Woods Hole Film Festival

Woods Hole Film Festival
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2025 at 11:00am
Various Venues in Woods Hole, MA
508-495-3456

The 34th Woods Hole Film Festival will take place

Schedule of Events:

11:00am - Filmmaker Meetings With Chris Perez And Jonathan Finegold.

Filmmakers Will Be Able To Set Up 20 Minute Meetings With Chris And Jonathan To Discuss Their Individual Projects. Advance Registration Required.

Run Time: 90 Minutes

Location: Woods Hole Community Hall

8:00pm - Love, Danielle

When Danielle, A Happily Married Thirty-Something, Tests Positive For A Brca1 Gene Mutation, She Learns That This Puts Her At A Very High Risk Of Developing Breast And Ovarian Cancer. Thanks A Lot, Dna. She Now Struggles With Daily Life, Working At Her Bakery With Her Hubby Pat And Hanging Out With Her Clueless Best Buds On Game Night. She Now Contemplates Preemptively Removing Her “Ticking Time Bomb” Breasts And Reproductive Organs Before Cancer Gets Her, Too. Ultimately, Danielle Must Figure Out How To Prioritize Her Health And Well-Being By Putting Herself First.

Credits
Director(S): Marianna Palka
Producer(S): Joanna Kerns, Robin Conly, Amy Byer Shainman, Devin Sidell, Mark Stolaroff
Screenwriter(S): Devin Sidell, Steven Sears
Cast: Lesley Ann Warren, Jaime King, Barry Bostwick, Devin Sidell, Raymond Cruz, Ian Owens, Kim Coles, Kelly Jenrette, Michael Roark

Run Time: 79 Minutes

Location: Clapp Auditorium

8:15pm - Out Of Plain Sight

Not Far From Catalina Island, Aboard One Of The Most-Advanced Research Ships In The World, David Valentine Discovered A Corroded Barrel On The Seafloor That Gave Him Chills. The Full Environmental Horror Sharpens Into Greater Clarity Once He Calls Los Angeles Times Journalist Rosanna Xia, Who Pieces Together A Shocking Revelation: In The Years After World War Ii, As Many As Half A Million Barrels Of Toxic Waste Had Been Quietly Dumped Into The Ocean – And The Consequences Continue To Haunt The World Today. 

Credits
Director(S): Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia
Producer(S): Austin Straub, Daniel Straub

Run Time: 94 Minutes

Location: Redfield Auditorium

4:00pm - Shorts: Modern Problems

These Probably Weren’t Issues For Our Parents: Babka • Catalogue Of Noses • City Of Pigs • Common Fly • I Want To Go To Moscow • Prawn Star • Supercritical

Run Time: 96 Minutes

Location: Redfield Auditorium

7:30pm - Shorts: Not Your Average Bedtime Story

A Little Dark. A Little Weird. A Little Funny: A Capsule For Robin • Cliff • House Hunters • Mother’s Child  • My Boo • The Woods Are Lovely, Dark And Deep • Triptych

Run Time: 88 Minutes

Location: Mbl - Meigs Room

6:00pm - The Librarians

As An Unprecedented Wave Of Book Banning Is Sparked In Texas, Florida, And Beyond, Librarians Under Siege Join Forces As Unlikely Defenders Fighting For Intellectual Freedom On The Front Lines Of Democracy.

Credits
Director(S): Kim A Snyder
Producer(S): Kim A. Snyder, Janique L. Robillard, Jana Edelbaum, Maria Cuomo-Cole
Cast: Carolyn Foote, Becky Calzada, Amanda Jones, Martha Hickson

Run Time: 92 Minutes

Location: Redfield Auditorium

5:30pm - Unearth

Amid The Global Race For Critical Minerals Essential To Energy And National Security, Bristol Bay’s Commercial Salmon Fishermen And Indigenous Leaders Confront The Prospect Of North America’s Largest-Ever Copper Mine In Their Beloved Homeland, Exposing The Mining Industry’s Systemic Recklessness While Proving The Power Of Community Activism.

Credits
Director(S): John Hunter Nolan
Producer(S): Auberin Strickland, Dunedin Strickland, John Hunter Nolan, Eyal Levy, Gina Papabeis
Screenwriter(S): Vickie Curtis

Run Time: 93 Minutes

Location: Clapp Auditorium

5:15pm - Village Keeper

After Life’s Precarious Scale Tips Jean’s Fortune Back Into Poverty, She Relocates Her Children With Their Grandmother To The Community Housing Project Where She Grew Up. Jean Lives In Constant Fear Of Everything That Could Go Wrong, Going To Great Lengths To Shelter Her Children, So When A Spree Of Violence Comes To Her Doorstep, She Secretly Cleans An Abandoned Crime Scene, Which Unknowingly Leads Her On A Path That Exposes Generational Chains Of Silence, Self-Discovery And Finally Putting Herself First. 

Credits
Director(S): Karen Chapman
Producer(S): Karen Chapman, Enrique Miguel Baniqued
Screenwriter(S): Karen Chapman
Cast: Olunike Adeliyi, Maxine Simpson, Zahra Bentham

Run Time: 83 Minutes

Location: Mbl - Meigs Room

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