2025 Festival Program Announced!
We are happy to announce the 22 features and 15 shorts that have been selected to screen for Salem Film Fest 2025.
Tickets and complete schedule coming soon.
FEATURES
Scene from opening night film HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY directed by Sam Feder.
ARTIFACT WAR
Directed by Evan Carpenter and Jacob Schwarz
East Coast Premiere
AS THE TIDE COMES IN
Directed by Juan Palacios
New England Premiere
ASSEMBLY
Directed by Rashaad Newsome & Johnny Symons
East Coast Premiere
BALOMANIA
Directed by Sissel Morell Dargis
Massachusetts Premiere
BLACK SNOW
Directed by Alina Snow
New England Premiere
CHECKPOINT ZOO
Directed by Joshua Zeman
New England Premiere
CONCERTO FOR OTHER HANDS
Directed by Ernesto González Díaz
U.S. Premiere
HEIGHTEND SCRUTINY
Directed by Sam Feder
East Coast Premiere
HOMEGROWN
Directed by Michael Premo
Massachusetts Premiere
LIFE AFTER
Directed by Reid Davenport
North East Premiere
REMAINING NATIVE
Directed by Paige Bethmann
East Coast Premiere
SABBATH QUEEN
Directed by Sandi DuBowski
North Shore Premiere
SMALL TOWN UNIVERSE
Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore
North Shore Premiere
SONGS FROM THE HOLE
Directed by Contessa Gayles
Massachusetts Premiere
SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH
Directed by Olha Zhurba
New England Premiere
THE FLAMINGO
Directed by Adam Sekular
North Shore Premiere
THE RETURN OF THE PROJECTIONIST
Directed by Orkhan Aghazadeh
New England Premiere
THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR
Directed by Max Keegan
Massachusetts Premiere
THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT
Directed by Emily Mkrtichian
New England Premiere
THIRD ACT
Directed by Tadashi Nakamura
East Coast Premiere
WE NEVER LEFT
Directed by Loulwa Khoury
New England Premiere
WRITING HAWA
Directed by Najiba Noori
East Coast Premiere
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SHORTS
Scene from the short HOUSE OF LIGHT directed by A.B. Zax.
A PLACE TO CALL HOME
Directed by Parisa Aminolahi
U.S. Premiere
BLOODHOUND DOG
Directed by Louis Moulin
Massachusetts Premiere
BY MY SIDE
Directed by Vicki Topaz
North Shore Premiere
CICADA
Directed by Matteo Moretti
Massachusetts Premiere
HOUSE OF LIGHT
Directed by A.B. Zax
New England Premiere
LOLA
Directed by Carlo Ang
World Premiere
MAMA MIRCA
Directed by Rebecca Blöcher, Frédéric Schuld
U.S. Premiere
MUTE UTOPIA
Directed by Julio Matos
New England Premiere
PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS
Directed by Alison McAlpine
North Shore Premiere
SHIP OF FOOLS
Directed by Alia Haju
New England Premiere
SWIMMING LESSONS
Directed by Meloddy Gao
New England Premiere
THE CAT MAN ESHETE
Directed by Laura Checkoway
New England Premiere
THE FLOWERS STAND SILENTLY, WITNESSING
Directed by Theo Panagopoulos
East Coast Premiere
THE RETURN
Directed by Jeremy S. Levine
New England Premiere
WINDING PATH
Directed by Alexandra Lazarowich & Ross Kauffman
North Shore Premiere
