The 22nd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival Announces 2024 Film Lineup
PORTSMOUTH, NH (September 5, 2024) – The 22nd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF) lineup includes over 100 independent films that will be screened at the four-day event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on October 17 – 20, 2024.
More than half of this year’s selections are directed by women, according to NHFF Founding Director Nicole Gregg. Says Gregg, “Among the many highlights, we are honored to present Academy Award-winning director Andrea Arnold’s latest feature Bird, starring the brilliant Barry Keoghan, as well as Nightbitch, starring Amy Adams and directed by Marielle Heller. These films join a lineup that has premiered at some of the world’s most prestigious festivals, including Sundance, Cannes, and Venice.”
NARRATIVE FEATURES
Bird, directed by Andrea Arnold
The Black Sea, directed by Crystal Moselle & Derrick B. Harden
Bob Trevino Likes It, directed by Tracie Laymon
La Cocina, directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
Darkest Miriam, directed by Naomi Jaye
Eephus, directed by Carson Lund
The French Italian, directed by Rachel Wolther
Gazer, directed by Ryan J. Sloan
The Girl with the Needle, directed by Magnus von Horn
Griffin in Summer, directed by Nicholas Colia
The Heirloom, directed by Ben Petrie
Magpie, directed by Sam Yates
Nightbitch, directed by Marielle Heller
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni
Pierce, directed by Nelicia Low
Rent Free, directed by Fernando Andrés
Universal Language, directed by Matthew Rankin
Veni Vidi Vici, directed by Daniel Hoesl & Juliane Niemann
We Strangers, directed by Anu Valia
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Adrianne & the Castle, directed by Shannon Walsh
Bring Them Home, directed by Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald & Daniel Glick
Dahomey, directed by Mati Diop
Driver, directed by Nesa Azimi
A Handmade Life, directed by Ian Scura
Inheritance, directed by Matt Moyer & Amy Toensing
It Was All a Dream, directed by Dream Hampton
The Lost North End: A Tale of Wreckage and Resilience, directed by Scott Maclin
Luther: Never Too Much, directed by Dawn Porter
Mistress Dispeller, directed by Elizabeth Lo
New Wave, directed by Elizabeth Ai
A Photographic Memory, directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Porcelain War, directed by Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
The Ride Ahead, directed by Samuel Habib & Dan Habib
Safe Sets: Dying to Work in the Film Industry, directed by Paul Heinzelmann & Jonathan Schwartz
Secret Mall Apartment, directed by Jeremy Workman
Shelf Life, directed by Ian Cheney
They’re Here, directed by Daniel Claridge & Pacho Velez
Without Arrows, directed by Jonathan Olshefski & Elizabeth Day
NARRATIVE SHORTS
Airbag, directed by Timothy Leong
Attachment Theory, directed by Katherine Jackson
Bitter Weeds, directed by Reuben Hamlyn
Bruno & Elena, directed by Javier Hirschler
Cabaret Spectacular, directed by Thomas Meyer
Choke Hold, directed by Max Ryan McGillivray
Classmates, directed by Major Dorfman
Common Decency, directed by Caroline Conrad
Dad Swap, directed by Ethan Mermelstein
Deep in My Heart is a Song, directed by Jonathan Pickett
Evil, I, directed by Vanessa Beletic
Gorgeous, directed by Morgan Gould
Grim All Day, directed by Dylan Pailes-Friedman
Last Night, directed by Eliza Soros
Loser, directed by Colleen McGuinness
Manifest Destiny, directed by Timothy Gunatilaka, Kevin Osgood
Mr. Bold, directed by Aiman Mimiko
Music Theory, directed by Leon Ristov
Pillow Talk, directed by Mathilde Hauducoeur
Rat!, directed by Neal Suresh Mulani
Rooster Will Crow Again, directed by Fengyuan Zhao
The Shadow Wrangler, directed by Grace Rex
Sunshine City, directed by Arthur Gay
That Day I Jumped Off the Pier, directed by Jai Love
What You Left in the Ditch, directed by Tucker Bliss
Where the Bullets Go, directed by Cody Duncum
Works of Mercy, directed by Alex Yarber
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
The Candy Factory, directed by Cory Jacobs & Jason Schmidt
Cycles, directed by Pisie Hochheim & Tony Oswald
Edel Rodriguez: Freedom is a Verb, directed by Mecky Creus & Adrienne Hall
Expiration Date, directed by Giles Perkins
Kowloon!, directed by Mona Xia & Erin Ramirez
ᏗᏂᏠᎯ ᎤᏪᏯ (Meet Me at the Creek), directed by Loren Waters
The School of Canine Massage, directed by Emma D. Miller
Stud Country, directed by Alexandra Kern & Lina Abascal
Time With Phil, directed by Louis Heilbronn
Weekend Visits, directed by Pete Quandt
ANIMATION SHORTS
Confessions of a Jumbotron Addict, directed by Mickey Duzyj
A Crab in the Pool, directed by Alexandra Myotte & Jean-Sébastien Hamel
Dragon Agent-Wreckers of Boston, directed by Gordon LePage
Minus Plus Multiply, directed by Chu-Chieh Lee
The Snip, directed by Alain Delannoy
Tennis, Oranges, directed by Sean Pecknold
Today, We Climbed a Hill, directed by Gordon LePage
NEW HAMPSHIRE PROGRAM
109 Below, directed by Nick Martini
Best Interest of the Child, directed by Ian Hawkins
Bicycle Time Traveler, directed by John Breneman & Miles Woodworth
Boys at Work: “From the Top”, directed by Thom L. Coupe
The Caretaker, directed by Dan Dunn & Josh Bogardus
Cold Coffee, directed by Luis de Jesús
Community is Right Outside, directed by Bernardo Ruiz
Death Wish, directed by Santino Fontana
The Doer, directed by Richard Williams
Dottie, directed by Jeff Stern
Fenwick, directed by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
(I Broke Them), directed by Lizzy Bryce
Immersion, directed by Dorian Robinson
In His Léon-Bollée, directed by Caleb McCandless
Keepers, directed by Paul Emile
Kismet, directed by Everett Ravens
The Last Ice: Glacial Lake Hitchcock, directed by Nicholas Natale & Gregory Holden Stott
Liquid, Fragile, Perishable, directed by Ian Scura & Ryan Scura
Live Catch, directed by Harry Pont
Memories We Hold, directed by Ryan Bergeron
Methuselah, directed by Nathan Sellers
Noddingoff, directed by Mike Bailey
Peabrain, directed by Steve Blackwood
Pick Up the Fiddle!, directed by Jason Outenreath
The Power of Water, directed by Matthew Myer Boulton
Rapt, directed by Margot Budzyna
Raw, directed by Erica Lane
Remember Winter, directed by Gabriel Andrus
Study of a Train, directed by Eli Vannata
The Thaw, directed by Sarah Wisner & Sean Temple
Top Prospects, directed by James White
Trophy, directed by William Peters
Watching, directed by Seabrook Middle School Y2Y
Within the Crystal Hills, directed by Griffin “The” Hansen
Women on the Water, directed by Haley McHatton
Zeppo!, directed by Noah Mauchly
In addition to the independent films above, the 22nd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival will feature fascinating conversations with film industry experts, fun parties, and more!
The schedule of films and events will be released soon.
Now is a great time to plan your film festival fun. Grab your PASSES!