The 17th Annual New York City Independent Film Festival will be held From June 3 to 8, 2025 at the Producers Club, 358 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036. 🎞️ Film: RITAKRON – It’s not me Story: What if there were a way to atone for your sins during your lifetime and, in doing so, unlock a new level of existence? Imagine a “Room of Redemption” as part of a groundbreaking social program—anyone can enter, anyone can try. The line of volunteers stretches endlessly, but the rules remain unclear. Those who pass through the room never return to their old lives; they move on to an entirely new world. What holds people back in life? Fear, doubt, despair, greed, envy, pride—what must be renounced, or perhaps embraced and transformed, to light the green signal of a better future? We explore the theme of humanity’s search for inner freedom—how individuals confront, understand, or embrace the barriers that hinder their growth, both external and internal. To gain something truly new, one must sometimes be willing to lose everything. It’s about taking that one bold step, so you never have to look back and regret not even trying Alena Protasova - Director & Writer 🎟️ Get Tickets: https://nycindieff.com/films/ritakron-its-not-me/ (fb)

The 17th Annual New York City Independent Film Festival will be held From June 3 to 8, 2025 at the Producers Club, 358 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036. 🎞️ Film: Riparia Riparia Story: Questioning the place of non-humans in our contemporary world, I search and shoot, every spring, a colony of several thousand swallows (riparia riparia ) in Antwerp Haven. This project wants to show the cohabitation / coexistence between a mechanized and a non-human world and contextualize a group of birds where we are not used to see them. Guillard Marion - Director 🎟️ Get Tickets: https://nycindieff.com/films/short-doc-riparia-riparia/ (fb)