3 Great Short Films screen online at the Fall 2025 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 26.
Driving Lessons –Anastasiya Gruba (Kyiv, Ukraine) Wartime Kyiv, Ukraine. A father helps his daughter to practice driving. They have a strong connection but many disagreements in their opinions. The driving lesson ceases to be ordinary when the father is issued a summons at a checkpoint. In Ukrainian, subtitled. 2025; 18 min.
Flirtologist – Madeline O’Leary (Lisbon, Portugal) A teenage girl on a contentious family camping trip attempts to amuse herself with a handsome stranger, but she must learn that her budding sexuality is treacherous, and the war between the sexes eternal. 2025; 28 min.
Where's My Coffee Cup? – Yehada Sharim (Merced, California) Where's My Coffee Cup? tells the story of John, who, at 64 and still in prison, must navigate trauma and aging in a space that is not designed for a geriatric population. Like others, he faces the challenges of stairs, top bunks, food that is not made for human consumption, and the everyday risks of violence and exploitation. John’s story is a call and a demand for compassion and justice. 2025; 30 min.
These short films will be screening at the Fall 2025 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 26. The film will be Online for 24 Hours on this show date beginning at Midnight. Tickets are available for purchase here.
The 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between September 5-October 10, 2025. The Festival will be a hybrid as we will be presenting it online as well as doing 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. 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 screenings. Plus, we are very proud to announce that acclaimed band Cold Weather Company will be doing an audio-visual concert on Friday, October 10 at 7PM. Lastly, we will be offering three FREE Filmmaking Workshops! The in-person screenings and the Cold Weather Company concert will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ beginning at 1PM, 5PM or 7PM on their show date. General Admission Ticket=$15 Per Program; Festival All Access Pass=$120; In-Person Only Student Ticket=$10 Per Program. The Filmmaking Workshops are FREE and open to the public but have limited seating and require advance registration. To register email us at [email protected]
For more info go here: https://newjerseyfilmfestivalfall2025.eventive.org/welcome
