Weyauwega International Film Festival

Schedule of Events

12:00 PM - Wisconsin Shorts Group One

The Inhabitants
Runtime: 17 minutes
Director: Tate Bunker, Shana McCaw, Brent Budsberg

Pete's Castle
Runtime: 19 minutes
Director: Nate Sheppard

Nightmare
Runtime: 16 minutes
Director: Lillian Slivinski

Slug Season
Runtime: 14 minutes
Director: Bowdie Bentz

Paint the City 2
Runtime: 19 minutes
Director: Len Borruso

The Stone Carver
Runtime: 17 minutes
Director: Jeff Blankenship

2:15 PM - Wisconsin Shorts Group Two

A Close Call with Ghosts
Runtime: 13 minutes
Director: Craig Anthony Knitt, Josyln F., Frankie R.

Unified
Runtime: 4 minutes
Director: Luke Bassuener

Swept Off
Runtime: 22 minutes
Director: Melonie Gartner

Lincoln National
Runtime: 10 minutes
Director: Lee Odeja

A Lost Page
Runtime: 13 minutes
Director: Matt Osowski

The Surgeon
Runtime: 6 minutes
Director: Michael Taylor O'Reilly

On Paper
Runtime: 16 minutes
Director: Arthur Helterbran, Jr

Good Stuff
Runtime: 12 minutes
Director: Ethan Kulinski

4:30 PM - The Best of Us

A rural Wisconsin community deals with death, family, and generational transitions told through the eyes of the volunteer fire department.

Runtime: 71 minutes
Director: Benjamin Cook

6:00 PM - Bad River

BAD RIVER, narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton; written and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio; and produced by Grant Hill (Owner of the Atlanta Hawks) and Allison Abner (writer for Narcos, West Wing and descendant of the Stockbridge Munsee Band), is a new documentary film which chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and its ongoing fight for sovereignty, a story which unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience which includes a David vs. Goliath battle to save Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. An aging pipeline is threatening the Bad River Band reservation in northern Wisconsin.

Runtime: 88 minutes
Director: Mary Mazzio

7:45 PM - Freedom, Wisconsin

Freedom, Wisconsin is a coming-of-age story about a young woman who has experienced a great deal of loss during her lifetime while growing up in small-town Wisconsin. She is introduced to a struggling writer from the big city who disrupts her routine and becomes a catalyst for her journey to self-discovery.

Runtime: 73 minutes
Director: Molly Preston

9:00 PM - Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday takes place two years after a major viral outbreak. We follow the daily routine of John, a man living in a remote cabin in the middle of the woods. He lost his entire family to the virus on his daughter's birthday. Having never been able to let go of the events of that day, John repeats the same actions of wearing the same clothing, eating the same food and baking the same birthday cake. When another human shows up at his door step, John is forced to face that day and deal with the feelings he has been trying to avoid. But is this stranger a savior or a threat?

Runtime: 70 minutes
Director: Joseph A Mauro, Ezekiel N Drews

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