Nili earned the Best Actor award at Boston's Sci-Fi Film Festival (as well as multiple other festival nominations) for her starring portrayal of Susan in this sci-fi thriller/dark comedy feature. Edgar believes he can see the future, but his wife thinks he's mad, his daughter thinks he's strange, and the agents from double star accounting will stop at nothing to get their data back. Written and directed by Chris Messineo. Director of Photography: Teodoro Maniaci. VIEW FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
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The Strange Dark premiered in NYC at the Soho International Film Festival in September 2024. Many festivals followed including The Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival where Nili was honored with the festival's BEST ACTOR Award and Chris Messineo (writer/director) won BEST SCREENPLAY. In Philadelphia, Nili also received a nomination for BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM and the cast won the awards for BEST ENSEMBLE IN A FEATURE FILM. Next up, Nili has been nominating in excelelnt company for BEST ACTRESS at the Garden State Film Festival, which takes place late March 2025.
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THE STRANGE DARK ~ FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:
UPCOMING...
*SCI-FI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
6/19/25 - 6/22/25
Screening Date and Time: Friday, June 20 at 6:30 pm
QUEENS FILM FESTIVAL
https://www.queensfilmfest.com/
7/7/25 - 7/13/25
Screening Date and Time: Friday, July 11 at 3:00 pm
WYOMING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
7/9/25 - 7/13/25
Screening Date and Time: Friday, July 11 at 2:10 pm
COMPLETE LIST...
Soho international Film Festival, El Pase FIlm Festival, FIrst Glance FIlm Festival Philadelphia, Fort Lauderdale International FIlm Festival, St. Augustine FIlm Festival, Boston Sci-Fi FIlm Festival, Winter FIlm Festival, Never More FIlm Festival, Crystal Palace International FIlm Festival-London, Fargo FIlm Festival, International Horror & Sci-Fi FIlm Festival, Garden State FIlm Festival, PHoenix FIlm Festival, Panic Fest, Julien Dubuque FIlm Festival, Lighthouse International FIlm Festival, The London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantstic Film, Chattanooga FIlm Festival, Wyoming International FIlm Festival, Queens Film Festival, Waco Independent FIlm Festival.
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
"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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