diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 219a7be..adbebee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ MAINTAINER Computer Science House <rtp@csh.rit.edu>
 ENV IMAGEIO_USERDIR /var/lib/gallery
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y libldap-dev libsasl2-dev libmagic-dev ghostscript libldap-common && \
+    apt-get install -y libldap-dev libsasl2-dev libmagic-dev ghostscript libldap-common imagemagick libheif1 libheif-dev libraw-dev libraw20 dcraw && \ 
     apt-get autoremove --yes && \
     apt-get clean autoclean && \
     sed -i \
diff --git a/gallery/file_modules/__init__.py b/gallery/file_modules/__init__.py
index b2a8030..a54a6e9 100644
--- a/gallery/file_modules/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery/file_modules/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 from wand.image import Image
 from wand.color import Color
+import rawpy
 
 from gallery.util import DEFAULT_THUMBNAIL_NAME
 from gallery.util import hash_file
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ def generate_thumbnail(self):
 from gallery.file_modules.txt import TXTFile
 from gallery.file_modules.mp3 import MP3File
 from gallery.file_modules.wav import WAVFile
+from gallery.file_modules.heic import HEICFile
+from gallery.file_modules.nef import NEFFile
+from gallery.file_modules.mov import MOVFile
+from gallery.file_modules.m4a import M4AFile
 
 file_mimetype_relation = {
     "image/jpeg": JPEGFile,
@@ -76,20 +81,36 @@ def generate_thumbnail(self):
     "image/x-windows-bmp": BMPFile,
     "image/tiff": TIFFFile,
     "image/x-tiff": TIFFFile,
+    "image/heic": HEICFile,
+    "image/x-nikon-nef": NEFFile,
     "video/mp4": MP4File,
     "video/webm": WebMFile,
     "video/ogg": OggFile,
+    "video/quicktime": MOVFile,
     "application/pdf": PDFFile,
     "text/plain": TXTFile,
     "audio/mpeg": MP3File,
-    "audio/x-wav": WAVFile
+    "audio/x-wav": WAVFile,
+    "audio/mp4": M4AFile,
+    "audio/x-m4a": M4AFile,
 }
 
 
 # classism
 def parse_file_info(file_path: str, dir_path: str) -> Tuple[str, Optional[FileModule]]:
     print("entering parse_file_info")
+
     mime_type = magic.from_file(file_path, mime=True)
+    
+    if "tif" in mime_type: # .nef is a special case, magic reads it as .tiff, but it is not processed correctly by the tiff module
+        # check if it is a raw file
+        try:
+            with rawpy.imread(file_path): # this may cause issues for other raw files
+                mime_type = "image/x-nikon-nef"
+        except rawpy.LibRawFileUnsupportedError:
+            pass
+        except rawpy.LibRawIOError:
+            pass
     print(mime_type)
     print(file_path)
 
diff --git a/gallery/file_modules/heic.py b/gallery/file_modules/heic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93c2034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery/file_modules/heic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import os
+from PIL import Image as PILImage
+import pillow_heif
+
+from gallery.file_modules import FileModule
+from gallery.util import hash_file
+
+pillow_heif.register_heif_opener()
+
+class HEICFile(FileModule):
+    def __init__(self, file_path, dir_path):
+        FileModule.__init__(self, file_path, dir_path)
+        self.mime_type = "image/heic"
+
+        self.generate_thumbnail()
+
+    def generate_thumbnail(self):
+        self.thumbnail_uuid = hash_file(self.file_path) + ".jpg"
+
+        thumb_path = os.path.join(self.dir_path, self.thumbnail_uuid)
+
+        img = PILImage.open(self.file_path).convert("RGB")
+
+        size = min(img.width, img.height)
+        left = (img.width - size) // 2
+        top = (img.height - size) // 2
+        img = img.crop((left, top, left + size, top + size))
+
+        img = img.resize((256, 256))
+        img.save(thumb_path, "JPEG")
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diff --git a/gallery/file_modules/m4a.py b/gallery/file_modules/m4a.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..155f3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery/file_modules/m4a.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import os
+from wand.image import Image
+
+from gallery.file_modules import FileModule
+from gallery.util import hash_file
+
+class M4AFile(FileModule):
+    def __init__(self, file_path, dir_path):
+        FileModule.__init__(self, file_path, dir_path)
+        self.mime_type = "audio/mp4"
+
+        self.generate_thumbnail()
+
+    def generate_thumbnail(self):
+        self.thumbnail_uuid = hash_file(self.file_path) + ".jpg"
+
+        with Image(filename="thumbnails/reedphoto.jpg") as bg:
+                bg.save(filename=os.path.join(self.dir_path, self.thumbnail_uuid))
diff --git a/gallery/file_modules/mov.py b/gallery/file_modules/mov.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a99be5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery/file_modules/mov.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from moviepy.editor import VideoFileClip
+import os
+from wand.image import Image
+from wand.color import Color
+
+from gallery.file_modules import FileModule
+from gallery.util import hash_file
+
+
+class MOVFile(FileModule):
+
+    def __init__(self, file_path, dir_path):
+        FileModule.__init__(self, file_path, dir_path)
+        self.mime_type = "video/quicktime"
+
+        self.generate_thumbnail()
+
+    def generate_thumbnail(self):
+        self.thumbnail_uuid = hash_file(self.file_path) + ".jpg"
+        thumbnail_loc = os.path.join(self.dir_path, self.thumbnail_uuid)
+
+        clip = VideoFileClip(self.file_path)
+        time_mark = clip.duration * 0.05
+        clip.save_frame(thumbnail_loc, t=time_mark)
+
+        with Image(filename=thumbnail_loc) as img:
+            with img.clone() as image:
+                size = image.width if image.width < image.height else image.height
+                image.crop(width=size, height=size, gravity='center')
+                image.resize(256, 256)
+                image.background_color = Color("#EEEEEE")
+                image.format = 'jpeg'
+                image.save(filename=thumbnail_loc)
diff --git a/gallery/file_modules/nef.py b/gallery/file_modules/nef.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b880636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery/file_modules/nef.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import os
+import rawpy
+import imageio
+
+from gallery.file_modules import FileModule
+from gallery.util import hash_file
+
+
+class NEFFile(FileModule):
+    def __init__(self, file_path, dir_path):
+        FileModule.__init__(self, file_path, dir_path)
+        self.mime_type = "image/x-nikon-nef"
+
+        self.generate_thumbnail()
+
+    def generate_thumbnail(self):
+        self.thumbnail_uuid = hash_file(self.file_path) + ".jpg"
+        thumb_path = os.path.join(self.dir_path, self.thumbnail_uuid)
+
+        with rawpy.imread(self.file_path) as raw:
+            rgb = raw.postprocess(output_bps=8)
+
+            h, w, _ = rgb.shape
+            size = min(h, w)
+            y = (h - size) // 2
+            x = (w - size) // 2
+            rgb = rgb[y:y+size, x:x+size]
+
+            imageio.imwrite(thumb_path, rgb)
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a5b9de1..ed75835 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -70,3 +70,8 @@ Werkzeug==3.1.3
 wrapt==1.17.2
 xmltodict==0.14.2
 zipp==3.19.1
+# NEF and HEIC support
+pillow==11.1.0
+pillow_heif==1.2.0
+rawpy==0.26.1
+imageio==2.4.0
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