Page 6 - Woods Hole Film Festival 2024

The 33rd Annual Woods Hole Film Festival

Crookedfinger new events unfold in the story, we dive into the lis- SHORTS:
Julia Halperin & Jason Cortlund • USA • 2023 • 92 min. tener’s imaginations to reveal a unique version of
July 30, 2024 8:00pm • FA-Simon Center the oddball characters the rhapsodist has created.
After the sudden deaths of her parents, Maria re- Riley The Spirit of
turns to her childhood home on Cape Cod. When
her estranged brother Nico shows up to help sort Benjamin Howard • USA • 2023 • 93 min. Massachusetts
out the estate, tensions soon rise about how to July 29, 2024 8:00pm • FA-Simon Center
best sell the decrepit house. Disciplined high school athlete Dakota Riley lives July 30, 2024 5:30pm • FA-Simon Center
his life within carefully-designed boundaries, a
Egghead & Twinkie calculated blueprint upon which he’s formed the Gorgeous
Sarah Kambe • Holland • USA • 2023 • 87 min. basis of his identity. But when the reality of his Dramatic • Morgan Gould • USA • 2023 • 14 min.
July 31, 2024 8:00pm • Meigs Room identity is thrown into disarray, Dakota is forced to
After awkwardly coming out to her conservative confront the consequences of denying himself, or She, Who Dared
parents, Asian-American teen, Twinkie, convinces come to terms with who he really is. Dramatic • Gabrielle Rosson • USA • 2023 • 24 min.
her BFF Egghead to come along on a cross- Slide
country road trip to meet her online crush at a Smile
big lesbian dance party in Texas. Unfortunately, Bill Plympton • USA • 2023 • 73 min. Dramatic • Mike Sills • USA • 2024 • 20 min.
Egghead has no idea what he’s being roped into, August 2, 2024 8:00pm • FA-Simon Center
and he just confessed his long-hidden feelings for A mythical cowboy appears in the corrupt logging The Day Keeper
Twinkie with disastrous results. town of Sourdough Creek, and with the aid of his Comedy • Mark Kiefer • USA • 2024 • 8 min.
slide guitar and a giant Hellbug, battles the evil
Hangdog mayor and his equally selfish twin brother to try to The Lost Weekend
Matt Cascella • USA • 2023 • 91 min. clean up the town. Dramatic • Charlie Norton • USA • 2023 • 22 min.
July 29, 2024 5:30pm • Clapp Auditorium
Anxiety-ridden Walt embarks on a comic odyssey The Strangers’ Case
through Portland, Maine to retrieve his stolen dog Brandt Andersen • Jordan • 2024 • 103 min. SHORTS:
before his girlfriend, Wendy, returns from her busi- August 2, 2024 5:30pm • Meigs Room
ness trip, or risk losing them both. Along the way, Tragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo, starting Be The Change
his encounters with eccentric locals Marianne and a chain reaction of events involving five different
Brent force him to confront his insecurities and families in four different countries. July 27, 2024 2:00pm • Redfield Auditorium
embrace human (and canine!) connection. Three Birthdays
Him Jane Weinstock • USA • 2023 • 90 min. Bienvenidos a Los Angeles
Dramatic • Lisa Cole • USA • 2022 • 17 min.
Rebecca Wahls • USA • 2024 • 80 min. August 1, 2024 4:00pm • Redfield Auditorium
August 1, 2024 8:00pm • Meigs Room In 1970, at the height of the sexual revolution, Bob- Lichtblick - Glimmer of Hope
Sequestered in a remote desert villa, the final five bie is determined to lose her virginity on the day of Dramatic • Sophia Tamaro • Germany • 2023 • 5 min.
contestants on a reality dating show unite to con- her 17th birthday, but she will lose more than that.
front their deceitful suitor and the producers who When she discovers her mother’s infidelity and My Father’s Name
manipulated them into falling in love. acts out furiously, she sets off a chain of confron- Documentary • Susanna Styron • USA • 2024 • 20 min.
tations that forces her father and mother to face
If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing their own insecurities as accomplished middle- Save the Cat
Sadie Bones • USA • 2024 • 95 min. class intellectuals. On each of their birthdays, Short Documentary • Jordan Matthew Horowitz •
August 1, 2024 8:30pm • Redfield Auditorium hopes are dashed, and secrets revealed. USA • 2024 • 24 min.
After being brutally dumped, 17-year-old Syd- We Strangers
nie discovers she is pregnant. Seeing this as an The Innkeeper
opportunity to get her ex back and give her life Anu Valia • USA • 2024 • 86 min. Comedy • Paudie Baggott • Ireland • 2023 • 14 min.
direction, she decides to keep the baby. She soon July 28, 2024 8:30pm • Redfield Auditorium Yaya
realizes that this won’t be the quick fix she had Rayelle Martin, a commercial cleaning woman in
hoped for and finds herself caught in a compli- Gary, Indiana, stumbles into a new job cleaning Dramatic • Laura Neri • Belgium/Greece • 2023 • 10 min.
cated love triangle and totally lost. the homes of several rich, suburban families. While
working, she impulsively tells one small lie, and
Katie’s Mom subsequently finds herself in an odd new position SHORTS:
Tyrrell Shaffner • USA • 2023 • 114 min. of power.
July 27, 2024 8:00pm • Clapp Auditorium Conversations
A recent divorcee’s holiday celebration with her
adult children derails when she falls for her daugh- July 28, 2024 3:00pm • Clapp Auditorium
ter’s charming new boyfriend.
Da’s
Lie of the Land Comedy • Chris Aitken • Scotland • 2023 • 3 min.
John Carlin • UK/Ireland • 2023 • 80 min.
August 2, 2024 8:00pm • Meigs Room Days of Hate
The Wards are about to lose everything due to Documentary • Oliver Shahery • USA • 2024 • 16 min.
crippling debt, when a mysterious stranger arrives,
promising a new life - for the right fee. But last- Deep Tish
minute doubts see the pair fighting for everything Comedy • Dave Paige • USA • 2024 • 13 min.
they were about to abandon. Hello?
Lost Nation Comedy • Mac Montero • UK • 2023 • 3 min.
Jay Craven • USA • 2024 • 107 min. KISS
July 28, 2024 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium
In 1775, a formerly enslaved couple faces obstacles Dramatic • Katja Roberts • UK • 2023 • 15 min.
as they seek to settle their homestead in the Looking Forward
eastern hills of the territory now known as Ver-
mont. Forty miles west, rebel instigator and land Wednesday, July 31 Documentary • Steven Ascher • USA • 2023 • 13 min.
speculator Ethan Allen plots to drive out New York 10:00pm • Captain Kidd Lunchbox
landlords who seek to impose their rule. Dramatic • Anne Hu • USA • 2022 • 16 min.
Okie Wednesday Night Party The Natural
Kate Cobb • USA • 2023 • 86 min. Comedy • Charlie Rowe • UK • 2023 • 13 min.
August 3, 2024 5:15pm • Redfield Auditorium with music by
Louie, an acclaimed writer, returns to his dilapidat-
ed hometown after his father’s death. Confronted Liam and Johnny SHORTS:
with a deluge of people from his past, Louie is
forced to reconcile with the stories he’s stolen,
misrepresented, or downright exploited for profit. Guitar-slingin’, harmony-singin’, Decisions, Decisions
The Rhapsodist vibe-bringin’ hombres. July 31, 2024 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium
Nikolai Hamel • Greece • 2023 • 88 min. Their wheelhouse is the classic
July 28, 2024 5:30pm • FA-Simon Center Americana, country-rock and folk-rock Dérive
Over the course of a night, a storyteller captures songbook of the 60’s & 70’s. Dramatic • Lianne Sonia Walden • USA • 2024 • 19 min.
bar patrons with his tale of mysterious magic and Scratch-Off
petty crime. As new customers enter the bar and
Dramatic • Tara Sheffer • USA • 2024 • 19 min.
* Schedule subject to change. Check website for lastest updates and information.