Program Guide 9TH ANNUAL NEW HOPE FILM FESTIVAL
JULY 20-29, 2018
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Welcome to the 9th Annual New Hope Film Festival! A heartfelt thank you to our filmmakers, sponsors, vendors, members of the media, the New Hope Arts Center team and all of the other stakeholders who make this annual event so enduring and successful. We have a hard time believing we will be heading into our tenth year as soon as we close the Awards Ceremony Gala on Sunday, July 29th. This year, we are screening 80 outstanding films from 12 countries and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Additionally, we are in the second year of an ambitious upgrade project, a plan that has included purchasing and managing our own audio-video equipment and, in May 2018, launching a brand-new website. This is the first all-new website we have created since our founding in 2009. We have more exciting changes in store over the next 12 months. Please follow us on social media for the latest updates. We hope you will join our celebration of independent filmmaking. Many of our artists plan to attend their screenings and Q&A sessions—you will have opportunities to engage your heart and mind in a setting that is much different from watching a film at home or in a movie theater. By bringing so many talented people together at one place and time, we are offering every participant a fleeting and truly special experience. All the best, D. F. Whipple Executive Director New Hope Film Festival
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Contents Schedule.....5
Film Lineup…..13 Ticket Prices…..19 Members and Visitors Guide.....27 Script Lineup…..43
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2018 Schedule TIME
SHOW
VENUE
FILMS
Friday, July 20 6:00 - 7:45 PM
Animation Celebration New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Two Balloons
Crack’d
Cuddlefish
Dreamweaver
Twindows - Pulp
Daisy Belle
The Kara Morgan Show
8:00 - 10:15 PM
Fantasy Showcase
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Return Safely
Nymphadelle
Shellfish
12:00 - 1:45 PM
Human Rights Shorts
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Redcoats
Daily Bread
Nazi VR
Attila
2:00 - 3:45 PM
Quakers
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries
4:00 - 5:45 PM
The Music Scene
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Hunting Day
Fourth of Julivar’s
Mission to Mars
The Brittany Show
Love Radio
Kings of Blah
6:00 - 8:30 PM
Disease and Hope
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Hope Loves Company
Dirty Laundry
8:45 - 10:45 PM
Dark Blue Girl (18+)
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
North & Nowhere
Dark Blue Girl
An Unknown Country
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
An Unknown Country
Saturday, July 21
Sunday, July 22 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
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2018 Schedule (Continued) TIME
SHOW
VENUE
FILMS
2:00 - 4:30 PM
New York Shorts
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Zen Parking
Giselle
New York 2150
Aeris
Crossing the Line
Another Girl
4:45 - 7:00 PM
Carving a Life
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
High Rocks
Washed Out
Carving a Life
Angels of the Sky
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Angels of the Sky
Ways of Life
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
People of the Forest: Orang Rimba
The Oyster Farmers
Sand on the Floor (Matinee)
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Sand on the Floor
2:45 - 5:15 PM
Students’ Afternoon Matinee
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Portrait of an Artist: Janet Chambers
At the Table
Monumental Change
A Day in the Life of Elijah
A New Chance
East Side Hero
5:30 - 7:15 PM
Girls in the Arts (Matinee)
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Danny Boy
4 Dancers’ Dreams
7:30 - 9:45 PM
At the End of the Day
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
At the End of the Day
Sunday, July 22 (Cont.)
Monday, July 23 6:00 - 7:45 PM
Tuesday, July 24 6:00 - 7:45 PM
Wednesday, July 25 6:00 - 7:15 PM
Thursday, July 26
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2018 Schedule (Continued) TIME
SHOW
VENUE
FILMS
2:30 - 5:00 PM
Students’ Afternoon Matinee II
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Carry On Little Sis
The Flashback
S’eclipser
The Miser
Ambience
Lockdown
Grasping Air
Grandma’s House
Leaving Malcolm
5:15 - 6:45 PM
The Listen Project
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
The Listen Project
7:00 - 8:45 PM
My Amish World
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
A Memory
My Amish World
9:00 - 11:15 PM
Murder Mysteries
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Fugitive
Reconnected
Passaic
The Doctor’s Case
11:30 - 1:30 PM
Tragedy at School
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
One Mother’s Fire: The Gail Minger Story
We Are Columbine
1:45 - 3:30 PM
A World Without Borders
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Ferryman at the Wall
The Foreigner’s Home
3:45 - 6:00 PM
Wolves and Wolverines New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
The Trouble with Wolves
Wolverine: Ghost of the Northern Forest
6:15 - 8:45 PM
Short Film Program
The Secret Nobody Knows
The Third Act Series
Night’s Still Young
A Real Adventure
The Red Lotus
The Phages
Contact
Negron
Anna
Friday, July 27
Saturday, July 28
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
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2018 Schedule (Continued) TIME
SHOW
VENUE
FILMS
Fortune Defies Death (18+)
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Fortune Defies Death
Awards Ceremony (Filmmakers and/or By Invitation Only)
New Hope Arts Center
2 Stockton Ave
Saturday, July 28 (Cont.) 9:00 - 11:15 PM
Sunday, July 29 3:00 - 5:00 PM
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Festival Tip: If you’re overwhelmed by the variety of film choices and want some advice based on your interests and tastes, don’t hesitate to write the Festival at inquiries@newhopefilmfestival. com.
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Film Lineup
4 DANCERS’ DREAMS
Directed by Nancy J. Lilley Documentary, Canada
Four aspiring young dancers pursue their dreams to become professionals.
71 Minutes
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ELIJAH
Directed by Keith Famie Documentary, USA
18 Minutes
A glimpse into the challenges of Elijah Craft, a 17-year-old from Detroit who shares his quest to learn to read after finding out he was below the third grade reading level.
A MEMORY
Directed by Ashleigh Chavis Short, USA
Claire, an emotionally unstable woman, convinces her caretaker to sneak her out of the hospital and take her to the secluded place where her husband proposed to her 50 years before.
13 Minutes
A NEW CHANCE
Directed by Sophia Silverman Student, USA
34 Minutes
A short documentary focusing on dogs who are rescued from high kill shelters and placed in loving foster homes.
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A REAL ADVENTURE
Directed by Josh Zuckerman Short, USA
A son’s first visit to his father in prison unearths a lifetime of empty promises.
16 Minutes
AERIS
Directed by Paul Castro Jr. Short, USA
30 Minutes
A young couple struggles to save the life of a store-bought kitten they named Aeris.
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AMBIENCE
Directed by Ji Hyun Kim Student, Republic of Korea
13 Minutes
Junkyu works for HereForYou, an app-based service company that travels the city on scooters at night to help people with various tasks.
AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY
Directed by Eva Zelig Documentary, USA
90 Minutes
The story of European Jews who escaped Nazi persecution to find refuge in an unlikely destination: Ecuador.
ANGELS OF THE SKY
Directed by Trent McGee, Josh Berman Documentary, USA
90 Minutes
The true-life stories of World War II pilots from the U.S. 8th Air Force who were shot down over German territory and became POWs—told by the survivors themselves.
ANNA
Directed by Petra Priborska Student, Czech Republic, USA
19 Minutes
Having spent her childhood in communist Czechoslovakia, Anna, now an immigrant in New York City, struggles to pursue her dream of higher education.
Festival Insight: Audience Choice Awards are directly chosen by audience ballots. Have your voice heard and make a dierence in film culture by coming to shows, voting, and leaving comments.
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ANOTHER GIRL
Directed by Austin Kase Short, USA
22 Minutes
Sam's ex-lovers aren’t so “ex” to him. They always seem to reappear at the worst possible moments, sabotaging his hopes of finding new love.
AT THE END OF THE DAY
Directed by Kevin O'Brien Feature, USA
118 Minutes
A conservative, Evangelical professor finds himself planted in a gay support group to stop their plans to open an LGTBQ homeless youth shelter, an experience that convinces him life is not so black-and-white.
Festival Tip: Ticket Prices at the Door Patron $14.00
Student/Senior (65+) $12.50
Matinee $10.00
All-Festival Standby Pass $35.00
Awards Ceremony (Filmmakers and invited guests only) $20.00
Ticket Prices in Advance* Patron $12.50
Student/Senior (65+) $11.00
Matinee $8.50
Local Standby Pass $32.50
Member $11.25
Member Student/Senior $9.90
Member Matinee $7.65
Member Local Standby Pass $29.25
Awards Ceremony (Filmmakers receive password via email) $18.00
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AT THE TABLE
Directed by Kristen Harrison Student, USA
17 Minutes
This short documentary looks at the life and legacy of African-American spiritual leader Father Divine.
ATTILA
Directed by Ben and Oliver Samuels Short, USA, Canada
33 Minutes
As the American Civil War's General William Tecumseh Sherman plans his devastating March to the Sea, he is confronted by the contrarian views of an African-American soldier.
CARRY ON LITTLE SIS
Directed by Dominique LeClair Student, USA
13 Minutes
A grieving young woman has an unexpected spiritual encounter with her deceased sister.
CARVING A LIFE
Directed by Terry Ross Feature, USA
82 Minutes
A newlywed couple’s bliss takes a quick downturn when she discovers his secret alcohol addiction. Complicating matters further, she discovers she is pregnant.
CONTACT
Directed by Oday Rasheed Short, USA
13 Minutes
When Katharine falls for Ali, an Iraqi immigrant, her relationship with her mother is pushed to the edge, and his long-distance phone calls to his own mother about the realities at home further strains their relationship to the brink.
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CRACK’D
Directed by Sebastian Brown Short, USA
12 Minutes
MeeGGo is a walking egg on the planet YuGGo who yearns to break free from his shell despite the many dangers a little egg faces in such a dangerous world.
CROSSING THE LINE
Directed by Andre Fuad Degas Short, USA
20 Minutes
Tension mounts when Khadijah, a Muslim high school track runner, falls for Terrence, an All-American football player, setting the stage for a dramatic ending during a championship meet in Queens, New York.
CUDDLEFISH
Directed by Cheryl Briggs Short, USA
7 Minutes
The animated story of Viktor, a daring Viking on the sea adventure of lifetime, takes an unexpected turn when he meets love-sick Kaimana.
DAILY BREAD
Directed by Ruby Challenger Short, Australia
17 Minutes
In a World War II internment camp in Indonesia, Jeanne and a group of Dutch women and children face a daily struggle against abuse, disease and starvation.
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DAISY BELLE
Directed by William Wall Short, USA
11 Minutes
In this animated short, an adorable robot named Oono cares for his rather under the weather owner while mysterious beings roam the surreal world outside.
DANNY BOY
Directed by Liam O’Neill Short, Ireland
10 Minutes
Young Maggie desperately wants to learn to play the fabled Irish song Danny Boy on the violin, not only for herself but because it reminds her dad of their halcyon days with her long-absent mum.
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DARK BLUE GIRL
Directed by Mascha Schilinski Student, Germany
103 Minutes
After Jimmy and Hannah find a buyer for their vacation home in Santorini, they return to the place where they broke up two years ago, daughter Luca in tow. All would be well except now the couple is competing for Luca's love.
DIRTY LAUNDRY
Directed by Conor B. Lewis Documentary, USA
75 Minutes
Two cousins bicycle across the United States, fueled by concern over their grandmother’s sudden passing from a rare, highly preventable cancer: mesothelioma.
DREAMWEAVER
Directed by Cheryl Briggs Short, USA
A spider woman named Asibikaashi protects children from bad dreams by weaving dream catchers above their heads while they sleep.
6 Minutes
EAST SIDE HERO
Directed by Daniel Osorio Short, USA
An at-risk youth is confronted with a life-changing decision after his brother dies at the hands of a gang rival.
19 Minutes
FERRYMAN AT THE WALL
Directed by David Freid Short Documentary, USA
16 Minutes
For 40 years, Mike Davidson has been ferrying tourists across the Rio Grande for a little taste of Mexican life, but now the international peace park in Big Bend, Texas is threatened by a proposed border wall.
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FORTUNE DEFIES DEATH
Directed by Jennifer Hulum Feature, USA
Ten years after the death of wealthy patriarch George Woods, family members turn on each other when the reading of his will turns into a murder investigation.
115 Minutes
FOURTH OF JULIVAR'S
Directed by Tony Fulgham Music Video, USA
5 Minutes
Six people take an odd trip on the American 4th of July holiday with Tomo Nakayama’s song Fourth of Julivar’s providing the musical score.
Festival Tip: The Festival publishes this Program Guide digitally, an environmentally friendly approach that helps us better manage the planet’s and our own resources.For those who want a printed copy, we gladly oer them for sale at our venues throughout our annual event.
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A free, reading-only copy is available several weeks before the Festival at The Free Library of New Hope and Solebury, 93 W. Ferry Street, New Hope.
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FUGITIVE (BURON)
Directed by Martin Taidy Short, Indonesia
17 Minutes
A nervous man is hiding in his friend’s hideout from some dangerous characters, not knowing his friend harbors a hidden agenda.
GISELLE
Directed by Severine Reisp Student, USA
23 Minutes
A beautiful young Syrian refugee falls in love with a charming but career driven politician.
GRANDMA’S HOUSE
Directed by Harris Gurny Student, USA
12 Minutes
A lonely yet chipper grandmother receives an unexpected visit from her estranged grandson, a criminal who is on the run. 26
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GRASPING AIR
Directed by Ellie Schuckman Student, USA
13 Minutes
A young poet tries to prove his worth while dealing with internal and external struggles.
HIGH ROCKS
Directed by Tyler Wallach Short, USA
On a routine hike, two best friends need to deal with a sudden tagalong while one of the friends struggles to reveal a lifelong secret.
12 Minutes
HOPE LOVES COMPANY
Directed by Steven Besserman Documentary, USA
54 Minutes
The story of a non-profit organization that brings together children and young adults who have parents who suffer from Lou Gehrig’s disease.
HUNTING DAY
Directed by Cotty Bass Music Video, Brazil
5 Minutes
A girl gives her partner a taste of his own medicine in this music video from Brazil.
Festival Insight: The New Hope Film Festival sends audience ballot reports to filmmakers on request and keeps the ballots in storage indefinitely. The Festival takes audience comments seriously and, over time, such comments help to guide the Festival’s decisions. 28
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KINGS OF BLAH
Directed by Alex Coppola Documentary, USA
40 Minutes
Nobody cares about Danny and Thomas’s little New York band, Frog, until the electronics warehouse coworkers embark on a surreptitious tour of England.
LEAVING MALCOLM
Directed by Lucas Ruderman Student, USA
32 Minutes
After taking in his father for hospice care, Malcolm Peters is reminded of his childhood neglect.
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Festival Insight: New Hope Film Festival’s Executive Director of Submissions, Thom Michael Mulligan, is an award-winning producer and actor who runs the submissions functions of the New Hope Film Festival from his home base of Southern California. Mulligan has long-standing ties to New Hope and the area.
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LOCKDOWN
Directed by Max Sokoloff Student, USA
15 Minutes
A high school misfit who has been mercilessly teased for wearing a suit to picture day suddenly finds himself a hostage to an active shooter who is not so different from himself.
LOVE RADIO
Directed by Jeremy J. Mohler Short, USA
13 Minutes
A DJ is tired of working at WLUV, a Texas radio station that plays nothing but love songs, so the station’s pollyannaish manager tries to inject some passion.
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MISSION TO MARS
Directed by George Pasles Music Video, USA
A solitary traveler pursues the lifelong ambition of landing on Mars.
4 Minutes
MONUMENTAL CHANGE
Directed by Jake Segelbaum Student, USA
29 Minutes
This documentary explores issues and concerns around the destruction of North Philadelphia’s Monument Cemetery for ambitious building projects.
MY AMISH WORLD
Directed by Samuel Wickey Feature, USA
79 Minutes
An Amish couple’s boy combines an enigmatic mental disorder with prodigious artistic ability, but artistic expression is banned in their Amish community. Based on a true story.
NAZI VR
Directed by David Freid Short Documentary, Germany, USA
17 Minutes
This short documentary examines the use of virtual reality technology to convict a former Nazi SS prison guard.
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NEGRON
Directed by Christopher Daniel Santiago Short, USA
10 Minutes
Santiago Sueno Negron, a Brooklyn tennis phenom, abandoned his tennis career six years ago on the cusp of greatness. Now he needs to explain his decision to his dying father, who long championed his career.
NEW YORK 2150
Directed by Harry Assouline TV Pilot, USA
20 Minutes
Intergalactic bounty hunter Jayden Jaxon partners with ex-cop Mac Cole to hunt down a notorious killer for a generous sum of money, but the ghosts of Jaxon’s past haunt every corner of New Manhattan.
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NIGHT'S STILL YOUNG
Directed by Brian Hollars Short, USA
15 Minutes
A terminally ill 26-year-old woman throws a birthday party turned farewell party to say goodbye to the world on her own terms.
NORTH & NOWHERE
Directed by Scott Ballard Short, USA
12 Minutes
A woman confiscates her aged father’s handgun due to his physical and mental decline, but when he gets stuck in a dehumanizing health facility she may find a little use for the gun herself.
NYMPHADELLE
Directed by Quentin de Jubecourt Student, France
55 Minutes
In a medieval forest, Aegeus, son of Lord Theron, meets a fighting young woman named Asteria, and together they take on dark forces aligned against their kingdom.
ONE MOTHER’S FIRE: THE GAIL MINGER STORY
Directed by Diana Nicolae Documentary, USA
26 Minutes
After a 19-year-old autistic man perishes in a dorm fire, his mother, Gail Minger, becomes one of the leading activists for campus safety in the United States.
PASSAIC
Directed by Douglas Underdahl Short, USA
14 Minutes
The son of an investigative journalist stumbles upon his late father’s last unsolved case, a murder that tore apart the town of Passaic, New Jersey. Based on a true story.
PEOPLE OF THE FOREST: ORANG RIMBA
Directed by Isaac Kerlow Documentary, Singapore
14 Minutes
Now that the ancestral forests of the nomadic Orang Rimba tribe have vanished, the Indonesian tribe has nowhere to go. 33
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST: JANET CHAMBERS
Directed by Kadin Tooley Student, USA
6 Minutes
This short documentary profiles an Appalachian nature artist who modestly defines herself as one of a whole family of artists.
QUAKERS: THE QUIET REVOLUTIONARIES
Directed by Janet P. Gardner Documentary, USA, UK
89 Minutes
An imaginary Hall of Fame for American activists—environmental, women’s suffrage, and civil rights—would include a striking number of Quakers or people influenced by Quaker principles. This is the Quakers’s story.
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RECONNECTED
Directed by S.J. Main Munoz Short, USA
15 Minutes
When a suburban professional struggles to reconnect with his family after an extramarital affair, he’s forced to confront his scornful mother-in-law.
REDCOATS
Directed by Amy Tiehel Short, USA
19 Minutes
When three British soldiers pillage the home of colonial women, the men get more than they bargained for.
RETURN SAFELY
Directed by Eric Burleson Short, USA
12 Minutes
A young wilderness traveler must complete her quest to return a mysterious egg to its nest while battling many primeval dangers.
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S’ECLIPSER
Directed by Yoni Azulay Student, USA
7 Minutes
When a young man discovers a casual lover is pregnant, her attitude is far more warm and mature than his.
SAND ON THE FLOOR
Directed by Steve Rockstein Documentary, U.S. Virgin Islands
56 Minutes
A history of Jews on St. Thomas and the oldest synagogue in continuous use under the U.S. flag. The epilogue reveals how this community helped the filmmaker return to Judaism 49 years after he suffered sexual abuse.
SHELLFISH
Directed by J.D. Wilson Short, USA
40 Minutes
After the internet cloud crashes worldwide, a generation of “screenagers” is forced to cope with the loss of their beloved smart phones. The official therapy is to exile them to an island occupied by a flying monster. 37
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THE BRITTANY SHOW
Directed by Nasser Samara Short, USA
15 Minutes
A lively glimpse into the life of a hip and talented young artist who’s making her way to fame in LA.
THE DOCTOR’S CASE
Co-Directed by James Douglas and Leonard Pearl Feature, Canada
66 Minutes
When a diabolical English lord is murdered, Sherlock Holmes and Watson must exchange roles in order to solve the perfect locked room mystery. Based on the short story by Stephen King.
THE FLASHBACK
Directed by Alex Bartz Student, USA
7 Minutes
A Vietnam veteran with PTSD fulfills a promise he made on the battlefield 50 years ago. 38
THE FOREIGNER’S HOME
Directed by Rian Brown and Geoff Pingree Documentary, USA
56 Minutes
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and professor emeritus at Princeton University Toni Morrison explores the question of “who is the foreigner?” through a series of candid exchanges on race, identity and art’s redemptive power.
THE KARA MORGAN SHOW
Directed by Kara Morgan Short, USA
27 Minutes
When a thirtysomething singer loses her way artistically, her tiny Frenchspeaking alter ego steps in and reminds her what singing is all about.
THE LISTEN PROJECT
Directed by Garry Bassin Documentary, USA
74 Minutes
An ongoing journey and borderless library of intimate and rarely seen performances by musicians from around the world.
THE MISER
Directed by Joey Lupo Student, USA
A selfish and powerful old man begins to regret his decisions.
5 Minutes
THE OYSTER FARMERS
Directed by Corinne Ruff Documentary, USA
69 Minutes
A documentary about coastal life on New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay and the manner in which oyster farmers long struggled for environmental stewardship while their ecosystem declined.
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THE PHAGES
Directed by John Benedetto and Matt McNevin Short, United States
22 Minutes
An upwardly mobile couple that flips haunted houses for a living may have bitten off more than they can chew with a house that deserves its frightening reputation.
THE RED LOTUS
Directed by Jessica Alexandra Green Short, USA
19 Minutes
Michelle drags her sister Debbie to a yoga retreat only to reveal that there is no retreat. Instead, it’s an underground abortion clinic—and Roe vs. Wade has been overturned.
THE SECRET NOBODY KNOWS
Directed by Nick Ronan Short, USA
8 Minutes
Inspired by a poem by E.E. Cummings, this is a war romance set during the Korean War.
THE THIRD ACT SERIES
Directed by Michele Fillion Webisode, USA
14 Minutes
Two friends navigate mid-life with humorous takes on post-divorce dating, their feminism versus their daughters’ feminism and growing old gracefully.
THE TROUBLE WITH WOLVES
Directed by Collin Monda Documentary, USA
57 Minutes
Amidst death threats and court battles, and with an iconic but endangered species hanging in the balance, this documentary takes an up-close look at the most heated and controversial wildlife conservation debate of our time.
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TWINDOWS - PULP
Directed by Tedd Hazard Music Video, USA
4 Minutes
Music video for the song Pulp by The Twindows, a fiery Pennsylvania rock band.
TWO BALLOONS
Directed by Mark C. Smith Short, USA
10 Minutes
Two adventurous lemurs navigate their dirigibles halfway around the world to a place where happenstance and fate threaten to disrupt their reunion.
WASHED OUT
Directed by Alice Boucherie Short, France
12 Minutes
An abused child has a washing machine for his only friend, but it has special powers that can help him. 41
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WE ARE COLUMBINE
Directed by Laura Farber Documentary, USA
78 Minutes
A deeply intimate look at one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history through unprecedented interviews with former Columbine High School students and staff.
WOLVERINE: GHOST OF THE NORTHERN FOREST
Directed by Andrew Manske and Jeff Turner Documentary, Canada
52 Minutes
A beautifully filmed saga about Canadian wildlife cinematographer Andrew Manske’s relentless, five-year quest to document one of the most elusive creatures on the planet in its extremely remote wilderness habitat.
ZEN PARKING
Directed by Agustin McCarthy Short, USA
12 Minutes
A yoga teacher who routinely preaches calmness has to come to terms with his rage when someone steals his parking spot in New York. 42
Script Lineup TITLE
WRITER
SYNOPSIS
Christopher Marlowe
Francis Hamit
Based on extensive research, this Elizabethan-era drama features the English poet, playwright and spy who lived in two worlds at a time when politics was religion and vice-versa.
Howard Hall
Judy Spencer
Abby Johnson is thrilled to have been accepted by prestigious Prentiss College. There’s just one problem as she enters the first semester of her freshman year: she will be living in Howard Hall, a dorm with a well-earned reputation for housing students with “issues.”
Mindful
Diana Lewis
A thriller set in New York, London and Guam, this story centers around a brilliant single mother whose newly revolutionized treatment for neurological and psychological disorders must be applied to her own daughter.
The Black Swallow Daniel Russ of Death
The amazing, true story of Gene Bullard, an African-American man who fled the Jim Crow South to become a fighter pilot for France in World War I.
The Music of Men’s Lives
Ben Rosner
The true story of a jazz violinist who was imprisoned during the Holocaust. His music melted hearts, leading to a remarkable series of events and survival against all odds.
True Colors
Scott Dissinger
An African-American woman stands up for a Caucasian pickup truck driver who accidentally hits someone in her neighborhood. Inspired by true events.
Festival Tip: Unlike routine movie theater shows, New Hope Film Festival screenings are usually followed by intimate filmmaker Q&A sessions. The chance to meet and learn from talented filmmakers is one of the great benefits of participating in this annual event.
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