FOR. – Gianfranco Bello (Brooklyn, New York)Cleo, a lonely young woman obsessed with numbers, searches for answers to their significance in her everyday life. 2025; 25 min.

FOR.

Cleo, a lonely young woman obsessed with numbers, searches for answers to their significance in her everyday life.

Stew to Eat - Nathaniel Jameson &amp; Alex Saltiel (New York, New York)The Stew is almost ready, but there is one thing missing… a dark adventure of unrequited love, societal decay and insatiable hunger. “Pitch-perfect expressionism… cartoonish briskness alternating with poignancy… a world created out of faces and blackness… It’s also incredibly funny!” - Guy Maddin on Stew to Eat. 2025; 25 min.

Stew to Eat

The Stew is almost ready, but there is one thing missing… a dark adventure of unrequited love, societal decay and insatiable hunger.

Finding YiYi – Kim Caicedo (Los Angeles, California)After losing her grandmother’s cherished dumpling recipe, a 65-year-old woman embarks on a journey to piece it back together, leading her to reconnect with a childhood friend and explore the relationship they never had. 2025; 15 min.

Finding YiYi

After losing her grandmother’s cherished dumpling recipe, a 65-year-old woman embarks on a journey to piece it back together, leading her to reconnect with a childhood friend and explore the relationship they never had.

The Drive – David Arrow (New York, New York)It’s a warm November day in the early 1960s and Liz has just picked up the kids for her weekly carpool. Little does she know that this will be a drive she’ll never forget. 2025; 12 min.

The Drive

It’s a warm November day in the early 1960s and Liz has just picked up the kids for her weekly carpool. Little does she know that this will be a drive she’ll never forget.

The Clam Guy - Jen Nista, Max Beckerman (Brooklyn, New York)A clam-obsessed deadbeat plagued by otherworldly visions searches for connection as his life spirals out of control. 2025; 11 min.

The Clam Guy

A clam-obsessed deadbeat plagued by otherworldly visions searches for connection as his life spirals out of control.

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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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