Thursday–Sunday, October 9–12
The LAVA Center:
324 Main St, Greenfield, MA*
All films were made by current residents of Massachusetts — with more than half of them hailing from Western Mass.
*Thursday’s program will take place at All Soul Church, 399 Main St, Greenfield
SCHEDULE of EVENTS
NOTE: We will open doors 30 minutes prior to start time, and programming will start on time. Please arrive within the half hour between doors and start time to ensure getting a seat. Late ticket holders may lose their seat to people on the waiting list.
NOTE: The schedule is not necessarily the order the films will be screened in.
Thursday, October 9
7 pm
RISING RIVER’S EDGE documentary
All Souls Church, 399 Main St, Greenfield
FREE (donations accepted to benefit LAVA)
From LAVA’s humanities team and local filmmakers, a new film documenting extreme weather events in Franklin County through farmers’ struggles, and how that shapes consumer experience.
+ Q&A with the team.
Friday, October 10
5–7 pm
FILMMAKERS’ RECEPTION
FREE (donations accepted to benefit LAVA)
Audience: Meet filmmakers whose work will be screening over the weekend.
Filmmakers: Network with fellow filmmakers, and maybe meet the collaborators on your next film!
View a selection of trailers of the films that will be screened all weekend.
Refreshments!
doors 6:30 pm
films 7 pm
COMEDY MOVIES (lighter & darker)
$5-20 sliding scale (or more to benefit LAVA) / $2 Card-to-Culture
Both lighter and darker comedies.
+ Q&A with filmmakers.
Some films explore themes that may not be intended for suitable audiences.
“The Adventures of Naleag” (0:01:46) d. Oliver Brubaker
“Dead Set On Stardom” (0:21:09) d. Mae Horak
“The Journey Home” (0:06:36) d. Cole Whitaker
“Le Storáge Loquére” (0:06:15) d. Aidan Clark, Samuel Turin
“Notification” (0:09:45) d. Gregory Boover
“Stage Fright” (0:04:30) d. Rachel Thomas-Medwid
“The Trip” (0:13:25) d. Ayla Hadimi Ladha, Sarah Feldman
“Turkey Lover” (0:09:00) d. Ted Omo
Saturday, October 11
doors 12:30 pm
films 1 pm
DOCUMENTARIES & PERSONAL DOCUMENTARIES
$5-20 sliding scale (or more to benefit LAVA) / $2 Card-to-Culture
+ Q&A with filmmakers
“18/19/20/21” (0:03:52) d. Rachel Knowles
“A Calling” (0:10:58) d. Thomas D Herman
“Good Ol’ Greenfield: Levi Diamond” (0:06:43) d. Susan Maiorana
“Head Space” (0:01:40) d. Althea Levin Rieff Keaton
“Is This Happening to Anyone Else?” (0:08:40) d. Joe Aidonidis
“Mayor of Lowell” (0:14:55) d. Hunter Berube, Kayla Dalton
“More Than a Fridge” (0:40:30) d. Alex O’Neil
doors 3:30 pm
films 4 pm
MUSIC MOVIES
$5-20 sliding scale (or more to benefit LAVA) / $2 Card-to-Culture
Movies about and using music, including music videos and documentaries.
+ Q&A with filmmakers.
“Banjar Lam Plearn” (0:06:04) d. Michael Charles Nix
“Lights Out” (0:34:00) d. Ethan Garstka
“MBTA Rap” (0:01:46) d. Dai Takegami Podziewski
“The Shames” (0:32:00) d. Seamus Kelley
“Shmaniel Shmonston Goes On Tour” (0:04:01) d. Bella Levavi, Mo Schweiger
“Small Town Style” (0:03:19) d. Brolin M Winning
doors 6:30 pm
films 7 pm
THRILLER, HORROR, & ACTION MOVIES
$5-20 sliding scale (or more to benefit LAVA) / $2 Card-to-Culture
Our signature, dark and fun Saturday night program.
+ Q&A with filmmakers.
Some films explore themes not suitable for younger audiences.
“Battle Angel” (0:09:03) d. Riley Cosby, Sam Horton
“Beneform” (0:15:00) d. Tyler Lum
“Binoculars: A Backyard Adventure” (0:07:58) d. Evan Moren
“Dream Katcher” (0:04:45) d. Gyuri Kepes
“Finale/Interlude 2: ‘Cast Aside’” (0:05:10) d. Marco P Steel
“I Matter” (0:04:18) d. Jason Dailey, E Debrito
“Mourning Night” (0:17:50) d. Kyle Lindfors
“Nightmares” (0:06:37) d. Mackenzie McCree
“Vestiges” (0:13:54) d. Wade Wofford
Sunday, October 12
doors 12:30 pm
panel 1 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION
FREE (donations accepted to benefit LAVA)
“From Script to Screen: the Stages of Filmmaking”
panel moderated by Wally Marzano-Lesnevich
doors 2:30 pm
films 3 pm
EXPERIMENTAL MOVIES
$5-20 sliding scale (or more to benefit LAVA) / $2 Card-to-Culture
Some overlapping with documentary, drama, comedy, poetry, animation, and variety TV.
+ Q&A with filmmakers.
“Disappearing Acts” (0:03:34) d. Sarah E. Jenkins
“I am grass” (0:21:12) d. Abhi Indrekar
“The Impostor Syndrome – Episode 1” (0:22:47) d. Wednesday Klevisha
“made (w)hole” (0:04:12) d. Mackenzie McCree
“Peripatetic Salvaged Poetry for Inexorable Excoriations Brought on by Grief” (0:03:12) d. Anne Ciecko
“Phantasma” (0:16:00) d. Maria Servellon
doors 5:30 pm
films 6 pm
POWERFUL DRAMAS
$5-20 sliding scale (or more to benefit LAVA) / $2 Card-to-Culture
+ Q&A with filmmakers.
Some films explore themes not suitable for younger audiences.
“Arms and Legs” (0:29:11) d. Rose Miriam Bennett
“Only Time Heals” (0:18:00) d. Victoria Roccaforte
“Periphery” (0:10:47) d. Brittany Severance, Herman E. Servatius
“Pumpkin Pie” (0:10:30) d. Karin Trachtenberg
“That Kid” (0:37:00) d. Ashley Dawson
