Tickets are now on sale for Nitehawk Shorts Fest 2025!
The festival starts in April. Full schedule below:
- 4/2 Opening Nite at Prospect Park
- 4/3 Music Driven at Williamsburg
- 4/3 Midnite at Williamsburg
- 4/5 Matinee One at Williamsburg
- 4/5 Matinee Two at Prospect Park
- 4/6 NoBudge at Prospect Park
- 4/6 Closing Nite at Prospect Park
Read the festival recap by our Director of Programming Cristina Cacioppo.
Prize Winners
Jury Prize
Dilating For Maximum Results / Nyala Moon
MUSIC DRIVEN Winner
FANATIC / Taran Killam
MIDNITE Winner
Krush the Wrestler / Alex Megaro
New Filmmaker Award
Terminally Ill / Chris Cole
Future of Films is Female Prize
Eli, Briefly / Celine Sutter
Audience Award: Opening Nite
Terminally Ill / Chris Cole
Audience Award: Music Driven
Peace Mantra / Vango Jones
Audience Award: Midnite
Krush the Wrestler / Alex Megaro
Audience Award: Matinee One
Confessions / Stephanie Kaznocha
Audience Award: Matinee Two
Flutz / Ryan McCown
Audience Award: NoBudge
Call Me Mommy / Haley Alea Erickson & Taylor Washington
Audience Award: Closing Nite
Goldilocks / Meryl Jones
Nitehawk Shorts Fest 2024 program (PDF)
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