NH Film Festival announces 2022 film lineup for October’s 20th Anniversary celebration


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    PORTSMOUTH, NH  – New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF) is thrilled to announce the full selection for its 20th Annual edition October 6 – 9, 2022. The festival will present over 100 independent films from around the world as well as films by New Hampshire filmmakers.

    Leading titles include 2022 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection Julian Higgins’s “God’s Country,” as well as Stephen Frears’s “The Lost King,”  Charlotte Wells’s “Aftersun,” and Cristian Mungiu’s “R.M.N.” Among these, the festival is also delighted to showcase local filmmaker Mark Hevesh’s “Lily Topples The World,” Laina Barakat’s “Light Attaching to a Girl,” Iyabo Kwayama’s “By Water,” and Gordon LePage’s “A Change of Song” and “Dragon Poets of Boston.”

    In addition, the festival will feature fascinating conversations with film industry experts, fun parties, and more. Festival day passes are on sale now starting as low as $30 with VIP passes also available at nhfilmfestival.com. During the festival, attendees can choose from a carefully curated selection of films and take advantage of exceptional dining and shopping options within walking distance of the festival’s venues.

    Highlights to include:

    • NH Night Feature & Q&A: God’s Country, Thursday, Oct 6, 7:15pm @ The Music Hall

    • NH Night Awards, Thursday, Oct 6, 9:30pm @ The Music Hall

    • Down the Middle with Tom Bergeron, Friday, Oct 7, 2:30pm @ The Press Room

    • Red Carpet Gala & Opening Ceremony: Friday, Oct 7, 6:30pm @ The Music Hall

    • Opening Night Feature: The Lost King, Friday, Oct 7, 7:45pm @ The Music Hall

    • Annual Comedy Panel, Saturday, Saturday, Oct 8, 5:30pm @ 3S Artspace

    • Saturday Spotlight: Aftersun, Saturday, Oct 8, 9:10pm @ The Music Hall

    • Closing Night Ceremonies, Sunday, Oct 9, 6:50pm @ The Music Hall

    • Closing Night Feature: R.M.N., 7:45pm @ The Music Hall

    The 2022 film lineup includes:

    FEATURE NARRATIVES

    Actual People, directed by Kit Zauhar

    Aftersun, directed by Charlotte Wells

    Allswell, directed by Ben Snyder

    Are We Lost, directed by Jenny Gage

    Close, directed by Lukas Dhont

    Corsage, directed by Marie Kreutzler

    Disfluency, directed by Anna Baumgarten

    The Drop, directed by Sarah Adina Smith

    God’s Country, directed by Julian Higgins

    God’s Time, directed by Daniel Antebi

    Good Girl Jane, directed by Sarah Elizabeth Mintz

    Homebody, directed by Joseph Sackett

    How to Rob, directed by Peter Horgan

    Light Attaching to a Girl, directed by Laina Barakat

    The Lost King, directed by Stephen Frears

    The Making of a Deathbed, directed by Lilly Dickinson

    Not On This Night, directed by Bill Humphreys

    Queens of the Qing Dynasty, directed by Ashley McKenzie

    R.M.N., directed by Cristian Mungiu

    A Stage of Twilight, directed by Sarah T. Schwab

    Unidentified Objects, directed by Juan Felipe Zuleta

    Way Out Ahead of Us, directed by Rob Rice


    FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES

    The 5th Man, directed by Trey Nelson

    An Act of Worship, directed by Nausheen Dadabhoy

    Be Our Guest, directed by Diane Tsai

    Butterfly in the Sky, directed by Bradford Thompson & Brett Whitcomb

    Carol & Johnny, directed by Colin Barnicle

    Communities & Consequences II, directed by Jay Childs

    The Computer Accent, directed by Sebastian Pardo & Riel Roch Decter

    Crows Are White, directed by Ahsen Nadeem

    Delmarva and the Ground for Change, directed by Karrah Kwasnik

    The Elephants and the Grass, directed by Brandon Gulish & Beau Rosario

    The House We Lived in, directed by Tim O’Donnell

    A Life on the Farm, directed by Oscar Harding

    Lily Topples the World, directed by Jeremy Workman

    The Merrimack: River at Risk, directed by Jerry Monkman

    Naked Gardens, directed by Patrick Bresnan & Ivete Lucas

    No Time To Fail, directed by Sara Archambault & Margo Guernsey

    Of Medicine and Miracles, directed by Ross Kauffman

    Only in Theaters, directed by Raphael Sbarge

    Outta the Muck, directed by Ira Mckinley & Bhawin Suchak

    The Pez Outlaw, directed by Amy Bendlien Storkel & Bryan Storkel

    The Quiet Epidemic, directed by Winslow Crane-Murdoch & Lindsay Keys

    Sirens, directed by Rita Baghdadi

    Vertical Freedom, directed by Doug Lee

    Wet House, directed by Benjamin May

    Whitman Brook, directed by Ben Silberfarb


    SHORT NARRATIVES

    100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu, directed by Gbenga Komolafe

    Birdsong, directed by Hrishi Bardhan

    The Businessman, directed by Nathan Ginter

    Catalina, directed by Tyler Rabinowitz

    Catching Spirits, directed by Vanessa Beletic

    Change of Plans, directed by Cate Cammarata

    The Cinema, directed by Troy Lustick

    D as in Do Not, directed by Rachel Wolther

    Daddy’s Girl, directed by Lena Hudson

    Dear Mama…, directed by Winter Dunn

    Ella’s Suite, directed by Josh Greenwood

    The Electricity in Me, directed by Mat Sheldon

    Foreign Uncle, directed by Sining Xiang

    Gussy, directed by Chris Osborn

    Half, directed by Jacob Roberts

    Headspace, directed by Aisling Byrne

    If Found, directed by India Donaldson

    Kissy and the Shark, directed by Lola Blanche

    Mammalian Diving Reflex, directed by Caroline Conrad

    Mister Backlash, directed by Eavvon Styles O’Neal

    NQR, directed by Yaron Lotan

    Passage, directed by David M. Massey

    Rips, directed by Major Dorfman

    Scabs, directed by Tommy Butler

    Smoke Eater, directed by Gloria Mercer

    The Silent Whistle, directed by Yingtong Li

    Silver Lake Cleaners, directed by Katarina Zhu

    Strawberry Shake, directed by Dianne Bellino

    Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, directed by Neal Suresh Mulani

    Ten & Two, directed by Travis Wood

    Threads of Desire, directed by Bianca Di Marco

    Troy, directed by Mike Donahue

    The Voice Actress, directed by Anna J. Takayama

    Wuss, directed by Rubing Zhang

    You Go Girl!, directed by Shariffa Ali


    SHORT DOCUMENTARIES

    The Body Is a House of Familiar Rooms, directed by Eloise Sherrid & Lauryn Welch

    Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go, directed by Sindha Agha

    How to Bury Your Mother During a Pandemic, directed by Ethan Mermelstein

    J&S Auto, directed by Grace Jung

    Last Days of August, directed by Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck

    More Than Real, directed by Roc Morin

    Never Again Para Nadie, directed by Anna Feder, Dan Frank, & Justin Reifert

    Pam’s Kitchen, directed by David Gwynn

    Quiet Minds Silent Streets, directed by Karen Chapman

    Rearranging Skin: A Love Letter to the World, directed by Elizabeth Myer


    Routine Interrupted, directed by Lauren Shaw

    Shut Up and Paint, directed by Titus Kaphar & Alex Mallis

    Strange Beasts, directed by Darcy Pendergrast

    Time & Temperature, directed by Justin Foreman

    Tuesday Afternoon, directed by Pete Quant

    Walker, directed by Mike Rapsys

    We Are Here, directed by Constanza Castro & Doménica Castro

    When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood, directed by Nathan Truesdell

    Where Land Ends, directed by Grace McNally

    Wild Magnolias, directed by Alexandra Kern


    ANIMATION

    7LBS 8OZ, directed by Yoo Lee

    By Water, directed by Iyabo E. Kwayana

    A Change of Song, directed by Gordon LePage

    Cosmohedron, directed by Duncan Hatch

    Dragon Poets of Boston, directed by Gordon LePage

    Drone, directed by Sean Buckelew

    The House of Loss, directed by Jeon Jinkyu

    In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket, directed by Yoko Yuki

    La grogne, directed by Alisi Telengut

    Mi, directed by Zak Engel & Masayoshi Nakamura

    More Than I Want to Remember, directed by Amy Bench


    NH PROGRAM

    The Adventures of Sleepyhead, directed by Gemma Soldati

    Art of Healing, directed by Everett Ravens

    Bernard Checks In, directed by Michael Basta

    b l u s h, directed by Ryan Rivard

    Brothers, directed by Julia Coulter

    Chicks, directed by Geena Marie Hernandez

    Clam Shack Blues, directed by Matt Ott

    Cube Meets Sphere, directed by Alexander Keown

    The Dam Road to Griffintown, directed by Gary David Anderson

    Dear Ani, directed by Micah B Levin

    The Dog Heist, directed by Sean Morse-Barry

    Errand, directed by Ben Bagley

    Georgia’s Line, directed by Jo Dery

    The Getaway, directed by Erin Enberg

    In a Glass Darkly, directed by Preetam Choudhury

    Kevin and His Sword, the untold story of the last hero., directed by Jennifer Lake

    Keystone: Voices for the Little Fish, directed by Jerry Monkman

    Last Summer with Uncle Ira, directed by Katie Ennis & Gary Jaffe

    Leaving Home, directed by Bennett Mosseau

    Love in the Night, directed by Sammy Bonasso

    The Magic Act, directed by Bailey Beltramo

    Mairzy Doats, directed by Seth William Chatfield

    The Man Who Plays With Fire, directed by Chris Ohlson

    The Mountain Meisters, directed by Joshua Bogardus

    Mrs. Osbourne, directed by Gregory Bergeron

    Mules, directed by Toney Brown

    Must Love Pie, directed by Seabold Krebs

    Out With It, directed by Jaci Kjernander

    Passage, directed by Megan Spatz

    Penny, directed by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid

    Petunia, directed by Miriam Olken

    Private, directed by Steve Blackwood

    Proof of Loss, directed by Katherine Fisher

    Rear View, directed by Matthew Conboy

    RANSACK, directed by Miles Dixon

    Recorded Live! The Great American Family Jukebox Cabaret, directed by Attilio Rigotti

    Sold!, directed by Adam H. Marchand

    Stitch, Breathe, Speak: The George Floyd Quilts, directed by Chris Owen

    Tea Time, directed by Tara Price

    This Fog, directed by Jeff Stern

    This Happy Moment, directed by Dan Freund

    Waiting Period, directed by Taylor Lee Nagel

    For more information on the film festival including the full schedule, visit: nhfilmfestival.com


    NHFF Sponsors

    BankProv and Key Auto Group are the headline sponsors for this event. Additional sponsors include InHouse, Vital, Coppola Wines, BANKW Staffing, Access Sports Medicine, Avery Insurance, Construction Services of New Hampshire, Stella Artois, Night Shift Brewing, Natural Rocks, Nancy Phillips Associates, Daychaser, Rockingham Electric, Green & Co., Whole Food Market, and AARP.

    About NHFF

    NHFF’s mission is to inspire audiences with thought-provoking cinematic stories from visionary talents in independent filmmaking, and to provide a platform for emerging artists to advance their craft, engage with the community and promote to industry leaders. From young filmmakers to up-and-coming directors and seasoned screenwriters to veteran actors, the New Hampshire Film Festival showcases the brightest talent within the domestic and international film scene. The festival also emphasizes creative collaboration, education and networking through panel discussions, workshops, and social events.