2020 FILMS & SCHEDULE

Festival Event Schedule:

Friday:

The Henchman of Notre Dame

Celebrate grand cinematic spaces in a grand cinematic space! Kick off our inaugural film festival on opening night with a Jazz-age reception. Take a step back in time, take a seat in the Rowland, our very own one hundred year old theatre, and watch an award-winning double feature line-up. More here

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Sujuta Day

1 Hour 30 Mins; 2020

A former Scribbs Spelling Bee champion must reconcile with her estranged brother when he returns home to help care for their sick mother.

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Sujuta Day

1 Hour 30 Mins; 2020

Turn back time at the Rowland with our very own Lady Grey’s Lovelies. Enjoy their vaudevillian treats at the reception and during intermission. Variety acts, songs, comedy, and dance! Founded by Artistic Director, Lady Grey, the Lovelies is an award-winning ensemble featuring performing artists dedicated to renewing and celebrating the Golden Age of Entertainment. Feel free to arrive in costume and join the fun!

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Sarah Pirozek

1 Hour 33 Mins; 2020

On the first anniversary of her younger sister’s death Woodstock teen, Rosie, discovers the mysterious man who sexploited and bullied her sister to commit suicide back on-line trolling for new victims. After the authorities refuse to get involved she finds a darker side she never knew she had, as she takes justice into her own hands.

The Witch

Saturday:

Running Home

Attla

Catharine Axley

60 Mins; 2019

ATTLA tells the gripping but little-known story of legendary Alaska Native dogsled champion George Attla who, with one good leg and fierce determination, trains his young grandnephew to compete in the world’s largest sprint dogsled race. More here

Myself When I am Real

Ye’Ke/Tony Buba

The Green Book Guide

Finding Yingying

Jiayan “Jenny” Shi

1 Hour 40 Mins; 2020

Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student full of optimism, comes to the U.S. to study. Within weeks of her arrival, she disappears from campus. Finding Yingying follows the search to unravel the mystery of her disappearance and seek justice while navigating a strange, foreign country.

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Lizette Barrera

10 Mins; 2020

Set in a Florida elementary school, a 12-year-old Puerto Rican girl brings a popular dessert dish, arroz con leche, to a Thanksgiving event at her school and no one eats it. This sweet short speaks volumes about equality, difference and the experience of “otherness.”

About a Teacher

Buck

The Garden Left Behind

Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story

April Wright

1 Hour 24 Mins; 2020

Stuntwomen chronicles the lives of women who drive the action and thrills of Hollywood’s biggest action sequences, from the silent age of cinema to today’s blockbusters, and their fight off-screen for fair treatment.

A Feral World

David Liban

1 Hour 44 Mins; 2020

An orphaned boy in a post-apocalyptic world, meets a woman who is trying to find her lost daughter. Their journey together leads them face-to-face with a despot who may have the daughter held captive.

Love Express

Quiet on Set

Jeanette L. Buck

8 Mins; 2020

An actress assaulted on a film set during the filming of a sex scene must choose whether to pursue accusations or complete the film that could start her career.

Sunday:

Jazz on a Summer’s Day

Pandemic Shorts

Limbo

Alexander L. Fattal

25 Mins; 2019

An oneiric journey through Alex’s life as a former guerrilla leads to a reckoning with the devil inside of him. His only cure is ayahuasca, a sacred plant used by the indigenous community where he comes from. As both a perpetrator and victim, Alex exemplifies the complexity of the Colombian conflict and the difficulties of simply moving on

No Defense: The U.S. Government’s War on Water

Franklin Manor

30 Years of Philly Ballroom

Pier Kids

1 Hour 36 Mins; 2020

Elegance Bratton

An inside look into the effort to preserve Philadelphia’s ballroom scene, a black LGBTQ safe-space that has endured for 30 years. A film produced by The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Emmy-winning video team.