Page 21 - 2022 WHFF Offical Program

Saturday, July 30 through Saturday, August 6, 2022

Miles From Nowhere A Stage of Twilight Wake Up, Leonard

During an annual cabin retreat, a dying man must Diagnosed with a terminal heart disease, Barry decides Part comedy, part self-help nightmare, WAKE UP,
confront past mistakes after learning he may not know to rent a trailer in the woods where he can spend his LEONARD follows one man’s quest for wellness while
his friends as well as he may think. final days alone in order to spare his wife Cora the failing miserably to stay on his vibe. This is the story of a
Jono Mitchell • USA • 2022 • 76 min. emotional distress of watching him die. Unable to broken-hearted seeker with a tenuous grasp on his
endure his choice, Cora is driven to make a critical
mental health, but an admirable faith in the Universe.
The MIrror Game decision for them both. Will Leonard learn how to not only love his higher self,
Sarah T. Schwab • USA • 2022 • 106 min. but his lower self too?
Sweet Disaster Kat Mills Martin • USA • 2022 • 73 min.
Screens with:
There Are Mermaids in LA
Two gorgeous, magnetic male lovers traipse around the
streets of NYC enmeshed in a dreamy romance.
Comedy Short • Summer Benowitz • USA • 2021 • 13 mins.

Childhood friends Rose and Abe both find themselves
in Las Vegas on the same weekend, but when Rose
asks Abe for a life-changing favor, the evening takes a
turn for the unexpected, and the two spend the night Frida, a 40-year-old German-Finnish painting therapist
trying to beat the odds. unexpectedly falls pregnant, and Felix, the father of her
William J. Stribling • USA • 2022 • 87 min. child, breaks up with her to reunite with his ex. Although
some serious health problems caused by the
Northern Shade pregnancy force Frida to rest, she still tries to get Felix
back using methods which are absurd, exaggerated
and sometimes hilarious.
Laura Lehmus • Germany • 2021 • 90 min.
Vulveeta

Justin McLaughlin, a disenchanted Army vet working a
menial job and avoiding his past, is forced to emerge
from isolation when his younger brother is recruited by
an extremist militia. Working with a private
investigator named Frankie, Justin will have to decide
how much of his past in the Army he’s willing to bring Riot grrrl band VULVEETA didn’t break up on the best of
back to the surface to extract his brother from the terms. In fact, lead singer Grrrilda Beausoleil disap-
clutches of the paramilitary conman Billy. peared 20 years ago, just as they were about to “go big.”
Christopher Rucinski • USA • 2022 • 95 Now, she has to convince the band she’s ready to rock
and overcome the band’s demons. They’ll need to figure
Route One North out how to integrate Gordon, who’s transitioned since
the band’s heyday. Meanwhile, their formerly two-year-
old drummer, Killer Child, is eager to chart a new course
in her 20s. Most importantly, how will the band be able
to draw a crowd in the digital age, in a time far removed
from the 1990s marketing methods of wheat paste and
stickers?
Maria Breaux • USA • 2022 • 92 min.

Sisters Sarah and Bee set off to track down their
long-absent father after their mother refuses to give
16-year-old Bee permission to marry her military
boyfriend.
Isabelle Rose Farrell • USA • 2022 • 72 min.
Screens with:
The Errand
When a young girl hitchhiking is picked up by a
stranger, who ends up taking whom for a ride?
Dramatic Short• Amanda Renee Knox • USA • 2022 • 11 mins.
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