2025 New Jersey International Film Fest

The Creative Process, Toil and Spin, Monument, Becoming an Oyster, elemental. Butterfly Manoeuvers, FLOCKY, I Was There, Monument, Soft Wind Shells, Burn Ceremony Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!

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The Creative Process
Making art is difficult, sometimes its frustrating, sometimes its infuriating. 2025; 2 min.
Toil and Spin
Toil and Spin uses the visual language of minimalism to describe sleep and sleeplessness.
Becoming an Oyster
Becoming an Oyster is an animated short film which explores the intersection of two significant generational crises: climate change and opioid addiction. Told through the eyes of a young boy, the allegorical narrative touches on themes of consumption, excess, and trauma. The metaphor of an oyster’s life cycle reflects the vulnerability of human and ecological systems. These filter animals become a two-way mirror through which one may glimpse ecological failure and the consequences of climate disruption as well as the broader struggles and individual trauma of addiction. Becoming an Oyster blends ecological metaphors with human narratives to create a surreal landscape of boyhood adventure, heartbreaking loss, and the legacy we each leave to future generations.
Butterfly Manoeuvers
Butterfly Manoeuvres is an experimental essay film based on old, private film footage of fighter planes. The film documents the preparations and training for war, recorded as historical evidence.
elemental
elemental, a silent film, addresses the transitioning of the body in form and matter.
I Was There
I Was There is a haunting exploration of familial bonds, intergenerational memory, and the enduring impact of shared narratives.
Soft Wind Shells
Soft Wind Shells is an audiovisual exploration that delves into the dynamics of transmission and echoes, weaving a narrative that captures the fluidity and fragility of communication and the inevitable distortions that occur through each act of transmission.
Burn Ceremony
An unsanctioned observation of [redacted]’s largest oil refinery, processing 440,000 barrels of crude oil a day.
Monument
Monument pairs hand-processed and chemically-altered Super 8mm film footage of the decaying monuments of Presidents Park (Croaker, VA) with original and appropriated community video footage captured at Marcus-David Peters Circle (Richmond, VA) during the Covid-19 pandemic and the George Floyd/Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.
FLOCKY
FLOCKY is an animated allegory navigating pregnancy, exploring the connection between a mother and her unborn child.
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The 30th annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between May 30-June 13, 2025. The Festival will be a hybrid one 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 singer-songwriter Mike Kovacs will be doing an audio-visual concert on Friday, June 13 at 7PM! The in-person screenings and the Mike Kovacs concert will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ beginning at 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. 

An unsanctioned observation of [redacted]’s largest oil refinery, processing 440,000 barrels of crude oil a day. By night, the complex becomes a heaving edifice of flame and fog. We observe its operation from afar as the inferno slowly engulfs the frame, accompanied by an original hypnotic soundscape by UK club experimentalist Loraine James. A vision of industrial desolation in which dread turns to awe.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    17 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Alexander Girav
  • Producer
    Jonathan Jayasinghe
  • Filmmaker
    Alexander Girav
  • Composer
    Loraine James
  • Sound Design
    Loraine James
  • Music
    Loraine James
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