FRIDAY 9/10 | 6:00PM-7:45PM | MCC - SHEARER HALL
RED CARPET EVENT 5:30PM
WORLD PREMIERE
Director: Juan Pablo Reyes • Duration: 1:27:15
Year: 2021 • Country: United States
A desperate immigrant accepts a marriage of convenience from an unscrupulous drug dealer and family friend to a young woman running from her past, blinded by her addiction. Together, they search for the “American Dream” that seems to elude them as they travel down a dangerous path with deception and death, as they seek the truth about who they are, and how they fit into America’s distorted landscape.
INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.
FILM CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE, DRUG USE AND BRIEF NUDITY.
FRIDAY 9/10 | 10:45AM-11:45AM | D'LANEY'S ANNEX
SATURDAY 9/11 | 3:00PM-4:00PM | IREDELL ARTS COUNCIL
Director: Darren Hunt • Duration: 0:53:00
Year: 2021 • Country: United States
After taking over the family used car lot, Chris Bell squandered most of the meager profits on playing poker, owing more than $10,000. A car lot mogul also offers to buy him out for $250,000. Acting on a whim, Bell takes a donation angel off a Christmas tree hoping that a kind gesture for a stranger might turn the tables on his luck; but he finds out the hard way that luck is sometimes the worst thing to happen.
FRIDAY 9/10 | 2:15PM-3:45PM | D'LANEY'S ANNEX
SATURDAY 9/11 | 12:45PM-2:15PM | D'LANEY'S ANNEX
Director: Dani Menkin • Duration: 1:14:00
Year: 2020 • Country: United States
Aulcie Perry, an African American from the violence-filled streets of Newark, New Jersey, finds his glory in leading Israel’s Maccabi basketball team to European championship, only to fall to drugs and jail time before his redemption and search for his biological daughter.
Saving Spiracle
SATURDAY 9/11 | 6:00PM-7:15PM | MCC - SHEARER HALL
RED CARPET EVENT 5:30PM
WORLD PREMIERE
Director: David Kernodle • Duration: 0:56:00
Year: 2021 • Country: United States
This documentary tells the story of three business owners as they struggle to keep their company afloat while trying to keep their personal lives intact during a worldwide pandemic.
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
- William Jennings Bryan
FRIDAY 9/10 | 2:00PM-3:30PM
IREDELL MUSEUMS
SATURDAY 9/11 | 11:00AM-12:30PM
IREDELL ARTS COUNCIL
SHADOWBOXING
0:12:29 | SHORT NARRATIVE
LIFELINE: THE BROTHERS WHO HOLD THE SAME BREATH
0:19:54 | SHORT NARRATIVE
COO-COO
0:19:10 | SHORT NARRATIVE
HER SKIN
0:07:00 | SHORT NARRATIVE
THE BOY AND THE MOUNTAIN
0:11:23 | ANIMATION
“In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
FRIDAY 9/10 | 12:15PM-1:30PM
IREDELL MUSEUMS
SATURDAY 9/11 | 2:45PM-4:00PM
D'LANEY'S ANNEX
ALMOST A JINGLE
0:15:00 | SHORT NARRATIVE
THE LEGACY SESSIONS
0:36:30 | SHORT NARRATIVE
“It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”
- Clive Barker
FRIDAY 9/10 | 12:15PM-1:45PM
D'LANEY'S ANNEX
SATURDAY 9/11 | 1:00PM-2:30PM
IREDELL ARTS COUNCIL
YOU KNOW HIS NAME
0:09:58 | SHORT NARRATIVE
THE BRONZE FLY
0:15:00 | SHORT NARRATIVE
BIRTHING
0:07:48 | SHORT NARRATIVE
STUFFED
0:10:19 | SHORT NARRATIVE
FREE ORDER
0:15:00 | SHORT NARRATIVE
APOCALYPSE NOTES
0:08:07 | SHORT NARRATIVE
“Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive.”
- Walt Disney
FRIDAY 9/10 | 10:30AM-11:45PM
IREDELL MUSEUMS
SATURDAY 9/11 | 11:00AM-12:15PM
IREDELL MUSEUMS
FLUORESCENCE
0:05:00 | ANIMATION
THE GATE
0:04:16 | ANIMATION
MUNDANCE
0:04:34 | ANIMATION
GOOD BOY CERBERUS
0:05:45 | ANIMATION
RIPPLE
0:03:27 | ANIMATION
PREPAWSTEROUS
0:04:22 | ANIMATION
CHLOE AND THE FIVE ELEMENTS
0:12:00 | ANIMATION
IN OUR NATURE
0:05:00 | ANIMATION
“At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.”
- Jean Houston
FRIDAY 9/10 | 10:30AM-11:45AM
IREDELL ARTS COUNCIL
SATURDAY 9/11 | 12:45PM-2:00PM
IREDELL MUSEUMS
CHEAT-PROOF
0:19:20 | SHORT NARRATIVE
SYNONYMOUS WITH
0:12:04 | SHORT NARRATIVE
SIDEWAYS
0:12:18 | SHORT NARRATIVE
THE MAROON BOMBER
0:09:57 | SHORT DOCUMENTARY
“If you would find happiness and joy, lose your life in some noble cause. A worthy purpose must be at the center of every worthy life.”
- Jack H. Goaslind
FRIDAY 9/10 | 12:15PM-2:00PM
IREDELL ARTS COUNCIL
SATURDAY 9/11 | 10:30AM-12:15PM
D'LANEY'S ANNEX
SAVING JULIETTE
0:39:20 | SHORT DOCUMENTARY
FUTURE’S RESISTANCE
0:08:56 | SHORT DOCUMENTARY
AMBER’S HALFWAY HOME
0:30:09 | SHORT DOCUMENTARY
CHLOE AND THE FIVE ELEMENTS (0:12:00)
Director: Gordon LePage
United States • 2021
A girl falls into the five elements while walking in the woods.
FLUORESCENCE (0:05:00)
Director: Oleg Shlyakhter
United States • 2020
A short animation about the beautiful yet complicated stages of the relationship between a man and a woman who are presented as two fluorescent balls.
GOOD BOY CERBERUS (0:05:45)
Director: MK Singleton
United States • 2021
Cerberus, a three-headed puppy, ends up on the lord of the underworld’s doorstep and undergoes guard dog training to become useful. Will he remain a cute puppy, or end up the monster he was born to be?
IN OUR NATURE (0:05:00)
Director: Echo Wilson
United States • 2020
An animated documentary exploring humanity’s relationship with nature through a world of interviewed “animals.”
MUNDANCE (0:04:34)
Directors: Abby Davenport & Aiden Winter-Deely
United States • 2021
Maria is tired of her mundane office job and wishes her life were like a musical.
PREPAWSTEROUS (0:04:22)
Director: Areli Quinonez
United States • 2020
When the going gets ruff, two rival pup scouts have to work together to investigate the mystery of their missing treats.
RIPPLE (0:03:27)
Director: Ryanna Kim
United States • 2021
A mermaid is missing her friend. But when a stranger is dropped into her life, will she accept a new hand in friendship?
THE BOY AND THE MOUNTAIN (0:11:23)
Directors: Santiago Aguilera & Gabriel Monreal
Chile • 2020
Hernán, pushed by his father to dispense with daydreaming and reach high, achieves great success. Hernán, however, makes a crucial decision to fulfill his dream that changes the meaning of his life.
THE GATE (0:04:16)
Director: Kino Jin
United States • 2021
Genderless children are forced to become “adults” at age 12, giving up their emotions, memories and individuality. The discovery of a unique device reveals the rigid city’s history and allows them to escape.
AULCIE (1:14:00)
Director: Dani Menkin
United States • 2020
Aulcie Perry finds glory in leading Israel’s Maccabi basketball team to European championship, only to fall to drugs and jail time before his redemption and search for his biological daughter.
SAVING SPIRACLE (0:56:00)
Director: David Kernodle
United States • 2021
The story of three business owners as they struggle to keep their company afloat while trying to keep their personal lives intact during a worldwide pandemic.
SAMLAND (1:27:15)
Director: Juan Pablo Reyes
United States • 2021
A desperate immigrant and addicted young woman, in a marriage of convenience, search for the “American Dream” that seems to elude them. Every dream has a crossroads.
THE PAPER ANGEL (0:53:00)
Director: Darren Hunt
United States • 2021
Chris Bell, a car lot owner, loses all the profits on playing poker. He hopes that a kind gesture for a stranger will change his luck, but luck sometimes is the worst thing to happen.
AMBER’S HALFWAY HOME (0:30:09)
Directors: Melissa Armstrong & Jason Pidgeon
United States • 2021
A day of rescue in the fields and dog pounds of western Tennessee as Amber Reynolds sheds light on the unhealthy conditions of shelters and consequences of ignoring our country’s homeless animals.
FUTURE’S RESISTANCE (0:08:56)
Director: Duncan Lauer
United States • 2021
A young Lebanese woman recounts her story about the aftermath of the Beirut explosion. Through helping with the cleanup, and the protest that followed, her faith in her country comes into question.
SAVING JULIETTE (0:39:20)
Director: Evey Wilson Wetherbee
United States • 2021
A story of what happens when people galvanize their community, question their political leanings, and work to hold their representatives accountable, all in an effort to have good water in Juliette, Georgia.
THE MAROON BOMBER (0:09:57)
Director: Joshua M. Thomas
United States • 2020
Four siblings walk down memory lane with the family’s old, beat-up Ford truck. Their love is tested when the truck acquires a new, controversial accessory. Will they still love their old friend?
AETERNUM (0:09:49)
Director: Zharia Spaulding
United States • 2021
A widowed astronomer struggles with the loss of his wife as he obsesses over his failure to capture a star in his observatory. One night, he manages to catch a star that takes the appearance of his dead wife.
ALMOST A JINGLE (0:15:00)
Director: Bishen Sen
United States • 2020
A struggling jingle writer befriends a nurse after a failed suicide attempt.
APOCALYPSE NOTES (0:08:07)
Director: Pierre Gaffié
France • 2020
What would happen if music was about to disappear? If all of a sudden, all the melodies in the world are already composed? If no new song could be invented? How would mankind react?
BIRTHING (0:07:48)
Director: Andie Morgenlander
United States • 2020
Ava experiences a tumultuous miscarriage and grapples with the reality of her baby’s death. Even with her husband’s support, she is flooded with intergenerational fears of hospitals and birthing.
C.A.I.N. (0:09:55)
Directors: Alyssa Hodges & Raunak Kapoor
United States • 2021
A scientist makes a massive artificial intelligence technology breakthrough, but the origins of her research spark a federal investigation.
CHEAT-PROOF (0:19:20)
Director: Edith Snow
United States • 2018
A man and woman try to stave off an affair by confessing their deepest, darkest secrets.
COO-COO (0:19:10)
Director: Svetlana Belorussova
Russian Federation • 2021
Dasha, a young biologist, prepares to defend her PhD. A story about the conflict between science and religion, love and suffering, between what Dasha wants and what others push her to do.
DIVERTIMENTO (0:30:00)
Director: Keyvan Sheikhalishahi
France • 2020
Jonas Olsen, a chess player haunted by a tragic past is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, Divertimento.
FREE ORDER (0:15:00)
Director: Brian Sheehan
United States • 2021
A delivery driver becomes involved in a customer’s family situation.
HER SKIN (0:07:00)
Director: Cameron Parker
United States • 2021
First-time director Ravyn is confronted by an established producer about recasting their lead actress. But by challenging the bias underlying his decision, Ravyn could end her career before it starts.
LIFELINE: THE BROTHERS WHO HOLD THE SAME BREATH (0:19:54)
Director: Abdullah Sahin
Turkey • 2021
A modern-day Cain and Abel story, two brothers embark on a treasure hunt.
SHADOWBOXING (0:12:29)
Director: Zander Heiselman
United States • 2021
A young fighter Miles and his coercive father have dreams of being the best in the underground MMA league. Believing he accidentally killed someone, Miles struggles to confront his father and agent.
SIDEWAYS (0:12:18)
Director: Daniel Robert Smith
United States • 2020
Best friends Kurt and Carter find out that living together may not be as easy as they thought when their competing lifestyles clash. After a huge argument, Carter wakes up to find he has gone sideways.
STUFFED (0:10:19)
Director: Fer McFarlane
United States • 2020
Silas comes to terms with his estranged father’s death by finishing his father’s final taxidermy job.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (0:12:04)
Director: Thom Hilton
United States • 2021
A student’s increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host, Myster Synonymous, to take a vulnerable turn as they discuss identity, fandom and their futures.
THE BRONZE FLY (0:15:00)
Director: Karleener
France • 2019
A painter gives three magic pills to his visually impaired girlfriend, then intentionally loses her in the crowd. Thanks to a painting and the pills, she will search for the painter and his secret.
THE LEGACY SESSIONS (0:36:30)
Director: William D. Ashton
United States • 2020
After the death of her mother, a sullen teenager copes with isolation and punk music. But a friendship with an elderly woman in a retirement home slowly helps her express and overcome her grief.
YOU KNOW HIS NAME (0:09:58)
Director: Clarke Phillips
United States • 2021
A black teenager prepares for a photo shoot with his close friend. Dodging his mother’s requests and staying out later than he should, a discussion on futures and dreams culminates in a difficult drive home.
