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New England’s Premiere Showcase for Independent Film For well over a decade, the Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival has brought the vibrant world of international and independent cinema to Rhode Island. Starting life as a small arts and culture festival in Rhode Island’s Blackstone Valley, RIIFF has grown over the years into the largest film festival in New England, and one of the country’s premiere showcases for independent film. This year, 265 films, culled from a record 5,700 submissions, will be screened in venues throughout the state. And as a first-stop destination for filmmakers across the globe, this year’s festival will be presenting 73 World and North American Premieres. International Scope and Aesthetic Diversity As a premiere showcase for Independent Film, RIIFF takes great pride in the broad diversity of its line-up. This year, the festival will showcase work by filmmakers from over 54 different countries, and representing a wide variety of different genres and formats, from Feature-length Narratives and Documentaries, to Short Films, Animations and Experimental fare. And the Festival will highlight a number of special Sidebar presentations, including: short films from Quebec, Jewish Films, films with LGBT-related themes and several packages of short films with distinct narratives that explore the world we live in from all kinds of perspectives. There is truly something for everyone at RIIFF, which takes pride in offering filmgoers the opportunity to take in the very broadest scope of what the international, independent film world has to offer. Industry Plaudits Indeed, given the incredible breadth and undeniable quality of its annual programming, RIIFF has long been recognized within the industry as one of the country’s top independent film festivals. Moviemaker Magazine (April 2015) has declared RIIFF one of the "Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Price of Admission" and it has been ranked as one of the top 12 film festivals internationally. However, our true claim-to-fame is the festival’s designation as New England’s only Academy Award-Qualifying film festival, making RIIFF one of only 19 film festivals in the world to have this honor. Each year, the festival sends its top short film to the Academy to be officially considered for the Best Short Film Oscar. Over the festival’s 19-year run, 38 of its films have been nominated and 8 have won. So as you attend screenings and participate in filmmaker Q&As, keep your eyes peeled – you just might be watching the winner of next year’s Academy Award! Cultivating a Film Community Of course, RIIFF is about more than industry honors and designations. Our main goal has always been to help cultivate what is already a growing and passionate film community within Rhode Island. As such, our screenings are complimented by a host of activities geared towards bringing local filmmakers, students and fans together with the bevy of international and independent filmmakers who attend the festival each year. Throughout the festival week RIIFF will host a variety of gala parties, intimate receptions, educational workshops and networking events. Most of these are open to the public and all will be attended by many of the over 200 international filmmakers the festival attracts each year. So be sure to take advantage of these opportunities! Every year RIIFF creates a complete “festival experience” for Rhode Islanders, bringing the international film community and the local community together. Educational Outreach It is crucial to point out that the festival experience offered by RIIFF extends to area students, as well. Film education is one of our most cherished goals. Each summer, RIIFF runs the popular KidsEye™ Summer Filmmaking Camp for students ages 8-16, now in its 17th year. Many of these students will attend the KidsEye™ International Film Festival, a special program of kid-oriented independent films shown during the main festival. And while attending the festival you may bump into members of our High School Student Jury Program as they hustle in and out of screenings and debate the latest film. Through programs such as these, RIIFF creates a space for the next generation of filmmakers, critics and fans to discover the world of independent film for the first time. Discover the New Voices of Independent Film! So whether you are a filmmaker or a film buff, a hardened film professional or an eager film student; get your tickets and take in all that the 19th Annual Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival has to offer. Our loyal and committed, top-notch staff has worked tirelessly to expand and strengthen this year’s programming and provide audiences with what will undoubtedly be an unforgettable cinematic experience. Join us as we continue on with our mission to discover the new voices of independent film!

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From the many diverse locations to our outstanding restaurants and cultural attractions, I’m certain you will find that Rhode Island is a fun, film-friendly neighborhood. This compact state is merely forty-eight miles long and about forty-miles wide, so please see as much of it as you can. Each area is diverse, rich with history and visually unique. One twenty minute road trip can take you from a vibrant cityscape to a scenic ocean drive and, if you keep going, you may wind up at one of our magnificent mansions. Please do not hesitate to call our office if you have any questions or needs. We stand ready to assist you any way we can and the Rhode Island Film & TV Office is always here to help you make some movie magic! Congratulations to George T. Marshall and the RIIFF volunteers/sponsors! Enjoy the show! Steven Feinberg Executive Director Rhode Island Film & Television Offi ce One Capitol Hill 3rd Floor Providence, RI 02908 Phone: 401-222-3456 (222-FILM) Fax: 401-222-3018 E MAIL: steven.feinberg@arts.ri.gov WEB SITE:www.fi lm.ri.gov RHODE ISLAND: THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF FILM©

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Greetings from the beautiful Ocean State! On behalf of the Film & Television Ofﬁ ce, I welcome you to discover Rhode Island.

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5. Welcome from Providence Mayor Jorge Elorzo 6. Ticket Information

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11. 2015 Festival Dedication: Theo Bikel 15. Sponsors 21. 2015 Film Guide 36. 2015 Alpha Listing of Film

Welcome to the 19th Annual Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival. The RIIFF has been a Rhode Island institution for over two decades. We are very proud of the festival’s continued commitment to local and international cinema and their celebration of filmmakers and filmgoers alike. The RIIFF is one of only 19 festivals world-wide that serves as an Academy Awards short films and short documentaries qualifier. This festival is worldrenowned for showcasing innovative and impressive works of art, and as the largest film festival in the Ocean State, the quality of this year’s RIIFF is no exception. With the acceptance of around 265 films, spanning 54 countries and 73 world or US premieres, Rhode Island remains a place where artists and fans thrive. The work of non-profit arts organizations like the RIIFF, are vital to New England’s future. None of this could be possible without their advocacy and encouragement, nor could this be done without the support of this festival’s sponsors. On behalf of the City of Providence, I thank everyone involved in this wonderful event. I wish the best of luck to all of 2015 RIIFF participants, and I hope you enjoy your time in the Creative Capital. Sincerely,

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Main Festival RIIFF Day Pass $50 Access to all screenings day-to-day with the exception of Opening Night. Pass available at ﬁrst screening venue with your Eventbrite receipt.

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Festival Five-Pack $40 Five tickets for the price of four. Can be used during the main RIIFF in August, the annual RI International Horror Festival in October, plus any special year-round film series we sponsor. No termination date. Rising Star Pass $30 A transferable, multi-user pass which includes four admissions to films at The Vets. Valid only at The Vets during the week of the Festival. Does not include Opening Night. RIIFF Opening Night Pass: $15 Screening OR $50 Screening & Soiree Gala Grants admittance to a brilliant and memorable selection of premiere short fi lms from around the world await audiences at the gala opening night of the 18th Annual Film Festival.

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(purchasable at Festival venues) Opening Night Film Screening $15 Film Screening (Adult) $10 KidseyeTM Film Screening (Adult) $10 KidseyeTM Film Screening (Child) $8

Special Discounts RIIFF offers Special 10% Advanced Purchase Reduced Ticket Rates to the following groups: Members of the US Military with valid ID AAA members (for Festival six-packs only) Members of the Newport County Chamber of Commerce Groups of more than twenty (20) Groups also receive the following perks: email notiﬁcations to all future Flickers screenings, reserved seating at Flickers “First Look” Presentations, priority seating, and no waiting in line. *Excludes special events and 3rd party rentals. MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE.

Special Offers Limited Edition Flickers’ Pass $350 Access to the entire week’s ﬁlm screenings, including our Opening and Closing Nights and the Film & Celebration post screening party. Includes Priority Ticket Selection before individual tickets go on sale and Priority Seating via the Wrist Band Line; note Priority Seating expires 15 minutes prior to show time. This pass is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Flickers’ Newport Pass $20 Reduced rate for Newport residents. Includes two (2) tickets to RIIFF’s Opening Night Screening.

Flickers’ Providence Pass $50 Includes a Festival five-pack good year round (a $50 value), and two tickets to RIIFF’s Opening Night Screening ($30 value). DISCOVER RI Providence Walking Tour $15 Provides filmmakers with an insider’s view of the downcity and riverwalk area with an eye toward unique and unanticipated locations for fi lming. Please call our offices at 401.861.4445 for more information on booking.

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Flickers held the state’s first International Film Festival in Newport in 1983, which laid the foundation for today’s Rhode Island International Film Festival. During its fi rst five years exhibiting fi lm, Flickers screened more than 475 titles, of which many were state and regional premieres. Some examples that demonstrate the breadth of films exhibited include “Amadeus,” “Flight of the Eagle,” “The Man from Snowy River,” “Parting Glances,” Truffaut’s “Confidentially Yours,” Bergman’s “Fanny & Alexander,” Fassbinder’s “Querelle,” Franco Zeffirelli’s lush “La Traviata,” Bertolucci’s uncut “1900,” the premiere of the independent fi lm “Coaster,” the restored print of Gloria Swanson’s epic “Queen Kelly,” Fellini’s “And the Ship Sails On,” and “My Beautiful Laundrette.” The society sponsored specialized film series, lectures, and forums including one at the screening of “Man of Iron,” which featured Cheslaw Kyanka, founder of the Polish Solidarity Union. The Society also presented lectures for colleges and organizations on topics from Italian Neo-Realism to fi lm programming. It even organized travel programs to study international media centers in New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, and Athens. Over the past 34 years, Flickers has changed directions, taken detours, and charted new routes. The organization has been impacted by the hard work, vision, and commitment of so many people that it would be wrong to personally take credit for where we are today. No one person is responsible for the success of what was originally envisioned as a way to meet people, make friends, and share a common love of film. Some of these people have actually been with us for this quarter century. Others have drifted in and out, some have moved on, but all have been touched in some way by this organization. Today, programming efforts cover a broad range of areas -from arts to humanities to social services to production to educational outreach -multiple linkages and numerous collaborations have been established. Flickers has evolved with the changes, needs, and demands of the community it serves. It has never lost sight of its mission, and continues its quest to create inventive and cutting-edge programming. It has been an amazing adventure and one that was completely unforeseen at its beginning. This year’s dedication is to all the people who created Flickers and sustained it over the past 34 years. It’s a long, long list of wonderful people. All are linked by a passion and commitment you cannot fi nd anywhere else: the love of film that served as Flickers’ founding inspiration. My sincere thanks!

George T. Marshall Executive Director

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Letter from the Director

It was around 1979 that I started thinking about creating a small film society whose sole purpose was to discover and screen classic, foreign, and cutting edge film. I had picked up a book entitled “How to Organize and Run a Film Society,” and I played with the idea over the next several years. In 1981, I formalized my ideas and created “Flickers—The Newport Film Society.” It was very much a “Field of Dreams” experience: I built it and people came. Our first screening took place at the then-named Van Alen Casino Theatre in Newport. The screening was in January 1983. The film was Fellini’s “Amarcord.” One hundred seventy fi ve people showed up and from there, Flickers was launched.

DEDICATION THEODORE BIKEL MAY 2, 1924 - JULY 21, 2015 It is with sadness that we mourn the passing of the incomparable Theodore Bikel, singer, actor, activist and friend, age 91. Mr. Bikel was a veritable force of nature and unstoppable performer whose career spanned more than 150 screen roles and countless stage and musical performances. From folk to opera, from The Defiant Ones , which earned him an Oscar nomination, to Fiddler in the Roof (he played Tevye on stage more than 2,000 times), Mr. Bikel was the consummate and beloved performer. He spent his lifetime fighting on behalf of civil rights, social justice, peace and a better life for all. Born in Vienna in 1924, he was one-of-a-kind: a rare combination of Hollywood star, troubadour, and humanist. He was charismatic, witty, and kind. Theodore Bikel was beloved. And, he will be missed. We dedicate this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Festival to his memory. It had been our pleasure to work with Mr. Bikel over the last two years, premiering Journey 4 Artists, a documentary that explores through song and interviews, the power of music to illuminate and transcend. The power of the film lies in its reflection of his own philosophy where the artists and the viewing audiences draw beyond divergent religious, political and ideological boundaries towards tolerance, peace and acceptance. We are all richer for having had Theo Bikel in our world. While his passing is a great loss, we have all been blessed by the gift he shared and the lives he touched. So many wonderful stories. So much amazing music. Such a powerful legacy. Exactly one year ago, in front of over 2,000 fans at the Providence Performing Arts Center, Mr. Bikel accepted the Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award. Unable to travel at the time, he made a point of recording his acceptance since the award meant so much to him. He was represented on stage by his friend, Michele Noble, the director of Journey 4 Artists. It was both a poignant and powerful moment, something none of us will ever forget. Thank you, Theo Bikel. You made the world a better place!

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Shouldn’t all Rhode Islanders have access to the arts? The arts are more than just an important part of our state’s economy. For young people, the arts are a path to success. The arts contribute to achievement in school, particularly among disadvantaged students. For cities and towns, the arts promote civic engagement and encourage neighborhood and downtown revitalization. They make our communities more liveable. With all that’s good about the arts , shouldn’ t all Rhode Islanders be able to enjoy and participate in what our state has to offer?

That’s where we come in. Rhode Island’s investment in the arts is small (just 7/100 ths of 1% of our state’s budget). With that, we managed to reach over 1.2 million Rhode Islanders and visitors last year, including over 189,000 young people. Let’s ensure that all Rhode Islanders can benefit from the arts in the Ocean State.

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MORE THAN 240 FEATURE LENGTH, DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILMS FROM 54 COUNTRIES AND 34 STATES ACROSS THE U.S. AT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4

OPENING NIGHT

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5

EVENTS

Discover RI: Providence Backlot Walking Tour 11:00am - 1:00pm The Biltmore Hotel (11 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903)

WORKSHOPS

Finding Your Story 1:00pm - 4:00pm Hotel Providence (139 Mathewson Street, Providence, RI 02903)

FILMS A Moment of Clarity: Shorts Package 2:30pm - 4:30pm Metcalf Auditorium - RISD Museum (Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903) The Train | Directed by Asher Grodman | 9 min. | USA, 2015 | World Premiere Zelos | Directed by Thoranna Sigurdardottir | 15 min. | USA, 2014 | New England Premiere Posthumous | Directed by Noah DeBonis | 30 min. | USA, 2014 | New England Premiere Dirty Laundry | Directed by Renji Philip | 15 min. | USA, 2015 | World Premiere Dive | Directed by Brent Harvey | 12 min. | USA, 2015 | World Premiere Fidelity | Directed by Ilker Çatak | 24 min. | Turkey, 2015 | New England Premiere

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH

CON’T

Unbranded 4:45pm - 6:30pm Metcalf Auditorium - RISD Museum (Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903) Unbranded | Directed by Phillip Barribeau | 1 hour, 45 min. | Feature Documentary | USA, 2015

“Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie “ & “Best Man Wins” 7:00pm - 9:00pm The Odeum (59 Main Street, East Greeenwich, RI 02818) Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie | Directed by April Wright | 1 hour, 35 min. Feature Documentary | USA, 2013 Best Man Wins | Directed by Stephane Dumonceau | 20 min. | USA, 2014 | New England Premiere

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live 7:00pm - 9:00pm Metcalf Auditorium - RISD Museum (Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903) Monty Python: The Meaning of Live | Directed by James Rogan and Roger Graef | 1 hour, 32 min. Feature Documentary | UK/United Arab Emirates, 2014 I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | Directed by Charlie Tyrell | 13 min. | Canada/USA, 2015

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH

CON’T

Vanishing Sail 7:30pm - 9:00pm Jane Pickens Theater (49 Touro St, Newport, RI 02840) Vanishing Sail | Directed by Alexis Andrews | 1 hour, 28 min. | Feature Documentary Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St. Vincent and Grenadines, 2015.

“Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents” & “Live Fast, Draw Yung” 9:00pm - 11:00pm AS220 Black Box Theater (115 Empire Street, Providence, RI 02903) Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents | Directed by Don Hardy | 1 hour, 32 min. | Feature Documentary USA, 2014 and Grenadines, 2015 Live Fast, Draw Yung | Directed by Anthony Mathile, Stacey Lee | 16 min. | USA, 2014

Honeyglue 9:00pm - 11:00pm The Vets - 6th Floor Ballroom (One Avenue of the Arts, Providence, RI 02903) Honeyglue | Directed by James Bird | 107 mins. | Drama, Romance | USA, 2015

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6

FORUM-PANEL

The Rhode Island Film Forum 2015 8:30am - 2:00pm The Biltmore Ballroom (The Biltmore, Providence, RI 02903)

FILMS

Dreams: Animated Shorts Package 10:00am - 12:00pm Metcalf Auditorium - RISD Museum (Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903) Soar | Directed by Alyce Tzue | 6 min. | USA, 2014 | New England Premiere The Sad Snowman | Directed by Pierre Schantz | 2 min. | USA, 2015

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH

CON’T

Stink! 1:00pm - 3:00pm Providence Public Library (150 Empire Street, Providence, RI 02903) Stink! | Directed by Jon J. Whelan | 1 hour, 34 min. | Feature Documentary | USA, 2015

WORKSHOPS

Directing Actors on Set 2:00pm - 5:00pm Hotel Providence (139 Mathewson Street, Providence, RI 02903)

FILMS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH

CON’T

ENCORE SCREENING: “Monty Python: The Meaning of Live” & “Myrna the Monster” 7:00pm - 9:00pm Jamestown Arts Center (18 Valley Street, Jamestown, RI 02835) Monty Python: The Meaning of Live | Directed by James Rogan & Roger Graef | 1 hour, 32 min. | Feature Documentary | UK/UAE, 2014 Myrna the Monster | Directed by Ian Samuels, Logan Kibens, Andrew Ahn | 14 min. | USA, 2014

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH

CON’T

A Night In Havana: “Havana Motor Club” & “La Noche Buena” 7:15pm - 9:15pm Paff Theatre at URI (URI Continuing Ed, 80 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903) Havana Motor Club | Directed by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt | 1 hour, 24 min. | USA/Cuba, 2015 La Noche Buena | Directed by Alex Mallis | 17 min. | USA/Cuba, 2014.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7

FORUM-PANEL

ScriptBiz™ 2015 Uploaded 8:00am - 5:00pm The Rhode Island Foundation (1 Union Station, Providence, RI 02903)

FILMS

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH

CON’T

Run Free - The True Story of Caballo Blanco 1:00pm - 3:00pm Providence Public Library (150 Empire Street, Providence, RI 02903) Run Free - The True Story of Caballo Blanco | Directed by Sterling Noren | 92 min. | USA, 2015 | FREE SCREENING!

Crocadile Gennadiy 2:45pm - 4:45pm Paff Theatre at URI (URI Continuing Ed, 80 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903) Crocadile Gennadiy | Directed by Steve Hoover | 1 hour, 36 min. | Feature Documentary | USA/Ukraine, 2014

“Goodbye Theresienstadt,” “Tadaima,” & “I Married My Family’s Killer.” 4:30pm - 6:30pm McCormack Family Theater - Brown University (70 Brown Street, Providence, RI 02912) Goodbye Theresienstadt | Directed by Jonatan Jerichow and Carl Otto Dethlefsen | 58 min. | Feature Documentary Czech Republic/Denmark, 2015 Tadaima | Directed by Robin Takao D’Oench | 16 min. | Short | USA, 2015 I Married My Family’s Killer | Directed by Emily Kassie | 31 min. Short Documentary, Student | Canada, USA, 2014

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH

CON’T

Danny Says 7:00pm - 9:00pm The Odeum (59 Main Street, East Greenwich, RI 02818) Danny Says | Directed by Brendan Toller | 1 hour, 45 min. | Feature Documentary | USA, 2014

24 Hours | Henry Chaisson | 6 min. | USA

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH

CON’T

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8

EVENT

KidEye International Film Festival - Red Carpet Premiere 10:00am - 12:00pm Metcalf Auditorium - RISD Museum (Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903)

FILMS

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH

CON’T

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH

CON’T

Happygram 6:30pm - 8:00pm The Bell St. Chapel (5 Bell Street, Providence, RI 02909) Happygram | Directed by Julie Marron | 1 hour, 20 min. | Feature Documentary | USA, 2015

EVENT

Official Closing “After Party” for this year’s RI International Film Festival 2015 11:30pm - 2:00am The Dark Lady (17 Snow Street, Providence, RI 02903)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

FILMS

Hope City 12:15pm - 2:15pm Paff Theatre at URI (URI Continuing Ed, 80 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903) Hope City | Directed by David Angell | 1 hour, 55 min. | Feature Documentary | USA, 2014

Generosity of Eye 4:45pm - 6:45pm Metcalf Auditorium - RISD Museum (Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903) Generosity Of Eye | Directed by Brad Hall | 1 hour, 3 min. | Feature Documentary | USA, 2014

Now We’re Alive 7:15pm - 9:15pm Paff Theatre at URI (URI Continuing Ed, 80 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903) Now We’re Alive | Directed by Thibault Arbe | 1 hour, 40 min. | Feature Film | Belgium/France, 2014

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100 Million Dollar Bosnia|53mins|Drama House

Documentary

The 414’s

USA|10mins|Doc

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Director: Reshad Kulenovic

Director: Michael T. Vollmann Producer: Chris James Thompson

AUG 9 |2:30pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 8|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

In an occupied West Bank city a Palestinian family struggles to keep their home against mounting pressure as a former Israeli soldier comes to terms with his past.

THE 414’s tells the story of the original computer hackers, a group of Milwaukee teenagers who gained notoriety in 1983 when they broke into dozens of high-profile computer systems.

90 Days

Canada/HKG|18mins|Drama

A Tenista

Brazil|14mins|Mystery

Director: Timothy Yeung Producer: Lau Chor Chun Cinematographer: Jeff Wong

Director: Daniel Barosa Producer: Nikolas Maciel Cast: Bianca Melo, Gabriel Godoy

AUG 7 |12:15pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 5 |6:30pm| THE VETS

Li Jan, a girl from china arrives in Hong Kong with a 90 day tourist visa, to be prepped and brought into the world of underground prostitution. She is guided through a series of red light motels while trying to make a phone call.

Ju is late for her pricey private lessons. Consumed in a marathon of family chaos, SMS texting and hormones, the improbable pubescent tennis player runs from a secret.

Abuse in Philly

Short

100 Million Dollar Bosnia|53mins|Drama House

Documentary

The 414’s

USA|10mins|Doc

Director: Reshad Kulenovic

U.K|11mins|Animation

Director: Michael T. Vollmann Producer: Chris James Thompson

Director: Sam Southward Editor: Neil Lenthall Cast: Peter Caulfield, Tom Davis

AUG 9|2:45pm| PAFF THEATRE

AUG 8|9:00pm| THE VETS

The sensational church sex abuse scandal in Philly landed 3 priests and a teacher in prison. This film explores the constitutional rights of these defendants questioning even the accusations themselves.

The world’s first post-apcolyptic rom-com that explores the possibility that the only thing worse than being the last man on earth, is being the second to last man on earth.

Albertine

Belgium|20 mins|Rom,Com

AlieNation

Germany|6mins|Animation

Director: Patrick Hernandez Cinematographer: Vincent Van Gelder Cast: Bernard Jousset, Jacqueline Staup

Director: Laura Lehmus Cinematographer: Aike Arndt, Anna Blaszcyk Editor: Dirk Boll

AUG 9 |2:30pm| METCALF

AUG 8|2:30pm|METCALF

AUG 7|12:15pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 5|4:00pm| THE VETS

In an occupied West Bank city a Palestinian family struggles to keep their home against mounting pressure as a former Israeli soldier comes to terms with his past.

THE 414’s tells the story of the original computer hackers, a group of Milwaukee teenagers who gained notoriety in 1983 when they broke into dozens of high-profile computer system

Albertine, at 81, is isolated from the world since her husband’s death. The introduction of a neigbor in the apartment gives Albertine an unforgettable night.

An animation-short about puberty, based on real life interviews with teenagers.

90 Days

Canada/HKG|18mins|Drama

A Tenista

Brazil|14mins|Mystery

Director: Timothy Yeung Producer: Lau Chor Chun Cinematographer: Jeff Wong

Director: Daniel Barosa Producer: Nikolas Maciel Cast: Bianca Melo, Gabriel Godoy

All American Finland,USA|83mins|History High Revisited Director: Keva Rosenfeld

All the Pain in the U.K|12mins|Comedy World Director: Tommaso Pitta Cinematographer: Tristan Chenais Cast: Cornelius Clark, Matt Mason

AUG 7 |12:15pm| METCALF

AUG 5 |6:30pm| THE VETS

AUG 6 | 7:00pm|GREENWICH ODEUM

AUG 6| 9:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

Ju is late for her pricey private lessons. Consumed in a marathon of family chaos, SMS texting and hormones, the improbable pubescent tennis player runs from a secret.

In 1984, we meet a typical group of teens as they navigate the iconic rites of passage. Thirty years later, the Class of ’84 looks back at their teen selves, and reflect on their high school days.

London. Christmas time. A man is desperately trying to save the life of a minuscule fish, but the situation spirals out of control.

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After the End

Director: Ken Gumbert

Film Guide Feature

USA|53mins|Social Issue

Alzheimer’s: A Love Story

USA|16mins|Doc

Amaryllis

U.K|12mins|Drama

Directors: Gabe Schimmel, Amanda Le, Riani Singgih, Monica Petruzelli

AUG 5 |6:30pm|THE VETS

AUG 6|2:45pm|PAFF THEATRE

Greg lives at a memory care facility in Chicago. Every day a man named Michael comes and visits for a couple hours. No one can say for sure if Greg knows who Michael is, but he has loved Greg since the day they met.

A reclusive girl searches for her long-lost brother only to discover that she is the one who needs finding.

Angel of Nanji

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Director: Neal Mercier Producer: Ben Sweeney Cast: Mary Burke Brian Sweeney

China|70mins|Drama

‘Annie’

U.K|30 mins|Doc,Local

Director: Frank L. Ferendo, Jordan Horowitz Editor: Alison Shurman Composer: David Majzlin

Director: Matthew Daunt Producer: Mark Daunt

AUG 8| 7:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

AUG 7 |4:00pm|THE VETS

The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is one of the most famous bridges for committing suicide. For the past 11 years Chen Si has been patrolling this bridge, looking to provide aid and has saved over 300 lives.

‘Annie’ tells the life story of Anmarie Spaziano, from Rhode Island who made Nottingham her home and brought us the best burgers in the world.

The Answers

USA|8 mins|Drama Director: Michael Goode Producer: Daniel Lissing Cast: Daniel Lissing, Rose McIver

The Aquarium

Australia|14mins|Drama Director: Jacobie Gray Producer: Leonie Mansfield, Michelle Nagy Cast: Adrian Twigg

AUG 7|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 7| 2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Immediately after his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he’s ever had about his life, including the most important one of all - what did it all mean?

A young girl seeking solace in underwater worlds to escape her volatile parents makes the ultimate physical sacrifice for a school excursion to the Aquarium.

Alzheimer’s: A Love Story

USA|16mins|Doc

Amaryllis

U.K|12mins|Drama

Directors: Gabe Schimmel, Amanda Le, Riani Singgih, Monica Petruzelli

USA|9mins|Doc

Director: Neal Mercier Producer: Ben Sweeney Cast: Mary Burke Brian Sweeney

Art House

Director: Brian Roth Producer: Ronald Chopoorian Cast: Ronald Chopoorian

USA|88mins|History Director: Don Freeman Composer: Jamie Rudolph Cast: Alastair Gordon

AUG 5 |6:30pm|THE VETS

AUG 6|2:45pm|PAFF THEATRE

AUG 8 | 2:45pm|PAFF THEATRE

AUG 5 | 7:00pm| JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER

A reclusive girl searches for her long-lost brother only to discover that she is the one who needs finding.

Ron Chopoorian, a first generation Armenian-American, explores what being Armenian means to him on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Some artists don’t just create masterpieces-they live in them. A love song in film to the places art lives.

Angel of Nanjing Bosnia|70mins|Drama

‘Annie’

U.K|30 mins|Doc,Local

Director: Frank L. Ferendo, Jordan Horowitz Editor: Alison Shurman Composer: David Majzlin

Aside From That

USA|69mins|Bio

Ausstieg Rechts

Director: Richard Tilkin Producer: Cindy Gruber Editor: Jen Bagley Composer: Ed Grenga

Director: Matthew Daunt Producer: Mark Daunt

Austria|6mins|Drama Director: Rubert Holler Producer: Bernhard Wenger Cast: Cornelius Obonya, Thomas Maurer

AUG 8| 7:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

AUG 7 |4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 4|7:00pm|PPAC

‘Annie’ tells the life story of Anmarie Spaziano, from Rhode Island who made Nottingham her home and brought us the best burgers in the world.

How do we live, knowing we’ll die? Threepeople: an ill poet determined to become a clown; a med student facing 50/50 odds of survival; and a war veteran whose experiences erase his fear of death; pose these questions.

Look away or intervene? When a black man is victim of unfounded, racial abuse in a packed bus, there is only one passenger who won’t ignore the situation like everyone else.

The Answers

USA|8 mins|Drama

The Aquarium

Australia|14mins|Drama

Director: Michael Goode Producer: Daniel Lissing Cast: Daniel Lissing, Rose McIver

The Baby

Iran/Italy|15mins|Drama

Basilisk

Director: Ali Asgari Producer: Riccardo Romboli Screenwriter: Farnoosh Samdi

Director: Jacobie Gray Producer: Leonie Mansfield, Michelle Nagy Cast: Adrian Twigg

U.K|13mins|Thriller Directors: Nikolai Hamel Producer: Mathias Askeland Cast: Jon Osbaldeston

AUG 7|4:45pm|METCALF

AUG 7| 2:30pm|METCALF

AUG 4 |7:00pm| PPAC

AUG 5|4:00pm|THE VETS

Immediately after his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he’s ever had about his life, including the most import one of all - what did it all mean?

A young girl seeking solace in underwater worlds to escape her volatile parents makes the ultimate physical sacrifice for a school excursion to the Aquarium.

Narges and her friend have just a few hours to find someone to take care of her baby.

With the discovery of a conceptual virus that has the power to kill, three terrorists holed up in an underground layer debate the effectiveness of their discovery until one turns it against the other two.

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Armenian American

Behind the Wall

USA|16 mins|Drama

Belonging

U.K/PORTUGAL|18 mins|Family

Director: Bat-Sheva Guez Producer: Gina Bouchard Cast: Alexandra Turshen

AUG 8|12:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 5|4:30pm| MCCORMACK THEATER

Katrin moves heavily, encumbered by a large, plastic cast and her sadness slows her. At night, Katrin lies awake in the eerie half-light, listening to the strange sounds of the building. Behind that sound, there is a faint sound - of music.

Amelia, who struggles to communicate with her mother after her father’s death, is sent to the town of Elvas. Amelia and Thomas, who her aunt is fostering, teach each other the true meaning of friendship and communication.

Best Man Wins

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Director: Laura Seixas Cinematographer: Miguel Saraiva Cast: Leandro Morais, Mafalda Marafusta, Ana Peres

USA|20 mins|Drama

Bienvenidos

Director: Stephane Dumonceau Producer: Alexis Magagni-Seely Cast: Francois Vincentelli, Nadia Fares

SPAIN|28 mins|Family Director: Javier Fesser Producer: Luis Manso Cast: Alidel Cavanillas, Anni Pitagoras, Giisela Teran Vazquez

AUG 5|7:00pm |GREENWICH ODEUM

AUG 7| 10:00am| METCALF AUDITORIUM

When a celebrated New York chef discovers an affair between his super-model wife and his best man-- the owner of France’s finest vineyard, he devises a plan to deal with each of them.

An amazing innovation reaches a tiny school lost in the heart of the Peruvian Andes and revolutionizes the lives of the whole community: the Internet.

Big Boy

USA|5mins|Comedy

Blitz

USA|9 mins|Family Director: Faraday Okoro Cinematographer: Sheldon Chau Cast: Antonio Barrera, Donovan Dietz

Director: Bryan Campbell Producer: Bryan Campbell Cast: Eric Riedmann, Nathan Fisher

AUG 6| 7:00pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|4:00pm|THE VETS

Nine-year-old Dustin has never been allowed to use a public bathroom on his own. In the middle of the night, his parents permit him to go in alone where he encounters unforeseen dangers that take surprising and hilarious turns.

A father and son agree to a ‘winner take all’ blitz chess game in order to settle a bet.

Behind the Wall

USA|16 mins|Drama

Belonging

U.K/PORTUGAL|18 mins|Family

Director: Bat-Sheva Guez Producer: Gina Bouchard Cast: Alexandra Turshen

Director: Laura Seixas Cinematographer: Miguel Saraiva Cast: Leandro Morais, Mafalda Marafusta, Ana Peres

Boris in the Forest

U.K|13mins|Comedy Director: Robert Hackett Producer: Ioanna Karavela, Mike Goldfarb Cast: Merv Blanco, Warren Peace

Director: David Darg Producer: Bryn Mooser, Olivia Wilde, Paul Allen

AUG 8|12:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 5|4:30pm| MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 7|4:00pm| THE VETS

AUG 5|7:00pm| JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER

Amelia, struggles to communicate with her mother after her father’s death, is sent to the town of Elvas. Amelia and Thomas, who her aunt is fostering, teach each other the true meaning of friendship and communication.

Body Team 12 is tasked with collecting the dead at the height of the Ebola outbreak. Yet despite the strain they emerge as heroes while the film explores their philosophy and strength.

A black comedy about a Californian geek in search of his horror hero Boris Karloff.

Best Man Wins

USA|20 mins|Drama

Bienvenidos

Director: Stephane Dumonceau Producer: Alexis Magagni-Seely Cast: Francois Vincentelli, Nadia Fares

SPAIN|28 mins|Family

Boxeadora

USA|16mins|Doc

Director: Javier Fesser Producer: Luis Manso Cast: Alidel Cavanillas, Anni Pitagoras, Giisela Teran Vazquez

Brave Heart: Lizzie Velasquez

Mexico|78mins|Bio

Director: Meg Smaker

Director: Sara Bordo Producer: Alexis Jones, Lizzie Velasquez Cinematographer: Ben Powell Editor: Chris Roldan

AUG 5|7:00pm |ODEUM

AUG 7| 10:00am| METCALF

AUG 7|4:00pm| THE VETS

AUG 8|5:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

When a celebrated New York chef discovers an affair between his super-model wife and his best man-- the owner of France’s finest vineyard, he devises a plan to deal with each of them.

An amazing innovation reaches a tiny school lost in the heart of the Peruvian Andes and revolutionizes the lives of the whole community: the internet.

19,000 to 1. A fighter's dream in Cuba.

A documentary following the life of Lizzie Velasquez, her triumphant journey to the other side of bullying and her mission to inspire and empower a more ositive online environment.

Big Boy

USA|5mins|Comedy

Blitz

USA|9 mins|Family

Breathe

Poland|8mins|Drama, War

Director: Faraday Okoro Cinematographer: Sheldon Chau Cast: Antonio Barrera, Donovan Dietz

Director: Bryan Campbell Producer: Bryan Campbell Cast: Eric Riedmann, Nathan Fisher

Cat Bird Coyote

USA|3mins|Animation

Director: Youssef Ouarrack Producer: Konstancja Sawicka Cast: Kamila Bujalska, Filip Urbanke

Directors: Amy Raasch Cinematographer: Tahnee Gehm Composer: David Poe

AUG 6| 7:00pm| METCALF

AUG 6|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 8|2:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 8|9:00pm| THE VETS

A father and son agree to a ‘winner take all’ blitz chess game in order to settle a bet.

During the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, a young group of scouts march through the dark claustrophobic sewers. They travel from one district to another delivering letters of hope and retribution.

In a stark laboratory, a ruthless bird scientist’s experiments cause a freak explosion, freeing one of his subjects. Once free, the animals must not only fend for themselves, but face each other in the wild.

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Body Team 12Liberia|13mins|Social Issue

Catching Fireflies

USA|19mins|Drama

Cead Ghra

Ireland|11mins|Comedy

Director: Lee Whittaker Cinematographer: Elie Smolkin Cast: Carlotta Bosch, Gianna Gomez

Director: Brian Deane Cinematographer: Eamonn Cleary Cast: Brandom Maher, Jordan Roche, Tadgh Moran

AUG 8|12:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

AUG 9|5:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

A little latina girl attempts to escape the rigors and misfortunes of living on Skid Row Los Angeles through the power of her mystical imagination; while simultaneously trying to protect the bond with her addict mother.

Céad Ghrá is a nostalgic coming of age story about two best-friends that set out on a quest in pursuit of their first crush.

The Challenger

USA|95mins|Sport

The Champion

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Director: Kent Moran Producer: Adam Hawkey, Ellyette Eleni Cast: Ernie Sabella, Frank Watson, Justin Hartley

USA|19mins|Doc Director: Brett Garamella, Patrick McGowan

AUG 8|6:30pm|THE VETS

AUG 8|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

With the help of legendary boxing trainer, Duane Taylor, struggling Bronx auto mechanic, Jaden Miller turns to boxing to save he and his mother from living on the streets.

Estaifan Shilaita, the boxing champion of Iraq leaves his home country and watches his boxing dream slip away. His journey leads him to a greater success and fulfillment than he ever imagined growing up in Iraq.

Chase Me

France|3 mins|Animation Director: GillesAlexandre Deshaud

Chez Moi

France|12 mins|Animation Director: Phuong Mai Nguyen Producer: Richard Van Den Boom Cast: Orso Camus

AUG 6|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|2:30|METCALF AUDITORIUM

In an enchanted world, a young girl is walking and singing while playing ukulele. Heedless of the outside world, she does not pay attention to the approaching threat. Her own shadow comes alive to chase her.

Hugo’s mother is back home. The day after, when Hugo wakes up, he finds black feathers all over his house.

Child K

Italy|22mins|Drama

Children of the Arctic

Director: Roberto De Feo Producer: Alessandro Usai Cast: Carlotta Verny, Ralph Phalka

USA|94mins|Drama Director: Nick Brandestini Producer: Vesna Eckert Cinematographer: Nick Brandestini

AUG 7|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 9|12:15pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Richard and Lina Kretschkopf are a young peasant couple who live in a small house in the country, in the middle of the German hills.

A year-in-the-life portrait of five Native Alaskan teenagers coming of age in Barrow, Alaska.

Chimeras

USA|24mins|Drama, Western

Chronicles of Courage

Director: Gianluca Minucci Producer: Gregory J Rossi Cast: Chris Coy, Jennifer Neala Page

U.K|25mins|Drama Director: Ernest Mills Producer: Emma Savage

CHIMERAS WILL NO LONGER BE SCREENING AT RIIFF

Cloud and Mud

China|15mins|Thriller Director: Acheng Dong Cast: Yu Wang, Deshun Wang

To coincide with the 2014-2015 Centenary of the First World War, Chronicles of Courage explores 3 very personal, contrasting experiences of the war. The message is a heartbreaking one, as resonant today as it was 100 years ago.

Code: Debugging the Gender Gap

USA|78mins|Tech Directors: Robin Hauser Reynolds Producer: Christie Herring, Staci Hartman Cinematographer: Jonathan Blomgren

AUG 7|7:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

AUG 8|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

A murderer in rags is given delicious steam buns from a bakery worker. The worker realizes the man is wanted with a cash reward.

CODE documentary examines why more girls and POC are not seeking opportunities in computer science and explores how cultural mindsets, stereotypes, educational hurdles and sexism all play roles in this national crisis.

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AUG 9|4:00pm|THE VETS

Counting for Thunder

USA|103mins|Family

Coup de Grace Switzerland|8 mins|Com

Director: Phillip Irwin Cooper Producer: Amity Janow, Jason Howard Cast: Alison Elliot, John Heard

Director: Pascal Glatz Producer: Corinne Steiner, Michael Steiger Cast: Fabian Guggisberg, Mathis Kunzler

AUG 7|7:00pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 8|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Based on the three years when Phillip Irwin Cooper, unlucky in work, money and love, went home to the Gulf Coast of Alabama to help out with a family crisis. Working through his past, Phillip ultimately finds his own voice.

At a remote mountain lake a bound man with cemented shoes is being dragged to the water by two other men and his request for a coup de grace escalates into a clash.

The Crocodile Gennadiy

USA, Ukraine|100mins|Bio

Crossing Over

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Director: Steve Hoover Producer: Danny Yourd, Nicolas Gonda, Terrence Malick Cast: Gennadiy Mokhnenko

USA|45mins|Drama Director: Isabel Castro Producer: Katrina Sorrentino Cinematographer: Katrina Sorrentino Editor: Francisco Bello

AUG 7|2:45pm|PAFF THEATRE

AUG 6|8:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

Gennadiy calls himself ‘Pastor Crocodile.’ He’s know throughout Ukraine for his years working to rehabilitate drug addicted kids. But he’s also a vigilante who uses any force necessary to carry out his moral vision.

Three transgender Mexican immigrants navigate different stages of political asylum in Los Angeles - all striving to establish stability and support systems in a foreign city.

D.Asian

USA|10mins|Comedy Director: Sarah Smith Producer: Phillip Guttman Cast: Cady, Mariano, Cheyenne Nguyen, Davis Desmond

Daewit

Germany|15mins|Animation Director: David Jansen Producer: Fabian Driehorst Editor: Sophie Biesenbach

AUG 4|7:00pm|PPAC

AUG 6|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Fourth grade is all about fitting in. For ten-year-old Daniel that means owning the latest in Hello Kitty fashion, liking the cutest boy in class, and convincing yourself you’re Asian when everyone else thinks you’re white.

Daewit is rescued from his violent father and grows up far away from his family among wolves. He is released into a world in which he grows from a child to a man weary of life.

Daily Bread

USA|9mins|Drama

Dance of Infants

Spain|8mins|Doc Director: Jokin Pascual, Javier Dampierre Composer: Marcos Cruz

Director: Betsy Tsai Cinematographer: Julia Swain Cast: Anat Jozaphina, Andrew Fromer Antonio Badrani

AUG 8|2:00pm| THE VETS

AUG 6|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Near the conflict-ridden border two Israeli boys find themselves in a scuffle with a Palestinian boy on his shortcut home. The histories, divisions, and desperation of both families shape their approaches to the sticky situation.

In Pamplona, during all year, the arrival of the summer is expected, and with it comes the Running of the Bulls of San Fermin. The smallest ones dream to run when they become grownups.

Daniel

U.K|14mins|Drama

Danny Says

Director: Dean Loxton Producer: Elizabeth Boag Cast: Adam Tompa, Alex Reece

USA|104mins|Bio Director: Brendan Toller Producer: Pamela Lubell Cast: Alice Cooper, Billy James

Dániel, from Budapest studies in London and works as a male escort to pay his tuition fees. Nori introduces Dániel to her new English lover Tom, but Tom has plans for Nori and they don’t include Dániel.

De Smet Belgium,Netherlands|15mins|Com Director: Thomas Baerten Producer: David Deprez, Elbe Stevens Cast: Jessica Zeylmaker

DANNY SAYS WILL NO LONGER BESHOWING AT RIIFF

Dîner à Montpellier

USA|13mins|Fic Director: Cory Santilli Producer: Julie Snyder, Rhys Santa Maria Cast: Alexandra Chelaru, Jeremy Dethoor

AUG 5|6:30pm| THE VETS

AUG 5|7:00pm| MUSEUM OF WORK & CULTURE

The brothers ‘De Smet’ created a system to live their lives as singles in the most comfortable way. When a new woman moves into their street, their synergy turns out to be a house of cards.

When Jolene finds a wallet in her dance studio she discovers that its owner may not be the man he appears to be.

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AUG 6|6:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

Dirty Laundry

USA|15mins|Drama

Dive

New Zealand|13mins|Comedy

Director: Renji Philip Producer: Stephen Heath Cinematographer: Edward Wu Cast: Bruce Davison

Director: Matthew Saville Producer: Ducan Cole Cast: Byron Coll

AUG 5|2:30pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 7|9:00pm|THE VETS

A homeless man with a change of fortune, a young couple trying to reconcile, a kid out for vengeance and a wheelchair-bound hitman. DIRTY LAUNDRY is a about a series of events that connect four lives one night

What if your reflection had a mind of it’s own?

Dive

USA|12 mins|Drama, Sport

Dog Men

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Director: Brent Harvey Producer: Nicole Rio, Tyler Derench Cast: Andrew Schantz, Eliza Kantor, Matt Pascua

Switzerland|60 mins|Sci-Fii Director: Mirko Bischofberger Producer: Dario Bischofberger Cast: Daniel Mulligan, Gioacchini Ballstreri

AUG 8|6:30pm| THE VETS

AUG 8|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

When Kit “Lightsout” Sterling is blackmailed by his estranged best friend on the eve of the title fight, Kit must decide whether or not his hiding his secret is worth sacrificing everything he loves.

A science-fiction story about hunting and being hunted, about extinction and survival, about dogs - and men.

Dogs Don’t Breed Cats

Canada|15mins|Drama Director: Cristina Martins Producer: Mathieu Elie Screenwriter: Sandra Lopes

Draw Back the Curtain

USA|57mins|Family Director: Shir Bodner Editor: Sara Nuttycombe Composer: Travis Tucker

AUG 5|7:00pm| MUSEUM OF WORK & CULTURE

AUG 8|4:30pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

Pregnant and homeless, Joëlle shows up at her father’s house. Even if Jeff, a solitary non-conformist former punk is reluctant to the idea, Joëlle decides to stay.

Twenty five years have passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain and the arrival of former Soviet Union refugees to Richmond, Virginia. This doc explores dimensions of immigration, acculturation, and identi.

Dirty Laundry

USA|15mins|Drama

Dive

New Zealand|13mins|Comedy

Director: Renji Philip Producer: Stephen Heath Cinematographer: Edward Wu Cast: Bruce Davison

Director: Matthew Saville Producer: Ducan Cole Cast: Byron Coll

Duke Riley Goes to China

USA,China|37mins|Doc Director: Kim A. Snyder Cinematographer: Naiti Gamez

Director: Benjamin Davis, Brendan Bercik, Dane Mainelle, Dylan Hansen-Fliedner, Jay Jadick Cast: Dane Mainella

AUG 5|2:30pm| METCALF

AUG 7|9:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|6:30pm| THE VETS

AUG 7|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATE

What if your reflection had a mind of it’s own?

An estranged poet attempts to rekindle a complex relationship with a strung-out musician during a weekend in rural nowhere; their toxic past, however, won’t be so easily forgotten.

Chosen by the US State Department, Brooklyn based artist, Duke Riley, embarks on an epic journey to China to reenact a legendary boat race between twelve animals that determined the order of the Chinese zodiac.

Dive

USA|12 mins|Drama, Sport

Dog Men

Switzerland|60 mins|Sci-Fii

Director: Brent Harvey Producer: Nicole Rio, Tyler Derench Cast: Andrew Schantz, Eliza Kantor, Matt Pascua

The Dynamic Double Standard

Director: Mirko Bischofberger Producer: Dario Bischofberger Cast: Daniel Mulligan, Gioacchini Ballstreri

USA|5mins|Comedy

Eadweard

Canada|104 mins|Drama

Director: Luke Patton Producer: Billy Sullivan Cast: James Hardy, Kandis Erickson

Director: Kyle Rideout Producer: Josh Epstein Cast: Aleks Paunavic, Andrew McIlroy, Andrew Wheeler

AUG 8|6:30pm| THE VETS

AUG 8|4:45pm|METCALF

AUG 8|5:00pm| PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|6:30pm|THE VETS

A science-fiction story about hunting and being hunted, about extinction and survival, about dogs - and men.

Zoey’s first night as a superhero is nearly ruined when she’s given a sexy and impractical uniform.

A complex portrait of Eadweard Muybridge, the father of motion pictures, whose searing jealousy of his young wife eclipsed his genius, leading to one of the most infamous legal cases in history.

Dogs Don’t Breed Cats

Canada|15mins|Drama Director: Cristina Martins Producer: Mathieu Elie Screenwriter: Sandra Lopes

Draw Back the Curtain

USA|57mins|Family Director: Shir Bodner Editor: Sara Nuttycombe Composer: Travis Tucker

Election Night

USA|11mins|Family, Com Director: Tessa Blake Producer: Catherine Dent, Grace Feeney, Stasia Droze Cast: Aedra Ho, Caitlin Zambito

Elgin Park

USA|10 mins|Doc Director: Danny Yourd Editor: Mike Lahood Cast: Michael Paul Smith

AUG 5|7:00pm| MUSEUM OF WORK & CULTURE

AUG 8|4:30pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 6|6:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 8|12:00pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

Pregnant and homeless, Joëlle shows up at her father’s house. Even if Jeff, a solitary non-conformist former punk is reluctant to the idea, Joëlle decides to stay.

ELECTION NIGHT follows a politician’s family in Maine as they wait for the final 350 votes to come in on election eve - will the speech be a celebration or a concession?

Elgin Park dives into the life of Michael Paul Smith, a reclusive artist turned viral sensation, recognized for creating 1950s utopias out of pain, love, and miniature cars.

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Driving Not Knowing USA|85mins|Drama

Eloise, Little Dreamer

Canada|4 mins|Animation

Epic of Hershey

Director: Myriam Obin Editor: Emily Laliberte

Director: Douglas McGinness Producer: Aliki Paraschis

AUG 6|2:30pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|10:00pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

This creative animation manages to bring voice to a day of celebration in the streets of the city; everyone is wearing masks and making noise. However, a little girl discovers things are not what they appear to be.

The homeless children of New York believe God is missing, having been kicked out of power by the evil demon is how the children understand their suffering on the streets. Their only hope is to find the water goddess.

Even the Walls

USA|27 mins|Doc

Everything All Switzerland|14mins|Family at Once

Director: Saman Maydani, Sarah Kuck Producer: Warren Etheridge

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USA|15 mins|Drama, Fantasy

Director: Eleanor Wilson Producer: Judy Posey, Weston Auburn Cast: Eleanor Wilson, J Smith Cameron

AUG 8|12:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 8|12:15pm|PAFF THEATER

Even the Walls documents the unique connectedness of a public-housing development on the eve of its destruction.

In the midst of private turmoil, a young woman takes a suffocating ride to the train station with her Mother, Aunt and Grandmother. They navigate each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quirks and memories while trying to identify an incessant beep.

Everything Will be Canada|13mins|Drama Alright Director: Guillaume Collin Producer: Isabelle Stachtchenko Sirois Cast: Alexa-Jeanne DubĂŠ

Fidelity

Germany|24mins|Family, Drama Director: Ilker Catak Producer: Alexandra Staib Cast: Bris Gonenen, Sanem Oge

AUG 5|7:00pm| MUSEUM OF WORK & CULTURE

AUG 5|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

A young couple on a hiking trip is forced to face the distance that has grown between them.

Istanbul 2014 - a tensed environment with demonstrations due to political repression: Asli gives shelter to a young political activist, who got into a fight with the police. Asli is not willing to cooperate with the investigators.

The First Step

France|13mins|Drama

Flory’s Flame

USA|58mins|Music, History Director: Curt Fissel Producer: Ellen Friedland Cast: Flory Jagoda

Director: Vanessa Clement Producer: Jonathan Hazan

AUG 7|12:15pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 5|4:30pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

The first few minutes of a first date. Time to get to know each other and arouse desire. A man like any other, a woman who seems like no other. Two people, together, about to take their first step.

Flory’s Flame weaves the life story of 90-year old U.S. National Heritage Fellow musician Flory Jagoda with her September 2013 Celebration Concert at the US Library of Congress.

Foreign SoundsUSA|8mins|Thriller,Drama

Fourth Man Out

Director: Eric Shahinian Producer: Sola Fasehun Cast: Anne-Marie Agbodji, Connor Hines

USA|86mins|Drama Director: Andrew Nackman

AUG 9|7:15pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

A young couple, who have just moved into an apartment together, has their relationship tested when they take opposing stances in response to the sounds of their neighbor’s domestic dispute.

On his 24th birthday, Adam, a small-town mechanic, decides it’s time to finally tell his friends and family that he’s gay. Will his straight-as-anarrow best bros have his back?

Fulfilament

U.K|7mins|Thriller, Drama Director: Rhiannon Evans Producer: Alexandra Breede

The Future Perfect

Canada|11mins|Fic Director: Nicolas Citton Producer: James Brown, Jason James Cast: Robert Baker, Zachary Quinto

AUG 4|7:00pm|PPAC

AUG 7|8:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

Travel around the brain with a little, lost thought and discover what it takes to make a great idea.

A minimalist time travel story that centers on the relationship between a hired gun, Hardesty, and his boss, Greenwood. As the film unfolds, a major crisis in the future has its origins in a minor moment from the past.

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AUG 7|7:15pm| PAFF THEATER

Selling Rosario “The narrative is stylistically imaginative and elegantly constructed. Newcomer Mia Xitlali is vastly impressive as the young girl at the centre of the tale. You really don’t want it to end.” (Ben Cook / Whatculture)

Congratulations to the award-winning cast and crew of Selling Rosario, screening at RIIFF - Friday August 7, 2:30p.m. RISD Museum Metcalf Auditorium

THE TRUE STORY OF CABALLO BLANCO

Gayby

Australia|7mins|Drama

Generosity of Eye

Director: Anya Beyersdorf Cast: Davd Woodley, Logan Kilbey

Director: Brad Hall Producer: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Cinematographer: Nelson Hume Editor: Shon Hedges

AUG 7|8:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 9|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Roy decides karate is the answer to his bully problem, but his Dad can see that what his son needs right now is a champion Boxer.

The surprising story of a major art collection transforming into education for African American kids in the Harlem Children’s Zone. The tale of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus discovering her father’s passions for art, justice and education.

Ghost Light

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USA|63mins|Bio

USA|18mins|Music, Drama

Gloria

Mexico|17 mins|Music, Drama

Director: David Charpentier Producer: Jocelyn Charpentier Michael Callahan Cast: Adam Eramo

Director: Luis Hernandez de la Pena, Judith Ostria Vasquez Producer: Chon Alatorre Cast: Adrian Aguirre

AUG 8|2:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 6|8:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

In the wake of a campus tragedy, Erin inspires her cast and crew to proceed with a commemorative performance.

In Mexico City, a man drives public transportation by day and sings the hits at a drag cabaret by night.

The Gnomist

USA|20mins|Doc

Godless

USA|85mins|Drama Director: Joshua Lim Producer: Lucy Khor, Stanley Lim, Stephen Lim Cast: Craig Jordan, Garret Young

Director: Sharon Liese Cinematographer: Ty Jones Editor: Jeremy Carr

AUG 8|12:15pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|9:00pm|THE VETS

When fairy homes mysteriously appear in a suburban forest, three women, driven by curiosity about the origin of this whimsy, find that believing in magic is the medicine they need to overcome their personal struggles.

Separated by their father’s death, brothers, Nate and Steven reconnect after their mother also passes, but a secret from their past threatens to destroy them.

Going Attractions: The USA|95mins|History American Drive-In

The Gold Watch

Sweden|7mins|Comedy Director:Joachim Nakagawa Straning Cast: Gino Astera, Jonas Blixt, Maj-LisEngqvist

Director: April Wright

AUG 5|7:00pm|GREENWICH ODEUM

AUG 8|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Once a vibrant part of American culture, driveins reached their peak in the late 50s. Although drive-ins are experiencing a resurgence, today less than 400 remain. In a nation that loves cars and movies, why haven’t they survived?

A tired middle-aged man walks into a grocery store and finds a magic pocket watch, with it he manages to stop time. He realizes that he can do whatever he wants and chooses to steal groceries from the store.

Golden

Germany|22mins|Fic

Golden Shot

TURKEY|9 mins|Animation

Director: Kai Stänicke Cast: Christian Tesch, Jakob Jörke, Janine Marold

Director: Gokalp Gonen

AUG 5|4:00pm|THE VETS

A tale of being different and growing up.

Rusty machines living in their small houses, imagining that the sun will come and take them to the sky someday. A small light, keeps them alive and dreaming. But one of the machines wants to see the sun itself.

Goodbye Czech Rep, Den|59mins|History Theresienstadt

Hagereseb

Australia|38mins|Doc

Director: Jonatan Jerichow Producer: Carl Otto Dethlefsen Cinematographer: Preben Hjorth

Director: Zia Mohajerjasbi Cast: Eyobe Alemu, Joseph Smith, Natnael Moges, Rahwa Habte

AUG 7|4:30pm| MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 8|12:00pm|THE VETS

The survival of six Danish Jews from the Theresienstadt concentration camp illustrates what Denmark did to save the Danish Jewish population, getting most of them to safety, and trying to protect those who were captured.

It’s 1997 in Seattle’s Yesler Terrace, and 10-yearold Abai is on a quest to find fresh batteries for his Casio keyboard for one last music lesson with his older brother Sam before seeing him sent back to their native Eritrea, indefinitely.

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AUG 5|7:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

Happygram

USA|80mins|Social Issue

The Harvest Festival

Director: Julie Marron Producer: Thomas Nerney II Cinematographer: Stefan Glidden

Director: Sofian Khan Producer: Tadashi Mitsui

AUG 8|6:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 7|6:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

Happygram explores one of the most egregious violations of informed consent in modern medical practice. Each year nearly 40 million women obtain screening mammograms for the early detection of cancer.

Each year, thousands of Japanese gather at the Tagata Jinja shrine in the southern town of Komaki to pray for a good harvest, and for increased fertility in human beings.

Havana Motor Club

USA,Cuba|84mins|Sport

Haven

Director: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt Producer: Zelmira Gainza, Dan Cogan, Magnus Andersson

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Japan|9mins|Doc

USA|17mins|Doc Director: Michael Morrone Producer: Colleen McQuaid

AUG 6|7:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

AUG 8|2:45pm| PAFF THEATER

Change is racing down the streets of Havana, where Cuba’s top underground drag racers struggle to prepare their classic American hot rods for the first official car race since the Revolution.

The issue of homelessness is overlooked far too often. Society rarely realizes that the people on the street have a story and a past, and more importantly, they have a future.

He and She

Germany|15mins|Fic Director: Marco Gadge Producer: Mike Brandin Cast: Josef Heynert, Monika Lennartz

Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi

USA|74mins|Bio Director: Neal Broffman Producer: Elisa Gambino, Heather O’Neill

AUG 5|4:00pm| THE VETS

AUG 8|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

Thomas is on his way to a life that includes only himself and his girlfriend… but when she breaks up with him, the dream goes up in smoke.

A fragile and depressed university student disappears from his apartment one night. Four weeks later his name and photo explode on social media into the mainstream media as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Happygram

USA|80mins|Social Issue

The Harvest Festival

Director: Julie Marron Producer: Thomas Nerney II Cinematographer: Stefan Glidden

Hole

Director: Sofian Khan Producer: Tadashi Mitsui

Canada|15mins|Drama

Honeyglue

USA|107mins|Drama,Rom Director: James Bird Producer: Anya Remizova, Adriana Mather Cast: Adriana Mather, Amanda Plummer

Director: Martin Edralin Producer: Laura Perlmutter Cast: April Lee, Ken Harrower

AUG 8|6:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 7|6:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 5|7:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 5|9:00pm|THE VETS

Each year, thousands of Japanese gather at the Tagata Jinja shrine in the southern town of Komaki to pray for a good harvest, and for increased fertility in human beings.

A daring portrait of a disabled man yearning for intimacy in a world that would rather ignore him.

Honeyglue follows the story of Morgan (Adriana Mather), who flips her conservative, protected life upside down after learning she has three months left to live.

Havana Motor Club

USA,Cuba|84mins|Sport

Haven

Director: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt Producer: Zelmira Gainza, Dan Cogan, Magnus Andersson

USA|17mins|Doc

Hope City

Director: Michael Morrone Producer: Colleen McQuaid

USA|115mins|Drama, Local

Horse (Kali)

Kosovo|14mins|Drama

Director: David Angell Producer: Roger Mulcahy Jr.

Director: Alban Ukaj Cinmatographer: Yll Citaku

AUG 6|7:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

AUG 8|2:45pm| PAFF THEATER

AUG 5|7:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 8|2:00pm| THE VETS

Change is racing down the streets of Havana, where Cuba’s top underground drag racers struggle to prepare their classic American hot rods for the first official car race since the Revolution.

The issue of homelessness is overlooked far too often. Society rarely realizes that the people on the street have a story and a past, and more importantly, they have a future.

Hope City is a feature length Documentary Film that chronicles the lives of the residents of a tent city in Providence, RI. Residents of Hope City struggle with the daily life of being homeless while trying to better their lives.

October 1st, 1997. Students turn to the streets of Prishtina to protest for their rights against the repressive regime. Three teenage friends also attend the protest, and soon find themselves in unimaginable situations.

He and She

Germany|15mins|Fic Director: Marco Gadge Producer: Mike Brandin Cast: Josef Heynert, Monika Lennartz

Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi

USA|74mins|Bio Director: Neal Broffman Producer: Elisa Gambino, Heather O’Neill

Hostility and Hospitality

Italy|24mins|Doc

The House is Innocent

USA|12mins|Doc Director: Nicholas Coles Producer: Max Velez, Alexis Manya Spraic

Director: Bronte Stahl

AUG 5|4:00pm| THE VETS

AUG 8|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 8|2:45pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 4|7:00pm|PPAC

Thomas is on his way to a life that includes only himself and his girlfriend… but when she breaks up with him, the dream goes up in smoke.

The first Italian immigrants started arriving in Westerly, Rhode Island. Many were attracted by the promise of wealth brought by the booming granite industry as well as the ability to escape difficult post-WWII living conditions.

Tom and Barbara’s new home has a notorious past and it’s going to take more than a fresh coat of paint to whitewash its macabre history.

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Japan|9mins|Doc

How (not) to Canada,U.K|3mins|Comedy Rob a Train

How I Didn’t Become U.K|18mins|Comedy a Piano Player

Director: Anna Maguire Cinematographer: Shelley Jones Cast: Anna Maguire, Bonnie Wright

AUG 8|4:45pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 5|4:00pm| THE VETS

Never forget how to play make believe games.

Desperately searching for his vocation, Ted cannot find anything he is good at. The breakthrough arrives the day his father comes home with an old piano. Ted has the revelation: he will become the next Mozart.

Hustler of Providence

USA|19mins|Doc Director: Jonathan Paul Producer: Marcus Parkhill, Tania Khalaf

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Director: Tommaso Pitta Producer: Chris Hees Cast: Charlotte Edwards, Fergus O’Donnell

I Am Sami

U.K/Kuristan|15mins|Family Director: Kae Bahar Producer: Jackie Sheppard, Mark Blaney Cast: Bawar Landon, Nick Court

AUG 8|2:45pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 5|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

In a life filled with mental, physical, and verbal abuse, Rich turned to drugs to numb his pain. Soon he found himself on the street offering his body in exchange for his next fix. One chance encounter changed all that for Rich.

Living in a war zone, 10 year old Sami is forced to take decisions beyond his understanding; decisions that could deprive him of his childhood and change his life forever.

I Married My USA, Canada|30mins|Doc Family’s Killer Director: Emily Kassie Producer: Ace Weims, Jennifer Fineran, Mark Johnston

I Thought I Told USA, Canada|13mins|Doc You to Shut Up! Director: Charlie Tyrell Producer: Andrew Ferguson Cast: Billy Gerber, Ad Asner

AUG 7|4:30pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 5|7:00pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

Beatrice and Purudenci were childhood sweethearts. They planned to be wed. The only problem was that it was 1994 in Rwanda and Beatrice was being hunted. To make matters were, Purudenci’s family were the hunters.

When cartoonist David Boswell debuted Reid Fleming, World’s Toughest Milkman in the 1970s, the no-holds-barred countercultural icon seemed destined for stardom. That is, until everything sputtered awry.

In Ben’s Footsteps

Israel|55mins|Animated

Joan’s Boys

Netherlands|60mins|Social Issue

Director: Noam Oz-Setter Producer: Omer Aviad

Director: Catherine van Campen Producer: Joost Seelen

AUG 6|12:15pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|12:15pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

On August 9th 2006 Israeli paratroopers operating in Dabel Miri, were hit by a Cornet missile fired by Hezbollah. This story follows Ben Sela, one of the men killed.

Joan, a warm-hearted social worker and psychotherapist, works with derailed teenagers. In this documentary we see her efforts to help two of these kids get back on track.

Josef et Aimee

Canada|15 mins|Drama

A King’s Betrayal

Director: David Bornstein Producer: Lily Nguyen Cast: Adrian Gomez, Bryson Robinson, Tiffany Peterson

AUG 6|10:00pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 5|4:00pm| THE VETS

A magical childhood love story about two children orphaned in the south of France during WWII.

Lonely, naive Pinata longs for a better life, and to find the meaning for his existence. It all seems to click when a young boy walks into his life. But this new found relationship and sense of purpose has sinister undertones.

Knightsville

USA|13mins|Family, Drama

La Contre-Allee

France|29mins|Drama

Director: Aly Migliori Producer: Aly Migliori, Joe DePasquale, and Liz Rao Cast: Amanda Ebert, Gina Piersanti

Director: Cecile Ducrocq Producer: Guillaume Dreyfus Cast: Bruce Chatirichvili

AUG 6|7:00pm|GREENWICH ODEUM

AUG 8|4:00pm|THE VETS

Knightsville is a coming-of-age story, unique to none, but set within the distinct backdrop of Rhode Island Italian American culture.

Suzanne has been a prostitute for 15 years. She has her turf, her regular johns, her freedom. One day, young African prostitutes settle nearby. Suzanne is threatened.

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Director: Ben Shirnian Producer: David Miller, Eva Preger, Leslie Gottlieb Cast: Kai Strothers, Nolwenn Boutle

USA|8mins|Comedy

La Detesteuse

Belgium/France|11mins|Doc

La Noche USA,Cuba|17mins|Family, Drama Buena

Director: Faustine Cros Cinematographer: Jean-Louis Cros

Director: Alex Mallis Producer: Marina Fernandez Ferri

AUG 8|12:15pm| PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|7:15pm| PAFF THEATER

Often I think I remember my childhood, but I realize it was a story I’ve been told, a picture, a family movie. I begin to doubt. How to be sure if it really took place, when the memory hasn’t left a trace, a picture, a family movie.

A second-generation Cuban-American travels to Cuba for the first time to reconnect with his past, but only alienates himself further.

Larry Gone Demon

USA|14mins|Comedy, Horror

Last Day of Freedom

USA|34mins|Doc

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Director: Matt Lawrence

Director: Nomi Talisman, Dee Hibbert-Jones

AUG 8|9:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

A frenetic, punk-rock nightmare centering on one asshole of a roommate.

When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision- should he call the police? The film is a portrait of veterans’ care, mental health access and criminal justice.

The Last Girl

Denmark|13 mins|Drama

Les Corps Etrangers

Belgium|15mins|Drama

Director: Bjarke de Koning Cast: Christian Vincent Jung, Lars Hjollund, Mette Alvang

Director: Laura Wandel

AUG 6|6:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 9|4:00pm| THE VETS

A story about how ”coming out” means letting go of what love is expected to be, in order to set yourself free.

During his rehabilitation in a municipal swimming pool, a man has to learn how to cope with his new body though he is not ready to accept it.

Les France|21mins|Comedy Fremissements

Lightning in the Hand

USA|15mins|Western Director: Joey Grossfield Cast: Bruce Holbrook, Kevin Wiggins

Director: Marc Fouchard Producer: Devillers Matthieu, Dominique Faviez Cast: Hassam Ghancy

AUG 8|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|7:15pm| PAFF THEATER

A small town in Northern France, Alex, a young skinhead, enters Malik’s grocery store.

The Apache say it is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.

Like Breathing

Australia|13mins|Drama

Live Fast, Draw Yung

Director: Liz Cooper Producer: Julia Kelly Cast: Airlie Dodds, Patrick Thompson, Tess Haubrich

USA|16mins|Doc Director: Anthony Mathile, Stacey Lee Cast: Cam’ Ron, Kool Keith, Skip Class, Yung Lenox

AUG 5|9:00pm| AS220

Max feels like she will never be able to find the courage to voice want she really wants but then she meets Bel.

The story of rap’s most prolific (seven-year-old) artist.

Living With Coyote

USA|8mins|Doc Director: Priya Shelly Cinematographer: Shaka Brookes

Look At Us Now, Mother!

USA|84mins|Family Director: Gayle Kirschenbaum Producer: Kirsten Larvick, Melissa Jo Peltier

AUG 6|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|4:30pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

Living with Coyote explores the relationship between man and wild through urban and rural landscapes of the west, and the people who choose to be actively involved in the hunt for co-existence.

With raw honesty comes Gayle Kirschenbaum’s personal story of pain, survival and being born into the wrong family.

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AUG 7|8:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

Lothar

Switzerland|13mins|Comedy

A Love Worth Giving

Director: Luca Zuberbühler Cinematographer: Rajko Jazbec Cast: Aaron Hitz Lucas Zibulski

Director: James Newton

AUG 8|4:45pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 7|4:45pm| MMETCALF AUDITORIUM

Forced to be alone: Whenever Lothar sneezes, nearby objects explode. To protect the world he locks himself into a subterranean home, isolated from the outer world.

A second-generation Cuban-American travels to Cuba for the first time to reconnect with his past, but only alienates himself further.

The Loyalist

S. Korea/USA|19mins|Fic

Luchadora

USA/Mexico|12mins|Doc

Director: Minji Kang Producer: Alex R Ma Cast: Brittany Connors, Brooke Robbins

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U.K|24mins|Doc

Director: River Finlay Producer: Laura Franco-Velasco

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 7|4:00pm|THE VETS

A North Korean general checks in on his daughter at a Swiss boarding school to test her loyalty to her motherland.

Luchadora follows Luna Mágica - an aging professional Lucha Libre Wrestling star who dreams of becoming World Wrestling Champion while struggling to make ends meet as a single mom.

Madam Black

New Zealand|11mins|Comedy Director: Ivan Barge Cinematographer: Andrew Stroud Cast: Jethro Skinner

Madina’s Dream

USA|82mins|War Director: Andrew Berends Editor: Ash Jenkins

AUG 6|6:30pm|THE VETS

AUG 6|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

On the way home from a job for his glamour portrait company ‘Hotbods’, Marcus, runs over a cat. He discovers its young owner, Tilly and consoles her.

An unflinching and poetic glimpse into a forgotten war, Madina’s Dream tells the story of rebels and refugees fighting to survive in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains.

A MagicLantern Life

USA|51mins|History

Mama Agatha

Netherlands|16mins|Doc

Director: Marcin Gizycki, Peter O’NeillCast: Terry Borton

Director: Fadi Hindash Producer: Marek Jancovic

AUG 9|2:45pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 7|4:00pm| THE VETS

The film documents the performances and history of The American Magic-Lantern Theater, a troupe that recreates the 19th century spectacles of magic lantern shows. This troupe is one of three in the world.

Once a week, a group of migrant women in Amsterdam learn how to ride a bicycle. Inspiring them to let go of the fear and get behind the wheels is a Ghanaian community mother named Mama Agatha.

Manislam

Norway|60mins|History

Marina’s Ocean

Director: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen Producer: Jorgen Lorentzen

Brazil|17mins|Family

AUG 8|4:30pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 8|12:15pm|PAFF THEATER

This film examines the burdens of manhood within Islamic cultures. It brings us a new interpretation of David vs. Goliath.

A 15-year-old girl with special needs starts a personal journey to visit the sea for the first time.

Maurice

Canada|13mins|Drama

Meet the Hitlers

USA|84mins|Comedy Director: Matthew Ogens Producer: Bryn Mooser Joshua Evan Greenberg

Director: Francois Jaros Producer: Fanny-Laure Malo Cast: Alice Pascual, Andree Cousineau

AUG 5|7:00pm|MUSEUM OF WORK & CULTURE

AUG 6|4:00pm|THE VETS

Everything would be fine. Maurice had made up his mind. He had made a list: pick a date, announce his retirement, sell the car, see old friends, and empty the garage. Then, die with dignity.

A feature documentary that examines the relationship between names and identity by exploring the lives of people who are linked by the name ‘Hitler.’

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Director: Cassio Pereira dos Santos Producer: Heverton Lima Cast: Aline Videira, Amanda Andrade

Mei Mei

USA,China|17mins|Drama

Meredithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medicine

Director: Lili Huang Producer: Holly Gilliam Jim Beach, Lindsey Jex

Director: Andrew Burgess

AUG 6|10:00am| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 8|2:45pm| PAFF THEATER

High school girl Meimei as adopted by an American family from China when she was little. After she meets a Chinese boy, Chris who moved from China, Meimei, struggling on her identity, changes her life.

Meredith has always harbored a deep connection with her favorite ski resort, but after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, her relationship with the mountain entered a whole new level.

Mi ne mozhem Russia|15mins|Animation zhit bez kosmosa

The Mill at Calder s End

USA|14mins|Animation Director: Kevin McTurk Producer: Brian Ellis, Cindy Okumoto, John Cody Fasano

Director: Konstantin Bronzit Producer: Alexander Boyarsky

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USA|4mins|Doc

AUG 5|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 6|9:15pm|PAFF THEATER

Two cosmonauts, two friends, try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality. But this story is not only about the dream.

In the remote village of Calderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his childhood home, intent on breaking a generations old family curse.

Miriam Beerman

USA|53mins|Bio Director: Jonathan Gruber Cinematographer: Jeff Trussell Editor: David Grossbach

Monstre

Belgium|18mins|Family, Comedy Director: Delphine Girard Cinematographer: Alex Moyroud Cast: Emilie Lenoir, Alban Caprentiers

AUG 9|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 8|12:15pm|PAFF THEATER

A unique profile of a remarkable artist and her struggles in and out of the art world.

Early summer. Moving house. Between games in the garden and packing boxes, 11-year-old Adele decides to send a message to her future self in case she should forget all the different elements that make up her life.

Mei Mei

USA,China|17mins|Drama

Meredith’s Medicine

Director: Lili Huang Producer: Holly Gilliam Jim Beach, Lindsey Jex

Monty Python: The U.K|92mins|Comedy Meaning of Live

More than God

Ireland|8mins|Comedy

Director: James Rogan, Roger Graef Producer: Holly Gilliam Jim Beach, Lindsey Jex

Director: Andrew Burgess

Director: Kev Cahill Producer: Ali Coffey, Sorcha O’Beirne

AUG 6|10:00am| METCALF

AUG 8|2:45pm| PAFF THEATER

AUG 5|7:00pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 4|7:00pm| PPAC

Meredith has always harbored a deep connection with her favorite ski resort, but after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, her relationship with the mountain entered a whole new level.

This is a uniquely intimate documentary about comedy’s original super group, capturing the most anticipated comeback show in comedy.

A pious Doctor is forced to deal with a family matter while hiding under the bed of a stranger.

Mi ne mozhem Russia|15mins|Animation zhit bez kosmosa

The Mill at Calders End

USA|14mins|Animation

Mother’s Day

USA|7minsDrama

Director: Kevin McTurk Producer: Brian Ellis, Cindy Okumoto, John Cody Fasano

Director: Konstantin Bronzit Producer: Alexander Boyarsky

The Mother

USA|11mins|Fic

Director: Jeff Tan Producer: Ella Nuortila, Paolo Monico, Veronica Diaferia Cast: Gabriel Furman, Melissa Leo

Director: Paolo Monico Producer: Ella Nuortil Ella Nuortila Cast: Boris McGiver, Mary Testa

AUG 5|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 6|9:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|9:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

Two cosmonauts, two friends, try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality. But this story is not only about the dream.

In the remote village of Calder’s End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his childhood home, intent on breaking a generations old family curse.

When a tragic accident forces Jay to finally visit his mother Mary one of them must find the strength and courage to say goodbye. How is it possible to let go of the unbreakable bond of mother and son? How do you say goodbye?

When a hardened widow receives an unexpected visit, she is given the chance to shed light on her husband’s death.

Miriam Beerman

USA|53mins|Bio Director: Jonathan Gruber Cinematographer: Jeff Trussell Editor: David Grossbach

Monstre

Belgium|18mins|Family, Comedy

Moving On

USA|11mins|Comedy

Mrs. K

South Korea|14mins|Horror

Director: Mike Spear Producer: Ian Gelfand Jenna Zak, Mike Ivers, Robin Lord Taylor

Director: Delphine Girard Cinematographer: Alex Moyroud Cast: Emilie Lenoir, Alban Caprentiers

Director: Dongneok Seo Producer: Hyungwoo Seo Cast: Sahee Kim, Woosuk Choi

AUG 9|2:30pm|METCALF (RISD MUSEUM)

AUG 8|12:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 5|6:30pm|THE VETS

AUG 8|9:00pm|THE VETS

A unique profile of a remarkable artist and her struggles in and out of the art world.

This short film takes a look at what would happen if even breakups were contracted out. Moving On is about what happens when you find you need to move on and move out at exactly the same time.

Mrs. K, a 9 months pregnant thirty-something housewife, starts to suspect her wealthy husband of something sinister.

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USA|4mins|Doc

Muck

USA|15mins|Drama

My Father’s Vietnam USA|79mins|War

Director: Bruce Smolanoff Producer: Caitlin Mae Burke Cast: Bob Bell, Brer Brian, Diane O’Debra

Director: Andrew Burgess

AUG 7|4:00pm| THE VETS

AUG 6|2:45pm| PAFF THEATER

Mel misguidedly seeks validation and acceptance from a crew of misogynistic male comedians and is determined to make her mark as she navigates the late night, off the grid open mic scene.

My Father’s Vietnam began as a conversation between Soren Sorensen and his father, who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968 and served in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970.

Myrna the Monster USA|14mins|Comedy

Nefertiti’s Daughters

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Director: Konstantin Bronzit Producer: Alexander Boyarsky

USA|40mins|Doc Director: Mark Nickolas Producer: Ken Montgomery, Jean Ferreri, Jonathon Miller

AUG 9|2:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 6|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

A heart-broken alien dreamer from the moon transitions into adult life in Los Angeles like any other 20-something.

Queen Nefertiti returns to join revolutionary street artists on the front lines in the fight for women’s rights and freedom in Egypt today.

Nineteen

Australia|10mins|Drama Director: Madeline Kelly Producer: Bec Speakman Cast: Benjamin Matthews

No Strings

U.K|15mins|Drama Director: Eoin Maher Cast: Aaron Cini, Richard Hay

AUG 7|6:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 5|7:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

After Blake discovers that he is not a typical, invincible nineteen year old, his sister helps him to experience something he has always longed for, before it is too late.

Engaging and challenging, this story is about coping in the world when it’s not how you thought it would be - and about how sometimes you find comfort in someone when you least expect it.

North

U.K|22mins|Drama

Now We’re Belgium,France|100mins|Drama Alive

Director: Phil Sheerin Producer: Jacob Thomas Cast: Barry Keoghan, Emer McCourt

Director: Thibault Arbe Producer: Vincent Toujas, Giles Thibault

AUG 6|9:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 9|7:15pm| PAFF THEATER

Isolated on a farm and fighting against his family’s decision, Aaron struggles to be heard as he watches his mother willingly die.

As tradition requires, on his 25th birthday, Tom must choose the girl of his dreams, eyes shut, by the sound of her voice alone.

Oasis

USA|15mins|Drama, Thriller

On The Edge

Russia|48mins|Drama Director: Anna Shishova Cinematographer: Dmitry Bogolyubov

Director: Carmen Jimenez

AUG 7|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

After her husband dies, Nieves inherits his job as the super of a decaying apartment complex in New York City. But the job becomes more difficult than she anticipated when she discovers a young girl locked in one of the units.

On a winter day in a Russian town in the Kostroma Oblast someone finds an older man who is freezing in a car. The character no one wants is taken in by an Orthodox priest and tries to recover looked after by a nun.

One Million Dubliners

Ireland|80mins|History

One Night in Hell

Director: Aoife Kelleher Producer: James Mitchell, Paul McGowan

U.K|7mins|Horror Director: James Hall, Jason Jameson Producer: Brian May, Denis Pellerin, Jim Beach

AUG 9|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 8|9:00pm|THE VETS

Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of 1.5 million souls; it is Ireland’s national necropolis. One Million Dubliners reveals the often unspoken stories of ritual, loss, love, redemption, emotion, history - and the business of death.

Two children discover a hidden antique shop in Paris and meet two shopkeepers, who tell them an amazing story of music, bravery and love though Diableries cards inserted into a magic stereoscope.

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AUG 7|7:15pm|PAFF THEATER

One out of Three

Israel|55mins|Drama

Open 24 Hours

Director: Sivan Ben Ari Producer: Naama Pyritz Editor: Avishay John

Director: Henry Chaisson, Clayton Turnage Producer: Mike Makowsky, Henry Chaisson

AUG 7|6:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 7|7:15pm| PAFF THEATER

An exceptional relationship between a brother and a sister who have decided to bring a child into the world, with the brothers partner, and raise him together as a trio, all under one roof.

A contract killer gets more than he bargained for after a pit-stop at the convenience store.

The Orchestra Australia|15mins|Animation

Outliving Emily

Director: Mikey Hill Producer: Melanie Brunt

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USA|6mins|Comedy

USA|87mins|Drama Director: Eric Weber Producer: Josh Sugarman Cast: Alexis Bledel, Andre Braugher, Cara Buono

AUG 6|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|7:00pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

In a world filled with beautiful and harmonious music, elderly Vernon always seems to strike the wrong note.

12 very different actors portray the tumultuous marriage of a single married couple, Tim and Emily Hanratty, over half a century. This is a special PREVIEW screening of the film.

Over

U.K|14mins|Thriller

Paris on the Water

Director: Jorn Threlfall Producer: Richard Mott

Israel|29mins|Drama Director: Hadas Ayalon Cast: Miriam Zohar, Ilan Dar

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 8|4:00pm|THE VETS

‘Over’ appears to present a police crime scene. We watch an intriguing story unfold and head towards a dramatic conclusion.

Bathya is a former movie star who feels that her life is finally about to change. Something happens in the morning of an audition, that forces her reexamine her priorities in life.

One out of Three

Israel|55mins|Drama

Open 24 Hours

Director: Sivan Ben Ari Producer: Naama Pyritz Editor: Avishay John

Pastrami

Germany|7mins|Drama, War

Paternity Leave

Director: Richard Bohringer Producer: Peter Fischer Cast: Ishai Golan, Tali Scharon

Director: Henry Chaisson, Clayton Turnage Producer: Mike Makowsky, Henry Chaisson

USA|90mins|Comedy Director: Matt Riddlehoover Cast: Charlie David, Chris Salvatore, Jacob York

AUG 7|6:30pm| BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 7|7:15pm| PAFF THEATER

AUG 8|2:00pm|THE VETS

AUG6|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

An exceptional relationship between a brother and a sister who have decided to bring a child into the world, with the brothers partner, and raise him together as a trio, all under one roof.

My Father’s Vietnam began as a conversation between Soren Sorensen and his father, who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968 and served in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970.

Hearing the rocket sirens, an Israeli family stops their car at the site of the road and ducks for cover. The father realizes, that he has to find an explaining for this unusual event to his scared son.

Greg finds out that he’s pregnant with his partner Ken’s baby. Dumbstruck by the news, their relationship takes twists and turns through hardship and hilarity.

The Orchestra Australia|15mins|Animation

Outliving Emily

Director: Mikey Hill Producer: Melanie Brunt

USA|87mins|Drama

Patient’s Rites

Director: Eric Weber Producer: Josh Sugarman Cast: Alexis Bledel, Andre Braugher, Cara Buono

USA|48mins|Doc

Perfect Piggies

USA|3mins|Animation Director: Sandra Boynton

Director: Issa Ibrahim

AUG 6|10:00am|METCALF

AUG 6|7:00pm|METCALF

AUG 7|3:30pm|PROV. LIBRARY

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

In a world filled with beautiful and harmonious music, elderly Vernon always seems to strike the wrong note.

12 very different actors portray the tumultuous marriage of a single married couple, Tim and Emily Hanratty, over half a century.

Director Issa Ibrahim spent 18 years as a patient in an insane asylum. Since his release in 2009, Ibrahim has used the arts as a tool of transformation and healing to create a dialogue about the mental health system.

Five harmonizing pigs sing a lively ‘a cappella’ swing song about their own perfect selves.

This is a special PREVIEW screening of the film.

Over

U.K|14mins|Thriller

Paris on the Water

Director: Jorn Threlfall Producer: Richard Mott

Israel|29mins|Drama Director: Hadas Ayalon Cast: Miriam Zohar, Ilan Dar

Picnic

Croatia|13mins|Drama Director: Jure Pavlovic Cast: Aleksandar Seksan, Emir Music

Pink Boy

U.K|15mins|Doc, LGBT Director: Eric Rockey

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 8|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 5|7:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

‘Over’ appears to present a police crime scene. We watch an intriguing story unfold and head towards a dramatic conclusion.

Bathya is a former movie star who feels that her life is finally about to change. Something happens in the morning of an audition, that forces her reexamine her priorities in life.

Sarajevo, rush hour. Emir (15), accompanied by a social worker is on his way to meet his father for a weekend picnic at Igman, a semi-open penitentiary. Due to the heavy traffic they are late...

“Pink Boy” is an intimate, documentary about a gender non-conforming boy growing up in a conservative area of rural Florida.

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USA|6mins|Comedy

Piss and Vinegar

Belgium|6mins|Comedy

Posthumous

Director: Tatyana Beloy Producer: Jasper Moeeyaert Cast: Ludo Hoogmartens

Director: Noah DeBonis Producer: Lissette Vilarchao Cast: Keana Marie, Peter Haig

AUG 8|12:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 5|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

A portrait of a young girl living with her stepfather in a state of omerta.

14 year old Harley is trying to save her families broke down bed and breakfast in the swamp country of florida. When a gruff guest with a mysterious background arrives she wonders if her fortunes have changed.

Providence

USA|15mins|Comedy

Raise the ToyGantic

Director: Dan Fountain

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USA|30mins|Drama

USA|27mins|Comedy Director: Gail Lerner Cast: Addison Groff, Brian Lohmann

AUG 7|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 8|7:15pm|PAFF THEATER

On the eve of her future sister-in-laws wedding, a woman returns to her husbands boyhood home. They question love, marriage and why there are no all night drugs stores in Providence.

This Ken Burns-meets-Waiting For Guffman-style comic mockumentary follows the history of the ToyGantic, an ominously named toy luxury ocean-liner built in 1962.

The Red House

USA|18mins|Drama

Rest Stop

U.K|11mins|Comedy Director: Kate Herron Producer: Genia Sophie Krassnig Cast: Abigail Blackmore, Andrew Bridge

Director: Jiaqi Lin Producer: Larry Kaster Cast: Felix Fang, Leann Lei

AUG 7|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 4|7:00pm|THE VETS

Set in 1915 rural China, The Red House is the story of a 25 year old prostitute, Fangfang, and her struggle to save enough of her earnings to buy back her contract and her freedom.

Everything changes one night for Meredith, a young backpacker desperate to find meaning in her life, when she meets a mysterious stranger in a dingy British service station...claiming to know her.

Piss and Vinegar

Belgium|6mins|Comedy

Posthumous

USA|30mins|Drama

Director: Tatyana Beloy Producer: Jasper Moeeyaert Cast: Ludo Hoogmartens

USA|28mins|Doc

Rip it up & Start Again

Ireland|6mins|Comedy

Director: Robin Fryday Cinematographer: Peter Rosenbaum Editor: Jacob Steingroot

Director: Noah DeBonis Producer: Lissette Vilarchao Cast: Keana Marie, Peter Haig

Director: Stephen Ryan Cast: Derek Tapley

AUG 8|12:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 5|2:30pm|METCALF

AUG 9|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 5|6:30pm|THE VETS

A portrait of a young girl living with her stepfather in a state of omerta.

A short documentary that chronicles one soldier’s journey back from the brink of suicide.

With pen and paper a quiet, a retiring man reaches out to his one true love. But writing the perfect love letter is only half the battle.

Providence

USA|15mins|Comedy

Raise the ToyGantic

Director: Dan Fountain

USA|27mins|Comedy

Rita Mahtoubian is USA|8mins|Comedy, Rom Not A Terrorist

Roxanne

Director: Julia Lerman, Roja Gashtili Producer: Roja Gashtili, Deanna Barillari, Cory Wood

Director: Gail Lerner Cast: Addison Groff, Brian Lohmann

U.K|14mins|Drama Director: Paul Frankl Producer: Akua Obeng-Frimpong Cast: Angel Harris, Caroline Partridge, Dan Connolly

AUG 7|2:30pm|METCALF

AUG 8|7:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 8|2:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 6|6:30|BELL ST. CHAPEL

On the eve of her future sister-in-laws wedding, a woman returns to her husbands boyhood home. They question love, marriage and why there are no all night drugs stores in Providence.

This Ken Burns-meets-Waiting For Guffman-style comic mockumentary follows the history of the ToyGantic, an ominously named toy luxury ocean-liner built in 1962.

When Iranian-born Rita Mahtoubian sets out to change her life from ordinary to extraordinary she accidentally captures the attention of a homeland security agent.

Roxanne is a cold and isolated transgender sex worker who takes in Lily, an 11 year old girl who has been abandoned by her mother, when she sees the girl in danger. Bringing the girl into her home throws Roxanne’s life into disarray.

The Red House

USA|18mins|Drama

Rest Stop

U.K|11mins|Comedy Director: Kate Herron Producer: Genia Sophie Krassnig Cast: Abigail Blackmore, Andrew Bridge

Director: Jiaqi Lin Producer: Larry Kaster Cast: Felix Fang, Leann Lei

Run Free: USA,Mexico|92mins|Bio Caballo Blanco Director: Sterling Noren Producer: Maria Walton

Stutterer

U.K, Ireland|13mins|Drama Director: Benjamin Cleary Producer: Serena Armitage

AUG 7|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 4|7:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|1:00pm|PROV. PUBLIC LIBRARY

AUG 8|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

Set in 1915 rural China, The Red House is the story of a 25 year old prostitute, Fangfang, and her struggle to save enough of her earnings to buy back her contract and her freedom.

Everything changes one night for Meredith, a young backpacker desperate to find meaning in her life, when she meets a mysterious stranger in a dingy British service station...claiming to know her.

The life of American unning legend Micah True (Caballo Blanco) and his quest to create an ultra marathon in Mexico’s Copper Canyon to promote and preserve Tarahumara running tradition.

Greenwood speaks eloquently in his head but his interactions with the world are hampered by a cruel speech impediment, and now he must face his greatest fear.

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Riding my Way Back

The Sad Snowman

USA|3mins|Family

Salvation

USA|16mins|LGBT

Director: Pierre Schantz Producer: Lisa Schantz

Director: Ryan Hess Allan Manzi Producer: Alicia Bozzone, Pierce Kuchle

AUG 6|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|6:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

A snowman sits on the side of a mountain, watching skiers and snowboarders have fun. The snowman longs to be a part of the action, but it seems hopeless...

A gay teen is forced into conversion therapy by his parents.

SandorKraut

USA|12mins|Doc

Scrabble

Switzerland|12mins|Thriller

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Director: Emily Lobsenz Producer: Ann Husaini

Director: Cristian Sulser

AUG 8|12:15pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 8|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

A portrait of the acclaimed food writer and fermentation guru Sandor Katz whose renegade revival of ancient culinary rituals has transformed his relationship with life and death.

‘Scrabble’ addresses the secret desire to break out of the routine of a loveless relationship and illuminates with irony the depths of humanity behind a traditional facade - using a simple board game.

Sea Child

U.K|15mins|Animation Director: Minha Kim Producer: Jacob Thomas

Sebastian and Them

U.K|8mins|Comedy Director: Benjamin Bee Cast: Dan Mersh

AUG 6|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|9:15pm|PAFF THEATER

On the verge of becoming a woman Sora is woken by a nightmare and decides to follow a group of men into the city in the hope of finding her mom.

Based on true events. Sebastian has to leave his childhood friends behind. The only problem is they don’t want to leave him...

The Sad Snowman

USA|3mins|Family

Salvation

USA|16mins|LGBT

Director: Pierre Schantz Producer: Lisa Schantz

USA|16mins|Drama

Setting them Australia|6mins|Comedy,LGBT Straight

Director: Iana Simeonov, Michael Winokur Producer: Emily Miller Cast: Alma Martinez, Arnoldo Bojorquez Jr.

Director: Ryan Hess Allan Manzi Producer: Alicia Bozzone, Pierce Kuchle

Director: Kaleb McKenna Producer: Brett Dowson

AUG 6|10:00am|METCALF

AUG 6|6:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 7|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 5|7:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

A snowman sits on the side of a mountain, watching skiers and snowboarders have fun. The snowman longs to be a part of the action, but it seems hopeless...

A gay teen is forced into conversion therapy by his parents.

Selling Rosario tells the story of a young girl growing up in a migrant labor camp and her parents’ risky plan to get her out of an unsafe, squalid environment.

Having been nurtured and accepted by his parents as a gay man, Joshua finds the courage to confess, that he’s actually not.

SandorKraut

USA|12mins|Doc

Scrabble

Switzerland|12mins|Thriller

Director: Emily Lobsenz Producer: Ann Husaini

Seven Lovers

Director: Cristian Sulser

USA|108mins|Drama, Rom

She’s the Best Thing in It

Director: Keith Boynton Producer: Melisa Breiner-Sanders Cast: Erin Darke, Fran Kranz

USA|80mins|Bio Director: Ron Nyswaner Producer: Jeffrey Shwarz, Neda Armian

AUG 8|12:15pm|METCALF

AUG 8|4:45pm|METCALF

AUG 8|7:00pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 9 |2:00pm|THE VETS

A portrait of the acclaimed food writer and fermentation guru Sandor Katz whose renegade revival of ancient culinary rituals has transformed his relationship with life and death.

A young woman cycles through seven relationships. As she adapts all-too-seamlessly to the world of each new partner, she begins to ask herself the question: who am I when I’m not in love?

Mary Louise Wilson, age 79, teaches her first acting class to skeptical members of the YouTube generation, smashing their illusions.

Sea Child

U.K|15mins|Animation Director: Minha Kim Producer: Jacob Thomas

Sebastian and Them

U.K|8mins|Comedy Director: Benjamin Bee Cast: Dan Mersh

Showboy

Australia|16mins|Drama Director: Samuel Leighton-Dore

Sick to my Bones

U.K|14mins|Sci-Fi Director: Guy Davies, Matthew Leonhart Cast: Kristina Lao

AUG 6|2:30pm|METCALF

AUG 6|9:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|8:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 6|9:15pm|PAFF THEATRE

On the verge of becoming a woman Sora is woken by a nightmare and decides to follow a group of men into the city in the hope of finding her mom.

Based on true events. Sebastian has to leave his childhood friends behind. The only problem is they don’t want to leave him...

After the unexpected death of his mother, a young football player, Julian Maxwell, finds himself struggling to support his depressed, unemployed father while fighting to keep safe the secret he once shared with his mother.

Set billions of years in the future, a warrior wakes up to find herself close to death and bound by chains to her prisoner.

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Selling Rosario

Silent Night

Australia|11 mins|Drama

Sleepy Steve

USA|4mins|Animation

Director: Nastassja Djalog Producer: Danielle Reston Cast: Christopher Stollery, Erica Lovell

Director: Meghann Artes Producer: Nick Schmidt Cast: Thomas Kelly, Michael Woods

AUG 8|9:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 5|4:00pm|THE VETS

Carly is a nurse who works the evening shift at a clinic, preparing people for their syringe. All her patients are on government lists that have been classified as insignificant and superfluous to the needs of the city.

A fuzzy bachelor has engineered his wacky morning routine with robotic precision.

Snails

Poland|29mins|Doc

Soar

Director: Alyce Tzue Producer: Anson Yu

Director: Grzegorz Szczepaniak

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USA|6mins|Family

AUG 8|12:15pm| METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

The French are outraged! Every other snail on their table comes from Poland. The snail industry is growing and Polish breeders are exporting their snails not only to France or Italy, they are also conquering China and Japan.

A precocious young girl makes a new friend when a tiny boy pilot drops out of the sky on a broken flying machine.

Spearhunter

USA|14mins|Doc Director: Adam Roffman, Luke Poling

The Star

USA|4mins|Youth Director: Matthew Palmer

AUG 6| 9:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Deep in the wilds of rural Alabama, a spear-hunter proclaims himself the world’s greatest and erects a museum dedicated to his own bizarre obsession.

The Star is an animated ‘fairy tale’ about a young man living on the South Side of Chicago who, one day, comes across a star on his block.

Silent Night

Australia|11 mins|Drama

Sleepy Steve

USA|4mins|Animation

Director: Nastassja Djalog Producer: Danielle Reston Cast: Christopher Stollery, Erica Lovell

Austria|22mins|Family

Stink!

USA|90mins|Drama

Director: Bennet Lasseter Producer: Melissa Hoppe Cast: Asia Aragon, Bill Watterson

Director: Meghann Artes Producer: Nick Schmidt Cast: Thomas Kelly, Michael Woods

Director: Jon J. Whelan Cinematographer: Daniel Carter

AUG 8|9:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 5|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 5|7:30|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 6|1:00pm|PROV. PUBLIC LIBRARY

A fuzzy bachelor has engineered his wacky morning routine with robotic precision.

Sammy was born a boy but is living in stealth, as a girl, with the support of her mother and a doctor. At her new school, Sammy finds the friends she has always dreamed of having, and she tells them her secret in confidence.

‘Stink!’ is a first-person story about one father’s absurd journey to find out what kinds of chemicals are hidden in a pair of his kid’s pajamas and why no one will tell him what they are.

Snails

Poland|29mins|Doc

Soar

USA|6mins|Family

The Story of Percival Pitts

Australia|8mins|Animation

Director: Alyce Tzue Producer: Anson Yu

Director: Grzegorz Szczepaniak

Stunned

France|23mins|Comedy Director: Gérard Pauttonier Producer: Denis Carot Cast: Arthur DuPont, Pascale Arbillot

Director: Janette Goodey, John Lewis Producer: Robin Scholes Cast: Mark Hadlow

AUG 8|12:15pm| METCALF

AUG 6|10:00am|METCALF

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 8|4:00pm|THE VETS

A precocious young girl makes a new friend when a tiny boy pilot drops out of the sky on a broken flying machine.

While playing on stilts as a child, Percival Pilts declares that he’ll ‘never again let his feet touch the ground!’ He stays true to his word and compelled ever higher, he builds his stilts so tall that he no longer fits into normal society.

Following the accidental death of a colleague, Eddy is selected to go and announce the terrible news to the wife of the deceased.

Spearhunter

USA|14mins|Doc

The Star

Director: Adam Roffman, Luke Poling

USA|4mins|Youth

Subterranea

Director: Matthew Palmer

USA|98mins|Sci-Fi

Superjednostka

Poland|20mins|Drama

Director: Mathew Miller Producer: Eric Wilkinson Cast: Bug Hall, Nicholas Turturro

Director: Teresa Czepiec

AUG 6| 9:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|10:00am|METCALF

AUG 7|9:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 8|12:00pm|THE VETS

Deep in the wilds of rural Alabama, a spear-hunter proclaims himself the world’s greatest and erects a museum dedicated to his own bizarre obsession.

The Star is an animated ‘fairy tale’ about a young man living on the South Side of Chicago who, one day, comes across a star on his block.

A man raised in complete isolation is released into society for the first time as an adult and must learn how to live. Along the way, he discovers that he’s part of a social experiment.

Superjednostka (Polish for Superunit) is a huge block of flats designed as a ‘housing machine’. 3,000 people can live on 15 floors of the building. The lifts only stop every 3 floors so the residents must go through a maze to g home.

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Stealth

Sweep

USA|13mins|Drama

Sweet Cocoon France|6mins|Animation

Director: Spencer Gillis Producer: Ethan Mills Cast: Alexis Suarez, Hubert Point

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

A tense chance encounter at a local recycling center leads to an instant friendshipâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which in turn leads to a bitter moment of reckoning.

A caterpillar goes into a place where she feels safe to undergo her metamorphosis. Her cocoon is much too small for her to get in, hopefully two other insects will help her.

Tadaima

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Director: Jonathan Duret, Manon Marco Matthias Bruget, Mateo Bernard, Quentin Puiraveau

USA|15mins|Drama

Talking to My Mother

USA|17mins|Drama Director: Leon Le Producer: Catherine Choi, Christopher Birk, Ingrid Abrams, Matt Guerin. Robert Frashure

Director: Robin Takao Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oench Producer: Claire Brooks, Daniel Frishwasser, Eric Falkenstein, Tani Takagi

AUG 7|4:30pm| MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 6|6:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

George, Akiko, Kaori, and Kazuo return to their former house following the end of World War II and the closure of the Japanese American Internment camps. Arriving home, they find the house in a state of disrepair.

A young Asian American man struggles for both personal happiness and the love of his mother.

Tarim le Brave

France|18mins|Comedy Director: Guillaume Rieu Producer: Jeremy Rochigneaux Cast: Delphine Theodore

Teen Press

USA|30mins|Doc Director: T.C. Johnstone Producer: Kristen Johnstone

AUG 4| 7:00pm|PPAC

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

As he is going to save a princess imprisoned in the dungeon of an evil sorcerer, Tarim understands that he is the main character of a movie, and decides to fight against the special effect.

Teen press is a short documentary film that follows 8 middle school kids who find out what kind of world they will be inheriting from those who are creating it.

Sweep

USA|13mins|Drama

Sweet Cocoon France|6mins|Animation

Director: Spencer Gillis Producer: Ethan Mills Cast: Alexis Suarez, Hubert Point

UK|6mins|Animation

Director: Jonathan Duret, Manon Marco Matthias Bruget, Mateo Bernard, Quentin Puiraveau

The Alchemist’s U.K,USA|5mins|Animation Letter Director: Carlos Andre Stevens Producer: Alvaro Cubillas, Catherine Yi

Director: Tom Brown, Daniel Gray Producer: Adina Sales, Andrew Linsk, Sean McGovern

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|2:30pm|METCALF

AUG 8|9:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

A tense chance encounter at a local recycling center leads to an instant friendship—which in turn leads to a bitter moment of reckoning.

A caterpillar goes into a place where she feels safe to undergo her metamorphosis. Her cocoon is much too small for her to get in, hopefully two other insects will help her.

A man with a misguided and intense focus started in his youth and carried to old age. His life events are chronicled through the loss of his teeth.

When Veridian, an estranged son, receives his late alchemist father Nicolas’ inheritance, he is exposed to the ill-fated reality that his father built a tumultuous gold-making machine powered by his own memories.

Tadaima

USA|15mins|Drama

Talking to My Mother

Director: Robin Takao D’Oench Producer: Claire Brooks, Daniel Frishwasser, Eric Falkenstein, Tani Takagi

USA|17mins|Drama

The Apparatus Canada|19mins|Comedy of Destruction

Director: Leon Le Producer: Catherine Choi, Christopher Birk, Ingrid Abrams, Matt Guerin. Robert Frashure

Director: Jean-Christophe J. Lamontagne Producer: Mylène Corbeil Cast: Antoine Pilon, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé

The Beauty of Barbara Allen

USA|27mins|Doc Director: Jackson Anthony Cinematographer: Theo Anthony

AUG 7|4:30pm| MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 6|6:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 5|7:00pm|MUSEUM OF WORK & CULTURE

AUG 6|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

A young Asian American man struggles for both personal happiness and the love of his mother.

The Apparatus of Destruction recounts Olivier’s downward psychedelic spiral, that evening of October 31st.

Tracing timeless music through the changing Appalachians.

Tarim le Brave

France|18mins|Comedy

Teen Press

Director: Guillaume Rieu Producer: Jeremy Rochigneaux Cast: Delphine Theodore

USA|30mins|Doc Director: T.C. Johnstone Producer: Kristen Johnstone

The Beginning

USA|4mins|Family Director: Melanie McGraw Producer: Robert Fried

The Brink

USA|8mins|Drama Director: Ben Jendras Producer: Kaylon Hunt, Gensho Tasaka Cast: Kaylon Hunt, Diarra Kilpatrick

AUG 4| 7:00pm|PPAC

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF

AUG 7|8:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 7|7:15pm|PAFF THEATER

As he is going to save a princess imprisoned in the dungeon of an evil sorcerer, Tarim understands that he is the main character of a movie, and decides to fight against the special effect.

Teen press is a short documentary film that follows 8 middle school kids who find out what kind of world they will be inheriting from those who are creating it.

It’s Casey’s prom night, but he has an important confession to make to his father before he leaves.

Stranded in an endless wilderness, two survivors clash as they unravel the truth of what brought them there and discover their paths are more entwined than once thought.

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Teeth

The Cart

Sweden, Poland|6mins|Fantasy

The Gift

Director: Patrik Eriksson, Thomas Fossgård Cast: Karolina Zawalo Anna Moskal, Kamila Kaminska, Mariola Kukula-Fotez

Director: Gabriel Robertson Producer: Ken Petrie Cast: Amye Gousset, Brady Permenter, Xander Berkeley

AUG 7|9:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

A girl is pushing a fish in a water filled cart across a dark plain. The cart is leaking, and mysterious beings are attracted to the struggle. What awaits in the abyss?

To celebrate his eleventh birthday, a young boy selects his gift— little knowing that his choice will change the world.

The Haircut

The Last Smallholder

USA|15mins|Drama

U.K|9mins|Doc Director: Francis Lee Producer: Jack Tarling, Manon Ardisson Cast: Carson Lee

Director: Alexis Korycinski Producer: Brian Korycinski, Grace Alpert, Greg Gertmenian

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U.K|12mins|Drama

AUG 9|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 8|12:15pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

It’s 1976 and Amy is among the first class of female cadets accepted into military service academies. She struggles on her first day to prove herself.

The last farmer on a Yorkshire hillside meditates on his working life and the changing landscape around him.

The Little Girl with the Big Voice

USA|38mins|Doc Director: Rafael Moscatel Producer: Abby Jane Bair Cast: Mary Small, Eleanor Vallee

The Morrigan

Ireland, U.K|16mins|Horror Director: Colum Eastwood Producer: Benedict Turnbull, Lain Simpson Cast: Andy Moore, Frank McCusker

AUG 4| 7:00pm|PPAC

AUG 8|9:00pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

An unapologetic portrait of Golden Age of Radio icon Mary Small, whose voice comforted millions through the Great Depression & WWII.

A young couple’s remote holiday cottage comes under attack from malevolent forces when they give refuge to a mysterious young girl.

The Cart

Sweden, Poland|6mins|Fantasy

The Gift

U.K|12mins|Drama

Director: Patrik Eriksson, Thomas Fossgård Cast: Karolina Zawalo Anna Moskal, Kamila Kaminska, Mariola Kukula-Fotez

USA|12mins|Drama

The Train

USA|9mins|Drama

Director: Phillip Rhys Cast: Alexader Gudar, Darren Pettie, Sandra Oh, Sandra Seacat

Director: Gabriel Robertson Producer: Ken Petrie Cast: Amye Gousset, Brady Permenter, Xander Berkeley

Director: Asher Grodman Cinematographer: Eric Branco Cast: Dawn Cantwell, Eli Wallach

AUG 7|9:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|2:30pm|METCALF

AUG 7|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 5|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

A girl is pushing a fish in a water filled cart across a dark plain. The cart is leaking, and mysterious beings are attracted to the struggle. What awaits in the abyss?

To celebrate his eleventh birthday, a young boy selects his gift— little knowing that his choice will change the world.

A man in his 40’s feels the breadth of loss and love in one afternoon and discovers that the only thing harder than holding onto love is letting go.

A meeting with a holocaust survivor (Eli Wallach, in his last performance) teaches a self-consumed and preoccupied young man that life can change in a moment. Inspired by a true story.

The Haircut

The Last Smallholder

USA|15mins|Drama

U.K|9mins|Doc

The Treatment Germany|6mins|Comedy

Director: Francis Lee Producer: Jack Tarling, Manon Ardisson Cast: Carson Lee

Director: Alexis Korycinski Producer: Brian Korycinski, Grace Alpert, Greg Gertmenian

The Truck

Canada|10mins|Comedy

Director: Marvin Meiendresch Cast: Daniel Hartwig, Saralisa Volm

Director: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers Producer: Maryse Latendresse Cast: Jean-Sébastien Courchesne

AUG 9|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 8|12:15pm|METCALF

AUG 6|9:00pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 5|7:00pm|MUSEUM OF WORK & CULTURE

It’s 1976 and Amy is among the first class of female cadets accepted into military service academies. She struggles on her first day to prove herself.

The last farmer on a Yorkshire hillside meditates on his working life and the changing landscape around him.

Linus, an isolated patient follows a rigid routine consisting of meals, exercise, lulling music, irritating smoke and examinations. One day Linus notices the massive door to his room has been left ajar and he takes the chance to escape.

A day. An hour. A basement. Olivier and Sophie, both in a relationship, decide to cheat on their partners together. They were sure they had all figured out.

The Little Girl with the Big Voice

USA|38mins|Doc

The Morrigan

Ireland, U.K|16mins|Horror

The Voice in the Head

Director: Colum Eastwood Producer: Benedict Turnbull, Lain Simpson Cast: Andy Moore, Frank McCusker

Director: Rafael Moscatel Producer: Abby Jane Bair Cast: Mary Small, Eleanor Vallee

USA|12mins|Drama

Then & Now

U.K|10mins|Drama Director: Kyle Bashford Liam Bashford Producer: Matt Hookings Cast: Julian Glover

Director: Cyrus Trafford Cinematographer: Dan Pickard

AUG 4| 7:00pm|PPAC

AUG 8|9:00pm|METCALF

AUG 7|6:30pm|THE VETS

AUG 5|6:30pm|THE VETS

An unapologetic portrait of Golden Age of Radio icon Mary Small, whose voice comforted millions through the Great Depression & WWII.

A young couple’s remote holiday cottage comes under attack from malevolent forces when they give refuge to a mysterious young girl.

Psychologist David Rosenhan Ph.D - ‘If sanity and insanity exist, how shall we know them?’

80 year old George watches in disbelief as the news of the first 9/11 attack is reported. We follow his psychological journey as we reveal his personal loss and connection with September 11, 2001.

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The Scarecrow

Theodora

USA|6mins|Comedy

Theory of Obscurity

Director: Henry Chaisson, Travis Bogosian Producer: Mike Makowsky, Tess Caroll

Director: Don Hardy Producer: Barton Bishoff, Joshua Keppel

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF

AUG 5|9:00pm|AS220

Theodora, a young girl left to her own devices, gathers ingredients for an unusual feast.

Theory of Obscurity tells the story of the renegade sound and video collective known as The Residents. Many details surrounding the group are secret, including the identities of its members.

Timmy II

USA|9mins|Sci-Fi, Com

To be France, Switzerland|17mins|Com Delivered Director: Pierre Amstutz Producer:Mili Rosales Cast: Michelle Miklosey, Nicolas Fagerberg

Director: Imran J. Khan Cinematographer: Christopher Vennemeyer

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USA|92mins|Comedy

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 7|7:15pm|PAFF THEATER

Timmy, a robot undergoes cosmetic surgery that leaves him with a Middle Eastern looking human head. After 9/11, Timmy II escapes to the Middle East where he finds acceptance. Or so he thinks.

Tom, a wannabe actor is hitchhiking to go to an audition in Los Angeles. The only car that stops is Amyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Everything seems to go well, until Tom discovers that Amy is not the person she pretends to be...

To Dust Return

USA|10mins|Drama Director: Chris Peters Producer: Adam Coleridge Cast: Christian Ganiere, Jack Betts, Jennifer Morrison

Tomgirl

` USA|14mins|Doc Director: Jeremy Asher Lynch Producer:Amey Rene Morris, Kate Bayley, Stephen Przybylowski

AUG 8| 12:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|8:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

Sam Jaeger and Jennifer Morrison play a couple struggling to cope with the death of their newborn son. In his despair, the husband must transform how he sees his wife and find a way to accept her dark wisdom.

Jake, a non-conforming 7 year- old, invites us into his world to explore the power that love and support can have when young children are accepted for who they really are.

Theodora

USA|6mins|Comedy

Theory of Obscurity

Director: Henry Chaisson, Travis Bogosian Producer: Mike Makowsky, Tess Caroll

Totems

France|29mins|History

Transistors: Teeny Tech

Director: Sarah Arnold Producer: Karin Sitbon Martin Bertier Cast: Julie Lesgages

Director: Don Hardy Producer: Barton Bishoff, Joshua Keppel

USA|8mins|Doc Director: Abigail Kent

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF

AUG 5|9:00pm|AS220

AUG 8|2:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Theodora, a young girl left to her own devices, gathers ingredients for an unusual feast.

Theory of Obscurity tells the story of the renegade sound and video collective known as The Residents. Many details surrounding the group are secret, including the identities of its members.

After completing her thesis on The Unknown Soldier, Adele returns to her hometown to look after her grandfather, a writer who has secretly kept the remains of a soldier from World War I buried at the bottom of their garden.

You interact with billions of transistors in your phones and computers every day. Through colorful animation, ‘Transistors’ shows the science of how these tiny devices work, and how they shaped the world we live in today.

Timmy II

USA|9mins|Sci-Fi, Com

To be France, Switzerland|17mins|Com Delivered

Tre Tosser

Denmark|6mins|Animation

Director: Pierre Amstutz Producer:Mili Rosales Cast: Michelle Miklosey, Nicolas Fagerberg

Director: Imran J. Khan Cinematographer: Christopher Vennemeyer

Tupilaq

Director: Peter Hausner, Snobar Avani Producer: Erik Wilstrup, Irene Sparre

Denmark|6mins|Animation Director: SJakob Maqe Producer: Rasmus Kastberg, Erik Wilstrup, Justin J. Murphy

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 7|7:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 6|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Timmy, a robot undergoes cosmetic surgery that leaves him with a Middle Eastern looking human head. After 9/11, Timmy II escapes to the Middle East where he finds acceptance. Or so he thinks.

Tom, a wannabe actor is hitchhiking to go to an audition in Los Angeles. The only car that stops is Amy’s. Everything seems to go well, until Tom discovers that Amy is not the person she pretends to be...

A story of friendship, greed and the true values of life.

‘Tupilaq’ is a very personal short film revolving around the themes of cultural alienation, abuse, and contrast between mythological nature and western culture.

To Dust Return

USA|10mins|Drama Director: Chris Peters Producer: Adam Coleridge Cast: Christian Ganiere, Jack Betts, Jennifer Morrison

Tomgirl

` USA|14mins|Doc

Un Seul Corps

Australia, France|17mins|Drama

Director: Jeremy Asher Lynch Producer:Amey Rene Morris, Kate Bayley, Stephen Przybylowski

Director: Sotiris Dounoukos Cast: Doudou Masta, Garba Tounkara, Mexianu Medenou

Unbranded

USA|105mins|Social Issue Director: Phillip Barribeau Producer: Ben Masters, Cindy Meehl, John Goff, Dennis Aig

AUG 8| 12:15pm|PAFF THEATER

AUG 6|8:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

AUG 8|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 5|4:45pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Jake, a non-conforming 7 year- old, invites us into his world to explore the power that love and support can have when young children are accepted for who they really are.

Best friends and skilled abattoir workers David and Wani are saving to open their own butchery, but before they can realise their dream the arrival of a new worker will test the bonds of their shared life.

Four men take a journey on mustangs from the Mexican to the Canadian border through the backcountry of deserts and mountains. Their goal: to prove the worth of the iconic horses that are the subject of often bitter controversy.

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USA|92mins|Comedy

Vanishing Antigua, Barbuda|6mins|Comedy Sail

Warm Snow

Israel|5mins|Animation

Director: Alexis Andrews Producer: Justin Sihera

Director: Ira Elshansky

AUG 5|7:30pm|JANE PICKENS

AUG 6|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Alwyn Enoe is one of the last boatbuilders practicing a trade passed down generations. Close to 70 and with no more orders coming in, he decides to build one last sailing sloop with the hope that his sons will continue the trade.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Warm snowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is an animation short about the relationship between a father and his grown up daughter. It starts out in an ordinary situation with the father and daughter sitting at the kitchen table.

Waterbabies

USA, U.K|16mins|Doc

We Are Fire

United Arab Emirates|8mins|Doc Director: Orlando Von Einsiedel Producer: Amin Soltani, Manasvi Gosalia

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Director: Nora Ballard Producer: Cristina Wolf, Nejc Poberaj

AUG 6|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 7|4:00pm|THE VETS

Explore the world of synchronized swimming through the eyes of a teenage team as they train and compete for top US prizes.

A true story of a young woman in rural Uttar Pradesh, India who lost everything when her husband was murdered and her land was stolen.

We Live This

What If

USA|10mins|Doc Director: James Burnes

` Germany|25mins|Drama Director: Riza-Rocco Avsar Cinematographer: Tobias Kaufmann Editor: Mike Friedrich

AUG 4| 7:00pm|PPAC

AUG 7|5:15pm|PAFF THEATER

The story of four boys from the projects who have come together to pursue their dreams. What lies beneath these young performers is more than what meets the eye.

We have learned to be the creators of our own lives in the decisions that we make, and often we take this for granted. The human mind bears the ability to think freely but what if, all of a sudden, we forfeit our ability to choose?

Where We Begin

USA|22mins|Drama

Wire Cutters

Director: Mitsuyo Miyazaki Producer: Jacob Halajian, Peter Maestrey, Yvonne Jimenez

USA|8mins|Animation Director: Jack Anderson Editor: Jackie Zhou Composer: Cody Bursch

AUG 9|4:00pm|THE VETS

AUG 7|10:00am|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Sophia reflects on her past in the last hours of her life - She is a young, vibrant woman who falls in love with a gypsy boy, Leo. Through dance movements, we shed light on the many faces of love and life.

A chance encounter proves fateful for 2 robots mining on a desolate planet in this CGI animated short film.

Withdrawal

Iran|30mins|Animation

The Woman Who Saw The Bear

Director: Fahimeh Aghahasani, Peiman Naimi Cast: Anahita Eghbalnejad, Mahsa Alafar, Nafiseh Zar

Canada|17mins|Doc Director: Joannie Lafreniere

AUG 5|7:00pm|MUSEUM OF WORK & CULTURE

Shirin, a painting student who is living in dormitory, is graduated now. according to her father’s insist; she has to go back to her hometown, but that’s impossible, because she has a very big problem...

Since 1980, Lucille Côté has lived in Laterrière, surrounded by more than 250 animals. With a silver mane and candid demeanor, Lucille practices a craft that has long been the exclusive domain of men: Taxidermy.

Write Down, I Israel/Palestine|73mins|History am an Arab Director: Ibtisam Mara’ana Menuhin Editor: Erez Laufer Composer: Mira Awad

Write With Me...

USA|9mins|Drama Director: Hannah Leshaw Producer: Justin Calder Cast: Connie Saltzman

AUG 5|7:00pm|MCCORMACK THEATER

AUG 7|8:30pm|BELL ST. CHAPEL

A story about Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. His writing shaped Palestinian identity and helped galvanize generations of Palestinians to their cause.

A woman longs for a songwriting partner but, terrified of the vulnerability inherent in the act of creating, retreats into the safety of her mind.

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AUG 7|12:15pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Zelos

USA|15mins|Sci-Fi

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Director: Thoranna Sigurdardottir Producer: Constanza Castro, Sara Nassim cast: Brooke Nevin, Erica Piccininni

Zima

Russia|11mins|Doc Director: Cristina Picchi Producer: Tanya Petrik

AUG 5|2:30pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

AUG 9|12:15pm|METCALF AUDITORIUM

Maria, a woman in her late 30’s orders a Zelos clone under the pretense of getting some help around the house so she can spend more time with her family, but more importantly to compete with her flawless friend Ari.

A journey through North Russia and Siberia, through the feelings and thoughts of the people who have to cope with one of the world’s harshest climates; a reality where the boundary between life and death is so thin.

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