OPENING NIGHT FILM: stag
An urban loner fights for a chance at redemption when she's invited to her estranged BFF's bachelorette party.
Directed by: Alexandra Spieth
USA | 1hr33min
FRONT & CENTER: REfocus MEDIA
Featuring films by ReFocus Media Labs. A nonprofit organization that provides refugees and asylum seekers with training necessary to develop media creation skills and secure employment.
THE SERIES BLOCK
Check out the web series block featuring Mo Brown’s Bodega, Please Help, Pledge: Change is Good, and Purgatory: Is a House in Connecticut.
Short Block ONE
Check out these short films of love, connections, healing, & taking a stand featuring Phone Gal, Broken Hearts, In Waves, Rerun, Party Favor and 100 Under 13.
Short block two
Check out these short experimental films that will have you in your feels featuring Lessons of Life, Unconditioned Opposites, Ebb & Flo, and Apples to Oranges.
MINI FEATURE: DEAD END DREAMS
Down on his luck and struggling to make ends meet, Fenner agrees to help his estranged and wannabe-actor friend film a new reel in exchange for cash.
Directed by: Malakai Tyne Bisel
USA | 43 minutes
SHORT BLOCK THREE
Check out these short dark/sci-fi/comedy horror films featuring, Awake, The Fisherman’s Wife, Damru, Darkness Upon my Fancy and Nightmare of La Lechuza.
MINI FEATURE: THE LAST DROP
A young woman links minds with her boyfriend using a device that lets couples relive shared memories— but when she spots overlooked signs of abuse, she must escape before he can manipulate her memories in his favor.
Directed by: Adam Weston Joel
USA | 40min
HIGH SCHOOL FILMS
Check out these films done by High School students featuring, Kuinerraq, Love Don’t Bully, Our Flags: New Glory, Onions, A Tribute to Starry Eyed Girl, Rat King, Seven Miles West, and Mob the Trench.
DOCUMENTARY BLOCK
Check out these documentaries featuring, The HoodTrophy Bino Story: Breaking the Generational Curse, Stories I’ve Told the Stars, Interception: Jayne Kennedy • American Sportscaster, Escape Artists: The Tale of Mike, Mike Jr. and Freddie, We Women Survivors, and Overtown’s Living Legacy.
SHORT BLOCK FOUR
Check out these drama shorts featuring, FairPlay, Lemon Tree, I Promise You Paradise and Julie Baby.
SHORT BLOCK FIVE
Check out these comedic/feel good shorts featuring, Tow Zone, Blue Jay, London Calling, The Grate Director and The Tenebris.
CLOSING NIGHT FILMS
Check out these closing night films featuring, With Liberty Justice and for All, Harlem Fragments, El Danzante, As Easy As Closing Your Eyes, Daly City and No Vacancy.