Father Willie
Mark Mulcahy plays the title character in this dark comedy about a 1970’s New England commune.
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 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.
Black Maria Festival
For thirty-six years the Black Maria Film Festival has been celebrating creativity
and innovation in the moving-image arts.
Seconds
Saturday / 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM / Academy of Music A screening of an Exhibition of International Super Shorts that includes films from the 100-Second Festival (Boston), the International 100 Second Film Festival (Iran), the 60 Second International Film Festival (Pakistan) and the 10 Second International Animation Festival (Korea).