Athel and Edward enjoy visiting the wetlands. Edward likes watching the birds, whilst Athel seems to have a much deeper connection to the landscape. When Athel makes a discovery, she is forced to re-examine what the wetlands mean to her.

Spirit of Place

Athel and Edward enjoy visiting the wetlands. Edward likes watching the birds, whilst Athel seems to have a much deeper connection to the landscape. When Athel makes a discovery, she is forced to re-examine what the wetlands mean to her.

Mitti (Discovering Ikigai) is a story of young woman of colour in Canada who chose organic farming as her career choice. Through her story the film highlights the Japanese concept of Ikigai to inspire others, especially youth, to find their passion and purpose in life. The film also highlights environmental and sustainability challenges the world is facing and how ancient cultures considered Mother Earth with gratitude instead of a commodity. The film also attempts to break stereotypes we have about how/what a farmer looks like. The film poster has been conceived and created by at 12 year art enthusiast who seems to have discovered her Ikigai.

MITTI (Discovering Ikigai)

Mitti (Discovering Ikigai) is a story of young woman of colour in Canada who chose organic farming as her career choice.

Summer in the suburbs. Loveless marriage, a gilded cage. Joyful innocence, unbridled potential. Slow surrender to middle-age, retreat and regret. Tails wag, sharp tongues devastate. Wonderful, terrible, miraculous, disastrous life leaves no heart intact. Through it all, ball keeps turning, we keep chasing.

The Dog Days

“These Years” is a dance film exploring the conflicts in motherhood— desires for freedom and the reality of others’ needs. Topics on inclusion of children in life and society, dependence and independence, choice and alternative freedoms are interwoven in the images seen and words heard.

“These Years”

“These Years” is a dance film exploring the conflicts in motherhood— desires for freedom and the reality of others’ needs. Topics on inclusion of children in life and society, dependence and independence, choice and alternative freedoms are interwoven in the images seen and words heard.

A little girl and a vampire live in a village by the forest, where they pass time together. An incident and a memory from the girl’s past will challenge their relationship and the course of their lives forever.

Red Snow (Nieve Roja)

A little girl and a vampire live in a village by the forest, where they pass time together. An incident and a memory from the girl’s past will challenge their relationship and the course of their lives forever.

A 12-year-old boy named Jacob gets stuck in a basement freezer and only comes to consciousness every 6 years to meet his captor, the zany and mysterious Elijah. Follow him over the course of 18 years as he navigates trying to understand his predicament and the time he has lost.

Jacob Grows 6 More Years in 1 Second

A 12-year-old boy named Jacob gets stuck in a basement freezer and only comes to consciousness every 6 years to meet his captor, the zany and mysterious Elijah. Follow him over the course of 18 years as he navigates trying to understand his predicament and the time he has lost.

Short Films - Spirit of Place, MITTI, Dog Days, Red Snow, Jacob Grows 6 More Years in 1 Second – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM

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The 43rd Bi-Annual Spring 2025 New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 24-February 23, 2025. The Festival will be a hybrid one as we will be presenting it online as well as doing 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 which 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=$100; In-Person Only Student Ticket=$10 Per Program. Full Program Schedule will be announced soon!

Welcome to the Spring 2025 New Jersey Film Festival! The 43rd Annual Festival will be taking place on the Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 24 - February 16, 2025. The Festival will be presenting the Festival online VOD as well as doing in-person screenings. 

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