Get Ready for the the 9th Annual Nassau Film Festival! 

THE award Winning NASSAU FILM FESTIVAL Will RETURN In FALL, 2024 - DATES, TIMES AND VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE SUMMER, 2024.

IN THE INTERIM, PLEASE VIEW INFORMATION FROM THE SOLD-OUT 2023 FESTIVAL.

 A Celebration of SCREENING Short Films From Around the Globe

AWARDS:

2023: THE NASSAU FILM FESTIVAL IS SELECTED AS AN iMDB QUALIFYING FILM FESTIVAL. iMDB IS THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR AND AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE FOR MOVIE, TELEVISION AND FILM FESTIVAL CONTENT.

2022: ThE NASSAU FILM FESTIVAL IS RECOGNIZED AS THE #1 Comprehensive short film festival in New Jersey; the #12 Ranked Comprehensive short film festival in the United States; THE #39 Comprehensive short film festival worldwide by International filmmakers and festival Directors.

2021: THE NASSAU FILM Festival(NFF) IS selected as one of the top 40 comprehensive Short film festivals in the world BY International Filmmakers and Festival Directors.

2020: NFF IS voted the best COMPREHENSIVE short film festival IN New jersey in the people’s choice awards.

2019: NFF IS Rated By InTERNATIONAL FILMMAKERS AS ONE OF THE top 100 COMPREHENSIVE short film festivals worldwide.

2018: NFF IS named the number one comprehensive short film festival in the New Jersey/New York/Pennsylvania tri-state region and one of the best comprehensive short film festivals in the United States. 

The Nassau Film Festival (NFF) screens short films and music videos (30 seconds to 20 Minutes) in the following categories: fiction, documentary, animation, student fiction, episodic, horror and music videos. Best of Festival Awards are given in each of the categories and attendees have a chance to network with actors, actresses, directors, writers, producers and directors of photography at a special festival event. Audience members have the opportunity to participate in question and answer panel discussions with filmmakers whose films are selected to screen at the festival.  

NFF Founder and Festival Director Lew Goldstein started the festival in 2015 after noticing a gap in the area for filmmakers who focused on short films and audiences who enjoy watching short films.  Each year the number of film submissions for Festival consideration has grown. “As the festival has grown more filmmakers are realizing that this is a festival which is drawing serious attention in the film community. We are seeing a growth each year in submissions and the festival going audience has increased each year knowing that the films chosen to be screened by the judges are of high quality,” Goldstein said.

NFF highlights extraordinary independent short films from filmmakers representing countries in six continents. Additionally, films from the USA as well as regional and local filmmakers are highlighted. The works of selected new student filmmakers are also screened.

Over the years, NFF has earmarked funds donated from patrons and sponsors each year to assist various non-profit organizations. Those organizations the Festival has donated to over the years include the American Cancer Society, Womenspace, Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK), the Community Foodbank of New Jersey - a Feeding America affiliate as well as Mercer Street Friends, the Lisa Goldstein Education Foundation and in 2023 the Family Resource Network.

Proceeds from the 2023 Festival went to the Family Resource Network (FRN). FRN provides more than 50 services and programs for NJ residents living with epilepsy, autism, developmental disabilities and chronic illness and support for their caregivers.

some of our Festival Award winners OVER THE YEARS:

Watch the Films →

Thanks to all the filmmakers who submitted films for the last Nassau Film Festival. The response to the festival has been overwhelming with films coming in from around the globe!

North America • Europe • Asia • Australia • South America • Africa

This film festival gives an opportunity for new and current filmmakers to have their short films screened.  THE PRINCETON TIGER AWARD - AN Audience Award - will be given in EACH OF THE categories. THE HIGHEST AWARD - the BEST OF FEST JUDGES’ AWARD - for excellence in Filmmaking - IS ALSO ANNOUNCED IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES>