Femme Film Fest is The Nick’s annual celebration of films by and about women. Each year, we shine a light on bold, diverse stories that inspire, challenge, and connect our community. For 2026, our theme is Taking Up Space, honoring feminine voices and visions in spaces and professions traditionally dominated by masculine perspectives. Through stories […]
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Freak Bikes
October 3, 2025
(78 mins/CA): EAST COAST PREMIERE – L.A. bicycle activist Jimmy Lizama travels to bike-friendly cities with his 12-year-old son, hoping to inspire him to imagine cities without cars. Directed by Ryan Mekenian FULL SCUFF SCHEDULE AND TICKETS
Battersea
October 3, 2025
(90 mins/OH): SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIERE – Siblings reconvene at their childhood home, where they spend a precarious weekend drinking and talking. Directed by T.J. Sandella FULL SCUFF SCHEDULE AND TICKETS
Weekend at the End of the World
October 3, 2025
(82 mins/CA): EAST COAST PREMIERE – Best friends Karl and Miles head up to a cabin in the woods. What starts out as a weekend of partying, getting Karl over his ex, and fixing up the cabin in the hopes of becoming property tycoons, quickly descends into an adventure of inter-dimensional portals, possessed demonic heralds, […]
The Rows
October 3, 2025
(71 mins/OH): EAST COAST PREMIERE – Little girl hides from masked home invaders in mysterious cornfield. Deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues as the rows reveal their secrets. Directed by Seth Daly FULL SCUFF SCHEDULE AND TICKETS
The Misadventures of Vince & Hick
October 3, 2025
(108 mins/CA) SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIERE – A live action comic book crime odyssey that tells the Legend of your two new favorite bandits, Vince & Hick. The Winners of Slamdance 2018 Grand Jury Prize and Audience awards for their first feature film, Rock Steady Row, return with their second feature. Directed by Trevor Stevens FULL […]
Starstruck!
October 3, 2025
(71 mins/MD): SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIERE – An actress in hiding must fight for her life when the stalker of her nightmares discovers her whereabouts. Directed by Kenneth Brossoie FULL SCUFF SCHEDULE AND TICKETS
Out of This World: Sci-Fi Shorts
October 3, 2025
A Darker Place: Cases from the DCA (26 mins/VA): A team of elite D.C.A. special forces operatives becomes the prey of a rogue anomaly, trapped inside a nightmarish dimension where reality bends to the creature’s will. Directed by Rowan Kelley Emily’s Mountain (22 mins/Israel): Emily celebrates her 6th birthday on a magical trip with her […]
FIRST DRAFTS: The Outcasts
October 3, 2025
(90 mins/SC): SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIERE – What if you rediscovered the script you wrote when you were 12? And what if you performed it with real actors, without changing a word? In this unique comedy, actors faithfully bring their director’s hilariously bad childhood script to life, while their “Teacher” Michael Smallwood uproariously reacts to the […]
Don’t Say Earth
October 3, 2025
(80 mins/NC): FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE – A man wakes up in an escape pod with no idea how or why he’s trapped inside. He must find a way out before he runs out of air. Directed by Ben Carland FULL SCUFF SCHEDULE AND TICKETS