310 Chestnut St
Wilmington
NC
28401
Short Film
Thu
Nov
20
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
A metafictional comedy about the intersection of the climate crisis and generative AI.

Short Film
Thu
Nov
20
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
When music journalist John Thomas discovers a mysterious archival photo, the ensuing odyssey reveals a shameful chapter in the history of the iconic Gibson guitar company.During World War II, with in

Short Film
Thu
Nov
20
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
A Native American kid scrambles to charge his dying video game console at a bustling intertribal powwow.

Short Film
Thu
Nov
20
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
A blind reggaeton artist defies societal barriers to pursue her musical dreams, redefining disability perceptions, while mentoring young disabled students.

Short Film
Thu
Nov
20
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
Beekeeper Carl Harrison Jr.

Short Film
Fri
Nov
21
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
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
Fri
Nov
21
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
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.

Short Film
Fri
Nov
21
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
For the past 30 years, an artist named Sam, has been building and designing a magical property on Little Cranberry Island off the coast of MDI, Maine.

Short Film
Fri
Nov
21
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
Set against the backdrop of Bermuda’s beautiful yet contaminated beaches, the film reveals the hidden impact of microplastics and the scientific efforts to protect our oceans.

Short Film
Fri
Nov
21
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
Dana Tiger was just five years old when her father, legendary Muscogee Creek artist Jerome Tiger, passed away.

Short Film
Fri
Nov
21
2025
1:15 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
With signature wit, and Kayla Lorette and Rodrigo Fernandez Stoll’s own brand of performance sass, Hannah Cheesman takes a magnifying glass to married life, hilariously deconstructing a couple’s lived-in dynamic in th

Narrative Feature
Fri
Nov
21
2025
1:15 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
A woman in crisis seeks refuge in her friend’s idyllic countryside home only to suffer strange side effects from a mysterious tick bite.

Narrative Feature
Fri
Nov
21
2025
3:45 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
Four close friends—Lovro, Nenad, Stevan, and Ivan—fought the Ustashas and Nazis as partisans during World War II.

Narrative Feature
Fri
Nov
21
2025
7:30 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
A surprisingly sexy, darkly funny, life-affirming movie.

Documentary Feature
Sat
Nov
22
2025
10:00 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
In 1975, 45-year-old Sara Jane Moore fired two shots at President Gerald Ford in San Fran’s Union Square.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:00 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
Marley has a manipulative companion who won’t leave his side.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:00 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
Jesus tries to save humanity and fulfill his purpose on earth, but runs into some unexpected, internalized hurdles.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:00 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
Little Juana is entering puberty and there is only one thing that comes with that as a guarantee - body hair.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:00 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
Stuck in endless droning Zoom meetings, a programmer daydreams about the stranger next door—until she finally gets a chance at love.

Short Film
Sat
Nov
22
2025
1:00 pm
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
Alone in her home, a woman is spanked by an unseen entity, awakening an unruly force.

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
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.

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
Sun
Nov
23
2025
10:15 am
Thalian Hall – Main Stage
310 Chestnut St
An actor goes method while investigating a corrupt tennis camp owner equal parts ruthless and lazy, but the deeper “Inspector” delves into the narrative, the blurrier the lines become between the case on the court and

310 Chestnut St
Wilmington
NC
28401