New Filmmakers Forum

A juried competition of works by first-time filmmakers and an annual highlight of SLIFF. The NFF Emerging Filmmaker Award — nicknamed the Bobbie in honor of the late Bobbie Lautenschlager, NFF’s longtime curator — is presented at SLIFF’s Closing-Night Awards Presentation. 

Sponsored by Holmes, Radford, and Reynolds.

 

Directed by Adrienne Acevedo Lovette

On a road trip with her unfaithful boyfriend Rand, Ellie discovers she has DID (once called multiple…

Directed by Danny Gevirtz

After attempted suicide, Will's only regret is that he is still alive. He must redo his senior year…

Directed by Lisa Steen

Louise, an aimless, 28-year-old Brooklynite, recently single, sort of a musician, depressed without…

Directed by Tyler Chipman

Following the loss of his father, a grieving 20-year-old struggles to hold his family together as an…

Directed by Marc Marriott

In a fresh and interesting twist on the “fish out of water” trope, a Japanese salaryman with…