Celeb, movie lineup for the Albany Film Festival

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The New York State Writers Institute Albany Film Festival is returning to the University at Albany on April 6. The festival includes a day of feature and shirt film screenings, as well as discussion with celebrity guests.

Feature films

• "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales," directed by Abigail Disney and Kathleen Hughes
  • Campus Center West Auditorium, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• "Swedish Erotica," directed by Greg Pritlin
  • Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room, 11 a.m. to noon
• "The Monkey," directed by Spencer Sherry
  • Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• "Story Ave," directed by Aristotle Torres
  • Campus Center West Auditorium, 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
• "Bayard Street," directed by Cindy Chu
  • Campus Center Multi-Purpose Room, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• "Sucker," directed by Deni Cheng
  • Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• "Loren & Rose," directed by Russell Brown
  • Campus Center West Auditorium, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• "Black Girls Play: The Story of Handgames," directed by Joe Brewster and Michéle Stephenson
  • Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room, 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Short films

All of the short films will be shown in the Campus Center West Boardroom. The Short Film Award winners will announced at the Ironweed & Short Film Award Ceremony in the Campus Center West Auditorium on April 6 at 6 p.m.

The final schedule is still to be announced. Here's what shorts films will be shown by category.

Comedy

• "Better Luck Next Time," directed by Lexie Zanghi
• "Don't Be A Weenie," directed by Milla Benadony
• "Hot Soda," directed by Nello DiGiandomenico
• "PTO," directed by Taylor Becker
• "Tails Side Up," directed by Elijah Gaddy

Experimental

• "Applicant 101," directed by Alex Zaghloul
• "!," directed by Elaina Couse
• "Electra Wasp," directed by Wasan Hayajneh
• "Juan," directed by Azriel Chavez
• "Masked Macabre," directed by Tom Walsh
• "Memory," directed by Dylan Ferrara and Max Greenblat
• "Offstage," directed by Jacob French
• "On Pedestal," directed by Maya Rosenthal
• "Spoiled," directed by Saige Kanik

Dramatic 1

• "An Occurrence," directed by Dien Vo
• "Dead Drop," directed by Benjamin Reeves
• "Philadelphia Bound," directed by David Pisani
• "The Journey of Malcolm Miracle and Dave," directed by J. Anthony Roman

Documentary

• "Invisible Targets: The Rise of AAPI Hate Crimes," directed by Devin Kennedy
• "Pins and Needles," directed by Claire Beseler
• "Pizza Dreams," directed by Alexander Campo
• "Que Será, Que Será: The Bert Weinberg Story," directed by Leo Rosenblum
• "The Boricua's Dilemma," directed by Sebastian Nazario-Colony
• "Without Shame, Without Stigma, Without Fear," directed by Liam Shields

Dramatic 2

• "Keepsake," directed by Rachel Patrice
• "Letting Go," directed by Pamela Gebhard
• "Maybe In Another Life," directed by Iniabasi Nelson
• "Midnight Chrysalis," directed by Camren Missimer
• "Molting," directed by Maia B Kromer
• "Penny," directed by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
• "The Hollow," directed by Yvonne Trobe

Guest appearances

• Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Discussion of the book "So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls"
  • Campus Center Assembly Hall, 11 a.m. to noon
• Jaqueline Bisset and Russell Brown, Film Screening & Discussion of "Loren & Rose"
  • Campus Center West Auditorium, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Deni Cheng, Film Screening & Discussion of "Sucker"
  • Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• Cindy Chu, Film Screening & Discussion of "Bayard Street"
  • Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• Rosa Clemente and Abigail Disney, Film Screening & Discussion of "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales"
  • Campus Center West Auditorium, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Dr. Kyra Gaunt: Film Screening & Discussion of "Black Girls Play: The Story Of Handgames"
  • Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room, 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
• Joshua Glick, Discussion about AI and Film
  • Campus Center Assembly Hall, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Lizzie Gottlieb, Discussion of "Turn Every Page"
  • Campus Center Ballroom, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Luis Guzmán and Aristotle Torres, Film Screening & Discussion of "Story Ave"
  • Campus Center West Auditorium, 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
• Larry Hummel, Film Screening of "Swedish Erotica" & Q/A with DR. Bob Wishnoff
  • Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room, 11 a.m. to noon
• James Ivory, Discussion with Stephen Soucy of "Merchant Victory"
  • Campus Center Ballroom, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• David Rosenthal, Discussion of the book "Paul Newman: The Extraordinay Life of an Ordinary Man"
  • Campus Center Ballroom, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Spencer Sherry, Film Screening & Discussion of "The Monkey"
  • Campus Center West Multi-Purpose Room, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• Matt Singer, Critics Panel with Alissa Wilkinson
  • Campus Center Assembly Hall, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The Albany Film Festival is free and open to the public. Parking will be available in the Dutch Quad Faculty/Staff, Dutch Quad Resident, and Podium West parking lots on the University at Albany campus.