2026 Official Selections
Feature Films
Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories from World War II
Screening on: Saturday, April 25th - 2pm
Historical Documentary / USA / 57 min.
Two friends, connected by family histories on opposite sides of World War II, set out to explore the lasting trauma of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
While Japanese hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) endure lifelong health complications and psychological scars, American atomic veterans who witnessed the bombings' aftermath also struggle with radiation-related illnesses and PTSD. For decades, these stories have been buried in silence and shame.
Through deeply personal encounters with the last remaining American atomic veterans, Japanese survivors, and experts, Atomic Echoes unearths the human impact of nuclear warfare, one that extends across generations and national borders. As the last witnesses near the end of their lives, their voices urge us to confront the true cost of nuclear war to avoid history repeating itself.
Director: Beatrice Becette
Producers: Beatrice Becette, Victoria Kelly, Karin Tanabe
Cast: Victoria Kelly, Karin Tanabe
Baggage Claim
Screening on: Sunday, April 26th - 6:15pm
Daik Comedy/ USA/ 91 min.
Upon learning of their mother's lllltimely death, lone-stoner Abby and type-A brother Ben must embaik on a body identification road trip home to claim her coipse - along with their own personal baggage.
Director: Nikki Lyn Neurohr
Producers: Nikki Lyn Neurohr, Shannon Felletter, Rick Hansberry
Writer: Nikki Lyn Neurohr
Cast: Nikki Lyn Neurohr, James McDonald, Jenny Strassburg, Emree Franklin, Gabe DeRose, Tyler Hollinger, Lily Jane, Ethan Monaghan, Michael McIntire, Andrew Miles, Jim Froehlich, Greg Kretzer
Caravan
Screening on: Sunday, April 26th - 6:15pm
Comedy / USA / 86 min.
Rapidly running out of life-saving insulin, diabetic GREG has no choice but to hitch a ride from Brooklyn to Canada with his (recent) ex-fiance MARI. As he spirals, he's carried along by an unlikely group of friends in search of hope. Or Canada. Ideally both.
Director: Jefferson White
Producers: Sharina Martin, Jefferson White
Writer: Jefferson White
Cast: Doug Harris, Reed Birney, Constance Shulman, Kristin Villaneueva, Kathiamarice Lopez
Don't Look In the Dark
Screening on: Saturday, April 25th - 6:30pm
Horror / USA / 71 min.
When a couple's phones begin recording on their own during a camping trip, what they capture isn't just darkness. It's something that wants to be seen.
Director: Samuel Freeman
Producers: Anthony Masi, David Polonitza
Writer: Samuel Freeman
Cast: Rebi Paganini, Dennis Puglisi, Ryder Freeman
Greenland - Feeling the Heat
Screening on: Monday, April 27th - 5pm
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It's Always Almost Over
Screening on: Saturday, April 26th - 8:30pm
Comedy / Drama/ USA / 105 min.
Thirty-eight-year-old Max Petrisino is counting down the days until he can leave his hometown, his dead-end job, and his ailing father behind for a fresh start out west. Aer a lifeme of false starts, escape feels like his only way forward, but then Charlie Hawkins enters and hits the pause buon on his countdown clock. Now he has to decide to either pack his bags and leave, or unpack his baggage and stay.
Director: Jay Leonard
Producers: Shawn Arani, Shawn Barnes, Tessa Faye, Briany Portman, David Weaver, Patrick Regan
Writer: Jay Leonard
Cast: Ricky DeRosa, Tommy Vines, Haley Kastler, Lucas Babits-Feinerman
Pancakes & Syrup
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Screening on: Sunday, April 26th - 2pm
Comedy / USA / 95 min.
Two men on a road trip together make choices and navigate their demons changing them forever.
Director: Robert Cividanes
Producers: Robert Cividanes, Tom Daddario, Lawrence A Herman, Vincent James Carnivale, Vernon Gravdal
Writer: Robert Cividanes, Tom Daddario
Cast: Robert Cividanes, Tom Daddario, Joseph Stillman, Hester Wilkinson
Quiet After Supper
Screening on: Friday, April 24th - 8:30pm
THRILLER/USA/96 Min.
In the eerie shadows of Los Angeles, a calculating serial killer's quiet life unravels when his childhood friend arrives for a surprise visit.
DIRECTOR/WRITER/EDITOR: Francis Tejada
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Aris Katsoulis, Francis Tejada, Rachel Mullins
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Lonely Rider Productions, in association. with Nectar Inc.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Chris Christiana
CASTING: Tessa Faye Talent
Cast: Bryan Mittelstadt, Laura Cantwell, Emma Reinagel, Del Alan Murphery, Selna Lantry, Stephanie Mieko Cohen, Jack Villhard, Jaime Bartolett
REGRESSION
Screening on: Sunday, April 26th - 8:30pm
HORROR/USA/103 minutes
After the unexpected death of their friend, three college roommates begin to experience disturbing paranormal encounters—only to discover they are not haunted by ghosts, but by echoes of who they once were in a past life.
Director: Melissa Vitello
Producers: Bryan Ricke, Stacy Snyder, Ethan Corbett Daniel, Yajaira Marie, Patrick Richter
Writer: Melissa Vitello
Cast: Meredith Vivian, Patrick Hilgart, Noelle Mercer, Emma Reinagel, Ethan Corbett Daniel, Suzanne Voss, Rebekah Kennedy, Brinly Marum, Stacy Snyder, Matt Mercer, Elizabeth Alan, Meagan McKenna, Chris Labadie, Nicole Bilderback, Sean Whalen
RICE & SUGAR
Screening on: Sunday, April 26th - 12pm
Documentary / United States / 1 hr 1 min
A monk returns to his home in the Himalayas to grapple with the harrowing relationship he had with his late father in an attempt to understand how his pain has shaped him.
Director: Phillip O’Leary
Producers: Phillip O’Leary, Philip DiFiore, Mark Waters, Mukul Bhatia, Daniel Worsley
Director of Photography: Mark Waters
Editor / Co-Producer: Philip DiFiore
Executive Producer: Nicola Glass
Featuring: Geshe Tenzin Zopa
Switch & Bait
Screening on: Friday, April 24th - 8:30pm
“Switch & Bait” is based on a script written by Russell Gewirtz (“Inside Man”) and tells the story of a seemingly naïve sex worker (Clarkson-Hill) who escapes the clutches of a notorious gangster with a cell phone containing all his secrets. A tough female cop (Marrero), who may or may not be crooked, is given the job to get the witness, on time and in one piece to testify. However, in a fast-paced, action-packed chase, it soon emerges that not everyone is who they pretend to be.
The Complete Howard French Course
Out of Competition
Screening on: Sunday, April 26th - 4pm
Horror / USA / 82min.
The Complete Howard French Course (Analog/ Body Horror)
A strange encounter at a used bookstore leads four young seekers to a Video Course from the 1980s where they are introduced to Howard French and his twisted lessons on enlightenment : The Framework to Truly See.
Over the course of a single night, the hypnotic, malevolent Howard
moves them steadily along a nightmarish path of evermore gruesome choices.
Do You Want to Truly See?
Director: Gustavo Sampaio
Producers: Paul Parducci, Gustavo Sampaio
Writer: Paul Parducci
Cast: Paul Parducci, Lara-Olivia Scott, Paula Velasquez, Gabriel Michael Ramirez, Will Smart
The Proctor
Screening on: Monday, April 27th - 8:30pm
Comedy / USA / 120 min.
A 56-year-old man stuck in high school since 1986 gets one last shot at graduation - and finally has to face the test he’s always avoided: growing up.
Director: Ed Huether
Producers: Russ Camarda, Ed Huether
Writer: Ed Huether
Cast: Ed Huether, Russ Camarda, Tom Ciorciari, Deborah Twiss, Jackie Martling, Sophie Kelly-Hedrick, Jacob Berland
Timings
Screening on: Saturday, April 26th - 4:15pm
Drama/Comedy / USA / 100 min.
Timings is a snapshot of one quintessential night when seven friends go out for one last hoorah, celebrating a friend making the choice to leave the city behind. In the span of just hours they all learn more about their friendships, their romances, their surroundings and more than anything, themselves. Timings is a journey of self discovery and most of all, the moments that make the New York City experience one like no other.
Director: Jeffrey Moore
Producers: Nicole Madar, Jeffrey Moore, Ricky Whitcomb
Writer: Ricky Whitcomb
Cast: Quinn Nehr, Jacquie Bonnet, Mateo Parodi, Scott Keyes, Logan McKenzie, Michael Jayson, Kait Dieppa.
We Want the Virus
Screening on: Friday, April 24th - 8:30pm
After a blacked out night of drinking, two lifelong friends and struggling actors wake up and realize they raised 22 thousand dollars falsely claiming they had the Coronavirus, and now must go to extreme lengths in order to obtain the virus and collect their cash.
Director: Paul Santoli
Producers: Joshua Libertine, Sterling L. Pope, Kevin Rios, Ray Oddi
Writers: Paul Santoli and Daniel Gualajara
Cast: Paul Santoli, Cody Schultz, Amy Lyndon, Elisabeth Montanaro, Sam Naismith
