2024 Schedule
Opening Night!
April 25
7:00PM
starlite
39 Hamilton Street
Southbridge, Massachusetts
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
Special Event!
April 26
7:00 PM
Razzo Hall
92 Downing St,
Worcester, MA 01610
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
UnderGround Wednesday
World Premiere of A is For Alice
The Mass Indie Film Festival and UnderGround Wednesday join forces to present the World Premiere of A is For Alice (Italy) by Sharon Grace Badiato kickstart the Mass Indie Film Fest.
The film portrays a dystopian world very close to us where people hibernate every November and wake up in the spring.
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April 24th at 7:00PM
starlite
FREE!!!
35 Major Taylor Blvd, Worcester, MA 01608
April 26
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
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April 27
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
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All Locations
35 Major Taylor Boulevard
Worcester, Massachusetts 01608
Starlite
39 Hamilton Street
Southbridge, Massachusetts 01550
92 Downing Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01610
April 28
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
Alright Robot by Tova Hopemark
The Scene - Director's Cut by Connor Morley
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April 25 - 28
Screening Exclusively on the
Shawna Foundation Patreon Site
Features
I Want to Live on Mars by Mariya Somova
Monsters Within by Devin Montgomery
The Wheel of Heaven by Joseph Badon
This Time by Robert George Vaughn (Canada)
Feature Docs
Alone by S Columbus (Local)
One Door Closes by Anna K. Walsh (Local)
Sara’s Circus by Meagan T Frappiea & Bryant Naro (Local)
Four Seasons of Youth by Essi Rafael (Brazil)
Undivided Us by Kristi Kendall
Shorts
All The Paths by John William Malesevic (Local)
Confession by Justin Lombardi (Local)
Malibu Soda by Lucas Arruda (Local)
I Still Love You by Diane Pontius
The No Problem Zone by Nicholas Sennott
Experimenal/Animation Shorts
Before The Freeze by Tenley E. Raj
Dawn of Death by Armin Rajaei (Iran)
Little Hurts by Debra Solomon
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Unproduced Screenplay Finalists
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Short Screenplays
Actualization by Jaina Cipriano
The Best of Times by Robert J Lanciani
Fell Right Next to the Tree by Jaina Cipriano
GASP by Steph France
Grief by Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo
Killing Myself for Someone Else by Tabatha Jeaux Dummitt
Pulse by Sonia K. Hadad
Radio Waves by Michael Neel & Joe Lemieux
That One Friend by Chris Esper
Feature Length Screenplays
Assassination of President Duke by Xi Ren
Bon Accord Amy/Bly? by John Anthony Coyle
Deerfield Beach by Erick Harvey Castrillon
Fade In, Fade Out by Rob Levinson
Gala by Steven Keith Bogart
The Golden by Luke LoCurcio
On the Last Day by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
The Pickleball Killer by Jim Carroll
Sacred Sun by Michael Louis Gould
Silas by Daisy Weaver
Werner's Turn by Jim Amatulli & Brien Master
You Saved Me by Sarah Dassero