Almost Cured
Almost Cured is an honest, personalized account about racial integration in a small North Carolina Appalachian community in the midst......
2018 Festival Thursday June 14
THURSDAY – JUNE 14th
7:30 PM Main Stage
NC GEMS Local and Regional North Carolina Shorts
Daisy Creek
A man struggles to cope with the loss of his daughter as he begins to learn the truth of his......
Facing Navassa
A documentary short that examines the dark history of environmental injustice in southeastern North Carolina. Directed by Milo Kim...
Getting Out
After being released from prison, James tries to reconnect with his estranged ex-girlfriend. Directed by Robert Cummins...
Lemon Junkies
A young woman finds herself in a decrepit house filled with very particular addicts. She decides to indulge in their......
LINC Urban Farm
The Leading Into New Communities (LINC) program in Wilmington, NC helps formerly incarcerated people by providing a place to live......
Live Boundless
Those of us who had never worked together fell in love with Ms. Wheelchair N.C., her sweet spirit, her passion......
Tickets Please
When an assistant forgets to procure tickets to a sold-out show for her boss, she enlists the help of her......
7 PM Side Theater
INGENIUM directed by Steffen Hacker
Germany
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE! As Felicitas’ life is turned upside down she doesn’t know if her nightmares are taking over or if something bigger is trying to control her – and the only way to find out the truth is her best friend Natascha who is locked up in an asylum.
plus Short Films
BIRTHDAY
Directed by Alberto Viavattene. An abusive nurse wanders through the halls of a nursing home. Upon entering room 12, she discovers that one resident has just turned one-hundred years old: there must be a birthday present somewhere…
Italy
A SWEDISH CLASSIC
Directed by Måns Berthas. A woman in a tattered wedding gown finds her husband alive in a crashed car nearby. In the wrecked interior, they start to talk about their relationship, which soon seems to be as demolished as their Saab.
Sweden