2025 schedule

WEDNESDAY JAN 8, 2025
10:00am-4:00pm 
HOMETOWN HONORS

Marigolds Bloom
[Directed by Timothy D. Walker]
(141 mins) DRAMA
followed by Q&A panel with actress Kimberly Hales Kime

The Crew
[Directed by Mike Leonard]
(142 mins) DOCUMENTARY 
followed by Q&A panel with director, Mike Leonard

4:00pm-5:00pm
INTERNATIONAL BLOCK

Won Soen-Road To Completeness
[Directed by Maciej Szczukowski]
(25 mins) SWEDEN

Verflechtung
[Directed by Maciej Szczukowski]
(19 mins) SWITZERLAND

I Want To Leave Brussels 
[Directed by Larry Collicott]
(2 mins) CANADA

Visitation
[Directed by Christian Skibinski]
(12 mins) GERMANY 

5:00pm-7:00pm
DINNER & SOCIAL HOUR
OG'S SPORTS GRILL
132 Sunset Avenue
Asheboro, NC

7:00pm-9:00pm
RECEPTION CONCERT& FESTIVAL WELCOMING/INTRODUCTION
HOSTED BY
BUSTA BROWN of 'THE BRIDGE'
Donna Hughes 
LG Hoover
King M Dot
Sean Haitz
Brandon Shepherd
Cosmic Panda

9:00pm-11:00pm 
Big Top Evil
[Directed by Sean Haitz & Chris Potter]
(81 mins) HORROR/COMEDY
followed by Q&A panel with director, Sean Haitz & actor, David Vega

11:00pm-11:59pm 
LATE NIGHT LAUGHS BLOCK
You Don't Know Jack [Pilot]
[Directed by Melissa Lozoff]
(18 mins) COMEDY-EPISODIC

Foot The Bill
[Directed by Lloyd Tunstill]
(10 mins) COMEDY

The Pinto Variety Hour
[Directed by R.J. Sullivan]
(23 mins) COMEDY-ANIMATION

THURSDAY JAN 9, 2025
10:00am-11:00am 
ANIMATION & MORE BLOCK
Buried
[Directed by Blake Ellis]
(7 mins) DRAMA

Agrinoui
[Directed by Alexis Chaviaras]
(20 mins) ANIMATION

Echoes
[Directed by Christina Araujo]
(10 mins) ANIMATION

Down Home: The Magnolia 23 Story
[Directed by Ty Brueilly]
(20 mins) DOCUMENTARY

11:00am-1:00pm 
WE ARE RANDOLPH BLOCK
You! Go! Truth Be Told
[Directed by Ty Brueilly]
(60 mins) DOCUMENTARY/EDUCATIONAL
with 60 minute open invitation community conversation with
Chip Foust & Chuck Egerton

1:00pm-2:00pm
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
with PAUL & LORI SUTTON
From Pen To Paper
[Directed by Paul Sutton & Lori Sutton]
(28 mins) DOCUMENTARY/EDUCATIONAL
with 30 minute open invitation community conversation with
Paul Sutton & Lori Sutton

2:00pm-5:00pm
NORTH CAROLINA BLOCK ONE
Premonition
[Directed by Ryan Camp]
(4 mins) HORROR

An Evening With The Tailor
[Directed by Jarvis Garvin]
(12 mins) ACTION

Falling Out
[Directed by Austan Brown & Chris Thomas]
(76 mins) DRAMA

Heart Cracked Open
[Directed by Emily Gibson Rhyne]
(18 mins) DOCUMENTARY

Refabricate
[Directed by Brielle Barozzini]
(28 mins) DOCUMENTARY
with Q&A panels after each film with attending representation

5:00pm-5:30pm
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT with CHUCK EGERTON & PHOTOSOPHIA
(LIGHT & WISDOM) 
a supplemental activity with UNCG Professor Chuck Egerton, Ph.D. in Critical Peace and Conflict Studies

5:30-8:00pm
NORTH CAROLINA BLOCK TWO
The Essence Of Dissociation
[Directed by Jansyn Charlotte Davis]
(4 mins) STUDENT FILM

Sour Note
[Directed by Delaney Guidi]
(12 mins) STUDENT FILM

A Therapist
[Directed by Maegan Lynn]
(5 mins) COMEDY

Gift
[Directed by Vince Eisenson]
(9 mins) DRAMA

Carassius Auratus
[Directed by Maya Haston]
(14 mins) STUDENT FILM

Gentle Giant - Mr. Rozzi & D.R.U.G.S. Beats
[Directed by One Stop Shop Media]
(3 mins) MUSIC VIDEO

Dear Daughter
[Directed by Rob Underhill & Vanessa Neff]
(7 mins) DRAMA

A Swan's Song
[Directed by Rob Underhill & Jen Hogue]
(18 mins) DRAMA

Bixwad Begins
[Directed by Al Julian & Rob Underhill]
(28 mins) COMEDY-EPISODIC

Birthday Boy
[Directed by Dan Sellers]
(10 mins) DARK COMEDY
with Q&A panels after each film with attending representation

8:00-10:00pm
CORNERSTONE COMEDY
Doubting Tom
[Directed by Vanessa Roman]
(84 mins) COMEDY
followed by a Q&A panel with director, Vanessa Roman

10pm
LATE NIGHT SHORTS
Glaistig
[Directed by Cody Boesen]
(14 mins) HORROR

The Patricia Party
[Directed by Jonathan Frey]
(8 mins) HORROR

The BBQ
[Directed by Jonathan Frey & Daniel Breithaupt]
(11 mins) DARK COMEDY

The Red Market
[Directed by Christopher Matthew Spencer]
(9 mins) SCI-FI

Violence Of Action
[Directed by Benjamin Orisich]
(12 mins) ACTION

The Greater Good
[Directed by Tobias Elmore]
(18 mins) SCI-FI

The Encounter
[Directed by Shaun Rogers]
(14 mins) HORROR

A Real Life
[Directed by Quincy Moorer]
(13 mins) THRILLER

Bound By Bushwick
[Directed by Mark Montalbano]
(33 mins) DRAMA

FRIDAY JAN 10, 2025
10:00am-12:00pm
STRENGTH IN SHORTS BLOCK ONE
The One That Got Away
[Directed By Alvin Sloan]
(56 mins) THRILLER

Late Sleeper
[Directed by Peter Morris Hardy]
(4 mins) EXPERIMENTAL 

My Shadow
[Directed by Astra Silver Burke]
(10 mins) EXPERIMENTAL

For Love Or Rock 
[Directed by Tony Pacheco]
(12 mins) DRAMA

Eleanor Sandy Torrey West 
[Directed by Zongyi Li]
(17 mins) DOCUMENTARY

Sinners
[Directed by Paul Sutton & Lori Sutton]
(4 mins) SPOKEN WORD

Down Home: The Magnolia 23 Story
[Directed by Ty Brueilly]
(20 mins) DOCUMENTARY
Q&A panel after each film if representation is in attendance

12:00-2:00pm
A CONVERSATION WITH THE ELFMANS
former Music Editor of Rolling Stone, Mark Kemp sits down with Richard and Anastasia Elfman (off site)

2:00pm-6:00pm
STRENGTH IN SHORTS BLOCK TWO
You Don't Know Jack [Woman]
[Directed by Tremayne Goff]
(11 mins) COMEDY-EPISODIC

Slasher Sessions
[Directed by Thomas A Fowler]
(2o mins) HORROR/COMEDY

Tutu Grande 
[Directed by Derek Sitter]
(13mins) DRAMA/THRILLER

...And Then The Darkness
[Directed by Andrew Huggins]
(14 mins) SUSPENSE

Antisocial 
[Directed by Tobias Rothacker]
(3 mins) STOP MOTION ANIMATION

Cold Blood
[Directed by Dragon]
(10 mins) HORROR/FANTASY

A Second Chance To Die
[Directed by Robert Massa]
(6 mins) SCI-FI

Alien Abduction
[Directed by Shelly J. Teare]
(9 mins) SCI-FI

With Tits
[Directed by Delia Morchesky]
(3 mins) ANIMATION - COMEDY

It Had To Be You 
[Directed by Aaron Crocker & Rob Roy]
(5 mins) MUSIC

Sister
[Directed by Shane Andries]
(16 mins) DRAMA 

Little Bird Song
[Directed by Joanna Walchuk]
(8 mins) DRAMA

Enter The Room
[Directed by Harry Waldman]
(15mins) THRILLER

Mid-Century Modern Architect | Alvis George, AIA: A Retrospective Journey 
[Directed by Owen George]
(13 mins) DOCUMENTARY

A Kindness To Others
[Directed by Seneca Robinson]
(15 mins) SUSPENSE

Psycho Path
[Directed by Daniel Robinette]
(11 mins) HORROR

Elizabeth 
[Directed by Avery Epps]
(7 mins) HORROR
Q&A panel after each film if representation is in attendance

6:00-7:00pm
MUSIC VIDEO BLOCK
Million And One - Shame Gang ft. Erick Lottary & Devn
Allah's Interlude - OC From NC ft. DJ Flash
How, Wow - Project 51
Heavy - FAT
Me, Myself & My Microphone- D-Skills
Space Ride- Cosmic Jetties
Bleeding Garden - Mama Doom
 Crinkle Crinkle Cringeworthy - Haunted Heir
Sunny Vibe - Ramilia
Cascade - Mr. Rozzi, Hiromenbipp & N-Tyce 
Face Down - FAT
Hash - Crackle Kapone
Raptoons - B-Villainous
Evergreen - Creatio
Million And One - Shame Gang ft. Erick Lottary & Devn
2nd Placer - Illpo

7:00-7:50pm 
BURLEY & BELLEVUE BLOCK
Rock And Roll Jesus (Take Me Home) - Creatio
Expert - Marshall Alexander, Ty Bru & Stitchy C

You're Loved Somewhere Else 
[Directed by Ryan Camp]
(21 mins) DOCUMENTARY
with special introduction by Stephen Mabe & followed by a Q&A panel

Bellevue Bob 
[Directed by Sean Haitz]
(9 mins) HORROR/COMEDY
North Carolina Premiere

8:00pm-10:00 
HORROR HEADLINER
THE ELFMAN EXPERIENCE PART ONE 
Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
[Directed by Richard Elfman]
(90 mins) HORROR/COMEDY
 Special Q&A with director, Richard Elfman

10:00pm-11:59pm  
BUCK BLOCK
How To Save A Milestone 
[Directed by Jason Arthurs]
(94 mins) DOCUMENTARY
followed by a Q&A panel

SATURDAY JAN 11, 2025
10:00am-12:00pm
Rubber Bullets
Real As The Moon Landing
You Don't Know Jack [Tres Chicas]
You Don't Know Jack [Paid In Full]
MORE TBA
Q&A panel after each film if representation is in attendance

12:00pm-1:00pm
DISCUSSIONS & SPEAKERS

1:00pm-3:00pm 
PENS AND POWER BLOCK
Doublewide
Who Would You Love Now
Left For Dead
From Pen To Paper
with special introduction by Paul Sutton & followed by a Q&A panel
Just Plowboys
followed by a Q&A panel

3:00pm-5:30pm
NORTH CAROLINA BLOCK THREE
DISTINCTIVE DIRECTOR FEATURE
In The Matchbox
Box Brown: A Box Marked Freedom
followed by a conversation with
Busta Brown's The Bridge and Rob Underhill

5:30pm-7:00pm
MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD AWARDS 
CEREMONY & SHOW
Hosted By Busta Brown
Randolph Jazz Band Combo

7:00pm-10:00pm 
THE ELFMAN EXPERIENCE PART TWO (DOUBLE FEATURE)
Forbidden Zone
special 45th anniversaty screening
with introduction performance by director, Richard Elfman
and more
Bloody Bridget
with special introduction performance by leading actress, Anastasia Elfman and more
10:00pm-11:59pm 
FINALE FILM 
Cannibal Comedian