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Quality Scary Presents LILLARD FAIR 2023: Thirteen Ghosts
Empowering Lillards and Lillard lovers everywhere, this screening will have musical performances and a very special guest… we really mean it this time.
Smomid (FREE)
Smomid is a project by Nick Demopoulos, who is a performer, musician and instrument builder. Smomid only utilizes instruments he has designed and built to perform interactive computer music.
Family Fun Short Films (FREE)
Stop in anytime from 9:30 AM to 4 PM! Selections include: Catch, Tadada, Secret Mission, Same Old, Photocopier & Cat, Balloom, Louis’ Shoes, Shine on Us
Closing Night Feature: Hayseed
*DIRECTOR AND CAST & CREW IN ATTENDANCE* After the shocking death of a small-town reverend, insurance investigator Leo Hobbins (Bill Sage) arrives at Emmaus Holy and interviews the church secretary, Darlene Halsey (Ismenia Mendes). Against his better judgement, Hobbins agrees to help Darlene find the actual cause of the reverend’s death.
‘Reality Benders’ Shorts
*FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE* Selections include: Regression, It Dawns the Longest Night, Your Friend, Anne, Amina, The Voice in Isabel Fleiss’s Office, The Chosen One, It’s a Dog, Caroline on the Roof
Closing Night Feature: Soft
Taking place over one summer, three adolescent queer friends become enraptured in the nightlife scene of underbelly Toronto, but their bond is tested when a friend of one of them goes missing.
Kumina Queen
*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* Imogene “Queenie” Kennedy was a contemporary priestess in post-colonial Jamaica who catapulted her African spiritual practice into renown. But after centuries of erasure, what remains of the dance between the living and the dead? Screens with the short films The Mud on Their Hands and Eat Pomegranate with Khalid Ibrahim
The Banality
*FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE* A small town reels from the sudden and mysterious death of “Feral Boy,” a local legend since his discovery in the woods as a child. Father Moss, a priest with a loose grip on the faith, attempts to counsel the forlorn couple that raised the boy. Starring Sherman Augustus (Stranger Things 4, Into the Badlands). Screens with the short film Spiritual Warfare
First Voice Generation
*DIRECTOR AND CAST & CREW IN ATTENDANCE* This documentary follows the stories of three Latinx high school students in Holland, MI. They struggle with a sense of identity and belonging growing up in this predominantly Dutch community because they are a child of Mexican immigrants. Screens with the short film Brenda’s Story: From Undocumented to Documented
AFI Shorts (FREE)
*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* Selections include: Work, Picture Day, Fernanda, Bite, Redondo, Hysterical