THOMAS EDISON FILM FESTIVAL

2025 Season Premiere! Scroll Down for Highlights.

EDISON INNOVATION AWARD

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The Edison Innovation Award is presented each year to a filmmaker who has a distinguished body of work that advances the mission and legacy of the Thomas Edison Film Festival and demonstrates significant recognition, past and present. The filmmaker recognized is also prominent in the community of independent filmmaker/artists and is recognized as a pioneer in new forms and innovations in filmmaking.

WATCH THE TEFF 2025 PREMIERE

THE INSIDES OF OUR LIVES - MISJA PEKEL 2025

MEET THE FILMMAKER - MISJA PEKEL 2025

CELEBRATING INNOVATION: 40+ years of independent filmaking. The Thomas Edison Film Festival (formerly The Black Maria Film Festival), celebrates creativity and diversity in filmmaking! Films from the current and prior seasons are available on-line. Click to view our archive.

Stream our curations. Curations are assembled by the staff and guest curators. Click to view curations.

CONSORTIUM

The Thomas Edison Film Festival is a project of the Thomas Edison Media Arts Consortium, an independent non-profit organization based in Hudson County.... read more

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