Great Point Studios and NJPAC partner with Lionsgate to Open TV/Film Complex in Newark

(NEWARK, NJ) -- Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Great Point Studios, a studio investment/management business specializing in film and television infrastructure, and The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Newark's anchor cultural and civic institution, today announced a partnership between Great Point Studios and NJPAC with global content leader Lionsgate to build a major new production facility in Newark. The facility will be owned and operated by Great Point Studios. As the facility's long-term anchor tenant, Lionsgate will receive naming rights to the studio. NJPAC will manage public affairs and community relations for the studio and create educational programs and internships for Newark high school and college students.

7th Annual Nassau Film Festival Takes Place In-person May 21-22 and online May 23 to June 8th

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The 7th Annual Nassau Film Festival (NFF) takes place May 21-22, 2022 in person at the Princeton Garden Theatre and online from May 23 to June 8th at nassaufilmfestival.festivee.com. The festival screens short films and music videos (30 seconds to 20 minutes) in the following categories: fiction, documentary, animation, student fiction, horror, music videos, trailers, and episodic.  Best of Festival Awards are given in each of the categories and attendees have a chance to network with actors, actresses, directors, writers, producers and directors of photography at a special festival event. Audience members have the opportunity to participate in question and answer panel discussions with filmmakers whose films are selected to screen at the festival.