New Jersey International Film Festival - Los Tres & Return: Saving Turtles

Los Tres - Yehuda Sharim (Merced, California)

Three Mexican-American artists find refuge in friendship and art as they compose their artistic vision in the face of denigration and a space/time that deliberately fails to see them. In English and Spanish, subtitled. 2025; 58 min.

Return: Saving Turtles - Ignacio Loera (Mexico City, Mexico)

Return: Saving Turtles follows the efforts of a family of former sea-turtle-egg poachers, now dedicated protectors, leading VIVEMAR--a community-based organization in Oaxaca, Mexico. Through their work, they safeguard one of the world's most endangered sea turtle species during its nesting season along the Mexican coast. 2025; 15 min.

The 31st Annual New Jersey International Film Festival will be taking place on select Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between May 29-June 7, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid one as we will be presenting it online as well as doing in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Most of the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. VOD start times are at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. Each General Admission Ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in-person when both are offered. The in-person screenings will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ beginning at 5PM or 7PM on their show date. General Admission Ticket=$15 Per Program; Festival All Access Pass=$120; In-Person Only Student Ticket=$10 Per Program.