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Massachusetts Independent Film Festival 2024

Arts and Entertainment

March 30, 2024

From: Massachusetts Independent Film Festival

The Mass Indie Film Fest returns showcasing a wide variety of films from all genres. Everything from dramas, art house fare, to horror and thrillers that some festivals unfairly ignore are welcome here.

Schedule:

April 25, 2024

7:00PM: Opening Night! - Shorts Block

Doing a Bit by Abigail Rose Sullivan  

The Hit by Joseph Anthony Marcello  

A Bad Day by Mo Faisal  

Old Parish Preservation Volunteers by Maura Smith & Kate Smith

First Generations, Second Class Relics, Third Degree Burns by Anne Ciecko

A Lost Sense by Cole Paul  

How to Clean: An ADHD Story by Lauren Leger

Aberdeen by Talia Krohmal

Baby Shrooms by Colin Mader

Made in Bridgeport by Agustina Aranda

Location: Starlite, 39 Hamilton Street, Southbridge, MA

April 26, 2024

7:00 PM: Free Screening of Two Lives in Pittsburgh

A Special Screening of Two Lives in Pittsburgh
by Clark University Alumni Brian Silverman

Confronted by his mother’s illness and his child’s exploration of gender, a traditional blue-collar guy is torn between who he has always been and who his child needs him to be.

Screening with these shorts by Clark University Students:

Long Play by Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui

Ask the Birds by Nicole Overbaugh

Location: Razzo Hall, 92 Downing St, Worcester, MA 01610

12:30PM
Feature
To Die Alone by Austin Smagalski
Screens with
Winter’s Passing by Yang Fei

3:00PM
Short Doc Block
There Are Things to Do by Mike Syers
Mama by Dylan Kelley Bowen  
Ototeman by Stéphanie Marie MELYON-REINETTE   
Bearing Witness: A Name & A Voice by Dina Jane Rudick
The Orchestra Chuck Built by Christopher Stoudt
Driftwood by Marina Khananayev
 
5:30PM
Feature Doc
We Are The Warriors by David Camlin & Megan Grumbling
Screening with
Hear Me by Dave Simonds

8:00PM
Local Feature
Super Beef by Nicholas D'Agostino
Screening with
Off-Kilter by Steph France

Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 35 Major Taylor Blvd, Worcester, MA 01608

April 27, 2024

10:00AM
International Shorts
Laundry Isle by Alice Evans (United Kingdom)  
The Last Snow by Shayan Naghibi (Iran)  
The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock by Neil Weatherall (UK
Seed by Patricio Mosse (Spain)  
Midnight Ride by Alessandro Farrattini Pojani (UK)
Nur & Abir by Manu Gómez (Spain)
The Lonely Doryman by Noah Duarte (Portugal)
The Special Seat by Akira Okumura (Japan)  
Craftwork by David Pérez Sañudo (Spain)  

12:30PM
Experimental/Animated Shorts Block
Jasper’s Tales by Michael Neel & Jasper Neel  
Another You by Theadora Shorrock Nedvins  
Pineapple Upside Down Cake by Deven Verma
Childsplay by Juliana Gómez Mira  
Fixer by Alexandra Holland   
Reverie (a Dream) by Peter Perenyi  
Zhuyka/Cud by Anne Ciecko  
Pickwick Road by Sam Kane  
Breathe by Loi Huynh & Jordan Waterworth
The Saga of the Golden Potty by Samarah Hasan-Kepes& Gyuri Kepes
Toad in the Hole by Oliver Brubaker
Break Bread by Chuchu Ikoro  
Fred and Frankie by Kate McNeely & Jenny Shuermann The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth by Joël Gibbs

3:00PM
Feature Doc
The History of Metal and Horror by Mike Schiff
Screening with
Dad Rock by Eshani Chakrabarti

5:30PM
Feature
Ugly Sweater by Lauren Musgrove
Screening with
Homeward Drift by Eric Banks
A Woman, a Priest, and a Comedian by Kim Christel

8:00PM
Horror Shorts Block
Laura Lisa by Sophie Carleton
Incubus by Doug Tarnovean
Ractors by Shankar Sudhakaran & Eva Nel Brettrager  
Stove Bird by Ryan Arnold  
The Devil on Derby Street by Luke St Germaine
The Melting Hymn by Bridgette Cannell
Killing with Kindness by Patrick Rahall
Untenable by Kaemon Hiraki & Kayla Dalton
The Surrogate by Erica Stockwell-Alpert
This is My House by Connor Morley

Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 35 Major Taylor Blvd, Worcester, MA 01608

April 28, 2024

10:00AM
Local Feature
Off-Color Daze by Nick Kairit
Screening with
My Over There by Bob Celli

12:30PM
Shorts Block
Last Words of Lord Carrington by Larry Loring
Dibs on Mars by Julia Tutko-Balena  
Three AM by Karin Trachtenberg  
She, Who Dared by Gabrielle Rosson
Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club by Jay Kay
A Capsule for Robin by Lalithra Fernando  
Insurgent by Joe Lemieux
A Momentary Stop by Brittany Severance & Amelia McCarthy

3:00PM
Shorts Block
The Piece by Emma Young  
Waiting for Beckett by David Kloepfer
Bender by Joe Camara
Addiction by Maria Filippone  
Apophenia by Billie Frank Smith  
Two-Lane Bike Trail by Mingen Tan
Beyond Failure by Marissa Losoya
A Long Lived Obliquity by Azgad Abraham Crisostomo
The Scene - Director's Cut by Connor Morley

Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 35 Major Taylor Blvd, Worcester, MA 01608

Date:
April 25-28, 2024

Venues:
Hilton Garden Inn Worcester,
35 Major Taylor Boulevard,
Worcester, MA 01608.

Starlite,
39 Hamilton Street,
Southbridge, MA 01550.

Traina Center For the Arts,
92 Downing Street,
Worcester, MA 01610 .

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