Bring Your Baby Matinee at The Clairidge! WICKED: FOR GOOD Wednesday, November 26 — 10:00am 👶 Crying babies? Totally fine. 🍼 We’ve got stroller parking and a diaper changing table, too! Come connect with other new parents and enjoy a movie—no judgment, just good vibes and great films.

HOLIDAY GIFTING Give the gift of Montclair Film! Holiday Gift Packs are available for purchase at The Clairidge and The Bellevue. The perfect gifts for the film lovers in your life, plus you also help support independent cinema in your community.

Emerging Filmmaker Competition Submissions NOW OPEN! We’re excited to announce that Montclair Film’s Emerging Filmmaker Competition is now open for submissions! Students can submit films up to 5 minutes in categories Submission Deadline: April 20th, 2026

Beyond The Classroom: Field Trip Spotlight This week, Montclair Film hosted an exciting Double-Feature field trip at The Clairidge. It was a day filled with film, conversation, and inspiration!

Join Montclair Film in helping our neighbors during this challenging time. Montclair Film Cinemas are designated drop off sites for the Human Needs Food Pantry and Toni’s Kitchen Town-Wide Food Drive. Please bring your nonperishable food donations to The Clairidge and The Bellevue now through 12/17.

We’re excited to announce that Montclair Film’s Emerging Screenwriter Competition is now open for submissions! Montclair Film’s EMERGING SCREENWRITER COMPETITION celebrates the work of screenwriters who are in the 8th through 12th grades. Submission Deadline: March 20th, 2026

Join us for the WICKED: FOR GOOD screening on Friday, November 21 at 8:00pm with a special introduction by Montclair resident, Brandi Chavonne Massey, former Elphaba in WICKED on Broadway. Get tickets at Montclairfilm.org #Wickedforgood #Wicked #Broadway #Theclairidge #Montclairfilm

Own Your Creativity This Fall! DIRECTOR'S LAB STILL AVAILABLE (GRADES 9 - 12) Dates: Saturday, December 6 and Sunday December 7 Time: 1:30pm – 5:00pm Learn more & register: MontclairFilm.org/education #MontclairFilm #FilmEducation #DirectorsLab #StudentFilmmakersMontclairfilm.org/education

Special live introduction of RENTAL FAMILY by MFF25 Performer Award Recipient, Brendan Fraser on Saturday, November 22, 12:30pm at The Bellevue. Get tickets at Montclairfilm.org #RentalFamily # #BrendanFraser #TheBellevue

Grab your friends and make it a date, or sneak out for a quiet morning alone! The next Matinee Club date is Wednesday, December 3, featuring WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY at 11:00am and SENTIMENTAL VALUE 11:15am.

We’re excited to announce that Montclair Film’s Emerging Screenwriter Competition is now open for submissions! Montclair Film’s EMERGING SCREENWRITER COMPETITION celebrates the work of screenwriters who are in the 8th through 12th grades. Submission Deadline: March 20th, 2026

Today’s the day! We’re thrilled to kick off our 14th annual Montclair Film Festival. Let the films, conversations, and celebrations begin! #MFF25 #MontclairFilm #FilmFestival

🚨 All tickets are ON SALE NOW! Don’t miss your chance to snag seats for your favorite films, conversations, and events. 🎟️✨ 👉 Grab your tickets + see the full lineup at montclairfilm.org #MontclairFilm #MFF25 #FilmFestival #MontclairNJ #NJArts

🚨 Early Access for Members starts TOMORROW, Monday, September 29 at 10 AM! Don’t miss your chance to grab tickets to your favorite films, conversations, and events before they’re gone. ✨ Become a Member TODAY and unlock early access + the full lineup at montclairfilm.org

Catalogs are here!!! Stay tuned — our full lineup announcement drops today at 12 noon! #MFF25

The Montclair Film Festival Announces 2025 Honors New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy To Serve as Festival Honorary Chairs.

Please join us at our 2025 Volunteer Info Session on Thursday, September 18, at 7PM to learn all about volunteering at the 14th Annual Montclair Film Festival! Location: 505 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ Questions? Email [email protected]

Congrats to our favorite late night host, Stephen Colbert, and the entire Late Show with Stephen Colbert team on their Outstanding Talk Series win at the #Emmys last night. #StephenColbert #LateShow

STORYSLAM is back! 📅Thursday, Sept 25 at 7:30 PM 📍Cinema505 Whether you’ve got a story to share or just want to sit back and listen, you won’t want to miss it! September’s theme: “DO YOU REMEMBER?” Tickets on sale now at Montclairfilm.org #StorySLAM #MontclairFilm #DoYouRemember #MontclairEvents

The Montclair Film Festival Announces 2025 Opening, Closing, Centerpiece Films Noah Baumbach’s JAY KELLY to Open The 14th Annual Festival!

Montclair Film Festival Junior Jury Applications NOW OPEN! The Montclair Film Festival is offering students an exciting opportunity to serve on the Junior Jury. Jurors will meet industry professionals and will learn how to analyze and adjudicate films. Montclairfilm.org/education/junior-jury/

Please join us at our 2025 Volunteer Info Session on Thursday, September 18, at 7PM to learn all about volunteering at the 14th Annual Montclair Film Festival!

Calling all Storytellers! Do you remember the 21st night of September? Maybe it was when you met the love of your life, danced the night away with your friends, or lived a moment you’ll never forget. Got a story to tell? 👉 Apply today at montclairfilm.org/events/storyslam/

Interested in being part of our incredible team? We are currently hiring theater staff positions for The Clairidge and The Bellevue. Please click on the link below in order to fill out the application to be considered for these positions. Montclairfilm.org/about/job-opportunity/

SAVE THE DATE FOR MFF2025 — October 17-26 Become a Montclair Film Member for early access and discounted tickets to the 2025 Montclair Film Festival — plus discounted tickets to The Clairidge, and soon The Bellevue, all year long! Join or renew at Montclairfilm.org

JAWS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY splashes into The Clairidge starting Friday, August 29! Celebrate half a century of chills, thrills, and iconic shark attacks. 🏖️🎬 🎟️ Tickets on sale at Theclairidge.org — stay out of the water (but not the theater)

Not Your Ordinary Back to School! 📚✨ From Filmmaking 101 to Screenwriting, Acting, Directing, and our NEW High School Film Club — we’ve got classes for students in grades 6–12 who are ready to tell their stories on screen. 🎥💡 👉 Learn more & sign up at montclairfilm.org/education

Today, Montclair Film unveiled the artwork for our 14th annual Montclair Film Festival!

MONTCLAIR FILM ANNOUNCES PLAN TO REOPEN THE HISTORIC BELLEVUE THEATRE The Bellevue Theatre will be programmed and operated by Montclair Film, in concert with the clairidge, and become a non-profit cinema

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There are just a few weeks left to reserve your ad space in the 2025 Montclair Film Festival Catalog before July 31! 👉 montclairfilm.org/support/adve...

Montclair Film Festival Announces 2025 Summer Showcase, Part Of The Prudential North to Shore Festival! The program will feature the season’s leading independent, documentary, and international films prior to their theatrical release. 🎟️ Tickets are on sale now for Montclair Film Members!

Start That Thing You’ve Always Wanted to Do! Spring Adult Classes Available Learn more today at Montclairfilm.org/education/

Montclair Film is searching for a new Executive Director to co-lead the organization. To learn more, visit montclairfilm.org/about/job-op....

Congratulations to all of the #MFF24 films that won big at last night’s Academy Awards® We are so proud to have showcased these incredible films last fall. 🏆 ANORA 🏆 I’M STILL HERE 🏆 EMILIA PÉREZ 🏆 FLOW 🏆 CONCLAVE

A huge congratulations to Director Edward Berger, along with the incredible cast and crew of CONCLAVE, on their four BAFTA Awards. We were honored to present CONCLAVE as the Opening Night Film of the 2024 Montclair Film Festival. 📸 @neilgrabowsky #MontclairFilm #Conclave #mff24 #EdwardBerger

Summer Academy is now open for registration! YOUTH CLASSES (GRADES 6 - 12) High School Filmmaking Filmmaking Bootcamp (Middle School) Indie Filmmaking: Build Your Portfolio Screenwriting Sketch comedy Writing Acting for Film & TV Improv Editing with Premiere Pro Cinematography Director's Lab

Congratulations to these films from the Montclair Film Summer Showcase and #MFF24 on their Oscar® nominations! ANORA ANUJA CONCLAVE DEATH BY NUMBERS EMILIA PÉREZ FLOW I'M STILL HERE MEMOIR OF A SNAIL SING SING SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT SUGARCANE THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

What a fantastic experience at The Clairidge last Saturday with the screening of WISH YOU WERE HERE and the wonderful Julia Stiles! The post-screening Q&A offered the audience a glimpse into her directing style and creative process.

STORYSLAM: "OUT WITH THE OLD" Whether you went through a big move, a wardrobe purge, or are entering a new chapter in your life, we want to hear about the times you went “out with the old and in with the new”. Thursday, January 30, 7:30 at Cinema505 Get tickets at Montclairfilm.org

PRESENTED IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT DAVID LYNCH The Clairidge is excited to present two special screenings! Join us for ERASERHEAD (1977) on Friday, January 24, and MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) on Sunday, January 26. Get tickets at Theclairidge.org

We are honored to be included on this list of the top 8 things to do in New Jersey in 2025. The Montclair Film Festival is always an unforgettable experience. Be sure to mark your calendars for the 14th Annual Festival October 17 - 26, 2025. njurbannews.com/2025/01/08/t...

Montclair Film selected to join Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Digital Accelerator Program. Continue reading 👉 ow.ly/xyuH50UAvBQ