Below is a program of films that will premiere on May 5th at the Brattle Theatre.
All screening times are approximate.
Honoring The 2020 & 2021 Thesis Films
Screening 12:30pm | 25m
We take time to congratulate the classes of 2020 & 2021, who were denied a thesis screening due to the pandemic. They made amazing films during challenging times, which you can see at watch.lucadfilm.com
Lois Lockhead: Killer Whale Killer
by Ben Feldman
Screening 12:55pm | 12m
The top of the food chain.
Silenced Souls
by Hannah Krantz
Screening 1:07pm | 7m
Silenced Souls is a heart wrenching, historical documentary about the Fernald State School told through Loraine Kolbe. Imagine being very young, driving up to a grand entrance, and getting dropped off by your parents who you’ll never see again; this was the experience for all who entered Fernald. In a 2000s interview with Loraine, she goes into as much detail as she can about the lies, secrets, and trauma she had to endure while living at Hell on Earth.
Overmedicated
by Kendall Blanchette
Screening 1:14pm | 10m
Sunflower
by Tam Anh Bui
Screening 1:24pm | 5m
A short film follows a little girl’s journey into a busy open market on her own with a goal: to get her mother flowers. An interaction between her and the florist then reveals her actual concern.
Pinched
by Kieran Rowe
Screening 1:29pm | 9m
How hard will they pinch to keep you in?
Artifice
a Junior Studio film
Screening 1:38pm | 12m
Baba is an immigrant Uber driver facing deportation if he is unable to come up with $10,000 for an immigration lawyer. When he picks up an art dealer for a ride, Baba discovers a drastic solution to his desperate situation.
Sawdust Transmission
by Jeff Dubay
Screening 1:50pm | 6m
An American narcocorrido following Pancho and Lefty, Saint Dymphna, Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Oklahoma City.
A Vital Form
by Meg Scribner
Screening 1:56pm | 7m
Slims
by Thomas Tague-Bleau
Screening 2:03pm | 12m
Nick and Bobby decide to ditch their small hometown together, hoping to find themselves in a bigger city. On their journey of identity and discovery across the country, truths that have been hidden come out.
Intermission
Screening 2:15pm | 10m
Time to get more popcorn, stretch your legs & get excited for more films!
Skewed
by Haley Hebert
Screening 2:25pm | 10m
Three Sorority Sisters get invited to a murderous sleepover… Who will live? And who will die?
Misery Loves Company
a Junior Studio film
Screening 2:35pm | 13m
Henry the recovering alcoholic is placed alone in a bunker to escape the apocalypse, told that company will be along soon. After a couple of days of isolation, the door finally opens, he finally has company… but who is it? None other than Joe, the man who had an affair with his wife and is now the stepfather of his daughter. Will Henry and Joe find a way to get along and see eye to eye? Or will they kill each other in the process?
Inner City Dreams
by Breanna Flattes
Screening 2:48pm | 4m
After the passing of his Mother, Miles returns to his family home reflecting on the memories held there.
Someone Knows Something
by Gina Foley
Screening 2:52pm | 9m
A documentary exploring the complex case of Sandra Crispo, a beloved Massachusetts mother and grandmother who has been missing without a trace for two years.
Parricidium
by Ash O’Neill
Screening 3:01pm | 12m
Rory, haunted by the murder of her brother, leaves everything behind to avenge him in an unforgiving, post-societal world.
Late
by Morgan Elliott
Screening 3:13pm | 9m
Strangers, April and Adam meet in a cemetery and discover that the person whose grave they have come to visit was their mutual lover. Through this chance meeting, the two learn how to help each other cope with the loss of a loved one.
Return To Sender
by Louis DiGiulian
Screening 3:22pm | 10m
This multimedia, surrealist romcom follows Teddy, the sweet neighborhood mailman, and William, a peculiar boy on his route as they awkwardly navigate the beginnings of a relationship. The two finally decide to go out on a date, only for Teddy to receive a notice that he is soon to be reincarnated. In an odd atmospheric place between life and death we watch these two spend the little time they have left together.
Squeaky Clean
by Aidan Hatch
Screening 3:32pm | 6m
Late Shift
by Liam Sivertsen
Screening 3:38pm | 9m
Two average joes are working the late shift at a library when a vampire arrives with dubious intentions.
I Am The Same
by Michael Cook
Screening 3:47 | 6m
A man wakes in darkness, forced to confront his fading memories.