2018 Film Selections
(Stay tuned for 2019 Programming Updates!)
“Song of the Mogwai” by Moon Racer
Autumn Ehinger
Shorts :: Shorties
In the gentle and dreamy lyric video for Moon Racer’s “Song of the Mogwai,” journal entries about love and loss come to life via stop-animation. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
“Used To” by Pinky Verde ft. D’est Roy
Heather Jensen
Shorts :: Shorties
In this music video, Pinky Verde’s song “Used To” is played over lush and green visuals of a woman who is actually a venus fly trap. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
Abigail Falls
Erica Dunton
Narrative Features :: Vanguard
Just out of college, Abbey navigates a relationship with her troubled friend Jude who has recently been diagnosed Bi-Polar. Abbey is thoughtful and guarded while Jude is her opposite, an...
About A Short Film
Kevin Yee
Shorts :: Shorties
Past Cucalorus Emcee and comedian Kevin Yee makes a short film about making a short film. Screening in: Paw Paw Shorts
Agave – The Spirit of a Nation
Nick Kovacic, Matthew Riggieri
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
In Mexico families have been passing down the tradition of distilling agave for generations. Discover how this once obscure Mexican drink has grown into the fastest growing spirit in the...
Amazing Bagel
Dara Katz, Betsy Kenney
Shorts :: Shorties
When Devin, a single, 30-year-old woman learns—unbeknownst to her—she's had a miscarriage, like everything else in her life, she's not sure how to feel about it. Screening in: Cherimoya Shorts...
Atlas World
Morgana McKenzie
Shorts :: Shorties
A malignant spirit forces a girl into a perilous journey through a watery underworld. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
Awwwww Shit!
Nick Cocuzza
Shorts :: Shorties
A new hit game show is sweeping the nation.. Get ready to play Awwwww Shit! Screening with: Pink
B3d 0f R0s3s
Kelley Van Dilla, Molly Marx
Shorts :: Shorties
B3d 0f R0s3s is an experimental audio-visual trip into the heart of gender, sexuality. To what extent is identity self-imposed or based upon societal influence, constraint, and expectation? Screening with:...
Birds Without Feathers
Wendy McColm
Narrative Features :: Vanguard
A bleak reality introduces us to six characters, all yearning to be seen and heard. Jo, a woman with multiple personas, lives in the desert and uses dating to avoid...
Birth of Afrobeat
Opiyo Okeyo
Shorts :: Shorties
African music pioneer, Fela Kuti once said, 'Without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat”. This hybrid live-action/animated short documents drum legend Tony Allen as he recounts his contribution to...
Black Rainbow
Joelle Faison
Shorts :: Shorties
In Fall 2017, Wide Angle students explored the theme "Why Black Lives Matter" through short personal projects. Video students learned the history of the movement and race relations as they...
Brewmaster
Douglas Tirola
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
SXSW Documentary Spotlight film Brewmaster artfully captures the craftsmanship, passion and innovation within the beer industry by following the stories of two struggling beer lovers: Drew, a New York lawyer and...
Buckjumping
Lily Keber
Documentary Features :: Vanguard
Buckjumping takes the pulse of present day New Orleans by turning to its dancers, the men and women who embody the rhythm of the city and prove it on the...
Buttered Up
Áine Phillips
Shorts :: Shorties
A daring housewife embarks on an improbable journey to explore the mysterious underworld of domesticity. She uses a practical method of escapology, delicious quantities of butter, and a complete suspension...
Carlotta’s Face
Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld
Shorts :: Shorties
As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around here to have faces. She even doesn’t recognize her own face. Years later, she learns about a rare, untreatable deficit of...
Cheer Up Baby
Shorts :: Shorties
A young woman who was sexually assaulted by a stranger on the subway is rendered with psychological menace and sensory dislocation in this elliptical tale. Screening in: Sapodilla Shorts
Cherimoya Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
Say What?! Keep your therapist on speed dial. The Jump Off // Jovan James :: Idealistic young man Nigel has been in a secret romantic relationship with his friend, Malik, for several weeks,...
Circadian Rhythm
Ariel Noltimier Strauss
Shorts :: Shorties
Juxtaposing dance and stop motion animation, Circadian Rhythm is a ballet that moves through the cycle of a day, playing out in 3 acts. Screening in: Sapodilla Shorts
Class Dismissed
Tony Choufani
Shorts :: Shorties
An American History professor decides to try her hand at teaching an online course...with disastrous results. Screening in: Jackfruit Shorts
Crook – “Lavender”
Matthew Kaundart
Shorts :: Shorties
Lavender is a tale of lovers, united by attraction but distressed with the physical and moral limitations imposed on them by their own gender identities; it is their questions that...
Cross My Heart
Sontenish Myers
Shorts :: Shorties
An American teenage girl visits her family in Jamaica and uncovers a secret that changes the way she sees the people she loves. This film explores the culture of silence...
Dead in the Water
Lizzie Bankowski
Documentary Features :: Voices
Over 2,000 hog and poultry CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) litter southeastern North Carolina. The animal waste from these farms is improperly managed and runs into the Cape Fear River,...
Do I Have Boobs Now?
Shorts :: Shorties
One year after trans activist Courtney Demone posted her transition photos on social media and started the viral campaign #DoIHaveBoobsNow, she revisits the global conversation she catalyzed on social media...
Don’t Drink the Water
Mary Margaret Folds
Shorts :: Shorties
A handsome hitchhiker at the end of a long cross country journey gets the ride of his life. What starts as a dream quickly turns to a nightmare. Screening in:...
Don’t Get Trouble In Your Mind
John Whitehead
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
A documentary portrait of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, a string band from Raleigh, North Carolina, and their mentor, fiddler Joe Thompson (1919—2012). The film captures how three musicians from the...
Drag Queen Storytime
Emma Kopkowski, Tyler Litwin
Shorts :: Shorties
In Greensboro, N.C., two drag queens take part in “Queen’s Storytime”, where they are invited to read stories in full drag to children at a private bookstore in order to...
El Miramiento
Fany de la Chica
Shorts :: Shorties
The day of her "Looking ceremony" Isa is not sure of committing herself to Carlos, a gypsy from a good family. Screening with: When the Trees Fall
Escape the Ninja
Mr. Scooter
Shorts :: Shorties
A team of ninjas embark on a subterranean adventure and must face three deadly challenges in hopes of proving their worthiness to their sensei master. Screening in: Fiddlehead Shorts
Everything Changes
Geoff Marslett
Shorts :: Shorties
15 years in the making, this experimental meditation combines the teachings of one man and his thousands of students. Screening in: Paw Paw Shorts
Extraordinary People
Laura Hart McKinny, John McKinny
Shorts :: Shorties
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE follows the story of six diverse individuals on the autism spectrum as they deal with personal challenges and find value working with a business that inspires its staff,...
Farmsteaders
Shaena Mallett
Documentary Features :: Voices
Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders is as much a study of place as it is a study of persistence. Having abandoned a career as a food processing engineer at General Mills,...
Fiddlehead Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
Youth: Made By and For Young Humans Escape the Ninja // Mr. Scooter :: A team of ninjas embark on a subterranean adventure and must face three deadly challenges in hopes...
First In Flights: Cape Fear Beer
Ian Brambell
Shorts :: Shorties
Over the past five years the craft beer scene in Wilmington, NC has had a social boom. Wilmington is now starting to rival Asheville, the states craft beer juggernaut. First...
Fortnite – ‘Gasoline’
Sven D., Philipp Primus
Shorts :: Shorties
Fortnite take us on a joy ride of its own with the help of Spinning Cars, burning tires and an ethereal track. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
Free Week Yoga
Evan Mann
Shorts :: Shorties
Miguel attends his first yoga class. Screening in: Jackfruit Shorts
Freeway Matador
Kenneth Phipps
Shorts :: Shorties
An aging fat Matador is out to prove he still has some moves left. Screening with: El Angel
Goose in High Heels
John R. Dilworth
Shorts :: Shorties
A writer struggles to complete his masterpiece about love and horror, and finds inspiration from a life-long muse. Screening in: Paw Paw Shorts
Graham and Zeke
Cheryl Monique
Shorts :: Shorties
A transgender couple from Tennessee share their insights surrounding love, gender, and pet snakes. Screening in: Salsify Shorts
Gravity Hero
Trey McIntyre
Documentary Features :: Vanguard
Trey McIntyre spent 10 years building his innovative dance company in Boise, Idaho, and in the process covering it and himself in dance glory. Hailed as one of the best,...
Gullah Gone (work-in-progress)
Denise McGill
Works-in-Progress
St. Helena Island is a rare gem on the South Carolina coastline. African Americans have farmed and fished here for centuries: first as plantation slaves, then as freedmen owning small...
Holding Space
Rebecca Kenyon
Shorts :: Shorties
An intimate, observational documentary about preparing for death, told through the connection between a dying person and their end of life ‘doula’. By witnessing people on the threshold between life...
HOW 2 EAT POOP!
Jebby Wanes
Shorts :: Shorties
He makes crappy videos of everything he does! "How to Put On Socks!" "How to Breathe!" "How to Be a Moron!" I have helped Joe uncover his true self. We...
I Am Feeling Very Calm Right Now
Inka Rusi
I Am Feeling Very Calm Right Now was created during the The School of Making thinking VR Residency at Cucalorus during the summer of 2018. A meditative moment in the...
I Don’t Want to Call It Home
Léa Luiz de Oliveira, Nisan Yetkin
Shorts :: Shorties
Through conversations with loved ones, a young Turkish artist confronts her fears regarding her country’s future, and the dilemma of staying or leaving home behind. Screening in: Kumquat Shorts
I Love You and I Will Love You for 10,000 Years
Channing Wilson
Shorts :: Shorties
This visually poetic short story follows a nameless, timeless woman as she embarks on a existential, science-fiction journey through time and space, after losing a loved one. Fueled entirely by...
I See Through You
Lael Rogers
Shorts :: Shorties
Women wear synthetic masks that never age. As a romance sparks in the past, their relationship deteriorates in the present, as the man grows weary of her artificial face. Screening...
I’m An Athlete
Alex Hoelscher
Shorts :: Shorties
Bryson Dowdy was born with spina bifida, but that hasn't stopped him from playing sports any chance he gets. Bryson falls in love with sled hockey at a young age,...
Ice Teens – Maud Geffray
Thomas Vernay
Shorts :: Shorties
A girl joins a strange training center. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
Impact: Investing with a Purpose
Steve Distante
Shorts :: Shorties
Celebrates the creativity and innovation of entrepreneurs to create a meaningful impact on the world. Local company Tru Colors Brewing is featured in the documentary. Screening in: Kumquat Shorts
In Reality
Ann Lupo
Narrative Features :: Magnolia
Ann is consumed by the fantasy of finding true love. Just when she thinks she’s found it, she is friend-zoned. The disappointment of rejection sends her into an obsessive downward...
Jabari Keating
Stacey Larkins
Shorts :: Shorties
Upon making a life altering decision, Jabari Keating is a candid first person narrative film that explores his personal reflections, life experiences and trials and tribulations as an African American...
Jackfruit Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
WEIRD: Buckle up for this bucket of WTF!? Buttered Up // Aine Phillips :: A daring housewife embarks on an improbable journey to explore the mysterious underworld of domesticity. She uses a practical...
Jill From Next Door
Rebecca Pugh
Shorts :: Shorties
A sweet couple discovers their neighbor may be stalking them. Screening with: Miss Arizona
Journey to Anywhere
Sara Fenton
Three strangers board a whimsical truck helmed by a scout-turned-bus-driver with their sights set on Utopia, Clarity and Home. When expectations clash with reality, they get what they need, but...
Jules of Light and Dark
Daniel Laabs
Narrative Features :: Vanguard
A lustrous and tender Texas tale of loneliness and uncertainty, director Daniel Laabs' feature debut tracks the uneasy coming-of-age of Maya (Tallie Medel), whose on-again, off-again relationship with her free-spirited...
Knife + Heart
Yann Gonzalez
Narrative Features :: Convulsions
For fans of giallo horror, early Brian De Palma + Cruising, this horny, hyper-stylized, high-camp thriller will hypnotize you while putting the gay back in "Le Gai Paris." Pop star...
Kohlrabi Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
Social Dramas: Power and Struggle Moths & Butterflies // Alfonso Johnson :: Lenny, a schizoaffective, socially awkward, introvert finds it rather difficult to break out of the regimented routine of sobriety and functionality...
Kumquat Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
Global Perspectives: Human Stories, Homes, and Heroes supPORT The Port "A Different World" // Chris Robinson :: A remake/parody of the classic show "A Different World" intro, used as a commercial instead...
L’appartement
Justine Gauthier
Shorts :: Shorties
For the first time since her divorce, a mother welcomes her two kids into her modest new flat. Her son’s liveliness and her daughter’s questions make for a weekend that...
Lacie (How Hard That You Workin’)
Zach Strum, Gen Liu
Shorts :: Shorties
Music video debut for the pop duo SEX PLANET. Screening with: Buckjumping
Las Del Diente
Ana Perez Lopez
Shorts :: Shorties
Girls are weird. Babies are weird. Bodies are extra weird. “Las del diente” is a film about now, a time when women are tired to choose between having kids and...
Learning to Swim
Ruth Grimberg
Shorts :: Shorties
A quintessentially quiet suburban town in England houses a middle-aged mum, who feels the government response to the refugee crisis is inadequate, and takes a young Syrian refugee into her...
Life Rolls On: Back to the Water
Tony Morin
Shorts :: Shorties
The stoke was at an unparalleled high in Carolina Beach, N.C. on a hot summer morning. Hoot’s and hollers echoed from one end of the 400-person lineup to the other....
LiLa – “3Dots”
Stefano Pennisi
Shorts :: Shorties
A music video for the song ‘3Dots’ by LiLa. This is the first official single off their new album ‘V’. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
Little Donnie (The Ten Inch Terror)
Chel White
Shorts :: Shorties
An animated Donald Trump doll goes on a rampage in this timely parody of a 1970's horror film. Screening with: Knife + Heart
Lords of Chaos
Jonas Åkerlund
Narrative Features :: Convulsions
The early 1990s Norwegian black metal scene produced influential music that is as gripping and gruesome as this tragicomic biopic, based on the cult non-fiction book subtitled "The Bloody Rise...
Mapplethorpe
Ondi Timoner
Narrative Features :: Magnolia
Robert Mapplethorpe's portraits, images of calla lilies, and chronicles of New York City's underground BDSM scene remain touchstones of 20th-century photography even now, nearly three decades after his death. Mapplethorpe...
Marvin & Matilda Are Soap Bottles
Harris Gurny
Shorts :: Shorties
Two soap bottles go on a first date. Screening with: In Reality
Men of God
Zachary Davenport
Shorts :: Shorties
A short documentary from one man's perspective about experiencing same-sex attraction while growing up in conservative Christian culture. Screening in: Salsify Shorts
Mercury on Fifth
Sharly Sharza
Shorts :: Shorties
Following a nasty break up, two aliens named, Carlisle and Finnigan meet up in a diner to re-evaluate their relationship and shared future. Screening with: Lez Bomb
Miedo De Monos (Fear Of Monkeys)
Michael Arcos
Shorts :: Shorties
My father told me a story about why he is afraid of monkeys, dating back to 1958. Screening with: Agave - The Spirit of a Nation
Miss Arizona
Autumn McAlpin
Narrative Features :: Magnolia
Rose Raynes was crowned Miss Arizona - 15 years ago. Now a bored housewife trapped in a loveless marriage, Rose accepts an invitation to teach a life skills class at...
Moths & Butterflies
Alfonso Johnson
Shorts :: Shorties
Lenny, a schizoaffective, socially awkward, introvert finds it rather difficult to break out of the regimented routine of sobriety and functionality that he has placed on himself. Cherisse is a...
Netflix & Children
Cameron Smith
Shorts :: Shorties
Camboi Smif meets the great niece of the log lady from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks and lays down an imagined session of Netflix & Children for her. Screening with: Hominy...
Nice Meeting You
Tara O'Sullivan, Ford Phillips
Shorts :: Shorties
A pleasant day at the park takes a turn after Tara meets a charming stranger. Meeting people is hard. Screening with: Poor Jane
No me despertéis
Sara Fantova
Shorts :: Shorties
Jone is a 10th grade student in Bilbao in 2009, in the height of fierce Basque nationalism. Strikes and demonstrations are part of teenager daily activity at school but Jone’s...
NourishNC Short
Steven McCrossan
Shorts :: Shorties
A Wilmington based non-profit feeds children over weekends and breaks in 40+ schools. Screening with Farmsteaders and in the Connect Doc Showcase.
our last aria
Scotty Hardwig
Shorts :: Shorties
A duet dance for camera film, made on location in the Eureka dunes of Death Valley California. This work follows the journey of two figures traversing a kinetic and emotional...
Outta My Head
Chloe Pacheco
Shorts :: Shorties
Experimental film about a girl coming to terms with her inner self. Screening with: Lords of Chaos
Paw Paw Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
Funny and Fierce: High Heels and High Hopes HOW 2 EAT POOP! // Jebby Wanes :: He makes crappy videos of everything he does! "How to Put On Socks!" "How to Breathe!" "How...
Peas for Peace
Ingrid Veninger
Shorts :: Shorties
Cucalorus alumni Ingrid Veninger returns with her latest experiment, inspired by Yoko Ono, many mighty voices, and the internet. Screening with: Abigail Falls
Pineapple and Coconut
Yadid Licht
Shorts :: Shorties
The life stories of a coconut and a pineapple, as told through 9 phone screens. Screening in: Fiddlehead Shorts
PINK Project (Version 1)
Remi Harris
PINK Project (Version 1) was created during the The School of Making thinking VR Residency at Cucalorus during the summer of 2018. From Director Remi Harris: I began researching historical...
Rambutan Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
Intense Drama: Difficult and Dark Lorelei // Honey Head :: After the death of their mother, two impoverished sisters navigating a frazzled relationship reunite to decide what will become of their family property...
Restless Legs
Russell Sheaffer
Shorts :: Shorties
A new music video from Dave Keuning. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
Restoring Focus
Sue-Ellen Chitunya
Shorts :: Shorties
Dr. Solomon Guramatunhu, does all he can to uplift and empower Zimbabwean people through his work as a medical doctor, philanthropist, and local art. Screening in: Salak Shorts
Robovine – What a Way to Go
Ryan Decker
Shorts :: Shorties
A surreal exploration through an alien world and a news-obsessed cult. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
Saint Bernard Syndicate
Mads Brugger (Denmark)
Narrative Features :: Magnolia
Rasmus has been given some dire news: He has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or A.L.S., and it won’t be long before his muscles give out. Fortunately, he’s just received an offer...
Salak Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
Global Docs Line // Grzegorz Myjkowski, Katarzyna Ustowska :: Krystyna has a stroke-induced aphasia - a disorder which impedes the process of translating thoughts into words. The same process of translating thoughts, feelings...
Salsify Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
Bodies: Bold, Beautiful, and Banned Las Del Diente // Ana Perez Lopez :: Three women discuss the social pressure of having kids while celebrating the uniqueness of their bodies. El Hor // Dianne Lucille...
Saltbox (Works In Progress)
Shirlette Ammons
Works-in-Progress
North Carolina cooking gets pigeonholed into barbecue and collards, biscuits and grits. But with 300 miles of coastal waters, down-home cuisine is rooted in the seafood shacks of NC’s backwaters...
Sapodilla Shorts
Various
Shorts Blocks :: Shorties
Dance Cheer Up Baby // Adinah Dancyger :: A young woman who was sexually assaulted by a stranger on the subway is rendered with psychological menace and sensory dislocation in this elliptical tale....
Second Assault
Jillian Corsie, Amy Rosner
Shorts :: Shorties
Twelve years after being sexually assaulted on her college campus, Jillian embarks on a journey to confront the past. Screening in: Rambutan Shorts
See You Next Time (work-in-progress)
Crystal Kayiza
Works-in-Progress
See You Next Time uses the beauty industry as a stage to examine the relationship between East Asian and Black women. Through the voice of a nail technician and her...
Sexxy Dancer
Jessica Makinson
Shorts :: Shorties
A woman gets a lift when she is loaned Sexxy Dancer for the week. Screening in: Jackfruit Shorts
Shake it Off
Tony Morin
Shorts :: Shorties
Jesse Stockton swims through the world of Snapchat to find his lost penguins. Spoiler alert, he finds them. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
She’s Revolutionary
Brittany "B.Monét" Fennell
Shorts :: Shorties
A short documentary about the founder of the #MeToo movement - Tarana Burke. Screening with: This Changes Everything
Shoot the Duck
Shannon Silva
Shorts :: Shorties
Mia wants to win this year’s "Shoot the Duck" skate contest, but she must keep cool under pressure or lose the competition before it begins. Screening in: Fiddlehead Shorts
Silence Sam
Courtney Symone, Jeremiah Rhodes
Shorts :: Shorties
Silence Sam is a participatory hybrid documentary, made by students at UNC’s School of Media & Journalism, that follows the recent student-led movement to remove Confederate monument - Silent Sam...
Silenced Sam
Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley
Shorts :: Shorties
Silent Sam was put up in 1913 - almost 50 years after the Civil War. We made a video about the massive protest last year that was met with overwhelming...
Silent Strike – It’s Not Safe To Turn Off Your Computer (feat. EM)
Florina Titz
Shorts :: Shorties
Music video for Romanian Electronic music producer Silent Strike’s upcoming single – about sex, ping pong and San Francisco. Shot in San Francisco in May 2016 by Romanian director Florina...
Sky of Trees
Raven Jackson
Shorts :: Shorties
In this dance film, water is incarnated as a woman & experiences the wonder of the world for the first time. Shot entirely on 16mm film. Screening in: Sapodilla Shorts
Small Batch
Victoria De Leone
Shorts :: Shorties
Small Batch introduces viewers to two women making space for themselves in the craft beer and whiskey industries. Screening in: Paw Paw Shorts
So You Think You’re Extraordinary?
Samantha Herrick
Shorts :: Shorties
So You Think You're Extraordinary: In this completely youth written and acted short Mockumentary, a young filmmaker follows the talents and confession of contestants in a Creative Arts Camp talent...
Space Girls
Carys Watford
Shorts :: Shorties
During a sleepover, four space obsessed 9-year-old girls embark on a secret mission in their cardboard rocket. Screening in: Fiddlehead Shorts
Space Wind
Véronique Vanblaere
Shorts :: Shorties
Two women astronauts discover that farting in space can create new challenges. Screening with: The Saint Bernard Syndicate
Summer Vacation
Peter Campbell
Shorts :: Shorties
A boy and his masked friend live in a house in a white void. Screening with: 8 Slices
supPORT The Port “A Different World”
Chris Robinson
Shorts :: Shorties
A Different World, is a film made to highlight how a grassroots non profit is making its city a different world....for the positive. Screening in: Kumquat Shorts
Surreal Estate
Marshall Johnson
Shorts :: Shorties
You probably shouldn't buy a house without checking with your wife first. Screening with: Ingrid
Sweet & Lo
Clay Liford
Shorts :: Shorties
The “Rockersham Twins” are the weird girls who live at the end of the block. Screening in: Jackfruit Shorts
Takako Vs. Nine Lives
Lauren Wolkstein
Shorts :: Shorties
This short experimental dance for screen tells a story through a language that juxtaposes classical ballet and masked professional wrestling in the lucha libra style. Screening in: Sapodilla Shorts
That Was Awesome!
Arlen Konopaki
Shorts :: Shorties
When a floor hockey team of adults with special needs gets pushed around one too many times off-the-court, they decide to stand up for themselves on-the-court in the game of...
The Ape Man
Pieter Vandenabeele
Shorts :: Shorties
The story is about a pudgy little man that lives on the top floor of a skyscraper. Screening in: Fiddlehead Shorts
The Beths – “Little Death”
Norwood Cheek
Shorts :: Shorties
"Little Death" is taken from The Beths' album, "Future Me Hates Me," out now on Carpark Records. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
The Biggest Little Farm
John Chester
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in...
The Dwarves – Devil’s Level
nesto
Shorts :: Shorties
Rock’s legendarily fucked up band the Dwarves take no prisoners on this eye popping hell ride. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
The Future is Bright
Courtney Faye Powell
Shorts :: Shorties
In 1979, a local newscaster prepares to cover an anti-KKK protest in Greensboro, NC, and realizes that she may never be ready for the events to come. Screenig in: Salak...
The Great Pretender
Nathan Silver
Narrative Features :: Vanguard
Mona (Maëlle Poésy) has recently arrived in New York from France in order to mount her newest play — an autobiographical piece that depicts her tumultuous, on-again, off-again affair with...
The Invisible Man – Let Me Ride
Francesca Mirabella
Shorts :: Shorties
An Orchestral Tribute to Dr. Dre’s ‘Let Me Ride’ Screening with: Hominy Shorts
The Juggler
Sophie Spera
Shorts :: Shorties
A faceless Juggler gets his fingers chopped off in the dream of 12 year old Max from New Orleans. Screening with: This Taco Truck Kills Fascists
The Jump Off
Jovan James
Shorts :: Shorties
A gay young man in a passionate DL relationship struggles for legitimacy with his closeted lover. Screening In: Cherimoya Shorts
The Memories – Royal United Song Sampler
nesto
Shorts :: Shorties
A 12 song sampler of The Memories double LP on Burger Records, shot in one continuous five minute take. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
The Pool Attack
Carter Soderena
Shorts :: Shorties
Just when you think it's safe to go swimming in the pool... Screening in: Fiddlehead Shorts
The Reservoir Documentary Series (work-in-progress)
Lana Garland
Works-in-Progress
In the spring of 2016, life became too much for myself and others in the African American community. The latest round of murder-by-police had taken the lives of Alton Sterling...
They Bite!
Jordan McLaughlin, Benjamin Fisk
Shorts :: Shorties
Ghouls! Monsters! A punk rock wolfman!? Mr. Hawkins encounters all these and more when he enters a notoriously haunted house, seeking his missing wife. Screening in: Jackfruit Shorts
This Changes Everything
Tom Donahue
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry. Short Before the Feature: She's Revolutionary // Brittany "B.Monét" Fennell :: A...
This Taco Truck Kills Fascists
Rodrigo Dorfman
Documentary Features :: Voices
New Orleans performance activist Jose Torres-Tama wants to create a revolutionary Taco Truck Theatre with a simple message: “No guacamole for immigrant haters”. This Taco Truck Kills Fascists weaves two...
Transmilitary
Gabe Silverman, Fiona Dawson
Documentary Features :: Voices
The 2018 SXSW Audience Award-winning feature film debut by Gabriel Silverman & Fiona Dawson, TransMilitary follows the Emmy-nominated short film Transgender, at War and in Love. Around 15,500 transgender people...
Tre Maison Dasan
Denali Tiller
Documentary Features :: Voices
A story of boyhood marked by the criminal justice system and what it means to become a man in America, This film explores parental incarceration through the eyes of three...
Trump Dreams
Ruth Lingford
Shorts :: Shorties
Images and words taken from dreams about Donald Trump from around the world during 2016. Screening with: Tre Maison Dasan
Turn Up the Volume
Jordan Ray Allen
Shorts :: Shorties
A private funded facility conducting mind-altering experiments must take drastic measures for an unruly patient. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
Ultraviolet
Marc Johnson
Shorts :: Shorties
A woman named Kanchana and several scorpions explore collaborative survival approaches in a posthuman future in which all living being are considered equal. Screening in: Jackfruit Shorts
United Skates
Dyana Winkler, Tina Brown
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
When America's last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, a community of thousands battle in a racially charged environment to save an underground subculture--one that has remained undiscovered by...
Untitled Groping Revenge Fairytale
Catherine Bisley
Shorts :: Shorties
A woman pitches a tent on the edge of a forest and starts to collect men. Screening in: Cherimoya Shorts
Warrior Women
Elizabeth A. Castle, Christina D. King
Documentary Features :: Voices
Madonna Thunder Hawk, has been a powerful force in every modern Native occupation in the U.S.—from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee. While fighting together against the recent government’s actions at Standing...
We Got Hours
Patrick Basquill
Shorts :: Shorties
Two dudes, who are good at the games. They are good at the games. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
West Virginia
Patrick Basquill
Shorts :: Shorties
When the forward momentum between you is lost, where do you go? Screening with: Hominy Shorts
What’s That in the Ground?
Wally Chung
Shorts :: Shorties
When you want one thing, sometimes you get the complete opposite or something worse. Screening with: The Great Pretender
When the Trees Fall
Marysia Nikitiuk
Narrative Features :: Convulsions
Earthy, enigmatic, erotically charged and violently bleak, Ukrainian writer-director Marysia Nikitiuk's impressive feature debut begins like a dystopian fairytale in some godforsaken village that time forgot. Lusty young Larysa writhes...
While I Breathe, I Hope
Emily Harrold
Documentary Features :: Voices
What does it mean to be young, Black, and Democrat in the American South? While I Breathe, I Hope follows South Carolina Politician Bakari Sellers as he runs to become...
White Chocolate
Daniel Robinson
Shorts :: Shorties
A self-proclaimed gamer and writer, Daniel’s own experiences of being pigeon-holed because of race permeates his film WHITE CHOCOLATE. Screening in: Fiddlehead Shorts
White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance
Georg Koszulinski
Documentary Features :: Voices
How do you resist cultural assimilation and maintain a sense of history and tradition in the face of recurring aggression? White Ravens is a critically important lesson about how a...
White Tide: The Legend of Culebra
Theo Love
Documentary Features :: Vanguard
Rodney is an American dreamer. His glass is not only half full, but it's half full of the finest wine you've ever tasted. But when the great recession wipes out...
Why Call the Police
Haonan Wang
Shorts :: Shorties
Following the path of a paper roll, the city of night reveals itself full of strange moments and discordance. Screening with: Hominy Shorts
Wild Nights With Emily
Madeleine Olnek
Narrative Features :: Magnolia
Wild Nights With Emily is the story of the secret life of Emily Dickinson (played by Molly Shannon). The poet’s persona, popularized since her death, is that of a reclusive...
You Can’t Play With Us
Jason Rhein, Serene Bacigalupi
Shorts :: Shorties
In a world where dinosaurs eat unicorns for every meal, Delux the dino refuses to eat the magical creatures and sets out to befriend them instead. When the inquisitive dinosaur...
You Help Me Fall Asleep
Kira Bursky
Shorts :: Shorties
A metaphorical look at unbalanced relationships, teen love and the exchange of energy between individuals. Screening with: Hominy Shorts