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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!
On Deer Isle, Maine, home to one of the world’s most productive lobster ports, warming waters and invisible microplastic pollution threaten a centuries-old way of life. As veteran lobsterman Joel Billings and his daughter Hannah reckon with the possible end of their family’s tradition, neighbor and microplastics researcher Abby Barrows offers a vision for a more sustainable future through plastic-free aquaculture.
- Year2025
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorAndrew Lynch, Ben Ayers, Rush Sturges
- ProducerCharlie Rollins
- FilmmakerAndrew Lynch, Ben Ayers, Rush Sturges
- CastAbby Barrows, Joel Billings


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!
On Deer Isle, Maine, home to one of the world’s most productive lobster ports, warming waters and invisible microplastic pollution threaten a centuries-old way of life. As veteran lobsterman Joel Billings and his daughter Hannah reckon with the possible end of their family’s tradition, neighbor and microplastics researcher Abby Barrows offers a vision for a more sustainable future through plastic-free aquaculture.
- Year2025
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorAndrew Lynch, Ben Ayers, Rush Sturges
- ProducerCharlie Rollins
- FilmmakerAndrew Lynch, Ben Ayers, Rush Sturges
- CastAbby Barrows, Joel Billings