LAVA Film Festival

5:00-7:00 pm

Filmmakers Reception
FREE

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. Light refreshments provided by The Rendezvous in Turners Falls.

7:00-9:00 pm
doors 6:30 pm

Film Block 1
$5-10 sliding scale / $1 card-to-culture

Experimental, drama, documentary, and animated films + Q&A with filmmakers. Contains themes that may not be suitable for younger audiences (PG-13).

“Watching” – Dylan Rhys Roy
“Doing a bit” – Abigail Rose Sullivan
“Hold Me At Dawn” – Gabe Liftman
“Waiting on the 829” – Allison Chaves
“Stargazing” – Spencer DePaolo Horgan
“Résumé” – Michael Mitchell
“An Occurrence” – Dien Vo
“Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops” – Susan Gray
“Resettle” – Yonah Sadeh
“Punto Ciego”/“Blind Spot” – Elias Neijens

1:00-2:30 pm
doors 12:30pm

Film Block 2
$5-10 sliding scale / $1 card-to-culture

Animated, comedy, and drama films + Q&A with filmmakers. Suitable for younger audiences (PG).

“School Day” – Juniper and Cole Whitaker
“The Saga of the Golden Potty” – Samarah Hasan-Kepes and Gyuri Kepes
“The Toad in the Hole” – Oliver Dooley Brubaker
“Alienation” – Vanessa Query
“A Light” – Alix Kaplan
“Carried Away by the Wind” – Melissa E. McClung
“Petrykivka” – Anne Ciecko
“Althea, 2017: The Marriage Question” – Althea Keaton
“A Home for Curiosities” – Benjamin Z Tobin

3:00-4:30 pm
doors 2:30 pm

Regional Filmmaking Panel
$5-10 suggested donation

Join local filmmakers as we present a panel discussion on filmmaking in Western Mass. Audience Q&A to follow. Learn practical tips and find inspiration for your next Western Mass film!

Hosted by Wally Marzano-Lesnevich and featuring festival filmmakers Oliver Brubaker, Althea Keaton, Dylan Rhys Roy, Yonah Sadeh, and Dien Vo.

7:00-9:30 pm
doors: 6:30 pm

Film Block 3
$5-10 sliding scale / $1 card-to-culture

Dark comedies, dramas, and thrillers/mysteries + Q&A with filmmakers. These films explore themes not intended for younger audiences (R).

“Into The Maw” – Jared Britt
“College Murder Mystery” – Jason Beckett, Matt Demko,
Paige McIntosh
“Our Bad Faith” – Ethan Harrison Garstka
“Your Supplies & Beyond” – Nikita Vyshinskiy
“Chenny Britt – “Hi” Music Video” – Viktor Herrmann
“StoveBird” – Ryan Arnold
“Trauma Bond” – Jaina Cipriano