POE SHOW #1

Friday, November 12

                   PSA by Doctor Bruce and his circumspect medical opinions

                       Quarantine Films:

                                Distance, directed by Michael Lawlor

                                Bandwidth, directed by Pat Battistini and Robert Francke

                                Strigoi, directed by Adam Lapallo

                       WELCOME by festival director Brian Weakland

                       Q&A with Quarantine Film directors, moderator Rebekah Pierce

                       Documentary Films:

                                Alone, directed by Lyf Stolte

                               *The Day I Had to Grow Up, directed by Stefano Da Fre

                                    and Laura Pelligrini

                               Lessons, directed by Jude Kalman, story by Summer Brown

                             *Vivien’s Picture, directed by Eric Kosonen

                       Q&A with Documentary directors, moderator Craig Martin

9:30 pm        Presentation of Awards for Best Quarantine Film and Best Documentary Film

POE SHOW #2

Saturday, November 13 (afternoon)

  1:30 pm       Tell-Tale Heartbeat

                      CONVERSATION with Scott Peeples, Professor, College of Charleston,

                          and author of "The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City"

                      Original Films:

                             *A New York Story, directed by Paul Schwartz

                             *The Legacy Sessions, directed by William D. Ashton

                             *The Issue with Elvis, directed by Charlotte Wincott

                      Q&A with Original Film directors, moderator Scott Carter

4:30 pm         Presentation of Award for Best Original Film

 

POE SHOW #3

Saturday, November 13 (evening)

                      Animated Short Films:

                             Stigma, directed by Daniel Ahmakov

                             Tell Me You Still Love Me, directed by Rui Ting Ji

                             *Le Cri, directed by Anouk Segura-Diaz and Miyu Productions

                              The Wake-Up Call, directed by James Kahn

                      Q&A with directors of Animated Films by finals judge Nikki Chapman

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                      Burning Love Screenplay Contest Awards:

                      Presentation of Screenplay Awards by Robin Farmer, finals judge

                      Best Feature Screenplay, Best Short Screenplay, Best Festival Screenplay

                      Multi-Scene Table Read, by members of the Virginia Screenwriters Forum

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                      Adapted Films:

                              The Masque of the Red Death, directed by Deb Ethier

                              Evermore Nevermore, directed by Amber Ray Snyder

                              Morning on the Wissahiccon, directed by Bob Finkelstein

                              *Evil Cat, directed by T.E. Yates

                      Q&A with Adapted Films directors by finals judge David Fritzson

9:45 pm         Presentation of Awards for Best Animated Film and Best Adapted Film

POE SHOW #4

Sunday, November 14

1:30 pm       Tell-Tale Heartbeat

Presentation of 2020 Poe Film Festival College Film Award to

Harrison Dove-Green,

Director of "A Lonely Conversation" - Regent University 

                     Original Short Films:

                    BLOCK ONE

                          Eternal Immurement, directed by Joseph Pascaretti

                                Classified, directed by Eric Pace

                                Stray, directed by Wanjiru Njendu

                                *You’re It, directed by Herb Cremer and Joe Cremer

                         Q&A with directors of Short Films by finals judge Bill Brock

                        BLOCK TWO

                                You Will See Me Again, directed by Anthony Faust

                                 Welcome to Forever, directed by John Gray

                                Sacred Vow, directed by Ramona Leigh Taylor

                                The Great American Scream Machine, directed by Jordan Berger

                         Q&A with directors of Short Films by Bill Brock

3:15 pm      Presentation of Award for Best Original Short Film

                      THANK YOU to Judges, Sponsors, Filmmakers and Friends

3:30 pm       CLOSING NIGHT FILM:

                       *The Corruption of Divine Providence, directed by Jeremy Torrie

5:15 pm          End of event

    * Go to Watch Films page and click on these individual films to view