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24th Annual New Hampshire Film Festival: October 15-18, 2026

06/18/2026

📽️ THE TRAVEL COMPANION - New Hampshire Film Festival Award Winner- Best NH Feature (Narrative), screening at The Music Hall for one night only! TOMORROW, Friday, June 19 at 7pm.

🎫 Tickets here! https://themusichall.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/ #/events/a0STS00000jH9eZ2AS

06/12/2026

🎬 NEW HAMPSHIRE FILM FESTIVAL BEST NH FEATURE – NARRATIVE🎬 THE TRAVEL COMPANION returns to The Music Hall on Friday, 6/19!

Simon, a struggling documentary filmmaker, enjoys free flights courtesy of his best friend and roommate, Bruce, who works for an airline. However, when Beatrice, a more successful filmmaker, enters the picture and starts dating Bruce, Simon risks flying too close to the sun.

🎫 Tickets on sale here! https://www.themusichall.org/events/the-travel-companion/

06/11/2026

Congrats to director Elegance Bratton and producer Chester Algernal Gordon, NHFF award-winning alums since their first short film in 2016, on the upcoming Paramount Pictures release BY ANY MEANS starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg.🙌 🎬

The film follows a young Black FBI agent and a notorious mafia hitman who team up to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders in Mississippi in 1966.

📽️ Opens in theaters on September 4.
By Any Means; Paramount Pictures; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; Mark Wahlberg

06/09/2026

See the New Hampshire Film Festival 2025 award-winning film HONEYJOON at The Music Hall at 7pm 🎥

Winner of the 2025 Audience Choice — Narrative award, HONEYJOON, follows an American daughter, June, and her Persian mother, Lela, as they escape to a romantic island in the Azores for a grief anniversary following a major loss.

SHOWTIME: Tuesday, 6/9 at 7pm

🎟️ TICKETS AT THEMUSICHALL.ORG
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06/03/2026

✨Announcing the 2026 Van McLeod Award winner - Amy Greene!✨

Amy Greene is a Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Performer, and feature film Producer whose recent projects include A24's THE DRAMA, upcoming A24 summer release Anthony Bourdain biopic TONY, Academy Award winning film THE HOLDOVERS, Academy Award winning SOUND OF METAL, and Academy Award nominated KNIVES OUT. Other films she's been a part of have won awards at Sundance, Cannes, and The Independent Spirit Awards, and of course NHFF.

As a stunt coordinator she collaborates with directors to create believable and authentic action, including working with Oscar winning director Alexander Payne, and on films from A24, Apple, Netflix, Searchlight, NBC, Miramax, and more.

As a stunt performer, Amy recently doubled the female lead in upcoming Keanu Reeves action film SHIVER. She's had the pleasure of doubling Meryl Streep, Laura Linney, Chloë Grace Moretz, Amy Ryan, Amy Adams, Taissa Farmiga and others.

Amy will receive the Van McLeod Award during the 2026 NHFF Awards Ceremony on Sunday, October 18.✨ 🏆

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🎫 Passes for NHFF 2026 are on sale now: https://nhfilmfestival.com/festival-passes-page/

06/02/2026

🎬 NHFF Shorts - Best of the Fest pt. 1 is THIS WEEK! Wednesday, 6/3 and Thursday 6/4 at 7pm.🎬🍿📽️

Tickets here: https://www.themusichall.org/events/nhffbestofthefest25/
📍The Music Hall

An annual presentation of films from the previous New Hampshire Film Festival that include Shorts Jury Award winners, Festival Award winners and highly rated titles by festgoers, and is hosted by The Music Hall & NHFF Director of Cinema Programming with insight into the films. The lineup includes live action, documentary, and animation titles that were produced across the U.S. and across the world.

Best of the Fest is presented in two parts, each with six titles, running approximately 115 minutes. Pt.2 is coming soon.

▪️ BARLEBAS – Drama – Best Short Drama
▪️DEAR SHOP GIRL – Drama
▪️OH WHALE – Documentary – Documentary Shorts Jury Award
▪️ON SAINT NICHOLAS EVE – Animation
▪️DEUCE – Dramedy – Best New Hampshire Performance
▪️EM & SELMA GO GRIFFIN HUNTING – Drama

See you there!🙌

05/27/2026

NHFF Passes are on sale NOW! VIP, Festival & NextGen - we have a pass for all types of movie goers and film lovers.🙌 📽️ 🍿

Don't miss your chance to have the ultimate, all-access film festival experience with the ✨ VIP Pass✨:

⭐ Advance seating to all film screenings
⭐ Priority entrance to all ceremonies, panels, and workshops
⭐ Exclusive access to the Members & Filmmakers Club, a private Festival gathering space for conversation, connection, and hospitality
⭐Entrance to the Sunday VIP Brunch, an exclusive Festival send-off featuring brunch, conversation, and a final chance to connect with filmmakers, guests, and fellow VIP passholders

➡️ & MORE! For full pass details and benefits, click here: https://nhfilmfestival.com/festival-passes-page/

Are you a film fan under 40?👀 Grab the NextGen Pass - the full Festival experience for the next generation of film fans. All the same perks as the Festival Pass, at a discounted rate!👏 😎

05/26/2026

🎬 New Hampshire Film Festival has been named in MovieMaker's 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for the second year in a row (11th time overall)! We are honored to be featured alongside so many other incredible festivals around the world. (MovieMaker Magazine)

📽️ Join us for this year's 24th annual festival: October 15-18, 2026 in Portsmouth, NH

🎫 Passes go on sale May 27!
🔗 Visit our website for more info: https://nhfilmfestival.com/

05/15/2026

New Hampshire Film Festival Cover Art Reveal 2026! Mark your calendars! 📆 Passes go on sale on May 27, 2026! 🎫

New Hampshire Film Festival 2026
October 15-18, 2026

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03/12/2026

The road to the Academy Awards can run through places like New Hampshire, where film festivals can help make movies eligible for the Oscars.

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