Driftless Film Festival

The Call

Thursday, November 2, 6:00 pm | 2023 | United States | Runtime: 6m | Buy Tickets

Paired with feature film Sometimes I Think About Dying and short film Collecting Killers

A solitary man is called out of retirement to help an old friend.

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Collecting Killers

Thursday, November 2, 6:00 pm | 2023 | United States | Runtime: 15m | Buy Tickets

Paired with feature film Sometimes I Think About Dying and short film The Call

A collector by the name of John Stavola reveals that his collection is not ordinary. He collects murderabilia and goes into detail about what got him to collect and why he does it.

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Sometimes I Think About Dying

Thursday, November 2, 6:00 pm | 2023 | United States | Runtime: 91m | Buy Tickets

Paired with short films Collecting Killers and The Call

Lost on the dreary Oregon coast, Fran finds solace in her cubicle, listening to the constant hum of officemates and occasionally daydreaming to pass the time. She is ghosting through life, unable to pop her bubble of isolation, when a friendly new coworker, Robert, persistently tries to connect with her. Though it goes against every fiber of her being, she may have to give this guy a chance. Director Rachel Lambert and team craft beautiful cinema for this delicately told story of love for the socially awkward and emotionally challenged. The film is made all the more human by its lovely cast, most prominent in the penetrating eyes of lead actress/producer, Daisy Ridley, and the caring smile of lead actor, Dave Merheje. An unexpected fable on the virtues of living.

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Cottage Grove

Thursday, November 2, 9:00 pm | 2023 | United States | Runtime: 13m | Buy Tickets

🎬 Q&A with filmmaker

Paired with feature film Yes Repeat No and short film Iggy

A young man struggles to communicate with his stroke-afflicted father, and at the same time, stay true to himself.

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Iggy

Thursday, November 2, 9:00 pm | 2023 | United States | Runtime: 5m | Buy Tickets

Paired with feature film Yes Repeat No and short film Cottage Grove

Overwhelmed with the pressures of high school. Iggy Fransisco attempts to make friends and is rejected. A classmate Abigail notices this and offers her friendship to Iggy.

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Yes Repeat No

Thursday, November 2, 9:00 pm | 2023 | United States | Runtime: 98m | Buy Tickets

Paired with short films Cottage Grove and Iggy

Three actors audition to play the Palestinian-Jewish actor and activist, Juliano Mer-Khamis, a former IDF paratrooper who defiantly identified as “100% Palestinian and 100% Jewish.” During a tense rehearsal meant to determine which of them is most suited to authentically portray Juliano Mer-Khamis, the three Julianos find their sense-of-self fractured and disrupted.

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