(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- The 2026 Golden Door International Film Festival takes place June 25-27 at Arthouse Productions and Nimbus Arts Center.
This is the 15th Annual celebration of filmmakers, actors, and movies for the festival. The festival offers local, national and international independent filmmakers a forum for screening and premiering their work.
Screenings are set up in thematic blocks throughout the festival. Tickets for the blocks are available for purchase online.
The festival opens at Arthouse Productions (345 Marin Boulevard in Jersey City) on Thursday, June 25 at 6:00pm with a red carpet gala event that runs until 10:00pm. Films include Bear to the Right, Who's There?, Welcome to Belle View, The Neighbor, Betty, Cahill's Lanes, SILENT HARMONY, Archangel, Stockholm.
On Friday, June 26, the festival has blocks of film screenings throughout the day at Arthouse Productions.
11:00am - BLOCK 11 - Finding Bob Nelson. Films include The Journey, Finding Bob Nelson - A True Story Told By An Unreliable Source
12:00pm - BLOCK 10 - Fragile Lands Documentaries. Films include A Fragile Paradise, To The Ends
1:00pm - BLOCK 12 - The Opera Of The Floating World. Films include My Last Visit With Taylor Mead, Finally Fun and Fame in L.A., Bernard Aptekar: The Opera Of The Floating World
2:00pm - BLOCK 9: Drama No. 2. Films include The Promise, Drowning Above Water, A Son's Burden, GLENDALE PARADISE, The Shadow of the Sun, NIKI-TOMI-BETO, DreamZzz
3:00pm - BLOCK 7 - Relationship Drama. Films includes Thousand Dollar Show, Despite Everything, The Escort, Picture Girl, Tomato Soup, Good Morning.
4:00pm - BLOCK 13 - What's Next For Jayden? Films include MeloRaka and Her Autistic Friend Blobblot, What's Next for Jayden? A Young Boy's Journey as a Level 3 Autistic
From 6:00pm to 9:00pm is FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER! Dress to Impress in your best 1970s/Drive-in duds. The red carpet event: block 2 starts at 6:00pm. Screenings begin at 7:00pm. The films include Green Thumb, Our Director Got Covid So We Made This, What We Dream Of Then.
Saturday, June 27 has more blocks of film screenings throughout the day and takes place in two venues.
Art House Productions (345 Marin Boulevard) in Jersey City
12:00pm - Block 6: Drama No. 1. Films include Women Who Walk Home Alone, Yoga Girl, The Drive, Intertwined, Ceci, Fairy Tale, Pure, Defne
2:00pm - Block 5: Laugh It Up Comedy Block. Films include Double, Housewife, The Superman of Avenue C, WANNA BE A STAR!, O Lucky Day, Stalled!, CUT WISH, Do It To Me, Potwash, BRUTL, C A Quart of Salt
4:00pm - Block 4: Christmas At Aunt Betty's. Films include The Girl in the Basement, Christmas at Aunt Betty's.
Nimbus Arts Center (329 Warren Street) in Jersey City
11:00am - Block 3: Music Is Life. Films include Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens, Jeff Hillard - Love Myself, RED BALLOON, "Carousel Girl", All Over Again, Kenny Salsa - The Rhythm of Life & Dance
1:00pm - Block 8: Family Drama. Films include Mandy's Voice, I SHOULD BE GOING, Sideblinded, Firewall, Run Wild, Superreal
3:00pm - Block 14: The Muscle. A screening of The Muscle.
Arthouse Productions has the Closing Awards Ceremony from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Party with the stars and celebrate the winners.
