By Al Nigrin
originally published: 09/18/2026
Shorts Program #2 is screening online at Fall 2026 New Jersey Film Festival TODAY!
Remember This – Andrew Serban (New York, New York) A young journalist suddenly wakes up in the middle of the night on a deserted New York City street with bruises on her face and body and realizes, to her horror, that she has lost her memory and doesn't know who she is. When a stranger comes to her aid, she embarks on a disquieting journey to recover her identity and find out what happened to her. 2025; 19 min.
Miriam – Karla Condado (Mexico) Through this performatic video letter, the director talks with her aunt, who was a victim of femicide years ago, about what it has been like for her to grow up in fear in a country that is dangerous for women, trying to forge her path as the only woman in her family and cope with the grief of the femicide. 2026; 20 min.
Matched – Elvira Ibragimova, Dominique Salerno (New York, New York) Ex-playwright turned elite matchmaker Diana is plagued by medical bills and on the brink of losing her job. Desperate, she uses her wealthy clients' lists of impossible romantic demands as casting breakdowns, hires her broke actor friends to portray these “dream dates,” and inadvertently launches an underground empire. 2026; 24 min.
Shorts Program #2 is screening online at Fall 2026 New Jersey Film Festival TODAY-Friday, September 18, 2026 – Online for 24 Hours! Buy tickets here.
The 45th Bi-annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between September 4-October 4, 2026. 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.
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Albert Gabriel Nigrin is an award-winning experimental media artist whose work has been screened throughout the world. He is also a Cinema Studies Lecturer at Rutgers University, and the Executive Director/Curator of the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, Inc.
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Shorts Program #2 – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!
Friday, September 18, 2026 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ
The 45th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between September 4-October 4, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid as we will be presenting it online as well as doing select in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Almost 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 shows when both are offered. This program is available Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM. This in-person screenings will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ.
Comedy Night Live Featuring Nico Carney, Yvette Sagan, Josh Mandl, and host Vinnie Brand
Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ 8:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
Four great comedians, one night of laughs! Featuring Nico Carney (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Just For Laughs New Faces, and Netflix Is a Joke Festival), Yvette Segan (New York Comedy Festival and co-creator/star of Run Club: The Web Series), Josh Mandl (founder of Next Stop Comedy and creator of viral comedy videos with more than 1.5 million views), and your host Vinnie Brand (The Stress Factory Comedy Club, Last Comic Standing, and Comedy Central).
The Bond That Broke - Online for 24 Hours!
Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ 12:00am
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ
The 45th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between September 4-October 4, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid as we will be presenting it online as well as doing select in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Almost 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 shows when both are offered. This program is only available Online for 24 hours on this show date!
VA New Jersey Healthcare System presents 1 Degree of Separation: A Funny Look at Depression and Suicide
Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
The VA New Jersey Healthcare System is pleased to present an evening of stand-up comedy to raise awareness of Veteran suicide. 1 Degree of Separation begins with stand-up comedy with four different comedians. Not mental health comedy. Just comedy. We just want you to laugh. Laughter changes your brain. In the second half of the show, the four comedians answer five questions about their own mental health.
An Evening with Gurudev: On Power, Presence, and Peace
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 @ 7:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
A rare conversation on what matters most. We struggle to stay present. We wait for the world to become peaceful. And too often, we feel powerless to change any of it. What if power, presence, and peace are closer than we think? What could power, presence, and peace actually look like in your life?
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Collingswood Community Theater presents Musical Comedy Cabaret on September 18th
(COLLINGSWOOD, NJ) -- Collingswood Community Theater presents Musical Comedy Cabaret on Friday, September 18, 2026 in the Collingswood Grand Ballroom. The event begins at 7:30pm. This is a fundraiser for the company.
The Barn Theatre presents "The Last Virginity Tour"
(MONTVILLE, NJ) -- The Barn Theatre presents The Last Virginity Tour weekends from September 18 to October 4, 2026. Four women in a retirement community meet weekly for their baking club. But instead of swapping recipes, they share stories about their "first time," inspiring one of them to plan a road trip revisiting where they each lost their virginity.
Chatham Players present "The Thanksgiving Play"
(CHATHAM, NJ) -- Chatham Players present The Thanksgiving Play weekends from September 18 to October 3, 2026. Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire.
Passage Theatre Company presents "Teen Dad" by Adrienne Dawes
(TRENTON, NJ) -- Passage Theatre Company presents Teen Dad by Adrienne Dawes from September 18 to October 11, 2026. In the play, Abby, a precocious emo-goth teenager, orchestrates a surprise reunion for her mother Tanya and birth father Tom, with the help of her mom’s fiancé/healer John.
South Camden Theatre Company presents "Native Gardens"
(CAMDEN, NJ) -- South Camden Theatre Company presents Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías weekends from September 18 to October 4, 2026. Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this hilarious comedy of good intentions and bad manners.
Burlington County Footlighters present "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
(CINNAMINSON, NJ) -- Burlington County Footlighters present The Hunchback of Notre Dame weekends from September 18 through October 3, 2026. From the Academy Award-winning team comes a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero.
Playhouse 22 presents "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive"
(EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Playhouse 22 presents POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive weekends from September 18 through October 3, 2026. Directed by Jennifer Greenberg, this is a riotous comedy about the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world.
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Villagers Theatre presents "[title of show]"
(SOMERSET, NJ) -- Villagers Theatre presents [title of show] across two weekends from September 18-26, 2026. In this play by Hunter Bell, Jeff and Hunter, two struggling writers, hear about a new musical theatre festival. However, the deadline for submissions is a mere three weeks away.
Big Book Sale to Benefit the Friends of the Island Library
(SURF CITY, NJ) -- The Friends of the Island Library will have a two-day book sale event from 9:00am to 3:00pm on Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19, 2026 at the Long Beach Island Branch of the Ocean County Library.
Princeton Folk Music Society presents Rakish on September 18th
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Princeton Folk Music Society presents Rakish on Friday, September 18, 2026 at Christ Congregation Church in Princeton. Rakish is a duo comprising violinist Maura Shawn Scanlin and guitarist Conor Hearn. Showtime is 8:00pm.
