FINDING FILMAN

Program 7: Funny Threads

Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 13 min
Directed by: Kevin Anglin

A documentary team follows a delusional soft-core porn actor who seeks to cross over into the mainstream acting world. Regis Filman is a soft core porn actor who has recently been submitted for consideration for an AVN Award for his performance in an adult film entitled 'The Buttler’. The potential nomination leads him to believe that he is ‘more’ than just a soft core star and he seeks to 'cross over' into the mainstream performance world by showcasing his skills as a ‘method actor’. When the AVN nomination doesn’t go as planned Regis must rely on help from his roommate JAKE and the rest of his friends to keep him focused on his method acting dreams.

HEADPRICKLES

Program 7: Funny Threads

Genre:
Running Time: 8 min
Directed by: Katarzyna Miechowicz

If you are being bothered by intrusive thoughts, such as: How many plastic bags are optimal for packing one banana?; What ensures victory in the skeleton competition?; Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Or Should I shower with my socks on? Will I face any consequences?--then - that's great! “Headprickles” will give you an answer to at least one of these questions. The film consists of over a dozen animated enigrams connected by the motif of being trapped in a loop of absurdity. In visually colorful labyrinth of observations, the protagonists try to make sense of nonsense - or they stay mindlessly in it. HEADPRICKLES probably won’t change the world, will not cause a shock or a revolution, but - maybe – it will make audience’s heads a little itchy during the projection?

HERITAGE DAY

Program 7: Funny Threads

Genre: Drama, Comedy
Running Time: 20 min
Directed by: Lara Everly

After Evie dresses up like her estranged grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, on HERITAGE DAY at school, she becomes increasingly obsessed with this dark part of her family history.

Program 7: Funny Threads

Genre:
Running Time: 1 hr 19 min
Directed by:

Where does humor draw its boundaries? Exploring taboo subjects like the Holocaust, the N-word, or simply reveling in absurdity, these films offer a fresh perspective on what society might deem off-limits for laughter. PROOF OF CONCEPT An aspiring auteur tries coaxing her dad and uncle into financing her first short film but winds up raising more questions than dollars. THE FAVOR "Death doesn't become her." When the Angel of Death comes to collect a woman who is just not ready to go, things take a surprising turn. FINDING FILMAN A documentary team follows a delusional soft-core porn actor who seeks to cross over into the mainstream acting world. SUMMER'S LAST SWIM Magazine quizzes, summer camp crushes, and awkward funerals fill the world of 15-year-old besties Shawna and Juno who spend one last day at the beach as they await the uncertain future of an in-person sophomore year. “Do you really think I’m a cauliflower?" HEADPRICKLES If you are being bothered by intrusive thoughts, such as: How many plastic bags are optimal for packing one banana?; What ensures victory in the skeleton competition?; Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Or Should I shower with my socks on? Will I face any consequences?--then - that's great! “Headprickles” will give you an answer to at least one of these questions. The film consists of over a dozen animated enigrams connected by the motif of being trapped in a loop of absurdity. In visually colorful labyrinth of observations, the protagonists try to make sense of nonsense - or they stay mindlessly in it. "Headprickles" probably won’t change the world, will not cause a shock or a revolution, but - maybe – it will make audience’s heads a little itchy during the projection? HERITAGE DAY After Evie dresses up like her estranged grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, on “Heritage Day” at school, she becomes increasingly obsessed with this dark part of her family history. THE WORD Billionaires decide to give African American's reparations for slavery...bit there's a catch.

PROOF OF CONCEPT

Program 7: Funny Threads

Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 6 min
Directed by: Max Cohn, Ellie Sachs

An aspiring auteur tries coaxing her dad and uncle into financing her first short film but winds up raising more questions than dollars.

SUMMER'S LAST SWIM

Program 7: Funny Threads

Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 12 min
Directed by: Eliza Bent

Magazine quizzes, summer camp crushes, and awkward funerals fill the world of 15-year-old besties Shawna and Juno who spend one last day at the beach as they await the uncertain future of an in-person sophomore year. “Do you really think I’m a cauliflower?”

THE FAVOR

Program 7: Funny Threads

Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 10 min
Directed by: Wanjiru Njendu

"Death doesn't become her." When the Angel of Death comes to collect a woman who is just not ready to go, things take a surprising turn. (Winner of the Inaugural Freestyle Cinema Rentals Short Script Competition Presented By The Chimaera Project)"

THE WORD

Program 7: Funny Threads

Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 10 min
Directed by: Rob M Neilson

In THE WORD, billionaires decide to give African American's reparations for slavery...bit there's a catch.

WOMEN IN FIRE

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 5 min
Directed by: Deborah Attoinese

WOMEN IN FIRE, they rappel out of helicopters into burning hell to protect our forests, our wildlife, our future. But who protects them? This is the story of Abby Bolt, a former Rodeo Queen and single mom who climbed the ranks to Battalion Chief of an elite team of firefighters for the U.S. Forest Service. In 2012, this incredibly brave 22-year-veteran was sexually assaulted and raped by a fellow firefighter. But the assault didn’t stop there. She subsequently filed a police report and found she was now a pariah within her own ranks. Unsupported. Unappreciated. And unsafe. WOMEN IN FIRE is the story of this one woman's battle against a monolithic foe. It begins to reveal the drastic dysfunction and gender discrimination that exists within the U.S. Forest Service, an organization whose firefighting members must rely on teamwork, support, and unconditional dependability to survive. To females in the U.S. Forest Service, the fight doesn’t end with the fire.

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