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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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