Nili Bassman
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SCI-FI SUSPENSE (2025) ~
Boston Sci-Fi FIlm Festival, BEST ACTOR AWARD, Nili Bassman
Nili stars as Susan, a devoted mother and high school drama teacher. With her family's safety on the line, Susan must choose who to trust: her husband, who claims he can see the future, or the mysterious strangers at her door.
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"Anchoring the film is a commanding performance from Nili Bassman, who carries the story with a raw, grounded intensity that never lets the audience relax. Her portrayal of a woman trapped between love, fear, and survival is the film’s emotional engine—one that makes every twist feel personal and every revelation unsettling.”
Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival's BEST ACTOR AWARD - NILI BASSMAN
“The film’s success hinges on the performances of Nili Bassman and Caleb Scott. They have a solid chemistry as a couple going through an amicable divorce. Bassman’s patience and mama bear instincts read totally authentic."
"Nili Bassman anchors the film with a performance that does most of the heavy lifting. She becomes the emotional center of gravity, absorbing competing narratives and reacting with a grounded mix of skepticism, fear, and reluctant adaptability. Bassman plays uncertainty not as hysteria, but as exhaustion—the kind that comes from being asked to choose between impossible options with incomplete information. Her restraint keeps the film from tipping into melodrama, even when the script pushes toward heightened tension.
"The cast is all game, with a solid anchor provided by Bassman’s Susan."
The Strange Dark premiered in NYC at the Soho International Film Festival in September 2024 and went on to play 27 festivals across the US, in Europe, and Australia.
Written and directed by Chris Messineo.
Director of Photography: Teodoro Maniaci.
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User Zero is a short film about a neuroscientist who develops a pacemaker for the brain to treat mental illness. The film, by Ria Tobbaccowala, premiered as an independent pilot episode at Seriesfest in 2021, winning the award for best digital short drama. Watch Now on HBO MAX
Catch Nili as Lisa Hardiman on the iconic Law & Order, season 25, episode 4: "White Lies"
"My Year of Having It All"
Shortly before the pandemic forced a Broadway shut down, Nili was honored to write a piece for The Ensemblist about balancing a Broadway career with early motherhood. Click Here to read about her time playing Hunyak in Chicago on Broadway while raising a newborn and preschooler at home.
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