Education
10 Films That Made America Jolly
Tuesday, December 17
FREE Outdoor Screening
2025 Summer Series
Get Involved
Advertise Your Business in the 2025 Montclair Film Festival Catalog
Short Film
Aisles
October 22 + 25
Short Film
Albert’s Flower
October 22 + 25
Film
All That’s Left of You
October 26
Short Film
All at Once
October 18
Short Film
All the Empty Rooms
October 20
Film
André is an Idiot
October 20 + 26
Panel + Conversation
Annual Report: State of the Film Industry
October 18
Film
Arco
October 19 + 25
Short Film
Are You My Brother?
October 18
Short Film
Arman
October 18
Film
Ask E. Jean
October 25
Panel + Conversation
Audiences, Awards, and the Future of Movie Marketing
October 19
Short Film
Baby Tooth
October 25
Film
Bad Shabbos @ The Clairidge!
Q&A on Wednesday, September 3!
Film
The Balloonists
October 24
Short Film
Being Bublé
October 22 + 25
Short Film
Blisters
October 18
Film
BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions
October 25 + 26
Short Film
Bloom
October 22
Film
Blue Film
October 24 + 25
Short Film
The Blue Inside
October 25
Short Film
Bozo Over Roses
October 25
Short Film
Brenda
October 18 + 23
Film
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
October 31
Short Film
Bubbles Neverland
October 19 + 25
Film
Bugonia
October 18
Short Film
The Business of Trouble
October 26
Short Film
Cast Out
October 19 + 25
Short Film
Chasers
October 19
Short Film
Chasing the Party
October 19
Short Film
Chimera
October 22 + 25
Film
The Choral
October 22 + 24
Closing Night Film
Christy
October 26
Centerpiece Film
Come See Me in the Good Light
October 24
Film
Cover-Up
October 25
Film
Creede U.S.A.
October 23 + 26
Short Film
Crowded Out
October 25
Film
Cutting Through Rocks
October 25 + 26
Short Film
Daddy is a Hunter
October 25
Short Film
Dancing in Tomorrowland
October 18
FREE Outdoor Screening
Dazed and Confused
July 27 - event postponed
Short Film
Divine Intervention
October 19
Film
Dreams
October 20 + 22
Short Film
Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting
October 19
Film
Emerging Filmmakers Competition 2025
Contest
Enter the Montclair Film Oscar® Pool!
Submit Your Ballot by Sunday, March 2 to win!
Film
Everywhere Man: The Lives and Times of Peter Asher
October 19
Short Film
Exodus
October 26
Short Film
F*ckUps Anonymous
October 19
Education
Fall Academy Classes On Sale Now!
Short Film
Fame and Other Four Letter Words
October 19
Film
Fantasy Life
October 18 + 19
Party + Events
Filmmaker Party
October 18
Party + Events
Filmmaker Party 2024
Saturday, October 19
Short Film
Fire at Will
October 18 + 23
Short Film
Freeman Vines
October 21
Film
Friday The 13th (1980)
October 31
Panel + Conversation
From Slapstick to Satire: Ten Films that Shaped American Comedy
Tuesday, August 19
Get Involved
Give the Gift of Montclair Film This Holiday
Short Film
God Dam
October 19 + 25
Short Film
Golden Years
October 25
Short Film
Goodnight
October 18 + 23
Film
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
October 26
Short Film
Grog
October 22 + 25
Film
Hamnet
October 19
Short Film
Heavy Petting
October 19
Film
Hedda
October 21
Short Film
Henri’s Party
October 22
Panel + Conversation
Hitchcock and the Dawn of Modern Horror
Thursday, October 9
Short Film
Human Affairs
October 25
Short Film
Hāfu
October 18
Short Film
I Wanted to Hear Your Voice
October 18
Short Film
Icebreakers
October 18
Storyteller Series
In Conversation: Bobbi Brown
October 26
Storyteller Series
In Conversation: Pamela Abdy
October 18
Tribute
In Conversation: Spike Lee
October 18
Short Film
In Totality
October 22 + 25
Short Film
Intruder
October 25
Film
It Was Just an Accident
October 19
Opening Night Film
Jay Kelly
October 17
Get Involved
Join Today! Members Receive Early Access to MFF25 Tickets!
Film
Kontinental ’25
October 22 + 25
Breakthrough
Left-Handed Girl
October 19
Film
A Life Illuminated
October 21
Panel + Conversation
Lights, Camera, Everyone in Action!
October 25
Short Film
The Lonely Life of Lint
October 19 + 25
Short Film
The Long Valley
October 21
Short Film
The Long-Reigning King of Rollercastle Skateland
October 22
Montclair's Own Series
Lost in Jersey – Live Podcast Taping
October 23
Short Film
Lottie Baby
October 19
Film
The Love That Remains
October 23 + 25
Film
Love+War
October 23 + 26
Film
Mad Bills to Pay: (Or Destiny, Dile Que Soy No Malo)
October 18 + 19
Film
Magellan
October 26
Film
Merrily We Roll Along
October 21 + 26
Film
Miroirs No. 3
October 20 + 25
Short Film
Miss
October 18
Montclair's Own Series
Mondo Documentary with Thom Powers
October 22
Film
Montclair Film + La Cinémathèque Present: New German Cinema: Art and Rebellion
Sunday, January 12
Film
Montclair Film Announces Artwork for the 14th Annual Montclair Film Festival
Film
Montclair Film’s Summer Showcase
Thursday, June 26 - Sunday, June 29
Special Event
Montclair Film’s Summer Showcase (2024)
Thursday, June 27 -Sunday, June 30
Performance
Montclair Improv Comedy
Friday, September 26
Montclair's Own Series
Montclair Improv Comedy
October 22
Montclair's Own Series
The Montclair Pod – Live Podcast Taping
October 21
Film
Mr. Scorsese (Parts I & II)
October 18
Film
My Father’s Shadow
October 18 + 25
Film
Natchez
October 25 + 26
Short Film
New Partner
October 18
Short Film
Newbies
October 18
Film
Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
October 31
Short Film
No Bad Blood
October 18
Film
No Other Choice
October 20 + 25
Film
Nouvelle Vague
October 19
Short Film
Nun’s Beach
October 25
Film
Nuremberg
October 18 + 23
Short Film
Odessa, TX
October 25
Short Film
Oh Whale
October 21
Short Film
Oh Yeah!
October 23
Film
Omaha
October 20 + 26
Party + Events
Opening Night Party
October 17
Short Film
La Orquesta
October 21
Film
Palestine 36
October 18
Film
Pamela Abdy Retrospective: 2025 MFF Visionary
Short Film
The Pickup
October 18 + 23
Film
The Plague
October 18 + 19
Film
A Poet
October 18 + 19
Short Film
Pow!
October 19 + 25
Film
The President’s Cake
October 19 + 21
Film
A Private Life
October 18
Film
Rebuilding
October 23 + 24
Short Film
Red Prior
October 25
Education
Registration Now Open for Fall Adult Classes!
Centerpiece Film
Rental Family
October 25
Short Film
Resurrection
October 25
Film
Resurrection
October 18 + 24
Short Film
The Return
October 18
Short Film
Ride or Die
October 25
Performance
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Saturday, March 1
Film
Rosemead
October 20
Film
Science on Screen: After Yang
Tuesday, June 17
Short Film
Second Bedroom
October 22 + 25
Film
The Secret Agent
October 23 + 24
Film
See It’s a Wonderful Life at The Clairidge!
December 21 + 22
Film
Seeds
October 19 + 22
Short Film
Senakulo
October 26
Film
Sentimental Value
October 25 + 26
Short Film
The Sentry
October 22
Short Film
Seána
October 18 + 23
Short Film
She Raised Me
October 18
Shorts Program
Shorts: Artistic Impact Shorts
October 23
Shorts Program
Shorts: Coming of Age Shorts
October 19
Shorts Program
Shorts: Documentary Shorts Competition
October 21
Shorts Program
Shorts: Episodic Shorts
October 19
Shorts Program
Shorts: Fiction Shorts Competition
October 22
Shorts Program
Shorts: Fresh Perspectives Shorts
October 25
Shorts Program
Shorts: Midnight Shorts
October 25
Shorts Program
Shorts: Montclair Shorts
October 22 + 25
Shorts Program
Shorts: MSU Emerging Voices of Documentary Shorts
October 26
Shorts Program
Shorts: MSU New Visions Shorts
October 24
Shorts Program
Shorts: NJ Shorts Competition
October 18 + 23
Shorts Program
Shorts: No Place Like Home Shorts
October 18
Shorts Program
Shorts: Out Shorts
October 18
Shorts Program
Shorts: Resilience Shorts
October 26
Shorts Program
Shorts: Shorts for All Ages
October 19 + 25
Film
Sirât
October 25 + 26
Film
Sound of Falling
October 23 + 26
Film
The Sound of Music
October 18
Film
Special Earth Day Screening + Q&A: River
Tuesday, April 22
Special Event
Special Effects Makeup Workshop: Zombies!
October 25
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Ada: My Mother the Architect
Wednesday, May 7
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: And, Towards Happy Alleys
Wednesday, April 23
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Before a Breath
Wednesday, March 5
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Between the Mountain and the Sky
Tuesday, May 20
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Dory Previn: On My Way to Where
Wednesday, March 19
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor
Thursday, October 9
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Jean Cocteau
Wednesday, March 12
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Jeannette
Monday, June 16
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Lifers
Tuesday, March 11
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Ma France à Moi
Thursday, February 20
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Rare: A Rare Disease Revolution
Thursday, June 5
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Roleplay
Thursday, April 24
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Searching for Mr. Rugoff
Sunday, December 15
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Secret Mall Apartment
Thursday, April 10
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: Talks with Myself
Thursday, August 14
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: The Librarians
Thursday, September 11
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: The Path Forward
Tuesday, December 10
Film
Special Screening + Q&A: The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay
Tuesday, August 26
Film
Special Screening: Reel Rock 19
Thursday, March 20
Film
The Spies Among Us
October 22 + 26
Short Film
Spit it Out
October 19
Film
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
October 23
Short Film
Standby
October 18 + 23
Panel + Conversation
Stories That Sell: Marketing, Branding, and the Next Wave of Film
October 25
Montclair's Own Series
StorySlam – Scary Stories for the Screen
October 23
Short Film
Strangers in the Same Shirt
October 19
Education
Submissions Open for the 2025 Emerging Filmmaker Competition!
Film
Sugar Babies
October 18 + 19
Short Film
Sunset and the Mockingbird
October 23
Short Film
Susana
October 22
Film
Take the Money and Run
October 19 + 22
Short Film
Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them
October 26
Panel + Conversation
Technology and the Art of Visual Storytelling
October 26
Film
Teenage Wasteland
(fka Middletown)
October 19
Short Film
Terror Keeps You Slender
October 22
Short Film
Tessitura
October 21
Film
The Testament of Ann Lee
October 25
FREE Outdoor Screening
The Sandlot
Thursday, August 7
Education
The Ten Greatest Films Ever Made
Friday, March 21
Film
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
October 31
FREE Outdoor Screening
The Wild Robot
Saturday, August 23
Short Film
There’s a Robbery in Progress
October 18 + 19
Film
This is Buzz
October 18 + 19
Short Film
Tiger
October 23
Film
Train Dreams
October 19
Short Film
The Traveler
October 25
Film
Two Prosecutors
October 21 + 25
Film
Under the Flags, the Sun
October 25 + 26
Short Film
Vis-à-Vis
October 19
Film
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
October 19
Short Film
We’re Fine
October 23
Short Film
Whitch
October 25
FREE Outdoor Screening
Wicked: Sing-Along
Saturday, June 21
Short Film
Women Laughing
October 19
Short Film
You.Matter.
October 22 + 25
Film
Young Mothers
October 25 + 26
Film
Zodiac Killer Project
October 19 + 24