¡Llámame Chinita! – Stacy Chu (Los Angeles, California)Lulu, a 30-year old woman from China, travels alone to Mexico in the middle of the Pandemic. Despite her distance from home, her daily life and pressures seem to follow. In Chinese and Spanish, subtitled. 2021; 22 min.

¡Llámame Chinita!

Lulu, a 30-year old woman from China, travels alone to Mexico in the middle of the Pandemic. Despite her distance from home, her daily life and pressures seem to follow.

Threads of Desire – Bianca Di Marco (New York, New York)Threads of Desire tells the story of Bettina, a lonely and overlooked farmer who steals an elegant dress from a small Italian town. Riddled with guilt, Bettina must choose between following her conscience or her fantasies of owning a beautiful gown. In Italian, subtitled. 2021; 9 min.

Threads of Desire

Threads of Desire tells the story of Bettina, a lonely and overlooked farmer who steals an elegant dress from town.

Memory Builds The Monument – Isaac Yowman (Houston, Texas)Compelled by the vivid memories of the legendary Club Matinee by aging citizens, this film leaps into the music, the art, and the community of Houston's historic 5th Ward. The doc highlights the impossible to ignore cultural and social challenges of African-Americans in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s living in the South. The through-line of this story showcases how the music of these eras played a part in defining generations and bringing people of all ethnicities and backgrounds together and how memories, at the verge of being lost can be shared to propel the future. 2021; 15 min. "This event is offered in connection with&nbsp;<a href="https://healourcommunities.org/day-of-racial-healing/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The National Day of Racial Healing</a>, part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial, Healing &amp; Transformation efforts, and is supported&nbsp;by the Creating Change Network&nbsp;in partnership with the <a href="https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/truth-racial-healing-and-transformation-center" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Center at Rutgers University - Newark</a>. The Creating Change Network is&nbsp;a program hosted by <a href="https://njtheatrealliance.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Jersey Theatre Alliance</a> and <a href="https://artpridenj.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ArtPride New Jersey</a> that aims to build a more equitable, just, and anti-racist arts community. The activities of the Creating Change Network are made possible by the generous support of the <a href="https://gruninfoundation.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grunin Foundation</a>."

Memory Builds The Monument

Compelled by the vivid memories of the legendary Club Matinee by aging citizens, this film leaps into the music, the art, and the community of Houston's historic 5th Ward. The doc highlights the impossible to ignore cultural and social challenges of African-Americans in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s living in the South.

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Welcome to the Spring 2022 New Jersey Film Festival! Our 40th Anniversary Festival will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 28 and February 20, 2022. As a result of COVID our Festival will be a virtual one again this Spring. All the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. Tickets: $15=Per Program; Festival All Access Pass=$100. To buy tickets for individual programs click on the photos below and click on the pre-order buttons.

The New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2022 will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between January 28 – February 20. The 40 films we will be screening were selected from over 633 works submitted by filmmakers from around the world.

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