Trophies and certificates are awarded to all winners. Some of the confirmed prizes for 2024 are!
Shorts and Super Shorts Winners - ShortTV Distribution deal offers. (non Exclusive)
All accepted Shorts and Super Shorts - ShortTv US Broadcast offers. (non Exclusive)
This year we are adding a new prize to all the selected Feature films both narratives and documentaries. ANTIDOTE Sales will review the films and may offer a ditribution deal to the filmmaker for th...
16th NYC Independent Film Festival
June 5-8, 2024
August 31, 2023 Earlybird Deadline
November 30, 2023 Regular Deadline
January 15, 2024 Late Deadline
February 15, 2024 Extended Deadline
Home of the NYC Indie Awards the festival aims to discover the Artist Filmmaker, showcasing them to the entertainment industry and the NYC public. All NYCIndieFF screenings take place in...
Melodie Casta in “The Circular City” Best Actress in a Feature
Mely Bourjac in “A TRAVERS” Best Actress in a Short Film
Debra Solomon For “Little Hurts” Best Amination Film Award
“Our America” Best Art/Experimental Film
Gary Kohn in “Return to Eden”‘ Best Actor in a Feature Film
Ben Fiorica in “Animal Behavior'” Best Actor in a Short Film
Kevin Doan for “Sain...
The 14th Annual New York City Independent Film Festival was a great success ! We all had a great time and saw a lot of great films and made new connections! Here are some of the great photos from the Opening and Closing Party.
Here are some photos form the Opeing Party!
Here are some photos from the Closing Party!
Now is a great time to submit to the 2023
New York City Independent Film Festival!
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Winner Best Narrative Short Film at the 2019 NYC Indie Awards SAGE - Directed by: Gabe Dinsmoor!! Submit your film today to be part of all the excitement May 10 - 17, 2020! https://youtu.be/uFr3Ika4_E8 https://filmfreeway.com/NYCIndieFF
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The 2019 Winner of the NYC Indie Awards went to Guest Artist for Best Actor Jeff Danials and Best Driector Tim Busfield. https://youtu.be/gmB7dg6AhV8
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 NYC Indie Awards!! Winner of the best Actress Award went to Clare Durant for her performance in Animas! Submit your film today to be part of all the excitement May 10 - 17, 2020! The Regular Deadline is November 30, 2019. https://filmfreeway.com/NYCIndieFF
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Best Director
Timothy Busfield for GUEST ARTIST
Best Cinematography
Alejandro Cantú for Nadie Sabra Nunca
Best Narrative Feature
Mabata Bata - Directed by: Sol de Carvalho
Best Documentary Feature
Hysterical - Directed by: Paul Higbie and Seth Pompi
Best Short Documentary
By Any Means Necessary - Directed by: Damian Kudelka
Best Short Film
SAGE - Directed by: Gabe Dinsmoor
Best Super Short Film
Thin Walls - Directed by: Susan McCormick
Best Anima...
The 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest has been a hit so far!
We kicked off Monday with an appearance by Jeff Daniels to speak about his film, The Guest Artist.
The feature documentary 'The Push' about the first spinal chord injured athelete to ski the South Pole, was a huge hit! Get tickets to more screenings of the The Push by visiting the link.
Visit our website for more info.
Follow us on Instagram for daily updated of the festival!
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Join us for our Women in Film Panel on May 9th at 7:15 PM! We have an incredible line-up of panelists including Jan Eliasberg, Jenifer Westphal, Danelle Eliav, and Afia Nathaniel!This year's panel takes place at the Helen Mills Theater. For more info and tickets visit our website: https://www.nycindieff.com/event/women-in-film-panel
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The 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest is presenting over 250 amazing indies!
This includes: TV PILOTS!
Get tickets to our TV Pilots session happening on May 7 at 8:30 pm!
For more info on all our selections visit our website!
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The 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest is presenting over 250 amazing indies!
This includes: WEB SERIES!
Get tickets to our webseries sessions happening on May 9 (4:45 PM) and May 12 (1:45 PM).
For more info on all our selections visit our website!
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The 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival is happening May 5 - 12!
We have an INCREDIBLE line-up on Indie Films this year. From inspiring docs to experimental shorts to hilarious comedies! Truly something for every indie film lover!
Get tickets today!
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On March 24th, 2019 we have two exciting festivals for you!
Check out the NYC Short Documentary Film Festival and the NYC Short Comedy Film Festival!
The NYC Short Doc Fest will take place first from 12 - 4 pm. For info on featured films and ticket prices visit our website.
The NYC Short Comedy Fest is next from 4 - 8pm. Visit the website for film details and tickets!
Both take place at the Producers Club! We hope to see you there.
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Special Announcement: the winner of Best Costumes and Best Production Design at our 2018 festival, Chimera (starring Oscar-nominee Kathleen Quinlan and Emmy-nominee Henry Ian Cusick), has secured a distribution deal and is set to release in April of this year!
We are so proud of the brilliant filmmakers involved and honored to have featured their work in our festival. Check out the trailer below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCevLHGirQ
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Submissions are closed for the 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest - Now it's time to get your passes!
You're not gonna want to miss this year's sure-to-be awesome line up of indies! We've already begun the selection process, and are excited to bring you a powerful range of stories. From heart-wrenching dramas to inspiring docs to visually stunning music videos - there's going to be something for every film lover!
https://filmfreeway.com/NYCIndieFF/tickets
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Special Announcement! For the 2019 festival, we are so excited to work with Footage Farm Ltd on both an excellent archive panel as well as prizes for our Feature Documentary and Short Documentary winners!
FOOTAGE FARM was created in 2001 with the simple goal of offering documentary producers and film-makers easy access to public domain material without the often high costs of license fees.
The prizes for our documentary winners are as follows:
-The winner of the best documentary fe...
ATTENTION NYC Indie Film Fest supporters - We hope you're just as excited as us for the upcoming 10th Annual Festival! Ten years is a big deal, and we're gonna celebrate accordingly! Wanna get your passes asap? Luckily for you, they're discounted! Head on over to FilmFreeway and purchase your passes. For any questions email us at info@nycindieff.com
https://filmfreeway.com/NYCIndieFF/tickets
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Missed our Late Deadline? No worries! Submit your film by January 31st to meet our (final) Extended Deadline!
https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit
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The 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest will be the best yet! We're looking forward to celebrating original filmmakers through an exciting week of panels and parties!
Curious what kind of panels we have to offer? Check out our Women in Film Panel from 2018 featuring four incredible panelists - Danielle Earle, Lauren Atkins, Naomi McDougall Jones, and Joanna Pickering.
Make sure to keep up with us on social to find out more info on 2019's panels and other festival news!
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We are so excited to announce that one of the short films featured in our 2018 festival, "Marguerite" directed by Marianne Farley, has been short-listed for an Academy Award!
Congrats to the filmmakers! We are honored to have featured your film in our festival!
Want to submit? Visit: https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit
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ÉCU- The European Independent Film Festival is a weekend-long event showcasing some of the best indie films from all over the globe followed by an opportunity to get to know some of the directors better at a Q & A session and even at their amazing after parties!
Come join them in discovering, projecting, and promoting some of the World's best filmmakers.
For more information visit www.ecufilmfestival.com
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Today is the Regular Deadline to submit to our 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Festival!!! Visit the link below and submit your film! Share this with your filmmaking friends!
https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit
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Tomorrow (November 30th) is our REGULAR DEADLINE!
Why submit to the 10th Annual Festival? Well, this year ShortsTV is offering to look at any accepted Short film for a US broadcast deal!
(NOTE: Must be narrative Live Action or Animation only. Art/experimental, documentary, TV pilot, or web series is NOT included in this offer).
Want to submit your film? Visit: https://www.nycindieff.com/submissions/submit
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Happy Thanksgiving friends and fans of the NYC Independent Film Festival! We're here with another exciting announcement - A distribution deal with ShortsTv will also be offered to the winner of the “Best Super Short Film award!
(Winner does not have to accept offer and in the result of a tie the distribution deal will be given to two winners)
*Note for both short film and super short film distribution deal - The film must be TV appropriate in subject matter to qualify for the ...
