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SEPTEMBER 14-19, 2021 - Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce
Congratulations!                                                                                                                                                                      CONTENTS
Congrats on 15 years of the Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival!
                        Lighthouse Resort Inn & Suites are proud to be the
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                              Official Lodging Partner for the Festival.                                          The spotlight shines on the beach this Sept. 14–19, 2021                                 Welcome                                              2
                    The World Famous Tiki Bar & Grill are delighted to be the                                     with the Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival.                                   Schedule of Events                                   3
                        Official Filmmaker Network After Dark Sponsor                                             The six-day festival invites movie-goers to screen                                       Fun to Do                                            5
                                                                                                                  quality independent films and enjoy events designed                                      Film Packages                                        6
                                                                                                                  to cultivate the spirit of visual creativity and harbor the                              Screening Schedule                                   7
                                                                                                                  talents of filmmakers. Independent films cater to a wide                                 Connect                                              8
                                                                                                                  range of tastes and ages and span several genres. The                                    Student Films                                        9
                                                                                                                  Beach Theater is an intimate and welcoming venue for                                     Florida Made Films                              10–11
                                                                                                                  screenings. Audiences will enjoy independent features
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Short Films                                     12–15
                                                                                                                  in a setting which offers not only quality viewing, but
                                                                                                                                                                                                           International & Animated Short Films            16–17
                                                                                                                  casual dining as well.
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Feature & Documentary Films                     18–19
                                                                                                                  For more information, please contact festival staff at                                   Documentary Short Films                         20–21
                                                                                                                  hello@FMBIFilmFest.com                                                                   Special Events                                      22
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Awards                                             23
                  Where the fun never ends & something is ALWAYS going on poolside.
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Sponsors                                           24
                                   Check out filmmaker drink specials!
                 1051 Fifth Avenue, Fort Myers Beach, Florida 33931 (239) 463-9392
                                                                                                                  CONTRIBUTORS                                                                             Previous Years’ Awards               Inside Back Cover
                                                                                                                  Writer/Editor:                                                   Tanya Kaish Keller
                                                                                                                  Art Director:                                       Pat Murphy, Pat Squared Design       Festival Logo Design:     Ryan Clark, Xerogravity Design

                                                                                                                  No part of the Fort Myers Beach Film Festival Program may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written consent from the Fort Myers Beach

         Here's to 15 years of the
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Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival!                                                                     14 YEARS OF PROGRAM COVERS
                                 New 2021 rendering!                 We look forward to "watchin' the sun bake"         Virtual
                                                                     with everyone on Fort Myers Beach in 2023.
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SEPTEMBER 14-19, 2021 - Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce
WELCOME                                                                                                                                     SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
    DEAR FILM ENTHUSIASTS                                                                                                        2021 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
    On behalf of the FMBIFF team, it is my great pleasure to welcome you back, and in person, to the 15th annual film            Tuesday, Sept. 14      7:00–9:00 p.m.         Registration and Opening Ceremony
    festival! After a long year and then some, we are excited to have you join us on our beautiful island paradise for a full    		                                            Beach Theater I 6425 Estero Boulevard
    week of films and events.
    Our goal each year is to bring people together in an entertaining and culturally stimulating atmosphere while
                                                                                                                                 Wednesday, Sept. 15    11:00 a.m.             Filmmaker Meet and Greet—filmmakers only
    celebrating the universal appeal of the visual arts.                                                                                                2:30 p.m.
                                                                                                                                   Festival Ribbon Cutting
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    There are so many individuals who continue to make this event extraordinary, and I wanted to give a special thank you
                                                                                                                                                        3:00–11:00 p.m.        Independent Film Screenings
    to Nick Campo, Drake Heroy, and the entire Beach Theater staff for allowing us to take over your theater for the week.
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    The FMBIFF is fortunate enough to have the best team in place including Tanya Kaish Keller, our external communications        9:30–1:00 a.m. Filmmaker Network After Dark—filmmaker specials at
    manager, programming director, Kyle Thompson, programming team members Joe Guice, Keith Gasa, Krystal Weaver                 		               the World Famous Tiki Bar at the Lighthouse Resort Inn & Suites.
    and Bryant Hendricks. These team members from Red Flight Pictures carried us through our 14th year virtually and             		               1051 Fifth Avenue, Fort Myers Beach
    brought new life to our festival. Our hospitality chair, Jan Fleming, continues to introduce filmmakers and guests to
    our local restaurants and stores, along with her constant smile and goodwill. We must give a special thanks to our art       Thursday, Sept. 16     11:00 a.m.             Filmmaker Meet and Greet—filmmakers only
    director and program guide guru, Pat Murphy of Pat Squared Designs.                                                                                 3:00–11:00 p.m.        Independent Film Screenings
    We cannot thank Producer/Actor Alyn Darnay for his invaluable experience and dedication to the festival by providing         		                                            Beach Theater I 6425 Estero Boulevard
    his time for our acting workshop.                                                                                                                   9:30–1:00 a.m.         Filmmaker Network After Dark—filmmaker specials at
                                                                                                                                 		                                            the World Famous Tiki Bar at the Lighthouse Resort Inn & Suites.
    To our fun and faithful volunteers—thank you for sticking with us the past 18 months! Your time and energy are
    infectious. The FMBIFF is run entirely of volunteers and without them, we could not continue to bring this event to          Friday, Sept. 17       11:00 a.m.             Filmmaker Meet and Greet—filmmakers only
    Fort Myers Beach. Each one of you have had a tremendous impact in making this festival a sensation. I am so very                                    3:00–11:00 p.m.        Independent Film Screenings
    lucky and grateful to have all of you on my CREW! A big shout out to the local businesses, their owners and staff for        		                                            Beach Theater I 6425 Estero Boulevard
    partnering with the Festival to ensure its success. #WeAreFMB                                                                                       8:00 p.m.              Movie on the Mound—FREE
    Finally, a special thank you to my son, Justin, who reminds me that stars are not just on the screen but in the sky.           (gates open at 7:00)                        Outdoor Screening of Raya and the Last Dragon
    #WeGotThis                                                                                                                   		                                            T he Mound House I 451 Connecticut St

    Welcome back to the movies!                                                                                                                         9:30–1:00 a.m.         Filmmaker Network After Dark—filmmaker specials at
                                                                                                                                 		                                            the World Famous Tiki Bar at the Lighthouse Resort Inn & Suites.
    Janeen Paulauskis Executive Director
    Janeen is a founding member of the Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival and has been Executive Director since        Saturday, Sept. 18
                                                                                                                                   10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.                       Alyn on Acting—with Alyn Darnay
    2001. Honored in Gulfshore Business’ 40 Under 40 for her work on the festival and as part of the award-winning team          		                                            Intimate, hands on acting workshop
    for Marketing and Publicity from the Florida Festival and Events Association, she was recently honored with the Fort Myers   		                                            Tickets Required. 20 spaces available.
    Beach Chamber of Commerce’s “Commitment to the Community” award and the Town of Fort Myers Beach “Citizen of
                                                                                                                                 		Beach Theater I 6425 Estero Boulevard
    Distinction” award. Janeen is a proud and grateful supporter of the Fort Myers Beach Community and its many events.
                                                                                                                                                        11:00 a.m.             Filmmaker Meet and Greet—filmmakers only

    WELCOME FILMMAKERS
                                                                                                                                                        3:00–11:00 p.m.        Independent Film Screenings
                                                                                                                                                                               Beach Theater I 6425 Estero Boulevard
    It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival. Yes, 2020 was an                                  9:30–1:00 a.m.         Filmmaker Network After Dark—filmmaker specials at
    unfortunate year for everyone and like most festivals, we were forced to go to a virtual platform. We are so excited         		                                            the World Famous Tiki Bar at the Lighthouse Resort Inn & Suites.
    to finally be welcoming everyone back in person for the 15th annual event.                                                   Sunday, Sept. 19       11:00 a.m.             Filmmaker Meet and Greet—filmmakers only
    We take pride in being one of the top 100 best reviewed film festivals on FilmFreeway and our team has continued                                    3:00–6:00 p.m.         Independent Film Screenings
    to work diligently to make next five days memorable for the movie-goer and the independent filmmaker.                        		Beach Theater I 6425 Estero Boulevard
    During your stay, we hope you find yourself enjoying some of the incredible story telling from around the world.                                    7:00 p.m.              FMBI Film Festival Closing Awards Ceremony
    This year, we have 126 films from over 11 countries screening with us. Alongside our films, we have some amazing             		                                            Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Griller I 708 Fisherman’s Wharf
    events happening on the island brought to you by our fantastic 2021 sponsors.                                                		                                            Emcee: The Honorable Ray Murphy, Mayor, Fort Myers Beach

    We hope you enjoy your festival experience and the beautiful island of Fort Myers Beach!
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    See you at the movies!                                                                                                             ticket                                            Masks are strongly recommended at all
    Kyle B. Thompson Programming Director @kylebthompson                                                                               sales                              Film Festival events unless actively eating or drinking.
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SEPTEMBER 14-19, 2021 - Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce
Congrats to the
                          Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival
                                                                                                                                                     FUN TO DO
                          on celebrating 15 years of movie magic!
                                                                                 FMB FILMMAKER NETWORK AFTER DARK
                        While here, we invite filmmakers and patrons             Wednesday to Saturday, Sept. 15–18 | 9:30 p.m.– 1:00 a.m.
                          to stop by our boutiques on beautiful                  Tiki Bar & Grille | 1051 5th Ave.
                                     Fort Myers Beach!
                                                                                 Enjoy filmmaker drink specials and grab some photos at the Festival step and repeat at the Offical Networking Sponsor
                                                                                 World Famous Tiki Bar at the Lighthouse Resort Inn & Suites., Official Lodging Sponsor

                                 thebestoffortmyersbeach.com
                                                                                 MOVIE on the MOUND, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
                                                                                 Saturday, September 18 | 8:00 p.m.
                                                                                 The Mound House | 451 Connecticut St. | Free Admission
                        BAREFOOT EVENT GROUP                                     Bring your beach chairs or blankets as we screen this
                                                                                 Golden Globes and Academy Award-winning animated
                        congratulates Fort Myers Beach                           film. Refreshments available for purchase. Gate opens at
“FOR THE SUN-KISSED &    International Film Festival on                          7:00 p.m. No coolers, please.

SUN-DESIROUS ALIKE, A         15 years of seeing us                              Raya and the Last Dragon
                                 at the movies!
VACATION ON A PLATE.”                                                            Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and
                                                                                 dragons lived together in harmony. However, when sinister
                              Please contact Janeen Paulauskis with              monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the
                        Barefoot Event Group for all your SW Florida private     dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500
                                event needs, strategy and logistics.             years later, those same monsters have returned, and it's up

                             We create memorable.                                to a lone warrior to track down the last dragon and stop
                                                                                 the Druun for good.
                        Find Us on Facebook @barefooteventgroup (239) 980-4381

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                                                                                            ticket                                                         Masks are strongly recommended at all
    www.DocFords.com                                                                        sales                                           Film Festival events unless actively eating or drinking.

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SCREENING SCHEDULE

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Filmmakers—Please visit page 3 for times and locations of filmmaker events. This complete program guide is also available at FMBIFilmFest.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Sunday, Sept.19
FILM PACKAGES

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        Local Short Film   Love Reaches Everywhere I    Standing Ovation I               Every Body Dances
            Package #2     Ticket to Ride I Red Light    I Losing Yourself

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                           The Internet Kills I Hit on Me I Kill Them With Kindness
            Package #1     Polybius I Quitting

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           Short Film      MINOR CHORDS I At Last, In The Meantime I With You    I Undo

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                           Hungry Ghosts I Letters from a Father I Always I Pinky String
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                           Hell in a Handbasket I Kill Cat Oakland I Beach Boy
           Short Film      When This All Ends I Extra I RED I Bodyhackers
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                           Quiet on Set I Losing Yourself

           Short Film      The Audition I RAW I Superstar   I He's a Good Kid I Boxed

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            Package #4     The Sound of Waves I Method I Hit on Me I Strip Clara

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           Short Film      All Alone in April I The Waiting Room          I Greetings From Sarajevo
            Package #5     #PrincessProblems I The Catch

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    Short Documentary      The Khe Sanh Peace Garden I RISE           I   One All The Way

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CONNECT                                                                                                                                                                      STUDENT
FILMMAKER WEEKDAY                                                                  Red Bean Soup
                                                                                   The 2020 Wasserman Award recipient Red
                                                                                                                                                              Undercut
                                                                                                                                                              High school female
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Cyan
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Cyan is about a

MEET & GREET                                                                       Bean Soup, shares the struggle of a wife
                                                                                                           grappling        to
                                                                                                                                                              athletes become
                                                                                                                                                              unlikely teammates
                                                                                                                                                                                                             teenager
                                                                                                                                                                                                             is half martian,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             who

                                                                                                            reconnect with                                    in the wake of                                 half-human who
Sept. 15–18 I 11 a.m.–2 p.m.                                                                               her dementia-rid-
                                                                                                           den        husband
                                                                                                                                                              unspoken trauma.                               struggles with his
                                                                                                                                                                                                             identity, trying to
Beach Theater | 6425 Estero Boulevard
                                                                                                           who can only                                                                                      survive a day in
Casual, light Lunch Provided                                                                                remember       his                                                                               high school.
Space is limited, please visit                                                                             first love.  
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This event is for filmmakers only.                                                                                                   Delayed Package                               Vacation
                                                                                                                                     After a video of a                            A mother grows
                                                                                                                                     dancing mailman                               confused by the
                                                                                                                                     goes viral, he learns                         whereabouts of her
                                                                                                                                     it’s never too late to                        husband when her
                                                                                   Food Time                                         go after your dream.                          young       daughter
                                                                                   This is a story                                                                                 insists, “Daddy’s on
                                                                                   about the beauty                                                                                vacation.”
                                                                                   of the everyday.
                                                                                   We follow Pete,

ALYN ON ACTING
                                                                                   a movie theatre
                                                                                   clerk, over the
                                                                        PRESENTS   course of one                                                               Prey                                         The Rope
Hosted by Alyn Darnay                                                              morning on his
                                                                                   way to work. He
                                                                                                                                                               A man steals the
                                                                                                                                                               A      backwoods
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Warrior
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Born        into      a
                                                                                   desires nothing                                                             hunter realizes
Saturday, Sept. 18th I 10:30 a.m.                                                  more than a                                                                 she may be the
                                                                                                                                                                                                            conservative Jewish
                                                                                                                                                                                                            community,        David
$25 Per Person – $10 for Filmmakers                                                nice, juicy coney                                                           prey of another                              Fisher decided to
                                                                                   for breakfast from his corner liquor store.
Beach Theater | 6425 Estero Boulevard | Coffee and pastry Included                                                                                             hunter when she                              make the unorthodox
                                                                                   However, a couple of old pals to whom he                                    stumbles upon                                choice to jump rope
Award-winning director, actor and screenwriter Alyn Darney                         owes a debt, and a jilted former lover, may                                 a recent murder                              for a living, finding
                                                                                   just prevent him from that glorious first bite.
conducts an intimate, limited capacity hands-on acting workout,                                                                                                scene in the for-                            his fifteen seconds of
not a lecture and covers several distinct techniques.                                                                                                          est. Escaping the   fame in the '90s. 25 years later, David performs
                                                                                                             C                                                 forest is the key
                                                                                                                                                               to her survival.
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                                                                                                                                                                                   intensify. His family begins to wonder...
reserve a ticket. This event is open to the public.                                                                                                                                is it time to hang up the rope? Created by
                                                                                                              dinner until a drip-
                                                                                                                                                                                   students of Florida State University's College
                                                                                                              ping faucet inter-
                                                                                                              rupts her focus.       Promise                                       of Motion Picture Arts.
                                                                                   She approaches the faucet and sees a jarring
                                                                                   glimpse of a medical scalpel with blood on        Me
                                                                                   the blade. Thrown off, she returns to prepare     A man is haunted                              Big Touch
                                                                                   her dinner despite her strange vision. Upon       by the loss of his                            An     Afro-surrealist
                                                                                   returning to cutting a chicken, the woman sud-    fiancée and strug-                            story about a giant
                                                                                   denly finds herself holding a medical scalpel.    gles to find a way to                         woman and a tiny
                                                                                   Disturbed, the woman retreats into another        move forward.                                 man who through the
                                                                                   room where a hallucination of a squeaking                                                       power of touch, expe-
                                                                                   gurney wheel startles her. Unable to discern                                                    rience an unexpected
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FLORIDA MADE                                                                                                                                                                                              FLORIDA MADE
Every Body Dances                                                         Losing                  Bodyhackers                                                              8 3/4                  Bloom                                   Kill Them With Kindness
                          This intimate por-                              Yourself                A daddy/ daughter
                                                                                                  camping trip turns to
                                                                                                                                                                           Armed with a formi-    An impoverished young                                     Aubrey is finished
                          trait of a weeklong                                                                                                                              dable knowledge of     woman yearning for                                        being bullied. With
                                                                           A daughter has         terror, hilarity ensues!
                          integrated dance                                                                                                                                 Italian cinema, an     a better life becomes                                     encouragement
                                                                           to come to terms
                          workshop for older                                                                                                                               irrepressible eight-   a participant in the                                      from Karen, the
                                                                           with the shift in
                          adults      explores                                                                                                                             year-old boy helps     first human trials of                                     love of her life, she
                                                                           her relationship
                          how mixed abili-                                                                                                                                 his      grandfather   chloroplast      therapy,                                 intends to set her-
                                                                           with her father as
                          ties can create new                                                                                                                              recover from a cat-    an experimental new                                       self on a new path.
                                                                           he ages and needs
                          forms. Echoing the                                                                                                                               astrophic loss         medical       treatment                                   She resolves to kill
                                                                           help she doesn’t
                          central theme of
                          expanding access
                                                                           know how to give.      The Punishment                                                                                  enabling         human
                                                                                                                                                                                                  photosynthesis, forcing her to choose
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            her enemies with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            kindness.
                          to the arts, the                                                        A      grief-stricken                            Jailbait                                       between her past and her future.
                          film uses universal                                                     father hunts down                                A young girl arranges
design standards to reach diverse audiences      Speak Only Good of                               the boy responsi-                                to meet a stranger.
by including audio description for the visu-
ally impaired along with the option of English
                                                 the Dead                                         ble for the events
                                                                                                  which led to his
                                                                                                                                                   Things don’t go
                                                                                                                                                   according to plan.
captions or Spanish subtitles.                   Speak Only Good                                  son’s         murder
                                                 of the Dead is a                                 but finds himself
                                                 science        fiction/                          unable to escape
All the Young Dudes                              drama short film                                 the consequences                                                                                                                Masks are strongly recommended at all
                                                 in which a lovesick                              of his own violent
Georgia, USA, 1973.                                                                                                                                                                                                Film Festival events unless actively eating or drinking.
                                                 mathematician                                    actions.
Glam rocker Billy
                                                 discovers         that
rebels against his
                                                 EPICAC, the military
conservative high
school, inspiring
                                                 supercomputer                                                               Ticket to
admiration from an
                                                 he works with, is
                                                 actually sentient. After teaching EPICAC
                                                                                                                             Ride
unlikely ally with a                                                                                                         The End of the Line
                                                 about love & poetry, he attempts to use the
desire to walk on                                                                                                            is a New Beginning.
                                                 machine to win the heart of his beautiful
the wild side
                                                 co-worker, Pat Kilgallen, by claiming EPICAC’s
                                                 poetry as his own

                        Sound of                 The Mechanical Dancer
                        Waves                    In a run-down
                                                 part of town there
                         A life-long musician,
                        John Avarese, cur-
                                                 stands a small the-                              Miss Florida
                                                 ater, owned by an                                On a stormy after-
                         rently an Associate
                                                 eccentric old man.                               noon in Sarasota
                        Teaching Professor at
                                                 His spectacle “The                               County, a pregnant
Drexel University, teaching Production Sound,
                                                 Mechanical Dancer”                               woman discovers
Audio Post-Production, and Scoring to Picture.
                                                 is a sight to behold,                            her husband has
began studying classical piano at the age of
                                                 although perhaps it                              dark secrets that
four and by the age of seven he was perform-
                                                 has seen better days.                            will come back
ing recitals with classical music ensembles.
                                                 We follow him and                                to haunt both of
In 2020 John won a National Daytime Emmy
                                                 the strange cast of characters he encounters     them.
for Outstanding Sound Mixing. To this date,
                                                 in the running of his show, and as a series of
Avarese has composed over 4000 commis-
                                                 crimes unravel over three acts, we see how
sioned scores and recorded an elegant col-
                                                 each character’s fate will change after one
lection of film music, as well as mixing and
                                                 perilous night.
sound design on hundreds of projects.

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Matched                                       Preservation                                        The Internet Kills                                   Pinky String                                    In The Meantime,                                                            RED
A young woman                                 A young man returns to his hometown only            When Victoria and her friends discover an app                              Seventeen-year-old        With You                                                                    A first date gets steamy
explores an apart-                            to discover the reason for his brother's            that kills you, they accidentally unleash some-                            Holly needs to decide                                                                                 as desire, consent and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 When closeted Bryant
ment during a black-                          estrangement from the family.                       thing truly evil. Euphoria meets The Ring.                                 between getting seri-                                                                                 power dynamics are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 is caught by his
out with nothing                                                                                                                                                             ous about her future,                                                                                 discussed in the most
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 tormentors from high
more than a box of                                                                                                                                                           and staying attached                                                                                  unlikely of places.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 school, he decides
matches. But she’s                                                                                                                                                           to memories of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 to leave everything
not alone...                                                                                                                                                                 past.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 behind; except not
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 without gifting his
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 two best friends
                                                                                                                                                       #PrincessProblems                                                         something, changing       Kill Cat Oakland
Shadow At The Door                                                      Letters                                                                                                                                                  their lives forever.
In Roshni Bhatia’s short film, Shadow at                                                          Hit on Me                                            In the strenuous world                                                                              When the psychotic
                   the Door, a troubled                                 from a                    A secret rendezvous
                                                                                                                                                       of children’s party
                                                                                                                                                       entertainment,      an
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           family cat attacks
                   young woman searches                                 Father                    sparks          chemistry                            overly positive and                             Hell in a Handbasket                                their dying mother,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           young sisters Rose
                   for an intruder in her                                                         between two slighted                                 well-meaning “prin-                             Dale, a lonely research
                                                                        A young woman                                                                                                                                                                      and Julia clash over
                   home unaware what                                                              lovers, but as the night                             cess” must win over                             scientist in the Arctic
                                                                        must make the                                                                                                                                                                      whether or not to
                   she’s really looking for                                                       unfolds they learn that                              a practical writer who                          struggles to maintain
                                                                        choice whether to                                                                                                                                                                  send him to cat
                   may be something she                                                           the devil is always in the                           is doing a story on                             his solitary existence.
                                                                        allow her abusive                                                                                                                                                                  heaven. What tran-
                   refuses to see.                                                                details!                                             female role models.                             With the world failing
                                                                        father back into her                                                                                                                                                               spires is a cat fight
                                                                        life.                                                                                                                          from a global pan-                                  over the best way to
                                                                                                                                                                                                       demic, all hopes fall                               grieve.

Totsu                                         Hungry Ghosts                                                                                                                  MINOR                     on Dale's shoulders as
                                                                                                                          Polybius                                           CHORDS
                                                                                                                                                                                                       he represents the last
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Extra
(Redbird)                                     Frank Duffy searches
                                              for his missing wife                                                        Based on the urban
                                                                                                                                                                                                       stand for humanity.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Despite her talent
An      indigenous                                                                                                                                                           Ballet dancer realizing
                                              who has relapsed                                                            legend, a teenage                                                                                                                                          and drive, actress
                                                                                                                                                                             a tough reality after
woman must con-
front a mysterious
                                              on heroin and dis-                                                          girl tries to convince
                                                                                                                          the local sheriff of a
                                                                                                                                                                             an accident.                                        Beach Boy                                           Chelsea
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     constantly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Harland
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     finds
                                              appeared. Day and                                                                                                                                                                  Ben-David        chases
predator in parallel                                                                                                      mysterious new game                                                                                                                                        herself sidelined to
                                              night, he combs the                                                                                                                                                                after his elusive first
worlds of prehis-                                                                                                         cabinet which caused                                                                                                                                       extra roles due to
                                              crime-riddled streets,                                                                                                                                                             kiss, but he may have
tory and dystopian                                                                                                        her brother to commit                                                                                                                                      her unremarkable
                                              the crack houses. He                                                                                                                                                               to break his mother's
future.                                                                                                                   suicide.                                                                                                                                                   looks and skillset.
                                              even seeks advice                                                                                                                                                                  trust to get it.          As she loyally trudges through another
                                              from a voodoo lady
                                                                                                                                                       At Last                                                                                             ordinary day on set in Hawaii with fellow
                       The Waiting            who tells him his wife is being devoured by
                                              'hungry ghosts', spirits who crave and eat          Quitting                                             A timid high school                                                                                 extras, a stand-in opportunity for one of her
                       Room                   away at the living. As Frank's obsession drives     After six years in Los Angeles, Alex abandons        girl reveals her
                                                                                                                                                       truth during the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           comedy idols arises, she attempts to wow the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           eccentric director with her one unique skill.
                                              him closer to the edge, he risks surrendering       his pursuit of acting in lieu of a simpler life in
                       A woman waiting
                       for her husband to     his own sobriety and leaving his young son          small-town Oregon. QUITTING: A new dram-             most      important                             When This All Ends
                       arrive in heaven, is   abandoned. Set in the drug infested badlands        edy from award-winning filmmakers Brett
                                                                                                  Epstein & Sherry Berg.
                                                                                                                                                       night of the year.
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Two            sisters                              Quiet on
                                              of Philadelphia, “Hungry Ghosts” shines a
                       surprised when he
                       shows up with his      light on the city’s opioid crisis while exploring
                                                                                                                                                                                                       pontificate on the                                  Set
                                                                                                                                                                                                       lives they could have
                       second wife.           a family torn apart by addiction.                                                                                                                                                                            An actress assaulted
                                                                                                                                                                                                       led while observing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           on a film set during
                                                                                                                                                                                                       the current guest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           the filming of a
                                                                                                                                                                                                       staying in their
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           sex scene, must
                                                                                                                                                                                                       family's vacation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           choose whether to
                                                                                                                                                                                                       home in upstate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           pursue accusations
                                                                                                                                                                                                       New York.
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                      RAW                         Greetings From                                      A Grievance With                                Stormchaser                                      My Dinner with                                    OH MY STARS
                      During a military patrol,   Sarajevo                                            Gravity                                         All Bonnie Blue                                  Schwartzy                                         A drama set In the days of the Great
                      past and present are                                                                                                            ever wanted was                                                                                                               Depression. A
                                                  GREETINGS          FROM                             In order to stay teth-                                                                                                       Tony Mendes is a
                      blurred by a horrifying                                                                                                         to chase tornadoes                                                                                                            disfiguring fac-
                                                  SARAJEVO is a story                                 ered to the Earth,                                                                                                           Latino actor who
                      transgression.                                                                                                                  with her Dad. But                                                                                                             tory      accident
                                                  of vengeance and pos-                               Zoe wears bricks and                                                                                                         doesn't fit the
                                                                                                                                                      dreams die with                                                                                                               and a misera-
                                                  sibly of redemption.                                blocks to weigh her                                                                                                          Hollywood ste-
                                                                                                                                                      time. Now, she’s                                                                                                              ble home life
                                                  When Sofia, a survivor                              down. Why? Gravity                                                                                                           reotype. He has
                                                                                                                                                      become a different                                                                                                            compel a young
                                                  of the Bosnian geno-                                doesn't affect her.                                                                                                          to go to great
                                                                                                                                                      kind of storm chaser                                                                                                          woman to leave
                                                  cide runs into one of                               While she tries her                                                                                                          lengths to get
The Audition                                      the soldiers who destroyed her world she            best to live a normal
                                                                                                                                                      — hawking storm-
                                                                                                                                                      doors “door-to-door”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   casting directors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Kentucky for San
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Francisco. Her
Tony Mendes is a                                  seeks retribution. A young woman, Hana, an          life, she constantly                                                                                                         to look beyond
                                                                                                                                                      for her charismatic                                                                                                           plan: to be the
Latino actor who                                  assassin, is sent to make sure justice is served.   feels like an outcast.                                                                                                       the surface to
                                                                                                                                                      boss, Flip Smyth: a cult-like father figure to                                                                                second suicide
doesn't      fit   the                            When Hana reaches her target she discovers          Then, she decides to open herself up to the                                                                                  notice his talent.
                                                                                                                                                      Bonnie and his tribe of young sales bucks.                                                                                    off the Golden
Hollywood stereotype.                             Stanislav, the monster she was raised to hate       world and celebrate her different-ness!
                                                                                                                                                      As she realizes Flip’s doctrine of “Flip the                                                                                  Gate        Bridge.
He has to go to great                             is just a sick, blind, old man. Whether Hana
                                                                                                                                                      Switch!” is just a way to exploit customers,                                                       Now in her senior years, she reflects on her
lengths to get cast-                              carries out the mission or frees herself from
ing directors to look                             the bonds of the past is the the heart of                                     Rose &                a different kind of switch flips inside Bonnie
                                                                                                                                                      — unleashing an inner and outer storm of         Bound by Precedent                                rescue by two musicians — one white and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         one black — whose invitation into their
beyond the surface to                             Hana's journey.                                                               Raven                 violence.                                        A Massachusetts Judge under Federal               rollicking, anything's possible world she
notice his talent.                                                                                                                                                                                     indictment for allegedly assisting a defen-       accepted, giving her a life vivid with song,
                                                                                                                              A     young      girl
                                                                                                                              befriends her deaf                                                       dant escape ICE (Immigration and Customs          love, and the occasional miracle. Screenplay
                           Superstar              Awakening                                                                   classmate and learns                             MASTER                  Enforcement) custody, sparks a firestorm of       by renowned author Lorna Landvik, based on

                           A day in the
                                                  At the turn of the 19th century, Midwestern,
                                                  social elite Clemence Finch’s future is thrown
                                                                                                                              how to be confident
                                                                                                                              in herself as she
                                                                                                                                                                               SERVANT                 debate in the court of public opinion. Is civil
                                                                                                                                                                                                       discourse about issues of law, immigration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         her novel of the same name.

                           life of Martin, a                                                                                                                                   An        ambitious,    and discrimination even possible in these dis-
                           homeless      man
                                                  into uncertainty when she accompanies the
                                                  brewmeister’s wife; a modern woman who
                                                                                                                              pursues her dreams.
                                                                                                                              Through their expe-                              young        railroad   United States?                                    Method
                           attempting to keep                                                                                                                                  executive     comes                                                       A     Machiavellian
                                                  engineers a luncheon without a male family          riences with each other, they learn how to
                           his individuality                                                                                                                                   face to face with his                                                     acting      teacher
                                                  member escort.                                      communicate, not only through their speech
                           despite      being                                                                                                                                  own moral decay in                                                        pushes an aspiring
                                                                                                      barrier but on an honest and personal level.
                           dehumanized by                                                                                                                                      his blind pursuit of                                                      actor to her break-
                           everyday society. .                                                                                                                                 wealth and status.                                                        ing point with his
                                                                                                      Always                                                                                                                                             unconventional
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         “method.
Boxed                                                                                                 Incapable of mov-
                                                                                                      ing forward and                                 He's a Good
This is a fictional
love story of Leah
                                                  All Alone in April
                                                                                                      paralyzed by feel-
                                                                                                                                                      Kid                                                                    Bruised
and Dovid and
                                                                                                      ings of failure and
                                                                                                      heartbreak, Grace                               A mother searches                                                                                                           The Catch
their journey in a                                A silent film about
                                                                                                      completely with-                                for her son in the                                                     Fruit                                                This tells the sordid
boxcar en-route                                   love and isolation                                                                                  aftermath of a school                                                                                                       tale of a fisherman
                                                                                                      draws from her life,                                                                                                   Struggling to survive
to Auschwitz. The                                 of a lonely widow                                                                                   shooting.                                                                                                                   who finds himself
                                                                                                      until the light of                                                                                                     on the margins of soci-
unusual nature of                                 quarantining alone                                                                                                                                                                                                              in a peculiar situa-
                                                                                                      her daughter Lucy                                                                                                      ety, two outcasts man-
the film’s narra-                                 as the apocalypse                                                                                                                                                                                                               tion while trying to
                                                                                                      leads them both in their search for life.                                                                              age to build a beautiful
tive creates a palate for relating their story    occurs outside her                                                                                                                                                                                                              reel in that one-of-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             friendship as they face
during two distinct eras, the early 1940’s, and   front window.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   a-kind catch every
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             loss and hardship.
the early 1970’s. BOXED is a story of faith,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      angler dreams of.
hope, and survival, while struggling to over-
come the clutches of true evil.

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INTERNATIONAL SHORT                                                                                                                                                                                     ANIMATED SHORT
Glitches                                                                   Exist!                     Little Games                                      Anacronte                                                                  Home                                            Shaking a
A down-on-his-luck                                                        An old theater is                                  Escaping from a            Anacronte and the                                                          ofmy                                            Singapore
lawyer meets a mys-                                                       about to be demol-                                 violent lover, Natasha     Sorcerers of Evil,                                                         memories                                        Spear
terious woman while                                                       ished. A construction                              is drawn into a child’s    without any emo-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Seven years in the                                 An animated doc-
waiting for his delayed                                                   worker enters the                                  sinister plot. But is it   tion and fulfilling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  making, a kid finds                                umentary        about
flight. After she admits                                                  crumbling building                                 true, or a cruel game      their destiny, they
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  his passion in all                                 the relevance of
to causing a fatal                                                        to check if there is                               with Natasha the           put to test human-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  teachings     coming                               Shakespeare's classi-
house fire, the young                                                     anyone left inside. In                             plaything?                 ity's happiness in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  alive in a truly won-                              cal works for digital
lawyer becomes torn in                            his search, he strays into a mystical, fragile                                                        a struggle that, in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  derful way through                                 natives in Singapore:
doing the right thing while learning the rea-     world until he finds himself in the face of the                                                       short, has each of
                                                                                                                                                                                                          the experience of his grandfather.                  Live action and animation combined.The film
sons behind her heinous crime, and becom-         theater's core.                                                                                       us as winners and losers.
ing sympathetic to her.                                                                               Receiver                                                                                                                                                was created in close collaboration with the
                                                  Strip Clara                                         Sriyani, an idealis-                                                                                my dear quarantine                                  Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.
                         Row                      LIn 19th century                                    tic and overtaxed                                 Two Little People                                 During the complete
                           In 1986, small         England, a sup-
                                                  pressed      woman
                                                                                                      social worker of Sri
                                                                                                      Lankan descent, is
                                                                                                                                                        Two little people
                                                                                                                                                                                                          lockdown, something
                                                                                                                                                                                                          extraordinary      hap-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Wing It
                           town      Tasmania,                                                                                                          live in a wheat                                                                                       A flightless drag-
                           Tony Dicker sets his   struggles silently                                  a telephone help                                                                                    pened --wild animals
                                                                                                                                                        field. They grow                                                                                      on's dream of
                           sights on a daring     from the likes of                                   line       counselor                                                                                all over the world,
                                                                                                                                                        together until the                                                                                    soaring in the sky
                           expedition: a never    her husband, the                                    who builds her life                                                                                 intrigued by the sud-
                                                                                                                                                        day when the man                                                                                      is reignited when
                           before       accom-    patriarchy, and cor-                                around       helping                                                                                den silence and peace,
                                                                                                                                                        left. It is the time all                                                                              she discovers the
                           plished solo row       rupt institutions.                                  others, but always at the expense of those                                                          visited city centers
                                                                                                                                                        the wheat has been                                                                                    hidden potential
                           around the world.      When thrust into a life-threatening situation,      closest to her. So who is going to defend                                                           and had a lot of fun,-
                                                                                                                                                        mowed. The rela-                                                                                      of her fire.
His older brother Mike begins to film Tony        she must choose to endure the pain or claim         Sriyani when she is hypnotized by a caller on                                                       contrasting our loneli-
                                                                                                                                                        tionship between
prepare for the trip. Within 24 hours of Tony’s   her freedom.                                        her phone tonight? RECEIVER is a chamber                                                            ness and fears. Ewa Maria Wolska, puppeteer
                                                                                                                                                        two little people
departure an unforeseen storm strikes. a des-                                                         horror film about toxic masculinity, isolation,                                                     and theatre director's animation debut cre-
                                                                                                                                                        keeps growing in
perate Mike attempts to save his brother, but                               Over The                  and the commodification of empathy.               the woman’s heart.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          ated this film in her converted home anima-
                                                                                                                                                                                                          tion studio.
the storm has strayed from the coast and
taken Tony with it.
                                                                            Sky                                                Undo                                                                                                                                                     Duino
                                                                             Alice, a nine-year-                               Young and career-fo-                                The Winter             Lampedusa–                                                                    Duino is a story
A Stranger Comes                                                             old girl who lives
                                                                             in the countryside,
                                                                                                                               cused         theatre
                                                                                                                                                                                   Walking in a snowy     Christophe Ma
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        about a young
Home                                                                         faces the break-
                                                                                                                               actress finds herself
                                                                                                                               facing a life-chang-                                forest, a peasant
                                                                                                                                                                                                          A heartfelt but tragic animated music video
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        boy named Pete
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        who manages to
It's the night before                                                        down of her parents                               ing decision, while                                 sees an unusual deer                                                                                 bring a little robot
                                                                                                                                                                                                          that tells a story all too familiar of Lampedusa,
Christmas eve and a                                                          when the father                                   pressured by time                                   and goes to follow                                                                                   to life. Little does
                                                                                                                                                                                                          an island known as a symbol of irregular
little boy discovers a                            leaves home. The brutality of the grownup                                    after falling in love                               it. The deer allures                                                                                 he know, it will
                                                                                                                                                                                                          migration between Africa and Europe. We
burglar in his home.                              world destabilizes Alice’s poetic imagination       with an introverted writer, whose dark side is                               him and the peas-                                                                                    come with a few
                                                                                                                                                                                                          follow the story of a young man attempting
The burglar claims                                and her carelessness made up of playing in          about to come to light.                                                      ant even wants to                                                                                    surprises.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          to emigrate to Europe - a land he will never
to be his estranged                               nature with her friend, Leo. In reaction, she                                                                                    catch it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          reach.
                                                  decides to become independent and to live
grandmother, want-
ing the boy to help                               by herself far away, in the sky, aboard a glider.   Fallen
her look for valu-                                                                                    Fallen is a period                                Would Have
ables. The boy however, is looking for some-
thing completely different.
                                                  Chorus Girl                                         drama set in Mont
                                                                                                      St. Quentin, France
                                                                                                                                                        A soldier, in a dire situation, receives help
                                                                                                                                                        from an unexpected source.
                                                  Romantic songs                                      during WWI. When
                                                  say that impossi-                                   a Captain tumbles
                         The Sands                ble love is love at                                 into a trench with
                         of Time                  its best. At last, all
                                                  the truth about
                                                                                                      a serious bullet
                                                                                                      wound, a private
                         A time portal in         the assassination                                   tends to the wound and distracts the Captain
                         the sands brings         of the famous                                       with conversation. As the two men reveal
                         a young couple           french        Singer                                intimate details of their life back home in
                         together.                Claude François.                                    Australia they make a chance revelation that
                                                                                                      will change the course of their war.
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FEATURE                                                                                                                                                                                         DOCUMENTARY
Last Night in Rozzie                      Dim-Land                                     Vagrant                                       Kiss the Ground                                   Fred Penner:                                       A Long Walk to the
When a New York lawyer returns to his     In an attempt to shake off her melancholy,   Frank—a homeless alcoholic—lives a            Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating
                                                                                                                                                                                       This Is My World                                   Moon
Boston hometown to reunite his dying      a young woman escapes the city to            fruitless existence. All that begins to       the world’s soils, we can completely and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Former Grumman
friend with his young son, he is forced   her family’s country cottage only to         change when he finds a puppy that was                                          rapidly                                            Best known
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         for his long     engineers narrate
to finally confront a childhood trauma.   rediscover a world she’d long forgotten      left to die in a garbage bin.                                                  stabilize
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         running          the challenges and
                                          and the old friend who may convince her                                                                                     Earth’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         television       successes of being
                                          to leave reality behind.                                                                                                    climate,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         series "Fred     part of the historic
                                                                                                                                                                      restore lost
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Penner's         construction of the
                                                                                                                                                                      ecosystems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Place" (CBC,     Lunar Module for
                                                                                                                                                                      and create
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Nickelodeon)     the Apollo program.
                                                                                                                                                                      abundant
                                                                                                                                                                      food supplies.                                     and        hit
                                                                                                                                                                      U s i n g                                          songs "The
                                                                                                                                     compelling graphics and visuals, along with                                         Cat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Back"and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Came    Roots of Lacrosse
                                                                                                                                     striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film
                                                                                                                                                                                       "Sandwiches", for decades musical icon             Many           lacrosse
                                                                                                                                     artfully illustrates how, by drawing down
                                                                                                                                                                                       Fred Penner has been using his engaging            players and coaches
                                                                                                                                     atmospheric carbon, soil is the missing piece
                                                                                                                                                                                       personality and public speaking skills to          often don’t know
                                                                                                                                     of the climate puzzle. This movie is positioned
                                                                                                                                                                                       excite audiences like no other. He is a            that the origins of
                                                                                                                                     to catalyze a movement to accomplish the
                                                                                                                                                                                       constant inspiration for his fans of all ages,     the game of lacrosse
                                                                                                                                     impossible – to solve humanity’s greatest
                                                                                                                                                                                       but what is it that Fred really does for people?   has it’s roots in North
                                                                                                                                     challenge, to balance the climate and secure
                                                                                                                                                                                       Why is Fred's message and music more               American Indigenous
                                                                                                                                     our species future.
Shellfish                                                                                                                                                                              important than ever? How did Fred go from          nations.This
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          documentary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            short

Instead of finding a ‘real’ job, as his                                                                                              Anchor Point                                      a struggling musician to the North American
                                                                                                                                                                                       sensation dubbed the "Canadian Minister of         provides a brief
parents lovingly put it, stop motion                                                                                                 Women have been a force in wildland                                                                  history of the sacred
animator Keller attempts to produce                                                    A Room Full                                   firefighting since 1942. Still, they remain
                                                                                                                                                                                       Positivity"? How did difficult moments from
                                                                                                                                                                                       Fred's youth shape his life as a performer?        and cultural aspects of this sport, originally
a film in a week with his dumbstruck
                                                                                       of Nothing                                    outnumbered                                       Take this highly engaging journey to discover      played for the Creator, as well as for the health
brother and longtime crush. When their    Everything In the End                        A compassionate artist and an embittered
                                                                                                                                     10-to-1 on the                                    how Fred Penner connects with audiences            and welfare of the people. The movie also
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          defines the three types of North American,
shoot goes wrong, Keller must face        With her first feature film, Mylissa
                                                                                                                                     fire lines and                                    and makes sense of the world.
his own selfishness and decide which                                                   actor contemplate the meaning of life         do       double-                                                                                     Indigenous lacrosse: Iroquois, Great Lakes,
                                          Fitzsimmons, recently nominated for the      when they wake up as the last two people      duty battling                                                                                        and Southeastern.
is more important, his filmmaking or
close relationships, in this coming-of-
                                          Lynn Shelton "Of a Certain Age" grant,       on Earth and their reality and relationship   both        the                                   When All That's Left
age comedy with a twist of stop motion
                                          presents Everything in the End. A story      begins to fracture                            infernos that
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Is Love                                Jayro
                                          of a lonely traveler who finds human                                                       scorch public                                                                                        When a seven-
animation.                                connections during the final days of                                                                                                                                  When All That's
                                                                                                                                     lands and the                                                                                        year-old        Texas
                                          Earth's existence.                                                                         smoldering                                                                 Left is Love is the       boxer steps into
                                                                                                                                     embers        of                                                           emotionally      grip-    the ring to face his
                                                                                                                                     discrimination,                                                            ping story of a           next opponent, the
                                                                                                                                     misogyny and sexual harrassment that                                       wife's    determina-      pressure of the fight
                                                                                                                                     continue to supress their voices. Told in                                  tion to care for her      is not the only thing
                                                                                                                                     cinema verite, ANCHOR POINT chronicles                                     Alzheimer's stricken      on his mind. The film
                                                                                                                                     the 2019 fire season through the eyes of two                               husband in their          is constructed as an
                                                                                                                                     women, generations apart, as they push to                                  home. With unprec-        allegory for the challenges faced by people of
                                                                                                                                     change the culture of wildland fire.                                       edented,     behind-      color and immigrants in the US.
                                                                                                                                                                                       the-scenes access, the film reveals the toll
                                                                                                                                                                                       that the disease takes on families coping
                                                                                                                                                                                       with Alzheimer's, while also showcasing the
                                                                                                                                                                                       power of love that sustains both patients and
                                                                                                                                                                                       caregivers.

                                                                                                                                     Masks are strongly recommended at all
                                                                                                                                     Film Festival events unless actively eating or drinking.

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SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Khe Sanh Peace                                 Barrier Free: The Art of                                                  Eli                      The Family Farm
Garden                                             Adam Cohoon                                                               This is Eli's story, a   A daughter moves from the family farm as
                             In one of the                                                                                   story about the          a nineteen year old. Twenty years later her
                             most       physical                                                                             power of a young         aging parents still live and work on the farm.
                             and demanding                                                                                   person to educate,       The daughter/ director tells a story about
                             sports there is,                                                                                evoke love and           choices in life, mortality and the ambivalence
                             a high school                                                                                   inspire us all and       of leaving a place that symbolises both
                             wrestling team                                                                                  thus bring hope that     security and stagnation.
                             finds         their                                                                             together we can
                             biggest hardship                                                                                change our world
                             is not on the mat.    Adam Roy Cohoon (ARC23) is a photographer,
                             An insider’s look
                             at the nature of
                                                   filmmaker, artist, and accessibility advocate
                                                   living in Toronto, Canada. He uses a power       Quarantined
the sport of wrestling as told through the         wheelchair, creativity and art to address                                 A student falls ill
eyes of one team and their season-long             the barriers he faces. His work includes                                  during the COVID-
quest to make it to the state tournament.          blogging, photography, filmmaking, and                                    19 outbreak. His
Wrestlers are lost to injury, competition, and     public speaking. Recent years have provided                               parents then have to
attrition, but their toughest loss is the death    technological advances in computing and                                   live with someone
of a teammate.                                     audio/visual equipment that have helped to
                                                   reduce the barriers he has faced, resulting
                                                                                                                             who may have the
                                                                                                                             virus they've been
                                                                                                                                                       Life in Kensington
                                                                                                                                                      "It's almost like
RISE                                               in a novel pioneering form of filmmaking
                                                   and artistic expression from an artist of the
                                                                                                                             sheltering from.
                                                                                                                                                       I went from
A           previously                                                                                                                                 photographing
                                                   disabled community who up until recently,
homeless man takes                                                                                                                                     abandoned
                                                   did not have such an option.
a ride through his                                                                                                                                     houses        to
past in order to                                                                                    Bryan Zanisnik's Big                               abandoned
understand          the                            CHEN                                             Pivot
                                                                                                                                                       people."
                                                                                                                                                       over a decade
                                                                                                                                                                    For
present and how it                                 J‘CHEN’ tells the
affects his future.                                                                                                                                    J e f f r e y
                                                   story of Chinese                                                                                    Stockbridge
                                                   Australian     dancer                                                                               has        been
                                                   Chengwu Guo. Who                                                                                    documenting
                                                   at the age of 10                                                                                    and photographing people in the Kensington
One All The Way                                    was thrown into
                                                   the strict and rigorous training world of the
                                                                                                                                                       neighborhood of Philadelphia, often referred
                           Alice, a nine-year-                                                                                                         to as the "badlands" for its notorious open
                                                   Beijing Dance Academy. Whilst enduring long                                                         air drug market.
                            old girl who lives     periods of time away from his family and
                            in the countryside,    being subjected to harsh training methods,       Recently returning to New York City after
                            faces the break-       Chen was moulded into a highly talented          several years of living in Sweden, artist
                            down       of    her   and daring artist. After winning a prestigious   and storyteller Bryan Zanisnik comically
                            parents when the       competition he migrated to Australia at the      chronicles the highs and lows of life as a
                            father leaves home.    age of 16, quickly rising through the ranks      contemporary artist, discovering a love
                           The brutality of the    to become one of Australia’s most highly         for mushroom foraging and the pleasures
                            grownups world         acclaimed principal dancers. Now after           of inner stillness along the way. Mirroring
                            destabilizes Alice’s   meeting his partner Ako (also principal          Zanisnik’s own tragic-comic style with a
                            poetic imagination     dancer of the Australian Ballet) and riding      playful use of sound effects and archival
and her carelessness made up of playing in         a continual wave of success he must face         footage, this documentary portrait is a
nature with her friend Leo. In reaction, she       one of his greatest challenges yet; A career     universal story of one person’s quest for
decides to become independant and to live          threatening injury that could force him to       financial stability, creative joy, and the best
by herself far away, in the sky, aboard a          quit performing forever. Will this injury stop   in Swedish pastry.
glider. But this loneliness cut her off from her   Chen, one of Australia’s best dancers, from                                                                          Scan for
friend Leo.                                        reaching his physical and artistic peak?                                                                               ticket
                                                                                                                                                                           sales
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SPECIAL EVENTS & HONORS                                                                                                                                                                        AWARDS
         SPECIAL EVENTS                                                                           STAR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
         Opening Ceremony                                                                         Zack Gottsagen
         Tuesday, September 14 from 7–9:00 p.m.                                                                                              This year’s Star Achievement Award is bestowed upon Zack Gottsagen. Zack was the first
         Beach Theater I 6425 Estero Blvd.                                                                                                   child with Down syndrome to be fully included in the Palm Beach County school district
                                                                                                                                             and graduated from Dreyfoos School of the Arts, as a theatre major in 2004.
         Ribbon Cutting                                                                                                                      He is no stranger to being recognized for his talents. In 2015, the Smithsonian Museum
                                                                                                                                             invited Zack to be the keynote speaker for the 25th anniversary of the Americans with
         15th Annual Fort Myers Beach                                                                                                        Disabilities Act. A few short years later, he received the 2018 Quincy Jones Exceptional
         International Film Festival                                                                                                         Advocacy Award.
         Wednesday, September 15 at 2:30 p.m.                                                                                                Zack began his theatrical journey in live theater at the Royal Palm Playhouse in 2005. He
         Beach Theater I 6425 Estero Blvd.
                                                                                                                                             then became involved with Zeno Mountain Farms nonprofit film productions for over a
                                                                                                                                             decade, performing in many films including “Burning Like a Fire” and “Life of a Dollar Bill.”
         Closing Ceremony                                                                                                                    In 2012, Zack played the villain role in “Bulletproof.” During the filming of the movie, a
         Sunday, September 19 at 3:30 p.m.
                                                                                                                                             documentary was made titled, “Becoming Bulletproof,” (2014) which went behind the
         Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille                                                                                                         scenes to follow Zack and other actors through their daily lives.
         708 Fisherman’s Wharf                                                                                                               While filming with Zeno in Los Angeles, Zack met Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz. They
         Emcee–Ray Murphy, Mayor, Fort Myers Beach                                                                                           were so taken with Zack that they decided to create a script for him to be the lead. “The
                                                                                                  Peanut Butter Falcon” integrated Zack’s love of wrestling and his intelligence, humor and enthusiasm, and love of life into the lead
                                                                                                  character role. He starred along co-stars, Shia LaBeouf and Dakota Johnson.
                                                                                                  This native Floridian’s talent, passion, motivation, and tenacity have served as the forces to build and nurture his expanding
                                                                                                  performing arts career. In Zack’s words, “Talent… that’s all I’ve got!”
                                                                                                  The film short, “At Last” starring Zack Gottsagen and George Lopez will be screened Sept. 15 Opening Day at 3 p.m. and
         Masks are strongly recommended at all                                                    Thursday, Sept. 16 at 5 p.m.
         Film Festival events unless actively eating or drinking.

                                                                                                  RISING STAR AWARD
         Shining Star Award                                                                       Laurel K. Levey
         vol·un·teer                                                                              This year’s Rising Star Award is bestowed upon Laurel Levey. Laurel is a first generation American,
                                                                                                  born to European parents. Laurel exudes a Golden State persona, having been born and raised
         Definition - A person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a                          in Southern California. She grew up excelling in gymnastics, free-style dancing, and is a whiz
         willingness to undertake a service. This is Jan Fleming. Honored                         at trivia. She is currently serves as a proud member, board member, and convention delegate of
         as the 2020 recipient of the Shining Star Award in memory of                             SAG-AFTRA.
         stellar volunteer, Darryl Paulauskis, Jan is someone who shares
         her positivity and her can do Mid-Western mindset to help                                Although Laurel has appeared in several films, “Boxed” is her first starring role, and marks the
         make this Festival a success on so many levels. Thank you, Jan.                          beginning of her career as a full-time filmmaker, having written and produced the film, with
         #WeHeartJan #WeAreFMB                                                                    plans already in the works for two more films to follow.
                                                                                                  Additionally, having lived in Israel for 12 years, she is quite a polyglot, speaking English, Hebrew,
         The 2021 Shining Star Award winner will be announced at our                              Spanish, and a smattering of Arabic, Farsi, and Japanese. Laurel is a devoted animal advocate,
         Festival Closing Awards Ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 19 at Doc                              loves nature, traveling, practices yoga and pilates, delights in playing her ukulele, and has a
         Ford's Rum Bar & Grille                                                                  vivacious passion for life, especially acting and filmmaking.
                                                                                                  The film short, “Boxed” starring Laurel Levey will be making its film festival premiere on Thursday,
     “Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.”   Sept. 17 and will also be screened Sept. 18 on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 5 p.m.
                                                                               Sherry Anderson

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SPONSORS                                                                                                                 PREVIOUS YEARS AWARDS
THANK YOU!                                                                                                             PREVIOUS YEAR’S AWARDS
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who continue to support bringing independent films to our beach community.
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