45th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival - Shorts Program #2

Shorts Program #2

Remember This - Andrew Serban (New York, New York)
A young journalist suddenly wakes up in the middle of the night on a deserted New York City street with bruises on her face and body and realizes, to her horror, that she has lost her memory and doesn't know who she is. When a stranger comes to her aid, she embarks on a disquieting journey to recover her identity and find out what happened to her. 2025; 19 min.

Director Andrew Serban
Screenwriter Andrew Serban
Producer Andrew Serban, Jen Emma Hertel, Beare Flores
Filmmaker Andrew Serban
Cast Kate Garfield, Allison Altman
Cinematographer Predrag Dubravcic
Editor Soojin Chung
Composer James Hall
Music James Hall

Miriam - Karla Condado (Mexico)
Through this performatic video letter, the director talks with her aunt, who was a victim of femicide years ago, about what it has been like for her to grow up in fear in a country that is dangerous for women, trying to forge her path as the only woman in her family and cope with the grief of the femicide. 2026; 20 min. Matched - Elvira Ibragimova, Dominique Salerno (New York, New York) Ex-playwright turned elite matchmaker Diana is plagued by medical bills and on the brink of losing her job. Desperate, she uses her wealthy clients' lists of impossible romantic demands as casting breakdowns, hires her broke actor friends to portray these "dream dates," and inadvertently launches an underground empire. 2026; 24 min.

Director Karla Condado
Screenwriter Karla Condado
Producer Karla Condado, León Boltvinik
Cinematographer Karla Condado, León Boltvinik
Sound Design Gerardo Berumen

Matched - Elvira Ibragimova, Dominique Salerno (New York, New York)
Ex-playwright turned elite matchmaker Diana is plagued by medical bills and on the brink of losing her job. Desperate, she uses her wealthy clients' lists of impossible romantic demands as casting breakdowns, hires her broke actor friends to portray these "dream dates," and inadvertently launches an underground empire. 2026; 24 min.

Director Elvira Ibragimova
Screenwriter Dominique Salerno
Producer Dominique Salerno, David M. Night Maire, Marina Catala, Katie Mack
Filmmaker Dominique Salerno, Elvira Ibragimova
Cast Michelle Hurd, Jason Veasey, Dominique Salerno, Jason Kravits, Joy Franz, Ilda Mason, David Fierro