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2021 FESTIVAL ARCHIVE

"Let the Tradition continue!"

2021 SCHEDULE

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 2021 CATEGORY WINNERS!

FEATURES

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White Out

Anna thinks she is being haunted, so she brings in Richard Edmund, the paranormal investigator, to help her prove the monster exists.

The Autumn Girl

Set against the backdrop of sandlot baseball in the 1960s, a boy faces a group of neighborhood bullies and wins the heart of the girl of his dreams.

cryptopia

Join award-winning filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann 5 years after his first Bitcoin documentary on his journey to understand the potential of blockchain technology and the future of the Internet. He meets with the big brains and big egos behind this controversial industry. Can we trust them to build a cyber utopia?

Stand Strong

The story begins at a hangout spot of four skateboarders. A random conversation leads them to create a team called “Crasher.” Together, they show up at skate parks and events where their skateboard tricks attract a growing flock of admirers.

The Eden Theory

The story of a young man named Tom Edwards and the strange events that begin happening to him one summer after his best friend goes missing.

Pilot Error

A passenger jet enroute to Paris from South America disappears in the Atlantic. Investigative reporter Nicola Wilson, who lost a friend on the plane, sets out to discover what went wrong.

Driftless

Driftless is a feature-length drama about Nova Abbey, a park ranger at work during a state government shutdown on a busy 4th of July weekend, protecting the park from the people and the people from each other.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

Alien Abduction

A couple approaches a young film maker and asks for help in finishing a film about their story of being abduction and taken off planet in an actual flying saucer. The couple send the film maker a home-made alien abduction film after which he sets out on a mission to either verify or debunk their story.

Cryptopia

Join award-winning filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann 5 years after his first Bitcoin documentary on his journey to understand the potential of blockchain technology and the future of the Internet. He meets with the big brains and big egos behind this controversial industry. Can we trust them to build a cyber utopia?

 The Naked Gardener

Through multiple testimonials, The Naked Gardener showcases sexual misconduct and non-profit mismanagement perpetrated at the Pepperfield Project. This film provides a platform for silenced voices and catalyzes individual and organizational accountability towards a cauterized end to patterns of injustice.

Killing The Shepherd

A remote community in Africa, led by a woman chief, attempts to break the stranglehold of absolute poverty by waging a war on wildlife poaching. For decades illegal wildlife poaching by both subsistence and bush meat gangs has led to the government declaring this community’s homeland “depleted” of wildlife.

SHORTS & ANIMATION

STUDENT

Last Day For Videos

A look into the final day of the last video rental chain in America.

Signal

A son tries to reconnect with his astronaut father in space through a VR game but it goes haywire from the start.

The Autumn Girl

Set against the backdrop of sandlot baseball in the 1960s, a boy faces a group of neighborhood bullies and wins the heart of the girl of his dreams.

Pass

Fascinating drama about how not everyone is trustworthy............ (The social issue movie centers around a poor woman)

Black Diamonds

The story of a group of Recon Marines who climbed a mountain with their wounded. Members of the same platoon have reunited every year since their deployment to Afghanistan in 2010. In June of 2019, they climbed Mount Baker in Washington State with multiple wounded brothers-in-arms. The climb was paid for by donations and afterward, more than $70K was donated to the Force Recon Foundation.

Neutrals

Neutrals is a dark comedy short film about two friends, Chris and Dan; who, after accidentally killing the wrong person, find their night spiraling out of control while being pursued by the vicious Wes and his punks.

Taco Soup

On the brink of breaking up, Natalie, a young college student, tags along with her boyfriend Sam to a family dinner at his bizarre Aunt Tilly’s house. Burnt rolls, twisted forks and soggy taco soup are the least of her worries in this sublimely dark comedy.

Old TImes

Jorge is visited by his uncle Carlos, who seeks students involved in actions against the military dictatorship. Jorge is one of those students.

Homecoming

As Peter chases his dream job that will keep him away from where he grew up, he struggles to find support from his hometown friends. And, during an emotional night, doubts creep in.

White Out

Anna thinks she is being haunted, so she brings in Richard Edmund, the paranormal investigator, to help her prove the monster exists.

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