Acid Test
A teenage girl drops acid and goes home to her parents, sparking a hallucinogenic family meltdown.
14 minutes
Directed by Jennifer Waldo
Narrative Shorts Block: “To Be Free”
11:00 am Saturday, October 20, 2018
Big River Theater
A Fine Line
Well-known women chefs and restaurateurs describe the challenges they faced on their way to celebrated careers in an industry where fewer than 7% of restaurants are helmed by female chefs or owners. The film focuses on the story of Valerie James – the director’s mother – who’s a small-town restaurateur and single mom on a mission to do what she loves, while raising two kids with the odds stacked against her.
72 minutes
Directed by Joanna James
11:00 am Saturday, October 20th, 2018
WideSpot Performing Arts
El Aguacate
Coworkers Rosa and Raul always take their lunch breaks together, sharing Rosa’s homemade dishes and an avocado from Raul’s tree. With hopes of companionship and possibly of love, Raul finally gets the courage to ask Rosa for a date. But when the day finally arrives, unexpected tragedy occurs.
11 minutes
Directed by Darwin Serink
Narrative Shorts Block: “To Be Free”
11:00 am Saturday, October 20, 2018
Big River Theater
Amateurs
In this Swedish comedy/drama, a city council initiative to create a promotional video for their small industrial town prompts two teenage schoolgirls to create their own rival project. But while the council’s puff piece tries to airbrush out any hint of poverty and remove any non-white people from the frame, the phone footage opus created by the teenagers captures the true spirit of the community, for better and for worse. ScreenDaily calls it “a feisty delight, combining fizzing energy with finely-crafted characters and a light-footed approach.”
110 minutes
Directed by Gabriela Pichler
1:30 pm Saturday, October 20th, 2018
WideSpot Performing Arts
Cartoons and Cereal
Sidewalk Film Festival presents Cartoons & Cereal at the Flyway! 90 Minutes FREE ADMISSION Each year, the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama (which, like Flyway, is one of MovieMaker Magazine's "25 Coolest Film Festivals") compiles an awesome selection of 1980's and 90's cartoons and vintage Saturday morning commercials. And this year, because we asked nicely, they're sharing this family-friendly program with the Flyway! To accompany the screening there will be a free cereal bar, because what else are you going to eat on a Saturday morning while watching cartoons? Bring the kids! Fun for all ages!
90 minutes
11:00 am Saturday, October 20, 2018
Minema
FREE! No tickets required!
Augenblicke
A woman walks home at night. She is overwhelmed from behind by a stranger. Three perceptions of only one truth: hers, his and ours.
4 minutes
Directed by Kiana Naghshineh
Late Night Shorts Block: “We Are In a Dream”
9:00 pm Saturday, October 20, 2018
WideSpot Performing Arts
Beneath The Ink
As society's belief systems are changing or even reverting in time, Ohio artist Billy Joe White is challenging his community by saying, "Bring me your mistakes." The film is a timely look at hate and racism in one Appalachian community that reveals heartfelt stories of change and redemption.
13 minutes
Directed by Cy Dodson
Documentary Shorts Block: “In Our World”
1:30 pm Saturday, October 20, 2018
Minema
*Director attending!
Café de Temporada
Four Nicaraguan kids move to a Costa Rican coffee farm with their families to work during their summer break. They spend the majority of their day helping their parents pick and sort coffee, but their adventurous spirit takes them on unusual breaks.
13 minutes
Directed by Luisa Santos
Documentary Shorts Block: “In Our World”
1:30 pm Saturday, October 20, 2018
Minema
Catherine
A tragic comedy of a sweet little girl who grows up to be a crazy old cat lady.
12 minutes
Directed by Britt Raes
Late Night Shorts Block: “We Are In a Dream”
9:00 pm Saturday, October 20, 2018
WideSpot Performing Arts
Decoding the Driftless
This brand new documentary takes you on a wild ride through the air, across rugged landscapes, through a secret underworld, and across time itself to explore and decipher ancient clues of our own "Driftless Region" -- a unique ecosystem found only in parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Cinematography by six-time Emmy-winning wildlife photographer Neil Rettig.
62 minutes
Directed by Jonas Stenstrom
Local Issues Block: “This Land”
11:00 am Sunday, October 21, 2018
Minema
*Producers attending!
Don't Get Trouble in Your Mind: The Carolina Chocolate Drops Story
Ranging from the historical to the deeply personal, this documentary tells the story of three African-American musicians from the hip-hop generation who embraced a traditional 19th-century folk genre and took it to Grammy-winning heights. Minnesota director (and Wisconsin native) Whitehead followed the band from their meteoric rise through their breakup, making for an emotionally satisfying journey as well as a spectacular musical one.
83 minutes
Directed by John Whitehead
6:30 pm Saturday, October 20, 2018
Minema
*Director attending!
End of the Line
Oscar-nominated, Sundance and Cannes winner Jessica Sanders based this short on writer Aimee Bender's surrealist short story about a lonely man who goes to the pet store and buys a tiny man in a cage. Starring Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory, Florence Foster Jenkins) and Brett Gelman (Stranger Things, Lemon).
15 minutes
Directed by Jessica Sanders
Late Night Shorts Block: “We Are In a Dream”
9:00 pm Saturday, October 20, 2018
WideSpot Performing Arts
Exposure
As the love between two women sours, each sets off on a journey of self-reflection and contemplation. Jo (Geerteke van Lierop), a photographer, heads to Wisconsin to revisit the scenes where she took portrait shots of Rachel on a previous trip. Rachel (Erica Anderson) stays in Portugal where the two women lived, revisiting her favorite empty beach, searching for peace. The film is an exploration of memory and perception based on a simple, relatable event: a breakup.
Much of the film was shot in Pepin, Stockholm, and other areas of Western Wisconsin with the help of local cast and crew. Danish director Kristjan Knigge began creating the film here after the premiere of his feature "Second Honeymoon" at the 2016 Flyway Film Festival.
52 minutes
Directed by Kristjan Knigge
4:00 pm Sunday, October 21, 2018
Minema
*Director attending!
Family Happiness
The Wells orphans, Romilly and Fiona, are having a family gathering -- just the two of them. A former pop idol is selling religious paraphernalia outside Romilly’s building. Fiona has an older boyfriend who wants her to be home before he takes his sleeping pill and she doesn’t miss their dad. In short: they’re a mess.
15 minutes
Directed by Alice Englert
Narrative Shorts Block: “To Be Free”
11:00 am Saturday, October 20, 2018
Big River Theater
Farmer of the Year
After selling the Minnesota family farm, 82-year-old Hap Anderson (Barry Corbin) feels old and in the way. He tries to recapture his youth by setting out to attend his 65th WWII reunion in California, road-tripping with his unemployed granddaughter (Mackinlee Waddell) in a dilapidated Winnebago while desperately trying to find a date to impress his old army buddies. Co-writer/director Swanson is from Tyler, Minnesota, where the film was shot.
103 minutes
Directed by Kathy Swanson and Vince O'Connell
6:30 pm Saturday, Ocobert 20, 2018
Big River Theater
*Special guest attending!
First Generation
A short that explores the boundaries of self-expression and what it is like growing up in America as a first generation Asian American in the late 90's.
9 minutes
Directed by Jeannie Nguyen
Narrative Shorts Block: “To Be Free”
11:00 am Saturday, October 20, 2018
Big River Theater
The Future is Bright
In 1979, a local newscaster prepares to cover an anti-KKK protest in Greensboro, NC and realizes that she may never be ready for the events to come.
10 minutes
Directed by Courtney Powell
Narrative Shorts Block: “To Be Free”
11:00 am Saturday, October 20, 2018
Big River Theater
Hair Wolf
In a black hair salon in gentrifying Brooklyn, the local residents fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.
12 minutes
Directed by Mariama Diallo
Late Night Shorts Block: “We Are In a Dream”
9:00 pm Saturday, October 20, 2018
WideSpot Performing Arts