12:00 PM
Total Runtime: 1:52:49
Screening Location: Mabel Tainter Theater
The Freak's Game
Run Time: 00:10:40
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Thriller, Suspense
A young man, in a parking garage, is confronted by a weirdo who has a sadistic game planned.
The house on the Moon (La Maison sur la Lune)
Run Time: 00:06:00
Country of Origin: Canada
Language: French
Genre: Western, Drama
A man walks into a bar and fires three shots, two people fall to the ground. He spots a woman sitting at a table with a book in her hand paying no attention to him. He points at her, fires, the gun goes off. He smiles. A new sidekick to lead his fight.
Happy Hour
Run Time: 00:05:09
Country of Origin: Not Specified
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Walter’s day revolves around beer-thirty. He successfully arrives at the bar right before the end of Happy Hour. Unfortunately, this is just in time for the place to be held up. How will he react when his life, those around him, and his beer are in danger?
Water, Star Medicine
Run Time: 00:10:00
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Environmental
A teacher and her students study the nature, science, and brilliance of water. They visit the Rio Grande in New Mexico and interview Veda Austin, a New Zealand Māori scientist to learn that water is life, memory, and healing.
Saturday Morning Live/ Republic of Georgia Episode/ US
Run Time: 00:10:00
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English, Georgian
Genre: Episode, Multicultural
Five days after receiving my PhD, I was invited to serve First Response in the Republic of Georgia. I had come up with the idea for a multicultural children’s television program. I was suddenly evacuated due to Covid so took this raw footage with Elene and quilted together a first episode for the show.
Professional Intern
Run Time: 00:02:40
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Professional Intern is about a father's struggle to talk about his internship at his daughter's elementary school career day. The father fights for his career day time slot but ultimately must accept that his daughter is embarrassed that her father is a 30-year-old intern.
Nice & Steady
Run Time: 00:12:42
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Drama
A man with dreams of becoming a writer has found himself stuck in a repetitive and unfulfilling life.
No Such Thing
Run Time: 00:09:46
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Pilot
Two lifelong friends make a breakthrough in their search for aliens. **Flashing lights**
Clutch & Shift
Run Time: 00:12:36
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
A car thief finds herself in an ordeal when she breaks into a car with a manual transmission and is caught by the car's owner.
Love Don't Bully
Run Time: 00:08:00
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English, ASL
Genre: Documentary, Interpersonal
A teacher and her middle school students talk about, interview, act out and research bullying, both at school and as a society.
This Is Real Love
Run Time: 00:19:59
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Dark Comedy, Drama, Mystery
"This Is Real Love" is a non-linear dark comedy. The central events revolve around a casual gathering between two male painters and their female acquaintance, Amanda. Although the gathering begins innocuously enough, tension gradually builds beneath the surface, creating a sense of discomfort. During the conversation, a few lines trigger one of the nameless painter's descent into a claustrophobic and increasingly abstract nightmare. The painter becomes irrationally angry with his roommate (painter 2), accusing him of trying to see his secret painting, without permission. As the painter's narcissistic rampage reaches its psychedelic climax, it becomes clear that his anger stems from more than just a desire to protect his art.
Just A Minute
Run Time: 00:05:17
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Genre: Suspense
A man with no time for anything, finds himself in a paradox where he has all the time, but nothing.
Immediately Following Student Projects Approximately 2:00 pm - Festival Awards
Location: Mabel Tainter Theater
Best Narrative Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short
Best Midwest Roots
Best Animated Project
Best Student Project