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The 34th Woods Hole Film Festival
FE A TURE NARR A TIVES

Shattered Ice The Scout Tinsman Road
Alex Ranarivelo • USA • 2025 • 100 min. Paula González-Nasser • USA • 2025 • 89 min. Robbie Banfitch • USA • 2025 • 119 min.
High school hockey bruiser Will Mankus is struggling Sofia works as a location scout for a network TV show In the backwoods of New Jersey, a young man
to navigate life as a teenager following the unexpected shooting in New York City. This means a daily journey navigates the serpentine mystery surrounding his
loss of his best friend and the school’s star player to sui- into the private spaces and lives of numerous city long-missing sister and their family home.
cide. As he confronts his grief, Mankus must lift himself residents, photographing their properties and briefly
up from rock bottom with the help of his small-town stepping into the fabric of their lives. Over the course
New England community to find hope and purpose of a day filled with these encounters, Sofia plays wit-
through his family, friends, and the sport he loves. ness to moments of curiosity, vulnerability, and quiet
tension, until her work takes a sudden, personal turn.

Village Keeper
Karen Chapman • Canada • 2024 • 83 min.
After life’s precarious scale tips Jean’s fortune back
The Arborist into poverty, she relocates her children with their
grandmother to the community housing project
Andrew Mudge • USA • 2025 • 95 min. The Summer Book where she grew up. Jean lives in constant fear of ev-
A grief-stricken arborist and her son awaken a Charlie McDowell • USA • 2024 • 90 min. erything that could go wrong, going to great lengths
haunting when they begin felling trees at the estate Nine-year-old Sophia is growing up fast, but her to shelter her children, so when a spree of violence
of a mysterious recluse. grandmother is nearing the end of her life. Together comes to her doorstep, she secretly cleans an aban-
with Sophia’s father, they spend time at their family’s doned crime scene, which unknowingly leads her on
summer home on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf a path that exposes generational chains of silence,
of Finland, exploring the islet, talking about life, na- self-discovery and finally putting herself first.
ture and everything but their feelings about Sophia’s
mother’s death and their love for one another. Based
on Tove Jansson’s beloved novel.

The Easy Kind
Katy Chevigny • USA • 2024 • 98 min.
A rollicking journey inspired by and starring Nash- Xibalba Monster
ville singer EC as she breaks through the constraints
of country music to become the artist that she’s The Travel Companion Manuela Irene • México • 2024 • 76 min.
meant to be. Alex Mallis, Travis Wood • USA • 2025 • 91 min. Rogelio is 8, his parents are never around and he
Simon, a struggling documentary filmmaker, enjoys gets his best birthday gifts from his dentist. This
free flights courtesy of his best friend and room- summer he is sent away to his nanny’s hometown,
mate, Bruce, who works for an airline. However, nestled in the Yucatan jungle. There, he embarks on
when Beatrice, a more successful filmmaker, enters a trip to the Mayan jungle with his nanny, where he
the picture and starts dating Bruce, Simon risks fly- will spy on the legendary “Xibalba Monster” and try
ing too close to the sun. to decipher the mystery of life and death.

Working for the Woods Hole Film Festival for the fifth year as Operations Manager
has been an incredibly fulfilling journey. Each summer, I have the privilege of working
alongside an amazing team of volunteers and interns whose energy, creativity, and
The Fisherman dedication make the festival such a special experience. I’ve loved getting to know
Zoey Martinson • USA • 2024 • 106 min. more of our members and returning guests each year, and it’s been exciting to see
A traditional Ghanaian fisherman forced into retire- familiar faces and welcome new ones into the fold. With each season, I feel even more
ment teams up with a sarcastic talking fish and his connected to the festival and the Woods Hole community—it’s become more than
GenZ associates on a whimsical adventure to Accra,
chasing their dream of owning a boat while learning just a job; it’s a meaningful part of my life.
to navigate the modern world.
Joshua Nye, Operations Manager

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