Page 6 - WHFF 2022

The 31st Annual Woods Hole Film Festival

SHORTS: Be The Change SHORTS: Art In Many Forms La Macana
Recently divorced Carmen and Franco work through
Beauty Queen 15 grains of sand their fervent relationship to support their daughter Sol
when she gets her period for the first time.
Set in the Philippines during World War II, a young The filmmaker explores her experience as one of only Dramatic • Maria Mealla • USA • 2022 • 10 min.
woman struggles to find purpose after losing her father. a handful of people with Down syndrome in the world Non-Negotiable
Dramatic • Myra Aquino • Philippines • 2021 • 18 min. to have earned a college degree, and how art can help Nine year old Deb presents to her anxious parents a list
expand educational opportunities for others.
Burros Documentary • Rachel Handlin • USA • 2021 • 4 min of terms and conditions for the arrival of her new sibling.
A young Indigenous girl discovers a Hispanic migrant Comedy • Mike Doxford • UK • 2022 • 9 min.
her age who has been separated from her father in the Charlotte
beautiful but dangerous Sonoran desert. A pop song transforms the lives of an enigmatic folk Roger That
Dramatic • Jefferson Stein • USA • 2021 • 15 min. singer and her family. An inventor reveals his invention to his girlfriend, but
she uses it to reveal a surprise to him.
Jill and Jack Animation • Zach Dorn • USA • 2021 • 13 min. Dramatic • Inkar Maxutova • USA • 2020 • 7 min..
A love story that never was in a city that does not know DOPO YUMEmories
how to talk. When Jill dares to chat with stranger Jack, A short look back at Dopo Yume, a NYC-based rock The Family We Chose
a spark ignites and he rises to the challenge. But is the band that gained traction in the late 90s, early 00s, but Two in-laws build a connection over the dynamics of
city ready to converse? never quite took flight. the family they married into.
Comedy • Nick Calori • UK • 2021 • 11 min. Documentary • Jordan Galland • USA • 2022 • 13 min. Comedy • Justin & Kristin Schaack • USA • 2022 • 8 min.
Stranger at the Gate Make Me A King Wei-Lai
A U.S. Marine plots a terrorist attack on a small-town After being shunned by their conservative parents, Ari Tired of getting pushed and punished by his own
American mosque, but his plan takes an unexpected pursues their dream of being a Jewish Drag King and parents, Wei-Lai, an 11-year-old Chinese American boy,
turn when he comes face to face with the people he honouring Pepi Littman as they perform. decides to show up at his best friend’s family and offer
sets out to kill. Dramatic • Sofia Olins • UK • 2021 • 16 min. himself up for adoption.
Documentary • Joshua Seftel • USA • 2022 • 30 min. Memento Mori Comedy • Robin Wang • USA • 2022 • 14 min.
Superheroes Wear Hoodies Late one stormy night in Victorian Dublin, a post-mor-
A group of black youths from one of the most notori- tem photographer receives his latest subject, a recently
ous estates in London rise together in support of their deceased young woman. And this encounter with the SHORTS: Modern Problems
community. In doing so, they challenge perceptions of a dead young woman will be unforgettable.
community often wrongly associated with crime, to one Animation • Paul O’Flanagan • Ireland • 2021 • 9 min. Algorithm
now associated with love – fuelled by food. When nervy Al has an absurd encounter with a stranger,
Documentary • Jason Osborne • UK • 2021 • 10 min. Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver he begins to question his whole identity.
The Recess In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch’s sophomore film, Dramatic • Edwina Casey • Ireland • 2020 • 9 min.
Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s
Seventeen-year-old Sahar is determined to watch her willingness to smuggle one of the world’s rarest and most Breakfast at the Bodega
favorite soccer team play for the league championship. controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean. A talented young Brooklynite/Palestinian-American
Barred from attending sports events as a woman, Sahar Documentary • Lewie & Noah Kloster • USA • 2021 • 10 min. attempts to live out his dreams of becoming a French
disguises herself as a boy with the help of her friends. pastry chef despite his first-generation father’s wishes.
Dramatic • Navid Nikkhah Azad • Spain/Iran • 2021 • 12 min. The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms Comedy • Marina Elise • USA • 2022 • 15 min.
An intimate magical-realist documentary combining
paintings with live action footage to open a window on Le Pompon
SHORTS: Conversations a man’s experience living with a painful chronic illness Sandra is a struggling single mom and she’s losing the
called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
plot. But today, she sees an opportunity to get even with
An Encounter Documentary • Lauryn Welch, Eloise Sherrid • USA • 2021 the world... but will her son Ryan catch the pompon?
• 10 min.
Comedy • David Hourrègue • France • 2022 • 13 min.
Two improbable friends dodge school and freely wander Tiny Titanic
through Dublin until an encounter with a stranger leaves Out of Tune
one of them utterly changed. A Minnesota family discovers some surprising connec- Stigmatized since childhood by her love of the rock
Dramatic • Kelly Campbell, Claire McCabe • Ireland • 2021 • 21 min. tions to the Titanic disaster. They decide to honor the band Journey, Maya finds her voice in a world where
ship by building a miniature replica in their front yard.
Bounty Documentary • Mike Scholtz • USA • 2022 • 9 min. she doesn’t always feel “Black enough.”
Comedy • Portlynn Tagavi • USA • 2022 • 15 min.
“We are citizens of the Penobscot Nation. For this film, Visions
we bring our families to Boston to read our ancestors’ Talk To The Can
death warrant.” A kaleidoscope portrait of three artists: A first-genera- When Dave, a control freak, discovers that the home
Documentary • Maulian Dana, Dawn Neptune Adams, Tracy tion American Congolese illustrator, a Chicanx musician devices he uses to make his life easier have actually
Rector, Ben Pender-Cudlip, Adam Mazo • USA • 2021 • 9 min. and drummer and a Vietnamese visual and textile artist, been secretly recording everything, he must change in
that explores their journeys and focuses on the elation
Desmond’s Not Here Anymore of these creatives making their art. order to survive.
Comedy • Jordan H. Elliott • USA • 2021 • 13 min.
Abigail battles moving her elderly mother with dementia Documentary • Karina Lomelin Ripper • USA • 2022 • 10 min.
out from the family home. When her mother uncon- The Diamond
sciously haunts her by continually questioning Desmond’s A lonely man with a blinding ambition to make friends
whereabouts it forces her to finally face the question. stumbles upon a diamond in the woods. Unable to
Dramatic • Mmabatho Montsho • USA • 2021 • 16 min. SHORTS: Thicker Than Water reach it, the solution presents itself in the form of an
Mold of Malachi 8¾ even smaller man.
Comedy • Vedran Rupic • Sweden • 2021 • 14 min.
In the suburbs of America, a Black man’s morning jog Armed with a formidable knowledge of Italian cinema,
nightmare exists as a game for others. an irrepressible eight-year-old boy helps his grandfa- The F-Word
Dramatic • Mtume Gant • USA • 2022 • 9 min. ther recover from a catastrophic loss. A father explains to his young daughter what the
The Stupid Boy Comedy • Shawn Matthew Cheatham • USA • 2020 • 10 min. f-word means.
Comedy • Alex & Paul Cannon • USA • 2022 • 7 min.
In a London where there has been an increase in Break Any Spell
Christian white supremacists resorting to acts of terror- In this collision of reality and fantasy, a teenage girl uses
ism, two worlds collide when a neuro-diverse teenager Live-Action-Role-Playing (LARPing) to cope and escape
encounters a man on a suicidal mission. from her mother, who suffers from early- SHORTS:
Dramatic • Phil Dunn • UK • 2022 • 16 min. onset Alzheimer’s.
Vigilant Dramatic • Anton Jøsef • Canada/USA • 2021 • 13 min. It’s Getting Dark In Here
When a woman is forced to walk home after car trouble Family Recipe Fishwife
at night, the inherent fear of being female raises confus- A girl’s baking lesson from her grandfather teaches her
ing questions that spills into her world. acceptance as she learns the similarities between In wild 18th century Britain, a lonely woman discovers
that her menstrual cycle is of interest to a stranger.
Dramatic • Sarah Day • UK • 2022 • 7 min. ingredients and people. Dramatic • Beth Park • UK • 2021 • 17 min.
Wailing Wall Dramatic • Kamari Bright • USA • 2021 • 5 min.
A first generation Ukrainian-American woman, is forced Favorite Daughter
to move her family back in with her immigrant mother An intergenerational odd couple shelters-in-place in
when their lives become unmanageable-- but the a lower Manhattan apartment during the COVID-19 A Bringing Science to the Screen screening.
stress of tight quarters and emotional triggers begin to pandemic.
blur the lines between reality and fantasy. Documentary • Dana Reilly • USA • 2022 • 19 min. This film/program screens live only.
Comedy • Amy French • USA • 2022 • 9 min.