Still Time To See Films In Cranford Film Festival

CRANFORD, NJ — The inaugural Cranford Film Festival runs through this Sunday, featuring virtual showings of films in several categories. A $25 pass allows virtual viewing of all the films. All proceeds from the festival will benefit Friends of the Performing Arts (FOPA).

According to the organizers, "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."

Fifty films were chosen from over 200 submissions, with a run time of 3 to 40 minutes. They are available by category from now through Sunday.

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.

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