I Dream Too Much (1 hr, 31 min) Directed By Katie Cokinos. Starring Eden Brolin (Beyond), Diane Ladd (Chinatown, Wild at Heart), and Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black). Instead of chasing boys on the beach with her friends, recent college grad Dora finds herself caring for her reclusive Great Aunt in snowy upstate...
The Last High (57 min) Directed By Glen Muse The film explores the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids (Kush, Spice, etc.). With real-world footage and first-hand accounts from users, former users, counselors, first responders, law enforcement and others, this documentary tells of some of the terrible tragedies this terrible drug can inflict on users and...
The Best of All Worlds (1 hr, 43 min) - Directed by Adrian Goiginger. Germany A beautifully made true story of the filmmaker’s childhood growing up in the unusual world of his heroin addict mother and their love for each other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQLhRvuc5jc [gallery ids="5115,5116,5117,5118"]...
View all the submitted films from this year’s 48 Hour Film Race Challenge. Teams from the surrounding areas randomly selected a film genre and everyone was assigned the same logline of "an obsession causes Sam to go over the line". They then had 48 hours to shoot, edit, and turn in their film...
Get ready to break some rules with this eclectic collection of out-of-the-box art from filmmakers all over the world. Purple Dreams (2:14) Animation. Directed By Murat Sayginer. Turkey. A short animated film about the transition from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius. Sand (4:48) Animation. Directed By Arjan Brentjes. Netherlands. You get up at...
Start your Saturday right with BoomFest’s roundup of the best short documentaries. Stripes Out (12:32) Directed By Ian Powell After leaving the Marines in 2004 for a music career to raise awareness for PTSD and Veteran Suicide, a veteran is faced with unimaginable circumstances. The Music Stops Here (20:25) Directed By Adam Farkas When our cities develop,...
An American in Texas (1hr, 37min) Directed By Anthony Pedone An angry, crackling and defiantly disordered underclass of nowheresville punk- rock kids, see their band Surgeon General’s Warning (SGW) as their ticket out of small town Texas, as 1990 comes to a close. The band drops acid, plays gigs and carries out calculated acts...
You're invited back to Fantasia. By popular demand, the beloved 1984 film The NeverEnding Story is coming to the historic Jefferson Theatre for one night only! This special screening is being presented by the Boomtown Film & Music Festival. Individual tickets will be sold for $5 at the door, and BoomFest attendees get in...