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The 34th Woods Hole Film Festival
FE A TURE DOCUMENT ARIES

Anxiety Club Comparsa Folktales
Wendy Lobel • USA • 2024 • 86 min. Doug Anderson, Vickie Curtis • USA • 2025 • 78 min. Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing • USA • 2025 • 106 min.
A humorous and heartfelt exploration of anxiety Sisters Lesli and Lupe are visionary young artists FOLKTALES tells the timely and emotional story
through the lens of some of today’s most brilliant who are spurred to action after a horrific act of of teenagers who choose to spend an unconven-
comedians: Tiffany Jenkins, Joe List, Marc Maron, violence strikes their community in Guatemala City. tional “gap year” learning to dog sled and survive
Aparna Nancherla, Mark Normand, Baron Vaughn, From the shadows of a neighborhood scared into the Arctic wilderness, in hopes of finding connec-
and Eva Victor. With a mix of stand-up performanc- silence, these two sisters lead a luminous rebel- tion and meaning in the modern world. Guided by
es, sketch videos, exclusive interviews, and relatable lion—unleashing joy, art, and radical truth in a fight patient teachers and a yard full of Alaskan huskies,
everyday life scenarios, they candidly share their for survival. they discover their own potential and develop deep
personal struggles with the condition that affects relationships with the land, animals and humans
more than 300 million people. around them.

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp
Bankie Banx: King of the Dune and the Biotech Revolution Holding Liat
Nara Garber • USA • 2024 • 118 min. Bill Haney • USA • 2025 • 98 min. Brandon Kramer • USA • 2025 • 97 min.
Phil Sharp’s journey from a Kentucky farm boy to
From humble beginnings on the remote island of Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream When Liat Beinin Atzili and her husband are kid-
Anguilla, trailblazing singer-songwriter Bankie Banx and the triumph of entrepreneurial spirit. His 1977 napped on October 7th, her Israeli-American family is
defied genre constraints and industry expectations groundbreaking discovery of RNA splicing rewrote thrust into turmoil, grappling with fractured loyalties
to forge his own path. Dubbed “the Bob Dylan of the rules of molecular biology and ignited a life- and painful truths as they fight to bring her home—
the Caribbean,” he has journeyed from breakout saving scientific revolution, laying the foundation for and hold on to the places they call their own. Through
stardom to founding the iconic Moonsplash Music an industry that has become a cornerstone of global the intimate lens of a family’s experience, HOLDING
Festival and the Dune Preserve, where he presides innovation and economic growth – and transformed LIAT poses complex questions of identity across gen-
as pirate king of a de facto autonomous zone. the health of billions of patients worldwide. erations, as the family is thrust into the epicenter of a
global conflict rapidly unfolding in real-time.

Beyond the Gaze: Etched In Pavement
Jule Campbell’s Swimsuit Issue John Sippel • USA • 2025 • 88 min. Jimmy & The Demons
Cindy Meehl • USA • 2025 • 93 min.
Jill Campbell • USA • 2024 • 107 min. The legacies we inherit the moment we’re born into For six decades, Jimmy Grashow’s intricate wood-
In the 1960s at the height of the Mad Men era, Jule our circumstances, the legacy we create through- cuts and fantastical sculptures in cardboard have
Campbell fights sexism and accusations of objec- out our time on this earth, and ultimately how our graced many galleries and museums. His work has
tification to turn the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit legacy is kept alive by those we impact after we’re been featured on album covers and in countless
Issue into a cultural phenomenon. She empowered gone are all explored through the weaving paths publications including Rolling Stone, Esquire, and
models like Christie Brinkley, Tyra Banks, and Kathy of two young men from SW Detroit who set out to the New York Times. Now at age 79, Jimmy is offered
Ireland while launching a media empire and creat- uplift their worlds in the best way they know how: a commission by an art collector who has a strong
ing a legacy that continues to inspire. FIGHTING. faith that is different from his own.

Dear Doc-lovers! Welcome to the 34th Woods Hole Film Festival!! We are thrilled to be bringing so many incredible
films this year! People seem to be gravitating more and more to documentaries. There’s a hunger for real true stories.
We have a marvelous array of choices including award winning films from Sundance, Tribeca and beyond. Stories
about love, courage, science, comedians, investigative journalism, super models, environment, grammar police,
libraries, art, and dogs. Docs that will make you laugh and cry. There’s something for everyone. Viva la Cinema!!

Jane Julian
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