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
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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
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
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
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
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 WepA, Duke’s Grocery, Kostume Karaoke, and New District Brewing Company
11:30pm – Close
Afterparty at Duke’s Grocery
