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Somebody make some popcorn. It’s almost time for a movie party.
The Seedling Film Association will host the third annual Offshoot Film Festival Oct. 4-7 at the University of Arkansas Global Campus at 2 E. Center St. in downtown Fayetteville.
This year’s event includes over 20 hours of films from around the world, bringing together an eclectic mix of world-renowned filmmakers and artists, professional arts educators, esteemed members of the community, as well as students and film lovers from across the region.
The festival kicks off at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 with an opening reception, followed by a weekend of films, talkbacks, and panel discussions. Categories of films represented at this year’s event include narrative features, documentaries, shorts, animation, student, low-tech, and films with an Arkansas connection.
Weekend passes to Offshoot Film Fest are $35, and single tickets to any event are $7. Passes and tickets are on sale now at seedlingfilm.com, and will also be available for purchase at the door during the event.
The full schedule of films for this year’s festival is below.
Thursday, October 4th – Like a Rockstar
6:00 p.m. – Opening Ceremony
7:00 p.m. – Opening Screening – Hated (1:31)
9:00 p.m. – Shorts – Party Like a Rockstar: Status (15), Uh La La (8), Split Time (3), Junggesellin (15), Auditioning Fanny (15) Spaghetti for Zwei (19), Look Up (5)
10:30 p.m. – After Party at Powerhouse Seafood
Friday, October 5th – Like a Winner
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Seedling Film Fest – Education
5:30 p.m. – Shorts – Like a Winner: Big Shoes to Fill (13), le tette (8), Me, The King and My Dad (14) Uh la la (8), Bottom of the Ninth (2) Look Up (5), Status (15)
7:00 p.m. – Screening – Steve Phoenix: The Untold Story (1.32)
9:00 p.m. – Screening – Tuckerman (1:30)
11:00 p.m. – After Party at UNO’s
Saturday, October 6th – Like a Boss
12:00 p.m. – The Bird Dancer (74)
1:30 p.m. – Shorts – Take a Stand Like a Boss: Wolf Call (12), Justice is a Black Woman (57)
3:00 p.m. – Shorts – Rise Up Like a Boss: 778 Bullets (18), Battle: Change from Within (56)
4:15 p.m. – Shorts – Mountaineering Like a Boss: Carlisle’s Secret (25), Into Thick Air (20), Bacon Toothpaste (2), Remeshes of the Afternoon (14), Greed (14)
5:30 p.m. – Shorts – Frontiering Like a Boss: John Wayne’s Bed (21), Why I Went to the Woods (9), Witch Hazel Advent (34), Home at Last (27)
7:30 p.m. – Redneck Roots (1:18)
9:00 p.m. – Shorts – Braineating Like a Boss: Sacred Ground (9), Scary House (9), Braineater (5), Stalker (3), The Truth of Becoming (20), Tough to Kill (23), Slow Sales Death (11)
10:30 p.m. – Hombre Y Tierra
12:30 a.m. – After Party at Stolen Glass
Sunday, October 7th – Like a Hipster
11:00 a.m. – The Duck Hunter (1:30)
12:30 p.m.– Surviving Family (1:27)
2:00 p.m. – Shorts – Hanging Like a Hipster: A Broken Tear (9), Look Up (5), Festningen (8), Spaghetti for Zwei (19), Bottom of the 9th (2), Stejne Jako Ja (8), Auditioning Fanny (15)
3:30 p.m. – Shorts – Going Beast Mode: Jonas (15), Outside Paradise (29), Elegy for a Revolutionary (22), Delivery (11), Split Time (3)
5:00 p.m. – ‘Gordon Family Tree’ Send Off
5:30 p.m. – Screening – Best of the Student Films
6:30 p.m. – Awards Ceremony
8:30 p.m. – After Party at Speakeasy
