4:30 pm
Midwest Roots – Heartland Shorts
Total Runtime: 1:25:07
Screening Location: Mabel Tainter Theater
Ten
Run Time: 00:10:08
Country of Origin: United States – IL
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Coming of Age
The anxiety of growing up threatens a young girl's world.
Grave Expectations
Run Time: 00:13:04
Country of Origin: United States – IL
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Jacob has kept his childhood trauma a secret from his wife until today, when he surprises her with a nighttime trip through a cemetery to confront the grave of his recently-deceased childhood bully. What begins as a difficult journey into the past becomes an unexpected opportunity for catharsis, connection, and, of course, childish revenge.
The Song of Lakhe
Run Time: 00:10:25
Country of Origin: United States – WI
Language: English
Genre: Drama
A young couple takes in a foster child who is more than she appears.
Come Out, Wherever You Are
Run Time: 00:29:22
Country of Origin: United States – IL
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
Vernon Parrish, a retired mayor of a large suburb just outside of Chicago, had moved to the small town of Livingston, Montana, for peace and solitude and to get out of the public eye. After six years, Verne’s past returns to haunt him, driving him into a self-imposed exile at his cabin in the woods, hoping to ride out the media storm. While he is away, a storm of a different form rolls in, drastically changing the world as he knew it, culminating in a tale of a man who is both a victim and a beneficiary of circumstance.
Goodnight My Demons
Run Time: 00:07:24
Country of Origin: United States –MN
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
An anxious young woman struggles to get a good night’s sleep as her paranoia, sleep demons and a particular creepy critter keep her from getting the sleep she desperately needs.
Blunt Force
Run Time: 00:14:44
Country of Origin: United States – OK
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Last night, Amy and Danny attempted to kill their progressive congressman at a motel. As they come to terms with their actions over breakfast, their terrified victim wakes up, ready for revenge.
7:00 pm
Midwest Roots – Heartland Drama
Total Runtime: 1:25:07
Screening Location: Mabel Tainter Theater
Princess
Run Time: 01:40:20
Country of Origin: United States – MI
Language: English
Genre: Drama
After falling out with her mother over her chosen path, Ella strives to turn her life around in the hopes of reconnecting with her young daughter.
9:30 pm
Cinema of Trauma and Healing
Total Runtime: 1:55:48
Screening Location: Mabel Tainter Theater
Room Taken
Run Time: 00:18:29
Country of Origin: Ireland
Language: English
Genre: Drama
In desperate need of a place to stay, Isaac secretly moves into the home of an elderly blind woman and the two develop a unique bond through a series of unknown interactions.
Misread
Run Time: 00:14:04
Country of Origin: Ireland
Language: English
Genre: Drama
For two estranged brothers, a daily commute teaches them that sometimes, people can be the hardest thing to read.
The Sniper
Run Time: 00:20:00
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Ex-Military sniper, Reagan, aims a rifle out her apartment window, targeting the people that pass by. She holds little regard for ordinary humans and their ordinary lives. She's possessed by something dark and sinister that yearns for the sight of blood as seen through a sniper's scope. It's an obsession and a curse, one that she cannot shake. But Marion, her psychologist, has not given up on Reagan. Through tenderness and care, Marion hopes to pull Reagan away from the darkness and help her become an ordinary person again.
What We Wished We Could Be
Run Time: 00:20:00
Country of Origin: UK
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Two interwoven moments in the relationship of a couple affected by the contaminated blood scandal, revealing their sacrifices, their love, and the things they never felt safe to say.
Echoes in the Dark
Run Time: 00:13:40
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Drama
The film follows Sarah, a woman who is struggling to come to terms with the recent loss of her fiancé Josh. As she battles with grief, her mind becomes plagued by twisted and distorted memories from her past, causing her mental health to deteriorate rapidly. Feeling as though the darkness of her mind has taken control of her, Sarah must confront the demons within and find a way to survive before the darkness consumes her completely
Elsewhere
Run Time: 00:23:55
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Drama
As a woman struggles with dissociation and connecting with reality, she experiences a surreal battle in the void in her mind–a fight for inner peace that may just get the best of her.
The Uniform
Run Time: 00:18:35
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Drama
THE UNIFORM tells the story of a lonely woman who has slipped through the cracks of life, and the extremes to which she will go in her search for human connection.
Pizza Time Pizza
Run Time: 00:06:32
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Sean didn't want to consider the trajectory of his life or the infinite span of space and time. He just wanted a pizza.
Cowboy Boots
Run Time: 00:12:33
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Jack, a gay cowboy from Nebraska, finds anything but the promised land he envisioned when he visits a San Francisco gay club for the first time.