Jersey Shore Film Festival 2026
June 4 - June 282026 Jersey Shore Film Festival
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Deadline
May 17th 2026
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2026 Featured Films
Last Shot
Director: Andy Palmer
Narrative Feature
Drama, Sports |
USA |
108 min
A coming-of-age sports drama featuring Michael Rapaport and Jaime Pressly, is centered on a 12-year-old basketball prodigy named Caden Isaacs. After his father’s sudden death, Caden faces grief and high-pressure expectations, while navigating a strained …
Read moreMonmouth County at War: Rebels, Raiders, and Revolution
Director: Adam Worth
Documentary Feature
USA |
60 min
Created in collaboration with Monmouth County and the Monmouth NJ 250th Committee, Monmouth County at War: Rebels, Raiders, and Revolution uncovers the untold story of New Jersey’s bloodiest region during the American Revolution. In Monmouth …
Read moreHorrorCon
Director: Scott Norton
Narrative Feature
Psychological Thriller |
USA |
74 min
A young female vendor attends a horror convention after suffering a terrible personal tragedy. Tormented and addicted to pain pills, she can barely endure returning to a place that strains her once joyous memories through …
Read moreChasing The Gold
Director: Wes Greene
Documentary Feature
Australia |
90 min
A sport born from saving lives. A race born from a movie. The Coolangatta Gold, a punishing endurance race scripted as part of a 1980’s romantic film, originating from the sport of surf lifesaving. Ali …
Read moreBy George, A Life
Director: Patrick Cone, Robert W Fieseler
Documentary Feature
USA |
96 min
The story of a World War II liberator who exemplifies the maxim that you cannot control what happens to you. What you can control is what to do with what happens to you. George found …
Read moreFOUR THOUSAND (4000) Days
Director: Daniel E. Catullo III
Documentary Feature
Crime, Human Interest, Social Issues |
USA |
112 min
4000 Days is a powerful documentary chronicling the relentless fight of three families who turned their personal tragedies into a nationwide movement for change. After losing their sons to fraternity hazing, the families found themselves …
Read moreEugene O’Neill’s – The First Man
Director: Hardeep Giani
Narrative Feature
Drama, Classic, Period Drama |
United Kingdom, USA |
148 min
This is the first-ever film adaptation of The First Man – an early and rare story from the pen of Nobel laureate and Pulitzer prize winner, Eugene O’Neill. This psychological romantic drama set in 1920s …
Read moreBACKSTORY: The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music
Director: Michael Sodano
Documentary Short
USA |
14 min
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music is scheduled to open Spring of 2026. This unique facility, on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch NJ will store over 40,000 items …
Read moreA Grieving Heart
Director: Wendy Cong Zhao
Narrative Short
Memoir, Drama |
USA |
12 min
An immigrant woman examines her past in the wake of her American ex-boyfriend’s death. The film explores how love and loss impact the ways she confronts her identity, memories, insecurities, and regrets.
Read moreMore Than Santa Baby
Director: Tamar Springer
Documentary Short
USA |
40 min
Everyone knows the song “Santa Baby,” but what they might not know is that its composer, Philip Springer’s contribution to the worldwide musical landscape is vast. Join his daughter Tamar to celebrate this unique artist …
Read moreslack tide
Director: Taylor Gregory
Narrative Short
USA |
43 min
Mike is alone on the South Jersey shore in the off-season, trying to get through the days in a quiet, empty beach town. He needs a connection, and when he finally finds one in Carmen, …
Read morePick Me Up
Director: Leanna Bringht
Narrative Short
USA |
27 min
A day in the life of a ride-share driver and passengers as they navigate interpersonal conflicts.
Read moreFinding Focus
Director: Bill Lynch
Documentary Short
USA |
40 min
A Brooklyn based fashion photographer has his arm amputated but finds a new creative path.
Read moreGrind
Director: Mark Apicella
Narrative Short
USA |
16 min
When John, an aspiring sneaker designer in East Los Angeles, gets the opportunity of his life to be featured in his idol’s pop-up shop, his best friend and business partner tries to pull him down …
Read moreMariska
Director: Luca Caserta
Documentary Short
Historical, Biographical, War, Resistance |
Italy |
23 min
Through the words and memories of the centenarian Leda Azzalini—nom de guerre “Mariska”—the film retraces her firsthand experience of the partisan struggle on the Cansiglio Plateau during the Italian Resistance.
Read moreRemember Me: A Rachel Rose Story
Director: Julianna Wolliver, Drew Raskin
Documentary Short
USA |
12 min
A singer/songwriter reflects on her career while revealing the story behind one of her most popular songs and how it impacted her journey.
Read moreMotherload
Director: Michelle Bossy
Narrative Short
Drama, Dark Comedy |
USA |
12 min
One mother. One day. A mind that never shuts up. Over one chaotic day, a mother of three navigates school drop-offs, forgotten lunches, freelance deadlines, and endless mental to-do lists. As Margot moves through the …
Read moreCamera Cola
Director: Wesley Smith
Narrative Short
USA |
28 min
After sneaking a photo of their friends with a thrift store time-traveling camera, two film students must work to get their friends back while dealing with their new soul-switched vintage personalities.
Read moreProject Selkie
Director: Ryleigh Moule
Animation, Short
Fantasy |
USA |
8 min
With two perfect, busy parents, Nessa is completely alone in managing her magical maturity, including all of the chaotic magical outbursts and lack of control that comes with it. And yet, Nessa’s big problem is …
Read moreJoan’s Teeth
Director: Padraic Lillis
Narrative Short
USA |
12 min
Every morning Joan wakes with blood in her mouth and wonders: is it mine? In an assisted living residence, she recalls lovers and old friends as her mutinous dentures remind her she is not finished …
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