Father Willie
Mark Mulcahy plays the title character in this dark comedy about a 1970’s New England commune.
A Good Night’s Sleep
A Good Night’s Sleep: Experimental film and video by artists connected to Western MA.
Stretching the Frame: Death, Dying, and the Material Body
Filmmakers from the AgX Film Collective elasticize and manipulate temporal and material frames, prodding viewers to stretch beyond habitual ways of seeing and thinking.
Louie’s Antiques
Saturday / Part of the NFF Shorts Program 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM / Academy of Music In Louie’s shop, antique objects get a second life– and come to life.
The Brush Shop
The sprawling brick complex in Northampton, Massachusetts called “Brushworks Arts and Industry” hosts the studios of a hundred artists and craftspeople. But the brush in “Brushworks” isn’t a paintbrush, it’s a toothbrush.
The Flying Electric
The film takes place in one room in a boarding house on a rainy night. A young couple, who met earlier in the day and shared a romantic afternoon, sit and talk. They are repeatedly interrupted by a string of visitors.
Lucky
Saturday / 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM / Academy of Music LUCKY follows the spiritual journey of a 90 year old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town.
The Human Surge
Buenos Aires. Exe, 25 years old, has just lost his job and is not looking for another one. His neighbors and friends seem as odd to him as they always do.
Do Not Resist
Thursday / 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM / First Churches DO NOT RESIST is an urgent documentary that explores the militarization of local police departments—in their tactics, training, and acquisition of equipment—since 9/11.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Teenagers Birdboy and Dinki have decided to escape from an island devastated by ecological catastrophe.