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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
Becoming an Oyster is an animated short film which explores the intersection of two significant generational crises: climate change and opioid addiction. Told through the eyes of a young boy, the allegorical narrative touches on themes of consumption, excess, and trauma. The metaphor of an oyster’s life cycle reflects the vulnerability of human and ecological systems. These filter animals become a two-way mirror through which one may glimpse ecological failure and the consequences of climate disruption as well as the broader struggles and individual trauma of addiction. Becoming an Oyster blends ecological metaphors with human narratives to create a surreal landscape of boyhood adventure, heartbreaking loss, and the legacy we each leave to future generations.
- Year2025
- Runtime7 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorElizabeth Schneider, Michael Covello
- FilmmakerElizabeth Schneider, Michael Covello
- AnimatorElizabeth Schneider, Michael Covello
- ComposerChristophe Preissing
- MusicChristophe Preissing
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
Becoming an Oyster is an animated short film which explores the intersection of two significant generational crises: climate change and opioid addiction. Told through the eyes of a young boy, the allegorical narrative touches on themes of consumption, excess, and trauma. The metaphor of an oyster’s life cycle reflects the vulnerability of human and ecological systems. These filter animals become a two-way mirror through which one may glimpse ecological failure and the consequences of climate disruption as well as the broader struggles and individual trauma of addiction. Becoming an Oyster blends ecological metaphors with human narratives to create a surreal landscape of boyhood adventure, heartbreaking loss, and the legacy we each leave to future generations.
- Year2025
- Runtime7 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorElizabeth Schneider, Michael Covello
- FilmmakerElizabeth Schneider, Michael Covello
- AnimatorElizabeth Schneider, Michael Covello
- ComposerChristophe Preissing
- MusicChristophe Preissing