Life According to Sam
USA | 94 min | Doc, Youth
Aug. 11 | 1:00 PM | Paff Theatre
Look Up!
Aug. 9 | 12:15 PM | Metcalf Auditorium
Director: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine Producer: Sheila Nevins
One family’s courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal disease, progeria.
France | 8 min | Animation
Like Rabbits
Aug. 9 | 12:15 PM | Metcalf Auditorium Director: Mikhal Bak
USA | 1 min | Animation
Director: Chad Strawderman Producer: Chad Strawderman Writer: Chad Strawderman
WORLD PREMIERE. A public service warning about the dangers of texting while walking.
Lost on Purpose
USA | 100 min | Drama, Comedy
Aug. 10 | 5:30 PM | Paff Theatre Director: Ian Nelms, Eshom Nelms Producer: Irvin E. Engebretson, John Derango, M. Lupercio, Ron Yankee Writer: Ian Nelms, Eshom Nelms Starring: Aaron Hill, C. Thomas Howell
People come to the fair ground for all types of fun, but the bad-luck spreading, melancholic fish-headed man puts an end to that.
Little Kyota Neon Hood
Japan | 20 min | Drama
RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Aug. 8 | 3:15 PM | Paff Theatre
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In the fertile, San Joaquin Valley, fueled by gin and sheer determination, Elizabeth James (Ms. Liz) operates her third generation dairy farm outside the region’s domineering co-ops. To help keep the place afloat, she’s employed five renegade ranch hands.
Director: Satsuki Okawa Producer: Takeshi Tanaka Writer: Satsuki Okawa Starring: Kaede Tsuchiya
Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story
USA | 75 min |Doc, Music
Aug. 8 | 9:00 PM | The Vets Director: Tony D’Annunzio Producer: Tony D’Annunzio
A Japanese boy with a neon protective hood finds comfort from daily life in a post disaster country by befriending a foreigner who returns to the town he once fled.
Lollywood
The great untold story in Rock & Roll history as revealed by the musicians, artists & people that lived it.
Liberia | 10 min | Doc
Aug. 11 | 3:15 PM | Paff Theatre Director: Todd Looby Producer: Todd Looby
Edwin, a 15 year old Liberian war orphan, always wanted to make a Nollywood movie. So one day, he wrote a script, cast the 30 actors needed, built an entire African village and shot a feature-length script in half-a-day.
Love in the Time of Advertising
USA | 8 min |Animation
Aug. 11 | 5:00 PM | Metcalf Auditorium Director: David Bokser, Matt Berenty Producer: Kevin Shapiro, David Bokser, Matt Berenty Writer: David Bokser, Matt Berenty Starring: Hunter Curra, Jillinda Palmer
Love in the Time of Advertising is an animated short film about a young man living inside of a billboard, charged with updating the advertisements. When a tear in the sign reveals a beautiful young lady living across the highway, he falls instantly in love.