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New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2025 Video Overview


By Vic Fern

originally published: 01/08/2025

The New Jersey Film Festival returns to Rutgers University on select weekend dates between January 24th - February 21st  for the Spring 2025 season. Prof. Al Nigrin, Executive Director and Curator of the Festival, provides a video overview of the films being showcased via EBTV: 

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 it will be presented 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 screenings. Plus, 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. To buy tickets go here: https://watch.eventive.org/newjerseyfilmfestivalspring2025

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