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Thalian Hall – Black Box

310 Chestnut St

Wilmington

NC

28401

Short Film

The Last Cinnamon Roll

Thu

Nov

20

2025

7:00 pm

Danny tries to get the last of his beloved childhood snack, but his child needs a bathroom.

Anything That Moves

Thu

Nov

20

2025

10:00 pm

Liam bikes through Chicago delivering snacks, sex, and divine satisfaction to his love-hungry clients while a serial killer leaves a trail of blood that leads to the innocent lover’s own bed.

Short Film

I Killed Osama!?

Thu

Nov

20

2025

10:00 pm

A political satire combining absurdist and surrealist qualities into a brutally violent depiction of post-9/11 American ideology.

Narrative Feature

Silent Rebellion

Fri

Nov

21

2025

10:15 am

15-year-old Emma–pregnant after a rape–fights for autonomy within her repressive Protestant village in 1940s Switzerland.

Documentary Feature

For Venida, for Kalief

Fri

Nov

21

2025

1:30 pm

For Venida, For Kalief debuts the poetry of Venida Brodnax Browder, mother of Kalief Browder-an African-American teenager who inspired incarceration reform in the United States.

Short Film

Against A Sharp White Background

Fri

Nov

21

2025

4:30 pm

An exploration of the effects of integration in education, through the eyes of Zora Neale Hurston.

Short Film

Post Conviction

Fri

Nov

21

2025

4:30 pm

Roosevelt Myles’ decades-long fight to prove his innocence exposes the miscarriage of justice within Chicago’s flawed justice system. With unprecedented access to the Cook County criminal courts, the documentary paints a vivid portrait of Roosevelt's relentless struggle to clear his name and the profound impact of systemic injustice on his life and community.

Documentary Feature

The Python Hunt

Fri

Nov

21

2025

7:15 pm

Every year, the Florida government invites the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in the Everglades.

Fucktoys

Fri

Nov

21

2025

10:00 pm

A part-time sex worker, full-time chaos magnet needs $1,000 and a sacrificial lamb to lift a curse, so she meets up with her kindred spirit for a bizarre quest through Trashtown USA–a dystopian, neon-drenched sprawl o

Narrative Feature

The Songbirds' Secret

Sat

Nov

22

2025

10:45 am

When 9-year-old Lucie joins her mother’s archaeological dig in her hometown of Bectoile, she uncovers more than buried artifacts.

Narrative Feature

American Baby

Sat

Nov

22

2025

1:15 pm

Oli, a young woman in small-town Texas, faces the emotional fallout of being both very young and unexpectedly pregnant.

Documentary Feature

Blood & Guts

Sat

Nov

22

2025

4:15 pm

The lines between real life and reel life are muddied in the story of the Adams family: Toby, Zelda, Lulu and John.

Sirāt

Sat

Nov

22

2025

10:00 pm

A father and son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of Morocco.

Short Film

ARROW

Sun

Nov

23

2025

10:45 am

A feral dog survives off rubbish in the local landfill while across town, a bereaved family of dolls contemplate adoption again after reading about a pet fair in the newspaper.

Short Film

As Told by a Corpse

Sun

Nov

23

2025

10:45 am

At a traditional naming ceremony, family members pray and swoon over the birth of an alleged baby girl, kicking off the demise of an entity resistant to it's imposed identity.

Short Film

Haint

Sun

Nov

23

2025

10:45 am

When gentrifiers suddenly begin dying mysteriously, a Gullah Geechee handywoman who recently lost her home, must decide whether to use her ancestral knowledge to save them or leave them to their fate.

Short Film

Long's Lost Lost & Mini Mart

Sun

Nov

23

2025

10:45 am

In the seedy back halls of a Little Saigon convenience store, a young customer seeking closure reanimates his dead father for one last conversation.

Short Film

Missing Rhythms

Sun

Nov

23

2025

10:45 am

In a mysterious insane asylum full of missing Black women from all over the country, a woman must use rhythm to remember her true identity.

Short Film

Thomasville

Sun

Nov

23

2025

10:45 am

Trapped in a rainswept car, a young man and his ailing father confront their fractured history before it's too late.

Short Film

Thin Places

Sun

Nov

23

2025

10:45 am

The unique connection of two sisters as they navigate the liminal space of this world and the next.

Short Film

CornHole

Sun

Nov

23

2025

1:15 pm

Sometimes everyone needs a good shuck.

Narrative Feature

Touch Me

Sun

Nov

23

2025

1:15 pm

Life can literally stink, like when best friends Joey and Craig suddenly find themselves homeless and out of options.

Documentary Feature

Remaining Native

Sun

Nov

23

2025

4:00 pm

Short Film

A Shot at History

Sun

Nov

23

2025

7:15 pm

Fulfilling a childhood promise to her father who suffered from a fatal disease, Nita Patel made it her mission to cure infectious diseases.

Short Film

Art with Every Breath

Sun

Nov

23

2025

7:15 pm

Savannah-based artist Jerome Meadows reflects on his creative process and deep connection to his community through work confronting racial inequality and celebrating cultural resilience.

Thalian Hall – Black Box

310 Chestnut St

Wilmington

NC

28401