Programs The Toby

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 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.

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.

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.

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!

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 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

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.

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.

Do Not Resist

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.