The 2024 Media Film Festival will take place across two weeks
March 29th and 30th at the Media Towne House
and April 4th-6th at the Media Theatre

Matinee:  3:00 - 5:00 PM
Stall (MACFI) - A foreign exchange high school student is introduced to a harsh American reality.
7:47 United States
Director: Anastasia Wren Lauer
Producer: Michelangelo Bellini
Writer: Anastasia Wren Lauer
Key Cast: Jenny Peralta, Savannah Schmidt, George Bostwick, Kezia Wolf, Harper O'Neil
Executive Producers: Hezekiah Lewis, Darryl Ridgeway
Associate Producer: Caleb Lucky
Assistant Director: Pilar Puig
Editor: Michaelangelo Bellini
Cinematographer: Andrew Mlynarski
Assistant Cinematographers: Nolan Carey, Michelangelo Bellini
Production Assistant: Richard Williams

The Table (MACFI) - A favorite restaurant table tells the stories of the lives of their customers.
14:35 United States
Director: Hanna McGhee
Producer: Caleb Lucky, Luca Bevilacqua, Sarah Liebman
Writer: Anastasia Wren Lauer, Hannah McGhee, Luca Bevilacqua, Sarah Liebman
Key Cast: John Atkinson, Sarah Scarborough, Alex Hamel, Sien Bevilacqua, Jimmy Reardon, Alyssa Johnston, Mary Dennis
Assistant Director: Anastasia Wren Lauer
Executive Producers: Hezekiah Lewis, Darryl Ridgeway
Associate Producer: Caleb Lucky
Cinematographer: Nolan Carey
Assistant Cinematographer: Xachary Johnson
Editor: Nolan Carey
Assistant Editors: Luca Bevilacqua, Hanna McGhee
Sound: Siena and Luca Bevilacqua
Gaffer: Xachary Johnson
Special Thanks To Spassos Italian Grill

The Middleman (MACFI) - Friendship is tested by a life altering event.
21:02 United States
Director: Sean Downes
Producer: Natalie Amos, Baleigh Rhodes
Key Cast: Sean Downes, Zachary Amos, Luca Bevilacqua
Executive Producers: Hezekiah Lewis, Darryl Ridgeway
Associate Producer: Caleb Luckey
Assistant Directors: Arya Gohel, Lucy Anserson
Cinematographer: Michaelangelo Bellini
Assistant Camera: Drew Mlynarski
Editors: Michelangelo Bellini, Arya Gohel, Mikayl Core
Composer: Zachary Amos
Production Sound Mixer: Michaelangelo Bellini
Boom Operator: Mikayla Core

Enter the Room - A young adult (Brian) is visited by his brother, Jeremy, who needs a place to stay as he settles into his new city. The two polar opposite personalities begin to clash as Jeremy's presence poses a threat to Brian's way of life.
15:00 United States
Director: Harry Waldman
Producer: Lance Eliot Adams, Harry Waldman
Writer: Harry Waldman
Key Cast: Peter Mastne, Rich Holton
Cinematography: Lance Eliot Adams
Assistant Director: Mohamed Nazar
Graphic Designer: Erik Perez
Storyboard Artist: Bruce Waldman
Boom Operator/Sound Mixer: Cody Adams, Chris Colabella
Film Editor: Harry Waldman
Gaffer: Harry Waldman
Colorist: Tom Rovak
Production Assistant: William Ray

Blackphobia - Blackphobia is an Afro-surrealistic, dramatic film that takes a satirical look at race and culture in America from the vantage point of a white police officer. This disillusioned officer must undergo a psychological examination to determine his level of competency before he is allowed to return to duty after an altercation with a young black man.
18:57 United States
Director: David D Jones
Producer: Jameelia Drinks, David D Jones, Nick Clement, Michael Sammaciccia
Writer: David D Jones
Key Cast: Frank Volpe, Tierra Goode
 
Ensemble - An acting class demonstrates the horrors of society.
9:11 United States
Director: Ethan McKellar
Writer: Ethan McKellar
Producer: Ethan McKellar, Will Schmid
Key Cast: Maria Gerding, Victor Colasurdo
 
World of Hurt - HOW MEDICAL MALPRACTICE FAILS EVERYONE
A compelling documentary that examines the devastating impact of medical malpractice on patients, doctors, and society as a whole.
30:00 United States
Director: Viknesh Saravanan Kasthuri, Alexander Si-Yuan Homer
Producer: Mark Francis Brady
Editor: Katie DeRoche

Evening:  7:00 - 9:15 PM
The Last Snow - Everything can disappear, like the fall of the last snowflake.
3:35 Iran
Director: Shayan Naghibi
Producer: Paria Latifi
Writer: Shayan Naghibi
Sound Designer: Amirhosein Boorian
Poster Designer : Amirhosein Boorian
Maquette : Mohammad Bahri

Waves - When a woman tries to escape her grief, she finds the only way out is through.
6:27 United States
Director: Jessica Graham
Producer: Mia Siracusa
Writer: Mia Siracusa, Ben Del Vecchio
Key Cast: Mia Siracusa
Story Editor: Jennifer Howd

Misprint - When a reformed criminal receives a cry for help from his former partner in crime, he finds himself back in the game with no way out but through.
19:58 United States
Director: Adam Volerich Producer: Brenden Hubbard, Darcy Trunzo, Jefferson White, Adam Volerich Writer: Adam Volerich, C.D. Carpenter Key Cast: Jefferson White, Kim Fischer

World's Strongest Bro - Friends push their limits, both physically and socially, to create the ultimate, backyard strongman and beer drinking event.
13:24 United States
Director: Mark Scheetz
Producer: Dave Simione
 
Barely Recognizable - A reunion between estranged siblings grows tense as secrets are revealed.
22:12 United States
Director: Francesco Battaglia
Producer: Francesco Battaglia, Easton Angle
Writer: Francesco Battaglia
Key Cast: Lauren La Vera, David M. Raine, Mack Velle, Kayla Anthony, Caitlin Riley

The Setup - An obsessive-compulsive waiter must memorize a list of overly-complicated menu specials before his party arrives.
8:40 United States
Director: Kavita Parekh
Key Cast: Jim deProphetis, Renee Claire Bergeron
Writer & Producer: Jim deProphetis
Cinematographer & Editor: Katy Frame
Assistant Director: Paulina Knaak
Sound Mixer: Ian Hunter
Assistant Gaffer/Camera: Alexandra McDowell
Art Director: Daniel Ciochina
Production Assistant: Calvin Ryerse

Hope - They were taken from their homeland and forced to migrate! The geography was different, the religion was different, the nation was different, but their fate was the same.
8:56 Turkey
Director: Volkan Gi̇rgi̇n
Producer: Volkan Gi̇rgi̇n, Sedef Pehli̇vanoğlu Gi̇rgi̇n
Writer: Volkan Gi̇rgi̇n
Key Cast: Ayşe Tufan, Ebru Kara, Natali̇ya Güven, Sedef Pehli̇vanoğlu, Gün Akinci, Fati̇h Sevdi̇, Berfu Aydoğan, Taj Sher Yakup
 
In Wonderland - Nina, a resilient, and tenacious 8-year-old Mexican girl is granted asylum in the U.S. and forced to stay in the custody of her estranged aunt, Carmen. Nina initially rejects her new family and escapes inside the fantasy world of her book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
13:48 United States
Director: Andrea Camacho McCracken
Producer: Shuqi Li, Brenden Hubbard
Writer: Andrea Camacho McCracken, Nora Alameddin
Key Cast: Elizabeth Phoenix Caro, Gabriela Coro, Moises Chavez, Gloria Laino

Seating for these special events is limited. We recommend purchasing your tickets in advance. Discounts available when buying 3 or more tickets (across either/both weekends!)
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