
Explore the #NFF2023 Film Program
More programming will be announced in the coming weeks.
Our schedule is now live!
Selected Venue:
General Film
In the South, a man tests the limits of patriarchal interference to protect his daughter-in-law when he discovers that his son is having an affair. Featuring David Strathairn, Jane Levy, Celia Weston, and Anna Camp.
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Four young people come together, friends old and new. As the parched forests around them begin to ignite, so do their emotions. Winner: Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, Berlin International Film Festival.
General Film
A shark fatality on Cape Cod forces local lifeguards, fishermen, surfers, scientists and citizens to confront dramatic changes to their environment and way of life.
General Film
Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt-performer daughter, Dylan. Featuring Jennifer Connelly, Ben Whishaw, and Alice Englert.
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Comedic tales about the ups and downs of life.
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A collection of documentary stories about personal and communal histories and their impact on the present.
Spotlight Film
Thirty years after making an LP that sank without a trace, a record label wants to reissue Don and Joe Emerson’s teenage tracks, rekindling the siblings’ ambitions and competitiveness. Featuring Casey Affleck, Zooey Deschanel, Chris Messina, Jack Dylan Grazer, Walton Goggins, and Beau Bridges.
General Film
A pregnant single mother with two children in foster care embraces her Bay Area community as she fights to reclaim her family. Featuring Cast: Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, and Doechii.
Opening Day Film
Disney and Pixar’s Elemental is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land-, and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted, and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in and the person she wants to be.
General Film
Set against the backdrop of San Francisco''s vibrant cultural scene in the 1970s and '80s, a chronicle of a father-daughter relationship as it evolves from an era of bohemian decadence to the heartbreaking AIDS crisis. Based on the best-selling memoir Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alysia Abbott. Featuring Scoot McNairy, Emilia Jones, and Geena Davis.
General Film
Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low-budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies… but all is not what it seems. Cast: Romain Duris and Bérénice Bejo.
General Film
Worried for the survival of small independent farmers, ranchers, and chefs, trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches out across political and social divides to uncover the country''s broken food system and the innovators risking it all to transform it.
General Film
Eleven-year-old Ama and her mother, Grace, take solace in the gentle but isolated world they obsessively create. Ama’s growing up threatens the boundaries of their tenderness and forces Grace to reckon with a past she struggles to forget.
General Film
Through intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of her poetry, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project pushes the boundaries of biographical documentary film by traveling through time and space to reveal the enduring influence of one of America’s greatest living artists and social commentators. Winner: US Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival.
General Film
Under the guidance of Coach Abel Acuña, the teenage captains of Edinburg North High School’s mariachi team must turn a shoestring budget and squad of inexperienced musicians into state champions. Winner: US Documentary Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award, Sundance Film Festival.
General Film
A father and son embark on a cross-country journey to educate themselves about Native America after learning the name of their favorite football team is problematic.