VENUE: CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
321 Wyandotte St.
LOCAL SPOTLIGHT BLOCK – TIME: 1:20PM
EVA & FERN
Director: Josh Izenberg, Brett Marty
2024 | 5 MINUTES
A conversation between an eight year old and an eighty-one year old.
ALEXANDRA AND NICOLAY CHOCOLATE
Director: Daniel de Bruyn
2024 | 6 MINUTES
A short look into a small European-style artisanal chocolate shop in Portland, PA.
R.I.P. DOUBLE DECKER
Director: Nicholas Luciano
2024 | 5 MINUTES
In November 2023, Jamie Holmes, owner of Allentown’s Double Decker Records announced that he was selling the store after 27 years of business. This lo-fi short by Nicholas Luciano documents the beloved record store’s final days.
15 YEARS
Director: Quintin Fernandez
2024 | 7 MINUTES
Lehigh Valley Apparel Creations moves out of the Lehigh Valley for the first time since they’ve existed.
SAVING THE STATE THEATRE
Director: Jeremy Joseph
2023 | 29 MINUTES
Dating back to 1926, The State Theatre Center for the Arts is known far and wide as a historic landmark and a center for community and global performances. In the 1980s, however, the building was threatened with demolition – until a group of concerned Eastonians calling themselves “Friends of the State Theatre” stepped in to save it. Relying on the support of the community they called home, Friends of the State Theatre raised enough money to not only purchase the building, but to renovate it completely. The preservation and restoration of the historic State Theatre became a larger metaphor for the preservation of downtown Easton itself. In essence, “it’s not about how to save a theatre – it’s about why.”
FORGED IN STEEL
Director: Matthew Ryan Heffner
2023 | 7 MINUTES
This documentary short details the American workers of the Bethlehem Steel Plant. The history and importance Bethlehem Steel had in making America what it is today comes straight from the mouths of men who worked there for decades. From building the country to saving it, Forged in Steel shares the story of what hard work can do for the community and beyond.
TRADITION: AN EASTON & PHILLIPSBURG STORY
Director: Pat Rizzolino
2023 | 42 MINUTES
An inside look two high school football teams that have a fan base like the NFL. This documentary follows blue collar neighborly towns telling the story of their 100+ year Thanksgiving day game tradition with smiles, tears, and most of all… PASSION.
VENUE: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
602 E. 2ND ST
DRAMA BLOCK – TIME: 1:20PM
GUTS
Director: Margaux Susi
2023 | 10 MINUTES
Desperate for help, a woman in recovery asks an unlikely stranger on a dinner date.
THE MASTERPIECE
Director: Alex Lora
2023 | 20 MINUTES
Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to get more objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have an expensive painting.
A DEAD MARRIAGE
Director: Michał Toczek
2023 | 18 MINUTES
Filip works as a professional movie extra and he always plays roles of dead bodies. On the set of a historical film, he meets Lucy, who happens to be also an extra, playing a role of a dead woman. When laying on top of each other during long film making hours a bittersweet relationship develops between them in the unusual circumstances.
ADDENDUM
Director: Peter J. Harrison
2023 | 8 MINUTES
An experiential piece sharing moments with a young woman as she returns to the cleared out home of a recently passed family member and though the apartment is all but bare, memories and lives once lived permeate the space.
FUNNY FACE
Directors: Jude Hope Harris
2023 | 15 MINUTES
When country singer, Randy travels to take care of his sister Sophie as she recovers from facial feminization surgery, he meets her girlfriend, Morgan, for the first time. The three bond over family history, love, and an extremely chaotic home nurse.
VENUE: TOUCHSTONE THEATRE
321 E. 4th St.
TIME: 1:20PM
AN OPEN DOOR – TEMPLE GRANDIN
Director: John Alexander Barnhardt
2023 | 60 MINUTES
An Open Door is the international award-winning documentary that reflects on the influential life and work of Dr. Temple Grandin as a champion of the humane treatment of livestock, autism rights, and inclusive neurodiversity by employing her gifted insights from her personal experience with autism and visual thinking. The film speaks with Dr. Grandin, her colleagues, industry professionals and those she has influenced to celebrate her groundbreaking life, lessons learned and lasting legacy. An Open Door is directed by award-winning filmmaker John Barnhardt and presented by Colorado State University.
VENUE: CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
321 Wyandotte St.
TIME: 3:20PM
STORY & PICTURES BY
Director: Joanna Rudnick
2023 | 84 MINUTES
STORY & PICTURES BY is the first feature documentary to take audiences behind the scenes to meet the boundary pushers who create children’s picture books. The film follows Christian Robinson, Yuyi Morales, and Mac Barnett—the stars of the new “golden age” of kids lit— as they create experimental work that reflects the mysteries of childhood, champions the marginalized, and provides children with windows and mirrors, even when the creators’ own lives are not fairy tales. Through rare archival, untapped insights, and stop-motion paper animation, we also come to understand why classics such as “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” and “The Snowy Day” changed the art form and stand the test of time.
VENUE: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
602 E. 2ND ST
DOCUMENTARY BLOCK 3 – TIME: 3:20PM
SAVE THE CAT
Director: Jordan Matthew Horowitz
2023 | 24 MINUTES
After a Ukrainian refugee family is forced to flee their home, a group of strangers from around the world come together to help their daughter reunite with her beloved cat, Arsenii.
CHICKEN STORIES
Director: Jonathan Pickett
2023 | 17 MINUTES
On a start-up farm outside Oakland, various chicken flocks surmount daily obstacles while the newbie farmers attempt to Google their way to help.nce they’ve existed.
SAVI THE CAT
Director: Bryan Tucker and Netsie Tjirongo
2023 | 18 MINUTES
When a devoted Kenyan husband surprises his new Black-American wife with an adorable kitten, neither are prepared for the destruction it wields upon their home, their life, and ultimately, their marriage.
ECO-HACK!
Director: Josh Izenberg and Brett Marty
2021 | 17 MINUTES
An unconventional field biologist wages a high-tech war against ravens in the Mojave — think laser cannons, exploding tortoises, and autonomous drones — in a last-ditch effort to save the last of the desert tortoise from extinction.ased family member.
YOU CAN’T SHRINK LOVE
Director: Veena Rao
2022 | 5 MINUTES
An artist gives life to the memories of our most beloved companions.
THE SCHOOL OF CANINE MASSAGE
Director: Emma D. Miller
2024 | 11 MINUTES
The Ojai School of Canine Massage provides professional training in the art and science of dog massage therapy. With a mix of whimsy and tenderness, The School of Canine Massage offers a portrait of this unique school and its dog-loving participants — revealing how people heal dogs and dogs heal people.
VENUE: TOUCHSTONE THEATRE
321 E. 4th St.
LGBTQ BLOCK 2 – TIME: 3:20PM
STUD COUNTRY
Director: Lina Abascal and Alexandra Kern
2023 | 10 MINUTES
Stud Country, the largest queer country western line dancing event in America, was created to preserve Los Angeles’ little known 50+ year queer line dancing tradition. Despite its success and fiercely committed community, the event is set to lose its venue due to gentrification.
MERMAN
Director: Sterling Hampton IV
2023 | 11 MINUTES
A 58 year-old black queer man speaks about his life as an emergency nurse, leather title holder and civil rights advocate.
BARBETTE + FONTAINE
Directors: John-Carlos Estrada and Zak Zeh
2024 | 14 MINUTES
A century apart, two drag icons unite through art, resilience, and a shared legacy of self-expression and freedom. Leading the cast is Cynthia Lee Fontaine of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
KRUSH THE WRESTLER
Director: Alex Megaro
2023 | 14 MINUTES
Exploring the innate intimacy of submission wrestling, a lifelong wrestler turns his talents into an on-demand fetish video service.
AIKĀNE
Director: Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson
2023 | 14 MINUTES
A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls deep into a mysterious underwater world. Everything changes when the octopus who rescues him transforms into a handsome young man.
VENUE: CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
321 Wyandotte St.
DOCUMENTARY BLOCK 2 – TIME: 5:20PM
JACK & SAM
Directors: Jordan Matthew Horowitz
2023 | 9 MINUTES
Mixing documentary, archival, and breathtaking animation, JACK AND SAM is a poignant documentary about two Holocaust survivors miraculously reunited after 80 years. Now in their late 90s, they are spending the precious time they have left rekindling their friendship and educating others about the dangers of hatred. This heartwarming story explores the enduring power of connection and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity.
THERE ARE THINGS TO DO
Director: Mike Syers
2023 | 18 MINUTES
Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color was an LGBTQ+ superhero helped shape the modern day gay rights movement. Her vision for the movement serves as a roadmap of initiatives & tools for generations of activist as they face anti-LGBTQ+ backlash. The film features Urvashi’s life in Provincetown, MA and 34-year relationship with partner Kate Clinton, and inspires us that the best place to build community & work towards equality starts at home.
FIGS
Director: Sterling Hampton IV
2023 | 12 MINUTES
An 81-year-old Black-American woman talks about her life coming to California from the South as she spends time with her living siblings for the first time in 25 years.
EVA & FERN
Director: Josh Izenberg, Brett Marty
2024 | 5 MINUTES
A conversation between an eight year old and an eighty-one year old.
JIM CALDWELL, IN-DEPTH
Director: Jen Suwak and Steve Abruzzese
2024 | 30 MINUTES
Exploring the life of a Navy underwater demolition team diver who lead an international maritime recovery firm
VENUE: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
602 E. 2ND ST
ANIMATION BLOCK 1 – TIME: 5:20PM
TENNIS, ORANGES
Director: Sean Pecknold
2024 | 11 MINUTES
A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.
MARTYR’S GUIDEBOOK
Director: Makzymilian Rzontkowski
2023 | 9 MINUTES
In Martyr’s Guidebook, Tony is the ultimate good guy — sometimes to a fault. From nabbing the smallest slice of cake in grade school to guiding lost strangers in the city, his kindness knows no bounds. He also shares a flat with a giant Angel.
NUN OR NEVER!
Director: Heta Jaalinoja
2023 | 11 MINUTES
A nun digs a man up from the ground and loses her grip on everyday life. Can secrets and harmony coexist?
MY VAGINA
Director: Shannon Burkett and Neil Burns
2023 | 4 MINUTES
PTA Prez Keli Pam Convoy is the perfect mother who does everything perfectly except this one little thing…she accidentally sent a picture of her vagina to her manny (male nanny), who also happens to be an assistant teacher at the school. Can Keli come back from this disastrous faux pas? Will she be able to show her puss (her face!) at the next bake sale?
CRYSTAL GALAXY ENFORCERS
Director: Kirk Howle
2024 | 4 MINUTES
Flying through space in a crystal ship, Modnar encounters an annoying nemesis.
NANCY REAGAN’S TOP 3 COCKTAIL RECIPES
Directors: David Pierce, Gary Francis, and Xavier Cullen
2024 | 6 MINUTES
Join us as Nancy Reagan shares her top three cocktail recipes. Follow along for fun refreshments we can all enjoy.
SUCKS TO BE THE MOON
Director: Tyler March and Eric Paperth
2022 | 11 MINUTES
Jealous of the Sun’s stardom, the Moon journeys into space, searching for a planet that actually cares about him. Will he find his place in the universe, or is he destined to be a lonely loser forever?
VENUE: TOUCHSTONE THEATRE
321 E. 4th St.
TIME: 5:20PM
THE HERRICANES
Director: Olivia Kuan
2023 | 87 MINUTES
The Houston Herricanes were a part of the first women’s full tackle football league in the 1970s. Their unknown story is one of commitment, courage, and strength. Despite adversity and hardship, they fielded a team purely for the love of the game. What they started was a movement that is still in motion today.
VENUE: CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
321 Wyandotte St.
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING – TIME: 7:20PM
FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM!
Director: Peter Flynn
2023 | 102 MINUTES
FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! explores the vanishing world of private film collecting—an obsessive, secretive, often illicit world of basement film vaults, piled-high with forgotten reels, inhabited by passionate cinephiles devoted to the rescue and preservation of photochemical film. Condemned as pirates and hounded by the FBI, film collectors have long lurked in the shadows. Yet their efforts have resulted in the survival of countless films that would otherwise have been lost to history. Archives and studios now look to private hands for long-lost titles and many collectors have begun restoring and releasing films themselves. As analog film fades from memory, the basement-dwellers and bootleggers of old are finally being given their due. FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! is a lively tribute to the private film collector, a celebration of the fetishistic subculture of pre-video movie-love, and a timely reminder of the glories of analog film.
