This screening is free to the general public. Tickets are available only at the Amherst Cinema box office on a first-come, first-served basis. They can be picked up in advance during the Cinema’s regular box office hours, or at the door the evening of the screening.

The Easthampton Film Festival co-presents a lively selection of narrative and documentary shorts made by Western Massachusetts-based filmmakers, offering audiences an opportunity to experience stories rooted in places, people, and issues they know firsthand.

A panel of featured filmmakers joins us for a post-screening conversation led by Kt Baldassaro, Head of the Easthampton Film Festival Horror Film Subcommittee, Festival Moderator, and Public Ambassador.

Presented in partnership with the Easthampton Film Festival.

• FRANK'S NOT HERE
  dir. Zachary Domes
  A man drives to Chicago to meet Frank, who doesn't answer his calls.

• KEEPING TIME
  dir. Dinah Mack and Kate Way
  This documentary short tells the story of the restoration of the historic Holyoke Clock Tower.

• NOTIFICATION
  dir. Gregory Boover
  Through a series of interactions within a liminal space, a man struggles to break free from the attention-grabbing devices of his companion.

• THE IRON HORSE
  dir. Lucas Fappiano and Colin Hodgson
  A short documentary about the re-opening of a beloved local live music venue and the lasting impact it continues to have on the community.

• THICKLY SETTLED
  dir. Jordan Brooks and Brian Jones
  A lost man in a crumbling marriage discovers through a chance encounter that traveling back in time may actually be possible, he's faced with a choice: to change the past risking an uncertain future, or reclaim the path he's already on.

• WHEN WE MOVE
  dir. Jasper and Lukas Fletcher
  The youngest member of a combined family of nine navigates moving houses for the very first time. Presented in five chapters, documented by her older brothers over the course of a year.