New Jersey International Film Festival

The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies, presents the 2025 New Jersey International Film Festival for its 30th anniversary.

The NJIFF competition will take place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from May 30 to June 8, and will be hybrid as well as 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 midnight.

The in-person screenings will be held in Voorhees Hall Room 105 of Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick, beginning at 5 pm or 7 pm on their show date.

Singer-songwriter Mike Kovacs will perform an audio-visual concert on Friday, June 13, in Voorhees Hall Room 105, at 7 pm.

General Admission is $15 per program; Festival All Access Pass is $120; in-person-only student ticket is $10 per program. Ticket buyers will also have special access to filmmaker introductions and Q+A Sessions for many of the films.

Each General Admission Ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in-person screenings.

There will also be many in-person special guest appearances by film directors, producers, and actors. Some of these include: New Jersey filmmakers Justin Ho, Fernandel Almonor, Alex Lee, Sarah Ann McCuiston, Sabatino Ciatti, Jr., as well as Clea van der Grijn, Vinit, Vanessa Roth, Kerry Ann, Scott Dempsey Keenan, Thomas Lennon, Daniel Fegherty, Viktor Witkowski, Nick Zweig, Elizabeth Schneider, Michael Covello, Alexander Girav, and others to be announced.