Jersey Shore Film Festival 2026
June 4 - June 282026 Jersey Shore Film Festival
Official Call for Entry
‘Please Pick My Flick’
Deadline
April 26th 2026
2025 Featured Films
One Stupid Thing
Director: Linda Yellen
Narrative Feature
Suspense, Thriller, Drama |
USA |
89 min
Winter on Nantucket Island. Three teenage best friends drink champagne on a rooftop. Everything’s chill until a harmless game takes a fatal turn, and the course of their lives changes forever. They keep what they …
Read moreLucky Jack
Director: Bridget Smith, Executive Producer: Steve Edwards
Documentary Feature
USA |
63 min
A 30-year-old high school dropout, pizza delivery man, and father of three from the projects of Newark, NJ, defies all odds to become a neurosurgical resident at a top New York City hospital.
Read moreBlue Zeus
Director: Rocky Romano, Miranda Winters
Documentary Feature
USA |
75 min
Featuring the heartfelt story of the rescue of a wild mustang, “Blue Zeus” shines light on the plight of America’s wild horses, exposing a flawed and corrupt government system rampant with animal abuse and paralyzing …
Read moreIn Half
Director: Jorge Morais Valle
Animation, Narrative Short
Drama, Adventure, Fantasy |
Spain |
24 min
Through a child’s imagination it tells the journey of a man who after falling prey to his fears, he must cross a strange world, a universe full of magic, where he will be confronted with …
Read moreStay At Home, Mom
Director: Mary Zappulla
Narrative Short
USA |
13 min
What happens when a mom gets pushed to the brink… by her adorable offspring…
Read moreMullet
Director: Ada Zdanowicz
Documentary Short
USA |
8 min
An 8 year old boy decides to enter a mullet competition but the outcome is not what he expected.
Read moreBeyond Words
Director: Tony Carpinelli
Narrative Short
USA |
30 min
This film serves as a poignant narrative aimed at raising awareness about domestic violence. Through the progression of Mia & Emilio’s relationship, viewers witness the familiar trajectory of a seemingly idyllic relationship. However; their relationship …
Read moreShe Follows
Director: Gio Randazzo
Narrative Short
Horror |
USA |
15 min
Based on a true ghost story. In a quiet Jersey beach town, a haunting encounter with a ghost searching for her lost love, challenges a man to face his own fears.
Read moreIn Proximity: Activated
Director: Bobby Markov
Narrative Short
Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama |
USA |
22 min
Finn finds himself trapped in his apartment. Is this a bad dream? Or is it meant to save his life forever?
Read moreArtold Bernice’s Cheek
Director: A.J. Ciccotelli
Narrative Short
USA |
15 min
After being tracked down by an art major doing a dissertation on him, an artist that disappeared from the public eye must make a reckoning with his past as the art major looks toward his …
Read moreThe Reach
Director: Luca Caserta
Narrative Short
Drama, Fantastic |
Italy |
28 min
Based on a short story by Stephen King. On Goat Island, elderly Stella Flanders must confront her past and the Reach that separates the isle from the mainland, in a journey between memories and love …
Read moreDitch Witch
Director: Sophia Mogames
Narrative Short
USA |
11 min
Olivia, a professional separation agent, breaks up on behalf of her clients to deliver their news impersonally. But when hired to break up with an old love, she has to choose between revealing her client’s …
Read moreQuarantine
Director: Russ Emanuel
Narrative Short
Horror, Thriller, Drama |
USA |
14 min
Quarantine at your own risk. How is the world affected by a catastrophic event, as seen through the eyes of a couple named Cathy and Matt? Everyday people live through a government mandated quarantine during …
Read moreAnother Day
Director: Payton A Reid, Derek J Montesano
Narrative Short
USA |
10 min
An old man with Alzheimer’s goes through his morning routine while being reminded of his forgotten loved ones.
Read moreLife Support
Director: Jamon Tolbert
Narrative Short
Drama, Medical |
USA |
11 min
A seasoned emergency physician struggling under the weight of life-and-death decisions must confront his own hidden traumas as he teaches a young medical student what it truly means to be a doctor. Together, they face …
Read moreThe Kampy Kids and The Ghost Dinosaur
Director: Jonathan James-Tiberius Bastianelli
Narrative Short
USA |
9 min
The Kampy Kids follows a group of mystery solving siblings as they roadtrip and explore North America’s most famous myths and legends in their parent’s RV. Join the Kampy Kids as they stumble upon the …
Read moreANGELA
Director: Lisa Ellex
Narrative Short
Drama, Comedy |
USA |
27 min
An aging woman navigates the painful loneliness she tries to conceal from friends and family.
Read moreMARIA
Director: OLIVIER PANIER
Narrative Short
Belgium |
9 min
Manuella wakes up after a drunken evening. To his great surprise, Maria disappeared. Panicked and hungover, she sets out to search for him through the town of Carpentras.
Read moreVoyeur
Director: Isaac S Martin
Narrative Short
Horror |
USA |
15 min
Lucy begins to receive packages with chilling implications.
Read moreNapoleonic Code
Director: Michael Cusumano
Narrative Short
Comedy, Drama |
USA |
15 min
When a New Yorker reunites with her estranged brother to settle their father’s Louisiana Estate, they’re confronted with secrets, old and new.
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