“BLACK BARBIE” (Opening Night)

BLACK BARBIE – 1:40:00 Minutes TWO SCREENINGS! 10/13/2023 Opening Night Film  & 10/15/2023 Director: LaGueria Davis Through intimate access to a charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, BLACK BARBIE delves into […]

“Black Barbie” 2nd Screening

BLACK BARBIE – 1:40:00 Minutes TWO SCREENINGS! 10/13/2023 Opening Night Film @ 7pm  & 10/15/2023 @ 1pm Director: LaGueria Davis Through intimate access to a charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, […]

0530: Riding in the Dark

0530: Riding in the Dark – 28:09 Minutes (LIFE Short Block) Director: Griffin Hart Davis “The world is dark around us…but everything is as clear as day surrounded by these […]

5 More Minutes

5 More Minutes – 13:35 Minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT SHORT BLOCK 1) Director: Alberto Niculae A young man with commitment issues gets trapped in a rollercoaster of peculiar events during the […]

A Thief

A Thief – 5:10 Minutes (FAMILY TIES SHORT BLOCK ) Director: Steven Hedrick After learning of the rapture in church, a frightened young boy tries to obsessively protect his family […]

A Tree Once Grew Here

A Tree Once Grew Here – 6:59 Minutes (LOSS SHORT BLOCK ) Director: Johnnie Semerad “A Tree Once Grew Here” combines captivating visuals, animation, and artificial intelligence-derived imagery, to tell […]

Agents of Change

Agents of Change, Project: Polymer – 15:26 Minutes (HEROES Short Block) Director: Jett Garrison “AGENTS OF CHANGE, Project: Polymer” is a spy-genre film that centers a fully queer and transgender […]

Angelman

Angelman – 11:56 Minutes – French (Subtitled) (HEROES SHORT BLOCK ) Director: Sacha Picard Every day, Arnaud comes across the mysterious Mr. Angel on the stairs of his building. As […]

Animated Diaries of War: COFFEE

Animated Diaries of War: COFFEE – 5:10 Minutes (CONFLICT Short Block) Director: Sophia Kornienko An animated short film based on an authentic interview with Olha Ostapenko and her daughter Milana, […]

Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart

Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart – 14:57 Minutes (LIFE Short Block) Director: Josh Aronson This short film explores the life and work of the renowned sculptor Aris Demetrios, known […]

Be Quiet

Be Quiet – 4:10 Minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 1) Director: Gary Davies A young girl is woken in the night by her brother, who believes something is in the […]

By Any Other Name

By any Other Name– 24:39 Minutes (LOSS Short Block) Director: Daniel Deville Within the chilling underworld of sex-trafficking, the heart-wrenching bond between two sisters unfolds. One sister, ensnared in the […]

C L O N E

C L O N E – 4:30 Minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 2) Director: Alexander Stephens A man meets his clone for the first time and passes on some important […]

CABARRUS

Cabarrus – 9:31 Minutes (NORTH CAROLINA Short Block) Director: Andrew Huggins Cabarrus offers a glimpse into the life of a struggling family in North Carolina. Andrew Huggins Director   Andrew […]

Can’t Go Home Again

Can’t Go Home Again – 11:12 Minutes (MYSTERY Short Block) Director: Anthony J. Cook Temporal Enforcement Agent Elliott Young (Victoria Smith) breaks protocol and returns to her own past. There […]

CANCER/EVOLUTION Episode 1: The Dustbin of History

CANCER/EVOLUTION Episode 1: The Dustbin of History – 59:59 Minutes (DOUBLE FEATURE with The Red Creek Sessions) Director: Maggie Jones & Brad Jones The newest hope for cancer is actually […]

CLONE

CLONE – 19:45 Minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 1) Director: Ryan Kennedy Before starring as Timothy McVeigh in Showtime’s 2023 series Waco: The Aftermath, Alex Breaux shares the screen with […]

CLOSET SPACE

Closet Space – 16:42 Minutes (NORTH CAROLINA Short Block) Director: Glenn Lissner, Al Julian A flesh-eating demon forces tough choices on two old friends. Glenn Lissner Director   Al Julian […]

CLOSING TIME

Closing Time – 17:20 Minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 1) Director: Russell Goldman An estranged friend surprises his old college buddies with an unusual reunion. Russell Goldman Director   Russell […]

Dak’toká Taíno (I am Taíno)

Dak’toká Taíno (I am Taíno) – 13:20 Minutes (HEROES Short Block) Director: Alba Enid García A young Taíno girl, Marabelí, visits her grandma, Abuela Yaya after Hurricane María. Marabelí expresses […]

Departure

Departure – 5:11 Minutes (MYSTERY Short Block) Director: Takayuki Yoshikawa A story set in a world where God has departed and only religion remains. A lonely robot is left behind […]

EARTHLING

Earthling – 10:17 Minutes (MYSTERY Short Block) Director: Keith Lane, Molly Graham In the summer of 1976, Jack Weiner, along with his twin brother Jim, and two friends went camping in […]

ESO NO RIMA (THAT DOESN´T RHYME)

Eso No Rima (That Doesn’t Rhyme) – 16:16 Minutes (RELATIONSHIP Short Block) Director: Roberto Villafane What happens in the day-to-day of a couple when one of the two is a […]

Everybody Don’t Electric Slide

Everybody Don’t Electric Slide – 15 Minutes (MYSTERY Short Block) Director: Rodney Stringfellow At a large family gathering after a funeral, an older woman confronts an awkward young man she […]

Fire & Flood

Fire & Flood – 27:29 Minutes (NORTH CAROLINA Short Block) Director: Madison Cavalchire The rural community of Seven Springs, North Carolina has a long history of survival. After being nearly […]

First Last Kiss

First Last Kiss – 13:28 Minutes (RELATIONSHIP Short Block) Director: Nathan Dice Two lovers go out to a restaurant on a first date. Years later, the two meet back up […]

FLOWER

Flower – 2:04 Minutes (LIFE Short Block) Director: Carolyn Gair Stop-motion short. Zip, a character made from found objects, finds a “broken” flower and tries to fix it while his […]

Food for Thought

Food For Thought – 7:45 Minutes (LIFE Short Block) Director: Christine Hann A retired accountant who volunteers at a local food bank struggles to understand that clients aren’t numbers and […]

For Roy

For Roy – 11:58 Minutes (FAMILY TIES Short Block) Director: Vivian Cheung Inspired by true events, an imaginative Asian-Canadian girl attempts to fold a thousand cranes as she learns to lose […]

Ghosts of the Void

Ghosts of the Void – 1:28:00 Minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT FEATURE) Director: Jason Miller Spending the night in her car, a newly homeless woman wrestles with exhaustion, her crumbling marriage, and the […]

Girl Talk!

Girl Talk – 6:24 Minutes (NORTH CAROLINA Short Block)) Director: Andrew Huggins A woman asks a man for dating advice. Andrew Huggins Director   Kyle Riggs Writer   Annie Rickenbaugh Writer […]

Grandma’s Hats

Grandma’s Hats – 15:28 Minutes (RELATIONSHIPS Short Block) Director: Anil Dhokai A granddaughter sorts through a hat collection left behind by her recently deceased grandmother. Upon trying them on, she […]

head

Head – 7:59 Minutes (RELATIONSHIPS Short Block) Director: Benjamin Hess Young professionals Jeremy and Caden have been in a relationship for several months when an incident occurs that destroys trust, […]

Healing Dakota

Healing Dakota – 1:22:00 Director: James Michael LaMonte Follow the journey of discovery and healing of a brave K9 who develops PTSD while serving and the story of his healing. […]

Hedgehog

Hedgehog – 17:09 (CONFLICT Short Block) Director: D. Mitry As the war starts in Ukraine, six-year-old Nina is sent to her grandma’s remote village. In the shack outside, Nina discovers […]

Henchmen

Henchmen – 7:00 (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 2) Director: Jackson Mirmina Recently having gone up against the world’s greatest assassin and being on the losing end of the encounter, two […]

I am not Down

I am Not Down – 11:37 (LIFE Short Block) Director: Jyoti Madnani Singh Saloni, a class topper, is period-shamed in school after she gets her first period. At home, her […]

I Mustache You

I Mustache You – 13:35 (RELATIONSHIPS Short Block) Director: Shara Ashley Zeiger “I Mustache You” is a whimsical magical realistic comedy, inspired by Buster Keaton, Looney Tunes, and NYC about […]

I’m Gonna Get You

I’m Gonna Get You  – 2:43 (CONFLICT Short Block) Director: Jeremy Weinstein I’M GONNA GET YOU is a heartwarming, family-friendly animated short that explores the power of friendship to soothe […]

In the Pines

In the Pines – 18:00 (NORTH CAROLINA Short Block) Director: Dugan Bridges With their lives at stake, three young people must rely on their love and friendship to defy the […]

Interview With Ian

Interview with Ian – 6:59 (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 1) Director: Janice Lauren Baker Celebrity investigative journalist Kelly Merrick interviews Ian McKeene, a reluctant hero who has seen some horrific […]

Killer in a Small Town

Killer in a Small Town  – 18:23 (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 1) Director: Clinton Cornwell True crime super-fan, Will Wesley, has seen it all, but tonight a face in the […]

Last Words: Katherine

Last Words: Katherine – 14:45 (LOSS Short Block) Director: Jim McQuaid Owen’s wife of many years recently died. In his grief, he begins to experience her presence. She returns to […]

Let’s Talk

Let’s Talk – 18:18 (FAMILY TIES Short Block) Director: Elad Mukades When Ori picks up his soldier brother for a day at the the beach, he is horrified to see […]

Like Son, Like Father

Like Son, Like Father – 17:00 (FAMILY TIES Short Block) Director: Mark Bethea 15-year-old Harry came out as gay via a YouTube video while his Army Ranger father was deployed […]

Linda & Henry

Linda & Henry – 25:00 (HEROES Short Block) Director: Rebecca Branson Jones “Linda and Henry” celebrates the love story of the Mabes, now in their 51st year of marriage and […]

Loosen Up: The Short

Loosen Up: The Short – 7:45 (RELATIONSHIPS Short Block) Director:  Maddy Murphy, Evan Macedo 18-year-old Charlie is eager to get to college where she can finally escape her overbearing parents […]

Lost and Found

Lost and Found – 11:32 (LOSS Short Block) Director: Swappnil Tiwari An old man has left his home. Thinking that he is lost, his relatives are looking for him. They […]

Midnight Ride

Midnight Ride – 12:46 (CONFLICT Short Block) Director: Alessandro Farrattini Pojani A drug-dealing, Italian delivery rider resorts to robbing a South London burrito joint after his bike and drugs are […]

No Time Off For Good Behavior

No Time Off For Good Behavior – 6:55 (CONFLICT Short Block) Director: Christopher Riley On the day a young black mother will be sent away, she must entrust her infant […]

Not Without a Trace

Not Without a Trace – 14:06 (MYSTERY Short Block) Director: Emily Prins On February 5th, 1981, 14-year-old Deanie Peters got up to use the bathroom at her brother’s wrestling meet […]

Our Males and Females

Our Males and Females – 11:00 minutes (CONFLICT Short block) Director: Ahmad Alyaseer A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased transgender […]

Out and About

Out and About – 1:23:00 Director: Peter Callahan Inside the mind of a middle-aged man as he tries to come to terms with his life over the course of an […]

Playing House

Playing House – 20:03 (FAMILY TIES Short Block) Director: Eunjin Lee 7-year old Shio lives desiring only the love of her mother- but is cast aside to spend her days alone. […]

Prayer of the Birds

Prayer of the Birds – 11:00 (CONFLICT Short Block) Director: Yevgeniya Regent A 9-year-old refugee from Ukraine rethinks the experience of her childhood, now overshadowed by war. This film is […]

Radio Telescope

Radio Telescope – 17:00 (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 2) Director: Tanner Beard Set in 1984, a former NASA Scientist and his young son make a discovery in his makeshift laboratory […]

Resurgence

Resurgence – 19:00 minutes (HEROES Short Block) Director: Krushan Naik Ryan De Vries, a professional canyoneer, encounters a near-death experience in the canyons of Southern Utah. Post the accident, his […]

Rosenwald: Toward A More Perfect Union

Rosenwald: Toward A More Perfect Union – 9:46 minutes (HEROES Short Block) Director: Charles Poe The extraordinary story of a forgotten philanthropist, a Jewish son of immigrants from Chicago who became […]

Salsa Open Moscow

Salsa Open Moscow – 27:55 Minutes (LIFE Short Block) Director: Viacheslav Karbanov The megapolis draws people into the world of digital gadgets and leads them away from reality. A man […]

Sampha

Sampha – 20:21 minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 1) Director: Nathaniel Bertram, Ethosheia Hylton In what seems to be ordinary suburbia people’s day-to-day lives and relationships become intertwined when supernatural […]

Scam

Scam – 7:30 minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block2) Director: Julie Sharbutt When a phone scammer makes one last late-night call, the woman on the other end gives her much more […]

Shame Full

Shame Full – 10:28 minutes (RELATIONSHIPS Short Block) Director: Andee Kinzy, Chiara McCarty Traumatized by body shaming during her childhood, a mother struggles to separate her past from her daughter’s […]

Shop at the Edge of Town

Shop at the Edge of Town – 10:00 minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 2) DIRECTOR: Cailin Tamplin Trapped in eternal night: a shopkeeper tries to close when a man enters; […]

Slam Dunk, Sehaj!

Slam Dunk, Sehaj! – 9:22 minutes (FAMILY TIES Short Block) DIRECTOR: Asis Sethi Set in her ways as a stay-at-home mom, Sehaj revisits her dream of playing basketball, despite her […]

Soil

Soil – 11:00 minutes (LOSS Short Block) DIRECTOR: Sam Lembeck A young man tries to grow an oak tree by combining soil, an acorn, and the ashes of his dead […]

Steve Roach: Life in the Soundcurrent

Steve Roach: Life in the Soundcurrent – 42:20 minutes (DOUBLE FEATURE) DIRECTOR: Kurt Lancaster Struggling as a “high-sensitive” from childhood, Grammy-nominated musician Steve Roach found peace in the desert and […]

Teacher

Teacher – 50:00 minutes (DOUBLE FEATURE) Director: Adam Gacka There are 3.1 million public school teachers in the US Education system. Most are underpaid, underappreciated, and misunderstood. As a result, […]

The Haunted Baby Carriage From Hell

The Haunted Baby Carriage From Hell – 8:35 minutes (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 2) Director: JT Seaton In this LGBTQ+ Comedy Horror Short Film, Spencer and Cameron move into a […]

The Perfect Boy

The Perfect Boy – 9:45 minutes (RELATIONSHIPS Short Block) Director: Liz Waters Sick of online dating, a young woman uses materials in her house to create her own version of […]

The Red Creek Sessions

The Red Creek Sessions – 30:20 minutes (DOUBLE FEATURE) Director: Justin Harris Red Creek is the elusive Class V+ whitewater gem flowing from the Dolly Sods Wilderness in the West […]

The Survivor

The Survivor – 36:37 minutes (MYSTERY Short Block) Director: Rajath Rajanikanth An action-packed chase involving a young man who acquires a set of skills without actually learning them from a […]

The Thread of Remembrance

The Thread of Remembrance – 3:16 minutes (FAMILY TIES Short Block) Director: Stephanie El Khoury When the present moment is caught between sharpness and degeneration, a young woman and her […]

The Time Before

The Time Before – 9:21 minutes (NORTH CAROLINA Short Block) Director: Dustin Abernathy In search of missing memories, Sophie embarks in new technology that could help solve the mystery of […]

The Year of the Dog

The Year of the Dog – 1:37:00 minutes Director: Robert Grabow, Michael Peterson, Andrew McGinn Matt, a loner alcoholic at rock bottom, struggles to maintain sobriety for 30 days so […]

Time Spent

Time Spent – 12:28 (LOSS Short Block Director: Rob Daniel Hutt Nathan and his girlfriend are struggling with the cost of living crisis in the UK, so when Nathan gets […]

Transgressing

Transgressing – 23:54 (CONFLICT Short Block) Director: Alessandro Repetti A hardworking insecure girl from a family fallen into poverty is forced to make an irreversible sacrifice to save her family […]

Vax

Vax – 12:25 (MYSTERY Short Block) Director: Barak Shpiez Deep in the research laboratory of Triple Hills Pharma, an accidental discovery could save the lives of millions, unless it kills […]

Vigil Hours

Vigil Hours– 24:44 (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 2) Director: Marko Marinkovic Funeral home owner Daniel is invited to attend the Vigil with a highly unusual request – to photograph the […]

What Was Lost

What Was Lost – 9:45 minutes (LOSS Short Block) Director: Simeon Gooderham ‘What Was Lost’ is a poignant and introspective character study following the journey of Robyn, a young woman […]

When Hope Breaks Through

When Hope Breaks Through – 1:29:54 minutes Director: Matthew Wagner From Award Winning director Matthew Wagner comes When Hope Breaks Through, the inspiring story of Mike Shoreman, a disabled paddleboarder […]

Who We Are…

Who We Are… – 8:55 minutes (HEROES Short Block) Director: Noah Berlow Who We Are…” is a heart-wrenching short documentary that addresses the social issues of how many young women […]

Witnessed

Witnessed – 1:23:00 Director : Dominic Goodie Unsure of life and certainly too young to know how to cope in a hostile world, Daniel Ortez is forced to grow up. […]

Zombellini

Zombellini – 13:00 (FRIGHT NIGHT Short Block 2) Director : Dave Flores In a comedy short sprinkled with the undead, blood and prop weapons; ZOMBELLINI is about a student thesis […]