A full schedule for the weekend-long Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival has been revealed, with nearly a dozen Ridgewood-based artists being featured.
The Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival (R.O.F.F.) returns this month for its second year, bringing over 30 screenings of unconventional yet exceptional films to the heart of Ridgewood.
Screenings of the featured films, animated shorts, music videos and more are set to take place at the Stone Circle Theatre, located at 59-14 70th Ave., within the Ridgewood Presbyterian Church, from Friday, Sept. 13, to Sunday, Sept. 15.
On Friday, Sept. 13, the Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival will feature 14 animated shorts from 7-9 p.m. The session will follow a Q&A, and the run time for the section is one hour and 20 minutes.
Those looking for their Ridgewood neighbors in the festival may recognize Carly Lieberman for the Animated Short, “Phobee-a” and Scott Palazzo’s animated short “Yasuke the African Samurai.”
The Feature Film “My Imaginary Life for Someone” will also be shown on Friday with a runtime of 75 minutes and a Q&A to follow.
Directed by Molly Wurwand and Ryan McGlade, the film is described as an uncanny tour through a labyrinth of mysteriously linked McMansions circa Y2K.
Saturday evening’s lineup lasts from 7-9:30 p.m., with 13 live-action shorts lasting one hour and 50 minutes. Following a Q&A, the feature film “ZIPWHARF” will be screened from 10-11:45 p.m.
Ridgewood’s own Jonas Bishop Hayes is in the festival for the short film “Pearl with a Tail,” and Ridgewood local Anni Rossi with the short film “Glaciers.”
A segment of the festival also screens Ridgewood resident LJ Frezza in the short film and documentary “Is it Us?.”
Lastly, on Sunday, Sept. 15, the short documentary category will show ten short docs with a total run time of 80 minutes and a Q&A.
From 8-10 p.m., the Music Video submissions will bring the film festival to its closing ceremony, featuring 17 music video submissions, performances, Q&A’s and the ROFFIES awards.
The music video showings will last for 45 minutes prior to the closing ceremony.
One of this year’s music submissions, “Is It Easy,” is a collaboration between Ridgewood-based video artist Cat Tassini and Woodhaven-based musical artist Leslie Hong.
Also, “Goodbye Slim Jim,” directed by Sarah Bex Rice from Ridgewood, will venture into the dark with Insomnia-induced late-night voice memo creepy crawling down memory lane.
“I’m a Ridgewood/Glendale-border-based enthusiast of experimental films, archives and basically everything. I like everything. Even roaches. Which this short doc is about,” Rice shared in a director’s statement. “I hope you enjoy this ode to my little Slim Jim (2018 – 2021), RIP.”
Tickets for the Ridgewood Off-Kilter Film Festival can be found on its website at www.ridgewoodoffkilter.org/shop. Tickets for the all weekend pass cost only $30 and individual screening category tickets cost $12.
