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As the largest Nordic Film Festival outside of Europe, it is our mission to build a bridge between the Nordic Film Community and the International Film Community.

Thank you for an incredible 11th Season. We are so grateful to have had to opportunity to connect filmmakers from 13 countries to our NYC audience. A special thank you to our Sponsors, Major Donors, Volunteers, and Staff and we can not wait to share what is to come for our 12th Season.

Have you ever wondered if and if so how all NIFF films are connected? Click the button and loose yourself in our Official Selection.

It’s ok to be lost

Welcome VENÜ Magazine - Official Media Partner of NIFF!

Read the wonderful article about our 10th Anniversary Year here.

Check out our latest feature here.

VENÜ is a publication that’s carefully crafted, coveted, collected and cherished for its exceptional design and alluring composition. VENÜ offers its readers an eclectic blend of editorial. We are your resource for the latest in art; architecture & design, fashion, film, gourmet food, wine, sustainable lifestyle, technology, travel, yachting and so much more. VENÜ is the leading voice that showcases provocative profiles and exposés of taste-makers and urbane influencers.

Winners 2025

Best Nordic Feature - Adorable Humans

Best Documentary Feature - Nakal

Best Nordic Short - Elegy

Best Documentary Short - Streetvet

Best International Short - Mercenaire

Best Director - Erik Tveiten, Elegy

Best Cinematography - Marcos Rostango, Souls

Best Lead Performance - Charlotte Luth, Elegy

Best Supporting Performance - Rio Kirchner, Slackers

Honorable Mention - Negar Hassanzadeh, Lunge

Jury Award - Fabian Munsterhjelm, Pantyhose

Want to look back on our past seasons…..

2024 trailer

NIFF 2023

NIFF 2023 trailer

NIFF 2022 trailer

Focus

We are proud to be a film festival for filmmakers by filmmakers. We are renowned for our great programming, and active effort in supporting our participating filmmakers in furthering their career.
NIFF was the first festival in the world to carbon compensate for all filmmakers flying in to attend the festival. Our products are made from exclusively recycled, or recyclable materials.
We encourage a pre-loved look for our Red Carpet.
NIFF follows its Official Selection statistics to make sure we can be a tipping scale towards any gendered under representation between male and female filmmakers.
NIFF works actively to seek out filmmakers and stories from a diverse background to feature in its Official Selection. The Nordic region is not a monolith, and we strive to have our Official Selection be a true representation of that.
NIFF is a place for everyone, and we want to host our events at accessible venues. We also keep statistics over our Official Selection to see how differently abled filmmakers are represented.
Every year carries a silent theme that is connected to a situation that affects us globally.
Past themes:
The Nordic atmosphere - 2015
Women in Film - 2016
The Refugee Crisis - 2017
Breaking Boundaries - 2018
Climate Change - 2019
Black Lives Matters - 2020
Unity - 2021
Resilience - 2022