Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:00 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
On their first night of marriage, a wife tells her husband about an ancient curse on the women in her family that threatens very specific calamity should their husbands lie.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:00 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
An 11-year-old girl’s misunderstanding of a "blow job” sets her babysitter on a chaotic mission to save her at a birthday party.

Narrative Feature
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:15 pm
Thalian Hall – Black Box
310 Chestnut St
Oli, a young woman in small-town Texas, faces the emotional fallout of being both very young and unexpectedly pregnant.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
A nature documentary: elements of decomposition plays with transformations through redefinition of language: elements of composition are reinvented through slippage and sculptural activation as methods of meaning-maki

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
A filmmaker canoes up North Carolina’s Black River to the Three Sisters Swamp, chasing light through ancient bald cypress groves.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
Busy Bodies is a hand-drawn animation that combines inkjet and screen printing techniques.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
A parent and child’s camping trip to an uninhabited, seagull-ridden island turns into a tense, metaphysical journey.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
Glowing softly in the West Texas desert night, artist Guadalupe Maravilla’s “Mariposa Relámpago” was once an ordinary school bus, but is now a richly decorated, mobile site for remembrance and healing.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
A 40-year old graffiti wall becomes an archaeological site and a sgraffito sculpture as long-gone layers of paint are uncovered and transformed into fireworks of color and shape.

Narrative Feature
Sat
Nov
22
2025
4:00 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
After moving from their sprawling west coast city to the scenic southern suburbs, new parents June and Evan realize that they haven’t had sex in three months.

Documentary Feature
Sat
Nov
22
2025
4:15 pm
Thalian Hall – Black Box
310 Chestnut St
The lines between real life and reel life are muddied in the story of the Adams family: Toby, Zelda, Lulu and John.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
4:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
In this fantasia of a 1980s gay rights theme park documentary an unsung teen activist fights to overturn Disneyland’s ban on same-sex dancing.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
4:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
Visual artist, Victor Yañez-Lascano, makes work inspired by his experience as a Mexican American son of immigrants.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
4:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
As restrictions tighten across the country, Durham, North Carolina preps for the annual Beaver Queen Pageant.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
4:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
A musician, his shells, and the surprising sounds they create.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
4:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
For some visitors to Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park, the temptation to smuggle out pieces of petrified wood as cherished keepsakes is irresistible.Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending o

Narrative Feature
Sat
Nov
22
2025
7:00 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
When their latest plan to finally book a gig at Toronto’s legendary Rivoli goes completely off the rails, Matt and Jay accidentally find themselves hurled back to the year 2008.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
7:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
Best friends learn to navigate adulthood together with a few plot twists along the way...

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
7:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
An American perspective on the hijab and female empowerment that resonates with universal questions of selfhood and freedom.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
7:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
Zadie is an independent florist, privately suffering from fibroids, but determined to take her career to the next level.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
7:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
Rosa finds herself in a whirlwind of emotions as she navigates an unexpected love triangle between her two coworkers at a fast food joint.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
7:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
When society divides into sectors and drones are everywhere, who can you really trust?

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
7:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
A teenage couple tries to buy the morning-after pill in a post Roe America.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
7:30 pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St
When her barrettes mess up her pirouettes, an excitable, hyper-focused Black girl must power through the distractions -- and her mother's expectations -- to fly like the ballerinas do.

Documentary Feature
Sat
Nov
22
2025
7:45 pm
Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard
1002 Princess St
The story of how Mike “Mike Gee” Smalls, a rapper and plumber, went from humble beginnings to become a hip-hop star at a young age.

310 Chestnut St
Wilmington
NC
28401
Thalian Hall – Red
127 Princess St
Wilmlington
NC
28401

Bourgie Nights
1007 N 4th St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Palate
703 N 3rd St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Wilson Center
State‑of‑the‑art 1,500‑seat performing arts Centre on the campus of Cape Fear Community College; hosts large festival and Broadway‑style shows.
118 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Hell’s Kitchen
Downtown Wilmington sports bar & pub‑grub spot with live music and late‑night events.
310 Chestnut St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Filmmakers Lounge
Lounge dedicated to festival filmmakers & industry guests; screening room + networking space.
310 Chestnut St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Thalian Hall – Main Stage
Historic theatre and performing arts centre (est.1858) in downtown Wilmington; hosts major festival screenings & performances.
1002 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Bowstring Burgers & Brewyard
Live music venue, bar & event space in the Soda Pop District in a restored Coca‑Cola bottling plant; burgers, brews and touring acts.
310 Chestnut St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Thalian Hall – Black Box
Intimate black‑box screening space within Thalian Hall used for experimental films, shorts blocks and independent screenings.
815 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Jengo’s Playhouse
Year‑round community cinema & event space in the Soda Pop District; 70‑seat screening room plus craft‑bar and creative residencies.
1020 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Hi‑Wire Brewing – Wilmington
Pet‑ and family‑friendly taproom & beer garden in the Soda Pop District; large selection of craft brews and games.