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Northeast Film Festival
Teaneck, NJ
Teaneck International Film Festival
Teaneck, NJ

Teaneck International Film Festival
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Jewish Film Festival of the Katz JCC
Cherry Hill, NJ
CUT International Short Film Festival
Millville, NJ
Montclair Film Festival
Montclair, NJ
Newark Black Film Festival
Newark, NJ
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival
West Orange, NJ
Thomas Edison Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
Brightside Tavern Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
Golden Door International Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City International Television & Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
Princeton Environmental Film Festival
Princeton, NJ
Princeton Student Film & Video Festival
Princeton, NJ
Trenton Film Festival
Trenton, NJ

New Jersey Film Festival
Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ
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New Jersey International Film Festival
Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ
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Rutgers Jewish Film Festival
New Brunswick, NJ
Asbury Music & Film Festival
Asbury Park, NJ
Bread & Roses Film Festival
Asbury Park, NJ
Count Basie Center Breakthrough Filmmaker Film Fest
Red Bank, NJ
FilmOneFest
Atlantic Highlands, NJ

Garden State Film Festival
Various venues in Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, and Cranford NJ
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Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival
Asbury Park, NJ
Indie Street Film Festival
Red Bank, NJ
Monmouth Film Festival
Holmdel, NJ
Lighthouse International Film Festival
Long Beach Island, NJ
Salem County Film Festival
Woodstown, NJ
Westfield International Film Festival
Westfield, NJ
Barrymore Film Center
Fort Lee, NJ
Monmouth Film Institute
Holmdel, NJ
Netflix in Fort Monmouth
Eatontown, NJ
New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission
South Jersey Film Office Cooperative

(MILLBURN, NJ) -- Paper Mill Playhouse welcomed supporters, artists, and community leaders to its 2026 Annual Gala, A Vision for the Future, on Friday, May 8, at the Hilton Short Hills, raising over $1.3 million in support of its artistic, education, and community outreach programs.

(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- The new East Lynne Theater Company celebrates Pride Month with a raucous one-night-only stand-up comedy show starring nationally recognized veteran comic Adam Sank in his award-winning show "Bad Dates: A One-Man Show About Many Men," on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at the Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME in Cape May. Showtime is 8:00pm.

(NEW YORK, NY) -- Emerging Artists Theatre (EAT) is now accepting submissions for the Fall Spark Theatre Festival NYC. The festival will run October 5-25, 2026, at The 28th Street Theatre, located at 15 W 28th Street in New York City. The application deadline is June 14, 2026.

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- New Jersey City University Visual Arts Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Johanna Foster from May 14-28, 2026. Entitled "Formidable Women, Dangerous Times," it presents a powerful body of figurative paintings that summons the defiant spirit of fierce women in her communities, real and imagined, who have inspired courage and perseverance in devastating times.
