Screening room 1 Schedule – 5th December

24/11/2024 By Film Fest Webteam

Screening room 1
5th December

The Martini Shot 11am 90 minutes
This postmodern existential drama follows Steve, an ailing movie director, as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. Inspired by his belief that he is the only real element in his universe, Steve’s extreme commitment to realism blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality. What begins as a film celebrating his life develops into a fascinating exploration of mortality and one’s profound effect on the world.


The Ocean – Five Years 12.40 40 minutes
5th December

Five years after the death of his older brother Ryan, composer and Slippery Rock University Senior, Brett McCutcheon, introduces the hauntingly emotional, 5-Track EP “The Ocean – Five Years.” Written in collaboration with friend, June Bracken,


Screening room 1
5th of December
1.30pm
Because i love you 15 minutes
Marco and Joanna enjoy an electric marriage, until Marco is witness to a series of events that lead him to suspect Joanna is having an affair with a co-worker. Starring Bob Celli (Gotham), Jennifer Plotzke (Blacklist), Dave Roberts (Blue Bloods), and Melissa Joyner (The Morning Show)


Blood on the Ancient Vine 85 minutes
2pm
5th of December

Two wine connoisseur’s embark on a mission to discover and procure the finest wine in Spain and Portugal while learning of the history and culture of Iberian wine told by a world renowned historian and Vice Chancellor of the Royal Confraternity of Medieval Wines

Directed by
Edwin E Brochin


Tornando Casa ( Coming Home)

Room 1 5th December
15 minutes
3.40pm

Recognizable for his numerous black and white portraits, Joseph Cardo is an Italian fashion photographer.
Still a teenager, fascinated by the covers of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, he began to study photography as a self-taught artist, educating himself in analog.
This passion soon turned into a true vocation and, in 1994, Joseph left his native Puglia for Milan.
Here he began to refine his technique and experiment with the suggestions absorbed during the study of great masters such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton.


Screening room 1
4pm
“It is the beginning of my time” 80 minutes

it says right at the start of the film. The Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro (98) sees one of his early works again after 60 years and takes the audience on a journey full of memories and full of craftsmanship precision. The protagonist of the film is the relief “L’ Inizio del Tempo”.


5,30pm
Meet Me At The Baptistery 83 minutes
In the days leading up to a destination wedding, a couple is forced to confront their failing relationship against the romantic backdrop of a Tuscan summer.


69 parts 7pm 5th December
Director 80 minutes
Ari Taub

Jack is a down and out struggling law student desperate for a loan to pay his school tuition. An Irishman with questionable business practices, has the cash Jack needs to pay off his tuition, but that loan comes with a steep and treacherous price.