Schedule of Events:
2:00pm: Follow the Journey
The epic journey of 7 mothers and their newborn calves from Florida to the Canadian Maritimes are followed in a deep dive into the lives of one of the most endangered whales on Earth, the North Atlantic right whale. With remarkable access, we experience the splendor and the plight of this great whale through the eyes of a closely-knit team of marine biologists, whale disentanglers, aerial survey teams, ocean advocates and indigenous leaders as they race against time to save the species from extinction.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Redfield Auditorium
3:00pm: SHORTS: Conversations
THE NATURAL
After a young actor”s second terrible audition for a masterclass hosted by his theatrical hero, he follows her to a cafe in search of advice.
LUNCHBOX
When a Taiwanese American woman prepares lunches from her childhood, she struggles to forgive herself for pushing away her immigrant mother.
LOOKING FORWARD
A short essay that considers how our feelings about the future affect how our lives unfold, and explores conflicted emotions through the expressionistic prism of AI imagery.
KISS
Haunted by her past kisses, Annie must confront the one kiss she refuses to acknowledge.
HELLO?
During her lunch break, a London businesswoman calls her boyfriend for phone sex. It doesn”t quite go to plan.
DA’S
A coming of age story about two men in a world of toxic masculinity.
DEEP TISH
A.J.”s massage could have been better.
DAYS OF HATE
A broken-hearted filmmaker finds meaning as he documents punk band Show Me The Body recording their latest album.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Clapp Auditorium
4:00pm: Water For Life / Agua es Vida
A story of courage and determination, betrayal and corruption, death threats and murder, and of unexpected victories in the countryside and in the courts, that asks how economic development can grow in harmony with environmental protections and why we tolerate unbridled greed and profiteering at the expense of human life and our precious planet. Above all, Water For Life illuminates a growing recognition of Indigenous rights and a rising demand for corporate responsibility and environmental justice that’s being seen around the world.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Redfield Auditorium
5:30pm: African Giants
Over a weekend visit in Los Angeles, two first-generation Sierra Leonean American brothers navigate the changing dynamics of brotherhood after a surprise announcement.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Clapp Auditorium
5:30pm: The Rhapsodist
Over the course of a night, a storyteller captures bar patrons with his tale of mysterious magic and petty crime. As new customers enter the bar and new events unfold in the story, we dive into the listener’s imaginations to reveal a unique version of the oddball characters the rhapsodist has created.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Falmouth Academy - Simon Center
6:15pm: The Cigarette Surfboard
An impassioned surfer creates a functional surfboard with 10,000 littered cigarette butts collected from California beaches. The surfboard becomes a global platform to spark ocean stewardship and the symbol of a grassroots campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic, plastic waste.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Redfield Auditorium
8:00pm: SHORTS: Moving Forward
Anyuka, Big George, What Happened To You, Stalled In Eight Etudes, Forward
Cost: $16.00
Location: Falmouth Academy - Simon Center
8:00pm: The Strike
Amidst the redwood trees on the California-Oregon border sits one of the most infamous prisons in US history. Pelican Bay is a labyrinthine construction of solid cement blocks – a supermax prison designed specifically for mass-scale solitary confinement. For decades, it held men alone in tiny cells indefinitely. Then one day in 2013, 30,000 prisoners, against all odds, launched the largest hunger strike in U.S. history.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Clapp Auditorium
8:30pm: We Strangers
Rayelle Martin, a commercial cleaning woman in Gary, Indiana, stumbles into a new job cleaning the homes of several rich, suburban families. While working, she impulsively tells one small lie, and subsequaently finds herself in an odd new position of power.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Redfield Auditorium
