August 15, 2025 - August 24, 2025
The New Hope Film Festival, an emerging “Sundance East,” has made an impressive start, drawing some 1,200 last year. The week-long festival features dozens of films from around the globe — divided into more than a dozen helpful categories — including best feature, best documentary, and films that best exemplify the indie spirit and new hope.
The festival’s core mission is to discover and nurture independent filmmakers, many of whom seek world and U.S. debuts and remain overlooked and/or under-appreciated by other forums.