The Montclair Film Festival is a community-based film festival that showcases filmmakers from around the world and helps put Montclair on the map. Established in 2012, the film festival is in its fourth year, and thousands of film-lovers, aficionados, and critics flock to the city each year to take in more than 80 films screened at multiple venues around Montclair.

The Montclair Film Festival also presents a growing schedule of dynamic educational and public programs and events for children and students alike, including Kidz Shortz Filmmaking Competition, Free Summer Series Under the Stars, and free African American Heritage Month screenings.

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