BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Rehoboth Beach Regional Film Showcase BEGIN:VEVENT UID:191562024-05-05 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240505 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240506 LOCATION:17701 Dartmouth Drive\nLewes Delaware 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=17701 Dartmouth Drive\nLewe s Delaware 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=17701 Dartmouth Drive:geo:38.74 3494,-75.154283 GEO:38.743494;-75.154283 SUMMARY:Rehoboth Beach Regional Film Showcase CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Rehoboth Beach Film Society (RBFS) is proud to present the 2024\nRegional Film Showcase (May 3 – 5) at the Society’s Cinema Art\n Theater (CAT) in Lewes. This year’s selection will feature seven\nfilms from three states\, an assortment that demonstrates the diversity\nand vib rancy of the independent film community in the Mid-Atlantic\nregion. One f ilmmaker will win the Fierberg Film Prize\, to support\ntheir on-going fil m projects and continue to develop their craft.  A\nJury Prize will also be awarded to one winner. We hope that you will\ntake the opportunity to a ttend the Regional Film Showcase to support\nthe works of emerging filmmak ers and engage with them through\npost-discussions. . Visit rehobothfilm. com\n[https://www.rehobothfilm.com/regional-film-showcase] to view film\n finalists and purchase tickets ($5.00)!\n\nSHORTS PROGRAM – SET 1\n\nFRI DAY\, MAY 3 – 7:00 PM (JEMS THEATER)\n\n \n\n_FILM #1: IT’S STILL NOT ABOUT ME_\n\nFILMMAKER: DEBBIE CAMPER\n\nA young woman and her disconnect ed family must pull together when her\nyounger brother/ their youngest son goes missing. [US\, 47 min\, NR].\n\n_ _\n\n_FILM #2: THE WORLD ACCORDI NG TO PUSSY NOIR_\n\nFILMMAKER: AMY OLDEN\n\nFollow Pussy Noir’s histori c fellowship at the Kennedy Center as she\nblends history\, queerness\, an d couture into a queer fashion\nshow/ [US\, 24 min\, NR].\n\n \n\n_FILM 3:MI IN ORBIT: RECEIVED_\n\nFILMMAKER: RILEY HEATH\n\nA group of friends r eceive a signal from space and try to track its\nsource together. [US\, 1 min\, NR].\n\n \n\n_PATRONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN A POST-FILM PANEL DISCUSSION\nIMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WITH THE FILMMAKERS TO GAIN INSIG HTS ON THEIR\nPROCESS._\n\n \n\n[TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 72 MINUTES]\n\n  \n\n_ _\n\n_FEATURE FILM_\n\n_FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS_\n\nFILMMAKER BENJAMIN WAGNER\n\nSATURDAY\, MAY 4 – 4:00 PM (JEMS THEATER)\n\n \n\nWhen filmma ker Benjamin Wagner was diagnosed as post-traumatic stress\nsyndrome\, he suddenly saw trauma and its impact all around: in rising\nincidences of gu n violence and hate crime\, the increase in adolescent\nsuicide rates\, gr owth of antidepressant use\, binge drinking\, and a\nmental health crisis so urgent that it prompted a national hotline.\nAnd so\, he decided\, as t he subject of his 2012 PBS documentary\, Fred\nRogers\, always encouraged him\, \"to look for the helpers” who are\nhealing the deeply anxious and uncertain communities around\nthem. [US\, 74 minutes\, NR].\n\n \n\n_PA TRONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN A POST-FILM PANEL DISCUSSION\nIMMED IATELY FOLLOWING WITH THE FILMMAKERS TO GAIN INSIGHTS ON THEIR\nPROCESS._\ n\n \n\n \n\nSHORTS PROGRAM – SET 2\n\nSUNDAY\, MAY 5 – 1:00 PM (MAI N THEATER)\n\n \n\n_FILM #1: LOOKING INWARD – BLACK HISTORY & THE ARTS_ \n\n_FILMMAKER: JUSTINIAN DISPENZA_\n\nDocuments the artist fellowship pro cess through the Kent Cultural\nAlliance. 6 artists dug through thousands of historical documents and\nimages from the Chesapeake Heartland Archive to find what spoke to\nthem\, and then created their own artwork from the inspirations they\nfound. This Documentary is a journey through Black Hist ory and the\nArts and how we all can benefit from 'Looking Inward.' [US\, 30 min\,\nNR].\n\n \n\n_FILM #2: LET HER SING_\n\n_FILMMAKER: SIAMAK DEH GHANPOUR_\n\nAn Iranian female singer struggles to sing solo\, but the gov ernment\nwon't let her do that. [US\, 21 min\, NR].\n\n \n\n_FILM #3: TH E METAMORPH_\n\n_FILMMAKER: MAXIMILLIAN REMMIER_\n\nA child shapeshifter l ongs for a best friend\, but their involuntary\nform changes leave them un recognizable to any friends they do make.\nTyler has struggled to control their morphing abilities their entire\n9-year-old life. Unable to be recog nized by anyone they knew prior\;\nthey reside alone near a public park. T hey meet a boy named Sam\,\nhoping to form a friendship with him that won' t end as soon as they\ntransform again. [US\, 13 min\, NR].\n\n \n\n_ _ Patrons are encouraged to come out and participate in a post-film\npanel d iscussion immediately following each screening to provide\nfeedback and   gain insights on their process_._\n\n \n\nSunday’s program will close w ith the announcement of showcase\nwinners. Regional Film Showcase winners announced!\n\n \n\n[TOTAL PROGRAM RUNTIME: 64 MINUTES]\n\n_ _\n\nAdmissi on is $5. Purchase advance tickets online at rehobothfilm.com\n[https://w ww.rehobothfilm.com/] or call/visit the Cinema Art Theater\nbox office in Lewes (Wed-Sun) or 30 minutes prior to each screening.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Rehoboth Beach Film Society (RBFS) is p roud to present the 2024 Regional Film Showcase (May 3 &ndash\; 5) at the Society&rsquo\;s Cinema Art Theater (CAT) in Lewes. This year&rsquo\;s sel ection will feature seven films from three states\, an assortment that dem onstrates the diversity and vibrancy of the independent film community in the Mid-Atlantic region. One filmmaker will win the Fierberg Film Prize\, to support their on-going film projects and continue to develop their craf t. \; A Jury Prize will also be awarded to one winner. We hope that yo u will take the opportunity to attend the Regional Film Showcase to suppor t the works of emerging filmmakers and engage with them through post-discu ssions. . Visit \;rehobothfilm.com \;to view f ilm finalists and purchase tickets ($5.00)!

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SHORTS PROGRAM &ndash\; SET 1

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Friday\, May 3 &ndash\; 7:00 pm (JEMS Theater)

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Film #1: IT& rsquo\;S STILL NOT ABOUT ME

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Filmmaker: Debbie Camper< /b>

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A young woman and her disconnected family must pull together when her younger brother/ their youngest son goes missing. \;[US\, 47 min\, NR].

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Film #2: THE W ORLD ACCORDING TO PUSSY NOIR

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Filmmaker: Amy Olden

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Follow Pussy Noir&rsquo\;s historic fellowship at the Kennedy C enter as she blends history\, queerness\, and couture into a queer fashion show/ \;[US\, 24 min\, NR].

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Film 3:MI IN ORBIT: RECEIVED

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Filmmaker: Riley Heath

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A group of friends receive a signal from space and try to track its source together. \;[US\, 1 min\, NR].

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Patrons are encouraged to participate in a p ost-film panel discussion immediately following with the filmmakers to gai n insights on their process.

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[Total program runtime: 72 minutes]

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FEATURE FILM

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FRIE NDS &\; NEIGHBORS

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Filmmaker Benjamin Wagner

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Saturday\, May 4 &ndash\; 4:00 pm (JEMS Theater)

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When filmmaker Benjamin Wagner was diagnosed as p ost-traumatic stress syndrome\, he suddenly saw trauma and its impact all around: in rising incidences of gun violence and hate crime\, the increase in adolescent suicide rates\, growth of antidepressant use\, binge drinki ng\, and a mental health crisis so urgent that it prompted a national hotl ine. And so\, he decided\, as the subject of his 2012 PBS documentary\, Fr ed Rogers\, always encouraged him\, "\;to look for the helpers&rdquo\; who are healing the deeply anxious and uncertain communities around them.  \;[US\, 74 minutes\, NR].

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Patrons a re encouraged to participate in a post-film panel discussion immediately f ollowing with the filmmakers to gain insights on their process.

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SHORTS PROGRAM &n dash\; SET 2

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Sunday\, May 5 &ndash\; 1:00 pm (MAIN Th eater)

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Film #1: LOOKIN G INWARD &ndash\; BLACK HISTORY &\; THE ARTS

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Fi lmmaker: Justinian Dispenza

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Documents the artist fellows hip process through the Kent Cultural Alliance. 6 artists dug through thou sands of historical documents and images from the Chesapeake Heartland Arc hive to find what spoke to them\, and then created their own artwork from the inspirations they found. This Documentary is a journey through Black H istory and the Arts and how we all can benefit from '\;Looking Inward.& #39\; \;[US\, 30 min\, NR].

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Film #2: LET HER SING

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Filmmaker: Siamak Dehg hanpour

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An Iranian female singer struggles to sing solo\ , but the government won'\;t let her do that. \;[US\, 21 min\, NR].

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Film #3: THE METAMORPH

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Filmmaker: Maximillian Remmier

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A c hild shapeshifter longs for a best friend\, but their involuntary form cha nges leave them unrecognizable to any friends they do make. Tyler has stru ggled to control their morphing abilities their entire 9-year-old life. Un able to be recognized by anyone they knew prior\; they reside alone near a public park. They meet a boy named Sam\, hoping to form a friendship with him that won'\;t end as soon as they transform again. \;[US\, 13 m in\, NR].

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 \;Patrons are enc ouraged to come out and participate in a post-film panel discussion immedi ately following each screening to provide feedback and  \;gain insight s on their process.

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Sunda y&rsquo\;s program will close with the announcement of showcase winners. R egional Film Showcase winners announced!

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[T otal program runtime: 64 minutes]

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Admission is $5. Purchase advance tickets online at \;rehobothfilm.com \;or call/visi t the Cinema Art Theater box office in Lewes (Wed-Sun) or 30 minutes prior to each screening.

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