The BraveMaker Film Festival is a highly-anticipated event that will take place in Redwood City. This festival is a celebration of independent cinema and features a wide range of thought-provoking films, including documentaries, narratives, and shorts.

Schedule:

Thursday, July 13, 2023

BraveMaker Hub 2363 Broadway

5:00pm: Inviting Your Whole Self to the Creative Process
6:00pm: Workshop: Making a Feature Film
9:30pm: Opening Night Party

Courthouse Square - Outside 2200 Broadway Free

8:00pm:
-Growing Up in America (6 mins)
-Into the Spotlight (99 mins)

Friday, July 14, 2023

BraveMaker Hub 2363 Broadway

9:30am: Filmmaker Breakfast
10:00am: Pitch Prep with Tristan Shuler
11:00am: Actor/Filmmaker Mingle Free
7:15pm: Workshop: Making a Feature Film

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) 801 Jefferson Avenue

12:00pm: FILMS, LUNCH, AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOPE AND JUSTICE
-Finding Ubuntu (22 min)
-Barefoot Empress (15 min)
-Developing our Future (25 min)

San Mateo County History Museum 2200 Broadway

3:00pm Entertainment Industry Panel Discussion

Century 20 Screen #19 - 825 Middlefield Road

7:00pm:
-The Worst She Could Say is No (2 min)
-Road Kill Jamboree (7 min)
-Punk Kids (101 min)

9:45pm: LATE NIGHT BRAVE FAVES
TRIGGER WARNING: May contain strong themes, nudity, sexuality
-Daughtering (10 min)
-Trying (8 min)
-Backlogged (8 min)
-Quince Til Infinity (15 min)
-Uncredited (29 min)
-Blacksmith + Nighthawk Bar Open until 2am Friday + Saturday

Saturday, July 15, 2023

BraveMaker Hub 2363 Broadway

10:45am: Roadmap Writers Screenwriting Panel
12:45pm: Animation Workshop with Craig Staggs and Steph Swope + Fest Animators
8:00pm: Creating a Series - Award Winning
Doucheaholics on Amazon

Century 20 Screen #19 - 825 Middlefield Road

10:00am: FAMILY FRIENDLY PROGRAM
-Oren’s Way (16 min)
-Little T (5 min)
-When Mama and Me Lived Outside (11 min)
-The Innocent (5 min)
-The Crossing Guard (9 min)
-Magic by Magic Siren
-Acoustic Music by Jessica Cohen & Ryan Woodard
-Make Your Own Slime Table

12:15pm:
-First X (8 min)
-Into the Spotlight (99 min)

3:00pm :
-Trust Fall (2 min )
-I Used to Love Her (8 min)
-Punk Kids (101 min)

5:15pm: BRAVEMAKER ACADEMY SHORTS

6:45pm:
-Legacy (1 min)
-Triggered (18 min)
-Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia (67 min)

9:45pm: LATE NIGHT BRAVE FAVES
TRIGGER WARNING: May contain strong themes, nudity, sexuality
-The Reckoning (5 min)
-Venus (10 min)
-Head (8 min)
-The Interview (4 min)
-Man Hunt (9 min)
-A Paw Over Dark (11 min)
-Bosom (12 min)
-Promises (14 min)

Century 20 Screen #15 - 825 Middlefield Road

10:15am:
-Breast Friend (3 min)
-2020: Chaos and Hope (95 min)

12:30pm:
-Things Will Change (20 min)
-The Time it Takes To Think (20 min)

2:30pm:
-The Language of Care (7 min)
-Tuba Thieves (91 min)

5:45pm:
-Four Walls (7 min)
-Uncredited (29 min)
-By My Side (30 min)
-Four Walls Part 2 (7 min)
-Baby Steps (21 min)

8:15pm:
-Man Made (15 min)
-The Snow Leopard (14 min)
-A Rosary and a Diamond Ring (15 min)
-Quince Til Infinity (15 min)
-Daughtering (10 min)
-Trying (8 min)

Library 1044 Middlefield Rd; 2nd Floor Community Room Free

1:00pm: Women in Entertainment Panel Discussion
3:00pm: iPhone Filmmaking Workshop by Keena Ferguson

San Mateo County History Museum 2200 Broadway

3:30pm: Pitch Contest
Blacksmith + Nighthawk Bar Open until 2am Friday + Saturday

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Century 20 Screen #19, 825 Middlefield Rd

10:00am: Film Church
Music by Matt Nightingale
1946: The Mistranslation That
Shifted Culture (92 min)

12:45pm:
-Brave Sci-Fi (94 min)
-Backlogged (8 min)
-Electric Sleep (76 min)

3:15pm: BraveMaker Academy Shorts
-J is for Jackson (12 min)
-Roomies (5 min)
-Pill Me (8 min)

5:00pm: Bay Area Shorts: Elizabeth Mitchell McCarthy Tribute
-A Rosary and a Diamond Ring (15 min)
-Luv, Me (10 min)
-Femme Rage (3 min)
-Queer Science (8 min)
-Biting Dust (7 min)
-Faith (8 min)
-Legacy (1 min)
-The Worst She Could Say Is No (2 min)
-The Snow Leopard (14 min)
-Good Grief (8 min)
-The Art of Survival (12 min)
-I Used to Love Her (8 min)

Library 1044 Middlefield Rd; 2nd Floor Community Room Free

1:30pm Student Filmmaking Workshop

3:00pm: STUDENT SHORT FILMS
-Back to India (11 min)
-Clownin’ (7 min)
-Karam Camera (7 min)
-Things Will Change (20 min)
-The Reception (6 min)
-The Time it Takes To Think (20 min)

BraveMaker Hub 2363 Broadway

10:15am: What I Learned Making Films Workshop
12:15pm: Master Your Story Workshop
3:30pm: Skit Writing Workshop
6:00pm: Lighting Workshop
8:00pm: Closing Night Party

Date: Thursday, July 13, 2023 - Sunday, July 16, 2023

Location: Various Venues in Redwood City, CA

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