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2017 NITEHAWK SHORTS FESTIVAL

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  1. HuffPo Impact Award Winner NIGHT in Paper Magazine

    Posted January 8th, 2018 by Caryn Coleman in News, Review

      SHORT FILM ‘NIGHT’ SHOWS THE SUBTLE RACISM OF EVERYDAY LIFE “In the writing process of NIGHT, I talked to many women from various backgrounds in New York who helped me edit and revise the script. They explained to me that it’s hard for white women to understand their privilege unless they were to experience what […]


  2. The MIDNITE NITEHAWK SHORTS FESTIVAL Streams on SHUDDER through February 4

    Posted January 2nd, 2018 by Caryn Coleman in News

    SUBSCRIBE, WATCH, AND SUPPORT. “The mission of the Nitehawk Shorts Festival is to support independent short filmmaking and part of that includes getting as many eyes on short films as possible. We believe in a symbiotic relationship between theatrical and streaming so our exciting new partnership with Sundance Now and Shudder will allow an even […]


  3. The BEST OF NITEHAWK SHORTS FESTIVAL Streams on Sundance Now through February 4

    Posted January 2nd, 2018 by Caryn Coleman in News

    SUBSCRIBE, WATCH, AND SUPPORT. “The mission of the Nitehawk Shorts Festival is to support independent short filmmaking and part of that includes getting as many eyes on short films as possible. We believe in a symbiotic relationship between theatrical and streaming so our exciting new partnership with Sundance Now and Shudder will allow an even […]


  4. NSF2017 FESTIVAL WINNERS

    Posted November 14th, 2017 by Caryn Coleman in News

    Festival Jury Award Winner | Patrick Bresnan – THE RABBIT HUNT Recipient of post-production prizes by Heard City and Nice Shoes   Festival Jury Award Runner Up | Jon Bunning – THE TABLES Recipient of Vimeo Pro-Account and more to be announced.   Cinematography Award Prize | CJ Gardella – ELEGY Selected with Kentucker Audley (actor, filmmaker, and […]


  5. AUDIENCE CHOICE WINNERS

    Posted November 14th, 2017 by Caryn Coleman in News

    OPENING NITE | Micah Perta – DAYTIME NOON   Music Driven | Devin Thomas – THIAROYE BY THE SEA   Midnite | Todd Spence and Zak White – YOUR DATE IS HERE   Matinee One | Amanda Brooke Avery – LEAVING CHARLIE   Matinee Two | Dania Bdeir – IN WHITE


  6. KINOSCOPE: Nitehawk’s Shorts Festival, Part Two

    Posted November 10th, 2017 by Caryn Coleman in News, Review

    Read Part One of Patrick Devitt’s piece on the Nitehawk Shorts Festival. “Robin Comisar’s TIFF-sensation, Great Choice (2017) is without a doubt the highlight of this year’s Midnite selections. Comisar takes as its basis a 94 Red Lobster television spot , which, when viewed outside the context of the short, now comes across as a dated advertisement. An almost […]


  7. KINOSCOPE: Nitehawk’s Shorts Festival, Part One

    Posted November 10th, 2017 by Caryn Coleman in News, Review

    Read Part One of Patrick Devitt’s piece on the Nitehawk Shorts Festival. “There is a clear egalitarian outlook ingrained in the festival. Coleman’s programming stays away from the focus on stars, or the obsessive culture of selfies, photos ops and autographs. Nitehawk Shorts Festival shows instead a generosity of ideas that endeavors to spark a […]


  8. NSF in Paper Magazine!

    Posted November 3rd, 2017 by Caryn Coleman in News

    Mentioned next to Gordon Matta-Clarks retrospective at the Bronx Museum and Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM is the Nitehawk Shorts Festival and, in particular, the Eyeslicer Roadshow in Paper Magazine’s 10 MUST-SEE ART SHOWS (AND ONE MAGAZINE) OPENING THIS WEEK. Read it here!


  9. BROOKLYN PAPER: “Slice and spice: Short film collection presented in Smell-O-Vision”

    Posted November 1st, 2017 by Caryn Coleman in News

    Slice and spice: Short film collection presented in Smell-O-Vision “It’s a television series of all of your favorite short films over the years, combined inside an insane variety show puree,” said Schoenbrun. “It feels less like you’re watching a short film block, and more like you’re listening to a mixtape.” READ THE WHOLE THING HERE. 


  10. THE RABBIT HUNT wins Best Short Film at London Film Festival!

    Posted October 17th, 2017 by Caryn Coleman in News

    Patrick Bresnan’s short film, The Rabbit Hunt, wins Best Short Film at the 2017 London Film Festival! This short opens the Nitehawk Shorts Festival on November 7! From the BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL… The Short Film Award is now in its third year at the Festival, and recognises short form works with a unique cinematic voice […]