THE NORTH FILM FESTIVAL - NEW YORK CITY
WINNERS 2023
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: SCARPEDICEMENTE
Runtime: 01:26:00 min
Country: Canada
Director: John Vamvas
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Delusional gangster Luigi Scarpedicemente and his wife, Holly, sneak off to a desert Vegas motel to avoid bodyguards Ricco & Rocco and celebrate their one year wedding anniversary. What's the worst that can happen? A dark comedy that pays homage to classic cinema!
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: How to Avoid Death Forever
Runtime: 29:56 min
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Ella Muscroft
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Aurelia and Teddy meet at a cancer support group and decide too embark on a wild adventure together. A compelling story about human connection and making the most of the time we have.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: We Will Laugh Again
Runtime: 11:11 min
Country: Italy
Director: Jean-Luc Servino
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Exasperated repugnance, deep impatience, radical incompatibility. Repulsion. Idiosyncrasy. Then, quiet pleasure, calm, superficial reconciliation. Attraction. Propensity. Anything can happen and the reasons are not always clear.
A silent film about the circle of life through the story of different people. Farmers works the land, a woman in a marriage crisis, a middle-aged man wants another life.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Lauren's Choice
Runtime: 11:00 min
Country: USA
Director: Tamia Dow
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Lauren had everything a great job, a beautiful home, a loving husband until tragedy strikes. Lauren begins suffering from depression, drinking alcohol in excess and pushing away everyone she loves. In Lauren's Choice we walk with her journey through her self imposed dark place and learn her choice.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: The Murder of Olof Palme
Runtime: 20:17 min
Country: Sweden
Director: Joaquim Weibull, Paco Garcia
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Olof Palme was Sweden's Prime Minister from 1969–1976 and 1982–1986. Olof was a controversial politician who dominated Swedish politics for a long time. In 1986, Olof Palme was shot dead on an open street in Stockholm. The assassination has been an unsolved mystery that has plagued Sweden ever since. At a press conference in June 2020, the Police's Palme investigation pointed out Stig Engström as Olof Palme's killer....
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Holestepper
Runtime: 17:26 min
Country: Peru
Director: Sergio Fernández Muñoz
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Angel (Oswaldo Salas), an enthusiastic high school teacher, discovers a website where his students make fun of him and his disability through some strange videos. Mixing the reality and the digital universe adolescent, Angel will be involved in a world hitherto unknown.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Spots
Runtime: 8:03 min
Country: Canada
Director: Tammy Salzl
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Identical creatures from different worlds are drawn together by a musical force.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Stolen Dough
Runtime: 46:01 min
Country: United States
Director: Stefano Da Frè
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Directed by AFI Award Winner Stefano Da Frè & produced by Laura Pellegrini, and in collaboration with the Russo Brothers National film forum grant: “STOLEN DOUGH” is the true story of Anthony Mongiello.
A young Italian American Chef who, at the age of 18, invented and patented Stuffed Crust Pizza.
This patent was stolen by Pizza Hut, and what follows are the real life events of a 1 Billion dollar lawsuit.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: LUNARCODE: THE LIGHT (official music video)
Runtime: 3:22 min
Country: United States
Director: Vincenzo Carubia
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Latest music video by award winning Rock Band LUNARCODE. this is off their first album "Stories Untold" available on iTunes, Spotify and all major platforms.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Under Cover Comic (pilot)
Runtime: 21:40 min
Country: United States
Director: Bobby Friedman
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Stuck in a dead end job writing ads and doing comedy at open mics, Adam, a Brooklyn father of two, is torn when both he and his wife Zoey get their dream job in Los Angeles and Italy...at the exact same time.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Un amore
Runtime: 11:30 min
Country: Italy
Director: Mary Poltroni
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: In Calvi, a small town in Umbria, a photographer meets a young woman. The spark of love immediately caught fire between them. They kiss passionately. A moment later, the woman disappears. He looks for her everywhere in the town but he finds her where he least expect it.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Keepsake
Runtime: 4:11 min
Country: United States
Director: Rachel Patrice, Priscil•la Zanni, Franklin Speck
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: In this short comedy based in Washington Square Park - a place where all New York types coalesce to create a vibrant, eclectic meeting spot that is a microcosm of New York City - one young man makes a journey through the park to discover himself. Through one single keepsake, which leaves and returns to him throughout his journey, he learns the true purpose of the memories we keep, and how they shape who we are.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: The Struggle
Runtime: 5:00 min
Country: United States
Director: Keith Armonaitis
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Adulting is hard. Morning is harder.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Thursday's Blink
Country: United States
Writer: Genevieve Sipperley
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Melancholy Shea meets an outspoken, yet mysterious woman named Lux one night at a dive bar the weekend of his wedding and they spend the entire night talking about intimate things and getting to know each other better, as well as themselves, which leads Shea at moments to question himself and his upcoming lifetime commitment.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Woyane
Runtime: 33:00 min
Country: United States
Director: Jonathan Stern
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Woyane is an intimate and harrowing glimpse into this decade's greatest humanitarian crisis and one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century, the hidden genocide of Tigray, Ethiopia. This 30-minute expository film follows a coalition of journalists who will stop at nothing to report the atrocities that have been inflicted upon their land and people, even if it means facing imprisonment or execution. With a powerful combination of first-hand testimonials and on-the-ground warzone footage, Woyane uncovers the brutal reality of the Tigray genocide and brings to light the lived experiences of millions of civilians who have been caught in the crossfires and, in many cases, systematically targeted.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: SVEN
Country: United States
Writer: Jesse Dorian
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: A 6-foot tall humanoid-primate from the Amazon rainforest, called a “chilamasman,” the last of its species-- and an intense, deeply troubled, mentally unstable American adult male are both held captive by a U.S. government-funded program performing a psychological experiment, forcing the two of them to live together inside a single, maximum security containment habitat— and replica— of a modern-day condominium apartment.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: The Roots Of Evil
Runtime: 31:00 min
Country: Sweden
Director: Cindy Stenberg
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: A desperate son turns to a pagan cult to help save his mother's life, while not realizing the menacing celestial forces beckoned by his own guilt.
THE NORTH FILM FESTIVAL - NEW YORK CITY
HONORABLE MENTIONS 2023
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Edward Osredkar's Entertainer Chat
Runtime: 01:00:39 h
Country: United States
Director: Edward John Osredkar
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: Talk show where various performers in the entertainment industry are interviewed.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: My Little Girl
Runtime: 7:28 min
Country: United States
Director: Emanuel Loarca
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: A touching and uplifting mother-daughter journey through time. You experience how love overcomes suffering and builds lasting memories that give meaning to life and strengthen the soul.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Nightfall
Runtime: 01:50:00 h
Country: Canada
Director: Michael Lake, Bella Duve
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: A psychological suspense film shot entirely on Zoom with an international cast. Starring Michael Lake, Bella Duve, Neil Ovenell, Edward Osredkar, and more.
The North Film Festival - New York City (TNFF)
Nov 15 - 18, 2023
Harlem - New York City, USA
Official Selection
Title: Group
Runtime: 02:13:00 h
Country: United States
Director: William R.A. Rush
Nominated: Pending...(Oct 2023)
Awards Night: Nov 18, 2023 - Gala 4:00 pm (TNFF Awards)
Synopsis: At a group meeting for recovering drug addicts, not everyone is revealing the full truth.