New Jersey Stage 2016 - Issue 10 | Page 89

Teaneck International Film Festival Preview November 3-6, 2016 SHARE BUTTON The first film festival was held in November of 2006 at the Cedar Lane Cinemas and DanceArt Creative Center on Cedar Lane as well as at the Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck, N.J. It drew more than 1,200 filmgoers over the course of the weekend. NJ STAGE 2016 - ISSUE 10 Presently, the film festival draws over 3,000 filmgoers each year and has expanded its venues throughout the Teaneck area. The film festival has developed a niche in the film festival circuit by establishing Activism/Making Change as a permanent theme. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 89