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Best of the 2025 New Jersey International Film Festival Program #1.
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
Following a period of rehabilitation, Elisa (Nora Ní Anluain Fay) returns to her ancestral stately home, Stradbally, where she is haunted by acute anxiety, mental illness, and struggles with addiction. Despite the tender ministrations of Mary (Hilary Bowen-Walsh), the devoted housekeeper, she finds herself unravelling as reality and imagination blur and the paintings in her room come to life to pull her into their surreal narratives.
Inspired by “The Raven” and other works by Edgar Allan Poe, this powerful and unsettling cinematic journey delves into the depths of the human psyche to explore themes of loss, madness, and the shadowy forces within.
This second feature from internationally acclaimed visual artist Clea Van der Grijn, was the 2023 recipient of the Arts Council Authored Works Award which is presented in partnership with IFI.
Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn.
- Year2025
- Runtime107 min
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryIreland
- DirectorClea van der Grijn
- ScreenwriterClea van der Grijn
- ProducerClea van der Grijn
- CastNóra Ni Anluain Fay, Hilary Bowen Walshe
- CinematographerCiaran Carty
Best of the 2025 New Jersey International Film Festival Program #1.
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
Following a period of rehabilitation, Elisa (Nora Ní Anluain Fay) returns to her ancestral stately home, Stradbally, where she is haunted by acute anxiety, mental illness, and struggles with addiction. Despite the tender ministrations of Mary (Hilary Bowen-Walsh), the devoted housekeeper, she finds herself unravelling as reality and imagination blur and the paintings in her room come to life to pull her into their surreal narratives.
Inspired by “The Raven” and other works by Edgar Allan Poe, this powerful and unsettling cinematic journey delves into the depths of the human psyche to explore themes of loss, madness, and the shadowy forces within.
This second feature from internationally acclaimed visual artist Clea Van der Grijn, was the 2023 recipient of the Arts Council Authored Works Award which is presented in partnership with IFI.
Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn.
- Year2025
- Runtime107 min
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryIreland
- DirectorClea van der Grijn
- ScreenwriterClea van der Grijn
- ProducerClea van der Grijn
- CastNóra Ni Anluain Fay, Hilary Bowen Walshe
- CinematographerCiaran Carty