Join us for the 14th annual Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival this spring! The festival will exhibit over 30 films from around the globe that will compete for a variety of awards that range in genre, production, performance, and audience categories. Each film selected for exhibition and competition will be screened in one theater over the course of seven days. Judges will experience each film for the first time along with the audience and moderate Q&A’s with attending filmmakers.

Roger + Short Selections:

Roger:

Feature Documentary
Director: Ben Shweky
Country of Origin: France
Language: French (English Subtitles)

Story of a French painter whose life and art parallels much of contemporary France. From the revolutions in North Africa to the quiet countryside of Provence, he’s seen it all. Now, despite being alone, diabetic, in his nineties and nearly completely blind, he creates more work than ever before.

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Favorite Things:

Short Narrative
Director: Michael Paris Stone
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English

Two companions reflect on their past, present and future relationship through repetitive phrasing and a series of vignettes.

Or, The Whale:

Short Narrative
Director: Mark Kiefer
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English

The not entirely true story of how the American edition of Herman Melville’s famous epic got its unusually awkward, and ridiculously over punctuated, full title.

Caught on Tape:

Short Narrative
Directors: Alexander Jeffery & Chris Alan Evans
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English

When Finn can’t get a word out in front of his high school crush, his playground pals convince him that watching a porno tape will solve all his problems.

Mississippi Mud: A Natural History of the BluesNo Virtual Option Available:

Short Documentary
Director: Phil Duncan
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English

Comprised of interviews with Mississippi musicians, historians, and river guides and featuring historic archival images, Mississippi Mud: A Natural History of the Blues explores the relationship between the ecology of the Mississippi Delta and the creation of the genre of blues music.

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