July 16 - 18
Hilton Garden Inn 35 Major Taylor Blvd
Worcester, MA
World Premiere of MANIC
by the Women in Film Fellow
Amelia Favata
We are excited to screen the World Premiere of a film by our 2025 Women in Film Fellow, ​Amelia Favata on Saturday July 18th!
July 16
10:00AM
Feature Documentary
No Baby on Board by Julia Kots
A woman who decides not to have children embarks on a journey to donate her frozen eggs while documenting the personal stories of other childless women, exploring the diverse reasons behind their choices.
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Julia Kots is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and a refugee from Ukraine. Her first narrative feature film, Inez & Doug & Kira, came out in 2020. Julia works full-time as an editor. Her award-winning short films have screened at dozens of festivals worldwide.
Screening with the shorts
Dazzling: A Timekeepers Tale by Jessica Gray
Dobrina by Hannes Rall (Germany)
Filkool by Maral Forouzesh (Iran)
Shorts Screen First
12:00PM
Shorts Documentaries
Four Hands by Helene Sevaux (France)
Rose’s Revenge by Maryanne Galvin
Untold Legends of Comic Books Presents Bernie Wrightson
by Chris Denmead
VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel by Marko Albrecht
Where's My Coffee Cup? by Yehuda Sharim
Order Subject to Change
2:30PM
Shorts Block A
Ramirez by Rob Levinson
My Sight is Lined with Visions by Beatrice Hoang
Late Fall by Abigail Jean Lucas
& Alecia Jean Orsini Lebeda
Monument by Allison Thompson

Deepfake Girl by Annika Murdock

Los Tres Antifaces: The First Body by Angel Rojas
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5:00PM
International Shorts
Meow by Sarah Meital Benjamin (Israel)

OMG by Tania Watson (Spain, UK)

She Said So by Madeline Clayton (Australia)
Home Base by Amit Kra (Israel)
Adas Falasteen by Hamdi Khalil Elhusseini
& Samar Taher Lulu (Palestine)
Suspicious Minds by Imelda O’Reilly (Ireland)
Frame by Farshad Sharifi (Iran)
Pica by Sepide Berenji (Iran)
7:00PM
Mobile Feature
Depressed Terrestrial by Steven Bouffard
& Craig Dunlavey
Ellis was never happier than when he was befriended by a stray alien as a child. After it left, Ellis's heart broke and he was never happy again. 20 years later, awaiting contact in the desert, Ellis's girlfriend hires a paranormal therapist to help find what's missing.
Screening with Shorts
Now Smile by Miguel Lopez de Leon
The Onset of Fear by Jacob Barnes
Shorts Screen First
9:00PM
Series Screening
Impostor Syndrome Series
 by Wednesday Klevisha
A surreal variety show unraveling
the layers of impostor syndrome.
Episodes 1 - 3
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July 17th
11:00AM
Experimental Feature (Italy)
La Buona Educazione by Domenico De Ceglia
The education of Gabriele, a troubled boy with a troubled past, sparks a profound reflection on educational systems, revealing their contradictions and blind spots. His mysterious disappearance will expose every single inconsistency, calling into question the very foundations of education and its ethical implications.
12:00PM
International Feature (Lebanon)
City Exterminator by Christophe Karabache
Nabil, an ambitious engineer,
has a totalitarian project to transform the city of Beirut.
He wants to destroy everything in order to rebuild it,
doing so by implanting vitalist AI bombs into human bodies.
But things don’t go as planned.
1:30PM
Shorts Block
 B
Off-Off-Off-Off-Broadway by Tom Anastasi

The Things We Do by Clotilde Delavennat

Herencia by Javier Barrios Acuna
Say Hello by David Graziano
I’m The Hero by Dan Bartlett

Into Reality by Matt Gorman
Drowned by Ryan Nunes
Order Subject to Change
4:00PM
Feature Anthology

 by Marvin Suarez


Screens with the shorts
Her ’83 by Julia Schnar, Mikela Picard, Haley Ruccio
Worm Girl by Drew Dammron 


Shorts Screen First

6:30PM
Feature Anthology
The Freaks Go Marching by Jerry Landi

Screens with the Shorts
Old Friends by Ally May
Partus by Rachel Thomas-Medwid
Ice Scream by Charlotte St-Louis
& Antony Boudreau Savoie
The Fort on Rocky Point by Connor Morley
Shorts Screen First
9:00PM
Feature Horror

Wrecked by S.D. (Stormy Daniels) Barrett


The film follows a classic coming-of-age story that morphs into a gory urban legend, centering on a 20-year-old bitchy cheerleader named Lily. Things take a twisted turn when her hidden, evil, psychopathic nature is revealed.
Screening with
Mother Grimm by Jason Lake
Shorts Screen First

July 18th
10:00AM
Experimental Shorts
The Geologic Record of My Heart by Joanne Burke
Somnus by Hicham Chérif d’Ouazzane (Canada)
You Are Not a Memorial by Jaina Cipriano
Glass in Motion by Amanda Reid

Kissing the Lipless by Amanda Besl

Ant Girl by Amanda Besl
Dog in the Manger by Jacob Varney
Trade by Adam Tocci
Finale/Interlude 2: "Cast Aside” by Marco Steel
Erotikafka by Ramzi Abed
Piano Man by Fritz Kohle (Netherlands)
12:30PM
Horror Shorts
Rash by Lyssa Samuel
Silver String by Getulio Ribeiro (Brazil)
Human Resource by Henry Chaisson
Shift by Bridgette Cannell

Horror Stories by the Campfire by Shana Figueroa
Summoning Sickness by Erica Stockwell-Alpert

Do You Hear What I Hear? By Manny Serrano
Infectum (A Possession) by John Westcott
Noctis Monstorum by Patrick J Rahall
& Ashes Homon-Rahall
Eviction by Ashes Homon-Rahall
3:00PM
Shorts Block C
So You Want To Steal a Kidney
by Kristen Falso-Capaldi

Nice Lady by Jessica Weber Kass 
Pigskin by Tishna Lodi
Sit With Me When I Die by Brian Russell

It’s Time by Darcy Lally
Steeped in Denial by Sue Farina
The Wing by Mary O'Connell
Chore Wheel by Rylie Field
Order Subject to Change
5:30PM
Shorts Block D
Paid Debt by Luke McDonough, Jim McDonough
Street Muse by Beth Cloutier
Frankslist by Christine Celozzi
Down The Hatch by Alexandra Lukina
Blue by Marco J Sandoval
Chicken Out by Law Ferreira
Manic by Amelia Favata
Michael Solace by Chris Esper
Migraine Protocol by Stephen Bisaccia
A Genre Fluid Film by Adam (Jessica) Griswald
The Myth of Sysiphus by Elahe Saberi (Iran)
Awake by Kelsey Tarantino
The Absolute Maximum by Hunter Douangsavanh
Exclusive Patreon
Patreon Shorts
Is This The Bed We Lie In? by Joseph McGovern
Haunting Within by Megan Wynd
My Hero by Jassica Magaye
Meet the Friends by C. Denise
Killer Grannies by Jack Truman
Round the Corner by Russell Emanuel
Now's the Time by Ryan Bennett
Italian Movie by Buffy Cautela
No Small Matter by Veena Mitchell
The Psycho X - The Beginning by David Cleveland
A Lilith Movie by Richard Chandler
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Patreon Features
What We Dreamed of Then by Taylor Olson (Canada)
Baby Fever by Nupur Chitalia & Pascale Potvin (Canada)
Finding Faith by Tajoura Davis
Seems Like Love by Yana Klimova-Yusupova (Russian Federation)
Ramzi Abed Block
A collection of shorts by Ramzi Abed
Screenplay Competition Finalists
Short Screenplay Finalists
Bad Day!! by Glenna Goodman
Bare Hands, Bare Feet (Episode 1) by Kelly Smith
The Exam by Robert John Lanciani
Fixation by Henry Peter Gravelle
In With the Storm by Cara Marshall
The Last Robbery by Jasmine Patrick
Mac Donaldson's Last Sale by Michael Neel
Rare Birds by Nicola Rose
Rick and I by Anthony Cuomo
The Show by Karen Dee Carpenter
Surrogate by Nicola Rose
The Tragedy of Andrew Mirkovich by Anthony Cuomo
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Feature Length Screenplays
April Rain by Angela M Grout
Beneath The Undercurrent by Rebekah Louisa Smith
BLUE[m] by Daisy Weaver
Demon League by Brent Allen Northup
The Devil's Cut by Eric Lotter
The Disappearance of Katy Shaw by William R Byrd
Don't Egg Me On by Guthrie Roy Hartford
MTFTM by Abigail Espinal-Andrade
Nostalgia by Henry P Gravelle
Trí na chéile (In Our Togetherness) by Catherine O'Shea