2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective
2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | NewEnglandFilm Discovery | Comedy | Massachusetts | |
Holy Tortilla
A dash of magic realism, sprinkled with hope, and baked on faith. When a woman sees the face of Jesus in her tortilla, she begins a quest to prove that miracles really are possible in everyday life.
2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | NewEnglandFilm Discovery | Comedy | Massachusetts | Watch Online Now |
The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles
Making ethnographic documentaries about her North End neighbors had allowed filmmaker Beth Harrington to keep her own background and beliefs at bay. But when she inadvertently videotapes a “miracle” with her camera, she has to wrestle with her past and what it means to believe and belong.
2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | NewEnglandFilm Discovery | Drama | Massachusetts | Watch Online Now |
The Commitment
Robert and Ethan are an interracial gay couple fulfilling their dream of adopting a newborn baby. After they meet the expectant Asian birthmother, however, they receive a surprise that threatens their own relationship.
2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | NewEnglandFilm Discovery | Animation | Massachusetts | Watch Online Now |
Repetition Compulsion
An animated documentary about trauma & the cycles of abuse suffered by homeless women.
2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | NewEnglandFilm Discovery | Documentary | Massachusetts | Watch Online Now |
FIBA Allow Hijab
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir is the all-time leading scorer in Massachusetts history for high school basketball (male or female). In 2010, she became the first NCAA Division I player to wear a hijab on the court. But today she is blocked from pursuing her professional basketball career due to a FIBA rule that bans headscarves in international competitions. Forced to sit out, Abdul-Qaadir is now leading the fight for Muslim women’s right to play.
2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | NewEnglandFilm Discovery | Comedy | Massachusetts | Watch Online Now |
Celebration
An unexpected take on emerging from the closet with a deeper meaning about identity.
2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | NewEnglandFilm Discovery | Documentary | Massachusetts | Watch Online Now |
My Father’s Story
The story of what happened to the non-Jewish Poles during World War II is seldom heard. “My Father’s Story” is just one Polish voice -out of two and a half million people who were taken from their homes and placed into forced labor by the Nazis. This is the story of Romuald Kocol’s struggle, liberation by the Americans, and his emigration to the United States.
2020 Online New England Film Festival | 2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | SENE Film Festival | Comedy | Maine | Watch Online Now |
Passive Aggressive Dads
Two middle-aged dads just want to spend a quiet day with their daughters at the park. But when an obnoxious group of teens drive by, too fast and too loud, it spurs these aging, disgruntled dads into a self-righteous act of passive-aggression.
2020 Online New England Film Festival | 2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | Online New England Film Festival Local Premiere | Drama | Rhode Island | Watch Online Now |
Curls
A vulnerable little girl believes that her curly hair makes her ugly and that straight hair is ultimate beauty, must summon the courage to embrace her natural locks and accept her true self in order to be happy.
2020 Online New England Film Festival | 2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective | Women in Comedy | Horror | Maine | New Hamsphire | Watch Online Now |
Tea Time
In this horror/comedy, featuring pro-wrestler Rob Van Dam (WWE Champion, ECW World Heavyweight Champion.), a little girl loses her temper and things get bloody during her tea party.