2025 NOVA FEST FILMS
Screening Schedule
Q&A to Follow w/Attending Filmmakers
(Films subject to change without notification).
Tysons at the Boro
1667 Silver Hill Drive
McLean, VA 22102
USA
TICKETS FOR THESE MAGNIFICENT MOVIES ARE FREE!
(GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS MUST STILL BE ORDERED ONLINE TO ATTEND).
Written in Skin
A lesbian couple writes the final chapter of their love story.
A short film that delicately portrays the end of a same-sex relationship, focusing on the universal themes of grief, nostalgia, and the struggle to let go of a love that once seemed permanent.
Short
Drama/LBGT
USA
00:11:50
Thursday I
(6-6:50 PM)
(Films subject to change without notification).
Come Out, Wherever You Are
Vernon Parrish, a retired mayor of a large suburb just outside of Chicago, had moved to the small town of Livingston, Montana, for peace and solitude and to get out of the public eye. After six years, Verne’s past returns to haunt him, driving him into a self-imposed exile at his cabin in the woods, hoping to ride out the media storm. While he is away, a storm of a different form rolls in, drastically changing the world as he knew it, culminating in a tale of a man who is both a victim and a beneficiary of circumstance.
Short
Drama/Sci Fi
USA
00:29:22
Smile for the Dead
True crime meets the paranormal as "Smile for the Dead" uncovers the eerie mystery of William H. Mumler's spirit photography and his ghostly portraits that baffled the 1800s. This documentary investigates Mumler's techniques and why society so needed him in the post Civil War era. Filmed on location in North Carolina, New York and Montreal.
Documentary
USA
00:54:03
Thursday III
(8:45 -11PM)
(Films subject to change without notification).
SHAKESPEARE'S THE TEMPEST
Prospero, a betrayed spaceship captain is marooned on a desert planet with his daughter Miranda. Prospero uses his mastery of magic and science to create a stellar storm that shipwrecks the very crew that betrayed him. Prospero's enemies are trapped on the planet and Prospero orchestrates a series of events to confront them.
Sci Fi, Romance, Comedy, Action Feature
USA
02:05:04
Friday A
(5 -5:30PM)
(Films subject to change without notification).
Friday I
(6 -8:35PM)
(Films subject to change without notification).
Dancing Beyond
**Filmmaker will be IN ATTENDENCE for Q&A. WORLD PREMIERE!
This film (trailer) centers around the potential film and impact the life of russian dancer Vaslav Njinsky, and our current actor (Soleyman Pierini - who also played the young Phillipe Petit in "The Walk" directed by Robert Zemeckis ) attached to play Njinsky has been studying dance with a woman who studied with Njinsky's daughter to learn his style of dance. Soleyman has only been dancing for a year at the time of filming this teaser.
Trailer
USA
00:02:53
A Mother's Promise
**Filmmaker will be IN ATTENDENCE for Q&A.
It's the Roaring Twenties. Vivian Gordon takes the stage at a raucous Manhattan speakeasy and sings a sexy, playful rendition of "Who's Sorry Now." Vivian has escaped an abusive husband and created a new life for her and her 8-year-old daughter, Benita. Their happy existence, however, is destroyed when Vivian falls prey to an insidious extortion conspiracy among crooked cops, lawyers and judges that pervades New York's Women's Court.
Period, Drama
USA
00:13:12
Unfit
A couple's relationship crumbles as they struggle to put on a fitted bed sheet.
Romance, Drama
USA
00:09:54
**Filmmaker will be IN ATTENDENCE for Q&A.
And Now I Lay Me Down
Fading actress Celia Dalvi arranges her perfect last day on earth. It doesn't go as planned. Starring Malcolm in the Middle star, Jane Kaczmarek!
Comedy
USA
00:27:09
**Filmmaker will be IN ATTENDENCE for Q&A.
Friday II
(8:45-11PM)
(Films subject to change without notification).
500 Fireflies
Newly single dad Daniel moves his 15-year-old daughter, June, to his small southern hometown, only to find that loss of industry has hit the town hard. As he navigates money troubles and the rocky relationship with his daughter, Daniel seeks hope and new beginnings in the small community.
Drama, Family
USA
01:46:38