THE FILMS
2024 Official Selection List
After Midnight
Dir. Eli Brown
(USA, 14min) Narrative
After running from a bar tab, and facing the consequences, a young man must charm a sex worker into staying the night when he realizes he cannot afford her…or so we think.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Unconventional Journeys:
Saturday, June 22nd at Noon
The Nevada Theatre
Art and Life: The Story of Jim Phillips
Dir. John Edward Makens
(USA, 90min) Documentary
Embark on the epic ride of Jim Phillips, the genius behind skateboarding and rock culture’s electrifying art. This documentary explores Phillips’ unyielding commitment to his craft, embodying a testament to resilience in art and life. Starring Neil Young, Steve Alba, Chad Muska.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
FEATURE PRESENTATION
Sunday, June 23rd 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
Atonia
Dir. Zach Drummer
(USA, 17min) Horror, Drama
A graphic designer and his fiancée move into an old mountain house where he is soon confronted by the dark entity that also resides there.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: After Hours
Friday June 21st at 9pm
The Nevada Theatre
Baigal Nuur-Lake Baikal
Dir. Alisi Telengut
(Canada, 9min) Animation
The formation of Lake Baikal in Siberia is reimagined with hand-painted animation and found objects, featuring the voice of an Indigenous woman who can still recall some words in her endangered Buryat language (a Mongolian dialect).
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Belonging
Friday June 21st at 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
Dir. Khozy Rizal
(Indonesia, 15min) Comedy
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Showing with Feature ‘Chuck Chuck Baby’
Sunday June 23rd at 7pm
Nevada Theatre
Beautiful Men
Dir. Nicolas Keppens
(France, 19min) Animation, Comedy, Drama
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Kinship
Friday June 21st at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Blue Hour
Dir. J.D Shields
(USA, 16min) Narrative, Student
Two personal journeys intersect when a struggling young photographer is hired for a cheap last minute portrait gig. The unfolding photo session, while transient, leaves an indelible mark on both women.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Bob's Funeral
Dir. Jack Dunphy
(USA, 18min) Animation, Documentary
Searching for the root of generational trauma, the director sneaks a camera into his estranged grandfather’s funeral.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
Bone Black: Midwives vs. the South
Dir. Imani Nikyah Dennison
(USA, 21min) Documentary
This experimental documentary explores the history and erasure of Black midwives in the American South and how the attack on birth workers has contributed toward the Black infant and maternal mortality crisis.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Kinship
Friday June 21st at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Break
Dir. Sam Henderson
(USA, 9min) Drama
Shot on Black & White 35mm and set in the 60s, Break is the story of a young drummer who is looking to calm his nerves in front of two veteran musicians and fulfill his dream of being a drummer in a jazz trio.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Unconventional Journeys:
Saturday, June 22nd at Noon
The Nevada Theatre
Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya
Dir. Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald, Daniel Glick
(USA, 1hr 25min) Documentary
Bring Them Home chronicles a decades-long initiative by members of the Blackfoot Confederacy to bring wild buffalo (Blackfeet: iinnii) back to the Blackfeet Reservation. A thriving wild buffalo population would not only reconnect Blackfeet with a central part of their heritage, spirituality and identity, but would provide economic opportunities and healing for the community. Along the way, however, the initiative faces obstacles from ranchers who see the buffalo as a threat to the cattle ranches that dominate the land and are a legacy of colonization. Narrated by Lily Gladstone.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Feature Presentation
Friday, June 21st at 7pm
The Nevada Theatre
Chuck Chuck Baby
Dir. Janis Pugh
(UK, 1hr 41min) Drama, Comedy, Musical
Present day, industrial North Wales. Helen, late 30’s, spends her nights packing chickens and her days caring for dying mother-figure Gwen. Helen’s mundane world takes a surprising turn with Joanne’s return; they were the objects of the other’s secret teenage passions. Encouraged by Helen, Joanne starts a playful wooing game. As they fall in love, Helen’s zest for life returns but Joanne feels the walls close in as she faces something darker from her past. Helen’s world shatters when Gwen dies and Joanne’s painful memories make her flee. Both women reflect on their unfulfilled chance before finding the courage to let go of the past and allow their love to win.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Feature Presentation
Sunday June 23rd at 7pm
The Nevada Theatre
Circle
Dir. Joung Yumi
(Korea, Republic of, 7min) Animation
The girl draws a circle on the ground. Passersby step into it, one by one. Soon the circle is full of people, struggling to stay within. Once the girl returns and erases the circle, people start heading their way.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Unconventional Journeys:
Saturday, June 22nd at Noon
The Nevada Theatre
Cold Soup
Dir. Marta Monteiro
(Portugal, 10min) Drama
A survivor of domestic violence looks back at the years when she was married, recalling how difficult it was to stay afloat.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Kinship
Friday June 21st at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Cut Me If You Can
Dir. Nicolas Polixene, Sylvain Loubet dit Gajol
(USA, 21min) Horror, Drama
Stuck in the loop of a horror B-movie, a hyper-sexualized black female character decides to reject her fate and rebel against the script. Along with her boyfriend – the token black guy who always dies first – they throw the entire movie off course. They try to outwit the serial killer and escape in order to break free… but the film has other plans.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: After Hours
Friday June 21st at 9pm
The Nevada Theatre
Deep in My Heart is a Song
Dir. Jonathan Pickett
(USA, 16min) Drama, Music, Western
An aging country musician who’s struggling to make ends meet receives an offer for an unusual private gig. Based on the life of cowboy singer Johnny Bencomo, who plays himself in the film.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Deep Tish
Dir. Dave Paige
(USA, 13min) Narrative
A.J.’s massage could have been better.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
Demon Box
Dir. Sean Wainsteim
(Canada, 14min) Fantasy, Documentary
After festival rejections, a director revises his intensely personal short film about trauma, suicide, and the Holocaust, and transforms it into a painful, blunt and funny dissection of the film and his life. Ten years in the making. *Please be advised that this film deals with themes of trauma and suicide.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: After Hours
Friday June 21st at 9pm
The Nevada Theatre
Dérive
Dir. Lianne Sonia Walden
(USA, 20min) Narrative
Guided by posthumous instructions to release her ex-wife’s ashes, a reclusive book publisher embarks on a Surrealist odyssey (a dérive) across New York City, experiencing a series of spontaneous connections along the way that challenge her to engage the world anew.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Unconventional Journeys:
Saturday, June 22nd at Noon
The Nevada Theatre
Ether Or
Dir. Zander Constien
(USA, 9min) Comedy
Ether, an anxious nonbinary person, navigates the surreal world of the grocery store; they can’t cope with the societal expectations, and have a panic attack as they leave the store to cool down in the park.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Belonging
Friday June 21st at 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
Four Nights and a Fire
Dir. Alex Nystrom
(USA, 12min)
A young Ojibwe photographer stubbornly takes on the responsibility of keeping a sacred fire alive for four consecutive days and nights in mourning of his father. His father’s spirit tries to reach him from the other side.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Kinship
Friday June 21st at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Friends on the Outside
Dir. Annabel Moodie
(USA, 9min) Documentary, Experimental
This mixed-media documentary tells the story of Jamie, an incarcerated man who shares his love of foraging, exploring how nature can take care of us and offer moments of connection in the spaces of the state’s neglect.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Future Date
Dir. Stanley Wong
(USA, 1hr 21min)
In the distant future where the outside climate is unlivable and everyone is forced to spend their lives alone in tiny rooms, two people win the rare opportunity to go on a very unusual date… in person!
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Feature Presentation
Saturday June 22nd at 2:30pm
The Nevada Theatre
Gas Station Sushi
Dir. Chad Corhan
(USA, 15min) Dark Comedy
A woman having a pregnancy scare faces an existential crisis during a weekend away at her boyfriend’s weird rich friend’s house.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: After Hours
Friday June 21st at 9pm
The Nevada Theatre
I Need It Yesterday
Dir. Christopher Smith
(USA, 11min) Comedy, Sci-Fi
A boss tells two work friends that he needs the client report and he “needs it yesterday”. One friend assumes this means the job needs to get done quickly, while the other goes down a rabbit hole into theoretical time travel to try and literally send the message back in time.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
ILY, BYE
Dir. Taylor James
(USA, 13min) Comedy
Siobhan (Meg Stalter) is a quirky, socially anxious mess who can’t seem to keep a job. Thanks to the help of her best friend Gary (Kanoa Goo), she scores an interview with his boss, Mr. Litchfield (Rainn Wilson). When her call to schedule the interview goes to voicemail, Siobhan panics and leaves a series of unhinged messages. Not wanting to lose the interview, she embarks on a chaotic mission to delete the voicemails herself.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
Lumen
Dir. Stéphanie Bélanger
(Canada, 13min) Drama
It has been raining heavily for months and the sixth wave is depressing humanity. In this prevailing darkness, Claude, 70 years old, compulsively buys lamps online to break his solitude and bring light into his life, at any cost.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
The Masterpiece
Dir. Àlex Lora
(Spain, 20min) Drama
Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to get more objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have something they want.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Belonging
Friday June 21st at 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
Motherland
Dir. Jasmin Mozaffari
(Canada, 24min) Drama
During 1979 at the height of the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak goes on a trip to meet his fiancée’s parents and ends up confronting the realities of what it means to be an Iranian immigrant in a patriotic post-Vietnam America.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Belonging
Friday June 21st at 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
Not Him
Dir. Sarah Young
(USA, 15min) Horror
When her husband turns strange and violent, a wife becomes convinced he is possessed. But will anyone believe her? With electric performances from Tori Ernst and Charlie McElveen, this nail biting script by Director and Writer Sarah Young is heart-pounding suspense in the vein of “Gaslight” meets “The Shining”.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: After Hours
Friday June 21st at 9pm
The Nevada Theatre
Nun or Never!
Dir. Heta Jäälinoja
(Finland, 11min) Animation
A nun digs a man up from the ground and loses her grip on everyday life. Can secrets and harmony coexist?
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Unconventional Journeys:
Saturday, June 22nd at Noon
The Nevada Theatre
On the 8th Day
Dir. Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois
(France, 8min) Fantasy
It took 7 days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Oyu
Dir. Atsushi Hirai
(Japan, 21min) Drama
It is the last day of the year and night falls on the small town of Toyama, Japan. A man goes to the public bath to retrieve a forgotten object. But once inside, the promise of a hot bath compels him to stay.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Kinship
Friday June 21st at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Piñatas of Earthly Delights
Dir. Tom Maroney
(USA, 13min) Documentary
Roberto Benavidez’s stunning piñatas reveal the form’s hidden history of religious colonialism. Beautiful, funny, and political, they are meticulous works of art, inspired by Heironymous Bosch. A self-described “queer, half-breed South Texan artist,” Roberto hopes his pieces will push the craft of piñatas forward in the art world canon.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Unconventional Journeys:
Saturday, June 22nd at Noon
The Nevada Theatre
Primetime Mother
Dir. Sonny Calvento
(Philippines, 15min) Comedy
The audition process for an exploitative game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother’s fortitude and tenacity in Sonny Calvento’s bold satire.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
SHOWING WITH FEATURE ‘A SHIT DAY’
Saturday June 22nd at 8pm
The Nevada Theatre
Relationship to Patient
Dir. Caroline Creaghead
(USA, 14min) Comedy, Romance
A woman arrives at the hospital to visit the man she’s dating, but in navigating her way to his bedside she begins to question whether she really belongs there.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
Remember, Broken Crayons Colour Too
Dir. Urša Kastelic, Shannet Clemmings
(France, Switzerland, 13min) Documentary
Shannet’s voice echoes in the darkness. She is lost. The night scenery of a modern city opens up. She remembers it was a sunny summer day. As she wanders the empty streets, memories begin to haunt her. The cold concrete and a threatening stream of thoughts pull Shannet into an endless tunnel. Trapped in the horrifying reminiscences, the noise transforms into music. She is playing the violin; she is alive. It is a sunny summer day. Shannet finds herself in front of a motionless carousel, waiting. She smiles as her friends join her. Together with them, Shannet stands still in silence.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
The shepherd of clouds
Dir. Lorenzo Cassol
(Italy, 11min) Drama
Every day after school, Tobia, a 9-year-old boy, goes to the mountain to reach Aurelio, his grandfather, who brings his five sheep to graze every day. The boy and his grandfather will find themselves sharing a moment of frailty that will change the course of events forever.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
A SHIT DAY
Dir. Kevin T. Landry
(Canada, 1hr 31min) Dark Comedy, Suspense
Drowning under the abuses of her narcissist ex-husband and condescending Lotto-Gold superior, a young single mother on the brink of a mental breakdown is sent to the middle of nowhere to interview a strange hermit. The uncooperative man who just won the jackpot will be the one to push her over the edge in quite spectacular fashion when she accidentally rams her car into a tree in front of his isolated cabin, setting up the events of an absurdly crappy day for both of them.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Feature Presentation
Saturday June 22nd at 8pm
The Nevada Theatre
Shit on Your Lip
Dir. Elvira Ibragimova
(USA, 15min) Comedy
The short follows Arnold, a whistleblower in a scandal involving his employer, Big Toy Company. Arnold decides to go public and expose the corrupt practices at the massive corporation and maker of the BobbleArm collectibles, a toy beloved by children and adults around the world. Arnold gives a televised press conference, but everything goes off the rails when he steps in front of the cameras with some schmutz on his lip. Instead of listening to his exposé, the world becomes fixated on one burning question: “What is that Shit on His Lip?”
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
Shooting Watermelons
Dir. Antonio Donato
(Italy, 20min) Drama
Federico is on holiday with his father and brother in a summer residence in Sardinia. Their father, Aurelio, is a severe and overtly masculine man who makes Federico feel anxious and inadequate. When a wealthy German family invites them to dinner, Federico discovers he is not so different from his father.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Belonging
Friday June 21st at 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
Sincero
Dir. Robyn Stoop, Jolaya Gillams, Yinzhi (Peter) Pan
(USA, 11min) Art
In Sincero, we follow Alex Sanchez, a formerly incarcerated graffiti writer, on his journey to becoming an established portrait muralist. However, a razor’s edge defines the line between street art and vandalism. Having spent some time incarcerated for his actions, Sanchez knows the in’s and out’s of the ecosystem of gang violence and vandalism in his hometown of Santa Ana. A byproduct of his environment, Sanchez now fights for his art to be respected by using community approved walls to commemorate the forgotten heroes that call Santa Ana home.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Showing with ‘Art and Life: The Story of Jim Phillips’
Sunday June 23rd at 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
The Skates
Dir. Halima Ouardiri
(Canada, 13min) Drama
Mina loves to skate. Today, her father, recently divorced from her mother, accompanies her to her first figure skating lesson. An ordinary day if something hadn’t happened to the skates.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Kinship
Friday June 21st at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Skin
Dir. Leo Behrens
(USA, 7min) Drama, Mystery
A poetic exploration of identity and self-discovery, Skin uses visual symbolism to depict a woman’s transformation into a man. With the help of their inner manifestation, the ice man, they shed their old skin and embrace their true identity.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: After Hours
Friday June 21st at 9pm
The Nevada Theatre
Some Kind of Paradise
Dir. Nicholas Finegan
(USA 21min) Romance, Drama
In a chance encounter on Grindr, a reclusive barman at an Arkansas line-dancing bar connects with a charismatic Hollywood actor. The sheer force of their chemistry pushes him to question the isolated life he has built for himself- and embrace the transformative power of intimacy and vulnerability.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Belonging
Friday June 21st at 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
A Study of Empathy
Dir. Hilke Roennfeldt
(Denmark, Germany, 15min) Art, Drama
Dana wants to show empathy. Penelope wants to explore empathy. Penelope’s artistic experiment unfolds and Dana’s feelings are whirled around.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
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Dir. Erin Brown Thomas
(USA, 10min) Drama
Two people on a first date mask and ignore their insecurities until an event forces them to say what they’re really thinking.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Showing with ‘Future Date’
Saturday June 22nd at 2:30pm
The Nevada Theatre
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
Dir. Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson
(USA, 1hr, 37min) Documentary, Music, Comedy
Hidden away deep in the suburbs of Los Angeles, legendary cult musician Swamp Dogg, alongside housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty, has transformed his home into an artistic playground. Together, they navigate the tumultuous waves of the music industry, and forge a wonderfully bizarre and inspiring path across time and space.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Feature Presentation
Thursday June 20th at 7pm
The Nevada Theatre
A Symphony of Tiny Lights
Dir. Dominic Gill, Nadia Gill
(USA, 31min) Adventure, Environment
In 1971, John Francis, known the world over as “Planetwalker,” witnessed an oil tanker collision in the San Francisco Bay. The sight of oiled birds on the shoreline caused him to give up motorized transport and rely solely on his own two feet. Months after that, he took a vow of silence convinced that listening rather than adding fuel to any fire was the way ahead. He didn’t talk, but he kept on walking clear across the country and back again. At 77 years old, John now recounts much of his interior journey, his thoughts, and desires as he intuitively crafted a unique life focused on environmental activism.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Unconventional Journeys:
Saturday, June 22nd at Noon
The Nevada Theatre
Tako Tsubo
Dir. Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo
(Argentina, 6min) Animation
Mr. Ham decides to have his heart removed in order to be relieved of his complicated feelings. The doctor assures him that this is no longer a problem at all in this day and age. However, Ham keeps his heart for a while after the removal in order to perhaps understand it better after all.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Tennis, Oranges
Dir. Sean Pecknold
(USA, 10min) Sci-Fi, Adventure
A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Connection
Sunday June 23rd at 1pm
The Nevada Theatre
Terminally Ill
Dir. Chris Cole
(USA, 8min) Musical, Drama
When a rapper is summoned to his grandmother’s deathbed, he engages in a madcap freestyle in a desperate attempt to prevent her from dying.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
Unbraided
Dir. Caroline Renard
(USA, 14min) Comedy
Desperate to get her hair done before a big trip, Frankie navigates the streets of Los Angeles, facing rejection and obstacles at every turn in order to find someone, anyone, to braid her hair.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
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Dir. Jole Sanchez
(USA, 11min) Drama
Set in 1992, a Filipino kid working at his father’s liquor store seeks community through the arcade game Street Fighter II, but finds himself clashing with a local bully and ultimately at odds with his father.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Belonging
Friday June 21st at 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
Wander to Wonder
Dir. Nina Gantz
(Netherlands, Belgium, 14min)
Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton are three tiny humans who star in a kids’ TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator dies, they are left alone in the studio. Struggling to find enough to eat, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
Way of the Shepherd
Dir. Matthew Boyd
(USA, 9min) Documentary, Nature, Animal
Away from his family for up to 3 years at a time, Peruvian shepherd, Christian Aliaga works the hillsides of northern California with a massive herd of goats and two exceptional Border Collies. Together they roam the land conducting wildfire mitigation with their old-world, natural approach to vegetation management. Christian shares his affinity for nature, the animals he works with, and a glimpse at his timeless trade in the modern age.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Unconventional Journeys:
Saturday, June 22nd at Noon
The Nevada Theatre
We Can Be Heroes
Dir. Carina Mia Wong, Alex Simmons
(USA, 1hr 26min) Documentary
Sometimes, finding your tribe requires a bit of magic. For attendees of a live action role-playing (LARP) camp in upstate New York, the deeply accepting environment has given neurodivergent, queer, and self-proclaimed “nerdy” teenagers the space and community for self-discovery that they have never found anywhere else. As the campers immerse themselves in this imaginative world, they discover inner strength, heal from past traumas, and emerge as the heroes they are meant to be, both in the fantasy realm and in real life. We Can Be Heroes celebrates the small, fleeting, but profoundly formative moments that make up the most intense years of adolescence, with a little help from foam swords.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Feature Presentation
Sunday June 23rd at 10am
The Nevada Theatre
Wesley Loses His Penis
Dir. Brennan Thomas McGee
(USA, 18min) Dark Comedy
Wesley Loses His Penis happens to be about a man who loses his penis. Fueled by self-hatred and writer’s block, Wesley indulges in a shameful act and finds himself in an Alice-in-Wonderland of humiliations spearheaded by a supernatural ram.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: After Hours
Friday June 21st at 9pm
The Nevada Theatre
When Beverly Met Reita
Dir. Brianna Rebecca Schatt
(USA, 15min) Documentary
An 87-year old former Hollywood star overcomes tragedy and finds joy wallpapering Los Angeles homes with her best friend, almost 60 years her junior. Together, they spread love, light, and inspiration wherever they go.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Showing with ‘Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted’
Thursday June 20th at 7pm
The Nevada Theatre
Wouldn't Make It Any Other Way
Dir. Hao Zhou
(Guam, 20min) Documentary
Having built a colorful queer life in an American prairie town, an aspiring costume designer visits their island homeland of Guam to make costumes for a children’s theatre and reconnect with distanced parents.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Showing with ‘Art and Life: The Story of Jim Phillips’
Sunday June 23rd at 4pm
The Nevada Theatre
You Don't Mess with James
Dir. Weston Auburn, Myles Hi
(USA, 4min) Animation
A young production assistant has a confusing day while on set.
PROGRAM & SHOWTIMES
Shorts: Laughing through Life
Saturday June 22nd at 5pm
The Nevada Theatre
Young People, Old People & Nothing in Between
Dir. Parida Tantiwasadakran
(Thailand, 20min) Student
7-year-old Juice has one mission this year: to help Grandma Lovely retain as many memories as possible in order to halt the onset of her early dementia.