DCIFF 2020 Program


Wednesday, March 4th – Opening Night

Venue: Lincoln Theatre

6:30pm – 7:15pm

Pre-screening reception (cash bar) with music direct from New Orleans by The Dr. Michael White Quartet

7:15pm – 9:15pm

Up From the Streets
Directed by Michael Murphy
USA / 2019 / 103 mins

Screening followed by Q&A with director

9:15pm – 10:00pm

Afterparty (cash bar) and MORE music from The Dr. Michael White Quartet

Thursday, March 5th

Venue: Carnegie Institution for Science

5:15pm – 6:00pm

Reception for Medicating Normal

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Medicating Normal
Directed by Lynn Cunningham & Wendy Ractliffe
USA / 2020 / 76 mins

Screening followed by a panel discussion

6:00pm – 7:00pm

LGBTQ-athon Pre-Screening

Human Rights Campaign

7:00pm – 9:00pm

LGBTQ-athon

Human Rights Campaign

Free Fun (Cyprus / 2019 / 5mins)

Going Steady (USA / 2019 / 8mins)

Good Genes (USA / 2020 / 19mins)

The Holocaust is Over, Bitch! (Israel / 2019 / 13mins)

Where My Girls (USA / 2019 / 22mins)
Screening followed by panel discussion moderated by Ebone Bell

8:00pm – 10:00pm

Soumaya
Directed by Ubaydah Abu-Usayd & Waheed Khan
France / 2019 /105 mins

Screening followed by a panel discussion

Friday, March 6th

Venue: Carnegie Institution for Science

5:00pm – 5:50pm

Happy Hour and Reception for The Hoy Boys

5:50pm – 7:30pm

The Hoy Boys
Directed by Dave Simonds
USA / 2019 / 70 mins

Screening followed by Q&A with the director

7:30pm – 9:30pm

The Dance
Directed by Rino Arreaza
Venezuela / 2019 / 80 mins

7:30pm – 9:00pm

Couch-Browsing: TV and Web Episodes

Adult A.D.R. (USA / 2018 / 29mins)

Bubbly Brown Sugar (USA / 2019 / 27mins)

Rubber Room (USA / 2019 / 20mins)

9:30pm – 11:30pm

Late Night Shorts

Auxiliary Man (USA / 2019 / 16mins)

Brothers Again (Switzerland / 2019 / 11mins)

Ember (USA / 2019 / 32mins)

Free Fun (Cyprus / 2019 / 5mins)

Free Rider (USA / 2019 / 13mins)

Rattenfalle (USA / 2019 / 4mins)

11:30pm – Close

Happy hour at Stoney’s

Saturday, March 7th

Venue: Foundry Church

12:00pm – 3:00pm

High School Film Competition

Competition followed by Getting Started in Your Media Career mentoring event

Venue: Carnegie Institution for Science

12:30pm – 2:30pm

DCIFF University: Entertainment Law 202
The Law of Music for Film

12:30pm – 2:00pm

Life in Synchro
Directed by Angela Pinaglia
USA / 2020 / 53 mins

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Short Film Program 1: On the Warmer Side

Maradona’s Legs (Germany / 2019 / 20mins)

Old Blue Eyes (USA / 2019 / 18mins)

Red Ladies (USA / 2019 / 9mins)

Rock On, Dude! (Canada / 2019 / 10mins)

Shrevepoet (USA / 2019 / 11mins)

The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson (USA / 2019 / 12mins)

Tremble (UK / 2019 / 5mins)

4:00pm – 5:45pm

Amazing Animation

Abe’s Story (Ireland / 2019 / 12mins)

Crossing (India / 2019 / 6mins)

Daughter (Czech Republic / 2019 / 15mins)

Ek Cup Chaha (One Cup of Tea) (India / 2019 / 2mins)Faithy, hey (USA / 2019 / 4mins)

Handmade (UK / 2019 / 2mins)

Lost and Found (Israel / 2019 / 4mins)

The Ball’s Run (Italy / 2019 / 3mins)

The Cage (France / 2019 / 3mins)

The Sun Will Fool You (USA / 2019 / 5mins)

Titan (Creative Spirit) (France / 2019 / 2mins)

Trauma Chameleon (USA / 2019 / 3mins)

Umbilical (USA / 2019 / 7mins)

4:00pm – 5:30pm

DCIFF University: How Does Your Film Get Sold?
Marketing Truths from Industry Professionals

5:45p – 7:45pm

The Ringmaster
Directed by Dave Newberg & Molly Dworsky
USA / 2019 / 90 mins

Followed by drinks at the bar with the filmmakers

5:45pm – 6:45pm

DCIFF University: Animation Roundtable
State of the Art and Community Resources

6:00pm -8:30pm

Couch-Browsing: TV and Web Episodes

Adult A.D.R. (USA / 2018 / 29mins)

Bubbly Brown Sugar (USA / 2019 / 27mins)

Going Steady (USA / 2019 / 8mins)

Good Genes (USA / 2020 / 19mins)

Rubber Room (USA / 2019 / 20mins)

Where My Girls (USA / 2019 / 22mins)

7:45pm – 9:45pm

Faith Based
Directed by Vincent Masciale
USA / 2019 / 90 mins

Followed by drinks at the bar with the filmmakers

9:00pm – 9:45pm

Meet cast and crew of The Dark End of the Street at the bar

9:45pm -11:30pm

The Dark End of the Street
Directed by Kevin Tran
USA / 2019 / 70 mins

11:30pm – Close

Happy hour at Duke’s Grocery

Sunday, March 8th (International Women’s Day)

Venue: Carnegie Institution for Science

Noon – 1:50pm

Ace Animation

A Moonlight’s Tale (USA / 2019 / 6mins)

Chapped (USA / 2019 / 8mins)

Falafel Cart (Kuwait / 2019 / 14mins)

Heat Wave (Greece / 2019 / 7mins)

Her Head (Finland / 2019 / 7mins)

Infraction (France / 2019 / 4mins)

Lost in Place (USA / 2019 / 4mins)

Put Your Heart Into It (USA / 2019 / 2mins)

Sea Shepherd (Portugal / 2019 / 5mins)

Stuffed (USA / 2019 / 3mins)

The Tale of Bunnyman Bridge (USA / 2019 / 2mins)

Urbanality (Australia / 2019 / 3mins)

Wherefore Art Thou, Theo? (USA / 2019 / 5mins)

1:50pm – 3:50pm

Short Film Program 2: On the Sharper Side

Flora (Spain / 2019 / 13mins)

Hey Zeus (USA / 2019 / 7mins)

Our Home Here (USA / 2019 / 16mins)

Ruby (Canada / 2019 / 9mins)

The Usual Route (USA / 2019 / 11mins)

Tommy (Australia / 2019 / 19mins)

2:00pm – 3:30pm

DCIFF University: “Based on a True Story”
What it Takes to Fictionalize Someone’s Life

3:30pm – 4:30pm

DCIFF University: Documentary Roundtable
New Ways of Reaching Your Audiences

3:50pm – 5:40pm

Artscapes: Short Documentary Program

Charon (USA / 2019 / 12mins)

Our Alexandria (USA / 2019 / 17mins)

Sex + Ice Cream (USA / 2019 / 6mins)

The Holocaust is Over, Bitch! (Israel / 2019 / 13mins)

The Imperfect Machine (USA / 2019 / 10mins)

Watching the Pain of Others (France / 2019 / 31mins)

5:40pm – 7:10pm

Sema
Directed by Macherie Ekwa Bahango
Congo / 2019 / 45 mins

Screening followed by a panel discussion

7:20pm – 9:20pm

Love Type D
Directed by Sasha Collington
UK / 2019 / 95 mins

9:30pm – 11:00pm

Closing Night Party and Awards

Sponsored by DJ WepADuke’s GroceryKostume Karaoke, and New District Brewing Company

11:30pm – Close

Afterparty at Duke’s Grocery