Join us for the Carrboro Film fest 2025

Schedule of Events:

Film School 101: Understanding Cinematography with Nicole Berland

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Drakeford Library Complex
Every film represents a collaboration between directors, cinematographers, writers, actors, equipment operators, editors, and more. Each of these people makes choices that impact the story they're telling and how audiences will receive it. This workshop offers a crash course in the technical language of cinema.

Out On a Limb - Short Films

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Drakeford Library Complex
Southerners are tough – but we know real stories of triumph are never easy. That’s why this collection of 8 short films seeks to honor all the risks, challenges, and moments of discomfort we trade to create better versions of ourselves or a better world for the people we love. From a “post-binary, pansexual, polyamorous, pot-smoking parent and professional drag queen” who uses her platform to protect and celebrate her community, to a father trying to provide dinner for his family in a new country, to a recovering people pleaser trying her hand at BDSM – we are here for every moment of the process as all these individuals are sacrificing comfort and caution for something bolder and brighter on the other side.

Systems Failing, Community Rising - Short Films   

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Drakeford Library Complex

This collection of 7 documentary shorts highlights the efforts and accomplishments of Southerners who are coming together and rolling up their sleeves to challenge, combat, and reform systems which no longer serve them. In Alabama, a mechanic with a PhD from Berkeley takes a stand against capitalism in his own garage; in Texas, the Briggle family must contend with a far right government to defend their child’s right to gender affirming healthcare; and in our very own Orange County, NC, social workers, police officers, community leaders, and individuals living without shelter use their voices to illuminate the growing crisis of affordable housing. We hope you leave this block enlightened and inspired by the work your neighbors are already doing in city halls, community centers, and backyards all around you.

Meet the Filmmakers Dinner

6:30pm - 7:30pm

6:30 PM  7:30 PM
Drakeford Library Complex
Come join us for a free dinner with some of the filmmakers from this year's Carrboro Film Fest. Admission is free, but registration is required. Space is limited, so register early!

Southern Oddities - Short Films
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Drakeford Library Complex
As Southerners, we don’t shy away from what others may find strange, surreal, or uncanny; instead we approach with curiosity, eager to learn what the otherworldly has in store. With this block of twelve short films, we follow a cat to the center of the earth, watch best friends cleanse their home of a haunted couch, and witness individuals undergo a mysterious grieving process involving a supernatural telephone booth. With this collection we are taking our audience through the looking glass, hoping to return with an enriched perspective on the weird and wonderful world that is the South.

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