2022 SCHEDULE
Thursday 9|01
5-6pm -- GB HAPPY HOUR IN THE ALAMO LOBBY
6pm -- SHORTS BLAST #1 – “THE GB WORLD TOUR”
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD (dir. Margarita Milne / UK)
THE RISE (dir. Lorenzo Fassina / Italy)
THE PORTRAIT (dir. Diana Caro / Spain)
HIDDEN (dir. Mathilde Suissa /US)
TISTLEBU (dir. Simon Matthew Valentine / Norway)
SINS OF A WEREWOLF (dir. David Prendeville / Ireland)
8:05pm -- ARTISTS IN AGONY: HITMEN AT THE CODA TEAHOUSE (dir. Kenneth Lui / US)
*east coast premiere*
plays with...
FULL ON SUNNIES (dir. James Adams / US)
CANDYFIGHT (Eduardo Saenz Santiago / Spain)
10:30pm -- EATING MISS CAMPBELL (dir. Liam Regan / UK)
*north american premiere*
plays with...
NASTY (dir. Paige Dillon / US)
BLEED AUSTRALIAN (dir. Kii Belling / Australia)
Friday 9|02
10am -- GRINDSPLOITATION DOUBLE FEATURE
featuring...
EXTRANEOUS MATTER (dir. Kenichi Ugana / Japan) *virginia premiere*
PLEASE DON'T ABANDON ME (dir. Antonio Rotunno / Mexico) *east coast premiere*
12:45pm -- MANFISH (dir. Marc Coleman / UK) *virginia premiere*
plays with...
CHECKPOINT (dir. Jason Sheedy / US)
2:45pm -- SHORTS BLAST #2 -- "TRIPPING THE SCI-FANTASTIC"
KEEP/DELETE (dir. Kryzz Gautier / US)
RECOVERY OF THE FALLEN (dir. Curtis Matzke / US-SPAIN)
PANOPTO (dir. Harry Valentine / US)
SUBSCRIBED (dir. Diana Porter / US)
NOXIOUS (dir. Jordan Pfeiffer / US)
PAPER KINGDOMS (dir. Raine Bracken / CANADA)
WORMHOLE IN THE WASHER (dir. Paireac Keane / IRELAND)
4:45pm -- SHORTS BLAST #3 -– “CATNIP FOR WEIRDOS”
SCALEY (dir. Emily Renner Wallace / CANADA)
WHAT A HARVEST (dir. Austin Rivera Davison & Matt Shapiro / US)
MISSED INTERPRETATION (dir. William O’Boyle / US)
JUDY, JUDY, JUDY (dir. Jessica McGaugh / US)
DONUT CHASE (dir. Sarah Baskin / US)
HEART FAILURE (dir. Will Wightman / UK)
THE BLOOD OF THE DINOSAURS (dir. Joseph Badon / US)
THERE ARE MERMAIDS IN L.A. (dir. Summer Benowitz / US)
6:50pm -- FOLLOW HER (dir. Sylvia Caminer / US) *regional premiere*
plays with...
JUST DO IT (dirs. Antonia Kinlay & Laurence Dobiesz / UK)
9:10pm -- THE BARN PART II (dir. Justin Seaman / US / 85m) *virginia premiere*
plays with...
PUMPKIN BOY (dir. Trent Shy / US)
BAD HARE DAY (dir. Jonathan Patrick Hughes / US)
11:40pm -- BUBBLEGUM (dir. Jeffrey Garcia / US) *regional premiere*
plays with...
HUBBARDS (dir. Kevin Ralston / US)
BEDMATES (dir. Tyler Council / US)
PRETTY PICKLE (dir. Jim Vendiola / US)
Saturday 9|03
10am -- SHORTS BLAST #4 - "WAKE UP & BLAST!"
THE BLACK RECAT (dir. Paulo Gaudio / ITALY)
KERPLUNKY! (dir. Robert Kleinschmidt / US)
MONSTER ENCOUNTERS (dir. James Smith / US)
EXPERIENCE THE WORLD - THE TRAIN (dir. Duro Howard Jr. / US)
TRISKELION (dir. Jessica Raes / BELGIUM)
FOLLICLES (dir. Matthew John Lawrence / US)
WHERE DO YOU GO? (dir. Luke Borsten / US)
BUZZKILL (dir. Peter Ahern / US)
FLORIAN (dirs. Gustav Bengtsson & David Bengtsson / SWEDEN)
THE WELL (dir. Peter Stanley-Ward / UK)
HEART OF GOLD (dir. Simon Filliot / FRANCE)
SPACE RACE (dir. Shane Dioneda / US)
DESTINATION: MOON (dir. Nathaniel JW Hendricks / US)
PLAYDATE (dir. Cory Snearowski / US)
12:05pm -- SHORTS BLAST #5 -- "THE FULL GENREBLAST"
FAME FATALE (dir. Michelle Iannantuono / US)
UNDER THY WINGS (dir. Jamal Hodge / US)
A PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY OF MOURNING (dir. Shayna Connelly / US)
PUSH (dir. Jasmine / US)
CHEKMATE (dir. Carlos Garcia Jr. / US)
SWOLE GHOST (dir. Tim Troemner / US)
PEANUT BUTTER PALS IN... THE SECRET OF CAVE MOUNTAIN CAVE (dir. David Hiatt / Canada)
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING (dir. Michael Smallwood / US)
THE CURE (dir. T.L. Westgate / US)
SPECTER OF WEEPING HILL (dirs. Matthew & Nathaniel Barber / US)
2:15pm -- DISCUSSION PANEL - "JUST KEEP MAKING STUFF: HOW TO GET CREATIVE & STAY PROLIFIC"
Hosted by Jamal Hodge
featuring...
Rakefet Abergel
Mike Lombardo
Zane Hershberger
Jeremy Herbert
Tom White
JoAnn Esposito Hess
3:30pm -- STAG (dir. Alexandra Spieth / US) *regional premiere*
plays with...
MAIRZY DOATS (dir. Seth Chatfield / US)
5:50pm -- SHORTS BLAST #6 - "THE MOTHERLODE"
IN THE SHADOW OF GOD (dir. Brian Sepanzyk / CANADA)
GET OUT OF THERE (dirs. Matthew & Nathaniel Barber / US)
SMILE (dir. Joanna Tsanis / CANADA)
I’M LOSING YOU (dirs. Courtney Sposato & Mark Sposato / US)
REEL TROUBLE (dir. Brian Asman / US)
SUCKER (dir. Alix Austin / UK)
THE TRUNK (dir. Travis Laidlaw / CANADA)
LILY’S MIRROR (dirs. Linnea Frye & Adam Pinney / US)
7:50pm -- THE BRILLIANT TERROR (dirs. Julie Kauffmann & Paul Hunt / US) *in-theater us premiere*
plays with...
TA-DA! (dir. Jeffrey Howe / US)
BIGFOOT BROS (dir. Austin Griffin / US)
TAPEHEAD (dir. Jason Zink / US)
9:55pm -- WORST LAID PLANS (dirs. Jeremy Herbert, John Hale & Christopher G. Moore / US)
*special advance screening*
plays with...
LIVESCREAMERS TRAILER (world premiere)
MEMENTO MORI (dir. Izzy Lee / US)
UNVEILED (dir. Ryan Graff / US)
CAREGIVER (dir. Rafael De Leon Jr.)
11:55pm -- GOUGE AWAY (dir. Jeff Frumess / US) *world premiere*
plays with...
THAT DOLL AIN'T RIGHT! TOO! (dirs. Brian W. Smith & Vincent Vinas / US)
A NEW DAY (dir. Nate Southard / US)
GUS'S DIESEL GARAGE DOOR OPENERS (dir. Tyler Council / US)
MEAT FRIEND (dir. Izzy Lee / US)
Sunday 9|04
11am -- SHORTS BLAST #7 - "VIRGINIA SHORTS SHOWCASE"
RURAL (dir. Amelia Annen / US)
HE'S NOT COMING (dir. Seleste Cowie / US)
BATTLE OF THE BANDS (dir. Carter Schaefer / US)
NETFINS & CHILL (dir. Joe Carabeo / US)
BA'AL OUT (dir. Derek Silver / US)
OUR FIRST PRIORITY (dir. Ariel Baska / US)
SIDEKICKED! (dir. Nina Ham / US)
APPALACHIAN VOICES (dir. Madi Haun / US)
1:15pm -- THE GB SCRIPT TABLE READ
featuring scripts by...
Aaron S. Barrocas
Chris Warner
Brian W. Smith & Vincent Vinas
Dianne Bloom & Sam Gasch
with the acting talents of...
Diana Porter
Michael Merchant
Sable Griedel
Daniel Alan Kiely
Rakefet Abergel
Bryan Nuri and more...
4pm -- JOHNNY Z (dir. Jonathan Straiton / US) *world premiere*
plays with...
GUTS (dir. Chris McInroy / US)
BLISS (dir. Alexander McDannell / US)
LEX: THE UNAUTHORIZED DOCUMENTARY (dir. Tom White / US)
6:45pm -- AWARDS CEREMONY
8pm -- GB AFTERMATH AFTER PARTY IN THE ALAMO LOBBY
8:30pm -- FRESH HELL (dirs. Ryan Imhoff & Matt Neal / US) *special screening*
plays with...
PRINTER (dir. Thom Janson / Germany)
THE BIG D (dirs. Nathan D. Ludwig & Chad Farmer / US)