Page 6 - WHFF 2026

The 35th Annual Woods Hole Film Festival

NARRATIVE It Comes In Waves NE NARRATIVE
Fitch Jean • Canada • 2025 • 1:45
FEATURES their mother dies of an overdose and child services FEATURES
Nine years after fleeing Rwanda for Canada, a
young refugee has spent his life protecting his
little sister from their mother’s addiction. But after
DRAMA threatens to separate them, he is forced into a COMEDY
desperate choice that could either keep them
together—or destroy what’s left of their family.
Adult Children M Wednesday, July 29 • 6:00pm • Redfield BYEEEE NE
Rich Newey • USA • 2025 • 1:40 The Leader NE Chell Stephen • Canada • 2026 • 1:28
When a crisis brings together four siblings—three Michael Gallagher • USA, Canada • 2026 • 1:44 After getting busted for defrauding her investors,
adults and one teenager—seventeen-year-old Based on the true story of Heaven’s Gate, a UFO tech girlboss entrepreneur Andy is heading to her
Morgan seeks guidance for her college essay, only cult that made headlines in 1997 when 39 followers family’s abandoned lakeside cottage for one last
to realize her older half-siblings are just as lost as committed the largest mass suicide in U.S. history. weekend before she kills herself.
she is. As they navigate their complicated relation- The film traces the cult’s origins from the early Thursday, July 30 • 6:30pm • Redfield
ships and shared grievances with their mother, 1970s meeting of its leaders, “Ti & Do” in Houston,
the film explores the messy realities of growing up Texas, through its tragic conclusion in Rancho Honeyjoon M
and the elusive nature of adulthood. Santa Fe, California. Lilian T. Mehrel • USA, Portugal • 2025 • 1:15
Sunday, July 26 • 9:15pm • Redfield Friday, July 31 • 6:15pm • Redfield On the romantic Azores islands, June and her
Persian-British mother Lela mark a grief anniver-
Before the Call NE Little Audrey W sary, each handling their emotions in her own way.
James Choi • South Korea • 2025 • 1:02 Michael Mailer • USA • 2026 • 1:38 Guided by a philosophical surfer, their journey
Jinwoo, a Korean American exempt from military When a Vatican commission investigates mysteri- blends humor, sensuality, and poignant moments
service, returns to Seoul to enlist, seeking connec- ous phenomena surrounding a comatose girl in as they navigate the unpredictable tides of loss,
tion to his heritage. As a global crisis unfolds and Massachusetts, a skeptical child psychologist is connection, and the art of flirting.
Korean troops are sent abroad, his personal quest drawn into a world where faith and reason collide. Saturday, July 25 • 5:30pm • Clapp Auditorium
for belonging becomes entangled with questions As unexplained events mount, she must confront
of duty and sacrifice. the limits of science and the possibility of miracles, Mallory’s Ghost NE
Wednesday, July 29 • 4:00pm • Redfield forcing her to question her deepest beliefs. Arabella Oz • USA • 2026 • 1:28
Dancing on the Elephant Saturday, July 25 • 8:30pm • Redfield A young woman accompanies her playwright boy-
friend to a coastal Maine retreat, only to become
Julia Neil, Jacob Z Smith • Canada • 2025 • 1:33 A Safe Distance NE obsessed with his glamorous ex, whose presence
When Nora arrives at Shady Rest Retirement Gloria Mercer • Canada • 2026 • 1:25 seems to haunt her. As she’s drawn into a surreal
Home, she struggles to imagine much life left After a woman is abandoned by her boyfriend journey through time, Mallory must confront her
ahead of her. That is, until unfiltered firecracker in the forest, she befriends a pair of notorious own insecurities in this psychological exploration
Edna wheels into her life and reminds her it ain’t fugitives on the run from the law, and becomes of envy and self-discovery.
over till it’s over. The pair kindle a friendship around dangerously entangled in their relationship. Sunday, July 26 • 7:00pm • Redfield
a love of Fat Archies cookies, disdain for “Chair- Monday, July 27 • 8:30pm • Redfield
xercise,” and Edna’s quest to escape the “fox farm.” Party USA NE
Edna’s failing memory eventually lands her in the Third NE Jared Sprouse • USA • 2026 • 1:29
secure memory care wing, leaving Nora to plot one Alexander Parkinson • USA • 2026 • 1:24 After a tragic loss, Taylor’s attempt to keep her
last grand adventure in hopes of reminding her Thomas and Sandra have reached an uneasy point job at Party USA leads to a fatal error, plunging
friend there are still elephants left to dance on. in their marriage—love remains, but intrigue has her into chaos amid mounting family pressures
Friday, July 31 • 5:15pm • Meigs faded. So, when Ernesto mysteriously falls into and suspicion from her boss’s daughter, all as
Heartworm their lives, charming and reigniting Sandra’s desire the Fourth of July approaches in her Southern
hometown.
Miriam Louise Arens, Mitchell Arens • USA • 2026 • 1:47 for excitement, she is quick to embrace him. All Thursday, July 30 • 7:30pm • Meigs
Thomas can do is acquiesce, as his marriage gets
In a future shaped by immersive virtual reality, a reinvigorated by Ernesto. But, as similar unexplain-
woman fights to save her husband from a digital able figures begin appearing in their neighbors’ The Peril at Pincer Point NE
refuge designed for the grieving called NeuroLife. lives, and as Sandra’s connection to Ernesto deep- Noah Stratton-Twine, Jake Kuhn • UK • 2026 • 1:23
As memories, simulations, and reality begin to ens and her grip on reality loosens, Thomas starts A struggling sound designer, sent to a remote is-
blur, she is forced to confront the cost of escaping looking for answers. By the time he uncovers land to capture the perfect audio for a horror film,
pain—and what it truly means to let go. Ernesto’s real motives, it’s too late. becomes ensnared in local legends of a ghostly
Thursday, July 30 • 8:30pm • Redfield Tuesday, July 28 • 7:30pm • Meigs sea captain who claims the souls of the ambitious.
As he delves deeper into the island’s mysteries, he
Isle Child M Under The Lights M must confront whether pursuing his big break is
Thomas Percy Kim • USA • 2025 • 1:31 Miles Levin • USA • 2026 • 1:48 worth risking everything.
After discovering a hidden letter suggesting Determined to experience the milestones of Tuesday, July 28 • 8:30pm • Redfield
his birth mother in Korea is searching for him, a adolescence, a teenager with epilepsy defies his
Korean adoptee and star high school athlete in limitations for a chance at prom, first love, and the Run Amok M
Massachusetts is forced to confront the cracks sense of belonging he craves. NB Mager • USA • 2026 • 1:42
in his carefully constructed American identity. As Saturday, August 1 • 7:30pm • Redfield When amateur harpist and professional teacher’s
family secrets unravel and his sense of belonging pet Meg discovers a commemoration ceremony
falters, he journeys with his adoptive mother to is being planned for the shooting that took place
Korea, where he uncovers the truth about his past at her high school ten years ago, she knows she
and begins to reconcile the pieces of himself he must contribute something. After all, the shoot-
thought were lost. ing claimed the lives of three students, and one
Saturday, August 1 • 5:15pm • Redfield teacher— Meg’s mom. Meg decides to stage a full,
musical reenactment of the event, and convinces
Penny to star in the show. With her cast of high
school misfits, Meg attempts to pull off this bi-
zarre, tender, and unwieldy undertaking — while
A leaf sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) is the adults, armed with denial, dogma, and rubber
a tiny, adorable species of sea slug—or bullet guns, do everything they can to stop her
Friday, July 31 • 7:30pm • Meigs
sacoglossan sea slug—that looks re- Yesterday Island
markably like a cartoon sheep or a leaf. Sam Voutas • Australia • 2025 • 1:31
Found in shallow tropical waters near After agreeing to a simple favor, a failed novelist
Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, finds himself stuck in a surreal time loop on a re-
these creatures are famous for being mote subantarctic island. As his attempts to escape
only entangle his ex-wife and a group of unlikeable
one of the few animals in the world that friends, he’s forced to confront old grudges and
can perform photosynthesis. unexpected chaos in this darkly comedic tale of
revenge, redemption, and forgiveness.
Monday, July 27 • 6:15pm • Redfield