Woods Hole Film Festival

Woods Hole Film Festival
Sunday, Jul 27, 2025 at 4:30pm
Various Venues in Woods Hole, MA
508-495-3456

The 34th Woods Hole Film Festival will take place

Schedule of Events:

4:30pm - An Autumn Summer

Kevin And His Girlfriend, Cody, Are Two Months Into His Family’s Annual Trip At Their Lake House. Time Causes Change…And This Year, One Month Remains Before Their Lives Take Them On Different Paths. Amid Peaceful Days And Adventurous Nights, Kevin And Cody Awaken To Reality: This Time Together Will Eventually End, And Each Moment May Become A Fleeting Memory.

Credits
Director(S): Jared Isaac
Producer(S): Becky Boggs, Brandon Somerhalder, Zach Aries, Johnpaul Morris
Screenwriter(S): Jared Isaac
Cast: Mark Mckenna, Lukita Maxwell, Louise Barnes, Jun Yu, Julian Bass, Katie Baker, Tony Horton

Run Time: 98 Minutes

Location: Redfield Auditorium

7:30pm - Bankie Banx: King Of The Dune
From Humble Beginnings On The Remote Island Of Anguilla, Trailblazing Singer-Songwriter Bankie Banx Defied Genre Constraints And Industry Expectations To Forge His Own Path. Dubbed "The Bob Dylan Of The Caribbean," He Has Journeyed From Breakout Stardom To Founding The Iconic Moonsplash Music Festival And The Dune Preserve, Where He Presides As Pirate King Of A De Facto Autonomous Zone.

Credits
Director(S): Nara Garber
Producer(S): Gordon Woodward, Nara Garber
Cast: Bankie Banx, Jimmy Buffett, Kevin Bacon, Stephen ("Cat") Coore

Run Time: 118 Minutes

Location: Falmouth Academy - Simon Center

9:00pm - Homewrecker

Megan Is Devastated When Her Mom Can No Longer Afford To Buy Her A House, Due To Her Stepdad’s Financial Troubles. So Megan Decides That She Has To Split Them Up. With The Help Of Her Boyfriend, Liam, She Hatches A Plan To Use Artificial Intelligence To Make A Deepfake Sex Tape Of Her Stepdad In Order To Frame Him For Cheating. Things Get Messy As Megan Commits To The Increasingly Elaborate Scheme And Grapples With The Morality Of Her Actions.

Credits
Director(S): Dante Marino
Producer(S): Dante Marino, Ross Warr, Reilly Anspaugh, Daniel Rashid
Screenwriter(S): Dante Marino
Cast: Reilly Anspaugh, Daniel Rashid, Bradley Snedeker, Adria Tennor

Run Time: 75 Minutes

Location: Redfield Auditorium

5:30pm - Loving John

John Godinet Is An Irrepressible Pacific Islander And Ultra-Runner Living With His Husband Peter In Rural Maryland. He’s Outrun Abuse As A Teenager And Discrimination As An Adult, But Now Has A New Adversary: Als. But Als Isn’t So Much The Subject As It Is A Catalyst — Life Lived With A Ticking Clock. Nothing Is Simple — Not The Love Of Friends, Husband, Family Or Even Oneself. But John Has A Survival Strategy: Humor And Even Hilarity!

Credits
Director(S): Robert Rooy
Producer(S): Kimberlee Bassford, Anne De Mare, Robert Rooy

Run Time: 76 Minutes

Location: Falmouth Academy - Simon Center

5:30pm - Oceania: Journey To The Center

A Mother And Her Adult Son In Kiribati Grapple With Climate Change And The Predicted Loss Of Their Home Islands As They Strive To Maintain Their Culture, Freedom And Independence After Decades Of Colonizing Encounters.

Credits
Director(S): Natalie Zimmerman
Producer(S): Godfrey Reggio, Guetty Felin, Lyn Collie
Screenwriter(S): Tekinati Ruka

Run Time: 75 Minutes

Location: Clapp Auditorium

6:45pm - Prime Minister

The Chronicle Of Jacinda Ardern’s Tenure As New Zealand Pm, Navigating Crises While Redefining Global Leadership Through Her Empathetic Yet Resolute Approach.

Credits
Director(S): Michelle Walshe, Lindsay Utz

Run Time: 101 Minutes

Location: Redfield Auditorium

3:15pm - Room For Us? Confronting Nantucket’s Housing Crisis

Where Do You Go When The Average Home Price Is $4.5 Million, The Cheapest Freestanding House Costs $1.8 Million, And You’re 30 Miles Out To Sea? Despite Significant Investments In Affordable Housing And The Efforts Of A Committed Group Of Housing Advocates, The Unique Pressures Of Living On A Vacation Island That Caters To Billionaires And Millionaires Has Many Locals Asking: "Does Nantucket Have Room For Us?"

Credits
Director(S): Jasper Craven, Patrick R Kennedy

Run Time: 85 Minutes

Location: Clapp Auditorium

2:00pm - Shorts: Moving Forward

Going Backwards Isn’t An Option: Class Reunion, Lazybones, Middleground, Ploujét, River Oaks, Simple Machine
Q&A Post Screening

Credits
Dustlight, Hold Me, Don’t Touch Me, In Too Deep, Night, Swimming Through, Tart

Run Time: 91 Minutes

Location: Redfield Auditorium

7:45pm - Shorts: The Kids Are Alright

Sometimes The "Kids" Are The Only Adults In The Room. And Sometimes They’re Better Off Just Being Kids: Esperance To Fremantle, F*Ck That Guy, Kopala, Revenge Of The Language Master 1757b, Who Are You, Nanu?

Run Time: 98 Minutes

Location: Clapp Auditorium

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