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The Eye-opening Documentary B.F. Skinner Plays Himself Opens the 2026 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, January 23!
by Dalton James Vassanella - published 2026-01-18

What led you to this article? A love for film? B.F. Skinner believed this wasn’t a choice but the result of psychologically programmed behavior. Skinner stands alongside Ivan Pavlov as a father of modern behaviorism. Yet, Skinner was interested in topics far beyond science. He wrote on the philosophical impacts of his discoveries, questioned free will, and became one of the most enigmatic academics of the 20th century.



 

New Jersey Film Festival Interview with A Way to Be Together Director Trina Bardusco!

by Al Nigrin - published 2026-01-17

The beautiful short documentary A Way to Be Together screens at the New Jersey Film Festival on Saturday, January 24, 2026! Here is my interview with A Way to be Together Director Trina Bardusco.

Stunning documentary Portrait of a Monastery screens at the New Jersey Film Festival on January 24, 2026!

by Emma Hackbarth - published 2026-01-16

A moving meditation, Portrait of a Monastery is a stunning documentary on the Holy Cross Monastery in upstate New York. In it, we are taken through three seasons in the lives of these monks. We enter a space of cultivated peace and reflection—the monastery itself and the natural world surrounding it. 

New Jersey Film Festival Filmmaker Video Interview with Anda Filmmakers and Cast

by Vic Fern - published 2026-01-15

Here is the New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2026 Filmmaker Q+A with ANDA Director JAYENDRA GANTA, Co-Screenwriter CALEB BELL-JONES, Actors PEYTON MICHELLE-EDWARDS, CAROLINE DUNCAN, AMY WARNER and Festival Director AL NIGRIN. ANDA will be screening on Sunday, January 25, 2026 – Online for 24 Hours!

New Jersey Film Festival Filmmaker Video Interview with B.F. Skinner Plays Himself Director Ted Kennedy

by Vic Fern - published 2026-01-15

Here is New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2026 Filmmaker Interview between B.F. Skinner Plays Himself Director Ted Kennedy and Festival Director Al Nigrin.





New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2026 Preview

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will take place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 23 and February 22, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid one as it will be presented online as well as doing in-person screenings at Rutgers University.

New Jersey Film Festival Video Interview with John Decker

by Vic Fern - published 2026-01-13

Al Nigrin, Executive Director & Curator of the New Jersey Film Festival, sits down with John Decker, director of "Portrait of a Monastery," for a filmmaker interview. "Portrait of a Monastery" will be screened on January 24, 2026.

2026 New Jersey Film Festival Video Overview

by Vic Fern - published 2026-01-12

The New Jersey Film Festival returns to Rutgers University January 23 - February 22 for the Spring 2026 season! Al Nigrin, Executive Director and Curator, provides an overview of the films being showcased.

Lighthouse International Film Society presents a screening of "VESELKA: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World"

(LOVELADIES, NJ) -- Lighthouse International Film Society & Wally’s Restaurant of Surf City present a screening of VESELKA: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World on Friday, January 23, 2026 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Science. This is an intimate and deeply moving award-winning documentary celebrating family, resilience and the enduring power of the Ukrainian community in the United States. The screening is a Fundraiser for Ukrainian nonprofit RAZOM.

Barrymore Film Center & Teaneck International Film Festival partner to champion independent journalism with the NJ Premiere of "Steal This Story, Please!"

(TEANECK, NJ) -- The Teaneck International Film Festival (TIFF), a project of The Puffin Foundation, is proud to announce a new partnership with the Barrymore Film Center, launching with the New Jersey premiere of the acclaimed documentary Steal This Story, Please! on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 7:30pm followed by a special talkback with Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) who is the subject of the documentary and Karen Ranucci, one of the film's producers.





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B. F. Skinner Plays Himself – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!

 Friday, January 23, 2026 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



Winnie

Winnie the Pooh – Popcorn & Pajamas Film Series

 Friday, January 23, 2026 @ 7:00pm
Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC)
360 Hamilton Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065



Short

Short Doc Program: Portrait of a Monastery, A Way to be Together, Arrested at Delaney Hall, 300 – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!

 Saturday, January 24, 2026 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



ANDA

ANDA & The Game Camera - Online for 24 Hours!

 Sunday, January 25, 2026 @ 12:00am
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



Shorts

Shorts Program #1: Solstice, Creator, Deanimated, End in Slow Motion, (sub)titled, Dobrina, Come Home, God Dam, GenderQueer – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!

 Friday, February 06, 2026 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901






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