[1] Screenings take place at Yale University’s Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, the New Haven Free Public Library and at the rock club Cafe Nine.
When Brica and Molomot left Connecticut to teach at University of Arizona, Bechard and Musser assumed the role of co-directors and programmers for NHdocs.
[12] In 2016, the festival grew to 11 days, featuring over 40 films, including Midsummer in Newtown, The Champions, and co-founder Bechard's own Who Is Lydia Loveless?
Three Newtown/Sandy Hook-related shorts had their world premieres at the festival: Kim A. Snyder’s #WeAreAllNewtown, Notes from Dumblane and Sue Roman’s Team 26.
[14] The 2018 version ran from May 31 – June 10, 2018 and featured tributes to Amy Berg (documentary filmmaker), Su Friedrich, and HBO's Sheila Nevins.
[23] The festival also featured the World Premiere of Mister Wonderland,[24] screenings of Abby Ginsberg's Waging Change, Gorman Bechard's Seniors A Dogumentary,[25] and When Liberty Burns from Dudley Alexis.
[26] In its second Covid-ravaged year, and for its 8th edition, in 2021 NHdocs screened over 120 films online and in-person,[27] and once again included a student competition, online workshops, Q&As, a screening of the film "From the Left Hand" with a performance by its subject Norman Malone, and a tribute to feminist filmmaker Beth B with a live performance by Lydia Lunch.
In the NHdocs Student Competition, First Place for Best College Film went to From 3 to 3, from directors Xingyan Guo, Scout Raimondo, & Jared Yao of Wesleyan University.