As the only experimental film festival in New England, H.E.F.F. proudly returns to Haverhill, Massachusetts for a fifth consecutive year. We welcome the abstract, the riveting, the beautiful, the rugged, the emotional, the bold, the raw. We welcome films that tear through tradition and break boundaries with finesse. Most of all, we welcome your idea of experimental.

H.E.F.F. #5 will be a three day experimental film extravaganza taking place the weekend of June 16-18, 2017. For the 2017 festival, H.E.F.F. will be projecting 40-50 films and videos.

Basement Films’ annual international film festival is proud to announce our call for submissions for Experiments in Cinema v12.3 (April 18-23, 2017). Our call for submissions is open from August 1 – November 1, 2016 so don’t wait! See www.experimentsincinema.org for our online submissions form.

Experiments in Cinema seeks new and old work that moves beyond traditional narrative, experimental, and documentary forms. We are interested in cinema that "steps on toes", questions authority, complicates traditions, experiments with form and content, and provides us with a view into the world that we have never seen before—challenge us (if you dare)!