October 16, 2019
MY GRANDPA IS A VAMPIRE
DescriptionDescription Moonrise tells the humorous and often suspenseful story of Lonny, a young boy who has an unusual summer vacation in New Zealand. Lonny stays with his grandfather (played by Al Lewis, best known for his role as Grandpa Munster on The Munsters), and he and his friend Kanziara begin to suspect that the eccentric...
October 16, 2019
MOTORAMA
DescriptionDescription Destined to be a cult classic, Motorama is unquestionably one of the weirdest road movies ever made. Ten-year-old Gus des- perately wants to win a gas station contest called Motorama (col- lect all the letters and win 500 million dollars) so he flees his abu- sive parents and sets off on a road trip...
October 16, 2019
MOISE
DescriptionDescription Four shorts from a special collection showcasing original works from new Quebec screenwriters. In The Visitor, a terrified woman spends the night in her closet listening to an intruder whose uncanny behavior indicates that he belongs there. When a baby mysteriously appears at the door of a childless Hasidic couple in Moise, they can't...
October 16, 2019
MOONDANCE
DescriptionDescription Two couples with contrasting personalities meet for a turbu- lent weekend reunion at a secluded mountain cabin. Bitter, uptight Eric is troubled by a bad relationship with his father, financial problems and the overbearing concern of ti'is wife Amy. When the couple's free-spirited friends Francis and William re-enter their lives, a weekend of self-discovery...
October 16, 2019
MISSING PARENTS
DescriptionDescription The festival once again presents new works from the Discovery Program, a project for emerging filmmakers. All films are productions of Chanticleer Films. A secret long-distance love affair forces a small town waitress to re-evaluate her life and marriage in Mark Krenzien's The Letters From Moab. In Martin Nicholson's Missing Parents, a punked-out teenager...
October 16, 2019
MARC AND ANN
DescriptionDescription Three new short films by documentary master Les Blank explore themes of culture, home and family in three different areas of the United States. Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge is an enchanting collection of an 80-year-old Applachian mountain woman's life stories, singing and harmonica playing. Marc and Ann is a portrait...
