Join Us for the Inaugural Cranford Film Festival - April 17-25th

Calling all film buffs! Cranford’s non-profit organization, Friends of the Performing Arts, along with Cranford resident and director of the acclaimed Nassau Film Festival, Lew Goldstein, have teamed up to present Cranford’s first-ever film festival. The festival, which will be held virtually this year due to COVID restrictions, celebrates the best in short films from around the world and locally. This year, a collection of 50 films from over 200 submissions, has been chosen for the festival. The films range in length from three to 40 minutes, and will be available by category over the week of Saturday April 17th – Sunday April 25th. Categories include: fiction, documentary, animation, music videos, and student films, with two nights being dedicated to New Jersey-based selections including a Martin Sheen-narrated documentary The Heart of Camden: The Story of Father Michael Doyle. Several Cranford filmmakers’ works will be featured in the festival as well including: Diego Colon’s Hostman: The Aftermath, Ryan Rosenthal’s Straight to Voicemail and Rolling with the Punches, Rick Walsh’s, Akita - Ten Carat Purrsuit, Eric Forman’s The Muralist, Peter Collier’s Santa Force, and Stephen Ruppell and Kevin Brodie’s Bearly Getting By. The final film schedule can be found on the festival’s website. A jury-selected “Best of the Fest” featuring the best film in each category will close the festival.

A $25 pass allows virtual viewing of all the films across its one-week run. All proceeds from the festival will benefit Friends of the Performing Arts (FOPA), the nonprofit that provides financial assistance to the performing arts programs in Cranford schools. For more information on the film festival or to purchase tickets go to the festival website: cranfordfilmfestival.org.