VENUE: CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
321 Wyandotte 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: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
602 E. 2ND ST
TIME: 5:20PM
LOVE OF THE LAND
Director: Travis Van Alstyne
2024 | 9 MINUTES
A short animated film based on the true and tragic story of Vermont farmer Romaine Tenney. His farm was in the construction path of Interstate 91 in the 1960s and the State of Vermont seized his land through eminent domain. 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of his passing.
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.
OUTSIDER
Directors: Ted Haimes
2023 | 40 MINUTES
OUTSIDER tells the story of Maury Ornest–– on track to be a baseball star when his world was derailed by mental illness. His schizophrenia devastated his life and that of his kin. His sister Laura struggled to understand Maury’s destructive behavior and the limits of her help as she fought to keep her beloved family intact. When Maury died at age 58, Laura discovered over 1400 paintings, sketches, and journal writings that revealed his rich, tormented inner world and demonstrated how painting had saved him. OUTSIDER unfolds visually through Maury’s art and through his writings, voiced by comedian Gary Gulman. The film presents a rarely seen, unvarnished view of a family’s painful journey with mental illness and captures an unexpected way they found connection.
VENUE: TOUCHSTONE THEATRE
321 E. 4th St.
LGBTQ BLOCK 1 – TIME: 5:20PM
THE QUEEN VS. TEXAS
Director: Emil Lozada and Raemonn James
2023 | 15 MINUTES
In the fight for social justice and freedom of artistic expression, a drag queen makes sure Texas clearly knows that the LGBTQIA+ community isn’t going anywhere.
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.
APAYAUQ
Director: Zeppelin Zeerip
2022 | 16 MINUTES
Apayauq Reitan’s journey to become the first out transgender woman to complete the legendary Iditarod sled dog race.
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.
Y
Director: Matea Kovač
2023 | 7 MINUTES
An empty paper depicts a struggle between artistic composition and decomposition as the voice of the narrator-protagonist reminisces about her tumultuous relationship with a former girlfriend.
VENUE: CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
321 Wyandotte St.
LOCAL SPOTLIGHT BLOCK – TIME: 7:20PM
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
TIME: 7:20PM
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: TOUCHSTONE THEATRE
321 E. 4th St.
TIME: 7:20PM
DEAR IKE: LOST LETTERS TO A TEEN IDOL
Director: Dion Labriola
2021 | 60 MINUTES
A boy’s fantastic dream of making movies with his teen idol finally becomes reality, but in the most unexpected way.
VENUE: CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
321 Wyandotte St.
TIME: 9:20PM
NAKED AMBITION: BUNNY YEAGER
Director: Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch
2023 | 71 MINUTES
She popularized the bikini, invented the selfie, discovered Bettie Page and slyly snuck feminist agency into the most unlikely of spaces—men’s magazines. Her creative contributions were both unabashedly delectable and ahead of their time. Miami photographer Bunny Yeager (1926-2014) made an indelible mark on US popular culture yet today she remains largely unknown.
VENUE: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
602 E. 2ND ST
TIME: 9:20PM
THE DEATH TOUR
Directors: Stephan Peterson and Sonya Ballantyne
2023 | 88 MINUTES
The Death Tour follows wrestling hopefuls across Canada’s far North on ‘the most grueling tour in indie wrestling’. This is a road trip movie like none other, taking you through Canada’s frozen tundra into the hearts and minds of wrestlers who are putting it all on the line in pursuit of their dreams.
VENUE: TOUCHSTONE THEATRE
321 E. 4th St.
LGBTQ BLOCK 2 – TIME: 9:20PM
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.
