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Nova Frontier Film Festival 2021 – Special Free Virtual Edition
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JUNETEENTH WEEKEND: JUNE 17TH – 20TH
STREAMING FREE
JUNETEENTH WEEKEND
JUNE 17TH – 20TH
We are pleased to present the 2021 Special FREE Virtual Edition of the Nova Frontier Film Festival, (June 17th to 20th), with our main home and partner The Billie Holiday Theatre, and the streaming platform, Laurel Channel.
This year’s festival theme is Past, Present, Future Home featuring a curated selection of films from the African Diaspora, The Middle East, and Latin America, all contending with complex and timely issues of social and economic injustice, locally and globally, questioning and exploring notions of home and identity and belonging. Some of the films also celebrate the joy and resilience of marginalized voices, people creating communities, and finding hope despite the circumstances of their lives.
THE FULL PROGRAM OF 16 CURATED FILMS, PANELS, AND MORE IS AVAILABLE HERE:
www.novafrontierfilmfestival.com/program2021
Laurence Olivier Award winner and Tony Award-nominated actress Noma Dumezweni, who recently starred in the HBO hit series The Undoing, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the Opening Night of the Festival. Panel moderators over the weekend include award-winning documentary filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris and filmmakers. On the closing night, Master of Ceremony is Tony Nominee Karine Plantadit along with spoken word performances, panel, the announcement of the festival winners, and the trip for two to the beautiful Guadeloupe islands.
OPENING NIGHT CEREMONY:
THURSDAY JUNE 17TH 6:30 PM TO 7:30 PM (EST)
Join us for an exciting Zoom/Facebook live kick-off of the 2021 NOVA FRONTIER FILM FESTIVAL, hosted by The Billie Holiday Theatre and master of ceremony Noma Dumezweni, a Laurence Olivier Award winner and a Tony Award-nominated actress, who recently appeared in the HBO series The Undoing alongside Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman.
The evening will include live music, by Yacouba Diabate, a master musician, and artist from a well-known Griot music family in Burkina Faso, West Africa, an introduction to some of our filmmakers, a celebration of films in our selection, and much more…
FILM TITLES
– The Scarecrows (Les Epouvantails) /// Director Nouri Bouzid – Tunisia, Morocco, Luxembourg (2019), 1h 38min | Drama
– Once Upon A Time In Venezuela /// Director Anabel Rodriguez Rios – Venezuela/USA (2020), 1h 39min | Documentary
– My Fortress /// Director Tatiana Lohmann – Brazil (2020), 1h 24min | Documentary
– Tattooed /// Director Jean-Baptiste Dusséaux – France (2020), 22min | Drama
– An Uninvited Guest /// Director Richard B. Pierre – Canada (2020), 3min | Drama, Thriller
– Your Kid (Ti Moun Aw) /// Director Nelson Foix – Guadeloupe/France (2019) 28min | Drama
– El Remanso /// Director Sebastián Valencia Muñoz – Colombia (2020) 19min | Short
– The Kites /// Director Seyed Payam Hosseini.- Iran (2020) 14min | Drama
– Lifted /// Director Miquel Galofre – Trinidad & Tobago (2019) 25min | Documentary
– Le Départ /// Director Saïd Hamich – France/ Morocco (2020) 23min | Drama
– Back In The Island /// Director Amanda Valle – Dominican Republic (2020) 4min 13 seconds| Documentary
Saturday 19TH 1:00 PM (EST)
panel : Cultural Identity and Belonging
Moderated by award-winning filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Thomas Allen Harris, whose films have received critical acclaim at international film/art festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, and Tribeca. Joining him in the conversations are 3 global filmmakers in the festival: Richard B. Pierre Director of An Uninvited Guest, Anabel Rodriguez Rios, Director of Once Upon A Time In Venezuela, and Kantarama Gahigiri Director of Ethereality. The conversation also explores cultural identity and belonging, and how it’s negotiated today, particularly by immigrants living in the borders of Europe and beyond.
– Ethereality /// Director Kantarama Gahigiri – Switzerland/Rwanda, (2019) 14min | Documentary |
– Wata /// Director Joy Yamusangie, Ronan Mckenzie – Great Britain (2020) 13:44min | Experimental
– Inner self /// Director Mohammad Hormozi – Iran (2019) 16min | Drama
– VIVXS /// Director Tatiana Lohman, Roberta estrada D’elva, Claudia Shapira – Brazil (2020) 15min | Experimental | Documentay
– El silencio del rio /// Director Francesca Canepa – Peru (2020) 14min | Drama
SUNDAY 20th 2:00 PM (EST) – CLOSING NIGHT CEREMONY
FUTURE HOME: JOY AND RESISTANCE
MEET OUR JUDGES – NFFF PAST ALUMNI
Sandra Winther
Sandra Winther is a New York-based film director from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Idil Ibrahim
A graduate of UC Berkeley, her work has led her around the world. She was most recently in Mali as a producer of the feature documentary The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu, based on the New York Times Bestselling book of the same title. Prior to producing Badass, she was in Senegal, where she directed and produced the film Sega, starring Alassane Sy (Restless City, Mediterranea)
Riad Bouchoucha
Riad Bouchoucha was born in Marseilles, France (1989). Riad is currently writing his first feature screenplay inspired by the youth of his parents in a slum during the 1970’s in Marseilles.
JUNETEENTH WEEKEND
JUNE 17TH – 20TH
We are pleased to present the 2021 Special FREE Virtual Edition of the Nova Frontier Film Festival, (June 17th to 20th), with our main home and partner The Billie Holiday Theatre, and the streaming platform, Laurel Channel.
This year’s festival theme is Past, Present, Future Home featuring a curated selection of films from the African Diaspora, The Middle East, and Latin America, all contending with complex and timely issues of social and economic injustice, locally and globally, questioning and exploring notions of home and identity and belonging. Some of the films also celebrate the joy and resilience of marginalized voices, people creating communities, and finding hope despite the circumstances of their lives.
THE FULL PROGRAM OF 16 CURATED FILMS, PANELS, AND MORE IS AVAILABLE HERE:
www.novafrontierfilmfestival.com/program2021
Laurence Olivier Award winner and Tony Award-nominated actress Noma Dumezweni, who recently starred in the HBO hit series The Undoing, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the Opening Night of the Festival. Panel moderators over the weekend include award-winning documentary filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris and filmmakers. On the closing night, Master of Ceremony is Tony Nominee Karine Plantadit along with spoken word performances, panel, the announcement of the festival winners, and the trip for two to the beautiful Guadeloupe islands.
OPENING NIGHT CEREMONY:
THURSDAY JUNE 17TH 6:30 PM TO 7:30 PM (EST)
Join us for an exciting Zoom/Facebook live kick-off of the 2021 NOVA FRONTIER FILM FESTIVAL, hosted by The Billie Holiday Theatre and master of ceremony Noma Dumezweni, a Laurence Olivier Award winner and a Tony Award-nominated actress, who recently appeared in the HBO series The Undoing alongside Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman.
The evening will include live music, by Yacouba Diabate, a master musician, and artist from a well-known Griot music family in Burkina Faso, West Africa, an introduction to some of our filmmakers, a celebration of films in our selection, and much more…
FILM TITLES
– The Scarecrows (Les Epouvantails) /// Director Nouri Bouzid – Tunisia, Morocco, Luxembourg (2019), 1h 38min | Drama
– Once Upon A Time In Venezuela /// Director Anabel Rodriguez Rios – Venezuela/USA (2020), 1h 39min | Documentary
– My Fortress /// Director Tatiana Lohmann – Brazil (2020), 1h 24min | Documentary
– Tattooed /// Director Jean-Baptiste Dusséaux – France (2020), 22min | Drama
– An Uninvited Guest /// Director Richard B. Pierre – Canada (2020), 3min | Drama, Thriller
– Your Kid (Ti Moun Aw) /// Director Nelson Foix – Guadeloupe/France (2019) 28min | Drama
– El Remanso /// Director Sebastián Valencia Muñoz – Colombia (2020) 19min | Short
– The Kites /// Director Seyed Payam Hosseini.- Iran (2020) 14min | Drama
– Lifted /// Director Miquel Galofre – Trinidad & Tobago (2019) 25min | Documentary
– Le Départ /// Director Saïd Hamich – France/ Morocco (2020) 23min | Drama
– Back In The Island /// Director Amanda Valle – Dominican Republic (2020) 4min 13 seconds| Documentary
Saturday 19TH 1:00 PM (EST)
panel : Cultural Identity and Belonging
Moderated by award-winning filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Thomas Allen Harris, whose films have received critical acclaim at international film/art festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, and Tribeca. Joining him in the conversations are 3 global filmmakers in the festival: Richard B. Pierre Director of An Uninvited Guest, Anabel Rodriguez Rios, Director of Once Upon A Time In Venezuela, and Kantarama Gahigiri Director of Ethereality. The conversation also explores cultural identity and belonging, and how it’s negotiated today, particularly by immigrants living in the borders of Europe and beyond.
– Ethereality /// Director Kantarama Gahigiri – Switzerland/Rwanda, (2019) 14min | Documentary |
– Wata /// Director Joy Yamusangie, Ronan Mckenzie – Great Britain (2020) 13:44min | Experimental
– Inner self /// Director Mohammad Hormozi – Iran (2019) 16min | Drama
– VIVXS /// Director Tatiana Lohman, Roberta estrada D’elva, Claudia Shapira – Brazil (2020) 15min | Experimental | Documentay
– El silencio del rio /// Director Francesca Canepa – Peru (2020) 14min | Drama
SUNDAY 20th 2:00 PM (EST) – CLOSING NIGHT CEREMONY
FUTURE HOME: JOY AND RESISTANCE
MEET OUR JUDGES – NFFF PAST ALUMNI
Sandra Winther
Sandra Winther is a New York-based film director from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Idil Ibrahim
A graduate of UC Berkeley, her work has led her around the world. She was most recently in Mali as a producer of the feature documentary The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu, based on the New York Times Bestselling book of the same title. Prior to producing Badass, she was in Senegal, where she directed and produced the film Sega, starring Alassane Sy (Restless City, Mediterranea)
Riad Bouchoucha
Riad Bouchoucha was born in Marseilles, France (1989). Riad is currently writing his first feature screenplay inspired by the youth of his parents in a slum during the 1970’s in Marseilles.
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