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Video on Demand for 24 hours beginning at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. In-Person screening at 5PM in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
The 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 23-February 22, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid one as we will be presenting it online as well as doing in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Most of 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 when both are offered!
Ball Lightning follows the story of Gusta, a refugee who fled the personal and social effects of Soviet run East Germany after the end of WWII and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. The story is told through the eyes of the surrogate daughter that she raised after she was forced to give away her own infant daughter as the iron curtain rose. Gusta serves as an example of survival, kindness and the fortitude of human resilience. The film is dedicated to her lost daughter, Esther, a reminder that the children separated from families because of war are never forgotten by those who love them.
- Year2025
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorCatriona Trina Baker
- ScreenwriterCatriona Trina Baker
- ProducerCatriona Trina Baker
- FilmmakerCatriona Trina Baker
- CastCatriona Trina Baker
- AnimatorAimee Ham
- Sound DesignRobert Gifford
Video on Demand for 24 hours beginning at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. In-Person screening at 5PM in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
The 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 23-February 22, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid one as we will be presenting it online as well as doing in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Most of 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 when both are offered!
Ball Lightning follows the story of Gusta, a refugee who fled the personal and social effects of Soviet run East Germany after the end of WWII and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. The story is told through the eyes of the surrogate daughter that she raised after she was forced to give away her own infant daughter as the iron curtain rose. Gusta serves as an example of survival, kindness and the fortitude of human resilience. The film is dedicated to her lost daughter, Esther, a reminder that the children separated from families because of war are never forgotten by those who love them.
- Year2025
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorCatriona Trina Baker
- ScreenwriterCatriona Trina Baker
- ProducerCatriona Trina Baker
- FilmmakerCatriona Trina Baker
- CastCatriona Trina Baker
- AnimatorAimee Ham
- Sound DesignRobert Gifford