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The 34th Annual Woods Hole Film Festival

NARRATIVE Revisit lengths to shelter her children, so when a spree of
violence comes to her doorstep, she secretly cleans
Harriet Wong Teng, Teng • China, Macau • 2024 • 88 min.
an abandoned crime scene, which unknowingly
FEATURES As Olivia charts her course through Beijing’s urban leads her on a path that exposes generational
maze post-graduation, a fateful call redirects her to
chains of silence, self-discovery and finally putting
Macau. Faced with her grandmother’s ailing health,
herself first.
Olivia embraces her role as caregiver. Through their
An Arrangement time together, they sharedstories, find comfort, and Xibalba Monster
rebuild their relationship.
Manuela Irene • México • 2024 • 76 min.
Noree Victoria • USA • 2024 • 86 min. Rogelio is 8, his parents are never around and he
A politician’s wife with a drug problem that is Séance gets his best birthday gifts from his dentist. This
threatening to derail her husband’s gubernatorial Vivian Kerr • USA • 2024 • 85 min. summer he is sent away to his nanny’s hometown,
run, is forced by her husband to secretly undergo In 1892 California, a woman contemplating adultery nestled in the Yucatan jungle. There, he embarks on
rehab at their secluded summer home. But when is forced to take refuge from a storm at the home of a trip to the Mayan jungle with his nanny, where he
he starts to take an interest in her young and her first husband and his unstable wife, who claims will spy on the legendary “Xibalba Monster” and try

unconventional nurse, tensions arise that put their to be haunted by their dead child. to decipher the mystery of life and death.
marriage, and all of their lives, on the line. Shattered Ice
An Autumn Summer Alex Ranarivelo • USA • 2025 • 100 min. SHORTS:
Jared Isaac • USA • 2025 • 98 min. High school hockey bruiser Will Mankus is struggling
to navigate life as a teenager following the unexpected
Kevin and his girlfriend, Cody, are two months into his loss of his best friend and the school’s star player to sui- Conversations
family’s annual trip at their lake house. Time causes
change...and this year, one month remains before cide. As he confronts his grief, Mankus must lift himself July 26, 2025 2:00pm • Redfield Auditorium
their lives take them on different paths. Amid peaceful up from rock bottom with the help of his small-town
days and adventurous nights, Kevin and Cody awaken New England community to find hope and purpose Fiddler on the Moon: Judaism
to reality: This time together will eventually end, and through his family, friends, and the sport he loves. in Space
each moment may become a fleeting memory. The Arborist Documentary • Jeremy Newberger, Daniel A. Miller,
Homewrecker Andrew Mudge • USA • 2025 • 95 min. Seth Kramer • USA • 2025 • 31 min.
Dante Marino • USA • 2025 • 75 min. A grief-stricken arborist and her son awaken a Goodnight
Megan is devastated when her mom can no longer haunting when they begin felling trees at the estate
afford to buy her a house, due to her stepdad’s of a mysterious recluse. Dramatic • Isabel Pask • USA • 2025 • 15 min.
financial troubles. So Megan decides that she has to The Easy Kind Resaca
split them up. With the help of her boyfriend, Liam,
she hatches a plan to use artificial intelligence to Katy Chevigny • USA • 2024 • 98 min. Dramatic • Joe Borg • UK • 2025 • 11 min.
make a deepfake sex tape of her stepdad in order to A rollicking journey inspired by and starring Nash- Shouting at the Sea
frame him for cheating. Things get messy as Megan ville singer EC as she breaks through the constraints
commits to the increasingly elaborate scheme and of country music to become the artist that she’s Dramatic • Benjamin Verrall • UK • 2024 • 20 min.
grapples with the morality of her actions. meant to be. Terms & Conditions
Love, Danielle The Fisherman Dramatic • Mar Sudac • USA • 2024 • 15 min.
Marianna Palka • USA • 2024 • 79 min. Zoey Martinson • USA • 2024 • 106 min.
A traditional Ghanaian fisherman forced into retire-
When Danielle, a happily married thirty-something, ment teams up with a sarcastic talking fish and his SHORTS:
tests positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation, she learns
that this puts her at a very high risk of develop- GenZ associates on a whimsical adventure to Accra, Moving Forward
ing breast and ovarian cancer. Thanks a lot, DNA. chasing their dream of owning a boat while learn-
She now struggles with daily life, working at her ing to navigate the modern world.
bakery with her hubby Pat and hanging out with The Scout July 27, 2025 2:00pm • Redfield Auditorium
her clueless best buds on game night. She now Class Reunion
contemplates preemptively removing her “ticking Paula González-Nasser • USA • 2025 • 89 min.
time bomb” breasts and reproductive organs before Sofia works as a location scout for a network TV show Dramatic • Ruolin Dai • China • 2024 • 10 min.
cancer gets her, too. Ultimately, Danielle must fig- shooting in New York City. This means a daily journey Lazybones
ure out how to prioritize her health and well-being into the private spaces and lives of numerous city
by putting herself first. residents, photographing their properties and briefly Comedy • Douglas Williams • USA • 2025 • 13 min.
Magic Hour stepping into the fabric of their lives. Over the course Middleground
of a day filled with these encounters, Sofia plays wit-
Jacqueline Christy • USA • 2025 • 94 min. ness to moments of curiosity, vulnerability, and quiet Documentary • Alex Herz • USA • 2025 • 20 min.
Harriet, a once-promising filmmaker, is stuck in the tension, until her work takes a sudden, personal turn. Ploujét
suburbs of New Jersey. Alienated from her cheating The Summer Book
husband and spurned by her teenage daughter, she Dramatic • Andrea Nordgren • USA • 2024 • 14 min.
secretly enrolls in film school. But, when she gets Charlie McDowell • USA • 2024 • 90 min. River Oaks
fired off her own film and found out by her daugh- Nine-year-old Sophia is growing up fast, but her
ter, Harriet must decide if her life’s ambition is pure grandmother is nearing the end of her life. Together Dramatic • Kalyani Persaud • USA • 2025 • 11 min.
folly or a dream worth saving. with Sophia’s father, they spend time at their fam- Simple Machine
Mistura ily’s summer home on a tiny unspoiled island in the Documentary • Sara Hendren • USA • 2025 • 23 min.
Gulf of Finland, exploring the islet, talking about life,
Ricardo de Montreuil • Peru • 2025 • 97 min. nature and everything but their feelings about So-
In 1960’s Peru, a privileged French-Peruvian phia’s mother’s death and their love for one another. SHORTS:
woman’s life unravels when her husband’s betrayal Based on Tove Jansson’s beloved novel.
ostracizes her from elite society and leads her to
embrace people from the very communities that The Travel Companion The Kids Are Alright
she was raised to disregard. Amidst the backdrop Alex Mallis, Travis Wood • USA • 2025 • 91 min.
of newfound alliances, she embarks on a transfor- Simon, a struggling documentary filmmaker, enjoys July 27, 2025 7:45pm • Clapp Auditorium
mative journey that challenges societal norms and free flights courtesy of his best friend and room- Esperance to Fremantle
reveals Peru’s authentic identity through a daring mate, Bruce, who works for an airline. However,
culinary venture that celebrates the country’s re- when Beatrice, a more successful filmmaker, enters Dramatic • William Sebastian Turner • Australia •
markably diverse cuisine and peoples and ignites a the picture and starts dating Bruce, Simon risks fly- 2023 • 18 min.
revolution that redefines her life. ing too close to the sun. F*ck That Guy
Motherland Tinsman Road Dramatic • Hanna Gray Organschi • USA • 2024 • 18 min.
Evan Matthews • USA • 2024 • 99 min. Robbie Banfitch • USA • 2025 • 119 min. Kopala
In the Motherland, state-run Children’s Centers raise In the backwoods of New Jersey, a young man
all citizens, ensuring a fair upbringing and freeing navigates the serpentine mystery surrounding his Documentary • Anderson Vetle Sevild, Hugh Francis
parents from child-rearing burdens. This seemingly long-missing sister and their family home. • Norway • 2024 • 33 min.
utopian system turns into a nightmare for a Moth- Revenge of the Language
erland enforcer who uncovers the true identity of a Village Keeper
young woman in her care. When the Center launch- Karen Chapman • Canada • 2024 • 83 min. Master 1757B
es a program to combat population decline, she After life’s precarious scale tips Jean’s fortune back
becomes determined to protect the young woman into poverty, she relocates her children with their Comedy • Michael Beeson • USA • 2024 • 7 min.
from becoming part of it. Defying the system she grandmother to the community housing project Who Are You, Nanu?
once upheld, she risks everything to save her—that where she grew up. Jean lives in constant fear of
is, if the Motherland doesn’t stop her first. everything that could go wrong, going to great Dramatic • Anjini Taneja Azhar • USA, India, Belgium
• 2025 • 15 min.
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