We’re not big fans of snobs around here (they’re mean to us and make fun of us for still having Backstreet Boys posters hanging up in our bedroom) but we can get behind SNOB. The Somewhat North of Boston (SNOB, for short) film festival is coming to Red River Theatres on Nov. 19-21.
In 2002, SNOB was created to provide movie buffs a chance to watch independent flicks they may have otherwise missed. The festival occurred annually . . . until last year, that is. This made Concord sad.
Others missed the film fest, too. And so, a new committee was formed, reviving SNOB in time for its ninth year.
The three-day festival will showcase more than 60 independent films. The types of flicks you can expect to see include shorts, feature-length films, documentaries and fiction. Some movies may have big-name actors you’ve seen before, while others were made locally on a teensy-tiny budget.
Whether you’re interested in learning about the beer industry or have wondered what Kris Kringle’s brother would be like if he had one, SNOB has something to tickle anyone’s fancy. There are also some new things happening this year. Read about them in SNOBBY Briefly.
So sit back, relax and enjoy the show. If you can, try to save some popcorn for us, all right?
Friday, Nov. 19
4 p.m.: Opening Night Gala (Red River Theatres)
6:30 p.m.: “Beer Wars,” followed by a panel discussion (theater 1)
6:30 p.m.: “Paul Revere’s Pride” and “Beer Wars” (theater 2)
7 p.m.: “Nightstars” (screening room)
9 p.m.: “The Drummond Will” (theater 1)
9 p.m.: “Cold Souls” (theater 2)
9 p.m.: “Devils Racecourse” (screening room)
Saturday, Nov. 20
9 a.m.: KNOB kids block, “Orcinus” and Kids Block: Part 1 (theater 1)
9 a.m.: KNOB kids block and “Waiting for Superman,” followed by a panel discussion. (theater 2)
10 a.m.: TBA bonus film (screening room)
10:20 a.m.: Kids Block: Part 2 and KNOB kids block followed by a Q&A session. (theater 1)
12:30 p.m.: “Living for 32” and “Mayflowers” (theater 1)
12:30 p.m.: “Payment”, “Beginnings End”, “I am Jesus Christ”, “Bumpers”, “Something Fishy”, “Home Vs. Homeless” and “Shades of Color” (theater 2)
12:30 p.m.: “Stanley’s Commander @ The Castle” and “Lost in Laconia” (screening room)
2:20 p.m.: “Lucky Break”, “Hello, Ramona”, and “The Ghoul Lord” (theater 1)
2:20 p.m.: “Chrysalis” and “Local Hero” (screening room)
2:30 p.m.: BOSFCPUG/DSLR meet-up (theater 2)
3:20 p.m.: “Falling to Pieces”, “Domestic Disburbing”, “La Ventaja Del Sicario” and “Morning Honey” (theater 1)
3:20 p.m.: “Run” and “Missile Crisis” (screening room)
4:15 p.m.: “Heart of the Equestrian” and “The Farmer and the Horse” (theater 1)
4:15 p.m.: “Virtual JFK: Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived” (screening room)
7:15 p.m.: “Dark Scribbles”, “BIGHORN”, “Red Princess Blues”, “Our Secret Season”, “Fluorescent Grey” and “South Pole” (theater 1)
7:15 p.m.: “Paths to Paradise” with live music by Jeff Rapsis (theater 2)
7:15 p.m.: “Trust Us, This is All Made Up” (screening room)
9:15 p.m.: “A Lonely Place for Dying” (theater 1)
9:15 p.m.: “Natasha”, “Night People” and “Somnia” (theater 2)
9:15 p.m.: “A Safe House” (screening room)
Sunday, Nov. 21
12:30 p.m.: “Working Blind” and “Our Community,” followed by a panel discussion. (theater 1)
12:30 p.m.: “Threads of Remorse”, “Just One” and “A Jazzman’s Jazzman: The Gerry Carruthers Story” (theater 2)
12:30 p.m.: TBA (screening room)
2:15 p.m.: “The Test,” followed by a panel discussion (theater 1)
2:15 p.m.: “Tracks” and “Heavy Seven” (theater 2)
2:15 p.m. “Then She Was Gone”, “Good Bot, Bad Bot!”, “Split Focus”, “Run Granny Run!” “Motel” and “Still Water Runs Deep” (screening room)
4 p.m. “Rebuilding Hope,” followed by a panel discussion (theater 1)
4 p.m. “White Whale” (theater 2)
4 p.m. “God’s Square Mile” and “Come, Thou Fount: Thoughts on the Shakers” (screening room)
7:15 p.m. “Sunday Night Best of Shorts”, closing ceremony and awards and more “Sunday Night Best of Shorts” (theater 1)
7:15 p.m.: “Agadez the Music and the Rebellion,” followed by the closing ceremony and awards.
The following are the lucky films and filmmakers participating in this year’s SNOB festival (at the time of publication). For updates, visit snobfilmfestival.com.
Shorts under 30 min.
Fiction:
“Beginning’s End” (David Nieman)
“BIGHORN” (Alfred Thomas Catalfo)
“Bumpers” (Michael Place)
“Chrysalis” (Tony Clark and Gigi Berardi)
“Dark Scribbles” (Michael Venn)
“Domestic Disturbing” (Gary Weeks)
“Falling To Pieces” (David Salowe)
“Fluorescent Gray” (Leo Age and Cary Becker)
“Good Bot, Bad Bot!” (Marcus Ng)
“Hello, Ramona” (Alison Beals)
“Home vs. Homeless” (Jeremy Holbrt, Ben Pacocha and Tim Taylor)
“I Am Jesus Christ” (Vincent Gargiulo)
“Just One” (John Fitzpatrick and Travis Opgenorth)
“La Ventaja Del Sicario” (Luis Moreno Bernardo)
“Local Hero” (Steven Andrus)
“Lucky Break” (Mark Bauer)
“Missile Crisis” (Jaye Davidson)
“Morning Honey” (Kenneth Wajda)
“MOTEL” (William Peters)
“Our Secret Season” (Andrew Kramp and Chad Cogdill)
“Paul Revere’s Pride” (Nick Carlisle)
“Payment” (George Dalphin)
“Red Princess Blues” (Alex Ferrari)
“RUN” (Ryan Cerny)
“Run Granny Run!” (Nikolaus von Uthmann)
“Shades of Colour” (Dan Deering)
“Something Fishy” (Dan Wood)
“Somnia” (Joe Spitaleri)
“South Pole” (Alex Cormack)
“Split Focus” (Will Bowes)
“Still Waters Run Deep” (Michael St.John Savva)
“The Ghoul Lord” (James Atkins)
“THEN SHE WAS GONE” (Burleigh Smith)
“Tracks” (Kevyn Settle)
Documentary:
“Heart of the Equestrian” (Ron Risman)
“Orcinus” (Jim Jendro)
“Stanley’s Commander @ The Castle” (Neil Novello)
“Working Blind” (Cara Feinberg)
Shorts up to 60 min.
Fiction:
“A Jazzman’s Jazzman: The Gerry Carruthers Story” (Paul Maupoux)
“Heavy Seven” (Paul Serafini and Laura Azevedo)
“Natasha” (Mike Moring)
“NIGHT PEOPLE” (Mickey Newman)
“Threads of Remorse” (Nina Lescher)
Documentary:
“Come, Thou Fount: Thoughts on the Shakers” (Christopher Maloney)
“God’s Square Mile” (Rachel Julkowski)
“Living for 32” (Kevin Breslin and Maria Cuomo Cole)
“Mayflowers” (Gary David Anderson)
“Our Community” (Brendan J. Gillett)
“The Test” (Gary Strieker and Elisabeth Wilhelm)
Feature Films
Fiction:
“A Lonely Place For Dying” (Justin Evans)
“A Safe House” (Stephen Schioppo)
“Devils Racecourse” (Rick Ganz and Jeff Colburn)
“Nightstars” (Rahmin Atarod)
“Paths to Paradise” (with live music by Jeff Rapsis)
“The Drummond Will” (Alan Butterworth and Tobias Tobbell)
“White Whale” (Dave Paige and Johnny Recher)
Documentary:
“Agadez, The Music and the Rebellion” (Ron Wyman)
“Beer Wars” (Anat Baron)
“Lost in Laconia” (Bil Rogers)
“Rebuilding Hope” (Jen Marlowe)
“The Farmer and the Horse” (Jared Flesher)
“Trust Us, This Is All Made Up” (Alex Karpovsky and Adam Roffman)
“Virtual JFK: Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived” (Koji Masutani)
“Waiting for ‘Superman” (Davis Guggenheim)
Weekend passes ($50), day passes ($25) and inpidual block tickets ($5) are available. Inpidual block tickets are sold at the Red River Theatres box office on a space available basis. You can purchase other passes at the box office or redrivertheatres.org.
