The Girl With A Red Hat – Sandeep Karanjkar (Dayton, New Jersey)Trapped in the digital world of likes and followers, a Gen Z college student learns to break free from the digital vortex and embrace authentic human connection through an unexpected friendship with a compassionate street vendor. 2025; 20 min.

The Girl With A Red Hat

Trapped in the digital world of likes and followers, a Gen Z college student learns to break free from the digital vortex and embrace authentic human connection through an unexpected friendship with a compassionate street vendor.

Sapphire – Jawan Edgar Martinez (Rockaway, New Jersey)Sapphire/Camille is a sex worker trying to make a way out for herself and her friend, Olivia. But when a shocking revelation is made about Olivia, Camille must make an impossible decision. 2025; 22 min

Sapphire

Sapphire/Camille is a sex worker trying to make a way out for herself and her friend, Olivia. But when a shocking revelation is made about Olivia, Camille must make an impossible decision.

Bajo el Sol (Under The Sun) – Jamili Pacheco-Urquiza (Somerset, New Jersey)During a summer spent with his grandmother on the Oaxacan Coast, a filmmaker explores the layered relationship Puerto Escondido has with tourism through conversations around labor, water, paradise, and gentrification with tourists and locals alike. 2025; 18 min.

Bajo el Sol (Under The Sun)

During a summer spent with his grandmother on the Oaxacan Coast, a filmmaker explores the layered relationship Puerto Escondido has with tourism through conversations around labor, water, paradise, and gentrification with tourists and locals alike.

Frankie’s Okay – Kat Lindsay (New Brunswick, New Jersey)A woman (Frankie) and her husband (Hafez) host a game night for their friends. The three couples engage in a game of celebrity when Frankie starts to experience an anxiety attack that becomes increasingly hard to cope with. Unbeknownst to the group, Frankie tries to cope with the attack during the game while trying to hide her ongoing panic. 2025; 10 min.

Frankie’s Okay

A woman (Frankie) and her husband (Hafez) host a game night for their friends.

My Plastic Lung – Nicholas Diodato (New Brunswick, New Jersey)A disabled teenager with artificial lungs that need to be manually operated by another person begins to lash out against his family. 10 min.

My Plastic Lung

A disabled teenager with artificial lungs that need to be manually operated by another person begins to lash out against his family.

Not a Hero by Accident – Adam Ansorge (Matawan, New Jersey)The fatal collision with a meter maid puts a truck driver in the hands of the local community to decide his fate. 2025; 3 min.

Not a Hero by Accident

The fatal collision with a meter maid puts a truck driver in the hands of the local community to decide his fate.

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The 31st Annual New Jersey International Film Festival will be taking place between May 29-June 7, 2026. Hover over images below to buy tickets and learn more about each screening! The Festival will be a hybrid as we will be presenting it online as well as doing select in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Most of 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 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. 

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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