From Kevin Smith & Friends comes a film festival so fit for a King or Queen that it can only take place in the SmodCastle! Presenting the Fifth Annual SModcastle Film Festival - a Central Jersey showcase of cinema hosted by the guy who made Clerks. Welcoming entries from all over the world, the SModcastle Film Festival will be a four day event filled with features, short films, animation, documentaries & more! All films will be screened by our panel of judges and selected entries will be screened at Smodcastle Cinemas over this four day event. The festival will include an opening night premiere, a filmmaker mixer, panels and awards ceremony. Smodcastle Cinemas- "Where the Movies Come To Play"
For the official SModcastle Film Festival website with photos and info about lodging, food and parking, visit SModcastleFilmFestival.com
Event Schedule Table of Films
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, November 5, 2026
Opening Night - Serena - 7:30 PM - SCREEN 1
Opening Night - Serena
Friday, November 6, 2026
BLOCK 01 - 6:00 PM - SCREEN 1
Last Minute
One With the Lightning
Pocket Change
Cindy
Ms. Rossi 3: Ms. Rossi Meets the Mob
A Reason
BLOCK 02 - 6:30 PM - SCREEN 2
The Father, the Son, and the Horny Spirit
Miss Arlene
Always On
Margaret the Brave
Deja Vu
BLOCK 03 - 6:00 PM - SCREEN 3
Wax Girl
Paul Pope: THB
Uncle Artoo
Irregular
BLOCK 04 - 6:30 PM - SCREEN 4
Grind
Felt & Flesh
Enter the Television
Filmmaker Mixer - 9:00 PM - The Atlantic House
Filmmaker Mixer
Saturday, November 7, 2026
BLOCK 05 - 11:30 AM - SCREEN 1
Parrothead
Game Recognizes Game
Across the Blue Line
Aqueduct
BLOCK 06 - 12:00 PM - SCREEN 2
Peace of Mind
The Mark Sheet
The Customer Comes First
BLOCK 07 - 11:30 AM - SCREEN 3
Box Office Champ
Waikiki
499 Days
BLOCK 08 - 12:00 PM - SCREEN 4
The Fortune
No Feedback
Jersey Boy
BLOCK 09 - 2:30 PM - SCREEN 1
Neighborhood Security
Ashamed
Squeeze the Day
Hamilton House
BLOCK 10 - 3:00 PM - SCREEN 2
Tempest
Ephemera, UT
We're Bad at This
BLOCK 11 - 2:30 PM - SCREEN 3
Cockroach
3 Minutos
Stop to Stop
The Snake
BLOCK 12 - 3:00 PM - SCREEN 4
Desperately Seeking Aylissa Jones
Hyperburn
Self+Tape
One Day in Sedona
BLOCK 13 - 5:30 PM - SCREEN 1
The Subway Son
Big Boss Man
Amir
BLOCK 14 - 6:00 PM - SCREEN 2
Please Hold
Welcome to Paradise
BLOCK 15 - 5:30 PM - SCREEN 3
Blank Slate
Neighbors
I Had an Affair with My Husband
Criterion
Hitman Hamilton
BLOCK 16 - 6:00 PM - SCREEN 4
Drones
Stargazers
BLOCK 17 - 8:30 PM - SCREEN 1
Ultra Juice
The Scene
Brick City
BLOCK 18 - 9:00 PM - SCREEN 2
Clean Slate
Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson
BLOCK 19 - 8:30 PM - SCREEN 3
Not a Hero by Accident
Mall Video Store
Party USA
BLOCK 20 - 9:00 PM - SCREEN 4
Never Too Late
Potwash
Skweezy Jibbs Makes a Movie
Sunday, November 8, 2026
BLOCK 21 - 12:00 PM - SCREEN 1
The Ride
Meeting Your Maker
Directors' Commentary
BLOCK 22 - 12:30 PM - SCREEN 2
Not Safe for Work
Vienna: Suddenly an Angel
Mildlife
BLOCK 23 - 12:00 PM - SCREEN 3
The Inheritance
A Good Script Is Hard to Find
Under One Roof
The White Ibis
Masterpiece
Unconventional
BLOCK 24 - 12:30 PM - SCREEN 4
Magic Championship Wrestling Presents: The Return of Hide Kimura!
Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain
Iron-Cock
Paradiso
Stuck on the Corner of Hope
Kevin Smith Film Panel - 2:45 PM - SCREEN 1
Kevin Smith Film Panel
MVD/Indy Film Distribution Panel - 5:00 PM - SCREEN 1
MVD/Indy Film Distribution Panel
Awards Ceremony - 6:30 PM - SCREEN 1
Awards Ceremony
Awards After Party - 7:30 PM - The Atlantic House
Awards After Party
TABLE OF FILMS
| Film Title | Type | Festival Block | |
| 3 Minutos | Short | 11 | INFO |
| 499 Days | Feature | 7 | INFO |
| A Good Script Is Hard to Find | Short | 23 | INFO |
| A Reason | Short | 1 | INFO |
| Across the Blue Line | Short | 5 | INFO |
| Always On | Short | 2 | INFO |
| Amir | Feature | 13 | INFO |
| Aqueduct | Short | 5 | INFO |
| Ashamed | Short | 9 | INFO |
| Awards After Party | AwardsAfterParty | INFO | |
| Awards Ceremony | AwardsCeremony | INFO | |
| Big Boss Man | Short | 13 | INFO |
| Blank Slate | Short | 15 | INFO |
| Box Office Champ | Short | 7 | INFO |
| Brick City | Feature | 17 | INFO |
| Cindy | Short | 1 | INFO |
| Clean Slate | Short | 18 | INFO |
| Cockroach | Short | 11 | INFO |
| Criterion | Short | 15 | INFO |
| Deja Vu | Short | 2 | INFO |
| Desperately Seeking Aylissa Jones | Short | 12 | INFO |
| Directors' Commentary | Feature | 21 | INFO |
| Drones | Short | 16 | INFO |
| Enter the Television | Feature | 4 | INFO |
| Ephemera, UT | Short | 10 | INFO |
| Felt & Flesh | Short | 4 | INFO |
| Filmmaker Mixer | FilmmakerMixer | INFO | |
| Game Recognizes Game | Short | 5 | INFO |
| Grind | Short | 4 | INFO |
| Hamilton House | Feature | 9 | INFO |
| Hitman Hamilton | Short | 15 | INFO |
| Hyperburn | Short | 12 | INFO |
| I Had an Affair with My Husband | Short | 15 | INFO |
| Iron-Cock | Short | 24 | INFO |
| Irregular | Feature | 3 | INFO |
| Jersey Boy | Feature | 8 | INFO |
| Kevin Smith Film Panel | FilmPanel | INFO | |
| Last Minute | Short | 1 | INFO |
| Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain | Short | 24 | INFO |
| MVD/Indy Film Distribution Panel | MVDPanel | INFO | |
| Magic Championship Wrestling Presents: The Return of Hide Kimura! | Short | 24 | INFO |
| Mall Video Store | Short | 19 | INFO |
| Margaret the Brave | Short | 2 | INFO |
| Masterpiece | Short | 23 | INFO |
| Meeting Your Maker | Short | 21 | INFO |
| Mildlife | Feature | 22 | INFO |
| Miss Arlene | Short | 2 | INFO |
| Ms. Rossi 3: Ms. Rossi Meets the Mob | Short | 1 | INFO |
| Neighborhood Security | Short | 9 | INFO |
| Neighbors | Short | 15 | INFO |
| Never Too Late | Short | 20 | INFO |
| No Feedback | Short | 8 | INFO |
| Not Safe for Work | Short | 22 | INFO |
| Not a Hero by Accident | Short | 19 | INFO |
| One Day in Sedona | Feature | 12 | INFO |
| One With the Lightning | Short | 1 | INFO |
| Opening Night - Serena | Feature | OpeningNight | INFO |
| Paradiso | Short | 24 | INFO |
| Parrothead | Short | 5 | INFO |
| Party USA | Feature | 19 | INFO |
| Paul Pope: THB | Short | 3 | INFO |
| Peace of Mind | Short | 6 | INFO |
| Please Hold | Short | 14 | INFO |
| Pocket Change | Short | 1 | INFO |
| Potwash | Short | 20 | INFO |
| Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson | Feature | 18 | INFO |
| Self+Tape | Short | 12 | INFO |
| Skweezy Jibbs Makes a Movie | Feature | 20 | INFO |
| Squeeze the Day | Short | 9 | INFO |
| Stargazers | Feature | 16 | INFO |
| Stop to Stop | Short | 11 | INFO |
| Stuck on the Corner of Hope | Short | 24 | INFO |
| Tempest | Short | 10 | INFO |
| The Customer Comes First | Feature | 6 | INFO |
| The Father, the Son, and the Horny Spirit | Short | 2 | INFO |
| The Fortune | Short | 8 | INFO |
| The Inheritance | Short | 23 | INFO |
| The Mark Sheet | Short | 6 | INFO |
| The Ride | Short | 21 | INFO |
| The Scene | Short | 17 | INFO |
| The Snake | Feature | 11 | INFO |
| The Subway Son | Short | 13 | INFO |
| The White Ibis | Short | 23 | INFO |
| Ultra Juice | Short | 17 | INFO |
| Uncle Artoo | Short | 3 | INFO |
| Unconventional | Short | 23 | INFO |
| Under One Roof | Short | 23 | INFO |
| Vienna: Suddenly an Angel | Short | 22 | INFO |
| Waikiki | Short | 7 | INFO |
| Wax Girl | Short | 3 | INFO |
| We're Bad at This | Feature | 10 | INFO |
| Welcome to Paradise | Feature | 14 | INFO |