Saturday, February 13, 2027– Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!Short Documentary ProgramKalash: Between Two Worlds – Muhammad Umar (Qatar)BC45 – Sara Leavitt, Ryan Douglass (Brooklyn, New York)Cat Man: A Journey to Save Cat Kind – Allisyn Snyder (Los Angeles, California)

Set during the Chaumos festival, Kalash: Between Two Worlds follows Luke Rahmat and the Kalasha community as they face a quiet crisis of cultural erosion. Amid rising economic pressures, declining local population, and tourism that turns ritual into performance, the film captures the Kalasha as they work to preserve their identity and culture. 2026; 14 min.

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Kalash: Between Two Worlds

Set during the Chaumos festival, Kalash: Between Two Worlds follows Luke Rahmat and the Kalasha community as they face a quiet crisis of cultural erosion.

A man who loses his cat to a chronic illness sets out on a cross-country adventure on a OneWheel to turn heads towards the underfunded world of feline health research. 2026; 41 min.

Cat Man: A Journey to Save Cat Kind

A man who loses his cat to a chronic illness sets out on a cross-country adventure on a OneWheel to turn heads towards the underfunded world of feline health research.

A decade after the documentary, Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio, the filmmakers return to find Martin Bisi is still recording albums. He is celebrating a big milestone, the 45th anniversary of his studio with a crop of new and longtime New York City bands. 2026; 25 min.

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A decade after the documentary, Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio, the filmmakers return to find Martin Bisi is still recording albums

Kalash: Between Two Worlds, BC45 & Cat Man – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!

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The 45th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between January 22-February 28, 2027. The Festival will be a hybrid as we will be presenting it online as well as doing select in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Almost 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. The in-person screenings 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 Fall 2026 New Jersey Film Festival! The 45th Bi-annual Festival will be taking place place between September 4-October 4. The Festival will be presenting the Festival online VOD as well as doing select in-person screenings.

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