Friday, May 17
​Film Screenings at Columbus Theatre in Providence
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Columbus Theatre
Main Auditorium
​$10 Admission for each program unless noted


4:45 pm    International Feature Film
6:30 pm    Feature Film - Guest Artist
8:00 pm    Sci-Fi Short Films
10:00 pm Horror Feature - Tear Us Apart

Columbus Theatre
​Upstairs (not wheelchair accessible)
​$10 Admission for each program unless noted

3:45 pm    Shorts Program 1 (free)
5:00 pm    Shorts Program 2 (free)
6:30 pm    Shorts Program 3
8:30 pm    LGBT Short Films
​10:30 pm After Party

Shorts Program 1
3:45 pm | Fri May 17 | Columbus Theatre ​Upstairs (not wheelchair accessible) | free screening

A Wreck in Paradise
(France, 2018, 16 mins)
Director/Producer: François Zaïdi 
A drunken man who crashed his car finds himself a strange Faustian bar with a stranger sets of rules, but he might get the girl... Fate is about to offer him his last chance. Will he be able to seize it ?

Grace
(Australia, 2017, 15 mins)
Director: Alex Holmes
Producers: Kristina Ceyton, Ella Millard
A teenage girl living in an extreme Christian sect is driven into psychological turmoil by her Elders when she strikes up an innocent relationship with a boy.

High Heels
(Poland, 2018, 13 mins)
Director: Juan Alejandro Bermudez
Producer: Karol Vo
A man tries to overcome his marriage crisis while he deals with a weird obsession.

Safe Space
(UK, 2018, 8 mins)
Director: Ben S. Hyland
Producers: Adam Gregory Smith, Rebecca Grant
Sarah is a key worker in a woman's refuge. Amne is her new client. For Amne the journey from victim to survivor is painful and traumatic. For Sarah the emotional burden placed on her shoulders is overwhelming. 

34 days, 18 hours
(UK, 2017, 6 mins)     Directors: Hélène Schweitzer, Charles Meunier     Producer: Charles Meunier
It's Theo's birthday, and all he wants is to talk to his ex, Lucile. All she wants is to talk to him. In a serendipitous turn of events, they call each other at the same time and end up leaving each other a voicemail, saying more in one message then they would have ever said in one conversation.

Shorts Program 2
5:00 pm | Fri May 17 | Columbus Theatre ​Upstairs (not wheelchair accessible) | free screening

No. 3: In the Absence of Angels
(Canada, 2018, 23 mins)
Director: Camille Hollett-French
Producers: Camille Hollett-French, Paul Benallick, Robert Colbourne
In the brutal aftermath of being raped in broad daylight, Crystal, a streetwise community mentor, is forced to make an irreparable decision that will shape the person she's about to become.

Safe To Assume
(Australia, 2018, 19 mins)
Director/Producer: Sandra McKellar 
Sharon tries to avoid dealing with a family issue by hopping onto the online travel forum she loves. Only when Helen asks advice on sending two teenage girls to Vietnam alone, Sharon's concern reveals her hidden past.
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Coplillas for Bombay
(Spain, 2018, 15 mins)
Director: Jaume Miranda
Producers: Arnau Soria , Tania Louro
Carmen is a naïve 20-something girl who's having a passionate affair with Shahrukh, a handsome Indian young man. Although they are madly in love, Merche, her strict mother, would never approve this relationship. The situation gets complicated when she has to move to Seville for family reasons...

The She-wolf
(France, 2019, 10 mins)
Director: Virginie Kahn
Producer:s La Fabrique de la danse, Aldabra Films, Mycenes, Chaocorp distribution
Marion mysteriously appears in a clearing populated by marauding wolves. Attracted by the melody of a cello, a strange dream brings her to the heart of a wonderful forest. But as she tries to get closer to the cello, their bodies gradually cover themselves with a strange bark-colored skin.

Just For Today
(UK, 2018, 7 mins)     Director: Jam Patel     Producer: Soopa Productions
As Maggie waits at London Bridge station, a handsome stranger called Jack asks her to spend the day with him. Reluctant and self-conscious at first, Maggie softens as they talk and some unseen force draws her towards him. To her own surprise, she embraces the moment. Together they embark on an intimate and soulful journey that lasts just one day, but whose impact Maggie will feel forever.

Narrative Feature
6:30 pm | Fri May 17 | Columbus Theatre Main Auditorium

Guest Artist
(USA, 2018, 74 mins)
Director: Timothy Busfield
Producers: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Alden, Timothy Busfield, Jeff Daniels, Donald Clark
Writer: Jeff Daniels
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Thomas Macias, Erika Slezak
 
Joseph Harris (Jeff Daniels), a legendary but troubled playwright arrives at a small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting the cynical New Yorker is a young aspiring writer who challenges his literary hero to be the icon he’d hoped for. Harris wants no part of Michigan, being the young man’s hero, or the theatre he’s come to work with. No sooner than he arrives Harris makes plans to return to NY on the next train out. Desperate and scrambling to keep him in town, the young man must face his hero and explore the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age.
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Shorts Program 3
A fun mix of light-hearted and comedic films
6:30 pm | Fri May 17 | Columbus Theatre ​Upstairs (not wheelchair accessible)
​Q&A with attending filmmakers at the end of the program

Micro Love
(USA, 2018, 19 mins)
Director: Annaliese Eisenstadt
Producer: Zack Kawasaki
Set in the 1980s, Rocky Pastasaucioni tries to navigate his way through high school romance, whilst keeping his darkest secret: he has a micro penis. When he meets back alley penis surgeon, Dr. Beef Whistle, he must choose between the girl of his dreams and the chance to be normal.

The Dogfather
(USA, 2017, 2 mins)
Director: Steven Briggs
Producers: Steven Briggs, Nicole Becker
When going on a date but your dog disapproves of the guy

P.T.A-Holes
(USA, 2018, 14 mins)
Director: Caroline Gordon-Elliott
Producers: Caroline Gordon-Elliott, Mary McCune
A midwestern housewife moves to hipster Brooklyn to find that the local PTA moms are mysteriously dropping dead.

Boccamazzo Construction
​ - We Build "Walls"!
(USA, 2018, 10 mins)
Director: Paul Riccio
Producers: Paul Riccio, Matt O'Shea, Lisa Rubenstein
Bobby and Todd Boccamazzo own a Brooklyn-based construction company that builds walls. Just walls. While flattered that Homeland Security has asked them to help build the U.S./Mexico border wall, they are pretty sure building a 2000-mile, 30-foot high wall is not only impractical, but pretty friggin' stupid.

​Torn
(USA, 2018, 8 mins)
Director: Zach Bandler
Producer: Victor Mazzone
When Scott suffers an unnerving medical situation, his anxiety spirals out of control.
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Masters
(USA, 2018, 10 mins)
Director/Producer Mark Ward and Producer Shannon Meehan in attendance
A frazzled young woman prepares to take the hardest test in the world. Thankfully the only thing on the line is everything.

The Suicide
(USA, 2018, 5 mins)
Director/Producer: Zachary Lamplugh 
Sometimes life can just be too much to deal with, and you just want to go out on your own terms.

Under Mom's Skirt
(France, 2017, 12 mins)
Director: Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix
Producers: Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix, Martin de Chabaneix
A young woman goes with her mother for a routine medical check-up, but this appointment will provide way too much information for her to handle... Some things should remain private, right?

Sac de Merde
(USA, 2018, 13 mins)     Director: Greg Chwerchak     Producer: Jenny Jump Studios
Actor Arielle Haller-Silverstone in attendance 
Based on a true story, "Sac de Merde" tells the tale of Mazel Mankewicz, an unlucky-in-love yet irrationally optimistic New Yorker who thinks her luck has changed when she spends the night with the man of her dreams. As it turns out, he might just be full of shit. Literally.

Sci-Fi Short Films
8:00 pm | Fri May 17 | Columbus Theatre Main Auditorium
​Q&A with attending filmmakers at the end of the program

Juniper
(USA, 2018, 21 mins)
Director: George Martens
Producers: John Kontoyannis, Christopher Piccione
When Adam's wife goes into a coma after a car accident, he's faced with the most difficult decision of his life...being pressured to pull the plug. As he struggles to come to terms with his loss, another option comes to light. Leda Genetics is on the cutting edge of cloning technology. Jenny could come home again.

Sombra City
(Greece, 2018, 10 mins)
Director: Elias Plagianos
Producers: Sebastian Doggart, Elias Plagianos
In the year 2037, a corporate assassin revisits a city lost in time and the love he left behind.

The Slows
(USA, 2018, 20 mins)
Director: Nicole Perlman
Producers: Malcolm Pullinger, Kyle Eaton
In an enlightened future where humans no longer need to procreate, one woman risks her life to investigate the mystery of motherhood.

Andromeda
(USA, 2018, 15 mins)
Director: Emily Dean
Producers: Adam Bradshaw, Emily Dean
An android, through her friendship with a little girl, becomes alive.

Transmission
(Australia, 2018, 15 mins)
Director: Rebecca Gardiner
Producers: Rebecca Gardiner, Jack Harrison
Earth is dying, humanity is on the brink of extinction, and now mankind's final hope has all but disappeared. In an effort to source a new life for planet earth, a research team ventured through the stars, only to go missing on an unknown planet. Desperate to find them, Commander Madison Sterling and her crew venture in pursuit. As her crew go missing one by one, the entire fate of humanity rests on her shoulders.

Faulty Father
(USA, 2018, 10 mins)
Director: Benjamin Welmond
Producer: Nicolas Hurt
In the near future, a young father's morning routine is put on the fritz when he uncovers his wife's bizarre secret, one that forces him to question his sense of self and his role in the family.

LGBT Short Films
A mix of drama, light drama and comedy shorts with LGBT themes
8:30 pm | Fri May 17 | Columbus Theatre ​Upstairs (not wheelchair accessible)
​Q&A with attending filmmakers at the end of the program

Zero One
(USA, 2018, 24 mins)
Director: Nick Neon
Producer: Darlene Javier
Follows Jimmy Park through NYC for the last 24 hours of 2013. He's visiting home for the first time in years and has nothing to show for his time living overseas in Seoul. But old tensions come to a head when he confronts his homophobic sister over a deeply, dysfunctional family dinner. On New Year's Day 2014, Jim will learn that the first step to finding your path is admitting you're lost.

Silver Light
(Canada, 2018, 5 mins)
Director: Brad McDermott
Producer: Fred Kuhr
Music Video
A man returns to his hometown for the funeral of his male high school sweetheart, and has to confront the family that didn't know their secret as well as his own feelings of loss and regret.

Choke
(USA, 2018, 15 mins)
Director: Rolla Selbak
Producers: Rolla Selbak, Víctor Davila, Julie Bersani
A rising MMA star hides her refugee status from her small American town, and the world.

Headspace
(UK, 2017, 4 mins)
Director/Producer: Jake Graf 
Headspace gives a rare and intimate glimpse into the trials and tribulations faced by trans folk on a daily basis. The film's all trans cast includes activist/model Munroe Bergdorf, model/singer/ star of US reality show 'Strut', Laith Ashley, Youtuber/fitness model Kieran Moloney, Captain Hannah Winterbourne of the British Army, and writer/director Jake Graf.

Ni De Aqui, Ni De Alla
(USA, 2018, 14 mins)
Director Carlos Valdivia in attendance
Producers: Erica Rose, Julia Kennely ,
​Chelsea Moore
Jose's financial aid runs out a week before a prestigious interview that puts his future in jeopardy.

Listen
(UK, 2018, 4 mins)
Director: Jake Graf
Producer: Alexandra Morris
Featuring young trans actors in trans roles, 'Listen' honestly and frankly depicts some of the myriad struggles experienced daily by trans children and teenagers, giving a much needed voice to this often maligned section of the community.

Misdirection
(USA, 2018, 14 mins)
Director: Carly Usdin
Producers: Joe Toronto, Robin Roemer, Carly Usdin
Camila is your average college freshman with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a big, gay crush on her roommate. After both situations come to a head in a near car crash, Cam is stuck trying to find a distraction. A chance encounter with a street magician teaches her to channel her misguided energy into a new hobby, and to open her heart to new possibilities.

FOUL the webseries
(USA, 2018, 13 mins)
Director: Venessa Peruda
Producer: James Hansen
A dark comedy about James, a gay, foul-mouthed New Yorker slowly edging his way towards 30 without any hope of finding romance in a sea of f**kboys. James watches as the world around him races towards their Happily-Ever-Afters while he asks himself, "What the F is wrong with me?"

Horror Feature
10:00 pm | Fri May 17 | Columbus Theatre Main Auditorium
Q&A with filmmakers immediately following the film

Tear Us Apart
(Canada, 2018, 80 mins)
Director/Producer Devin Clarke, Producers Francesco Loschiavo &
Harman Gill and Writer John Kelley in attendance
Cast: Elma Begovic, Michael Lipka, Sean Ballantyne, Kris Hagen
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A young couple is taken to a cottage in the woods for counseling following the disappearance of their daughter and struggle to identify what's real and what is a figment of their mental recovery.
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