NOVA FRONTIER FILM FESTIVAL & LAB

OUR VISION

Nova Frontier Film Festival & LAB is a timely film and arts festival passionately committed to showcasing and incubating the works of filmmakers and artists from and about the African Diaspora, The Middle East, and Latin America. The Interdisciplinary lab, a core component of NFFF praxis, educates and mentors youth, emerging Filmmakers and artists in filmmaking and media arts from our Festival regions, and underserved and underrepresented communities. The festival takes place with our partner, Harlem Stage a global stage in Harlem, New York for performing artists of the Global Majority who dare to assert the artistic freedom that gives birth to new works and ideas.

NFFF promotes intercultural understanding and intellectual engagement through exceptional ongoing programming: FILMS, performances of new media arts, conversations, panels, and workshops addressing critical social issues of our times while celebrating the diversity that surrounds us.

Since our inception in 2016, we have collaborated and partnered with organizations such as the Billie Holiday Theatre, Restoration Art, the Weeksville Heritage Center, and The BRONX DUMENTRAY Center, among others. Additionally, we are expanding our reach globally to cities like Marseille, France, and into new festival regions that serve as vibrant nexuses of cross-cultural exchange.

Our lab is conceived as an incubator and hub, a platform for educating and mentoring the next generation of emerging talents and young adults in the philosophy, skill sets, and distribution of independent filmmaking and new media. Thus, emerging filmmakers and young adults focus on creating an environment that facilitates the exchange of knowledge, collaboration and co-production, while simultaneously working on dissolving cultural boundaries (conceived and preconceived) that separate us— Engaging in productive rather than pernicious confrontations. Moreover, the film Lab helps them find their unique voice, unleash their artistic talents, and develop Specialized skills that could lead to future career opportunities in the film, media, and audiovisual industries.