Oscar Shorts! There will be three separate showings for the three categories of shorts. Films are $10 online /$12 door. There is a discount of $25 for all three screenings- (Animation, Live Action & Documentary) Pick your favorite genre or come to all three. NOTE: These films are for adult audiences only. 

Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli: "The Godfather" Celebrates Its 50th Birthday

You remember that scene. Pete Clemenza and a fellow gangster drove Paulie, who didn’t go to work the day Vito Corleone, the crime boss, was gunned down in lower Manhattan, to the marshes of what was to become Liberty State Park, in Jersey City, and shoot him. When they leave, burly Clemenza instructs his fellow hood, “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.”

Our Favorite Stories In Film: Inez & Doug & Kira

New Jersey Stage published its 25,000th story in December 2021. As the site approached the milestone, we posed the question on social media as how we should celebrate.  One response was to highlight our favorite stories from over the years.  We liked this idea, but could not narrow things down to just 25 favorites so we will present a favorite each day from different genres.  Every Wednesday will feature a story about film.  This week's choice is a feature on the film Inez & Doug & Kira in which we interviewed the film's director, Julia Kots.

Our Favorite Stories In Film: The Opening Act

New Jersey Stage published its 25,000th story in December 2021. As the site approached the milestone, we posed the question on social media as how we should celebrate.  One response was to highlight our favorite stories from over the years.  We liked this idea, but could not narrow things down to just 25 favorites so we will present a favorite each day from different genres.  Every Wednesday will feature a story about film.  This week's choice is a feature on an independent fim called The Opening Act.