3 Days of Film Madness

BENGAL THEATER

LOCAL MADNESS

10:55 | An Imminent Threat

11:02 | Spud Harvest Tip

11:06 | Boom!

11:09 | A Silent Scream

11:16 | No Greater Evil

11:32 | Salvage Heist

11:36 | The 3100 – Snake River

11:47 | Just in Case

11:53 | Lawful Evil

12:02 | Overhang

Q&A Session

12:35 – 12:50

BURGERS & DIES

12:50 | John Thick

12:57 | Chompy’s Burgers

1:09 | Taco Hell

1:26 | Night Shift at Ned’s

1:51 | Big Foot Burgers

Q&A Session

2:55 – 3:10

TRAUMA DRAMA

3:10 | Will

3:26 | Quiet, Arlo

Q&A Session

4:05-4:20

RED CARPET

4:20-5:20

Bengal Lobby

TREASURE QUEST

5:20 | The Photo Returner

5:33 | The Grim & The Dark

Q&A Session

7:00-7:15

BALLROOM THEATER

10:30 – 11:00

The Quest For The Golden Dragon

ANALOGUE GRIME

11:00 | Midnight Snack

11:23 | The Bug

11:37 | Robby’s World

11:45 | Wierdo

11:47 | Nine Lives of Brice

Q&A Session

12:40 – 12:55

PARANOIA PRESENTS

12:55 | Disectoid

1:08 | The Lizard Theory

1:14 | Conspirasee

1:19 | The Death of Sysiphus

1:37 | This Old Dog

1:46 | Donor

Q&A Session

2:10 – 2:25

ANIMANIA

2:25 | Gym Anxiety

2:31 | The Eye in Nothing

2:37 | Nuno

2:41 | Up & Out

2:45 | Flamingo

2:51 | What a Flop

2:55 | Porkchop Panic

3:00 | Me and Mr. Glumbo

3:04 | Staring Contest

3:07 | Solar Neighbors

Q&A Session

3:20-3:35

3:35-4:00

Gerald

Q&A Session

4:00-4:15

5:20 – 7:00

Quiet After Supper

Q&A Session

7:00-7:15

A Silent Scream – A young woman struggles with anxiety at a family dinner.

An Imminent Threat – Kaila grapples with her unease over her son growing up Black in America as he faces a monstrous adversary that blurs the line between childhood imagination and terrifying reality.

Big Foot Burgers – Bad costumes, raunchy jokes, sexy girls, a hairy beast and unapologetic self awareness all somehow work together to make this ridiculous slap stick comedy hilariously entertaining and super fun to watch.

Boom! – A comedy about defusing the bomb.

Chompy’s Burgers – Beth, a disgruntled employee at Chompy’s Burgers, is wary when her boss refers to employees and customers as family. She’ll find out there’s more to his plans than it seems and Chompy, the mascot, wants you to finish your food at any cost.

Conspirasee – An outsider tries to prove a very niche, elaborate hoax that the entire world may be taking part in.

Disectoid – Disectoid is a “Micro Anthology”, where horror shorts bleed into insanity as they progress. Hosted by the enigmatic “Arnold Hitchcock” portrayed by Arnold Mzera, who guides you through this labyrinth of cinematic terror.

Donor – A grieving mother struggles to process her reality when she meets the recipient of her stillborn daughter’s heart.

Flamingo – Crude stop motion comedy about a flamingo and his struggles

Gerald – One evening, a young hipster, Gerald Cromwell, slays a monster whilst working at a restaurant, saving the customers. The ensuing media frenzy draws the attention of Bethany, a young woman at the restaurant that night.

Gym Anxiety – A young, insecure man goes to gym for the first time.

John Thick – A John Wick parody

Just in Case – A young woman is consumed by her paranoia of getting pregnant.

Lawful Evil – A musical about perceived social injustices

Me and Mr. Glumbo – A young man visits his childhood imaginary friend.

Midnight Snack – When their dream apartment turns out to be a nightmare, roommates Cathy and Dave join forces against a dark, nocturnal force lurking inside their kitchen.

Night Shift at Ned’s – A seasoned waitress starts a new job at an overnight diner in the deep south, and learns new meaning to the term “customers from Hell.”

Nine Lives of Brice – Penny and Brice are the perfect couple, until, Brice gives up the porn business to live off the grid and hoard cats.

No Greater Evil – A stolen car holding a deadly secret. A robbery gone wrong and a mysterious figure.

Nuno – Nuno, a young man who tries to understand how his destiny is connected with his long-dead uncle’s story, Nuno, who he never met.

Overhang – Waking up badly injured in a shipping container school teacher Miss Samantha Has to figure out how to survive.

Porkchop Panic – You like your food. Don’t you want it to like you too?

Quiet After Supper – Tristan Weathers, a serial killer in Los Angeles, receives a surprise visit from his childhood friend, Abby, who stumbles upon artifacts that tell the story of each of his victims, which leads Abby to confront a horrifying truth.

Quiet, Arlo – Arlo Fisher faces addiction, bipolar disorder, and his own fractured reality as he struggles to rewrite the story of a man drowning in his own mind and the quiet grief of those trying to pull him from the depths.

Robby’s World – An incel has dreams about a woman he sees on a missing persons poster.

Salvage Heist – Two teens, desperate to replace a part they broke off their father’s cherished classic car, sneak into a sprawling salvage yard under cover of night to steal one. But as they hunt through the rusted wreckage, a deadly mix of sinister supernatural forces and a ruthless human predator turns their simple heist into a terrifying ordeal.

Solar Neighbors – This claymation film follows a terminally-ill human placed into cryogenic sleep. While the human drifts in stasis, their home planet changes completely (This film is handmade and uses no AI)

Spud Harvest Tip – A cautionary tale for 10-wheel truckers during spud harvest.

Staring Contest – An animated tale of… a staring contest

Taco Hell – After caving to peer-pressure and eating a bootleg crunchwrap, an impressionable teenager, Grace, must survive the wrath of a powerful supernatural entity that seeks retribution on behalf of Taco Bell for the theft of their recipe.

The 3100 – Snake River – A doc about rafting the Snake River

The Bug – A man lets himself and his living space go after losing a loved one, only for a pesky insect to grow larger as the man’s responsibilities weigh him down.

The Death of Sysiphus – Bug is trapped in the menial tasks of business and struggles with the question of whether to remain or seek death.

The Eye in Nothing – The Eye in Nothing unfolds as an abstract, absurd montage of faces and looping imagery.

The Grim & The Dark – When looking for a gift for his kid, Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) is introduced to the world of Grimdark.

The Lizard Theory – A young conspiracist believes his science teacher is a lizard and will not rest until he proves it.

The Photo Returner – Erin Bohannon has devoted the latter part of her life to a singular pursuit: collecting lost portraits from decades past and tracking down the descendants of those featured in the photos.

The Quest for the Golden Dragon – A fun backyard family film

This Old Dog – After losing her beloved dog, a grieving woman clings to its memory to avoid confronting her own loneliness — until eerie, familiar sounds in the night force her to face the emptiness left behind.

Up & Out – A clown and his gang of misfits traverse a world of technicolor whimsy.

What a Flop – Desperate for food, a tall fish guy tries his fin at street performing so he can get enough money to buy a hot dog, but faces competition in the form of a mime, an accordionist, a monkey, and a particularly fussy seagull.

Wierdo – A woman talks about her social insecurities.

Will – After their abusive father’s death, a hardened military veteran and his estranged, free-spirited sister return to their inherited childhood home, where they clash over its fate.

RATINGS

FAMILY FRIENDLY

PG-13

MATURE | Rated R

BENGAL THEATER

EXTRA WHIMSY

10:30 | Sensus Mori

10:38 | Duck Rabbit

Q&A Session

12:35 – 12:50

WATCH OUT

12:50 | Mr. TV Man

1:09 | The Clayman

1:19 | Don’t Look in the Dark

Q&A Session

2:30-2:45

COASTAL TRIP

2:45 | Money Talks

3:10 | Grind

Q&A Session

4:55-5:10

SCREENS & SCREAMS

5:10 | Celebrity Status

5:19 | Pool

5:24 | One more photo

5:35 | Demonetize

Q&A Session

7:05-7:20

BALLROOM THEATER

10:30 – 11:00

Stunts

REGIONAL NOIR

11:10 | Dream Canyon

11:26 | Road to Oblivion

11:37 | Love Me or Die

11:44 | The Conversation

11:56 | Shadow Docket

11:59 | Thrifters

Q&A Session

12:25 – 12:40

12:40-1:50

We Ride Why

Q&A Session

1:50-2:05

2:05 -3:15

Hole in the Wall

Q&A Session

3:15 – 3:30

COWPOKE CINEMA

3:30 | Raised to Run

3:36 | I am Only a Craftsman

Q&A Session

5:00-5:15

Night TERRORS

5:15 | Stargazer

5:30 | His Monster

Q&A Session

7:00-7:15

Celebrity Status – An internet sensation, Jackie, retells her rise to fame and the controversial deaths surrounding it.  

Demonetize – Out-of-work television ghost hunters discover the key to getting their jobs back – and proving ghosts are real – is by working with the last group of people anyone would expect: Social Media Stars.  

Don’t Look in the Dark – When a couple’s phones begin recording on their own during a camping trip, what they capture isn’t just darkness. It’s something that wants to be seen.  

Dream Canyon – A traveling sex worker named Dahlia becomes stranded in a small desert town in Idaho. She meets a group of locals willing to help, but only as long as she stays.  

Duck Rabbit – A woman with writer’s block, a kid looking for a missing chicken, and three friends carrying a couch across town while under the influence of a psychedelic encounter many strange characters on a summer’s day.  

Grind – A hilarious horror anthology about the daily grind and hustle culture.  

His Monster – When his young daughter is mysteriously swept out to sea, a struggling alcoholic remains alone, hunting the woods to find what he believes is responsible.  

Hole In The Wall – A doc about the Hole in the Wall, a fifty-mile-long red sandstone formation that defined the bounds of a utopic home base for cattle rustlers and popular outlaws in the late 1800’s in Johnson County, Wyoming.  

I am Only a Craftsman – On opposite sides of the Pacific, two master leather carvers–one in Wyoming, one in Japan–have spent decades shaping a global tradition.  

Love Me or Die – When three estranged sorority sisters reunite for a weekend at a remote cabin, old wounds resurface—and hidden obsessions ignite.  

Money Talks – On the day of Reagan’s inauguration, a $100 bill travels through the underbelly of 1981 New York City.  

Mr. TV Man – The shadow of what was once a man occupies this home, memories are distorted echoes and reality is broken open.  

One More Photo – On a quest for social media fame and fortune, two best friends set out on a tropical adventure of a lifetime to shoot their most stunning, and hopefully viral, content yet.  

Pool – When a house-sitter breaks a house rule, he faces the house consequences.  

Raised to Run – Raised To Run is a short documentary following barrel racer Kenzie Dance through the rhythms of her daily life, barn chores, saddle time in the arena, and the adrenaline of race day.  

Road to Oblivion – A century-long war between the extraterrestrial warlord (The Warden) and Earth’s last defense (The Ordained Regiment) has plunged the world into chaos and destruction.  

Sensus Mori – When an elusive society agrees to be interviewed, a journalist must contend with their ideologies or risk falling prey herself.  

Shadow Docket – Two detectives are confronted by an ambitious lawyer…..and find that their facts don’t add up!  

Stargazer – A fragmented astronomer looks to the stars to find comfort in the darkest of places.  

Stunts – Stunt performance demo performed by Mayhem Makers Action and Combat Company.

The Clayman – After a struggling artist sculpts a man’s head from clay, he soon finds that it has come to life and is stalking him.  

The Conversation – A cold-case tip from an odd homeless man stuns a hard-boiled detective.  

Thrifters – Benjamin and Natalia Welling are two young lovers who leave behind their life of crime for a better life. But stuck in a tough economy, they have to get “thrifty” to find ways to make money.  

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We Ride Why – A documentary film about the power of love, community, and hope in the face of cancer.

RATINGS

FAMILY FRIENDLY

MATURE | Rated R

PG-13

BENGAL THEATER

TIMELESS TALES

10:30 | The Rabbit

10:40 | Sister Wives

11:08 | Leviathan

11:26 | Lone Mountain

Q&A Session

11:50 – 12:05

ELECTRIC ECCENTRICS

12:05 | Let There Be Light

12:24 | It Happened

12:37 | Mused

12:54 | Kind Mother

1:09 | The Deliveryboy

Q&A Session

1:35-1:50

BORDERLAND BRUTALITY

1:50 | Lights in the Night Sky

2:05 | The Fish Tank

2:17 | Family Sunday

2:33 | Snake Oil Song

Q&A Session

4:10-4:25

PROBLEM CHILDREN

4:25 | Man Baby

4:35 | Hey, Viktor!

Q&A Session

6:20-6:35

AWARD SHOW

6:35-7:10

The Bengal

BALLROOM THEATER

10:30 – 10:50

Into the Valley

10:50 – 11:05

Idaho to La: A Talk With Emily Sandifer

11:05-11:45

My Friend Chris

Q&A Session

11:45 – 12:00

EQUATORIAL ENIGMAS

12:00 | The Cortege

12:10 | Amos, Vogel

12:32 | In the Valley: A Cosmic Queer Abduction

Q&A Session

1:00-1:15

PARODY HILARITY

1:15 | The Raking Society

1:29 | Yer Smackin

1:36 | Between

1:39 | Lucy and the Devil

1:52 | Raymond vs the Mormons

2:08 | To Make a Sandwich in Silence

2:14 | Bone

2:16 | Electric Car

2:18 | One in the Hand

2:19 | Peanuts Anyone?

2:25 | Ms. Rossi Meets the Mob

Q&A Session

2:45 – 3:00

INSPIRING ARTISTS

3:00 | Them That’s Not

3:19 | The Cello Collective

3:31 | Born for This

Q&A Session

4:15-4:30

FORCES OF NATURE

4:30 | 80 for 80

4:42 | The Last Drive

Q&A Session

6:15-6:30

80 for 80 – Set in the mountains of Aspen, Colorado, 80 for 80 follows Niklaus Kuhn—a Swiss adventurer with his sights set on hiking Highland Bowl 80 times in one season, all leading up to his 80th birthday.  

Amos, Vogel – Amos relives the conversations he had with his late friend, Vogel.  
 
Between – Between contemplates the weight of loss and the quiet ways it lingers.
 
Bone – An intimate skeleton story.  
 
Born for This – Born For This chronicles the inspiring journey of Tia Bee Stokes, a mother of five who, while battling cancer, danced for 15 minutes every day, turning her fight into a powerful testament of resilience and hope.  

Electric Car – Electric music video.  

Family Sunday – Sicarios issue an ultimatum to merchants who can’t pay their protection tax.  

Hey, Viktor! – Hey, Viktor! is a sharp, self-aware comedy where Cody Lightning (Smoke Signals) plays a fictionalized version of himself trying to find his identity.  

Idaho to LA: A talk with Emily Sandifer – Emily Sandifer is an Idahoan who’s made a living for herself in LA as a photographer. Join us in a discussion about how to make the move from Idaho to LA.

In the Valley: A Cosmic Queer Abduction – Lost in the vast Southern California desert, Josh wakes alone after a night with a mysterious Cowboy.  

Into The Valley – In 1967, anxiety-ridden secretary Beverly (B.) escapes her traditional life in San Francisco by buying a Mustang and discreetly robbing a string of banks in the Sacramento Valley, but when she impulsively picks up a hitchhiking teenager, B.’s new identity begins to crack.  

It Happened – Follows the whimsical life and career of iconic ‘80s accordion-playing comedienne Judy Tenuta. Starring Taylor Blackwell and Alan Tudyk.  

Kind Mother – An estranged mother arrives at the silent retreat that her daughter is attending. When the two women engage in an unusual – and fantastical – power struggle, limits are tested, generational trauma is brought to light, and together they must grapple with mortality and forgiveness.  

Let There Be Light – Absurd existential dark story about Adam and Eva, cat and fridge, light and dark.  

Leviathan – The year is 1888 and the Whitechapel murders continue to ravage the East End of London.  

Lights in the Night Sky – After the mysterious disappearance of his sister, Manu roams the city, convinced that she may have been abducted by aliens.  

Lone Mountain – While returning to his homestead, a miner finds himself trapped in a mysterious time loop at an abandoned campsite.  

Lucy and the Devil – In this 1950s sitcom-turned-horror short, Lucy has an established relationship with The Devil, performing small acts of mischief for him from time to time in order to maintain a perfect life.  

Man Baby – A new father going through a transformation.  

Ms. Rossi Meets the Mob – While traveling for work, Ms. Rossi gets picked up by the wrong driver at the airport.  

Mused – Desperate to kill off her protagonist and end her successful book series, an isolated author finds inspiration in a chance encounter with a man who mirrors her hated creation.  

My Friend Chris – A doc about celebrity chef and workaholic Chris Ford.  

One in the Hand – A man thinks he’s alone, but is he?  

Peanuts, Anyone? – A young woman with more id than ego meets the man of her dreams.  

Raymond vs the Mormons – While trying to propose to his girlfriend, Raymond’s plans are interrupted by a group of Mormon missionaries.  

Sister Wives – Sister Wives is a multi-layered love story that tells the tale of young women living in a strict, fundamentalist, polygamous society  

Snake Oil Song – When an American journalist hires Chino to travel to a dangerous area, an encounter with illegal gold miners causes Chino’s life on the river to unravel.  

The Cello Collective – A lifelong cello player founds a unique group to build music education and community in Pocatello, Idaho.  

The Cortege – In a van traveling a funeral procession, Rosa suspects infidelity between her husband Everardo and her sister Cecilia, both of whom are present and uncomfortable.  

The Deliveryboy – A grieving stoner returns to his suburban Massachusetts hometown to dogsit and becomes entangled in a cat-and-mouse game with an enigmatic middle school acquaintance  

The Fish Tank – A mysterious fish woman flees from her exploiters who keep her in a fish tank.  

The Last Dive – Once a man burdened by a troubled past, Terry’s life was transformed by an unlikely friendship with Willy, a 22-foot oceanic manta ray. Now in his 80s, he goes on a quest to find Willy one last time.  

The Rabbit – In the desolate wilderness, a desperate hunter steals a freshly-killed rabbit to feed his starving family, only to be stalked by a vengeful Native American spirit demanding retribution for his theft.  

The Raking Society – When Mae Murphy, the president of the New Mexico Long-Handled Tool Association, learns a member bought a leaf blower, a forbidden tool, she calls an emergency meeting to decide whether it counts as a long-handled tool—offering a glimpse inside the organization’s quirky inner workings.  

Them That’s Not – Andrea Drea Stoney, a down-on-her-luck poet, finds herself at her grandmother’s repass, along with her seditty larger-than-life family.  

To Make a Sandwich in Silence – In this dark comedy horror, a hungry man finds a simple solution to stop his abusive girlfriend and her dog from interrupting his lunch.  

Yer Smackin – In this nostalgic and heartfelt comedy, an exasperated older brother celebrates his birthday with the person he loves the most—his whiny, obnoxious little sister.

RATINGS

FAMILY FRIENDLY

PG-13

MATURE | Rated R

FEATURED FILMS

3 DAYS OF FILM MADNESS

RATINGS

FAMILY

pG-13

Mature

LOCAL MADNESS

Kaila grapples with her unease over her son growing up Black in America as he faces a monstrous adversary that blurs the line between childhood imagination and terrifying reality.

A cautionary tale for 10-wheel truckers during spud harvest.

A comedy about defusing the bomb.

A young woman struggles with anxiety at a family dinner.

A stolen car holding a deadly secret. A robbery gone wrong and a mysterious figure.

Two teens, desperate to replace a part they broke off their father’s cherished classic car, sneak into a sprawling salvage yard under cover of night to steal one. But as they hunt through the rusted wreckage, a deadly mix of sinister supernatural forces and a ruthless human predator turns their simple heist into a terrifying ordeal.

A doc about rafting the Snake River

A young woman is consumed by her paranoia of getting pregnant.

A musical about perceived social injustices.

Waking up badly injured in a shipping container school teacher Miss Samantha Has to figure out how to survive.

Q&A Session

12:35 – 12:50

BURGERS & DIES

A John Wick parody.

Beth, a disgruntled employee at Chompy’s Burgers, is wary when her boss refers to employees and customers as family. She’ll find out there’s more to his plans than it seems and Chompy, the mascot, wants you to finish your food at any cost.

After caving to peer-pressure and eating a bootleg crunchwrap, an impressionable teenager, Grace, must survive the wrath of a powerful supernatural entity that seeks retribution on behalf of Taco Bell for the theft of their recipe.

A seasoned waitress starts a new job at an overnight diner in the deep south, and learns new meaning to the term “customers from Hell.”

Bad costumes, raunchy jokes, sexy girls, a hairy beast and unapologetic self awareness all somehow work together to make this ridiculous slap stick comedy hilariously entertaining and super fun to watch.

Q&A Session

2:55 – 3:10

TRAUMA DRAMA

After their abusive father’s death, a hardened military veteran and his estranged, free-spirited sister return to their inherited childhood home, where they clash over its fate.

Arlo Fisher faces addiction, bipolar disorder, and his own fractured reality as he struggles to rewrite the story of a man drowning in his own mind and the quiet grief of those trying to pull him from the depths.

Q&A Session

4:05-4:20

RED CARPET

4:20-5:20

Bengal Lobby

TREASURE QUEST

Erin Bohannon has devoted the latter part of her life to a singular pursuit: collecting lost portraits from decades past and tracking down the descendants of those featured in the photos.

When looking for a gift for his kid, Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) is introduced to the world of Grimdark.

Q&A Session

7:00-7:15

A fun backyard family film.

ANALOGUE GRIME

When their dream apartment turns out to be a nightmare, roommates Cathy and Dave join forces against a dark, nocturnal force lurking inside their kitchen.

A man lets himself and his living space go after losing a loved one, only for a pesky insect to grow larger as the man’s responsibilities weigh him down.

An incel has dreams about a woman he sees on a missing persons poster.

A woman talks about her social insecurities.

Penny and Brice are the perfect couple until Brice gives up the porn business to live off the grid and hoard cats.

Q&A Session

12:40 – 12:55

PARANOIA PRESENTS

Disectoid is a “Micro Anthology”, where horror shorts bleed into insanity as they progress. Hosted by the enigmatic “Arnold Hitchcock” portrayed by Arnold Mzera, who guides you through this labyrinth of cinematic terror.

A young conspiracist believes his science teacher is a lizard and will not rest until he proves it.

An outsider tries to prove a very niche, elaborate hoax that the entire world may be taking part in.

Bug is trapped in the menial tasks of business and struggles with the question of whether to remain or seek death.

After losing her beloved dog, a grieving woman clings to its memory to avoid confronting her own loneliness — until eerie, familiar sounds in the night force her to face the emptiness left behind.

A grieving mother struggles to process her reality when she meets the recipient of her stillborn daughter’s heart.

Q&A Session

2:10 – 2:25

ANIMANIA

A young, insecure man goes to gym for the first time.

The Eye in Nothing unfolds as an abstract, absurd montage of faces and looping imagery.

Nuno, a young man who tries to understand how his destiny is connected with his long-dead uncle’s story, Nuno, who he never met.

A clown and his gang of misfits traverse a world of technicolor whimsy.

Crude stop motion comedy about a flamingo and his struggles.

Desperate for food, a tall fish guy tries his fin at street performing so he can get enough money to buy a hot dog, but faces competition in the form of a mime, an accordionist, a monkey, and a particularly fussy seagull.

You like your food. Don’t you want it to like you too?

A young man visits his childhood imaginary friend.

An animated tale of… a staring contest

This claymation film follows a terminally-ill human placed into cryogenic sleep. While the human drifts in stasis, their home planet changes completely (This film is handmade and uses no AI)

Q&A Session

3:20-3:35

One evening, a young hipster, Gerald Cromwell, slays a monster whilst working at a restaurant, saving the customers. The ensuing media frenzy draws the attention of Bethany, a young woman at the restaurant that night.

Q&A Session

4:00 – 4:15

Tristan Weathers, a serial killer in Los Angeles, receives a surprise visit from his childhood friend, Abby, who stumbles upon artifacts that tell the story of each of his victims, which leads Abby to confront a horrifying truth.

Q&A Session

7:00 – 7:15

EXTRA WHIMSY

When an elusive society agrees to be interviewed, a journalist must contend with their ideologies or risk falling prey herself.  

A woman with writer’s block, a kid looking for a missing chicken, and three friends carrying a couch across town while under the influence of a psychedelic encounter many strange characters on a summer’s day.  

Q&A Session

12:35 – 12:50

WATCH OUT

The shadow of what was once a man occupies this home, memories are distorted echoes and reality is broken open.  

After a struggling artist sculpts a man’s head from clay, he soon finds that it has come to life and is stalking him.

When a couple’s phones begin recording on their own during a camping trip, what they capture isn’t just darkness. It’s something that wants to be seen.  

Q&A Session

2:30-2:45

COASTAL TRIP

On the day of Reagan’s inauguration, a $100 bill travels through the underbelly of 1981 New York City.  

A hilarious horror anthology about the daily grind and hustle culture.

Q&A Session

4:55-5:10

SCREENS AND SCREAMS

An internet sensation, Jackie, retells her rise to fame and the controversial deaths surrounding it.  

When a house-sitter breaks a house rule, he faces the house consequences. 

On a quest for social media fame and fortune, two best friends set out on a tropical adventure of a lifetime to shoot their most stunning, and hopefully viral, content yet.

Out-of-work television ghost hunters discover the key to getting their jobs back – and proving ghosts are real – is by working with the last group of people anyone would expect: Social Media Stars.  

Q&A Session

7:05-7:20

Stunt performance demo performed by Mayhem Makers Action and Combat Company.

REGIONAL NOIR

A traveling sex worker named Dahlia becomes stranded in a small desert town in Idaho. She meets a group of locals willing to help, but only as long as she stays.  

A century-long war between the extraterrestrial warlord (The Warden) and Earth’s last defense (The Ordained Regiment) has plunged the world into chaos and destruction.  

When three estranged sorority sisters reunite for a weekend at a remote cabin, old wounds resurface—and hidden obsessions ignite.  

A cold-case tip from an odd homeless man stuns a hard-boiled detective.  

Two detectives are confronted by an ambitious lawyer…..and find that their facts don’t add up!

Benjamin and Natalia Welling are two young lovers who leave behind their life of crime for a better life. But stuck in a tough economy, they have to get “thrifty” to find ways to make money.  

Q&A Session

12:25 – 12:40

A documentary film about the power of love, community, and hope in the face of cancer.

Q&A Session

1:50-2:05

A doc about the Hole in the Wall, a fifty-mile long red sandstone formation that defined the bounds of a utopic home base for cattle rustlers and popular outlaws in the late 1800’s in Johnson County, Wyoming.  

Q&A Session

3:15 – 3:30

COWPOKE CINEMA

Raised To Run is a short documentary following barrel racer Kenzie Dance through the rhythms of her daily life, barn chores, saddle time in the arena, and the adrenaline of race day.  

On opposite sides of the Pacific, two master leather carvers–one in Wyoming, one in Japan–have spent decades shaping a global tradition.  

Q&A Session

5:00-5:15

Night Terrors

A fragmented astronomer looks to the stars to find comfort in the darkest of places.  

When his young daughter is mysteriously swept out to sea, a struggling alcoholic remains alone, hunting the woods to find what he believes is responsible.

Q&A Session

7:00-7:15

Timeless Tales

In the desolate wilderness, a desperate hunter steals a freshly-killed rabbit to feed his starving family, only to be stalked by a vengeful Native American spirit demanding retribution for his theft.

Sister Wives is a multi-layered love story that tells the tale of young women living in a strict, fundamentalist, polygamous society

The year is 1888 and the Whitechapel murders continue to ravage the East End of London.

While returning to his homestead, a miner finds himself trapped in a mysterious time loop at an abandoned campsite.

Q&A Session

11:50 – 12:05

ELECTRIC ECCENTRICS

Absurd existential dark story about Adam and Eva, cat and fridge, light and dark.

Follows the whimsical life and career of iconic ‘80s accordion-playing “comedienne” Judy Tenuta. Starring Taylor Blackwell and Alan Tudyk.

Desperate to kill off her protagonist and end her successful book series, an isolated author finds inspiration in a chance encounter with a man who mirrors her hated creation.

An estranged mother arrives at the silent retreat that her daughter is attending. When the two women engage in an unusual – and fantastical – power struggle, limits are tested, generational trauma is brought to light, and together they must grapple with mortality and forgiveness.

A grieving stoner returns to his suburban Massachusetts hometown to dogsit and becomes entangled in a cat-and-mouse game with an enigmatic middle school acquaintance.

Q&A Session

1:35 – 1:50

BORDERLAND BRUTALITY

After the mysterious disappearance of his sister, Manu roams the city, convinced that she may have been abducted by aliens.

A mysterious fish woman flees from her exploiters who keep her in a fish tank.

Sicarios issue an ultimatum to merchants who can’t pay their protection tax.

When an American journalist hires Chino to travel to a dangerous area, an encounter with illegal gold miners causes Chino’s life on the river to unravel.

Q&A Session

4:10 – 4:25

PROBLEM CHILDREN

A new father going through a transformation.

Hey, Viktor! is a sharp, self-aware comedy where Cody Lightning (Smoke Signals) plays a fictionalized version of himself trying to find his identity.

Q&A Session

6:20 – 6:35

AWARD SHOW

6:35 – 7:10

Bengal Lobby

In 1967, anxiety-ridden secretary Beverly (B.) escapes her traditional life in San Francisco by buying a Mustang and discreetly robbing a string of banks in the Sacramento Valley, but when she impulsively picks up a hitchhiking teenager, B.’s new identity begins to crack.

Emily Sandifer is an Idahoan who’s made a living for herself in LA as a photographer. Join us in a discussion about how to make the move from Idaho to LA.

A doc about celebrity chef and workaholic Chris Ford.

Q&A Session

11:45 – 12:00

EQUATORIAL ENGIMAS

In a van traveling a funeral procession, Rosa suspects infidelity between her husband Everardo and her sister Cecilia, both of whom are present and uncomfortable.

Amos relives the conversations he had with his late friend, Vogel.

Lost in the vast Southern California desert, Josh wakes alone after a night with a mysterious Cowboy.

Q&A Session

1:00-1:15

PARoDY HILARITY

When Mae Murphy, the president of the New Mexico Long-Handled Tool Association, learns a member bought a leaf blower, a forbidden tool, she calls an emergency meeting to decide whether it counts as a long-handled tool—offering a glimpse inside the organization’s quirky inner workings.

In this nostalgic and heartfelt comedy, an exasperated older brother celebrates his birthday with the person he loves the most—his whiny, obnoxious little sister.

Between contemplates the weight of loss and the quiet ways it lingers.

In this 1950s sitcom-turned-horror short, Lucy has an established relationship with The Devil, performing small acts of mischief for him from time to time in order to maintain a perfect life.

While trying to propose to his girlfriend, Raymond’s plans are interrupted by a group of Mormon missionaries.

In this dark comedy horror, a hungry man finds a simple solution to stop his abusive girlfriend and her dog from interrupting his lunch.

An intimate skeleton story.

Electric music video.

A man thinks he’s alone, but is he?

A young woman with more id than ego meets the man of her dreams.

While traveling for work, Ms. Rossi gets picked up by the wrong driver at the airport.

Q&A Session

2:45 – 3:00

INSPIRING ARTISTS

Andrea “Drea” Stoney, a down-on-her-luck poet, finds herself at her grandmother’s repass, along with her seditty larger-than-life family.

A lifelong cello player founds a unique group to build music education and community in Pocatello, Idaho.

“Born For This” chronicles the inspiring journey of Tia Bee Stokes, a mother of five who, while battling cancer, danced for 15 minutes every day, turning her fight into a powerful testament of resilience and hope.

Q&A Session

4:15 – 4:30

Forces of Nature

Set in the mountains of Aspen, Colorado, 80 for 80 follows Niklaus Kuhn—a Swiss adventurer with his sights set on hiking Highland Bowl 80 times in one season, all leading up to his 80th birthday.

Once a man burdened by a troubled past, Terry’s life was transformed by an unlikely friendship with Willy, a 22-foot oceanic manta ray. Now in his 80s, he goes on a quest to find Willy one last time.

Q&A Session

6:15 – 6:30

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