SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

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12:00PM

Streamside Yoga Studio

Local Filmmaker Showcase: Start Your Engines!

Race of Gentlemen

6 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed by Mark Foster

The bikes, cars, beach, culture, fashion and images of The Greatest Race on Earth.

Ground Support

26 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed by Mark Foster

Pilot episode for a community-positive road trip film project featuring real people making a difference in their communities throughout the USA and all over the world.

Building the B1

11 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed by Mark Foster

A process video following the journey of the Bollinger team for 16 months designing and building the very first fully electric sport utility truck prototype.

4-Cylinder 400

23 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed by Harlo Bray, John B. Finn, Garret Savage

An inside look at an out-of-control backyard NASCAR-style race in rural upstate New York.

4-Cylinder 400 Filmmaker Q&A

1:00PM

Wayside Cider

Thrilling and Chilling SHORTS

Little Ghost Girl

4 minutes

Experimental

USA

Directed By: Adriane Little

Inspired by Karen McCadden’s poem 'Little Ghost Girl' as read by McCadden, the film translates the brief and lyrical exchanges between loss and that which haunts us.

Scarecrow

9 minutes

Dark Comedy

United Kingdom

Directed by Lee Charlish

A bickering couple, Thomas and Natalie, are stranded on a deserted, country lane, in a car that has run out of fuel. Lost and disorientated, they happen upon a creepy looking scarecrow.

A Season To Come

10 minutes

Science Fiction

USA

Directed by Christopher A. Hoffman

Franklin Messer, a clinical hypnotist, struggles with a life-changing event and its future ramifications. Inspired by H.G. Well's "Things To Come.”

Monsieur James

18 minutes

Thriller

France

Directed by Colin Van der Straeten

A hitman on the wane who refused to honor a contract, is forced to go into exile in the countryside.

The Girl

7 minutes

Thriller

USA

Directed By: Austin Rappold

A man who seems to have found a dead girl along the side of the road. With a troubled past he must figure out what to do with her.

An Exquisite Task

5 minutes

Animation

USA

Directed by Beck Underwood

A vintage doll, a mysterious barn spirit and some mischievous farm critters come together in this stop motion short about motherhood, creativity and letting go.

Slapface

8 minutes

Thriller / Horror

USA

Directed by Jeremiah Kipp

A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a relationship with a dangerous monster.

Zombied

15 minutes

Comedy / Horror

USA

Directed By: Matthew Van Vorst

A normal night shift at Priced Less Supermarket--restocking, fighting social injustice, and transitioning into a zombie.

The Girl, An Exquisite Task, Slapface & Zombied Filmmakers Q&A

2:00PM

The Andes Hotel

DOUBLE FEATURE: A Soldier’s Dream & Pieced Together

A Soldier's Dream: The Milt Feldman Story

50 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed By: Eduardo Montes-Bradley

An intimate portrait of POW captured at The Battle of The Bulge who stood proud as an American Jew in the face of his Nazi captors.

Pieced Together

52 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed by Julianne Donofrio

How quilt square trails changed the American landscape and saved Donna Sue Groves’s life after job loss and breast cancer.

Pieced Together Filmmaker Q&A

2:30 PM

Streamside Yoga Studio

SHORTS: Local Interest Documentaries

Save the Hemlocks!

6 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed by Kate Hagerman

Informative short film on the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid and how volunteers can help save the old growth hemlock trees in the Catskills.

There's a Long Long Trail: A Short, Short Story

12 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed by Samantha Misa

The story of widower Robert T. Cooper and his quest for heroism in the Great War.

The Coulter Code

49 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed by Samantha Misa

A documentary of a secret coded diary from 1868 and how the code was broken.

The Town That Shot The Sheriff (trailer)

8 Minutes

Documentary trailer

USA

Directed by Victoria Kupchinetsky
Presentation of a work-in-progress feature documentary about a 19 century flamboyantly theatrical farmer uprising in the Catskills that inspired modern citizen activists to fight a corporate giant off their land.

There's a Long Long Trail: A Short, Short Story, The Coulter Code and The Town That Shot The Sheriff Filmmakers Q&A

3:00PM

Wayside Cider

Genre SHORTS

Western Sol

14 minutes

Western

USA

Directed By: Benjamin Strickland

Darkness and light collide when a meek rancher, being bullied by outlaws, uses the cover of a solar eclipse to regain his freedom.

Charlieville

16 minutes

Fantasy

USA

Directed By: Jonathan Durham

A selfish act sends an artist's perfect little world into a tailspin.

the Watch

20 minutes

Science Fiction

France

Directed By: Paul Prache

In a close future, the planet is at war and many want to flee except Anouar the Old, who wants to save Knowledge.

Don't

2 minutes

Thriller / Science Fiction

United Kingdom

Directed By: Matthew Gilpin

Having just watched his future self die, a young man's paranoia traps him in an endless cycle of death.

The Shadow Scarf

20 minutes

Thriller / Horror

USA

Directed by Clay von Carlowitz

On a cold and foggy night, bartender Jeffrey has a date with fate. Her name is Aurora, and she brings a storm no forecast could have predicted.

The Shadow Scarf Filmmakers Q&A

4:30PM

Streamside Yoga Studio

DRAMA SHORTS

Burning Grief

4 minutes

Drama

United Kingdom

Directed By: Mike Donaghy

Three sisters reconcile their different approaches to handling grief on a journey to a heritage railway station.

The Busker Kid

27 minutes

Drama / Comedy

USA

Directed by Kevin Durr & Kristy Walsh

Arlo Abernathy attempts to follow in his late grandfather’s footsteps by becoming a marionette performer on the Ocean City Maryland Boardwalk where he meets an eclectic community of veteran street performers who challenge him to pursue higher standards of performance and authenticity.

So Long, Marianne

9 minutes

Drama

USA

Directed by Samuel LaPointe

A recent widower desperately tries to cling to the life he once had, but a chance encounter with a thoughtful stoner changes the way he looks at coping with grief.

Elysium

9 minutes

Drama

Lebanon

Directed By: Layal Jomaa

Two prostitutes find themselves needing a change.

Time Heals All Wounds

23 minutes

Drama

USA

Directed by Tom Bailey

Jack finds out that Emma from school is interested in him. Just when things are going really well between Emma and Jack, he makes a mistake that threatens his relationship with Emma and his best friend Andrew.

Keep Walking

7 minutes

Drama / Comedy

USA

Directed By: Eden Hadad

Freshly sober, Hugo goes home to his young brothers wedding, only to discover he will always be surrounded by a family of enablers.

Time Heals All Wounds and Keep Walking Filmmakers Q&A

5:00PM

Wayside Cider

SHORTS Program B

Icons

5 minutes

Animation

USA

Directed by Ronnie Cramer

Five hundred years of world art in five minutes, featuring three dozen iconic works rendered with nylon-tip pen and animated old school style.

Joni and the Banker with Nice Eyes

4 minutes

Comedy

USA

Directed by Carly Blane

The endearing and hopeful Joni has always dated brooding tormented artists until she meets a sweet investment banker with nice eyes.

Wild Woman

4 minutes

Animation

USA

Directed by Vanessa Sweet

An animated poem to mankind which invokes current world issues such as drone-strikes and religious persecution in a plea for empathy.

Samsa

6 minutes

Animation

USA

Directed By: Brian O'Malley

A young man mysteriously transforms into a strange cyclops-like creature, alienating him from his normal life. He eventually completes a cathartic journey on foot to Lake Placid, NY to make an attempt on the K120 ski jump to find nirvana.

DEADEYE

15 minutes

Drama

USA

Directed by Sam Avery

The story of aging female boxer, Kay Casey, and her desire to fight in the ring one last time. While her body might be falling apart, her spirit continues to rage.

Chee Ko Pek

15 minutes

Drama

USA

Directed By: Brett Rogstad

An isolated young man seeks companionship in a quirky, older neighbor. What he gets, however, is the courage to change his solitary life forever.

The Pond

20 minutes

Thriller

USA

Directed by Dane Elcar

A man escapes to a nearby nature preserve to feed his bad habit and finds that getting back home may be harder than he thinks.

Chee Ko Pek & The Pond Filmmakers Q&A

5:00PM

The Andes Hotel

The Jackson 5... Million

1 hour 11 minutes

Documentary

USA

Directed By: Caroline Ledgin

Exclusive access allows us to give you an inside, intimate look at the real fanatics surrounding Michael Jackson during his 2005 trial.

Filmmaker Q&A

7:00PM

Wayside Cider

Metasequoia: Lightly Shoot the Horizon!

2 hours 3 minutes

Drama

Japan

Directed By: Shingo Seto

Filmed with no script and improvised performances, this is the story of a young woman who decides to shoot a super 8mm film to honor her deceased brother and the impressive treehouse he once lived in.

7:00PM

The Andes Hotel

Leave Now

1 hour 51 minutes 5 seconds

Psychological Thriller

United Kingdom

Directed by Stephen Frost

A grief-stricken woman, Rose Montefiore, revisits the seaside town where she first met her late husband. However, instead of finding the peace and quiet she seeks, she finds herself caught up in the lives of those around her, past and present.