Davey Fest 2024 Film Info — Davey Foundation

Davey Fest 2024 • Film Info

All the Words on the Page

Directed by Hunter Gause
Arlo, a dyslexic actor, seems to be auditioning well. That is until he’s asked to perform a new monologue.
︎ @studio_of_hunter
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American Seams

Directed by Carly Jakins
The stories of three quilters reveal an intimate portrait of rural women in the American West. Featuring Brenda Bailey, Sara Buscaglia, and Susan "Traditional Woman" Hudson.
︎ @cjakins21
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Bellybutton

Directed by Hilary Eden
A Y2K teen girl struggles to connect fantasy and reality when she gets a piercing after school.
︎ @hilyeden
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Call Me Anytime, I'm Not Leaving the House

Directed by Sanjna Selva
Two days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine begins, Lesya Verba, a Brooklyn-based artist and performer, gets through to her older sister in Odessa, Ukraine via FaceTime. Through the frame of this first FaceTime conversation since the day everything changed, “Call Me Anytime, I’m Not Leaving the House” is a film about love, memory, national identity, and the (im)permanence of home, as the sisters cling to a call that could be their last.
︎ @callmeanytimefilm
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Classmates

Directed by Major Dorfman
An apathetic teenager is dropped off on the outskirts of town to work on a project with the school outcast. The two boys form an unlikely connection, but not without consequences.
︎ @majordorfman
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Confused Blood

Directed by James Cutler
A mixed Korean man wanders Seoul trying to make sense of his place in the world in a film that considers cultural identities and navigates an in-between space of documentary and narrative.
︎ @coolonesplease
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Death and Ramen

Directed by Tiger Ji
“Death & Ramen” is a dark comedy short film about a depressed ramen chef (Bobby Lee) who confronts and befriends the Grim Reaper (Matt Jones). Over the span of a single night, the two unlikely friends visit a ramen bar, get drunk, and discover what it means to be human.
︎ @deathandramenfilm
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Expanding Sanctuary

Directed by Kristal Sotomayor
An immigrant mother emerges as a community leader during the historic campaign to end the sharing of the Philadelphia police database with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “Expanding Sanctuary” tells a rarely told story about a Latinx immigrant community’s successful journey to change legislation and protect families.
︎ @KristalSotomayor
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Flail

Directed by Ben Gauthier
Allie, a distracted personal assistant, frantically prepares for her boss’s birthday party through a blur of gridlocked parking garages and fast-casual salad chains on a desperate quest to achieve a single thing that she initially set out to do.
︎ @benchgauthier
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Friyay

Directed by Katie Colosimo
Ellie doesn’t feel like going out even though it’s Friday night.
︎ @helloiamkatie
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From Way Up Here

Directed by Celeste Chaney
Anne and Babs ditch a celebration of life, steal a car (and the urn), and take to the mountains for one last adventure, but grief is messy and the trail is full of obstacles.
︎ @fromwayupherefilm
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Good Grief

Directed by Megan Chumbley
What should be a sober memorial devolves into a chaotic frenzy as a young woman’s attempt at coping with her father’s suicide is derailed by her self-centered family.
︎ @goodgrief.mov
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Hickey

Directed by Giovanna Molina
Three sisters come of age within a strict evangelical community in rural Oregon.
︎ @giovanna_molina
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I Approve This Message

Directed by Craig Newman
When video of a young politician's radical past is leaked online, his team will stop at nothing to rewrite reality.
︎ @cvnewma
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I Hid My Heart Inside My Head

Directed by Luis Fernando Puente
[A work-in-progress screening.] After a ritual healing blessing, a Mormon man wrestles with his faith as he comes to terms with his wife’s inevitable death.
︎ @luisfernando.puente
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In the Absence of Fruits and Flowers

Directed by Kali Kahn
Old wounds are laid bare on Eli’s 23rd birthday when he pays a visit to his estranged father and is met with an awkward surprise celebration.
︎ @kaliyuga
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It Came from Inside

Directed by Aura Martinez Sandoval & Jackson Rees
On Halloween night an aloof young couple finds a corpse, a cassette tape, and a mysterious transmission device. Soon, panic ensues as they are terrorized by its mystery. Who — or what — is it designed to summon?
︎ @itcamefrominsidemovie
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kip’s itch .

Directed by Brinton Douglas
when kip comes to town, he must deal with two pressing matters: the tickle in his anus and something far more intrusive .
︎ @brintondouglas
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Sucker

Directed by Deni Cheng
Andy loses his job at a local parking garage and is confronted with the realities of being the caretaker of his little brother, Tom Tom.
︎︎︎ denicheng.com/Sucker
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The Basics of Love

Directed by Joshua Nathan
After stumbling into an armed robbery on New Year’s Eve, two sanitation workers are caught off-guard by feelings for one another that they didn’t realize they had.
︎ @joshuazevnathan
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The Loneliest

Directed by Lilian Mehrel
Go ‘behind-the-scenes’ of a British nature show in this comic mockumentary about the loneliest... whale.
︎ @lilianfilm
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The Paternal Prism

Directed by Jon Tinsley
A man reflects on his relationship with his late father and how their connection through a multi-generational hobby provides togetherness between the two.
︎ @jontinsley
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The Touch of the Master’s Hand

Directed by Gregory Barnes
Troubled by an unnatural temptation, a young Mormon missionary must confess the humiliating depths of his pornography addiction.
︎ @greg.mov
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Try Our H Alibut

Directed by Brian Durkee
A man who is seemingly floating through his days attempts to find some sort of satisfaction through the simple instruction of a fast food sign. TRY OUR HALIBUT is a vignette of acting like you are ok when that isn't quite the truth.
︎ @briandurkee
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What We Show Them

Directed by Brian Durkee & Nate Stranzl
In the small Northern Idaho town of Bonners Ferry, students and teachers face potential catastrophe every day.
︎ @briandurkee
︎ @stranzzz
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While We’re Here

Directed by Aaron McClintock & Dylan Wineland
Aaron’s relationship with his dirt bike has been vital throughout his entire life. It has always been his doorway to a sacred space. After experiencing the unexpected loss of his long time partner, Aaron’s relationship with his bike took on an even deeper meaning than he could have ever imagined. By getting on the bike and stepping through that doorway, Aaron was able to grieve and find some semblance of joy in his life again. More than just a machine, his motorcycle has been a passage to healing, growth, and a conduit to feeling close to his beloved again.
︎ @dylanwineland
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