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The 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between September 5-October 10, 2025. The Festival will be a hybrid 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 shows when both are offered. Plus, we are very proud to announce that the acclaimed band Cold Weather Company will be doing an audio-visual concert on Friday, October 10 at 7PM! Lastly, we will be offering three FREE Filmmaking Workshops! The in-person screenings, the filmmaking workshops and the Cold Weather Company concert will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ beginning at 1PM, 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. The Filmmaking Workshops are FREE and open to the public but has limited seating and requires advance registration. To register email us at njmac12@gmail.com
26 year old Nadia is the definition of success: good degree, great job, very accomplished in her field, and most importantly, got there without any help from a man. She is fiercely protective of her matriarchal family and friend group. When her best friend’s boyfriend asks her for help with his upcoming proposal, Nadia can’t help but feel conflicted: can she get past her predisposition against men for the sake of her friend’s relationship? Or will she sabotage the proposal in the name of protecting her from more suffering when he eventually leaves?
- Year2025
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorVaneeza Shah
- ScreenwriterVaneeza Shah
- ProducerVaneeza Shah
- FilmmakerVaneeza Shah
- CastAlyssa Isetta, Noelle Young-Davis, Zey Elbarshaly, Sadie Ervine, Sydney West
- CinematographerDylan Misquita
- EditorAjay Ahluwalia, Vedanti Patil
- Sound DesignJonah Sun, Luzzy Junger


The 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between September 5-October 10, 2025. The Festival will be a hybrid 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 shows when both are offered. Plus, we are very proud to announce that the acclaimed band Cold Weather Company will be doing an audio-visual concert on Friday, October 10 at 7PM! Lastly, we will be offering three FREE Filmmaking Workshops! The in-person screenings, the filmmaking workshops and the Cold Weather Company concert will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ beginning at 1PM, 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. The Filmmaking Workshops are FREE and open to the public but has limited seating and requires advance registration. To register email us at njmac12@gmail.com
26 year old Nadia is the definition of success: good degree, great job, very accomplished in her field, and most importantly, got there without any help from a man. She is fiercely protective of her matriarchal family and friend group. When her best friend’s boyfriend asks her for help with his upcoming proposal, Nadia can’t help but feel conflicted: can she get past her predisposition against men for the sake of her friend’s relationship? Or will she sabotage the proposal in the name of protecting her from more suffering when he eventually leaves?
- Year2025
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorVaneeza Shah
- ScreenwriterVaneeza Shah
- ProducerVaneeza Shah
- FilmmakerVaneeza Shah
- CastAlyssa Isetta, Noelle Young-Davis, Zey Elbarshaly, Sadie Ervine, Sydney West
- CinematographerDylan Misquita
- EditorAjay Ahluwalia, Vedanti Patil
- Sound DesignJonah Sun, Luzzy Junger