NHFF Releases Programming Schedule

The New Hampshire Film Festival has announced its lineup of films for the 2012 festival. There are more big name actors, directors and producers this year than ever before, but there are also more undiscovered gems for film buffs to discover.

“We have more stars than ever before in our lineup, but there’s so many amazing under the radar indies that you won’t find anywhere outside the festival circuit,” said Programming Director Nicole Galovski, “There’s truly something for every taste.”

Of the 99 films screening at the Festival, 30 are international. The Festival includes submissions from of our 99 films: 30 are international, representing these 24 countries: France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Egypt, Germany, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, South Africa, Malaysia, Ukraine, New Zealand, Thailand, Belgium, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Romania, KosovoAfghanistan, Japan, and Spain.

True to the Festival’s roots, there are is also a strong showing from New Hampshire filmmakers—so strong, in fact, that the Festival has opened an additional screening venue (the Music Hall Loft) for New Hampshire Day and Night, formerly held only on the Music Hall Mainstage.

“We were pretty much forced to open the second venue,” said Programming Director Nicole Galovski.  “There were just so many amazing films submitted this year that we had to expand. That’s a great problem to have!”

Here is the full list of films that will be appearing at the 2012 New Hampshire Film Festival, Oct. 11-14:

FEATURES:
Hello I Must Be Going: Todd Louiso
28 Hotel Rooms: Matt Ross
Fairhaven: Tom O'Brien
Girls Against Boys (NH): Austin Chick
Like the Water: Caroline von Kuhn
Missed Connections: Eric Kissack
Quartet: Dustin Hoffman
Save the Date: Michael Mohan
Celeste and Jesse Forever: Lee Toland Krieger
Nobody Walks: Ry Russo Young
California Solo: Marshall Lewy
Collaborator: Martin Donovan
Dead in France: Kris McManus
The Last Day of August: Craig DiFolco
Deadfall: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Certainty (NH): Peter Askin
3 Days of Normal (NH): Ishai Setton
Cheech and Chong's Animated Movie: Branden Chambers, Eric D. Chambers
The Story of Luke: Alonso Mayo

DOCUMENTARIES:
Bitter Seeds: Micha X. Peled
The Cardboard Bernini: Olympia Stone
Code of the West: Rebecca Richman Cohen
Don't Stop Believing: Every Man's Journey: Ramona S. Diaz
Four Horsemen: Ross Ashcroft
In Danger of Being Discovered (NH): Marc Dole, Michael Venn
In Organic We Trust: Robert Kiplin Pastor
Love and Other Anxieties: Lyda Kuth
Love Free or Die (NH): Macky Allston
The Magic Life: Nelson Cheng
Milk?: Sebastian Howard
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself (NH): Tom Bean
Queen of Versailles: Lauren Greenfield
Slipping: Skate's Impact on Egypt (NH): Brett Saunders
Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film: Grant Hamilton
The World According to Irving (NH): André Schäfer
Fambul Tok: Sara Terry
American Autumn: an Occudoc:  Dennis Trainor Jr
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare: Matthew Heineman, Susan Froemke
Andrew Bird: Fever Year: Xan Aranda
Side By Side: Chris Kenneally
Uprising: Fredrik Stanton
A Whisper to a Roar: Ben Moses
Wild Bill's Run: Mike Scholtz

SHORTS:
43,000 Feet: Campbell Hooper
Love and Germophobia: Tyler Spindel
Alekesam: Jason Bergh
All that Way for Love: Henry Mason
Children of the Air: Damian Horan
Children of Kabul (NH): Jon Bougher
Debutante Hunters: Maria White
The Extraordinary Life of Rocky: Kevin Meul
Flowers for Amber Gordon: Jason Yamas
Fresh Skweezed: G.B. Shannon / Ryan Parker
Grey Matter: James B. Cox
Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys: Jens Assur
Kthimi: Blerta Zeqiri
New Broken Calculator: Brandon Luck McDuffey
Peach Juice: Brian Lye
Silent Wave: Sudeep Kanwal
Sin Dolar: Joe Greco
Teached: Kelly Amis
These Empty Streets: Jarrah Gurrie
Tracer Gun: Paul Grellong
I Am X (NH): Elise Fachon
Remember Your Death (NH): Greg Croteau
Náufragos: Mario Rico
Rocketship (NH): Alfred Thomas Catalfo
Salmon Theory (NH): Ryan Scura
Ru (Water is Life): Shawn Small
Shoot the Moon: Alexander Gaeta
Spoils: Extraordinary Harvest (NH): Alex Mallis
92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card: Todd Sklar
Adirake: Tati Barrantes
The Boat: Somchay Phakonkham
Laid Off: Benjamin Cox
Fungus: Charlotta Miller
Henley: Craig Macneill
A Morning Stroll: Grant Orchard
663114: Isamu Hirabayashi
In film la Nasu': Cristina Jacob
Hub Freerunning Portsmouth (NH): Hunter Normandeau
Under: Mark Raso
Hatch : Christoph Kuschnig

NH PROGRAM:
Born Yesterday (Short): Nathan Larkin Connoly
The Check-up (Short): William Peters
Dance Lady (Short): Alex Keown
Exit 7A (Short): William Peters
Mt Washington Valley: Austria's Influence on American Skiing (Short Doc): Ian Scully
Ready to Fly (Doc): William Kerig
Storywoods (Short Doc): Mary Horan
Male Femdom (Short Doc): Shay Willard
Victim (Short): Mark Battle
The Save (Short): Jean-Marc Le Doux
Coming of Age (Short): John Herman
Admissions (Short): Harry Kakatsakis
Color My World (HS): Ian Avery-Leaf, Chad Burns
Analogous (HS): Callee Thompson, Rochely Zapata

Submitted by Ellen Stuart, Vital Design, on behalf of the New Hampshire Film Festival