On Friday, June 11 through June 30, the Hoboken Historical Museum and the Thomas Edison Film Festival will present another on-demand streaming showcase of selected short films celebrating Pride Month.

The 7 short, innovative films selected for the showcase include narrative, experimental, and documentary styles. The program will kick off on Friday, June 11, with a live Zoom interview by series director Jane Steuerwald with filmmakers Amanda Madden of Salt Lake City, UT, and Andrea Ashton, of Brooklyn, NY.

The films in the showcase include “1-1″ (pictured above) – Narrative – 7 min. by Naures Sager of Malmö, Sweden; “A Portrait” – Documentary – 3 min. by Carlotta Beck Peccoz of London; “Broken Relationship” – Experimental – 4 min. by Wrik Mead of Toronto, Canada; “Dear Elsa: 10 Letters + 10 Experiments” – Experimental – 31 min. by Amanda Madden of Salt Lake City; “I want to make a film about women” – Documentary  – 12 min. by Karen Pearlman of Sydney, Australia; “Love” – Narrative – 4 min. by Andrea Ashton of Brooklyn, NY; and “Orville + Bob” – Documentary – 30 min. by Alan Griswold of Los Angeles.

To view the program, go to www.tefilmfest.org – the Festival’s homepage, “Films Celebrating Pride Month” and choose Click Here to View.

The curated program is available to view for free, and will run through May 31. Donations are welcome and much appreciated.

For 40 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 — narrative, experimental, animation, and documentary. Subject matter includes issues and struggles within contemporary society such as the environment, public health, race and class, family, sustainability, and much more. These exceptional works range from animation, comedy, and drama to the exploration of pure form in film and video.

To learn more about the Thomas Edison Film Festival visit blackmariafilmfestival.org. 

The festival’s Hudson County Movie Tour is made possible through the generous support of The Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs & Tourism, Gina Hulings, Director/Administrator.