2025 FILM PROGRAM
NASSAU FILM FESTIVAL
THE BEST IN COMPREHENSIVE worldwide SHORT FILMS
DECEMBER 6, 2025| TENTH ANNUAL nASSAU fILM fESTIVAL
FESTIVAL Schedule
AMC MARKETFAIR, 3521 RT. US-1 PRINCETON,NJ. 6:30 -10:30 PM.
Films Listed By Title, Time and Director
All times are approximate
6:40 PM OPENING REMARKS - LEW GOLDSTEIN, FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
6:50 PM ANIMATION
McIntosh 2:54 Steven Hayet
Two students discuss their parts in The Wizard of Oz.
2. Pan and Stove 2:15 Scott Kane
A pan falls in love with a stove and gets burned.
6:56 PM DOCUMENTARY
3. Dempster Fire Training Center 5:34 Luke Owen
A day of firefighting training drills at the Dempster Fire Training Center in Mercer County, New Jersey.
4. Autism The Lost Generations and Neurodiversity 8:38 Leigha Emma Cohen
A historical overview of autism and exploring how neurodiversity has attempted to counter the societal stigma that has impacted so many people.
5. Princeton’s Haven: A Hoagie Story 7:25 Russell Cerminaro
The history of Princeton’s favorite sandwich shop, its owners and discovering a Dirty Sanchez.
6. The Cost of Living 5:57 Michael Peacock
A mother of five searches for anything that can be done to relieve the pressure of skyrocketing grocery bills.
7:24 PM HORROR
7. The Other 3:29 Cyril Ferment
Lise is awakened by a strange noise. Dan is not in bed next to her. Where is Dan?
8. A Night To Remember 13:00 Creighton Smith, Michael Kelly
Hannah wakes up with a wicked hangover, little memory of the night before and no clue as to where her missing husband, George, could have gone.
9. Rental Return 10:14 Martin Slayne
An early morning car rental return does not go as planned when a bizarre coincidence plays a game with the two stranded drivers.
7:50 PM INTERMISSION
7:57 PM STUDENT FILMS
10. In Good Hands 7:54 Sarah Boylan (Rutgers University)
A documentary exploring the daily life of a veterinary office.
11. Reel Lies 10:36 Michael Pitynski (Montclair State University)
A detective interrogates three suspects in a heist gone wrong.
12. Echo 8:47 Addison Steen (Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science)
After losing her mother a teenage girl is raised by Echo, an artificial intelligence device, designed to act as a maternal figure.
13. Day of Fury 3:00 Gonzalo Gomez-Ullate, Juan Martinez (Casa del Cine Ciudad Real)
The hidden emotional burdens of everyday life surfaces in a supermarket line.
14. Hungama 13:00 Nawal Mubin, Mayra Corena Gutierrez (Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema)
Chaos ensues when a girl drinks her cousin’s contacts on her cousin’s wedding day.
15. One Moment 10:49 Aiden Hurley (University of Texas at Austin)
A young barista learns what it means to take hold of a moment from a woman, sitting on a park bench across from the coffee shop, who reflects on her past.
8:52 PM FICTION
16. The Guitarist 5:45 Scott Silvester
A failed musician and father is forced to visit his estranged son and granddaughter.
17. Booth For Two 15:00 Byron Ruf
To save their dying relationship, Charlie sets up a restaurant booth in his garage to recreate his first date with Rooney at a now closed diner.
18. Under The Lights 10:16 Miles Levin
A boy with epilepsy, desperate to feel like a normal kid, goes to a prom knowing that the lights may cause him to have a seizure.
19. Why Are You Like This? 9:00 Nate Hapke
It’s all fun and games…unless you’re Kara.
20. Parallax 6:20 Daryl Denner
Two photographers meet at a park and experience a strange phenomena.
21. Al Fresco 8:00 Ignacio Rodo
A large room in a dream apartment. Unbeatable location. Plenty of light. Ready to move in?
22. Because I Love You 13:28 Bob Celli
A marriage is threatened as the husband, after witnessing a series of events, suspects his wife is having an affair with a co-worker.