Aug
2
Lily
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW7IqN-eKBk WORLD PREMIERE SYNOPSIS After insisting, Lily convinces her husband Cooper to visit the local nursing home. She is excited about the place, but the tour does not impress. He meets Samantha, one of the residents, and has a conversation that changes his mind. When he finally decides to go back to Lily, he realizes it is already too late. SCREENING INFORMATION Saturday, August 26, 2018 10:30 am Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Danilo Herrera Writer: Danilo Herrera Producer: Danilo Herrera FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 9 min Location: USA Language: English
Aug
2
Love After Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cO6jIqn62Y SYNOPSIS Following the death of their father, two sons deal with the trials of their own lives while watching their mother explore new beginnings of her own. Features Andie MacDowell and Chris O’Dowd. SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 26, 2018 4:00 pm Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Russell Harbaugh Writers: Russell Harbaugh, Eric Mendelsohn Producers: Eric Mendelsohn, Robert Halmi, Jim Reeve FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Feature Length: 91 min Location: USA Language: English
Aug
2
Molly’s Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu4UPet8Nyc SYNOPSIS Molly Bloom, a beautiful young Olympic-class skier, ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans, and, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. The film’s Production Designers, David Wasco and Sandy-Reynolds Wasco, will appear after the screening. SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 26, 2018 10:00 am Town Hall Theater CREDITS Director: Aaron Sorkin Writer: Aaron Sorkin Producers: Oren Aviv, Felice Bee, Stuart Besser, Adam Fogelson, Leopoldo Gout FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Feature Length: 140 min Location: USA Language: English
Aug
2
My Son. My Moon.
https://vimeo.com/281520594 NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE SYNOPSIS This narrative short explores a mother and son’s struggle with the many dimensions of her Alzheimer's. SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 24, 2018 10:30 am Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Shaya Mulcahy (will attend the festival) Writer: Shaya Mulcahy Producers: Shaya Mulcahy, Michael Reilly FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 8 min Location: USA Language: English
Aug
2
Night Call
VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS When on a routine patrol, a black female cop living in and patrolling Inglewood [California], gets called to a disturbance, she is forced to make an unprecedented, life altering decision. SCREENING INFORMATION Saturday, August 25, 2018 1:30 pm Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Amanda Renee Knox Writer: Joseph Sousa Producers: Phabillia Afflack-Borja, Miriam Anwari FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 18 min Location: USA Language: English
Aug
2
No Kissing
SYNOPSIS Two high school best friends struggle to have sex with each other in this emotionally raw and extremely discomforting comedic drama about losing one’s virginity. SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 26, 2018 4:00 pm Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Jacob Seltzer (will attend the festival) Writer: Jacob Seltzer Producers: Jacob Seltzer, Jacob Sussman (will attend the festival), Miranda Konar FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 13 min Location: USA Language: English
Aug
2
One.
US PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Modern life assumes we come in pairs. Two-for-one deals. Table for two? But what if we’re single? In this short film, comedian Nikki Britton tackles the unexpected hurdles of updating her bedroom furniture - on her own. SCREENING INFORMATION Sunday, August 26, 2018 4:00 pm Dana Auditorium CREDITS Director: Gavin Banks Writer: Gavin Banks Producer: Olivia Olley FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 6 min Location: Australia Language: English
Aug
2
Outer Spaces
https://vimeo.com/200998318 NORTHEAST PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Struggling comedy writer Jimmy Becker returns to his childhood home to help his grandfather move into an assisted living facility. Back in the suburbs, he reconnects with figures from his past — some he welcomes, some he'd rather forget, and some he never knew were there. SCREENING INFORMATION Saturday, August 25, 2018 7:15 pm Marquis Screening Room CREDITS Director: Sean Weiner (will attend the festival) Writers: Andrew Jupin, Sean Weiner Producer: Andrew Jupin FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Feature Length: 83 min Location: USA Language: English
Aug
2
Paleonaut
https://vimeo.com/217626849 VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS A scientist studying the first human time traveller falls in love with her subject. But if her research succeeds, they will become separated by eons of history. She must find a way to connect with him across the ages or lose him forever. SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 24, 2018 1:30 pm Marquis Main CREDITS Director: Eric McEver (will attend the festival) Writer: Eric McEver Producers: Eric McEver, Mufei Xu FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 16 min Location: USA Language: English
Aug
2
Phulsiri
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE SYNOPSIS One and a half months after an earthquake reduced a village to rubble, a ten old longs for normalcy. School reopens in a day and she is overjoyed. However, there is a hitch: according to school rules, she must locate her shoes, which are lost in the debris that was once her home. SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 24, 2018 10:30 am Twilight Hall CREDITS Director: Ngima Gelu Lama Writer: Ngima Gelu Lama Producers: Ngima Gelu Lama, Sange Sherpa (will attend the festival) FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 29 min Location: Nepal Language: Nepali
Aug
2
Pickle
https://vimeo.com/208914249 VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS After accidentally freezing the family dog to death, Oscar attempts to make good with his soon-to-be stepson by driving the lad and the family pet’s ashes across the country. SCREENING INFORMATION Thursday, August 23, 2018 1:30 pm Town Hall Theater CREDITS Director: Grant Moore Writer: Grant Moore Producers: Peter Henckel FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Short Length: 21 min Location: USA Language: English
Aug
2
Puzzle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl_SoMNi0rw VERMONT PREMIERE SYNOPSIS Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world – where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined. Features the luminous Kelly Macdonald. SCREENING INFORMATION Friday, August 24, 2018 7:15 pm Dana Auditorium CREDITS Director: Marc Turtletaub Writers: Polly Mann, Oren Moverman Producers: Wren Arthur, Guy Stodel FILM INFORMATION Genre: Narrative Feature Length: 103 min Location: USA Language: English
