Next International Film Festival of Houston (NiffHouston), presented by Next Actor Studio, will hold its 6 th edition on October 21st- October 24th, 2020
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In the past five years, Niff Houston was able to put together a great lineup of independent and foreign films and brought together actors, directors and producers from different parts of the world, who stayed back in Houston to enjoy the awards show at the end of the festival.
Award winners who could not make it to Houston, sent in their acceptance speech by video. The videos by best actor Dominique Pinon (Amelie, A Very Long Engagement) and best actress Laya Lewis (Skins) are online for viewing.
After entertaining the audience at Niff2015's opening night short film 'Narcissist', lead actor Brionne Davis went on to excel at Cannes, Sundance and other major venues with his starring role in the 2016 Oscar-nominated Colombian film Embrace of the Serpent.
Last year, NiffHouston was thrilled to present the audience award to a documentary on Sikhism, starring Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, and the cinematography award to Academy Award winner Claudio Miranda for the beautiful short film "The Circle" which was completely shot on drone.
This goes to show that Niff Houston is a festival of substance, that thrives to showcase ingenious talent and celebrate original content through a phenomenal line-up of Independent American Cinema and diverse foreign films in both competitive and non-competitive sections.
Submission for 2020 is now open.
Complete information and screening schedule will be available at www.niffhouston.org.
For media Inquiries, please contact : info@niffhouston.org
Thank you.
Best Actor
Best Actress
Audience Award
Best Short
Best Feature
Best Foreign Film
Best Documentary
Best Director
Best Screenplay