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EVENT SCHEDULE

OPENING NIGHT

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Lake Theatre

​6:30 PM  -  Arrival Photos with Step-N-Repeat Backdrop
7:00 PM  -  Opening Remarks, Presentation and Interview of Tavi Gevinson 
                 Screening of Enough Said (2013)

WEEKEND FESTIVAL
DAY 1

Saturday, September 19, 2026
Madison Street Theater

9:30 AM  -  On-site Registration, Festival Pass Pickup

  • Light breakfast provided.

 

​10:15 AM -  Festival Kick-off, Opening remarks from Joyce Porter


10:20 AM  -  BLOCK 1: BREAKING FREE - Characters Feeling Trapped

  • Bored

  • Call Me Speed!

  • Space Hustler

  • Eighteen

  • The Knot Job

  • Hot Water

  • Filmmaker Q&A

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12:45 PM  -  [L U N C H   B R E A K]

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1:30 PM  -  BLOCK 2: DIVINE FEMININE - Women Claiming Their Power

  • Corners of Girlhood

  • Sing a Black Girl Song

  • Sewer Pigs Declare War on London!

  • Marimar's Story

  • The Tensile Strength of Air

  • The Wilted Flower

  • Filmmaker Q&A

 

​3:00 PM  -  INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: ANIMATION

(Included with Block 2 ticket or Weekend Pass)

  • Charlie Sweitzer, Animation Producer

 

3:45 PM  -  ​[ B R E A K ]

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4:00 PM  -  BLOCK 3: COMMUNITY- Systems of Belief & Identity

  • ﺳﺣر (Sahar)

  • Sur La Kuro

  • Surviving Zendik Farm​

  • Filmmaker Q&A

 

​6:15 PM  -  [ D I N N E R   B R E A K ]

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7:15 PM  -  BLOCK 4: AFTER DARK - Make It Out Alive

  • No Clean Hammer

  • Last Night

  • Enter The Void: A Paper Story

  • The Antidote

  • Here To Help

  • CLOUT

  • The Hitchhiker

  • Filmmaker Q&A

WEEKEND FESTIVAL
DAY 2

Sunday, September 20, 2026
Madison Street Theater

9:30 AM  -  On-site Registration, Festival Pass Pickup

  • Light breakfast provided.


10:15 AM  -  BLOCK 5: LEGACY & IMPACT - Leaving Your Mark

  • Be the People

  • Belly Button - Chapter 2 Mezcal

  • Generating Our Future

  • Lou Holtz: 60 Minutes To Play and a Lifetime To Remember

  • Nasty

  • Filmmaker Q&A​

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12:15 AM  -  INDUSTRY PANEL: Resources for Film Directors

(Included with Block 5 ticket or Weekend Pass)

  • Jess Jones - SAG-AFTRA

  • Brian Peters - Stuntman

  • Mari Moroz - Distribution​​

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1:00 PM  -  [ L U N C H   B R E A K ]

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1:45 PM  -  BLOCK 6: TRANSITIONS - Coping with Loss

  • ABEL

  • Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum

  • In the Realm of the Heart

  • Judgment Day

  • Saying Goodbye: A Personal Documentary of Attachment and Loss at End of Life

  • Filmmaker Q&A

 

3:45 PM  -  [ B R E A K ]​

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4:00 PM  -  AWARDS CEREMONY​ 

  • ​Featuring music by Zach Porlier

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5:00 PM  -  FESTIVAL END 

  • Informal reception to follow (details TBD)

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