Cinema Ed Films

Cinema Ed is a 501c3 film and media nonprofit that engages, educates, and empowers underserved filmmakers

Founded in 2014, Cinema Ed is a 501(c)3 non-profit film and media organization that focuses on using independent film as a teaching tool. Our programs include hands-on filmmaking classes for secondary schools that connect professional filmmakers with teachers and students. Although we place special emphasis on at-risk populations, we work with all students to harness the storytelling power of toda

y’s technologies and engage in filmmaking techniques and methods. Cinema Ed also powers the Young Filmmakers track for film festivals around the U.S. to provide a broad platform for visibility of student films. We celebrate the unique vision and authentic stories told by today’s young filmmakers.

05/23/2026

We’re SO excited to be screening in our home state of NEW JERSEY at the and iconic . Come see us on Sunday, May 31st and meet our lead actor Martin Fisher!! Hope to see you!

04/29/2026

Don’t Miss It! Waiting for Aphrodite on Xolo.TV—Ends April 30! -

04/25/2026

On April 20th a Red Carpet Screening was held where FOURTEEN DOCUMENTARIES created by FOURTEEN TEAMS of student filmmakers over the past SIX WEEKS were screened before a LIVE audience of students, friends, family and community. IT WAS AMAZING!! Link to all the films is in our bio. Thank you to our industry judges !! And thank you to our industry mentors Nina-Simone Crawford, Anthony Jamison and Moreena Hashim!

04/19/2026

Get your free tickets now for Monday, April 20th Red Carpet Screening of 14 documentaries created over six weeks by Orange HS students!

04/15/2026

Watch WAITING FOR APHRODITE for FREE on Xolo.TV!! If you have not seen our short film (or even if you have) now is your chance to see it and give us a chance for the Audience Choice Awards (total number of unique watches). For a limited time (from April 15th to 30th) WFA will be streaming as part of the Santa Monica Film Festival on the attached link at Xolo.TV. Simply sign up for a free 7-Day trial of Xolo and then watch WAITING FOR APHRODITE. (You can cancel at no charge during the first 7 days.) Our students were hired on this film as PAs to learn a pathway to the film industry. Please support us and them by clicking on the link and then watching and voting for WAITING FOR APHRODITE!

It’s after midnight, and Atticus Bates is not happy. In this tidy tale of a broken curfew, we find that family bonds are not always what they appear to be.

03/21/2026

We're super excited to be screening WAITING FOR APHRODITE in the beautiful Catskill Mountains on April 10th. Thank you Roxbury Arts Group for showing our film along with other local filmmakers!!

03/08/2026

We had such a WONDERFUL week in Sedona screening WAITING FOR APHRODITE! Thank you SIFF!! We met such amazing filmmakers like .zacharythurman (THE DEMON CORE), erin.frances & (UNDELIVERED), .poyser & troublemaker.kim (LEADS), & Terry Geer (FIRST TIME), and (THE SHROWDINGER), and Annie Wong & Thomas Jennings (ROVINA’S CHOICE) and many others!

03/03/2026

SO honored that the WAITING FOR APHRODITE script, written by was named BEST SCREENPLAY in the NJ Fourth Wall Film Festival!! Thank you to Martin Fisher, Meredith Rush-Bell, Claudia Robinson, Lisa Donmall-Reeve, Matt Simpkins and the cast and crew for helping bring this script to life!

02/28/2026

We will be screening TODAY at the FOURTH WALL FILM FESTIVAL in Sparta, NJ, 5-7 pm, 10 Sparta Avenue North!! Our lead actor, Martin Fisher, will be there, so come and meet him! It’s going to be a great time!

02/26/2026

Check out the interview with WAITING FOR APHRODITE Writer/Director and the Lead Actress!! (Link is in our Insta Bio) What an amazing festival!

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South Orange, NJ
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Website

http://www.CinemaEd.org/

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