2017 Prairie Lights Film Festival Schedule!

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Friday, October 20th

5:30 pm: Nebraska Independent Film Projects Filmmaker Meet and Greet
6:30 pm: Doors Open
6:50 pm: Opening Remarks
7:00 pm: Naomi Jones (2017) d. Tom Knoblauch -(81 min) WORLD PREMIERE
8:25 pm: Q&A with Tom Knoblauch, Ben Matukewicz, Leah Cardenas
8:40 pm: The Bagman Died First (2017) d. Mike Johnson – (15 min) WORLD PREMIERE
9:00 pm: Ghost Hunter (2017) d. Patrick Lambrecht – (20 min) WORLD PREMIERE
9:20 pm: Proof (2017) d. Vincent Smith – (6 min) WORLD PREMIERE
9:27 pm: The Grave Whispers (2017) d. William Fischer – (15 min) WORLD PREMIERE
9:42 pm: ?????????? (2017) d. ??????? – (5 min) WORLD PREMIERE
9:48 pm: End of the Road (2017) d. Dorothy Booraem and Chad Haufschild – (15 min) WORLD PREMIERE
10:05 pm: If the Shoe Fits (2017) d. Nate Coulombe – (20 min) NEBRASKA PREMIERE
10:25 pm – Filmmaker Q&A – Mike Johnson, Patrick Lambrecht, Vincent Smith, William Fischer, Nate Coulombe, Dorothy Booraem and Chad Haufschild
11:00 – Kinkaider After Party

Saturday, October 21st

8:00 am – Sin City Grill Filmmaker Mixer
9:30 am – Leeched (2015) d. Jonathan Kimbrell (3 min)
9:33 am – Errant (2016) d. Jonathan Kimbrell (6 min)
9:40 am – Loch Ness: The Webseries (2015) c. Christina Marie Leonard (35 min) NEBRASKA PREMIERE
10:15 am- Decades (2016) d. Bill Hedges (45 min)
11:00 am- Prairie Pints (2017) d. Tyler Schmid, Shadlee Jo Meinke, Ryan Meinke, Scott Powers WORLD PREMIERE
12:30 pm- Q&A Christina Marie Leonard and the filmmakers of Prairie Pints
1:00 pm – Pete Lipins Retrospective (110 min)
- Biezie Satiekas (2008) d. Pete Lipins
- Overstock of the Man Machine (2008) d. Andrew Johnson
- Dudeling (2008) d. Pete Lipins
- Killer (2008) d. Pete Lipins
- Statement from Chad Haufschild
3:00 pm – Sold for Sex
- Trafficking In Nebraska (30 min)
- Survivor Stories (30 min)
- Q&A with Anna Brewer and survivors
4:30 pm – Intermission
6:00 pm – Life After Ex (2017) d. Jim Fields (86 min)
7:30 pm – The Nuanced Side (2017) d. Tom Knoblauch (14 min) WORLD PREMIERE
7:45 pm – The Contest (2017) d. Patrick Lambrecht (20 min) WORLD PREMIERE
8:05 pm – Pisser (2017) d. Van Jensen (10 min) WORLD PREMIERE
8:15 pm – Three to LA (2017) d. Z (5 min) NEBRASKA PREMIERE
8:20 pm – The Collection (2017) d. Adam Roffman (12min) NEBRASKA PREMIERE
8:33 pm – Coffee and Cigarettes IV (2016) d. Ian Snyder (3 min)
8:36 pm – First Kiss (2017) d. Justin Stearns (3 min) NEBRASKA PREMIERE
8:45 pm – Corruptor (2017) d. Dorothy Booraem and Chad Haufschild (90 min) WORLD PREMIERE
10:15 pm – Filmmaker Q&A – Dorothy Booraem, Chad Haufschild, Jim Fields, Tom Knoblauch
10:45 pm – Bonzai After party

Sunday, October 22nd

8:00 am – Sin City Grill Breakfast Mixer with Filmmakers
9:30 am – The Retirement of Mr. Jones (2016) d. Matt Townley (17 min)
9:47 am- Darkroom (2016) d. Magie McCombs (11 min)
10:00 am – Black Luck (2016) d. David Weiss and Jason Levering (90 min)
11:30 am – No Clean Finish (2017) d. Eric Dwight (15 min)
11:46 am – Military Husband (2017) d. Kevin McMahon (45 min) WORLD PREMIERE
12:30 pm – Bear (2017) d. Jasmine Winter (2 min) NEBRASKA PREMIERE
12:32 pm – The Room (2017) d. Erica Johnson (2 min) NEBRASKA PREMIERE
12:35 pm – Growing Pains (2017) d. Elijah Watson (10 min)
12:45 pm – 11 Confession Road (2017) d. Rhett McClure (6 min)
12:52 pm – Kindle (2017) d. Adam Meyer and Dirk Czarnecki (3 min)
12:55 pm – Reverie (2016) d. Karalyn Smith (4 min)
1:00 pm – Who Will Listen But the Wind (2017) d. Jennifer Hanisch WORLD PREMIERE
1:15 pm – Mower Boy (2017) d. Mark Popejoy (10 min) WORLD PREMIERE
1:30 pm – Filmmaker Q&A – Kevin McMahon, Jennifer Hanisch and Mark Popejoy
2:00 pm – Closing Remarks

The Films!

11 CONFESSION ROAD (2016) d. Rhett McClure
THE BAGMAN DIED FIRST (2017) d. Michael Johnson (World Premiere)
BEAR (2017) D. Jasmine Winter (Nebraska Premiere)
BIEZIE SATIEKAS (2008) d. Pete Lipins
BLACK LUCK (2016) d. David Weiss and Jason Levering
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES IV (2016) d. Ian Snyder
THE COLLECTION (2017) d. Adam Roffman (Nebraska Premiere)
THE CONTEST (2017) d. Patrick Lambrecht (World Premiere)
CORRUPTOR (2017) d. Dorothy Booraem and Chad Haufschild (World Premiere)
DARKROOM (2016) d. Magie McCombs
DECADES (2016) d. Bill Hedges
DUDELING (2008) d. Pete Lipins
END OF THE ROAD (2017) d. Dorothy Booraem (World Premiere)
ERRANT (2016) d. Jonathan Kimbrell
FIRST KISS (2016) d. Justin Stearns (Nebraska Premiere)
GHOST HUNTER (2017) d. Patrick Lambrecht (World Premiere)
THE GRAVE WHISPERS (2017) d. William Fischer (World Premiere)
GROWING PAINS (2017) d. Elijah Watson
IF THE SHOE FITS (2017) d. Nate Coulombe (Nebraska Premiere)
KILLER (2008 ) d. Pete Lipins
KINDLE (2017) d. Adam Meyer and Dirk Czarnecki
LEECHED (2015) d. Jonathan Kimbrell
LIFE AFTER EX (2017) d. Jim Fields
LOCH NESS: THE WEB SERIES (2016) c. Christina Marie Leonard (Nebraska Premiere)
MILITARY HUSBAND (2017) d. Kevin McMahon (World Premiere)
MOWER BOY (2017) d. Mark Popejoy (World Premiere)
MYSTERY MOVIE (2017) d. ???? (World Premiere)
NAOMI JONES (2017) d. Tom Knoblauch (World Premiere)
THE NUANCED SIDE (2017) d. Tom Knoblauch (World Premiere)
NO CLEAN FINISH (2017) d. Eric Dwight
OVERSTOCK OF THE MAN-MACHINE (2008) d. Andrew Johnson
PISSER (2017) d. Van Jensen (World Premiere)
PRAIRIE PINTS (2017) d. Tyler Schmid, Shadlee Jo Meinke, Ryan Meinke, Scott Powers (World Premiere)
PROOF (2017) d. Vincent Smith (World Premiere)
THE RETIREMENT OF MR. JONES (2016) d. Matt Townley
RETURN OF THE ROBO-MUMMY FROM OUTER SPACE PART 7 (2017) d. Mathew Kister (World Premiere)
REVERIE (2016) d. Karalyn Smith
THE ROOM (2017) d. Erica Johnson (Nebraska Premiere)
SOLD FOR SEX: TRAFFICKING IN NEBRASKA/SURVIVOR STORIES (2017) d. Mike Tobias
THREE TO LA (2017) d. Z (Nebraska Premiere)
WHO WILL LISTEN BUT THE WIND (2017) d. Jennifer Hanisch (World Premiere)