N.J. fall film fest marks 40th year with in-person, online screenings

"When The Music Change" is one of the films featured in this year's Fall New Jersey Film Festival, which begins Friday, Sept. 10.
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The Fall 2021 New Jersey Film Festival will marks its 40th anniversary with a mix of in-person and online screening starting Friday, Sept. 10, and continuing weekends through Oct. 10.

Presented by the Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center in association with the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies, the festival will offer more than 20 films, including new international films, American independent features, experimental and short subjects, classic revivals and documentaries.

Viewings will take place Fridays and Sundays. All the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours from their show date. Live screenings will be held in Voorhees Hall room 105 on the Rutgers University campus, 71 Hamilton St. in New Brunswick.

Tickets are $15 for each program or $100 for an all-access pass. Each ticket or pass is good for the live and virtual screenings. Ticket buyers also will have access to filmmaker introductions and Q+A sessions for many of the films. To purchase, visit newjerseyfilmfestivalfall2021.eventive.org.

"Lion on the Mat " is one of the short documentaries featured in this year's Fall New Jersey Film Festival, which begins Friday, Sept. 10.

Judges in the fall 2021 New Jersey Film Festival competition selected 20 films from more than 400 submissions from around the world. Winning entries include filmmakers from Norway, Paris, Canada, Austria, China, Dubai, England and the United States.

There also are entries with Garden State ties, including Plainfield filmmaker Willa Cofield’s “The Nine O’Clock Whistle,” a 61-minute documentary probing the racial indignities, segregation practices and labor exploitation in North Carolina during the 1960s; and Freehold director Brianna Stimpson’s 18-minute “A Moment on Main Street,” exploring the impact of COVID-19 on one New Jersey downtown from the perspective of the people who own businesses there.

The festival will conclude Sunday, Oct. 10, with a “Best of the Summer 2021 New Jersey International Film Festival” lineup, which will be available online only.

For full schedule and more information, visit njfilmfest.com.

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