&nbsp;The Insides of Our Lives – Misja Pekel (Netherlands)A poetic blend of fiction and found footage from the 1960s and 1970s. Two girls grow up along a European border. Slowly, they are driven apart and experience what it means to be separated by borders.

The Insides of Our Lives

The Insides of Our Lives is a poetic blend that combines fiction with found footage.

a film with sound (take three) – Josh Weissbach (USA)A father and daughter make a new movie after the daughter requests to make a film with sound after making a silent one the previous year. 2024; 3 min.

a film with sound (take three)

A father and daughter make a new movie after the daughter requests to make a film with sound after making a silent one the previous year.

Fighting Sleep - Kevin Obsatz (USA)A super-8 documentary that grapples with the sometimes grim realities of parenting a newborn, and my personal need for a violent outlet for all the accumulated frustrations.&nbsp;Featuring voiceover recorded through a baby monitor accompanied by music played on a child's xylophone. 2024; 6 min.

Fighting Sleep

A super-8 documentary that grapples with the sometimes grim realities of parenting a newborn, and my personal need for a violent outlet for all the accumulated frustrations.

Take Care, Tar Creek – Aaron Gibson (USA)Located in far northeast Oklahoma, the area generally known as Tar Creek is considered one of the most toxic places in the US.&nbsp;In the early 1900s and for decades thereafter, the region known as the Tri-State Mining District, encompassing Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri was heavily mined. Lead mined here was used for ammunition in both WWI and WWII. When the mines were abandoned in the 60s and 70s, some of them caved in, some filled with water which became extremely toxic over time. Mountainous piles of spent mine tailings called "chat" were left littering the landscape. These mountains of waste, though they look like sand dunes, are concentrated with heavy metals. High concentrations of metals including lead, cadmium, zinc, and others, can be found in the land and water. Since the 1980s the region has been designated an EPA Superfund site. Over time, towns have been abandoned, and infrastructure left to wither away.&nbsp;Take Care, Tar Creek is a message; a letter, a poem, as told from Tar Creek to all humans. This short film, authentically photographed in Super 8, encapsulates the perspective of the region from the water, from Tar Creek. The film asks us to consider the implications of human behavior, the intrinsic value of water, and the impact our decisions, have on the future. 2024; 7 min.

Take Care, Tar Creek

Located in far northeast Oklahoma, the area generally known as Tar Creek is considered one of the most toxic places in the US.

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The 43rd Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between January 24-February 21, 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. Plus, we are very proud to announce that acclaimed singer-songwriter Renee Maskin will be doing an audio-visual concert on Friday, February 21 at 7PM! The in-person screenings and the Renee Maskin concert 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.

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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