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After a devastating accident, Hossein learns his wife needs a heart transplant within forty-eight hours to survive. Desperate, he turns to the black market, where he is forced to make an unthinkable decision: sell his son to an infertile family to afford the surgery. With no other choice, Hossein agrees, hoping this sacrifice will be enough to save his wife as the operation begins.

  • Director-Serna Amini

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-Iran

  • Runtime-14:32

  • Showing-Satuday, April 26th (6:00-8:15pm)

 60=1 

Story 60 seconds - birth, growth, hope, love, death - the same life

  • Director-Iman Davari

  • Genre-Art/Experimental​

  • Country-Iran

  • Runtime-1:10

  • Showing-Saturday, April 26th (8:30-10:45pm)

A Beginner's Guide to Waking Up 

IA teenage girl, in bed, is struggling to wake up. Multiple alarms go off, but she is only able to climb out of bed after her friend, Sophia, calls her asking to hang out. The girl gets ready to leave her apartment then rushes out the door once Sophia rings the doorbell, only to realize she has been dreaming and has not gotten out of bed yet. m a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.

  • Director-Penelope Hinchey

  • Genre-Young Filmmaker

  • Country- United States (New York)

  • Runtime-2:27

  • Showing-Saturday, April 26th (11:00am-1:00pm)

A Lien 

On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process

  • Directors-Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States (New York)

  • Runtime-14:39

  • Showing-April 27th (1:00-3:15pm)

A Thief's Redemption

A Thief's Redemption is a compelling short film that follows the journey of a young thief grappling with the consequences of their actions. Set in the vibrant city of Philadelphia, this narrative explores themes of regret and self-discovery as the protagonist reflects on their past choices. Through a series of poignant encounters, the film illustrates how a crime can serve as a catalyst for profound personal transformation.  The film's visual storytelling captures the essence of the "City of Brotherly Love," using its urban landscape to accentuate the emotional depth of the character's journey. Each frame is carefully crafted to convey the contrasts between the harsh realities of theft and the hopeful possibility of change.  As the protagonist learns a valuable lesson about empathy and responsibility, the film ultimately conveys a message of hope and redemption.

  • Director- Carter Stoudt

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-2:00

  • Showing-Saturday, April 26th (1:00am-1:00pm)

Act As If... 

A documentary highlighting family, veteran, and youth homelessness challenges, and the life- changing impact of the Illumination Foundation's aid. Witness the inspiring journey of individuals overcoming adversity and rebuilding their lives with hope, love, and the Foundation's support as they tackle misconceptions and transform despair into resilience.

  • Director-Noah Barlow

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-7:15

  • Showing-Friday, April 25th (7:00-9:15 pm​) 

An Orange From Jaffa 

Mohammed, a young Palestinian, is desperately looking for a taxi to take him through an Israeli checkpoint. The driver, Farouk, discovers that Mohammed has already failed to cross the checkpoint. Trouble begins.

  • Director-Mohammed Almughanni

  • Genre-Drama​

  • Country-State of Palestine

  • Runtime-22:00

  • Showing-Saturday, April 26th (1:15-3:30pm)

Ash Wednesday 

When queer Catholic schoolgirl Bridget gets her period during Ash Wednesday Mass, she embarks on an odyssey with best friend Erin to find a tampon and make it back in time to get their ashes - or else they're suspended.

  • Director-Grace O'Brien

  • Genre-Comedy

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-15:01

  • Showing-Sunday, April 27th (3:30-5:45)

Baby Love 

A teenage girl desperate for an abortion faces off with a physician assistant.

  • Director-Kate Kelsen

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States (Pennsylvania)

  • Runtime-6:58

  • Showtime-Satuday, April 26th (8:30-10:45pm)

Beautiful Men 

Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.

  • Director-Nicolas Keepers

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-Belgium

  • Runtime-18:53

  • Showtime-Satuday, April 26th (8:30-10:45pm)

Beside Myself 

“BESIDE MYSELF” is a poem/film that engages the reader/viewer to trade places with the poet for a generative new thing that can, with your help, change the world.  Step outside yourself, look back at yourself, whom do you see? That’s the question Bob Holman asks in “BESIDE MYSELF.” Fighting the metaphorical with the literal, H. Paul Moon's film captures a small band of Bob's friends voicing the poem in alternating identities, scored by composer David T. Little, for this meditative reflection on A.I. and the life cycle of the creative process.

  • Director-H. Paul Moon

  • Genre- Art/Experimental

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-3:00

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (6:00-8:15pm)

Blind Date 

This is a story that takes place in a world where everyone dawns a digitally colored mask to reflect their unique personality. Wyatt and Emily are set up on a Blind Date, however in an attempt to impress one another, they arrive to their date wearing each others colors. 

  • Director-Nathan Danese

  • Genre-Experimental

  • Country-United States (California)

  • Runtime-4:09

  • Showtime-Satuday, April 26th (11:00am-1:00pm) Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

Bottle George 

A strange creature living in a bottle of alcohol is captured by a little girl, and in her hour of need he must remember who he is and why he is stuck.

  • Director- Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-Japan

  • Runtime-13:07

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (1:00-3:15pm)

Christmas Tree Trouble 

When a feisty feline discovers a Christmas tree, will curiosity kill the cat?

  • Director-Victoria Patience McClure

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-United States (Pennsylvania)

  • Runtime-1:00

  • Showtime-Friday, April 25th (7:00-9:15pm)

Climate Solutions!  

Will Moffett, a 6th generation Floridian, sets out to restore dead coral reefs in Florida and globally.

  • Director-William Moffett

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-United States (Florida)

  • Runtime-3:00

  • Showtime-Satuday, April 26th (11:00am-1:00pm) Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

Clodagh 

A lonely priest’s housekeeper encounters a young Irish girl of exceptional talent.

  • Director-Portia A. Buckley

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-Ireland

  • Runtime-16:35

  • Showtime-Friday, April 25th (7:00-9:15)

Cold Soup 

A woman victim of domestic violence looks back at the years when she was married, recalling how difficult it was to stay afloat.

  • Director-Marta Monteiro

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-Portugal

  • Runtime-9:51

  • Showtime-Friday, April 25th (7:00-9:15)

Crust 

In this family, you only truly belong when you've gotten your first wound. But Fabi is 12 and still without scars. On Grandpa's farm, he has to finally prove that he fits in. Fabi's father knows the boy must face this now - after all, they all had to. And Fabi really wants to belong. But how much of him (and his skin) will be left in the end?

  • Director-Jens Kevin Georg

  • Genre-Comedy

  • Country-Germany

  • Runtime-25:58

  • Showtime-Friday, April 25th (7:00-9:15pm)

Easy Way Out 

Twenty-something New Yorker Grace frequently lies about being a lesbian in order to deflect catcalls or unwanted pickup-lines. But when a man at a bar doesn’t believe her, she has to pretend to date a random customer, one she might actually develop feelings for. 

  • Director-Camryn Garrett

  • Genre-Comedy

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-6:20

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (6:00-8:15)

Eat Hot Chip & Lie 

After a woman gets manipulated into becoming a hot sauce influencer by her TikTok-obsessed frenemy, she must find a way to exact revenge before the spice kills her.

  • Director-Anders Kapur

  • Genre-Comedy

  • Country-United States (New York)

  • Runtime-15:01

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (1:00-3:15)

Edge of Space 

Set in 1961, during the height of the US-Soviet space race, an ambitious USAF test pilot is recruited by NASA for a daring suborbital mission in an X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft with astronomical implications. Inspired by actual historical events.

  • Director-Jean de Meuron

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-18:39

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (3:30-5:45)

Finding Her Voice

Lily is an academically brilliant girl from a poor district in NYC who lives with her unavailable single mother and chronically ill younger sister Winona. Before going off to college, Lily gets the opportunity to win a scholarship which will secure her the key to get out of the hard life she has always known. Only problem: In order to compete for the scholarship, Lily must convince the admissions committee with a speech and…Lily has a severe stutter. As she grapples with balancing the stress of home life and securing her future, Lily embarks on a journey to discover who she really is and what she will do to help those she loves the most.  

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  • Director-Charlotte Coffey

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-7:58

  • Showtime-Satuday, April 26th (11:00am-1:00pm) Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

Florida Man

An immigrant mysteriously awakens in the barren no man's land of South Florida where he soon discovers that he has become a part of a sinister game and must evade a malicious threat that ruthlessly pursues him. The choice is clear...Fight, Flight, or Die.

  • Director-Chad L. Scheifele

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-12:53​

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (1:00-3:15pm)

Henderson Marching Warriors

A short documentary made by a West Chester Henderson High School student about their marching band's inspiring 2024 season.

  • Alexis Wills

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-10:00

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th )11:00am-1:00pm)Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

Hold

An early morning phone call propels a mother and daughter on a path toward connection and the mysteries held in the act of letting go.

  • Director-Josiah Junqueira Spencer

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States 

  • Runtime-13:57

  • Showtime- Saturday, April 26th (1:15-3:30pm)

Illustrabamus

A mixed-media exploration of the human mind experiencing the growth and challenges of young adulthood.

  • Director-Breezy Corker

  • Genre-Art/Experimental

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-3:00

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (3:30-5:45)

In the Shadow of the Cypress

A former captain, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, lives with his daughter in a humble house located by the sea. Together, they live an isolated life and have to confront the challenges of a harsh life. 
Despite the captain's deep desire to be a devoted and caring father, he finds himself unable to fulfill his role and connect with his daughter in the way that he longs to. 
One morning, their lives change forever when an unforeseen event occurs. Whether this event proves to be a newfound source of hope or an additional burden remains to be seen. 

  • Director-Shirin Sohani,Hossein Molayemi

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-Iran

  • Runtime-19:35

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Instruments of a Beating Heart

First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing "Ode to Joy"

at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders. Ayame, who often struggles to keep up with the group, is determined to play a major part-the big drum.

  • Director-Ema Ryan Yamasaki

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-Japan

  • Runtime-23:22

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (6:00-8:00pm)

Johnny Jr. 

From the time he was 6 years old, Johnny Jr. never received a Christmas present from Santa. When he finds out that the absence of gifts stems from another boy’s lie, Johnny will make the last Christmas present of his childhood one to remember… revenge

  • Director-Lily Andrews

  • Genre- Comedy/Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-9:20

  • Showtime-Satuday, April 26th (1:00am-1:00pm)Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

Keeper of the Night Sky

From the time he was 6 years old, Johnny Jr. never received a Christmas present from Santa. When he finds out that the absence of gifts stems from another boy’s lie, Johnny will make the last Christmas present of his childhood one to remember… revenge.

  • Director-Karina Loerchner

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-Canada

  • Runtime-6:00

  • Showtime-Satuday, April 26th (1:00am-1:00pm)Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

Leaf Peeping

Leaf Peeping, "The activity of traveling to view and photograph the changing colors of the fall foliage." Poet Merv Nickleman, reads his new poem 'Leaf Peeping' to the stunning leaf visuals he captured at Maynooth University, County Kildare, Ireland. 

  • Director-Vince Breheny

  • Genre-Art/Experimental

  • Country-Ireland

  • Runtime-1:00

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (1:00-3:15pm)

Like A Secret

Baran, a 9-year-old girl, suffers severe trauma due to a bitter family incident and her mother's neglect. She experiences horrifying nightmares both in her sleep and while awake, living on the edge between dreams and reality. Baran strives to find someone she can trust and confide in, someone to share her secret with.

  • Director-Saeed Zamanian

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-Iran

  • Runtime-19:57

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (1:00-3:15pm)

LYZ

A fresh, off-beat dramedy that follows a passionate mental health worker as she struggles to balance her uniquely challenging job with keeping a promise to her daughter. Inspired by the writer/director’s experience as a former mental health professional

  • Director-Darnell Brown

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-10:22

  • Showtime-Satuday, April 26th (8:30-10:45pm)

Maybe Elephants

In the ’70s, three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in bustling Nairobi. The family will never be the same.

  • Director-Torill Kov

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-Canada

  • Runtime-16:47

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (3:30-5:45pm)

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Mini Me In Motion

Wide Angle high school animation students created clay portraits in action.

  • Director-Hannah Shaw

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-1:52

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (11:00am-1:00pm) Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

Mother

Paulina (35 years old) is out on parole after serving a prison sentence for the murder of her husband Andrzej. She returns to her hometown to meet her 11-year-old son Nikodem. Jadwiga (55 years old), Paulina's mother-in-law who takes care of Nikodem, does not want this meeting to take place. She is still grieving the loss of her son, Andrzej, and is unable to forgive Paulina for what she did. The film deals with domestic violence and its consequences.

  • Director-Sebastian Kwidziński

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-Poland

  • Runtime-29:08

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (1:00-3:15pm)

Obscura

Sang-Ook, a Hikikomori (shut in) whose locked himself in his room for a year, builds a camera obscura from his room as a conduit to the outside world. 

  • Director-Arnold Lim

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-Canada

  • Runtime-21:07

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (6:00-8:15pm)

Old Paws

Shelter animals unfortunately often struggle to find their forever homes, senior dogs more so than others. Due to unfair and untruthful stereotypes surrounding senior animals, many families don’t consider taking in an elderly animal while in search for a furry friend to add to their family. 

Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh hopes to help debunk many of these misconceptions and to convince people that adding a senior dog to their home can be a great option for many families!

  • Director-Sydney Kalafut

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-3:53

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (11:00am-1:15pm)Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

Oneirophrenia

Louis is a high school student that has dissociated with his reality. Media and lack of sleep fuel his visions of a TV static that slowly takes over his life. 

  • Director-Noah Decker

  • Genre-Drama/Sci-Fi

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-12:59

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (11:00am-1:15pm)Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

P.O.V

A young boy suffers from some of his bullied classmates because they annoy him at the end he decides to do something dangerous to make them feel sorry.

  • Director-Sam Abbasi

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-Iran

  • Runtime-6:25

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (11:00am-1:15pm)Young Filmmaker Block at Uptown

Pride of Texas

A look at the Texas Gay Rodeo Association and its participants who prove that rodeo, and Texas, is a place for everyone

  • Director-Ashley Seering

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-7:17

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th ( 1:00-3:15pm)

Process

After purchasing a new home, a man learns about the estate's unresolved past.

  • Director-Brian Pennington

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-5:25

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (6:00-8:15pm)

RIP Kevin the Man

A brief glimpse into a normal day at the local record shop/bar.

  • Director-Michael Zolomij

  • Genre-Comedy

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-3:12

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (3:30-5:45pm)

Sally, Get the Potatoes

A little girl's innocence is shattered when she takes an unexpected ride in her wealthy family's rolling laundry cart and learns their dark secrets.

  • Director-Danicah Waldo

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-16:36

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (3:30-5:45pm)

Silent Night

Grace, who is deaf, gets her first job as a graphic designer at travel agency. Since her new friends don't know sign language, Grace feels isolated. However, at the office Christmas party, she will receive a gift beyond her wildest dreams.

  • Director-Danicah Waldo

  • Genre-Young Filmmaker (Drama)

  • Country-United Kingdom

  • Runtime-10:54

  • Showtime-Friday, April 25th  (7:00-9:15pm)

SilverSizzle

Grace, who is deaf, gets her first job as a graphic designer at travel agency. Since her new friends don't know sign language, Grace feels isolated. However, at the office Christmas party, she will receive a gift beyond her wildest dreams.

  • Director-Danicah Waldo

  • Genre-Comedy

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-13:35

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (8:30-10:45pm)

Simple Machine

"Simple Machine," 2025, is part portrait of an architect who became an amputee in midlife, and part meditation on the beauty and challenges of classical mechanics in the ingenious tools of our everyday lives. The film reframes assistive technologies in the adapted wood shop of one man, but it also sets his story against the history of post-war prosthetics, industrial manufacturing, and the irreducible complexity of life with machines.

  • Director-Sara Hendren

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-23:13

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (8:30-10:45pm)

The Circle

A short documentary about tattoo artist Herman Devyashin, who is trying to find a way out of a creative crisis. 

He calls this crisis a «circle» and associates it with his creative burnout, which increases during the endless repetition of the process

To get out of the circle, he decides to make a tattoo in a way that no one has ever done before, wearing augmented reality goggles. 

  • Director-Evgenii Bakirov

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-Russian Federation

  • Runtime-10:00

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (1:15-3:30pm)

The Clogging

A man at a party must do the unthinkable after he clogs the only toilet.

  • Director-Eric Larson

  • Genre-Comedy

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-4:15

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (1:00-3:15pm)

The Green Ribbon

Alfred's girlfriend has never kept a secret from him, besides one. Why she always wears the same ribbon around her neck.

  • Director-Cole Reed Gustafson

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-4:14

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (1:15-3:30pm)

The Hunter's Lament

  • Director-Jeremy Samuel Lynn

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-11:29

  • Showtime-Saturday, April 26th (1:15-3:30pm)

The Icelandic Cycling Expedition

A team of 15 multiple myeloma survivors, care partners, and world-renowned physicians, embarks on the Iceland Cycling Expedition (ICE). Their mission: to cycle through Iceland's rugged landscape to raise critical funds for groundbreaking myeloma research.

A team of 15 determined individuals—multiple myeloma survivors, care partners, and world-renowned physicians—embarks on the Iceland Cycling Expedition (ICE). Their mission: to cycle through Iceland's rugged landscape to raise critical funds for groundbreaking myeloma research. 
This documentary captures the raw beauty of Iceland, from its volcanic terrain to its icy waterfalls. It follows the riders as they brave challenging trails, endure unpredictable weather, and push themselves to the limit. Through their journey, we witness the power of human endurance, the strength of community, and the hope for a future free from myeloma. 
The film shares personal stories of resilience, exploring the motivations, challenges, and triumphs of the cyclists—many of whom are myeloma patients. It highlights the emotional and physical toll of the expedition while celebrating the camaraderie and unwavering support among team members.

  • Director-Heimir fReyr Hlöðversson

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-14:03

  • Showtime-Sunday, April 27th (3:30-5:45pm)

The Last Ranger

Shortlisted for the 2025 Academy Award and with over 10 best film awards, The Last Ranger tells the story of a young South African girl who is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger when they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secre

  • Director-Heimir fReyr Hlöðversson

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-28:00

  • Showtimes-Saturday, April 26th ( 6:00-8:15pm )

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

February 27, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.

  • Director-Nebojša Slijepčević

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-Croatia

  • Runtime-13:42

  • Showtimes- Saturday, April 26th (8:30-10:45pm)

The Masterpiece

Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to get more objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have something they want.

  • Director-Àlex Lora

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-Spain

  • Runtime-20:06

  • Showtimes- Friday, April 25th (7:00-9:15)

The Paradise Road

Two women tie the knot and embark on a romantic excursion to a west coast sea-side town for a moment of happiness and seclusion before inevitably coming to terms with a life-altering decision. 

Screenplay winner of 2021 Bushwick International Film Festival, third place for 2021 Cinequest Screenwriting Competition, Finalist in Los Angeles Screenplay Awards.

  • Director-Lisa Marie Tedesco

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-25:15

  • Showtimes- Sunday, April 27th (3:30-5:45)

The Reach

Based on a short story by Stephen King. 
Stella Flanders is the oldest woman on Goat Island. Throughout her life, she has never crossed the reach that separates the isle from the mainland. She has spent her entire existence in that small, close-knit community that is almost as welcoming as a family and in which she has always had everything she needed. But perhaps the time has come for her to embark on that journey she never wished to take...

  • Director-Luca Caserta

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-Italy

  • Runtime-28:00

  • Showtimes- Sunday, April 27th (3:30-5:45)

The Third Country

What’s it like to leave everything you know? To flee war torn Myanmar and wake up in a refugee camp? And, finally, to be resettled in the US South? 
Young Burmese refugees navigate these waters, building new lives in Georgia with their homeland top of mind. They face a reality where many parents work endlessly at chicken factory jobs to make a better lives for them. They overcome generational issues, learn English and try to fit in at school. They leave behind loved ones in peril in Myanmar,  balancing difficult everyday lives with resilience and compassion, looking for brighter futures. 

  • Director-Frederick Jerome Taylor

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-15:37

  • Showtimes- Saturday (April 26th-1:15-3:30pm)

The Wild-Tempered Cavalier

An artist insists on playing despite the world's disasters. 
A story told through a filmmaker’s art, inspired by Bach’s timeless music and painted on rolls of toilet paper in an homage to the tradition of drawing directly on 35 mm film.

  • Director-Anna Samo

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-Germany

  • Runtime-7:18

  • Showtimes- Saturday, April 26th (8:30-10:45)

This is Jan

Set in the conservative world of the 1950s, Jan checks into a hotel seeking to escape the outside world. Once alone, they are free to shed the identity society has imposed upon them. Jan embraces the chance to explore who they truly believe they are. As they relish this new identity, a surge of confidence emerges, but they soon realize that not everything is as it seems. Faced with a choice between internal pressures and embracing their authentic self, Jan takes a bold step forward

  • Director-Anna Samo

  • Genre-Drama

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-21:36

  • Showtimes-April 26th (8:30-10:45)

Torii

Set in the conservative world of the 1950s, Jan checks into a hotel seeking to escape the outside world. Once alone, they are free to shed the identity society has imposed upon them. Jan embraces the chance to explore who they truly believe they are. As they relish this new identity, a surge of confidence emerges, but they soon realize that not everything is as it seems. Faced with a choice between internal pressures and embracing their authentic self, Jan takes a bold step forward.

  • Director-Martin Gerigk

  • Genre-Art/Experimental

  • Country-Germany

  • Runtime-12:30

  • Showtimes-Friday, April 25th (7:00-9:15pm)

Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania

In the 1970s and 1980s, the small Pennsylvania town of New Hope was among a few safe havens outside of major cities for gay men to find community. Over 30 years later, the town’s legacy remained, but now for a different community: transgender women.

"Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania" explores the untold story of legendary, weekend-long parties that saw hundreds of transgender women and self-identified crossdressers take over the town, traveling from all over the country to meet other people like them. Through both interviews and stunning animation sequences that utilize never-before-seen archival photography, audiences not only get a glimpse into the heyday of these events in the early 2010s but also the iconic gay bar The Raven which became the unlikely cornerstone of these weekends.

  • Director-Hansen Bursic

  • Genre-Documentary

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-12:00

  • Showtimes-Friday, April (25th -7:00-9:15)

Viaticum

A priest performing Last Rites is challenged by a hospice nurse who believes her patient should not be absolved of a deadly sin.

  • Director-Derek Frey

  • Genre-Comedy

  • Country-United States

  • Runtime-14:10

  • Showtimes-Saturday, April 26th (1:15-3:30pm)

Wander to Wonder

Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature, human actors who perform in an eighties kids TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator of the series has died, they are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.

  • Director-Derek Frey

  • Genre-Animation

  • Country-Belgium

  • Runtime-13:50

  • Showtimes-Saturday, April 26th (6:00-8:15pm)

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