Local feature film by Wade Wofford. When their charter school is shut down in the middle of the year, a group of inner city students comes up against America’s broken education system and a world full of contradicting lessons.

Join us at The Marigold Theater on Cottage Street to celebrate the kickoff to our fifth season of EFF! All are welcome

Local feature film by Nick Verdi. As his relationship and family structure falls apart, Ben struggles to connect with anyone in his life while spiraling into alcoholism and isolation.

Feature documentary. What makes someone leave everything and everyone they know and love, and forego their familiar culture, to make their way into an unknown future in an unknown land?  What makes someone stay where they live despite hardship and deprivation? This film follows several Cubans from different walks of life who love their country but struggle with the conflict to stay or leave an increasingly dysfunctional government and rapidly collapsing economy. 

A block of four gripping narrative shorts about teen protagonists in moments of personal crisis. Please be advised that each of these well-wrought, complicated and challenging films variously depict and/or explore bullying, depression, school violence, sexual identity, and unplanned pregnancy, and may be triggering for some audience members.

A block of edgy, weird, and wild short films that wander the realms of fear and dread

Short documentaries that explore our connection with nature

A block of dramatic short films

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A block of shorts exploring the bittersweet aspects of becoming who we are

A block of documentary shorts which explore stories of perseverance in the face of adversity

This feature documentary by Nina Rosenblum and Daniel Allentuck narrated by Liev Schreiber is a tribute to the little-known contribution made by the combat cameramen of the U.S. Army Signal Corps to World War II in Europe and to our collective memory of the conflict. What distinguishes this film from previous documentaries about the war is that, rather than furnishing an overview, it presents an eyewitness account of the war as seen through the lens of a highly decorated frontline soldier/cameraman who recorded the war in Europe from D-Day to the liberation of Dachau with skill, empathy, and unflinching courage.

A block of shorts celebrating the debut work of local filmmakers

A pitch contest at Smith College

An assortment of short films selected from out other screening blocks

Join us at THCC to connect after an epic day of independent cinema!

Come fuel up for the final day of EFF’26!

A block of light-hearted shorts

A feature documentary about living without technology

Join us to celebrate the winners of this year’s festival, and 5 amazing seasons so far!