NOVA FRONTIER FILM Festival

NOVA FRONTIER FILM Festival Nova Frontier Film Festival is a timely, narrative, documentary and experimental film festival.

Nova Frontier Film Festival is a timely, narrative, documentary and experimental film festival, passionately committed to enhancing the visibility of filmmakers from the African diasporas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East, situated in Brooklyn, New York and Marseille, France - Cities which serves as a nexus between these regions. With a program of on-going film screenings, workshops,

conferences, lectures, and concerts, we aim to create a hybrid film festival that promotes intercultural understanding and intellectual engagement through the art of cinema, while celebrating, deepening and expanding our connections to diverse communities, cultures and languages in New York, France, other European regions, and globally. Nova Frontier Film Festival is also dedicated to supporting emerging talents from under-represented regions and weak infrastructure for films. To that aim, our talent lab is conceived as an incubator and hub, a platform for creativity and learning, dedicated to educating and fostering the next generation of talented filmmakers in the philosophy, skill-sets, and distribution of independent filmmaking and new media. Thus a focus on youths is to create a safe environmental that facilities the exchange of knowledge, collaboration and co-production, while simultaneously working on dissolving cultural boundaries (conceived and pre-conceived) that separates - Engaging in productive rather than pernicious confrontations. We bring promising talents together with international filmmakers and experts in the field to help them realize their projects, identify markets, mentorship and career opportunities that also help stimulate the growth of European film and audiovisual industries. Building strategic partnerships with other film festivals, institutions and organization, Nova Frontier Film Festival will also be organizing special film screenings and incubator film and media labs inFrance as well as in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with indoor/open-air screenings and exhibitions - A powerful initiative to bring communities together in civic engagement and action through independent films and media that address key social issues of our time.

We are taking time to reimagineand expand new frontiers in 2026.Nova Frontier Arts (NFA) is the next evolution of Nova F...
02/10/2026

We are taking time to reimagine
and expand new frontiers in 2026.

Nova Frontier Arts (NFA) is the next evolution of Nova Frontier Film Festival & LAB. NFA is an expanded, living laboratory dedicated to fostering and advancing contemporary art, film, and performance. As a global interdisciplinary platform, we focus on site-specific, ecological, and community-based practices, continuing our mission to amplify artists from the global majority while creating space for bold experimentation, collaboration, intercultural exchange, and new ways of imagining our collective futures.
Deep gratitude to the filmmakers, artists, partners, supporters, and audiences who brought us here.
8 years strong. Onward!

Thank you so much for such an engaging conversation post Souleymane’s story and thank you so much for sharing your be...
06/12/2025

Thank you so much for such an engaging conversation post Souleymane’s story and thank you so much for sharing your beautiful music with us ✨

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A wonderful afternoon with and reflecting on their own work and presenting the film Ernest Cole : Lost & Found directe...
06/11/2025

A wonderful afternoon with and reflecting on their own work and presenting the film Ernest Cole : Lost & Found directed by Raoul peck.
Thank you so much for everyone who supported this most significant event & conversation✨

📸 .magalashvili

Saturday afternoon was all about community and the screening of FIRST IT WAS MY DREAM by Shaena Golden was a great Turn...
06/10/2025

Saturday afternoon was all about community and the screening of FIRST IT WAS MY DREAM by Shaena Golden was a great Turn out.
Thank you for your outstanding performance and for everyone who came out to support.

📸 by .magalashvili ✨

NFFF Opening night ( Part 2) ✨✨📸
06/09/2025

NFFF Opening night ( Part 2) ✨✨

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NFFF Opening Night ( Part 1)presented by was everything we had wished for. Community, old and new friends and artists o...
06/09/2025

NFFF Opening Night ( Part 1)

presented by was everything we had wished for.
Community, old and new friends and artists of all disciplines supporting one another and enjoying storytelling from the global majority.

We are excited to announce the WINNERS of the Nova Frontier Film Festival 2025, presented by 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Best Short : CURA SAN...
06/09/2025

We are excited to announce the WINNERS of the Nova Frontier Film Festival 2025, presented by 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Best Short : CURA SANA by Lucia G.Romero ( Spain)

Best Documentary : BRANDEN By Lisette Ma Neza ( Belgium)

Special mention : BEUTSET by Alicia Mendy ( Switzerland /Senegal)

Best Director: SABRINA IDIRI CHEMLOUL for 2 or 3 things I don’t know about her ( France)

Best actor : OMID ALIZEHI in Everything is the Fault of the wind by Shaghayegh Majidi ( Iran)

NFFF and Harlem Stage would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the winners and a deep thank you to every filmmaker who participated in this year’s festival. Your powerful, visionary work made this edition truly unforgettable.
And a special thank you to our incredible audience — your presence, energy, and support brought the festival to life! ✨✨✨

JOIN US SAT JUNE 7TH - 4PM ✨FOR THE SCREENING OF THESE 2 POWERFUL FILMS ✨✨BOAT PEOPLEDirector, Al’Ikens Plancher( Haiti...
06/05/2025

JOIN US SAT JUNE 7TH - 4PM ✨

FOR THE SCREENING OF THESE
2 POWERFUL FILMS ✨✨

BOAT PEOPLE

Director, Al’Ikens Plancher( Haiti) 2024
Drama | 22 Mins | Rated PG
Inspired by true events, a Haitian refugee fights to survive the inhumane conditions at Guantánamo Bay.

First It Was My Dream

Shaena Golden (USA) 2025
Documentary | 20 Mins | Rated PG (World Premiere)

In the ring, Mexican boxer Andy Dominguez fights for glory—but outside of it, he battles for something even greater: identity and belonging.
First, It Was My Dream follows Andy’s gripping journey as he chases a shot at the world title while navigating the harsh realities of living undocumented in America. The film opens with Andy recalling his harrowing journey across the border—a desperate attempt to reunite with his mother after five years apart. The unforgiving terrain, the constant fear of being caught, and the resilience required to survive shaped his understanding of struggle long before he ever set foot in a boxing ring.

Get Tickets at Harlemstage.org

DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN These Powerful Books from We are excited and grateful to Aperture for allowing our audien...
06/04/2025

DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN These Powerful Books from

We are excited and grateful to Aperture for allowing our audience at the Saturday screening of Ernest Cole: Lost And Found, the opportunity to enter a raffle to win a set of two landmark photobooks published by Aperture on Ernest Cole and Ming Smith. Raffle winners will be announced at the closing Ceremony, post-screening.
Ming Smith: An Aperture Monograph — A poetic and experimental collection of images that have become iconic representations of twentieth-century African American life. Smith’s visionary work continues to influence generations of artists and photographers.

Ernest Cole: The True America — The first-ever publication of Cole’s extraordinary photographs capturing Black lives in the U.S. during the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s.
Ernest Cole: House of Bo***ge — First published in 1967, this groundbreaking photobook exposed the brutal realities of apartheid in South Africa. It remains one of the most important photographic works of the 20th century.
Aperture is a nonprofit publisher at the forefront of global photography conversations. Based in New York, connecting audiences through their acclaimed quarterly magazine, books, exhibitions, digital platforms, public programs, limited-edition prints, and awards. Since 1952, Aperture has championed photography’s power to foster curiosity, inspire creativity, and cultivate a more just and compassionate world.

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JOIN US FOR SOME LIVE MUSIC ✨ ON OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY JUNE 5TH - 8PM with Malang Jobarteh who is a master of the kora...
06/03/2025

JOIN US FOR SOME LIVE MUSIC ✨

ON OPENING NIGHT

THURSDAY JUNE 5TH - 8PM

with Malang Jobarteh who is a master of the kora, a 21-stringed West African harp and instrument of choice for griots, storytellers who chronicle the history and traditions of West Africa.

🎟️ at link in bio & Harlemstage.org

SATURDAY JUNE 7TH - 1PM✨YOU DON’T WANT TO MISSTHE SHORT FILM PROGRAM 2 - UNBELONGING Curated by Nanor Vosgueritchian pr...
06/03/2025

SATURDAY JUNE 7TH - 1PM✨

YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS
THE SHORT FILM PROGRAM 2 - UNBELONGING
Curated by Nanor Vosgueritchian presented by ✨

This selection of short films follows young women from across the globe as they navigate pivotal moments in their lives.

Lees Waxul
Director, Yoro Mbaye (Senegal/France/Belgium/Central African Republic) 2024
Drama | 21 Mins | Rated PG

In his village, where bread is scarce, Ousseynou, a former fisherman and cornerstone of his family, finds modest economic stability by selling stale bread. However, the opening of his sister-in-law’s traditional bakery constitutes an affront to him, leaving a palpable unspoken tension between them (Lees Waxul)and gradually jeopardizing both his business and his role as a family father.

Almost Certainly False
Director, Cansu Baydar (Turkey) 2024
Drama | 20 Mins | Rated PG
Having fled the war in Syria, Hanna and her young brother Nader find themselves staying in a run-down neighbourhood of Istanbul. Hanna spends her days learning nail design in order to earn a living, while dreaming of finding a way to migrate to Europe.

Bitter Chocolate
Director, Sahar Sotoodeh (Germany/Iran, Islamic Republic of) 2024
Drama | (20 Mins | Rated PG

Yasi, a determined 16-year-old girl, has made it to the Capital from her hometown with the excuse of the IELTS exam, to illegally terminate her unwanted pregnancy before time runs out.

Branden
Director, Lisette Ma Neza (Belgium) 2024
Documentray | 18 Mins | Rated PG
A collective poem about the burning of home countries, about the fire and the smoke of armed conflict; which transforms humans to ‘refugees’. A conversation with five women from different diasporas: about leaving… and (never) arriving. An ode to the displaced woman.

2 OR 3 Things I Don’t Know About Her
Director, Sabrina Idiri Chemloul ( France) 2024
Drama | 22 Mins | Rated PG
Lila is an 18-year-old girl living in Brest, France. She recently decided to wear a veil, to the dismay of her family. After an argument with her boyfriend, Lila does not feel like celebrating Eid at home and decides to slip away.

🎟️ in 🔗 in Bio & Harlemstage.org

JOIN US FOR NFFF OPENING NIGHT PRESENTED BY THURSDAY JUNE 5TH - 7PMThe festival opens with four compelling short films ...
06/02/2025

JOIN US FOR NFFF OPENING NIGHT PRESENTED BY

THURSDAY JUNE 5TH - 7PM

The festival opens with four compelling short films that poignantly capture the essence of the Nova Frontier Film Festival.

Everything Is The Fault of The Wind
Director, Shaghayegh Majidi (Iran, Islamic Republic of 2024
Drama | 18 Mins | Rated PG
Omid, a child laborer, turns to drug trafficking after discovering his mother’s secret life. Their worlds collide, leading to unexpected consequences they must confront together.

Cura sana
Director, Lucía G. Romero ( Spain) 2024
Drama | 18 Mins | Rated PG
Jessica and Alma, two sisters in a situation of domestic violence, will begin to treat each other with love instead of violence through one of their routine trips to the food stamp office on the night of San Juan, a Spanish holiday.

Beutset
Director, Alicia Mendy (Switzerland/Senegal) 2023
Fiction | 29:57 Mins | Rated PG
When a parasite contaminates all the drinking water of Dakar, pills are created to neutralize it. Alioune, a young man, can no longer afford them and is exposed to the symptoms of the parasite: Madness and dementia. As the days go by, he realizes that he has never been so lucid, and he begins a journey of political and spiritual awakening.

Freedom For All
Directed by Manuel Dallalba, Creative Director Harris Elliott (UK) 2024
Documentary | Experimental | 4:10 Mins | Rated PG

A symbolic artistic rallying cry in response to the present conflict and humanitarian crises in the DRC, Sudan, and Gaza. Desperate to evolve from these current state urgencies, Elliott and Dllalba felt compelled to create a visual ritual of their own, symbolising the need for protection and camaraderie within a world currently in crisis.Relying on emotive physicality and at times 2000 frames per second, to evoke stillness in motion, to share their response, which felt like one of the only ways to have a voice

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