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The 34th Annual Woods Hole Film Festival

DOCUMENTARY Holding Liat
Brandon Kramer • USA • 2025 • 97 min.
FEATURES When Liat Beinin Atzili and her husband are kid- MASTER
napped on October 7th, her Israeli-American family is
thrust into turmoil, grappling with fractured loyalties
and painful truths as they fight to bring her home—
and hold on to the places they call their own. Through CLASSES
Anxiety Club the intimate lens of a family’s experience, HOLDING
LIAT poses complex questions of identity across gen-
Wendy Lobel • USA • 2024 • 86 min. erations, as the family is thrust into the epicenter of a The Intersection of Music
A humorous and heartfelt exploration of anxiety global conflict rapidly unfolding in real-time. and Documentary Filmmaking
through the lens of some of today’s most brilliant
comedians: Tiffany Jenkins, Joe List, Marc Maron, Jimmy & The Demons with Chris Perez (entertainment
Aparna Nancherla, Mark Normand, Baron Vaughn, Cindy Meehl • USA • 2025 • 93 min. attorney) and Jonathan
and Eva Victor. With a mix of stand-up performanc- For six decades, Jimmy Grashow’s intricate wood-
es, sketch videos, exclusive interviews, and relatable cuts and fantastical sculptures in cardboard have Finegold (music supervisor)
everyday life scenarios, they candidly share their graced many galleries and museums. His work has Monday, July 28, 12:00 pm, Community Hall
personal struggles with the condition that affects been featured on album covers and in countless
more than 300 million people. publications including Rolling Stone, Esquire, and This Master Class will unite two industry leaders to
Bankie Banx: King of the Dune the New York Times. Now at age 79, Jimmy is of- share their expertise on everything from creative
fered a commission by an art collector who has a
Nara Garber • USA • 2024 • 118 min. strong faith that is different from his own. music selection to navigating rights and budgets.
From humble beginnings on the remote island of Drawing from their extensive experience with
Anguilla, trailblazing singer-songwriter Bankie Banx Lost Wolves of Yellowstone acclaimed documentaries and global productions,
defied genre constraints and industry expectations Thomas Winston • USA • 2024 • 92 min. they will provide valuable insights into both the ar-
to forge his own path. Dubbed “the Bob Dylan of On January 12, 1995 wolves returned to Yellowstone, tistic and business aspects of music in filmmaking.
the Caribbean,” he has journeyed from breakout 50 years after their extirpation. Mollie Beattie, the
stardom to founding the iconic Moonsplash Music first female director of the US Fish and Wildlife
Festival and the Dune Preserve, where he presides Service, carried the first Canadian born wolf into The Wearing Many Hats with
as pirate king of a de facto autonomous zone. Park’s experimental acclimation enclosure, Alpha Brad Silberling, Director
Beyond the Gaze: Female Wolf No. 5. From that day forward, their and Producer
lives would be forever connected.
Jule Campbell’s Swimsuit Issue Loving John Monday, July 28, 2:30 pm, Community Hall
Jill Campbell • USA • 2024 • 107 min. Robert Rooy • USA • 2025 • 76 min.
In the 1960s at the height of the Mad Men era, Jule In this Master Class, Brad Silberling, television and
Campbell fights sexism and accusations of objec- John Godinet is an irrepressible Pacific Islander and film director whose credits include the feature
tification to turn the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit ultra-runner living with his husband Peter in rural films CASPER, CITY OF ANGELS, MOONLIGHT
Issue into a cultural phenomenon. She empowered Maryland. He’s outrun abuse as a teenager and MILE, LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFOR-
models like Christie Brinkley, Tyra Banks, and Kathy discrimination as an adult, but now has a new ad- TUNATE EVENTS and LAND OF THE LOST among
Ireland while launching a media empire and creat- versary: ALS. But ALS isn’t so much the subject as it
ing a legacy that continues to inspire. is a catalyst -- life lived with a ticking clock. Nothing others as well as numerous television credits, will
is simple -- not the love of friends, husband, family
talk about working in film and television, changing
Comparsa or even oneself. But John has a survival strategy: roles and adapting to work on projects both large
Doug Anderson, Vickie Curtis • USA • 2025 • 78 min. humor and even hilarity! and small and developing the skills to adapt to a
Sisters Lesli and Lupe are visionary young artists My Sweet Land variety of projects.
who are spurred to action after a horrific act of Sareen Hairabedian • USA, France, Jordan, Ireland •
violence strikes their community in Guatemala City. 2024 • 86 min.
From the shadows of a neighborhood scared into
silence, these two sisters lead a luminous rebel- Growing up in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh),11-
year-old Vrej dreams of becoming a dentist in his
lion—unleashing joy, art, and radical truth in a fight picture-postcard village with its roaming ducks and WORKSHOPS
for survival. golden bees. His sweet land, however, is strewn with
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp mines from previous wars, shaping a country that Filmmaker Meetings with
and the Biotech Revolution remains unrecognized to the world. Vrej’s life takes Chris Perez and Jonathan
a sudden turn when war erupts, forcing him to flee
Bill Haney • USA • 2025 • 98 min. with his family. He spends his days in exile impa- Finegold
Phil Sharp’s journey from a Kentucky farm boy to tiently waiting for victory, but reality takes a differ-
Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream ent turn; Armenians lose the war. Upon returning to Tuesday, July 29, 11 am, Community Hall
and the triumph of entrepreneurial spirit. His 1977 his surviving village, he confronts the devastation, Filmmakers will be able to set up 20 minute
groundbreaking discovery of RNA splicing rewrote new power dynamics, and education that prepares
the rules of molecular biology and ignited a life-sav- children for near-future battles. Vrej must learn the meetings with Chris and Jonathan to discuss their
ing scientific revolution, laying the foundation for an rules of war… But can he carry a nation’s hopes on individual projects. Advance registration required.
industry that has become a cornerstone of global his young shoulders? The film is a testament to the
innovation and economic growth – and transformed people of Artsakh, where hope and trauma had
the health of billions of patients worldwide. shaped their resilience across generations.
Etched In Pavement Oceania: Journey to the Center PANEL
John Sippel • USA • 2025 • 88 min. Natalie Zimmerman • Kiribati, USA • 2024 • 75 min.
The legacies we inherit the moment we’re born into A mother and her adult son in Kiribati grapple
our circumstances, the legacy we create through- with climate change and the predicted loss of DISCUSSIONS
out our time on this earth, and ultimately how our their home islands as they strive to maintain their
legacy is kept alive by those we impact after we’re culture, freedom and independence after decades In Conversation with
gone are all explored through the weaving paths of colonizing encounters.
of two young men from SW Detroit who set out to Out of Plain Sight Elijah Wald
uplift their worlds in the best way they know how:
FIGHTING. Rosanna Xia, Daniel Straub • USA • 2024 • 94 min. Thursday, July 31, 1 pm, Community Hall
Folktales Not far from Catalina Island, aboard one of the Science Filmmaking in
most-advanced research ships in the world, David
Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing • USA • 2025 • 106 min. Valentine discovered a corroded barrel on the
FOLKTALES tells the timely and emotional story seafloor that gave him chills. The full environmental Changing Times
of teenagers who choose to spend an unconven- horror sharpens into greater clarity once he calls Los Thursday, July 31, 3 pm, Community Hall
tional “gap year” learning to dog sled and survive Angeles Times journalist Rosanna Xia, who pieces
the Arctic wilderness, in hopes of finding connec- together a shocking revelation.
tion and meaning in the modern world. Guided by Phillip Dutton: Leap of Faith Women in Film & Video
patient teachers and a yard full of Alaskan huskies, New England, Getting Your
they discover their own potential and develop deep Tracy Egan • USA • 2024 • 53 min.
relationships with the land, animals and humans Equestrian Phillip Dutton overcomes humble Film Made, seen and Sold:
around them. roots on an Australian cattle farm, inauspicious
beginnings in the US, and a life-changing rid- Strategies for Filmmakers
ing accident to become a seven-time Olympian Friday, August 1st, 2:30 pm, Community Hall
in the sport of Eventing; but does the aging
legend have enough left to qualify for his
A Bringing Science to the Screen screening. eighth Games at the age of 60?