Calendar
Art & Design events are free and open to the public. Explore additional art events sponsored by the university’s Zimmerli Art Museum and the Department of Art History.
Filmmaking
Events
New Lens Film Festival 2022
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe New Lens Film Festival is the Rutgers Filmmaking Centers' annual faculty-select film competition. Selected student finalists from the Rutgers undergraduate student body will show their work to a public audience on the big screen, […]
Visiting Filmmaker Series: Screening and Q&A
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe Rutgers Filmmaking Center presents a screening of the 2021 Oscar-nominated crime drama Judas and the Black Messiah followed by a Q&A with director Shaka King. Free; tickets required.
Visiting Filmmaker Series: “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down”
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesScreening of 2022 documentary Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, followed by a Q&A between the filmmaker and faculty Thomas Lennon.
BFA Filmmaking Sophomore Showcase
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesA screening of documentary, fiction, and experimental work by up-and-coming student filmmakers from the sophomore class. Free; tickets required.
BFA Filmmaking Junior Showcase
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesA screening of documentary, fiction, and experimental work by up-and-coming student filmmakers from the junior class. Free; tickets required
MLK Celebration: The Birth of An Activist
Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesPerformances centered around the origins of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s role as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, featuring the Rutgers Chamber Jazz Ensemble performing Herbie Hancock's "I Have A Dream" with excerpted narration from King's speech; staged scenes from the life of Rosa Parks; a short dance film honoring King, with choreography and performance by alum Kyle Marshall and costumes by alum Meagan Woods; an art exhibit; and more.
Visiting Filmmaker Series
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesRutgers Filmmaking Center presents a screening the film "Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” followed by a Q&A with its director Eliza Hittman.
BFA Freshman/Transfer Filmmaking Showcase
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesArthur Laurents Theater at NBPAC Free (tickets required)
BFA Filmmaking Thesis Showcase
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesArthur Laurents Theater at NBPAC Free (tickets required)
New Lens Film Festival
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThis annual faculty-selected competition features student films from narrative, experimental, and documentary genres, all of which are eligible for prizes awarded by the faculty jury.