The 2018 NYC Independent Film Festival will present 250 indie films! The lineup includes 17 official selections in the narrative feature category. These diverse films touch on stories like the deadly perils of pledging a college fraternity, the seduction of joining a cult unter the guise of salvation and revenge, and the most frightening of them all: a woman brekaing up with her boyfriend on a weekend getaway after he proposes.
Check out a selection of the feature films presented at the Festival this year below!
ALT SPACE
USA | 2017 | Thriller | 80 min | English | World Premiere
ALT SPACE is a psychological thriller that tells a contemporary story of what it's like to have a dissolving sense of reality. The story is told through the eyes of Julian and Liv, a young couple living in New York City.
STUCK
USA | 2017 | Comedy | 100 min | English | New York Premiere
After getting into trouble with the law, Darby is sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, and is now confined to the same house she once shared with her ex-boyfriend, who now shares it with his beautiful fiancee.
CHIMERA
USA/UAE | 2017 | Sci-fi | 80 min | English | New York Premiere
A brilliant but disturbed scientist decides to freeze his children alive, while he races against time to cure their deadly genetic disease by unlocking the secret of immortality within the DNA of the Turritopsis jellyfish.
STRETCH MARKS
USA | 2017 | Drama | 91 min | English | New York Premiere
Following the death of his father, Lyle Bennett sets out on an extreme weight loss journey in the hopes of reaching health and happiness. His goal will push him past his physical limits and test the strength of his mental and emotional stability.
PLEDGE
USA | 2017 | Horror | 78 min | English
When a trio of unpopular freshman are invited to pledge an exclusive fraternity, they jump at the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But as the hazing process unfolds, they begin to realize the fraternity is not what it seems.
ELSEWHERE
USA | 2016 | Comedy | 77 min | English | New York Premiere
After bombing their LA debut at the Troubadour, a band battles demons, exes and excesses at an afterparty in their Hollywood Hills and the eve of their first west coast tour.