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Festival Schedule 2025

Legend: Feature Narrative Feature Documentary Short Block Special Event

Friday
October 17

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Morning Coffee with 2025 NHFF Filmmakers & Special Guests

The Music Hall Members Club

10:00 am - 11:25 am

Peter Hujar’s Day

The Music Hall Historic Theater

10:00 am - 11:15 am

Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong

  • Q&A

3S Artspace

10:00 am - 11:15 am

Land With No Rider

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

10:00 am - 11:20 am

Underland

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Virtual Production: An Immersive Demonstration & Experience

The Music Hall Lounge

11:25 am - 1:30 pm

Seeds

Lear Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

11:40 am - 1:25 pm

It Was Just an Accident

The Music Hall Historic Theater

11:45 am - 1:15 pm

The Scout

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

11:45 am - 1:25 pm

WTO/99

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Inspiring Images: Addressing the Challenges of Filmmaking

The Music Hall Lounge

1:40 pm - 3:15 pm

Shorts Block 1

My Neighbor’s Yard, Cherry-Colored Funk, As If the Earth Had Swallowed Them Up, A Very Straight Neck, Tessitura, Gallina, DON’T TELL MAMA

  • Q&A

3S Artspace

1:40 pm - 3:15 pm

Shorts Block 2

Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting, On Saint Nicholas’ Eve, Tiger, Blister, Mystery Seeds, Skin on Skin

  • Q&A

3S Artspace

1:40 pm - 3:15 pm

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

1:50 pm - 3:15 pm

Omaha

The Music Hall Historic Theater

1:50 pm - 3:20 pm

By Design

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

1:55 pm - 3:25 pm

The Python Hunt

Lear Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Virtual Production: An Immersive Demonstration & Experience

The Music Hall Lounge

3:40 pm - 5:05 pm

Mirrors No. 3

The Music Hall Historic Theater

3:40 pm - 5:15 pm

Shorts Block 3

How to Live Together, Oh Whale, Medusa, CHLOË AT THE MET, Camp Widow, all the love i could handle

  • Q&A

3S Artspace

3:40 pm - 5:15 pm

Cutting Through Rocks

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

3:45 pm - 5:20 pm

Westhampton

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

3:50 pm - 5:20 pm

Natchez

Lear Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

3:50 pm - 5:25 pm

Last Call in the North

Novocure

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Move from Making Shorts to Features (and Sometimes Back Again)

The Music Hall Lounge

5:30 pm - 7:05 pm

The Plague

The Music Hall Historic Theater

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Green & Co. Filmmaker & Sponsor Welcome Party

The Music Hall Lounge

5:40 pm - 7:05 pm

Backside

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

5:40 pm - 7:20 pm

Shorts Block 4

Mother Clay, French Lessons, Derby, Human Affairs, Overgrown, Dears in the Headlights, DISC

  • Q&A

3S Artspace

5:50 pm - 7:05 pm

Honeyjoon

  • Q&A

Novocure

5:55 pm - 7:30 pm

Deepfaking Sam Altman

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Jay Kelly

  • NH

The Music Hall Historic Theater

8:00 pm - 9:20 pm

Best Boy

Novocure

8:10 pm - 9:30 pm

Supernatural

  • NH
  • Q&A

3S Artspace

10:30 pm - 12:00 am

Key Auto Group Friday Night After Party

Toscana Italian Chophouse

11:00 pm - 12:30 am

The Serpent’s Skin

The Music Hall Lounge

Saturday
October 18

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Morning Coffee with 2025 NHFF Filmmakers & Special Guests

The Music Hall Members Club

10:00 am - 11:40 am

Rosemead

The Music Hall Historic Theater

10:00 am - 11:40 am

Shorts Block 5

All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones, Voyage of the Red Rabbit, Vital, I Would Never Fuck You, In Totality, Extremist, Barlebas

  • Q&A

3S Artspace

10:00 am - 11:35 am

Last Call in the North

  • Q&A

Novocure

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Virtual Production: An Immersive Demonstration & Experience

The Music Hall Lounge

10:20 am - 11:40 am

Best Boy

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Land With No Rider

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

INHOUSE & Stella Artois Hospitality Party

Portwalk Place

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The Scout

Novocure

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Virtual Production: An Immersive Demonstration & Experience

The Music Hall Lounge

12:05 pm - 1:40 pm

Fantasy Life

The Music Hall Historic Theater

12:05 pm - 1:45 pm

Shorts Block 6

Dear Shop Girl, Paloma, OH YEAH!, Radix, Second Bedroom, London, KY, Saverio

  • Q&A

3S Artspace

12:05 pm - 1:20 pm

Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

12:10 pm - 1:25 pm

Honeyjoon

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

12:20 pm - 1:45 pm

She Runs the World

Lear Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

1:45 pm - 3:20 pm

Shorts Block 3

How to Live Together, Oh Whale, Medusa, CHLOË AT THE MET, Camp Widow, all the love i could handle

  • Q&A

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

1:50 pm - 3:25 pm

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

1:55 pm - 3:30 pm

Deepfaking Sam Altman

Novocure

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Look Up in the Sky: Welcoming You into the World of Aerial Drones

The Music Hall Lounge

2:05 pm - 3:25 pm

Arco

The Music Hall Historic Theater

2:10 pm - 3:45 pm

The Spies Among Us

  • NH

3S Artspace

2:10 pm - 3:30 pm

Underland

Lear Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

3:50 pm - 5:25 pm

Rebuilding

The Music Hall Historic Theater

3:50 pm - 5:30 pm

Shorts Block 4

Mother Clay, French Lessons, Derby, Human Affairs, Overgrown, Dears in the Headlights, DISC

  • Q&A

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

3:50 pm - 5:20 pm

Remaining Native

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

3:55 pm - 5:35 pm

WTO/99

Lear Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

4:00 pm - 5:20 pm

On a String

  • Q&A

Novocure

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

A Chat about Independent Financing, Festivals & Distribution

The Music Hall Lounge

4:05 pm - 5:35 pm

Creede U.S.A.

3S Artspace

5:50 pm - 7:20 pm

Our Hero, Balthazar

  • Q&A

The Music Hall Historic Theater

5:50 pm - 7:20 pm

The Only Way Out Is Through

  • Q&A

Novocure

5:50 pm - 7:20 pm

By Design

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

5:55 pm - 7:25 pm

Blue Heron

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The Python Hunt

Lear Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The Comedy Panel with Host Eliza Coupe

3S Artspace

8:00 pm - 9:35 pm

Dreams

The Music Hall Historic Theater

8:00 pm - 9:20 pm

In Transit

3S Artspace

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

The Travel Companion

  • Q&A

Novocure

Sunday
October 19

9:30 am - 1:00 pm

Springer’s Jewelers VIP Brunch

Rooftop at The Envio

10:00 am - 11:40 am

Outerlands

The Music Hall Historic Theater

10:00 am - 11:35 am

The Spies Among Us

  • NH

3S Artspace

10:00 am - 11:35 am

Creede U.S.A.

Novocure

10:00 am - 11:40 am

Shorts Block 6

Dear Shop Girl, Paloma, OH YEAH!, Radix, Second Bedroom, London, KY, Saverio

  • Q&A

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

12:00 pm - 1:25 pm

In Transit

3S Artspace

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Our Hero, Balthazar

Novocure

12:00 pm - 1:40 pm

NH Shorts Block 1

Breaking the Silence, Sweeps Week, Back to the Bathroom, Rack and Pinion Explain It All for You, Dissection Day, Conserving Access: The Future of Maine’s Lands, The Provider

  • Q&A

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

12:05 pm - 1:40 pm

Shorts Block 1

My Neighbor’s Yard, Cherry-Colored Funk, As If the Earth Had Swallowed Them Up, A Very Straight Neck, Tessitura, Gallina, DON’T TELL MAMA

  • Q&A

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

12:05 pm - 1:40 pm

After This Death

The Music Hall Historic Theater

2:00 pm - 3:55 pm

Middletown

Novocure

2:00 pm - 3:20 pm

On a String

  • Q&A

The Music Hall Lounge

2:05 pm - 4:00 pm

Sirāt

The Music Hall Historic Theater

2:05 pm - 3:45 pm

Shorts Block 5

All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones, Voyage of the Red Rabbit, Vital, I Would Never Fuck You, In Totality, Extremist, Barlebas

  • Q&A

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

2:10 pm - 3:40 pm

Backside

3S Artspace

2:10 pm - 3:50 pm

NH Shorts Block 2

Lost Track, Fir Traders, Cold Trail, Memory Foam, Followers, Engineers at Ground Zero

  • Q&A

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

4:00 pm - 5:20 pm

Supernatural

  • NH

The Music Hall Lounge

4:20 pm - 5:50 pm

Blue Heron

3S Artspace

4:20 pm - 5:55 pm

Westhampton

Novocure

4:20 pm - 5:55 pm

Shorts Block 2

Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting, On Saint Nicholas’ Eve, Tiger, Blister, Mystery Seeds, Skin on Skin

  • Q&A

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

4:20 pm - 6:20 pm

NH Shorts Block 3

Alice, Last Days on Lake Trinity, Trumpet Gumbo, Stalling, My Father’s House // 故乡, The Delivery Guy

  • Q&A

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel

4:25 pm - 6:00 pm

Love+War

The Music Hall Historic Theater

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Closing Ceremony & Audience Choice Awards

The Music Hall Historic Theater

6:20 pm - 7:50 pm

Fantasy Life

3S Artspace

6:20 pm - 7:50 pm

Natchez

Novocure

6:20 pm - 7:50 pm

The Travel Companion

Moffatt-Ladd Warehouse

6:20 pm - 7:50 pm

The Only Way Out Is Through

  • Q&A

The Music Hall Lounge

6:30 pm - 9:10 pm

The Secret Agent

The Music Hall Historic Theater

6:30 pm - 8:10 pm

NH Shorts Block 4

Deuce, For the Love of Strippers, First Light, The Traveler, Cake

  • Q&A

Gardner Room at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel
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