About the Cape May NJ State Festival

The Cape May NJ State Film Festival is New Jersey’s premiere weekend film festival dedicated exclusively to the support and presentation of creative, challenging, groundbreaking, film/video works by New Jersey filmmakers.

The film festival has demonstrated impressive growth as an organization. It has grown from a three-day event attracting an audience of 500 in 2001 to a four-day film festival drawing thousands annually.

During this four-day period, festival goers have the opportunity to celebrate the best New Jersey films and filmmakers, screening a full day of shorts, numerous features, retrospectives, special events. Along the way, attendees have the pleasure unique to film festivals of meeting face-to-face with the directors, actors, producers, screenwriters, and composers who are the makers of these films.

One of the many highlights of the festival is the Opening Night Champagne Reception where New Jersey film artists are recognized for their work. Our past Governor's award recipients include Robert Prosky, Susan Sarandon, Billy Baldwin and Joey Pantoliano.

In 2004, the CMNJSFF offered the first annual Award for New Media to Jib Jab Media for their pioneering work in web based animation.

The Cape May Film Festival dedicates the first day of the festival to young filmmakers, offering free workshops with renowned filmmakers. South Jersey teens also have the opportunity to work one-on-one with seasoned film professionals and with professional equipment in a year round program of intensive workshops where they learn filmmaking from script to screen. Films produced by these young people have received national recognition with a regional Emmy Award for their PSA productions.

In conjunction with this screenwriting workshop, the Cape May NJ State Film Festival established the annual New Jersey State Short Film Screenplay Competition to encourage and reward NJ film writers.

We are currently reviewing films for the upcoming festival. If you are a filmaker from New Jersey or you have a film shot in New Jersey, see our submission guidelines.

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