Greenfield – Rob HerringGreenfield is an intimate look into the mind and mission of Robin Greenfield — one of the world’s most radical environmentalists. Known for his bold eco-experiments, including wearing a month’s worth of trash through Times Square, living a full year on only homegrown and foraged food, and giving up every possession, Robin challenges what it means to live in harmony with the Earth. As he walks barefoot from Canada to Mexico with nothing to his name, his radical simplicity invites us to question what we truly need to be free, fulfilled, and human. 2025; 34 min.

Greenfield

Greenfield is an intimate look into the mind and mission of Robin Greenfield — one of the world’s most radical environmentalists.

Entre Luz - Adelaida Tamayo, Gabriel Barrios (Queens, New York)Entre Luz is a short documentary made with survivors of police shootings who lost their eyes during the 2021 Colombian national strike. The film follows a popular-theater troupe of survivors as they carry their performance into the streets of Cali, where testimonies join the clamor of community kitchens, mothers demanding justice, and youth who refuse to be silent. Through disorienting imagery, Entre Luz proposes a new way of seeing structures of oppression. Spectators witness and join the groups mobilization. Produced with MOCAO (Movement in Resistance Against Ocular Aggressions), the film channels the power of popular cinema to invite you to join the battle for justice. In Spanish, subtitled. 2025; 18 min.

Entre Luz

Entre Luz is a short documentary made with survivors of police shootings who lost their eyes during the 2021 Colombian national strike.

Meet Me in Silence – Lucy Mathews Heegaard (Minnetonka, Minnesota)A year-long experiment sitting in complete silence and darkness with strangers leads to an intimate contemplation on connection to self and others through silence. Could the surreal, human-engineered silence of an anechoic chamber be a pathway to healing and awareness?&nbsp;2025; 14 min.

Meet Me in Silence

Could the surreal, human-engineered silence of an anechoic chamber be a pathway to healing and awareness?

Salt Marsh - Tom Bell (Yarmouth, Maine)With a haunting, original score by Lee Ranaldo, Salt Marsh explores art, climate, and solitude through the reflections of Maine artist Mitchell Rasor. The 15-minute documentary is a poetic portrait of an artist and place. 2025; 15 min.

Salt Marsh

With a haunting, original score by Lee Ranaldo, Salt Marsh explores art, climate, and solitude through the reflections of Maine artist Mitchell Rasor.

A Song Between The Gardens - Nastaran Bagheri (Buffalo, New York)Two international students at the University at Buffalo engage in a conversation reflecting on their student life, their memories from Iran, and their experiences as students back home, while also praising the progressive and vocal role of students during the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement. In Persian, subtitled. 2025; 10 min.

A Song Between The Gardens

Two international students at the University at Buffalo engage in a conversation reflecting on their student life, their memories from Iran, and their experiences as students back home, while also praising the progressive and vocal role of students during the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement.

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Welcome to the 2026 New Jersey International Film Festival! The 31st Annual Festival will be taking place place between May 29-June 7. The Festival will be presenting the Festival online VOD as well as doing select in-person screenings.

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