Saturday, May 18
​Evening Film Screenings at Columbus Theatre in Providence
View Saturday Afternoon screenings at the Columbus Theatre

Columbus Theatre
Main Auditorium
​$10 Admission for each program unless noted

Saturday  Afternoon Film Screenings
11:00 am Hendricken HS Short Films (free)
12:45 pm New England Films 1
2:15 pm    New England Films 2
4:00 pm    Short Films Program 5
​Saturday Evening Film Screenings
​6:00 pm    Narrative Feature - Oildale
8:00 pm    Narrative Feature - The Wrong Todd

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

Saturday  Afternoon Film Screenings
11:00 am Private Filmmaker Event (invitation only)
​12:15 pm    Animated Short Films
2:00 pm    Short Films Program 4
4:00 pm    Short Films Program 6
​Saturday Evening Film Screenings
​​6:00 pm    Short Films Program 7
8:00 pm     Horror Short Films
10:00 pm  Jury Awards Ceremony (free, everyone welcome)
​10:30 pm  Closing Party $10 (free for badgeholders)

Narrative Feature
6:00 pm | Sat May 18 | Columbus Theatre ​Main Auditorium

Oildale
(USA, 2019, 97 mins)
Director: David Mueller
Producers: Lynn Salt, David Mueller, John Harris
Writer: Lynn Salt
Cast: Jessica Castello, Cyrus Zoghi, Caleb Brown, Jerry Rector, Sonny King, Michael David Farrow,
​Musician Grant Maloy Smith in attendance
 
Homeless veterans find family as they rent rooms from an eighteen-year-old girl struggling to support her thirteen-year-old brother while discovering her voice in Americana music.      oildalethemovie.com

Tickets available at the door

Short Films Program 7
A mix of light-hearted and dramatic shorts
6:00 pm | Sat May 18 | Columbus Theatre ​Upstairs (not wheelchair accessible)
​Q&A with attending filmmakers at the end of the program

Sweetheart
(France, 2017, 17 mins)
Director/Producer Jérémie Seguin in attendance
Overtaken by his childhood memories, a teenager finds out the emotional gap that separates him from his mother, who has never showed any sign of affection towards him. Closer to his father, he fears his own mother, who for him is responsible for the stormy climate present in the family. Step by step, he will realize that his parents are not quite those he has imagined.

The Healing of Harman
(USA, 2018, 20 mins)
Director: Seth Pinsker
Producers: Seth Pinsker, Julie Uribe
Producer Benjamin Hartzell in attendance
From Academy Award-nominated director, Seth Pinsker, comes a short film about hope, faith and forgiveness. A Kurdish refugee working in the heartland of America (Lincoln, Nebraska) as an interpreter, meets a mysterious man that asks for help with life and death consequences.

Jones
(USA, 2018, 9 mins)
Director/Producer Stacey Maltin, Producers Marzy Hart and Carrie Radigan and Actor Michael Varamogiannis in attendance
Aware that her drinking has become destructive, Jones takes a go at living the sober life. Not wanting to be someone else's problem, she pushes away help and comes face to face with herself and her lack of control.

Helen
(USA, 2018, 15 mins)
Director Ji Hyun Kim and Producer Danae Grandison in attendance
Kevin, a six year-old boy overlooked by his father Mark and raised by a nanny Helen, discovers the brutal truth he has ignored at a family gathering.

​Rockstar
(USA, 2018, 6 mins)
Director: Tane McClure
Producers: John Lubber, Sandy Stenzel,
​Tane McClure
A teen with an emotionally difficult home life recedes into a life of music and fantasy to cope with reality.

Prodigy
(Ireland, 2018, 25 mins)
Director Naomi Sheridan in attendance
Producer: Roisin Kearney
A young boy, Gabe, begins to suspect his new neighbor is not who he claims to be, but is instead a world famous pianist who has been missing for over twenty years.

Passive Aggressive Dads
(USA, 2018, 5 mins)
Director Jim Picariello and Producer Kyle Lamont in attendance
Two middle-aged dads just want to spend a quiet day with their daughters at the park. But when an obnoxious group of teens drive by, too fast and too loud, it spurs these aging, disgruntled dads into a self-righteous act of passive-aggression.

Narrative Feature
8:00 pm | Sat May 18 | Columbus Theatre ​Main Auditorium
Q&A with filmmakers immediately following the film

The Wrong Todd
(USA, 2018, 88 mins)
Director Rob Schulbaum and 
​Producers Ric Murray & Anthony Ambrosino in attendance
Cast: Jesse Rosen, Anna Rizzo, Sean Carmichael, Derek K. Moore

Todd faces losing everything after his evil twin from a parallel universe arrives to steal his girlfriend.
www.thewrongtodd.com

Tickets available at the door

Horror Short Films
8:00 pm | Sat May 18 | Columbus Theatre ​Upstairs (not wheelchair accessible)
Q&A with attending filmmakers at the end of the program

A Doll Distorted
(UK, 2018, 16 mins)
Director/Producer: Niall Shukla
Jane suffers from haphephobia (the pathological fear of touch), tormented by years of loneliness and isolation she orders a synthetic love doll online to nightmarish consequences.

The Invaders
(USA, 2018, 7 mins)
Director: Mateo Márquez
Producers Claudia Murdoch, Alastair Murdoch and Carrie Radigan in attendance
On her way home, Jayla, a Muslim girl, notices that she is being followed.  Terror and confusion take over as Jayla struggles to escape the powerful force that is menacing her.  As Anti-Muslim sentiments spread through Western societies, The Invaders imagines a not too distant future, in which an exaggerated fear of Islam has created systems without any moral or humanitarian regard.

Communication Is Key
(USA, 2018, 10 mins)
Director A.D. Burnett in attendance
Producer: Christina Laiz Fojas
When a woman refuses to speak to her husband, his words only make matters worse.

Nunchuck
(USA, 2018, 10 mins)
Director: Jordan Leer
Producer: Rishi Arya
Chuck's fantasies & past abusive realities collide with an inexperienced & innocent Josie.

Frankenstein Savior of the Zombie Apocalypse
(USA, 2018, 4 mins)
Director/Producer Dave Borges and Producer/Writer Eric Lebow in attendance
In a world ravaged by biological disaster, a lone survivor takes up refuge from the blood thirsty creatures pursuing him. But his respite is short-lived as he soon discovers he is not alone and his fate now lies in the hands of a different kind of monster.

Here There Be Monsters
(Australia, 2018, 15 mins)
Director: Drew Macdonald
Producer: Steve Geddes
To escape incessant bullying on the bus ride home, a young girl falls asleep only to wake up trapped at an empty bus yard, with something lurking outside - something big - and if she wants to make it out alive, this frightened girl will have to unleash a monster of her own.

The Premonition
(USA, 2018, 5 mins)
Director/Producer: James Ersted
It is Halloween night and the kiddies are out trick-or-treating when an unexpected guest comes a-knocking. Starring Betsy Baker (Linda from the original Evil Dead).

Sol
(Brazil, 2017, 14 mins)
Director: Carlos G. Gananian
Producer: Joyce Prado
That voice in her head. It just won't let go.

Marta
(Spain, 2017, 15 mins)     Director/Producer: Lucía Forner
Marta's dream profession is to be a serial killer, and she wants Carlos to be her first victim.