“Mission: JOY Finding Happiness in Troubled Times” (Opening Night)

Mission: JOY Finding Happiness in Troubled Times – 1:30:00 Runtime TWO SCREENINGS! 10/7/2022 Opening Night Film (Special pass or ticket required) & 10/9/2022 Director: Peggy Callahan & Louie Psihoyos Mission: JOY […]

356

356 – 12:26 Minutes (Short Block 1) Director: Bonnie Monteleone While filming for the documentary “If the Ocean Could Talk” off the coast of North Carolina, the crew hoped to […]

A Dead Sea

A Dead Sea – 12:22Minutes (Short Block 3) Director: Nahd Bashir Kamel, a Palestinian man in his 50s, suffers from autism and travels with his paralyzed sister to the Dead […]

A Pregnant Woman

A Pregnant Woman – 16:49 Minutes (Short Block 4) Director: Ana Carrizales An eight-and-a-half-month pregnant Alejandra is on the road and on the run from an abusive husband. She drives […]

American Justice on Trial – People v Newton

American Justice on Trial – People v Newton – 39:55  Minutes (Short Block 4) Directors: Andrew Abrahams, Herb Ferrette In one of the “trials of the century” and with great […]

Amputee

Amputee – 25:49  Minutes (Short Block 2) Directors: Aga Rudel, Jamie Rhodes In a deprived area of England’s industrial north, a young mother is hit by a forklift truck at […]

Backyard Blackbird

Backyard Blackbird – 15:20 Minutes Director: Andrew Huggins A mother and father confront strange behaviors manifesting in their eleven-year-old son. The Filmmaker will be present for Q&A after the screening! […]

Behind the Glass

Behind the Glass – 5:00 Minutes Director: Pedro de la Llave Mario thinks he is in control. He thinks he knows what he is doing, and he looks down to […]

Birthday Boy

Birthday Boy – 9:42 Minutes (Fright Night Short Film Block) Director: Dan Sellers An abusive dad gets his just desserts on his birthday. The Filmmaker will be present for Q&A […]

Bury the Light

Bury the Light – 7:50 Minutes (Fright Night Short Film Block) Directors: Curtis Eller, Jim Haverkamp, Alex Maness, Stacy Wolfson Victorian death rituals and creepy graveyards undergird this psychedelic music/dance […]

Cipher

Cipher – 6:05 Minutes (Fright Night Short Film Block) Director: Cole Snipes Cipher, who lives in post-apocalyptic time, relies on Virtual Reality to escape the reality of the real world. […]

Crushed Wings

Crushed Wings – 1:37:00 Runtime Director: Lalit Bhusal Based on true-life events, this English-spoken Drama Film boldly challenges dangerously prevalent and outdated ideas surrounding Female Genital Mutilation/FGM. The story of brave […]

Embrace

Embrace – 5:18 Runtime (Short Film Block 3) Director: Lalit Bhusal Embrace is an animated short film about asexuality–an orientation generally defined by a lack of sexual attraction, regardless of gender. […]

Far Away Man

Far Away Man – 4:15 Runtime (Short Film Block 1) Director:William (Wil) Bryant Allen The timeless story of a human’s experience following trauma, the struggles they and their loved ones […]

Friends of the Skatepark

Friends of the Skatepark – 21:54 Runtime (Local Short Film Block) Director: James Throssel A documentary focused on the history of skateboarding in a southern military town and how that […]

God Bless

God Bless – 8:21 Runtime (Short Film Block 5) Director:  Kempson Bellington A mentally ill man, in an attempt to gain control of the city that has wronged him, rebuilds […]

Home. With Honors

Home, With Honors – 27:30 Runtime (Local Short Film Block) Director: Chuck Fishbein The town of Garner, NC, created a massive event to honor Vietnam-era veterans, who were treated poorly […]

Icemorphosis

Icemorphosis – 10:00 Runtime (Short Film Block 3) Directors: Anahita Sahar Babaei, Micah Garen   Icemorphosis is a whimsical philosophical film exploring the paradox of our hedonist vs existentialist natures – […]

Interrupted

Interrupted – 1:28:51 Runtime   Director: Jozua Malherbe Jasper doesn’t want to be alone. He wants to share his life. Fransie is independent and prefers it that way. After too many […]

Interstate

Interrupted – 1:28:51 Runtime   (Short Film Block 5) Director: Jozua Malherbe The road from trauma to tragedy. Interstate is the story of Olivia and Diane, who shared a childhood in […]

Lovely Rita

Lovely Rita – 4:10 Runtime (Short Film Block 5) Director: Elena Madrid The strict traffic policewoman Rita loves control and order in her workplace. That’s why she has drawn up […]

Maid of Honor

Maid of Honor – 6:00 Runtime (Short Film Block 2) Director: Jessica McGaugh As the maid of honor for her best friend’s wedding, Tasha, a stead-fast tomboy, has to get […]

Marie

Marie – 15:06 Runtime (Short Block 4) Director: Yudi Zhang After a few decades of separation, a transwoman, Marie, has to introduce herself to her father once again. CREDITS: yudi […]

Medea

Medea – 13:29 Runtime (Short Block 4) Director: Feifei Zhong It is a story about a woman struggling between her career and family after finding her unexpected pregnancy and finally […]

Midas

Midas – 4:23 Runtime (Short Block 2) Director: Benjamin Meyer A fresh and hilarious take on the old Greek tale of King Midas. The story follows the King, as his […]

Mission: JOY Finding Happiness in Troubled Times (2nd screening)

Mission: JOY Finding Happiness in Troubled Times – 1:30:00 Runtime TWO SCREENINGS! 10/7/2022 Opening Night Film (Special pass or ticket required) & 10/9/2022 Director: Peggy Callahan & Louie Psihoyos In what […]

Myles Berrio – From Surviving to Thriving

Myles Berrio – From Surviving to Thriving  – 7:49 Runtime (Short Block 1) Director: Anil Dhokai Myles Berrio shares how a car accident changed his life and how his outlook […]

Oh Crappy Day

Oh Crappy Day  – 1:23:25 Runtime Director: Jon Lance Bacon Oh Crappy Day is a romantic comedy with a psychological twist: Jared Wilde, a young filmmaker navigating the world of […]

Part Forever

Part Forever  – 12:33  Runtime (Fright Night Film Block) Director: Alan Chung-An, Ou There is a traditional custom in Taiwan that the soul of a dead person would go home […]

Raised / Razed

Raised / Razed  – 58:46  Runtime Directors: Lorenzo Dickerson, Jordy Yager Raised/Razed is a documentary feature film about the lasting effects of the federally-backed and locally-executed Urban Renewal program, through […]

Resilience

Resilience – 9:24 Runtime (Short Film Block 4) Director: Jerod Wood James finds it impossible to trust anyone after two different families choose themselves over him, leaving him abandoned to […]

Return to Sender

Return to Sender – 18:06 Runtime (Short Film Block 1) Director: Russell Goldman From producer Jamie Lee Curtis comes a chilling short story about a woman involved in a delivery […]

Rock Island Woman

Rock Island Woman – 28:15  Runtime (Fright Night Short Film Block) Director: Kenneth Benson Forrester, Barna Lumpkin Man meets woman. Man falls in love with woman. Both have provocative fantasies, […]

Sacred India: A Plastic Revolution

Sacred India: A Plastic Revolution – 1:15:07   Runtime Director: Jennifer Isme Pickford This provocative film looks at postcolonial issues related to pollution in India. In the film, the director embarks […]

Sea Light

Sea Light – 14:46   Runtime Director: John Doe An elder lighthouse keeper takes care of what has been his home for years. Old and secluded from society, he’s disturbed by […]

Shaping Seagrove

Shaping Seagrove – 8:51   Runtime   (Short Block 5)   Director: Kevin Eames   The Randolph Community College Photojournalism Class of 2022 presents “Shaping Seagrove” a documentary on the Pottery Capital of the […]

Spirit of the Cinema

Spirit of the Cinema – 19:00   Runtime   (Short Block 1)   Director: Zack Fox   A family-owned movie theater struggles with letting go of the past and switching from 35mm film […]

Suddenly

Suddenly – 4:20 Runtime   (Short Film Block 4) Director: Nic Gregory   The journey of a lightning bolt from sky to ground highlights the saying “life flashes before your eyes”.   […]

The Alien Report

The Alien Report – 1:20:00 Runtime    (Fright Night Feature) Director: Patrick Donnelly   A troubled teen uses tiny, hidden micro-cameras sharing ‘in-your-face’ encounter video of telepathic beings, human hybrids and […]

The Crux

The Crux – 36:53 Runtime    (Local Film Block) Director: Jeremiah McLamb   The Crux takes a hard look at issues facing today’s teens and families. From sexting and guns to […]

The Game

The Game – 25:22 Runtime    (Fright Night Short Block) Director: Brynn Chamblee   With her daughter about to leave for college, Jennifer Hansen decides to foster two seemingly sweet sisters. […]

The Haunting of the Murder House

The Haunting of the Murder House – 1:18:00 Runtime    (Fright Night Feature) Director: Brendan Rudnicki   In October, four filmmakers disappeared in a haunted house while live streaming on social […]

The Hunt

The Hunt – 14:00 Runtime    (Fright Night Short Block)   Director: Fer Dumas   After a loss in the family, a grieving father takes his son to the forest to […]

The Ugly Truth

The Ugly Truth – 01:36:27 Runtime    Director: Krishna Ashu Bhati Mona, her husband Theo and daughter Hanna live in an idyllic villa on the outskirts of Berlin. When the […]

There is Exactly Enough Time

There is Exactly Enough Time – 2:00 Runtime    (Short Block 1)   Director: Oskar Salomonowitz   Oskar Salomonowitz, the 12-year-old son of filmmakers Anja Salomonowitz and Virgil Widrich, had drawn 206 […]

Tidal Alert

Tidal Alert – 30:50 Runtime   (Short Block 2)   Director: Terry Brown   PFAS. GenX. Animal waste and plastics… The fishing community along the coast of North Carolina is sounding an urgent alarm. Tidal […]

Under Spanish Skies

Under Spanish Skies – 1:29:32 Runtime   Director: Nathan Buck   After the sudden death of her husband, a reclusive artist invites lifelong friends to her farm in Spain and reveals […]

Underdogs

Underdogs – 15:00 Runtime   (Short Block 5)   Director: Alex Astrella   At the California Men’s Colony in Central California, a special connection forms between dogs and their inmate handlers, as the […]

Vlada Goes to London

Vlada Goes to London – 21:54 Runtime   (Short Block 2)   Director: Arti Savchenko   Vlada is a pizza delivery girl who lives in Haifa and dreams of becoming a famous […]

Whale Fall

Whale Fall – 6:00 Runtime   (Short Block 5)   Director: Katie McNeice   ‘WHALE FALL’ is a meditation in verse on the intensity of love and connection between women. Using the metaphor […]

What if I Were You

What if I Were You – 22:17 Runtime   (Local Short Block)   Director: Brian Adam Kline  A pair of octogenarian actresses pound the pavement of NYC with as much gusto and […]

When the Rain Sets In

When the Rain Sets In – 17:00 Runtime   (Short Block 1)   Director: James Hughes   Kenzie and Treyden, a couple who’ve been swept up in a whirlwind six-month romance, find themselves […]

Wild Prarie Man

Wild Prarie Man – 54:30 Runtime   (Short Block 3)   Director: George Tsougrianis   Wild Prairie Man is an intimate look at the life of a man enthralled with the exotic and […]

Women in the Front Seat

Women in the Front Seat – 1:14:13 Runtime   Director: Indy Saini   Fierce, Bold, Fast, Brave! “Women in the Front Seat” paints a vibrant and diverse picture of women who […]

You Resemble Me

– 1:29:47 Runtime   Director: Dina Amer   Cultural and intergenerational trauma erupts in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris. After the siblings are torn apart, the eldest, […]