On Saturday, March 8th, at 6:30pm, the Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) and the Hoboken Historical Museum present the 44th Annual TEFF Hoboken Premiere. The program kicks off with a wine and pizza reception at 6:30pm followed by a selection of top award-winning films from the 2025 collection. Special guest Marta Renzi, filmmaker and choreographer, will join in-person to share her work and her history with TEFF.

The program includes Hunky Dory – Animation - by Steven Vander Meer, recipient of the Edison Innovation Award - 2025, Arcata, CA, USA; Serious and Lively – Narrative - by Jieying Song, Shanxi, China; Tennis, Oranges – Animation - by Sean Pecknold, LA, CA, USA; Polemos – Narrative - by Evgen Brooks, Kyiv, Ukraine; ART21: Linda Goode Bryant – Documentary - by Chiemi Karasawa, Brooklyn, NY, USA; Inter-Library Loan – Screen Dance - by Marta Renzi, Nyack, NY, USA; Le Charade – Animation - by Erika Totoro, Dobbs Ferry, NY, USA; and Jerusalema: From Austria to Zimbabwe – Screen Dance - by Su Friedrich, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Tickets can be purchased in advance on-line through the Hoboken Historical Museum website for $10, or at the door. Advance ticket purchases are advised as seating is limited.

The Littleman Parking-Independence Garage (Shipyard Lane, at 12th St.) offers 3 hours of free parking with Museum validation. Make sure to bring your ticket to the event at the Hoboken Historical Museum for validation.
 
For 44 years, the Thomas Edison Film Festival has been advancing the unique creativity and power of the short form. The Festival is an international juried competition open to all genres and filmmakers across the globe. The Festival's touring program reaches out to diverse audiences in diverse settings with screenings of cutting-edge, cross-genre films including animation, documentary, experimental, narrative, and screen dance. The Festival’s homebase is the Hoboken Historical Museum where we work together to enrich the community.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs Tourism/Development. To learn more visit Thomas Edison Film Festival at www.tefilmfest.org, and the Hoboken Historical Museum at https://www.hobokenmuseum.org.