(Thriller) USA - 86 minutes Filmmaker in attendance
Writer/Director: Paul Osborne Producer: Jonathan Brown, Joe Pezzula Cast: Patrick Day, Alev Aydin, Bonnie Root, Melora Hardin, Eddie Jemison, Marion Kerr, Dawn Brodey
A young man discovers the woman he's been sleeping with is married a notorious low-level crime boss. Worried that this gangster will at some point discover the affair and kill him, the young man decides to reveal his transgression upfront and beg for forgiveness. The ploy works, and the pair form a very unusual, and ultimately dangerous, friendship.
Wednesday March 6, 2019 6:10pm - 7:37pm CST
Aksarben Cinema - #32110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
Writer/Director: Sean McGinly Producer: Heath Ryan, Peter Bobrow, Thomas Scott Stanton, Martin Starr Cast: Martin Starr, Deborah Ann Woll, Fred Melamed
Silver Lake is a story set in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles about Nathan, a writer, who is caught between the odd world of his eccentric friends and the more stable world of his girlfriend and her young children.
Wednesday March 6, 2019 8:30pm - 10:05pm CST
Aksarben Cinema - #32110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
Director: John Stimpson Writer/Producer: Geoffrey Taylor & John Stimpson Cast: Roger Bart, Tom Riley, Shannyn Sossamon, Danielle Campbell, Carol Kane, Cary Elwes
A dark comedy about the absurd but seriously regarded superstitions of the theater, specifically those surrounding Shakespeare’s Macbeth. When a disgruntled understudy tempts fate by uttering the forbidden name of the Scottish king on stage, the sorcery of the Bard’s witches overwhelms the production leading to chaos, misfortune and death.
Thursday March 7, 2019 8:25pm - 10:07pm CST
Aksarben Cinema - #52110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
Director/Producer: Cyrus Mirakhor Writer: Carey Crim Cast: Myndy Crist, Jo Koy, Carolina Lagerfelt, Paige Searcy, Paul Stroili, and James Denton
A widowed mortician, struggling with agoraphobia, is given a birthday gift from her mother and daughter as a joke. The gift, a life-size male doll named Pedro, goes from funny to fantastical, complicating her ties with her family as well as a budding relationship with a documentary Filmmaker.
Friday March 8, 2019 6:05pm - 7:41pm CST
Aksarben Cinema - #52110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
Director: Gregory Dixon Writer: McKenzie Chinn Producer: Lucy Lola Manda, Sarah Sharp, Elliott Lonsdale, Gregory Dixon, McKenzie Chinn Cast: McKenzie Chinn, Charles Andrew Gardner, Ericka Ratcliff, LaNisa Frederick, Sadieh Rifai
Chicago writer-actor McKenzie Chinn stars as a struggling artist, navigating work and romance in the Windy City. When her boyfriend asks her to drop everything and move cross-country, she soon discovers that she might be the biggest obstacle to her own happiness. Featuring quirky animation and a revelatory central performance, Olympia is a sensitive and humorous look at the challenges of embracing adulthood.
Friday March 8, 2019 8:25pm - 9:57pm CST
Aksarben Cinema - #62110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
(Drama, Romance, Thriller) USA - 93 minutes Filmmaker in attendance
Writer/Director: R.D. Womack II Producer: Radhika Womack p.g.a., R.D. Womack II p.g.a. Cast: Aleksander Ristic, Marcus Johns, Angela Nordeng, Nick Moss, Phil LaMarr
Aaron, a petty criminal from the wrong side of the tracks teams with his girlfriend's brother to rob a pawn shop. When the robbery goes south he barricades himself in a rest stop bathroom triggering a standoff with the police. As his reality slowly unstitches Aaron struggles to balance his unfaltering love for Laura with the inevitability of his situation. Featuring commanding performances from Aleksander Ristic, Angela Nordeng, and Marcus Johns, IN THIS GRAY PLACE is a memorable, beautiful story of a desperate man clashing with destiny.
Saturday March 9, 2019 6:00pm - 7:41pm CST
Aksarben Cinema - #52110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
Writer/Director: Rachel Carey Producer: Cait Cortelyou, Josh Folan, Caroline Hirsch Cast: Cody Horn, Cait Cortelyou, Sarah Ramos, Sarah Steele, Ben Rappaport, Alison Wright
Based on real events, Ask for Jane tells the story of a group of young college women who developed an underground abortion network that helped over 11,000 women get illegal abortions in Chicago between 1969 and 1973.
Saturday March 9, 2019 8:00pm - 9:59pm CST
Aksarben Cinema - #62110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
(drama) USA/Mexico - 82 minutes Filmmaker in attendance
Writer/Director: Richard Levien Producer: Jesse Garcia, Vincent Cortez, Frazer Bradshaw, Richard Levien, Zareen Poonen Levien, Chad Burris, Adam Keker, Tamas Bojtor, Pascal Demko Cast: Jesse Garcia, Izabella Alvarez, Jason Garcia, Ana De La Reguera
Twelve-year-old Itan’s promising life in San Francisco is turned upside down when she comes home from school, with her younger brother, to find her apartment ransacked and her mother taken away by immigration police. Suddenly she must rely on her estranged uncle, a big rig truck driver. Itan manipulates him into taking them across the country in his truck, trying to find her mother and stop her deportation.
Saturday March 9, 2019 8:30pm - 9:52pm CST
Aksarben Cinema - #52110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
Director: Maja Zdanowski Writer: Paul St. Amand, Maja Zdanowski Producer: Maja Zdanowski, Paul St. Amand, Jesse Norsworthy Cast: Marc Senior, Bilal Oliver, Melissa Roxburgh, Steven Roberts, John Cassini
In God I Trust is a film about the intense and unpredictable realities of race and religion in America. Inspired by true events, the movie follows three characters and three storylines that all come together during a random encounter in a small Northern Idaho town. The film wastes no time testing the lines between anger, redemption, and revenge in today’s politically divided and socially tribal environment. What really makes these true-to-life characters tick is highlighted by suspense that keeps the audience guessing from the opening credits.
Sunday March 10, 2019 11:50am - 1:27pm CDT
Aksarben Cinema - #62110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
Kino Sum Productions Writer/Director: Gillian McKercher Producer: Guillaume Carlier, Robyn Ho, Gillian McKercher Cast: Chantelle Han, Duncan Ollerenshaw, Tina Lameman
Amidst an oil and gas crash, chemical engineer Wendy Fong (Chantelle Han) is new to Paloma North and unsure of the future she worked so hard for. As rumors of layoffs begin to circulate in her small, isolated team, her monotonous routine crumbles, giving way to ambivalence. Long days in the field and long nights alone begin to take their toll. With support, and often-questionable guidance from her coworkers, Wendy must navigate personal ethics and corporate interest within Canada’s most controversial industry.
Sunday March 10, 2019 2:00pm - 3:26pm CDT
Aksarben Cinema - #62110 S 67th St, Omaha, NE
