Kick off the 29th Annual George Lindsey UNA Film Festival with a party in the UNA School of the Arts Gallery.

Located at 126 W Tombigbee St, just around the corner from the Mane Room.

6PM, Thursday, March 5 in the UNA School of the Arts Gallery

Leads

Directed by Bryan Poyser

An acting professor has her life upended when her charming but volatile baby brother joins her acting class, setting off a battle of wills between them for the hearts and minds of her eager students that could bring them all to the brink of success or debilitating ruin.

Stars Heather Kafka and Justin Arnold will be in attendance.

Leads will be preceeded by Whoopin’ (dir. Justin Arnold).

8PM, Thursday, March 5 in the Mane Room

When the Night Falls

Directed by Andrew Lamping

When a grieving woman is found harboring a missing man in her basement, a small-town sheriff must uncover whether she's a monster—or trying to save one.

Director Andrew Lamping and lead actors Phoebe Jones and Austin Parsons will be in attendance.

10:30PM, Thursday, March 5 in the Mane Room

Snake Oil Song

Directed by Micah Van Hove

Chino's life on the outskirts of the Amazon is consumed by one thing: hunting the anaconda that ate his dog. When an American journalist hires Chino to travel to a dangerous area, an encounter with illegal gold miners causes Chino's life on the river to unravel.

4:30PM, Friday, March 6, in the Mane Room

Hekla

Directed by Michael Glover Smith

Hekla, a determined Chicago actress, races through auditions, breakups, and self-doubt over the course of one chaotic day, risking her heart and career to claim her voice and step fully into the artist and woman she’s meant to be.

Director Michael Glover Smith and lead actor Elizabeth Stam will be in attendance.

Hekla will be preceded by short film Candle (dir. Nora Stone).

8:30PM, Friday, March 6, in the Mane Room

The Scout

Directed by Paula Andrea González-Nasser

Sofia works as a location scout for a TV show pilot shooting in New York City. The film takes place over a twenty-four-hour window in the lead-up of the show beginning its principal photography. Throughout the day, Sofia asks to enter the private space of a handful of the city's residents and in doing so, steps into the fabric of their lives.

These brief voyages into the lives of others are intimate yet transactional, enlightening but one-sided - a source of both potential connection and alienation for Sofia. Over the course of a day, she struggles to find her footing in this mess of contradictions and the endless momentum of her unusual job.

Director Paula Andrea González-Nasser will be in attendance.

10AM, Saturday, March 7 in the Mane Room

Other Houses

Directed by Thomas Southerland and S. Cagney Gentry

Immigrant Radka Winslow must choose between the American Dream or living a creative life back in Bulgaria. Other Houses tells the poetic and funny story of Radka’s life-changing summer of choices.

12PM, Saturday, March 7 in the Mane Room

Possum Town

Directed by Daniel Christian

O. N. Pruitt — the "picture man" for the small town of Columbus, Mississippi, during the Jim Crow era — was one of the most prolific photographers of his time. Nearly a century later, a Columbus native who grew up surrounded by the ghosts of Pruitt's work delves into his vast archive of photographic negatives, opening a portal where images of past and present converge in the everyday stories of the town's citizens today.

3PM, Saturday, March 7 in the AlleyCAT

Celebrate the best of the fest with a party and awards show!

6PM, Saturday, March 7 in the Mane Room