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DUBOIS CITY CENTER
APRIL 20 | 2 PM
Best Film Winner
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Best Film Winner
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Immerse yourself into the world of film. We believe that film is something that enriches the human experience and allows us to gain insight into different cultures. The Gold Reel Film Festival’s mission is to create a space for student filmmakers to tell their stories. We look back to those before us for inspiration, to one another for support, and ahead to the future of film.
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Crossroads
White Noise
The Christmas Eve
Massacre
Her Name is Nicki
Director: Nuwuan Sabella
An anxiety ridden man tries to escape the noise.
Director: Luis Rivera
John, an aspiring artist, makes a deal with a demon and has to face the bloody consequences.
Director: Logan Talbot
In 1950's New York City, a low-level gangster is determined to escape his life of crime.
Director: Jalen Singleton
A grieving wife deals with how she really feels about her deceased husband.
Nice Guys Finish Last
Director: Praise K. McNealy
Khawan Wilcox, TJKK
Jacob plays a traditional supporting friend in "Nice Guys Finish Last," trying to console Gabby after her boyfriend missed her birthday. Jacob stays at Gabby's side, providing comfort and understanding, even though he has feelings for her. The film delves into the intricacies of unrequited love and the difficulties of managing relationships during adolescence through touching scenes and sincere chats. Gabby is forced to face her decisions and the true love that is staring her in the face as Jacob struggles with his own feelings.
The Printmaker
Director: Sydney Carmer
The Printmaker documents the life and work of Anna Kenar, a printmaker and studio professor at UNC Charlotte. It takes place as she prepares a body of work for her show "Carry this Splendor, this Chaos," which was exhibited at Gaston College in 2023.
Blind Date
Director: Sydney Carmer
Blind Date follows Medusa and her journey to find a partner as she participates in a local speed-dating event full of other monsters and cryptids. Through a sense of playfulness and humor, the spooky and supernatural are made more approachable. It explores relatable challenges of relationships—particularly for queer and feminine presenting individuals.
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Perdita
Director: Ashton Burnette, Abby Grack
A man reflects on his last memories of a past lover.
Brokeback Hill
Gravel Road
Director: Peter Allacardi
Jack Appleseed is an apple robber and steals some apples, little does he know, Detective Charlie Jones is on his tail and the two go at it.
Director: Lilli Bierstedt
Gravel Road is a short drama that explores ideas surrounding death, regret, and living a fulfilled life through a southern gothic perspective. The film follows a stubborn and spiteful blue-collar worker who, after getting a flat tire, wanders up a gravel road and finds an old cowboy. The two share drinks, and the cowboy questions the man's fulfillment in life. The cowboy offers him a cigar, and the man learns that “everyone smokes eventually,”.
Transformers:
Horrors Beyond Machine
Director: Thong Nguyen-Vu
Autobot Smokescreen has to investigate the mystery behind what the Decepticons have been planning. What he discovers are horrors beyond machine.
Curing Caroline
Director: Rebekah Elise Ivy
A Mini Documentary highlighting Caroline Ivy's journey to overcoming cancer, and its impact on herself and her relationships.
Cold Cuts
Director: Ryan Epp
Amidst their struggles with insecurity and anxiety, two distinctly different brothers learn that they thrive best when united.
Girls on Film
Director: Gabriella Davis,
Emma Gusman
An exploration of the pervasive clichés and harmful stereotypes perpetuated by media, particularly those created by men about women. Through a series of re-created scenes the film’s aim is to shine light on the exploitive and damaging nature of these portrayals.
Whisper
Director: Jett Graham
A mentally ill man struggles with the voices in his head, telling him to do something horrible.
411
Director: Jackson Wells
A Detective seeks to uncover a conspiracy surrounding a missing child.
Turnpike
Director: Jackson Wells
A woman mourns the loss of her friend.
Melancholia
Director: Amr Al-Afifi
An alleged killer increases the rate of missing people in the year 2009. He quota "You Look You Die" has affected an unfortunate victim, whose only goal is to find sanity.
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