Welcome to the Rutgers Film Co-op and
the New Jersey Media Arts Center
Home of the New Jersey Film Festivals and the United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival dedicated to exhibiting independent, classic, international, and experimental films.
2025 New Jersey International Film Festival
The 30th annual New Jersey International Film Festival will be taking place between May 30-June 13, 2025. The Festival will be a hybrid one as we will be presenting it online as well as doing select 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 when both are offered. Plus, we are very proud to announce that acclaimed singer-songwriter Mike Kovacs will be doing an audio-visual concert on Friday, June 13 at 7PM! The in-person screenings and the Mike Kovacs 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=$120; In-Person Only Student Ticket=$10 Per Program.
Cover Art: Ascension from the Disco Inferno ©2024 Albert Gabriel Nigrin featuring Evelyn Reese.
Fall 2025 New Jersey Film Festival | Call for Entries
The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center proudly announces the 44th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2025. The festival competition will be held between September 5-October 5, 2025 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey and will showcase the best in independent film by featuring premiere screenings, special guest appearances by film directors, screenwriters, cast and crew and more.
Cover Art: Anima Magia ©2024 Albert Gabriel Nigrin featuring Yazmin Omana
2026 United States Super 8mm Film & Digital Video Festival | Call For Entries
The 38th Annual United States Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival will be held February 21-22, 2026 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Festival encourages any genre (animation, documentary, experimental, fiction, personal, etc.), but the work must have predominantly originated on Super 8mm/8mm film, Digital video or 8mm video formats. The Festival takes as its mandate the spreading of the 8mm and Digital word.
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Merchandise
New Jersey Film Festival T-Shirts - 100% cotton! Original designs! $40 with priority shipping included to the USA! Sorry, no international shipping at this time. Send check to the address listed under the Contact Us section and include what design and size t-shirt (Medium, Large or X-Large) you want in the Memo box. You can also pay via Paypal. Log onto www.paypal.com, and use njmac@aol.com as the recipient address.
Membership
Join the Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC
Founded in 1982, the Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC draws thousands of viewers from throughout New Jersey by providing an alternative media culture. Please help us continue our cultural mission by joining us as a friend-member.
Membership Benefits
Discounted admission to Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC screenings, and special events.
Discounted tuition to Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC film/video workshops and courses.
Discounted prices on Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC T-shirts and other merchandise.
First-class subscription to Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC program calendars.
Free admission and reservation privileges included on upper-level memberships ($200 and above).
All memberships are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Inquire for details. Friend-memberships are valid for two seasons (approximately 8 months). Additional tax-deductible donations are also welcome. Become a member today!
About Us
New Jersey has only one media arts center programming year-round -- offering over 100 annual film screenings and events: The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center. Founded in 1982, the Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC draws thousands of viewers from throughout New Jersey by providing an alternative media culture. The Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC is dedicated to the noncommercial exhibition of independent, classic, international, and experimental films and videos. Not only do our audiences have the opportunity to view many independently produced films, but also the added benefit of meeting with the filmmakers, actors, screenwriters and other members of production crew.
Some of our guests have included: Todd Solondz, Bill Plympton, Gary Null, Veronica Burstein, Jem Cohen, Peter Sillen, Jason Rosette, Susan Muska, Greta Olafsdottir, Sarah Jacobson, Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, Paul Morrissey, D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus, Tim Kirkman, Joseph Dorman, Ted Sod, Heather McDonald, Mark Rappaport, Sara Driver, Jim McKay, Su Friedrich, Menachem Daum, Ken Smith, Aviva Kempner, David Riker, John Hulme, Charles Creasy, Tony Leahy, Jeff Cline, Diane Bonder, Sarah Karloff, Michel Negroponte, Vlas and Charley Parlapanides, Ethan Falk, David Rick Balcorta, Roger Weisberg, Daina Krumins, Jenny Stein, James LaVeck, D.R. Hernandez, Matthew Garrett, Thomas Franklin, Thierry Daher, Carolyn Travis, Yasuki Nakajima, Aileen Bordman, Patrick Donnelly, Sara Taksler, Naomi Greenfeld, Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, Jerome Bongiorno, Sanjiban Sellew, Susan Ingraham, Martha Rosler, Mark Berger, Raphael Ortiz, Maureen Gosling, Marc Maurino, Matthew Brown, Moon Molson, Jave Galt-Miller, Micah Baskir, Paul La Blanc, Thurston Smith, Tim Eberle, Damian Kolody, Nancy O'Mallon, Kathy Foronjy, Joe Coburn, Michael Knowles, Luke Mathany, Sarah Wickliffe, Jonathan Budine, Melissa Thomson, Beth Miranda Botshon, Daniel Califf-Glick, Bonnie Blake, Linda Helm Krapf, Christina Eliopoulos, Melissa Whitely, Andrew Liput, Donny Moss, Raul Barcelona, Alex Feldman, Joesph Bierman, Eve Burris, Ken Castellano, Mark Kolu, Peter Koziell, Darren Garnick, Patty Sharaf, Bill Page, Jon Sell, Danny Medoza, Paul Andersen, Christopher Maloney, Thomas Florek, Paul Marcus, Ryan Smith, Matthew Lawrence, Beth Toni Kruvant, Nadirah Bell, Emma Kenney, Shinako Sudo, Richard Haines, Ken Kimmelman, Christopher Bedford, Neil and Lee Selden, Cassandra Evanisko, Corrina May, Judith Vogelsang, Ryan O'Laughlin, Hemant Tavathia, David Svedosh, Gary Wein, Zoe Lister-Jones, Augusta Palmer, Jonathan Zelenak, Noemie Lafrance, Michael Raynes, Jean Strauss, Marjorie Wright, Dennis Connors, Josh Eisenberg, Robert Kohr, Dena Greenbaum, Brendan McNamee, Julie Tortorici, Jessica Provenz, Sarah Louise Lilley, Jessica Henson, Dena Schumacher, Michael Warholic, Doug Massell, William Goins, Vanessa Roth, and many others. Please help us continue our cultural mission by joining us as a friend-member.
Our Sponsors
The New Jersey Film Festival is funded and/or sponsored in part by The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center; The Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies/School of Arts and Sciences; Middlesex County, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts - Funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund; The Rutgers University Office of Summer and Winter Sessions; OVID/Icarus Films, The Rutgers University American Studies Department; Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program; Johnson & Johnson; WRSU; New Jersey Stage, The Home News Tribune; The Asbury Park Press; New Brunswick City Center; The Rutgers University Office of Community Affairs; Design Ideas; Advanced Printing; Steven C. Schechter, Esq.; Share and Harris.
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New Jersey Film Festival 2025 Staff:
Executive Director/Curator: Albert Gabriel Nigrin
Assistant Director/Media Technician: Morgan Kalmbach
House Managers: Penelope de la Cruz, Jesse Einhorn, Mo Foster
Volunteers/Interns: Trevor Adams, Jack Bolton, Catalina Chapman, Penelope de la Cruz, Vic Fern, Mo Foster, Annette Greenberg, Emma Hackbarth, Yuri Kim, Anran Li, Nicole Mayberry, Steve Maygers, Diamoni Patterson, Renee Pena, Evelyn Reese, Jay Santiago, Matt Smyntek, Langston Span, Audra Witte, Katie Zhang
Advisors: Bob Brodsky, Victoria Connor, Anita LaBelle, Matthew Maginley, Dr. Susan Martin-Marquez, Dr. Daniel Nigrin, Prajesh Patel, Dr. Meheli Sen, and Toni Treadway
Board of Trustees: Dr. Irene Fizer, Bill Harris, Albert Gabriel Nigrin, and Steven C. Schechter, Esq.
Contact Us
New Jersey Film Festival
Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center
Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies
4170 Academic Building
15 Seminary Place
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8525
U.S.A.
Email
NJMAC12@gmail.com
NJMAC@aol.com
uss8fdvf@gmail.com (for Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival)
Phone
908-239-3481