New American Cinema Competition
Each of these films may not currently have a distributor, but they have a champion on the programming team. New American Cinema fields the largest number of submissions by far. We can select only a fraction to take to the finals, but the heavy competition leads to a truly remarkable collective output of U.S. independents. Our mission is to herald the diversity of the American experience through voices sorely underrepresented in American cinema.
The winner will be announced at the Golden Space Needle Awards April 24 and will receive a cash prize of $5,000.
Are We Lost
USA | 2022 | 71 min | Jenny Gage, Tom Betterton
April 14 - 24, 2022
After her daughter’s death and a turn to substance abuse, Raine must confront her grief and repair the bond with her son.
Hannah Ha Ha
USA | 2022 | 75 min | Jordan Tetewsky, Joshua Pikovsky
April 14 - 24, 2022
Kindhearted, small-town 20-something Hannah has her comfortable townie lifestyle challenged by her visiting brother.
Know Your Place
USA | 2022 | 118 min | Zia Mohajerjasbi
April 14 - 24, 2022
Gentrification’s impact on Seattle’s East African community is explored as two teenage boys navigate the city on an errand.
Linoleum
USA | 2022 | 101 min | Colin West
April 21 - 22, 2022
When a satellite crashes near his suburban home, the host of a failing children’s science show builds a rocket to outer space.
Warm Blood
USA | 2022 | 86 min | Rick Charnoski
April 22 - 24, 2022
Red, a runaway in the 1980s, returns to the outskirts of her NorCal hometown to track down her wayward father.