19:30DOORS 19:00
Saltwater Psalm
Inés Beltrán — Spain · 104 min
THE BATHYAL
SOLD OUT
NINTH EDITION — INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT CINEMA
UNDER TOW.
Cinema that pulls you under.
Five days of premieres, restorations and midnight strand screenings across three rooms in Cape Mora. No red carpet. A seawall.
[ 01 — PROGRAM · 16 FILMS · 18 SCREENINGS ]
Five days. Three rooms.
No intermission.
Every screening is introduced. Every director stays for questions. Doors close on the hour and do not reopen — the tide doesn’t wait, and neither do we.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 07 — OPENING NIGHT
21:45DOORS 21:15
Brine
Theo Lindqvist — Sweden · 73 min
SEAWALL CINEMA
23:00DOORS 22:40
Concrete Lung
Vesna Novak — Slovenia · 84 min
THE CANNERY
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 08
16:00DOORS 15:40
The Lighthouse Tapes
Ada Kowalczyk — Poland · 86 min
SEAWALL CINEMA
18:30DOORS 18:00
Ferryman’s Static
Kwame Owusu — Ghana · 88 min
THE BATHYAL
21:00DOORS 20:30
Vantablack Summer
Ren Ishikawa — Japan · 117 min
THE BATHYAL
23:30DOORS 23:10
Static Bloom — six shorts
Various — 6 countries · 78 min
THE CANNERY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 09
15:00DOORS 14:30
The Sleep of Reason (1974)
Aldo Ferretti — Italy · 139 min · restored
SEAWALL CINEMA
SOLD OUT
18:00DOORS 17:30
A Field Guide to Drowning
Margit Østergaard — Denmark · 92 min
THE BATHYAL
20:30DOORS 20:00
Low Tide Gospel
Callum Rhys — Wales · 101 min
THE BATHYAL
23:00DOORS 22:40
Harbor of Teeth
Lúcia Marques — Portugal · 97 min
THE CANNERY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
14:00DOORS 13:40
Nobody Waves Back
Efe Demir — Türkiye · 109 min
SEAWALL CINEMA
17:00DOORS 16:30
The Drowned Orchard
Petra Halonen — Finland · 96 min
THE BATHYAL
20:00DOORS 19:30
Black Sand, Black Salt (1968)
Aldo Ferretti — Italy · 91 min · restored
SEAWALL CINEMA
22:30DOORS 22:00
In Conversation: The Jury
Moderated by Hana Grosz · 60 min
THE CANNERY
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 — CLOSING NIGHT
15:00DOORS 14:30
La Marea (1979)
Aldo Ferretti — Italy · 122 min · restored
SEAWALL CINEMA
18:00DOORS 17:30
The Undertow Awards
Jury verdicts, read aloud · 75 min
THE BATHYAL
20:30DOORS 20:00
Every Harbor Burns
Camille Aubert — France · 112 min
THE BATHYAL
SOLD OUT
ALL SCREENINGS IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES · LATE ENTRY IS NOT A THING HERE · FULL 42-SCREENING GRID AT THE BOX OFFICE
[ 02 — JURY & RETROSPECTIVE ]
Five judges.
No lifeguards.
RETROSPECTIVE — ALDO FERRETTI, ITALY 1931—1994
The Sea Trilogy,
restored.
Ferretti shot the same stretch of Ligurian coast for eleven years and never once filmed it in daylight. The trilogy returns in new 4K restorations scanned from the original camera negatives — screened loud, projected wet.
- BLACK SAND, BLACK SALT1968 · SAT 20:00
- THE SLEEP OF REASON1974 · FRI 15:00
- LA MAREA1979 · SUN 15:00
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Marisol Quintana
Director, The Hour of the Dogs — jury president · Mexico
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Yusuf Kane
Cinematographer, twice banned from tripods · Senegal / France
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Hana Grosz
Critic, Sight Unsound — feared, quoted, unbribed · Hungary
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Tove Brandt
Editor — cuts on breath, not beats · Norway
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Jonas Petraitis
Composer — scores for tape hiss and choir · Lithuania
THE JURY AWARDS: THE UNDERTOW (BEST FILM) · THE RIPTIDE (FIRST FEATURE) · THE LONG DIVE (SHORT FILM)
[ 03 — TICKETS · SALES END MON, OCT 06 — 23:59 ]
Pay once.
Go under.
Prices include the booking fee. Under-25s get 40% off any pass at the box office with ID. No seat maps — it’s first through the doors, like it should be.
SINGLE
$14
- One screening, any venue
- Q&A included where scheduled
- Midnight Strand +$2 at the door
INCL. BOOKING FEE · SALES END OCT 06
DAY PASS
$38
- Every screening on one day
- Shorts block included
- Re-entry between venues
INCL. BOOKING FEE · SALES END OCT 06
FESTIVAL PASS
$120
- All five days, all 18 screenings
- Priority queue at every door
- Awards ceremony guaranteed
- Catalogue + tote, obviously
INCL. BOOKING FEE · SALES END OCT 06
PATRON
$400
- Everything in Festival Pass
- Dinner with the jury, once
- Your name in the credits reel
60 OF 60 CLAIMED IN 41 MINUTES