FEBRUARY 25 - 28 /2025
NEW YORK CITY - USA
THE NORTH FILM FESTIVAL - NEW YORK CITY
NOV 15 -18 / 2023 LIVE & ONLINE *** SELECTED MOVIES AND NOMINATIONS ***
On a regular basis, we will be adding the names of the selected films.
NOMINATIONS 2023
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
BEST FEATURE FILM
Group - Dir. William R.A. Rush - 02:13:00 min - USA
Nightfall - Dir. Michael Lake, Bella Duve - 01:50:00 min - USA
Solar Wind Alley - Dir. Anastasia Lobkovski - 01:16:00 min - Finland
Scarpedicemente - Dir. John Vamvas & Olga Montes - 01:26:00 min - Canada
Stolen Dough - Dir. Stefano Da Frè - 46:01 min - USA
BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM
Dir. Anastasia Lobkovski - Solar Wind Alley - 01:16:00 min - Finland
Dir. John Vamvas & Olga Montes - Scarpedicemente - 01:26:00 min - Canada
Dir. William R.A. Rush - Group - 02:13:00 min - USA
Dir. Stefano Da Frè - Stolen Dough - 46:01 min - USA
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
The enchanted mission - Dir. Marta Torres - 11:14 min - Brazil
Holestepper - Dir. Sergio Fernández Muñoz - 17:26 min - Peru
H.O.M.E. - Dir. Yiğit Batuk -+ 14:40 min - Turkey
How to Avoid Death Forever - Dir. Ella Muscroft - 29:56 min - United Kingdom
18-19 - Dir. Rozha Hasan - 16:00 min - Iraq
The Tableherder - Aleksandr Tretiakevich - 39:59 min - Russian
BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
Prima Noi (Us First) - Dir. Benjamin Jr. Vasquez Barcellano - 14:55 min - Italy
Go criminals! - Dir. Annika Rimbléus - 4:27 min - Sweden
We Will Laugh Again - Dir. Jean-Luc Servino - 11:11 min - Italy
Out of the blue - Dir. Aleksei Galkin - 7:01 min - Estonia
Desafio - Dir. Genaro Rivas - 6:00 min - Spain
BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM
Sonata For A Calendar - Dir. Carmen Rosa Vargas - 18:39 min - Peru
Lubbey - Dir. Cemre Poyraz Evren - 17:46 min - Turkey
Un amore - Dir. Mary Poltroni - 11:30 min Italy
When You Are Ready - Dir. Kavita Parekh - 8:19 min - USA
Take me back - Dir. Annika Forslund Rimbléus - 2:42 min - Sweden
Sara - Dir. Jake Wichansky & Holden Zuschlag - 20:43 min - USA
Moons Ago - Dir. Eve Manalo - 2:45 min - Qatar
BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM
Dir. Mary Poltroni - Un amore - 11:30 min Italy
Dir. Ella Muscroft - How to Avoid Death Forever - 29:56 min - United Kingdom
Dir. Jean-Luc Servino - We Will Laugh Again - 11:11 min - Italy
Dir. Tamia Dow - Lauren's Choice - 11: 00 min - USA
Dir. Ethan Feaster - Duality- 17:21 min - USA
Dir. Louis Obioha - Hermanita - 20:00 min - USA
BEST ACTOR SHORT FILM
Ivelaw Peters - They Took Everything - 4:26 min - USA
JJ Duffy -Committing to Burglary - 24:00 min - USA
Oswaldo Salas - Holestepper - 17:26min - Peru
Michael Tota - The Struggle - 5:00 min- USA
Ludvig Karmalm - The roots of evil - 31:00 min - Sweden
BEST ACTRESS SHORT FILM
Martisa van Iterson - The last day - 18:02 min - Belgium
Dori Levit - The Inconvenience - 8:30 min - USA
Annika Rimbléus - YOU - 4:06 min - Sweden
Olivia Vitarelli - Sara - 20:43 min - USA
Tamia Dow - Lauren's Choice - 11: 00 min - USA
Emely Cartagena - Hermanita - 20:00 min - USA
BEST AMERICAN SHORT FILM
My Little Girl - Dir. Emanuel Loarca - 7:29 min - USA
The Glass Ridge - Dir. Valmik Puri - 10:15 min - USA
Sonata For A Calendar - Dir. Carmen Rosa Vargas - 18:39 min - Peru
The Ballad of Lulu and Dad - Dir. Wayne Paul Mattingly - 30:00 min - USA
The Struggle - Dir. Keith Armonaitis - 5:00 min- USA
Buddy Love - Dir. Kiefer O'Reilly - 13:23 min - Canada
Duality - Dir. Ethan Feaster - 17:21 min - USA
Papa on Parole - Dir. Marc Girard & Patrick Walsh - 15:55 min- USA
Freckle - Dir. David Usner - 13:59 - USA
Committing to Burglary - Dir. JJ Duffy - 24:00 min - USA
BEST SHORT FILM OF THE STATES
My Mom Is - Dir. Max Kohn - 5:44 min - USA
Lauren's Choice - Dir. Tamia Dow - 11: 00 min - USA
Lightning Baby - Dir. RJ Marshall - 9:59 min - USA
The Interview - Dir. MAC BRYDON - 8:23 min - USA
Keepsake - Dir. Rachel Patrice, Priscil•la Zanni, Franklin Speck - 4:11 min - USA
Spotless - Dir. Lana Schreier - 6:27 min - USA
Hermanita - Dir. Louis Obioha - 20:00 min - USA
Big Love - Dir. Michael Martin - 2:43 min - USA
Death & Sandwiches - Dir. Andre M Zucker - 9:00 min- USA
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
How Did You Learn Spanish? - Dir. Claire Kinnen - 7:40 min - USA
St.ranger - Dir. Hyukjin Jeon - 6:09 min - Korea
Free Time - Dir. Jay Sullivan - 1:45 min - USA
My Ideas Turn Into Insects - Dir. Bil Richardson - 10:00 min - USA
The Ballad of Lulu and Dad - Dir. Wayne Paul Mattingly - 30:00 min - USA
YOU - Dir.Annika Rimbléus - 4:06 min - Sweden
All The King's Men - Dir. Jay Sullivan - 1:45 min - USA
They Took Everything - Dir. The professor, Ivelaw Peters, Kutcha - 4:26 min - USA
Widening rings of being - Dir. Elin Osjord - 30:00 min - Norway
My Little Girl - Dir. Emanuel Loarca - 7:29 min - USA
Spots - Dir. Tammy Salzl - 8:03 min - Canada
The Pit and the Pendulum - a musicabre - Dir. Danny Ashkenasi - 29:44 min - USA
Enter the Room - Dir. Harry Waldman - 15:00 min - USA
Desperately Seeking Sikh -Dir. Kelly Goldstein - 11:43 min- USA
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
The Murder of Olof Palme - Joaquim Weibull & Paco Garcia - 20:17 min - Sweden
Frontline Nurses: Dispatches from the COVID-19 Pandemic -
Dir. Cynthia N White, Alexander S White - 5:41 min - USA
Franklin - Dir. Maddy Stevens - 5:39 min - USA
Sour Love - Dir. Cindy Stenberg - 3:58 min - Sweden
BEST HORROR SHORT FILM
The last day - Dir. Joachim Huveneers - 18:02 min - Belgium
Death to the Bourgeoisie - Dir. Phoenix T Logan - 12:21 min - USA
The roots of evil - Dir. Cindy Stenberg - 31:00 min - Sweden
The Neighbor - Dir. James M Herold - 4:54 min - USA
The Tell-Tale Heart - a musicabre - Dir. Danny Ashkenasi - 37:42 min - USA
Blodughadda - Dir. Annika Forslund Rimbléus - 4:15 min - Sweden
Henry Needs A Cat - Dir. Kiernan Richard Doyle - 15:48 min- USA
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa -
Dir. Jhon Jatenjor & Andrés Ricardo Carvajal Castro - 16:12 min - Colombia
Overtown's Living Legacy - Dir. Gina Margillo - 7:00 min - USA
Cross Culture & Religion - Dir. Junaid Imam Shaikh - 27:58 min - USA
Gakyu - Dir. Mai Chouga - 6:30 min - Japan
Interception: Jayne Kennedy · American Sportscaster -
Dir. Safiya Songhai - 15 min - USA
The Strength We Share - Dir. Evan Gardner - 20:00 min - USA
Asian American Artists - Dir. Maria Fe Picar - 17:16 min - USA
Woyane - Dir. Jonathan Stern - 33:33 min - USA
YAR - Dir. Aram Hasan - 22:00 - Iraq
Metamorphosis (Aurora: 10 Years Later) - Dir. Heather Dearman
& Renee Leon - 22:24min - USA
This is such love - Dir. Olga Hajnosz - 19:45 min - Poland
BEST SCRIPT FEATURE FILM
As Scared As You - Wri. Jesse Dorian - USA
Donavan Emery, The Android & Himself - Wri. Jesse Dorian - USA
Gimme Shelter Part Three - Wri. Kevin O’Neal AKA Dave Davidson - USA
The Four Of Us Are Dying - Wri. Jesse Dorian - USA
S.W.A.T. ME PLEASE - Wri. Brian Edwards & Tiffany Colling - Canada
Searching for Dickinson's Diary - Wri. Genevieve Sipperley - USA
The Break In - Wri. Genevieve Sipperley - USA
Morituriosis - Wri. Jesse Dorian - USA
Thursday's Blink - Wri. Genevieve Sipperley - USA
Sweetener - Wri. William Rush - USA
Dark Twinkle Holiday - Wri. Genevieve Sipperley - USA
Belial - Wri. Genevieve Sipperley - USA
Group Script - Wri. William Rush - USA
The First Z - Wri. Genevieve Sipperley - USA
Icky - Wri. Genevieve Sipperley - USA
Love For Those Who Fall - Wri. Genevieve Sipperley - USA
War-Angel: Inner Demons (Secrets Revealed) - Wri. Matthew Carter - USA
The Purple Plea - Wri. Haylee Hemphill - USA
BEST SCRIPT SHORT
I Will Forever Live Here - Wri. Carlos Roa Rodriguez - Colombia
Pages - Wri. Jacopo Alpi - Italy
HOTEL - Wri. Genevieve Sipperley - USA
SVEN - Wri. Jesse Dorian - USA
Flags under the sun - Wri. Lorenzo Scalzo - Italy
BEST MUSIC/DANCE VIDEO
Lunarcode: The light (official music video) - Dir. Vincenzo Carubia - 3:22 min - USA
Words like violence - Dir. Arjan Gebraad - 10:58 min - The Netherlands
Omnipotent Resolution - Dir. Uniqueness - 9:20 min - USA
Bad Syne - Dir. Ilysa Spencer - 15:00 min - Puerto Rico
Reading the Body: Recovery - Dir. Danielle Ofri - 13:57 min - USA
BEST WEB - SERIES
Space Odessey Adventures: Episode 1 - Dir. Antoine M Dillard - 15:00 min - USA
Under Cover Comic (pilot) - Dir. Bobby Friedman - 21:40 min - USA
Are you Amir Shah? SEASON 2 EPISODE 4 - Dir. Amir Shah - 40:00 min - USA