The 23rd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival Announces 2025 Film Lineup
PORTSMOUTH, NH (September 4, 2025) – The 23rd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF) has announced the selection of over 100 independent films that will be screened at the four-day event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on October 16–19, 2025. “This year’s lineup showcases bold, thought-provoking films that are sure to challenge, inspire, and spark conversation,” says NHFF Lead Programmer Ian McCarthy. “We’re proud to bring together filmmakers, industry professionals, and film lovers in the vibrant city of Portsmouth during the peak of foliage season. If you haven’t experienced the New Hampshire Film Festival, this is the perfect year to attend.”
The lineup includes 32 narrative features, 19 documentary features, and 63 shorts, curated from more than 1,700 submissions.
Highlights include:
Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler
Berlin Silver Bear winner Blue Moon (Richard Linklater) starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, and Andrew Scott
Cannes prizewinners It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi), The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonça Filho), Sirât (Oliver Laxe), and Sound of Falling (Mascha Schilinski)
Love+War, from Academy Award-winning filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi
U.S. premieres of Best Boy (Jesse Noah Klein) and Supernatural (Ventura Durall)
NARRATIVE FEATURES
After This Death, directed by Lucio Castro
Best Boy, directed by Jesse Noah Klein
Blue Heron, directed by Sophy Romvari
Blue Moon, directed by Richard Linklater
By Design, directed by Amanda Kramer
Dragonfly, directed by Paul Andrew Williams
Dreams, directed by Michel Franco
Fantasy Life, directed by Matthew Shear
Honeyjoon, directed by Lilian T. Mehrel
In Transit, directed by Jaclyn Bethany
It Was Just an Accident, directed by Jafar Panahi
Jay Kelly, directed by Noah Baumbach
Mirrors No. 3, directed by Christian Petzold
Omaha, directed by Cole Webley
On a String, directed by Isabel Hagen
The Only Way Out Is Through, directed by Kieran Thompson
Our Hero, Balthazar, directed by Oscar Boyson
Outerlands, directed by Elena Oxman
Peter Hujar’s Day, directed by Ira Sachs
The Plague, directed by Charlie Polinger
A Poet, directed by Simón Mesa Soto
Rebuilding, directed by Max Walker-Silverman
Rosemead, directed by Eric Lin
The Scout, directed by Paula Andrea González-Nasser
The Secret Agent, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Serpent’s Skin, directed by Alice Maio Mackay
Sirāt, directed by Oliver Laxe
Sound of Falling, directed by Mascha Schilinski
The Travel Companion, directed by Travis Wood and Alex Mallis
Urchin, directed by Harris Dickinson
Westhampton, directed by Christian Nilsson
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Backside, directed by Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana
Creede U.S.A., directed by Kahane Cooperman
Cutting Through Rocks, directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammad Reza Eyni
Deepfaking Sam Altman, directed by Adam Bhala Lough
Land With No Rider, directed by Tamar Lando
Last Call in the North, directed by Stan Bush
Love+War, directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Middletown, directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, directed by Elegance Bratton
Natchez, directed by Suzannah Herbert
The Python Hunt, directed by Xander Robin
Remaining Native, directed by Paige Bethmann
Seeds, directed by Brittany Shyne
She Runs the World, directed by Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neill
The Spies Among Us, directed by Jamie Silverman and Gabriel Silverman
Supernatural, directed by Ventura Durall
Underland, directed by Robert Petit
Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong, directed by Kaitlyn Schwalje and Alex Wolf Lewis
WTO/99, directed by Ian Bell
NARRATIVE SHORTS
All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones, directed by Max Tullio
all the love i could handle, directed by Ruby Rose Collins
Barlebas, directed by Malu Janssen
Blister, directed by Hrishi Bardan
Cherry-Colored Funk, directed by Chelsie Pennello
CHLOË AT THE MET, directed by Rebecca Dreyfus
Dear Shop Girl, directed by Nira Burstein
Derby, directed by Aisha Amin
DISC, directed by Blake Winston Rice
Don’t Tell Mama, directed by Chloe Leigh King
Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting, directed by Alexander Thompson
Extremist, directed by Sasha Molochnikov
French Lessons, directed by Anna Maguire and Kyle Greenberg
Gallina, directed by Fernando Reinaldos
How to Live Together, directed by Tim Nicholas
Human Affairs, directed by Eric Schuman
I Would Never F*ck You, directed by Alanna Murray and Mika Lungulov-Klotz
Medusa, directed by Sarah Meyohas
Overgrown, directed by Nathan Mark Ginter
Paloma, directed by Raul Martinez Liera
Premiere, directed by Omer Ben-David
Saverio, directed by Ellen Ancui
Second Bedroom, directed by Beatrix Chu
Skin on Skin, directed by Simon Schneckenburger
A Very Straight Neck, directed by Neo Sora
Vital, directed by Amir Zargara
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Camp Widow, directed by Laura Green and Anna Moot-Levin
Dears in the Headlights, directed by Julia Jansch
In Totality, directed by Jesse Rudoy
London, KY, directed by Cody Duncum
My Neighbor’s Yard, directed by Kara Grace Miller
Mystery Seeds, directed by Nathan Truesdell
Oh Whale, directed by Winslow Crane-Murdoch
OH YEAH!, directed by Nick Canfield
Tessitura, directed by Lydia Cornett and Brit Fryer
Tiger, directed by Loren Waters
ANIMATION SHORTS
As If the Earth Had Swallowed Them Up, directed by Natalia León
Mother Clay, directed by Raha Amirfazli
On Saint Nicholas’ Eve, directed by Emy Mirel Ivasca
Radix, directed by Anne Breymann
Voyage of the Red Rabbit, directed by Sam Gualtari
NEW HAMPSHIRE PROGRAM
Alice, directed by Adam H Marchand
Back to the Bathroom, directed by Isra Chongtaveetham
Breaking the Silence, directed by Emily Balukas and Molly Bashaw
Cake, directed by Caro Ribeiro
Cold Trail, directed by Werner Traut
Conserving Access: The Future of Maine’s Lands, directed by Jerry Monkman
The Delivery Guy, directed by Lisa Romagnoli
Deuce, directed by Margot Budzyna
Dissection Day, directed by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
Engineers at Ground Zero, directed by Kalim Armstrong
Fir Traders, directed by Sara Goldblatt
First Light, directed by Kristopher Roller and Alex Broadstock
Followers, directed by Miriam Olken
For the Love of Strippers, directed by Julia Reagan
Last Days on Lake Trinity, directed by Charlotte Cooley
Lost Track, directed by Luna McKee
Memory Foam, directed by Lubomir Rzepka
My Father’s House // 故乡, directed by Ben Jian-Lin Del Vecchio
The Provider, directed by Mark Constance
Rack and Pinion Explain It All for You, directed by Gordon LePage
Stalling, directed by Jasia Ka
Sweeps Week, directed by Steve Blackwood
The Traveler, directed by Matthew Scheffler
Trumpet Gumbo, directed by Brad Courtemanche
In addition to the independent films above, the 23rd 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!