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The 31st Annual Woods Hole Film Festival

SHORTS: Thicker Than Water SHORTS: Modern Problems SHORTS:

It’s Getting Dark In Here

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Armed with a formidable knowledge of Italian cinema, When nervy Al has an absurd encounter with a stranger,
an irrepressible eight-year-old boy helps his grandfa- he begins to question his whole identity. Fishwife
ther recover from a catastrophic loss. Dramatic • Edwina Casey • Ireland • 2020 • 9 min. In wild 18th century Britain, a lonely woman discovers
Comedy • Shawn Matthew Cheatham • USA • 2020 • 10 min. Breakfast at the Bodega that her menstrual cycle is of interest to a stranger.
Break Any Spell A talented young Brooklynite/Palestinian-American Dramatic • Beth Park • UK • 2021 • 17 min.
In this collision of reality and fantasy, a teenage girl uses attempts to live out his dreams of becoming a French Gilgamesh
Live-Action-Role-Playing (LARPing) to cope and escape pastry chef despite his first-generation father’s wishes. Inspired by humanity’s oldest story, Gilgamesh, this epic
from her mother, who suffers from early- Comedy • Marina Elise • USA • 2022 • 15 min. tale explores themes of power, love and loss.
onset Alzheimer’s. Dramatic • Noeline Kavanagh • Ireland • 2021 • 25 min.
Dramatic • Anton Jøsef • Canada/USA • 2021 • 13 min. Le Pompon In Sickness and In Health
Family Recipe Sandra is a struggling single mom and she’s losing the A married couple struggles to accommodate one an-
plot. But today, she sees an opportunity to get even with
A girl’s baking lesson from her grandfather teaches her the world... but will her son Ryan catch the pompon? other in the lead-up to a high-stakes business lunch.
acceptance as she learns the similarities between Comedy • David Hourrègue • France • 2022 • 13 min. Comedy • Sarah Smick • USA • 2022 • 11 min.
ingredients and people.
Dramatic • Kamari Bright • USA • 2021 • 5 min. Out of Tune Joshua
Favorite Daughter Stigmatized since childhood by her love of the rock Identical twin sisters seek to remedy a past childhood
band Journey, Maya finds her voice in a world where
trauma, but each fatal attempt takes them further into
An intergenerational odd couple shelters-in-place in she doesn’t always feel “Black enough.” the deep end.
a lower Manhattan apartment during the COVID-19 Comedy • Portlynn Tagavi • USA • 2022 • 15 min. Dramatic • Austin Lewis • USA • 2022 • 10 min.
pandemic.
Documentary • Dana Reilly • USA • 2022 • 19 min. Talk To The Can Marked
La Macana When Dave, a control freak, discovers that the home A tattoo artist is confronted by a client (Eric Roberts)
devices he uses to make his life easier have actually
who knows the true meaning behind his body art.
Recently divorced Carmen and Franco work through been secretly recording everything, he must change in Dramatic • Matthew Avery Berg • USA • 2021 • 13 min.
their fervent relationship to support their daughter Sol order to survive.
when she gets her period for the first time. Comedy • Jordan H. Elliott • USA • 2021 • 13 min. Myrtle
Dramatic • Maria Mealla • USA • 2022 • 10 min. The Diamond Myrtle, a trailer park Mom from Indiana, cooks dinner for
Non-Negotiable A lonely man with a blinding ambition to make friends her son. But something’s not quite right.
Dramatic • Patricia McCormack • UK • 2022 • 15 min.
Nine year old Deb presents to her anxious parents a list stumbles upon a diamond in the woods. Unable to
of terms and conditions for the arrival of her new sibling. reach it, the solution presents itself in the form of an
Comedy • Mike Doxford • UK • 2022 • 9 min. even smaller man.
Roger That Comedy • Vedran Rupic • Sweden • 2021 • 14 min.
An inventor reveals his invention to his girlfriend, but The F-Word
she uses it to reveal a surprise to him. A father explains to his young daughter what the
Dramatic • Inkar Maxutova • USA • 2020 • 7 min.. f-word means.
The Family We Chose Comedy • Alex & Paul Cannon • USA • 2022 • 7 min.
Two in-laws build a connection over the dynamics of
the family they married into.
Comedy • Justin & Kristin Schaack • USA • 2022 • 8 min.
Wei-Lai
Tired of getting pushed and punished by his own
parents, Wei-Lai, an 11-year-old Chinese American boy,
decides to show up at his best friend’s family and offer
himself up for adoption.
Comedy • Robin Wang • USA • 2022 • 14 min.

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