Programs

48 Hour Film Project: Group A

What kind of film could you create if you were given 48 hours, a character, a prop, and a single line of dialouge? And who would be crazy enough to take on the task? Come find out as we screen films from this year's 48 Hour Film Project. Teams screening during this block: B-Unit, Bertha Productions, Buffoonery Films, Canned Rose Studios, Critical Juncture #16, Dinosaur Riders, FireMonkeys@LDR Studios, In Cahoots, Manmauji Films, Paradox, Raaen Films, Raven's Nest Productions, RSDigital, Short Strawteam Berry Cake Productions, The Collective Brain

48 Hour Film Project: Group B

What kind of film could you create if you were given 48 hours, a character, a prop, and a single line of dialouge? And who would be crazy enough to take on the task? Come find out as we screen films from this year's 48 Hour Film Project. Teams screening during this block: Raving Lunatic Show, Blue September Films, Disturb the Production, Fair Creek Films, Fierce Little Bird Productions, Herbert Brothers, JumpCuts, MUTT, ParaCinema, SonderVision Productions, Sriracha and Noodles, Team Dharma

70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green

Ronit Bezalel58mUSAEnglish (English Subtitles)Hoosier Lens Feature
Tells the volatile story of this hotly contested patch of land, while looking unflinchingly at race, class, and who has the right to live in the city.

A Friend Indeed

Whatever happens, they're there for each other.

In this Program
Crossing
Inbar Horesh40mIsraelHebrew, Arabic, English (English Subtitles)Documentary Short
Tierra Caliente
Alvaro D. Ruiz22mColombiaSpanish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Am Strand (On The Beach)
Nele Mueller-Stöfen19mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short

A Good Sport

A little fun, a little competition, a lot of exertion.

In this Program
The Honeys and Bears
Veena Rao4mUSAEnglish Documentary Short
Not Pictured
Tucker Gragg21mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
Running Big
David Gossard47mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
Suspendu
Elie Grappe15mSwitzerlandFrench (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short

A Sicilian Dream

Philip Walsh1h 11mGBEnglish, Italian (English Subtitles)Documentary Feature
A documentary about the Targa Florio, the longest-running mountain road race in the world that is too dangerous to run today.

All the Wrong Friends

Mark Kerins1h 18mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Feature
A darkly comedic thriller about a group of high school friends on a road trip, who begin to turn on one another when they try to cover up a murder.

Almosting It

Will von Tagen1h 26mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Feature
With the help of a retirement home playboy (Lee Majors), a young sci-fi writer works to get his act together with three very different women.

Always On My Mind

Letting the psyche take the driver's seat.

In this Program
Remember When
Swati Srivastava24mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
The Boatman
Zack Godshall14mUSAEnglish Documentary Short
Hollis Treasures
R. Todd Campbell12mUSAEnglish Documentary Short
Gleichgewicht (Keeping Balance)
Bernhard Wenger6mAustriaGerman (English Subtitles)Documentary Short
Spectrum: A Story of the Mind
Jill Jones24mUSAEnglish Documentary Short
Circle
Alexander Heringer12mGermany(none) World Cinema Short

And Justice For All

Inside the fight to give voice to the voiceless.

In this Program
Tagelöhner Syndrom (Work For One Day)
Rita Bakacs29mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)Documentary Short
Dastaar
Javian Le10mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
War of Space | Human/Elephant Conflict in the Maasai Mara
Matt Mays6mKenyaEnglish (English Subtitles)Hoosier Lens Short
Ausstieg Rechts (Exit Right)
Rupert Höller, Bernhard Wenger7mAustriaGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Boat People
Paul Meschùh28mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short

Black Mountain Poets

Jamie Adams1h 30mGBEnglish World Cinema Feature
Two professional con artist sisters go on the run and take the identities of The Wilding Sisters, guests of a poetry retreat in the Black Mountains.
Awards Night Film BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS, Presentation, and Party

Awards Night is presented by Bandy Carroll Hellige!

Baby Bump

Kuba Czekaj1h 29mPolandPolish, English (English Subtitles)World Cinema Feature
11-year-old Mickey House deals with growing up as reality and imagination come together in a toxic mix.

Best of 48 Hour Film Project

The 48 Hour Film Project awards screenings of the following: Hard Sell, Rotten, Time for Frances, Solanum, For Rest, Seedy, Vindicta, Redemption Services, The Photograph.

Best of American Spectrum

Our award winners for best American Spectrum short and feature.

In this Program
Mine
Nick Dixon13mUSAArabic (English Subtitles)American Spectrum Short
Reparation
Kyle Ham1h 45mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Feature

Best of Documentary

Our award winners for best Documentary short and feature.

In this Program
Bacon & God's Wrath
Sol Friedman9mCanadaEnglish Documentary Short
Do Not Resist
Craig Atkinson1h 13mUSAEnglish Documentary Feature

Best of Hoosier Lens

Our award winners for best Hoosier Lens short and feature.

In this Program
Undertaker
Brenton Oechsle3mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
UNDER THE BRIDGE: The Criminalization of Homelessness
Don Sawyer1h 14mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Feature

Best of World Cinema

Our award winners for best World Cinema short and feature.

In this Program
Alles Wird Gut (Everything Will Be Okay)
Patrick Vollrath30mAustriaGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
West Coast
Benjamin Weill1h 20mFranceFrench (English Subtitles)World Cinema Feature

Black Mountain Poets

Jamie Adams1h 30mGBEnglish World Cinema Feature
Two professional con artist sisters go on the run and take the identities of The Wilding Sisters, guests of a poetry retreat in the Black Mountains.

Body Language

From head to toe, this is where things get corporeal.

In this Program
Frontman
Matthew Gentile19mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
Love Comes Later
Sonejuhi Sinha10mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
Ich Sehe Was, Was Du Nicht Siehst (I Spy With My Little Eye)
Vivien Hartmann34mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)Documentary Short
Otis
Matthew Levandoski4mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
The Dean Scream
Bryan Storkel11mUSAEnglish Documentary Short

Morris From America

Chad Hartigan1h 31mGermanyEnglish Special Presentation
A 13-year-old rapper falls for a rebellious classmate after moving from the U.S. to Germany with his widowed father.
Closing Night Film MORRIS FROM AMERICA and After Party

Join us for our closing night film and after-party!

Command and Control

Robert Kenner1h 32mUSAEnglish Documentary Feature
An exploration of the long-hidden accidents, near misses, and high stakes connected to America’s nuclear weapons program.

Creep Up

Strange shorts you won't soon forget.

In this Program
Greener Grass
Paul Briganti15mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
Roadside Assistance
Bears Fonte8mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
Clownz
Konstantin Koewius27mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Homeful Bliss (Het Geluk)
Jan Van Dyck15mBelgiumDutch (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Sânge
Percival Argüero19mMexicoSpanish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short

Crime & Crime Again

Scenes from life on the wrong side of the law.

In this Program
It Has To Be You
Conrad Rothbaum13mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
La última noche de Silverio Cruz (The Last Night of Silverio Cruz)
Julian Stubbs16mMexicoSpanish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Alles Wird Gut (Everything Will Be Okay)
Patrick Vollrath30mAustriaGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Ernestine & Kit
Simon Bird11mGBEnglish World Cinema Short
The Lipiński
Nate Townsend13mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short

Do Not Resist

Craig Atkinson1h 13mUSAEnglish Documentary Feature
A rare glimpse into the increasingly disturbing realities of American police culture.

Elsewhere, NY

Jeffrey P. Nesker1h 29mCanadaEnglish World Cinema Feature
Sex, love and drama in the heady world of Elsewhere, NY.

Empty Space

James Choi1h 17mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Feature
Tom, an overweight young man, attempting to bury the years of being bullied meets a blind girl named Lilly who shows him how to be accepted and loved.

Family Values

In life's twists and turns, it's all relative.

In this Program
Die Kunst, Meine Familie und Ich (About Art, my Family and Me)
Johannes Bachmann16mSwitzerlandEnglish Documentary Short
La Canción Del Abuelo (The Grandpa's Song)
Carlos Alcazar17mMexicoSpanish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Mil Capas (Layers)
Tess Anastasia Fernández18mMexicoSpanish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Oak Leaves
Paulina Rosas30mMexicoSpanish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short

Filmmaker Panel

Want the opportunity to meet actors and filmmakers and learn about their craft first-hand? On Saturday July 16 join us for an engaging panel discussion.

Giggle Fits

Just sit back and laugh.

In this Program
First Time
Steve Summers7mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
The Poets
Sean Gannet8mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
Bacon & God's Wrath
Sol Friedman9mCanadaEnglish Documentary Short
I Am Walker
Arthur Franck24mFinlandEnglish, Finnish (English Subtitles)Documentary Short
King of Baskets
Brandon Walsh15mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
Wifey Redux
Robert McKeon23mIrelandEnglish World Cinema Short
Rye Manhattan
Michael Goldburg7mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short

Hell Or High Water

David Mackenzie1h 42mUSAEnglish Special Presentation
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

High Cotton

Ken Horstmann1h 34mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Feature
A British misfit and a southern man-child seek a peaceful life of crime in the deep south until violence forces them to find a new way to come up.

Insatiable: The Homaro Cantu Story

Brett Schwartz1h 38mUSAEnglish Documentary Feature
Chef and inventor Homaro Cantu takes you on a dizzying and thrilling in a story that moves from redemption and inspiration to tragedy and back again.

K2 and the Invisible Footmen

Iara Lee55mPakistanEnglish Documentary Feature
A chronicling of the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak.
Also in this Program
Am Fenster (Two Windows)
Tim Ullrich, Leonhard Kaufman11mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short

The Girl's House (Khaneye Dokhtar)

Shahram Shah Hosseini1h 18mIranPersian (English Subtitles)World Cinema Feature
Tomorrow is Samira's wedding ceremony and Bahar and Parisa are shopping excitedly. But at night somebody calls and tells them that the bride is dead.

My Good Man's Gone

Nick Citton1h 35mCanadaEnglish American Spectrum Feature
Joni and Wes have always locked horns over the events of their childhood. But when their father dies, they have to re-frame the stories of their lives.

Nakom

Kelly Daniela Norris1h 30mGhanaKusaal, English (English Subtitles)World Cinema Feature
In this intimate narrative from Ghana, a talented student must return to his home village after his father's death to fight for his family's survival.

Not Me

David Redish1h 23mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Feature
A real and raw story of addiction, denial, and recovery told by 8 different people as they discuss the heroin and meth epidemic in suburbia.

Little Men

Ira Sachs1h 25mUSAEnglish Special Presentation
When 13-year-old Jake's grandfather dies, his family moves back into its old Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends Tony, whose single Chilean mother runs the shop downstairs.
Opening Night Film LITTLE MEN and After Party

Come for the movie, stay for a live Skype Q&A with director Ira Sachs, and then join the fun at the official after-party. Our opening night festivities are presented by the fine folks at Just Pop In!

Plástico (Plastic)

Ricardo Soto1h 3mMexicoEnglish World Cinema Feature
In adulthood, Ana and Leo, two siblings are unable to escape from a feeling of living a disposable, plastic life.

Reparation

Kyle Ham1h 45mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Feature
A troubled Air Force Veteran finds clues to his lost memories in his daughter's art, while confronted by a stranger looking for his own answers.

Ruido Rosa (Pink Noise)

Roberto Flores Prieto1h 41mColombiaSpanish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Feature
A housekeeper of a cheap hotel and a radio repairman, discover that love is ageless, under the torrential rain that flooded Barranquilla's downtown.

SHU-DE! (LET'S GO!)

Michael R Faulkner1h 25mUSAEnglish, Russian, Tuvan (English Subtitles)Documentary Feature
Music is language and wild sounds abound as beatboxer, Shodekeh, embarks on an extraordinary journey through the remote Republic of Tuva in Siberia.

Sci of Relief

Painting a picture of an imagined future.

In this Program
All Your Favorite Shows!
Danny Madden5mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
Cain's Shadow (L'Ombra di Caino)
Antonio De Palo30mItalyItalian (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Inferno
Rico Mahel17mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Kryo
Christoph Heimer30mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short

Search Engines

Russell Brown1h 38mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Feature
A family is put to the test when mysterious circumstances force them to survive the annual American Thanksgiving holiday without their cell phones.

Souled Out

Making a space for matters of the spirit.

In this Program
Undertaker
Brenton Oechsle3mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
3000
Antonis Tsonis20mAustraliaGreek (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Aire (Air)
Kami García17mMexicoSpanish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Long Live Stefaan (Lang Leve Stefaan)
Kwok Kuen Chow13mBelgiumEnglish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Am Fenster (Two Windows)
Tim Ullrich, Leonhard Kaufman11mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
La Douleur (The Pain)
Ali Asgari16mFranceKurdish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short

Special Hoosier Shorts Block

Here in Indiana, we're long on charm. And kindness. And humidity. But it's our shorts that really shine. These short films were grown, filmed, dreamed or situated here in the Hoosier State.

In this Program
Not Pictured
Tucker Gragg21mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
Undertaker
Brenton Oechsle3mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
War of Space | Human/Elephant Conflict in the Maasai Mara
Matt Mays6mKenyaEnglish (English Subtitles)Hoosier Lens Short
Rye Manhattan
Michael Goldburg7mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
Otis
Matthew Levandoski4mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
Running Big
David Gossard47mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short

Target Fascination

Dominic Pelosi1h 12mAustraliaEnglish World Cinema Feature
A family attempt to connect with the murderer of their daughter after he's spent 20 years in prison for the crime.

The Anthropologist

Daniel Miller1h 20mUSAEnglish, Russian, Sakha, Kiribati, Spanish, Quechu (English Subtitles)Documentary Feature
As her mother studies the impact of climate change on indigenous communities, an American teenager reconsiders the fate of humanity.

The Babymooners

Shaina Feinberg1h 15mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Feature
A mellow drama about a late-blooming New Yorker's anxious and surreal journey into motherhood.

The Invisible Patients

Patrick O'Connor1h 28mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Feature
A nurse practitioner strives to preserve the well-being and humanity of frail homebound patients who live on the outer edges of our healthcare system.

Treppe Aufwärts

Mia Maariel Meyer1h 34mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Features
A three generation story about the fateful past of the grandfather and its dysfunctional impact on the life of his son and grandson.

UNDER THE BRIDGE: The Criminalization of Homelessness

Don Sawyer1h 14mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Feature
A documentary about one summer in Indianapolis, a tent city under a bridge, and the criminalization of homelessness.

WTF?!

Some time with the things that make you go hmm.

In this Program
The Brief, Existential Crisis of a Young Underwear Model
Brett and Drew Checkelsky12mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
Forgiving Chris Brown
Marquette Jones12mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
Soy Chingon aka I'm A Badass
Nic Santana9mUSAEnglish, Spanish (English Subtitles)Documentary Short
B.
Kai Staenicke15mGermany(none) World Cinema Short
Sexo Limpio (Clean Sex)
María Conchita Díaz14mMexicoSpanish (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
What Happens In Your Brain if You See a German Word Like...?
Zora Rux5mGermanyGerman (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short
Zéro m2
Matthieu Landour19mFranceFrench (English Subtitles)World Cinema Short

War Stories

Conflict, combat, and the ways they shape us.

In this Program
Almost Home
BJ Golnick15mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
Birthday
Chris King13mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Short
Mine
Nick Dixon13mUSAArabic (English Subtitles)American Spectrum Short
Thank You, John
Dustin Lowman28mUSAEnglish Hoosier Lens Short
Home
Daniel Mulloy20mKosovoEnglish World Cinema Short

West Coast

Benjamin Weill1h 20mFranceFrench (English Subtitles)World Cinema Feature
Four french teenagers in a small town are sure to be real West Coast gangstas. They're gonna live their crazy last expedition. They will grow and learn.

West of Her

Ethan Warren1h 30mUSAEnglish American Spectrum Feature
Two strangers participate in a mysterious project, but as their connection deepens to romance, they must choose between the work and a future together.