New Hampshire Film Festival 2014 Official Selections
We are proud to announce the official selections for the 14th Annual New Hampshire Film Festival!
The four day festival, which kicks off Thursday, October 16th, will screen over one hundred films at four downtown venues in Portsmouth, New Hampshire: The Music Hall, The Music Hall Loft, The Seacoast Repertory Theatre and the Moffatt-Ladd House.
The festival is made up of two major competitions the New Hampshire Night competition held on Thursday, October 16, and the International competition held Friday, October 17 to Sunday, October 19.
*Films with an asterisk denote an NH connection.
NH Film Festival International Competition
The International competition has five major categories: Feature Narratives, Feature Documentaries, Short Narratives, Short Documentaries and Animation.
Feature Narratives
Animals directed by Collin Schiffli
Big Significant Things directed by Bryan Reisberg
Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater
Fort Tilden directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers
Happy Christmas directed by Joe Swanberg
I Believe in Unicorns directed by Leah Meyerhoff
Know How directed by Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
*Low Down directed by Jeff Preiss
Manhattan Romance directed by Tom O’Brien
Match directed by Stephen Belber
*Men Women and Children directed by Jason Reitman
Sun Belt Express directed by Evan Buxbaum
The Babadook directed by Jennifer Kent
The Infinite Man directed by Hugh Sullivan
Two Step directed by Alex R Johnson
Wild Canaries directed by Lawrence Michael Levine
Feature Documentaries
*100: Head/Heart/Feet directed by William Peters
*Angkor’s Children directed by Lauren Shaw
*Becoming Bulletproof directed by Michael Barnett
*Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart directed by Jeremiah Zagar
Divide in Concord directed by Kris Kaczor
*ETEAM directed by Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman
Fight Church directed by Daniel Junge, Bryan Storkel
Happy Valley directed by Amir Bar-Lev
Last Days in Vietnam directed by Rory Kennedy
Life Itself directed by Steve James
*SLINGSHOT directed by Paul Lazarus
*Take Me to the River directed by Martin Shore
The Supreme Price directed by Joanna Lipper
The Syndrome directed by Meryl Goldsmith
When the Bell Rings directed by Brad Bores
Whitey directed by Joe Berlinger
Short Narratives
216 Mois directed by Valentin Potier | Trailer
*Alatoni directed by Christopher Goudreault
Bis Gleich directed by Benjamin Wolff
Chinatown directed by Sandra Battaglini | Trailer
Contrapelo directed by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer | Trailer
Dead Hearts directed by Stephen W. Martin | Trailer
Dog Food directed by Brian Crano | Trailer
For Spacious Sky directed by Coy Middlebrook | Trailer
Gregory Go Boom directed by Janicza Bravo | Trailer
Jonathan’s Chest directed by Christopher Radcliff | Trailer
Kakara directed by Kimmo Yläkäs | Trailer
Last Patrol directed by Luke Toye
Market Hours directed by Jon Goldman | Trailer
Misterio directed by Chema GarcÃa Ibarra | Trailer
More Than Two Hours directed by Ali Asgari | Trailer
On Women who Validate Themselves Through Sex directed by Pamela Wess
*One Armed Man directed by Tim Guinee | Trailer
Operation Barn Owl directed by Satsuki Okawa | Trailer
Paper Wrap Fire directed by Raymond Yeung
Peepers directed by Kenneth Lam | Trailer
Pour Retourner directed by Scooter Corkle
Remora directed by Dylan Bell | Trailer
Sequestered directed by Lucas Spaulding | Trailer
STRANGERS directed by Eric D. Howell | Trailer
The Archivist directed by Jeremy Ball
*The Celebrant directed by Rae Dawn Chong
The Karman Line directed by Oscar Sharp
The Landing directed by Josh Tanner | Trailer
The Next Part directed by Erin Sanger | Trailer
The Perfect Woman directed by Dennis Collins Johnson
The Phone Call directed by Mat Kirkby | Trailer
*The Routine directed by Brian Groh
*They Came at Night directed by Andrew Ellis, Alexander Mallis | Trailer
Time Travel Lover directed by Bo Mirossenni
Today’s The Day directed by Daniel “Cloud” Campos
Tzniut directed by David Formentin | Trailer
Short Documentaries
Eleanor Ambos Interiors directed by Andrew Ellis | Trailer
Font Men directed by Dress Code | Trailer
*Home Sweet Home directed by Ron Wyman
INORGANICA directed by Valerie Mellon | Trailer
Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution directed by Matthew VanDyke | Trailer
One Year Leasedirected by Brian Bolster
*The Granite Stoke directed by Dylan Ladds, Ryan Scura | Trailer
*The Refugees of Shangri-la directed by Doria Bramante | Trailer
*Inside the Hideout directed by Sean Collins | Trailer
The Lion’s Mouth Opens directed by Lucy Walker
The War Photographers directed by Steven Kochones
*Think Thank Almanac directed by Sean Lucey | Trailer
Wild Harvest directed by Henry Roosevelt, Michael Parker
Animation
Husk directed by Paul Howell | Trailer
Something Important directed by NaiWei Liu | Trailer
The Video Dating Tape of Desmondo Ray, Aged 33 & 3/4 directed by Steve Baker
Wire Cutters directed by Jack Anderson
Nine directed by Wanichaya Phraejunya | Trailer
Hanging By A Thread directed by Catya Plate | Trailer
The Obvious Child directed by Stephen Irwin | Trailer
Sebastian directed by Vlad Marsavin
New Hampshire Night Competition
The New Hampshire Night competition is made up of all NH Films and the NH Program. The New Hampshire Program consists of films that highlight the year’s uniquely NH productions, and up-and-coming NH filmmakers, producers, actors, and writers. NH film criteria: subject or story about NH, significant portion of film is filmed in NH, major cast or crew from NH, director/producer/writer from NH; from NH means the person involved has spent over 1 year in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Program
*a Girl, a Cat, a Bomb directed by Laura Maxfield | Trailer
*Advent directed by John Bickerstaff | Trailer
*Arabel directed by Erin Enberg | Trailer
*Celia Thaxter’s Island Garden directed by Peter Randall | Trailer
*Empty Room directed by Tom Kochem
*[escape] directed by Dave Conte | Trailer
*For the Love of Dogs directed by Tim O’Donnell | Trailer
*FRAGARIA directed by Noah Levin, Nick Auger
*Frostbiters directed by Thurston Smith | Trailer
*Hope on the Horizon directed by Michael Fiore | Trailer
*Horoscope directed by Maya Rudolph | Trailer
*I’m Gonna Punch Sam Mackey in the Face directed by Michael Yusko
*Just Another Ski Movie directed by Jonathan Klutsch
*Losing It! directed by J. Zachary Pike
*Tan Vampires – ‘Into The West’ (Official Music Video) directed by Jeremy Collins
*Toast directed by Ryan Cultrera | Trailer
*The Armadillo directed by Joe Ahern | Trailer
*The Clean Up directed by Jesse Allen | Trailer
*The Convict directed by Mark Battle | Trailer
*The Frontier directed by Matt Rabinowitz | Trailer
*Tycoon directed by Keper Connell
*White Mountain Music Festival directed by Gary Anderson
*Who Am I Going to Be? directed by William Rogers
*Wild New Brave directed by Oakley Anderson-Moore