New Hampshire Film Festival announces 2008 slate of films

[From the New Hampshire Film Festival in Portsmouth.]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – The New Hampshire Film Festival judges' panel is pleased to announce its roster of accepted films for what organizers expect to be the event's largest turnout to date, Oct. 16 – Oct. 19 in downtown Portsmouth.

"The breadth and quality of independent films that we have been so fortunate to receive has transcended our previous experience and our wildest hopes," said NHFF Executive Director Nicole Gregg. "I feel confident in saying that collectively, this will be our finest offering of films to date."

NHFF set a record by drawing more than 600 submissions this year from independent filmmakers in New Hampshire, the U.S., and the globe. Headlining films include renowned thriller "Transsiberian," starring Woody Harrelson and Ben Kingsley; documentary "A Lion in the House," directed by NHFF artists-in-residence Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar; "August," starring Josh Hartnett, and featuring David Bowie; "The Tiger's Tail," directed by five-time Academy Award nominee John Boorman; and "The Unknown Woman," from "Cinema Paradiso" Academy Award-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore. All accepted films include:

FEATURE FILMS:
"August"
"Chronic Town"
"Crazy"
"The Life Before her Eyes"
"Lifelines"
"Remarkable Power!"
"Sons of Liberty"
"Speed Dating"
"The Tiger's Tail"
"Transsiberian"
"The Unknown Woman"
"Wellness"

DOCUMENTARIES:
"Between the Folds"
"Beyond the Call"
"Bill Spaceman Lee: High and Outside"
"Communities and Consequences"
"D.O.P.E."
"Hell Drivers: America’s Original Crash Dummies"
"Hollywood Singing and Dancing"
"Invisible: Abbott Thayer and the Art of Camouflage"
"I.O.U.S.A."
"Katrina’s Children"
"Kilowatt Ours"
"A Lion in the House"
"Home Away from Home: Live from the Mother Lode Theatre in Butte, Montana"
"My Brother Tom"
"A Nashville State of Mind"
"One Water"
"Secrecy"
"Tmo @ The Castle"
"Today the Hawk Takes One Chick"
"An Unlikely Weapon"
"Who Does She Think She Is?"

SHORT FILMS
"The Camera"
"Centigrade"
"Cute Couple"
"Cutlass"
"Drop Frame"
"Elevation"
"Epicac"
"Fine"
"For a Few Marbles More"
"The Ghost of Irving Fine"
"Gossip Lady Ghost Hunting"
"Gravel"
"In the Cards"
"La Jeune File et le Neutier"
"Off-Hour"
"Parachute"
"Parts"
"Picture Day"
"Proud Iza"
"The Real World: Versailles"
"Red Sneakers"
"Relapse"
"Road Show"
"Rubberheart"
"Sick Sex"
"Sizzlean"
"There Will be Spud"
"Under the Hood"
"Voice Mail"
"Walkin' Free"
"Welcome"
"Well-Founded Concerns"
"You Better Watch Out"

STUDENT FILMS
"The Abattoir"
"Free Lunch"
"In the Shadow of Monadnock"
"In Vivid Detail"
"Mag Crew"
"Refract"

ANIMATION
"Chicken Cowboy"
"Eleven Roses"
"For You"
"Glarg and Fritz"
"The Magistical"

NH HIGH SCHOOL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (from the NH Film & Television Office)
"Aden"
"With or Without"
"Cute Things Falling Asleep"
"Erased"
"Hometown Heroes"

NHFF organizers would like to thank the more than 600 filmmakers who submitted films for consideration. Further information available online at www.nhfilmfestival.com. Advertising and sponsorship opportunities are also available by calling 603.647.6439.