Oxford Film Festival Announces Weekly Virtual Film Festival Series

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Category: Entertainment News

Published on Wednesday, 15 April 2020 12:37

Written by Hildy Johnson

Oxford Film Festival Virtual Screenings – April 24 - May 1

Oxford Film Festival Exclusive LGBTQ Presentation - April 25 only for USA audiences
A DIM VALLEY
Director: Brandon Colvin
Country: USA, Running Time: 92 min
A curmudgeonly biologist and his slacker graduate assistants muddle their way through a summer research project. Deep in the Appalachian woods, they encounter a trio of mystical backpackers who change their lives in mysterious ways.
 
 
McPhail Block – Available April 24-May 1 Globally
ALL THAT YOU LOVE WILL BE CARRIED AWAY
Director: Thad Lee
Country: USA, Running Time: 29:57 min
Based on a Stephen King short story, the film follows a salesman, whose love of bathroom graffiti may save his life on a cold, dark Nebraskan night.
 
THE GOLDEN YEARS                                                          World Premiere
Director: Brian Whisenant
Country: USA, Running Time: 15 min
Mabel and Norman have been together so long they know everything there is to know about each other. Or do they?
 
THE ROUGAROU
Director: Lorraine Caffery
Country: USA, Running Time: 13:08 min
A father tells his daughter a cautionary tale to keep her out of trouble.
 
TRUTH LIES UPSTREAM
Director: Robb Rokk
Country: USA, Running Time: 14:54
Two fishing buddies: One searching for long lost answers and the other – bent on revenge.
 
 
MS Docs – Available April 24-May 1 Globally
GETTING TO THE ROOT
Director: Je'Monda Roy
Country: USA, Running Time: 23:50 min
Our hairstyles reflect our daily experiences and choices. Whether our afros, curls, sew-ins, dreads, and box braids are accepted in this white society or not, it reflects our identity as black women. It's more than just hair. Our hairstyles tell stories – stories of resistance and struggle as we navigate through this society and everyday we're getting to the root of it.
 
70 YEARS OF BLACKNESS                                                 World Premiere 
Director: Christopher Windfield
Country: USA, Running Time: 29:51 min
Verda Byrd has lived her entire life as a black woman. Then, at the age of 70, Verda made a shocking discovery. She was adopted and her biological parents were actually white.
 
 
Passion Projects: Doc Shorts – Available April 24-May 1 Globally
LES                                                                                         World Premiere
Director: Olivia Bernhardt Brogan 
Country: UK, Running Time: 5:21 min
A hand-built bird shed at the end of a garden reveals a lifetime of devotion and sacrifice.
 
THE LOOP                                                                             U.S. Premiere
Directors: Johanis Lyons-Reid, Lorcan Hopper
Country: Australia, Running Time: 19:22 min
An absurd journey into disability, authorship, and representation.
 
SINGING OUT
Director: Mary Stanton Knight
Country: USA, Running Time: 8:44 min
Oxford-based musicians Morgan Pennington of And the Echo and Mattie Thrasher are living life in the spotlight. In this film, they both share what it's like to be openly gay in a small Mississippi town.
 
THE TIMEKEEPER
Director: Sohil Vaidya
Country: India, Running Time: 5:15 min
A man desperately seeks to preserve his life long passion for creating analog clocks in an era of digital totality.
 
TUNGRUS
Director: Rishi Chandna
Country: India, Running Time: 12:54 min
In a cramped apartment in Mumbai, a meat-eating family considers eating their hell-raising pet rooster, so that they can reclaim their normal lives.
 
ABOUT OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL
The Oxford Film Festival was founded in 2003 to bring exciting, new, and unusual films (and the people who create them) to North Mississippi. The annual five-day festival screens short and feature-length films in both showcase and competition settings. The festival is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization. For more information, visit www.oxfordfilmfest.com.