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PRINCESS RITA
Film
PRINCESS RITA
Directed by Blair Waters
NSF19 FESTIVAL JURY AWARD
A lonely insurance adjuster becomes consumed by his desire to meet his internet girlfriend,…
NARMIN’S BIRTHDAY
Film
NARMIN’S BIRTHDAY
Directed by Jenny Groza, Lydia Cornett
NSF19 FESTIVAL JURY RUNNER-UP AWARD
The story of Narmin, an Azerbaijani teenager living in Brooklyn, and her grandmother…
END OF TUNNEL
Film
END OF TUNNEL
Directed by Sam Sulam
NSF19 MUSIC DRIVEN AWARD
Henny Mack ruminates on his past failures and how he uses positive feedback as a…
MARISOL
Film
MARISOL
Directed by Zoé Salicrup Junco
HUFFPOST IMPACT AWARD WINNER
MATINEE ONE AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
When a young mother takes a risk to provide for her…
THE BOOGEYWOMAN
Film
THE BOOGEYWOMAN
Directed by Erica Scoggins
NSF19 MIDNITE AWARD
In the fever of her first period, a curious teenager is drawn to her small town’s…
A YEAR
Film
A YEAR
Directed by Jisun Jamie Kim
NSF19 CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
A Himalayan village woman yearns to provide a better life for her young daughters. But the…
SPARE PARTS
Film
SPARE PARTS
Directed by Emily Kaplan
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER AWARD
A small time hustler spots a vulnerable woman in a truck-stop town on the edge…
NSF19 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
THE MAKING OF PANTHERA
Film
THE MAKING OF PANTHERA
Directed by Renee Mao, Savannah O'Leary
Brooklyn-based drag queen Panthera Lush spends painstaking hours behind the sewing machine designing couture-worthy looks. Weaving cinéma vérité…
CLOSE 2 ME – LADY JAMES MONROE
Film
CLOSE 2 ME – LADY JAMES MONROE
Directed by Laura Moss
Halloween, night, New York City. A woman becomes haunted by a face in the crowd that she starts…
DOMINANT SPECIES
Film
DOMINANT SPECIES
Directed by Joseph Sackett
10 aliens in human host bodies learn how to be men.
IT’S BEEN TOO LONG
Film
IT’S BEEN TOO LONG
Directed by Amber Schaefer
Two ex-lovers meet at a rarely-used Aspen lodge to reignite their passions, but first they must confess their…
MARISOL
Film
MARISOL
Directed by Zoé Salicrup Junco
HUFFPOST IMPACT AWARD WINNER
MATINEE ONE AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
When a young mother takes a risk to provide for her…
BLACKOUT
Film
BLACKOUT
Directed by Sofia Bonami
A power outage in a prison classroom temporarily suspends the teacher and inmates in a reality with no…
SEE YOU NEXT TIME
Film
SEE YOU NEXT TIME
Directed by Crystal Kayiza
SEE YOU NEXT TIME reaches across the nail salon table to capture the intimate moments shared between a…
NIGHT SWIM
Film
NIGHT SWIM
Directed by Victoria Rivera
Three teenage girls break into a shut down pool. When uninvited guests show up, their friendship is tested…
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