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The 31st Annual Woods Hole Film Festival

NARRATIVE Dear Zoe Homebody
FEATURES

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Nothing is quite as special as a child’s relationship with
Adapted from the heartbreaking and inspirational novel their babysitter, and nine-year-old, gender-queer
of the same name, “Dear Zoe” is a powerful study of Johnny is obsessed with theirs – so much so that
resilience told from the point of view of a 16-year-old they’ve meditated their spirit right into her body! Part
girl; a coming-of-age drama in which teenage Tess “Freaky Friday” and part “Being John Malkovitch,”
enlists her biological father - a lovable slacker - and the HOMEBODY is a charming, crowd-pleasing, cringe
charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her comedy for the gender-fluid era.
come to grips with the death of her little sister. Joseph Sackett • USA • 2021 • 75 min.
When Tommy loses his family to a police raid, he Gren Wells • USA • 2022 • 95 min.
escapes custody with his friends, Steve and O’Neill. Screens with:
Their urban odyssey is packed with men trying to rob The Falconer The Man of My Dreams
them, cops, a python, a fist fight, a first kiss and phone
sex. Their brotherhood breaks as they cross the Two gorgeous, magnetic male lovers traipse around the
threshold into adulthood and Tommy turns himself in to streets of NYC enmeshed in a dreamy romance.
the police, reuniting with his toddler step-brother, ready Dramatic Short• Tristan Scott-Behrends • USA • 2021 • 6 mins.
to face their future together as a family. Maybe Someday
Nick Richey • USA • 2022 • 97 min.
The Big Bend

Inspired by true events, two best friends, Tariq, an
Omani teenager and Cai, a privileged Westerner,
conspire to steal animals from the zoo and sell them on
the black market to raise money for Tariq’s sister’s
divorce from an abusive marriage. They are forced to In the midst of separating from her wife, Jay, a
wrestle with morally complex choices that reveal the non-binary 40-something photographer, attempts to
Two families meet for a reunion in the remote West vast distance between their worlds. move across the country to start her life over again.
Texas desert — where events quickly don’t go as Seanne Winslow, Adam Sjoberg • USA/Oman • 2021 • Along the way, she takes a detour to stay with her high
planned. Harboring secrets and facing private crises, 99 min. school best friend who she used to be secretly in love
they test the boundaries of marriage, friendship, and with, and befriends a charismatic gay man who has
parenthood, in one of the wildest places in America. Hékate long given up on love. Struggling to move forward with
the next chapter of her life, Jay grapples with the
Brett Wagner • USA • 2021 • 103 min. inevitable cycles of love, loss, and letting go.
Come Find Me Michelle Ehlen • USA • 2022 • 91 min.
Midday Black Midnight Blue

Helena and Kira argue on the side of the road.
A beautiful, uplifting Latinx story about a mother and No destination in mind, no plan to follow. The journey
daughter facing major life changes and how their love unfolds kilometer by kilometer; a journey that soon
challenges and inspires them. becomes a ritual. Living alone in a house on the edge of Puget Sound, Ian
grapples with long-held grief and shame over the loss of
Daniel Poliner • USA • 2021 • 104 min. Nadia Benedicto • Argentina • 2021 • 77 min. Liv, a woman he loved dearly who died nearly two
decades ago. As he moves though the world he’s
created with visions and fantasies of their life together,
he’s pulled further and further away from the present.
Liv’s sister Beth, a woman with ghosts of her own, is the
first to see how far Ian has slipped away from reality. Their
chance run-in begins a spiral which ultimately forces Ian
to choose… lose himself completely or turn towards
healing.
Samantha Soule & Daniel Talbott • USA • 2022 • 89 min.

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