The 2026 festival will be held September 25-27 at the historic Rivoli Theatre in downtown Seward, NE.
NOTE: The following schedule is subject to change. Please check back occasionally for any updates.
| 5:00 PM |
PRE-FESTIVAL MIXER Nebraska Independent Film Projects is sponsoring a pre-festival mixer. Meet other Nebraska filmmakers and learn just a little bit about what NIFP does to support the Nebraska filmmaking community before sitting down to the first night of the Flatwater Film Festival. Free drinks and snacks! RED PATH GALLERY & TASTING ROOM, 514 Seward Street |
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| Friday – Screen 1 | |||
| 6:20pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks | ||
| 6:30pm | Bullock | ||
| 6:47pm | Hot | ||
| 6:56pm | The Dreamer | ||
| 7:00pm | Blood Sisters | ||
| 7:06pm | Angels With Dirty Paws | ||
| 7:20pm | Hi, I’m Kayla the Nanny | ||
| 7:28pm | Welcome to WeCorp | ||
| 7:34pm | Disconnected | ||
| 7:49pm | Wed the Dark | ||
| 9:06pm | After-Party Mixer at the SPARETIME Lounge & Grill, 123 S 4th Street | ||
| SATURDAY – SCREEN 1 | SATURDAY – SCREEN 2 | ||
| 9:00am | Opening Remarks | 9:00am | Opening Remarks |
| 9:05am | The Precarious Perils of Poor Patricia Packard | 9:05am | Dodging Fire – My Old Man |
| 9:15am | Ruffin | ||
| 9:20am | Doris | ||
| 9:28am | A Glance Away | ||
| 9:31am | Music is Priceless | ||
| 9:45am | Peace, Peace! | ||
| 9:50am | BREAK | ||
| 9:55am | Canvases | ||
| 10:16am | A Boy and His Dog | ||
| 10:22am | Healing Ribbons, One Stitch at a Time | ||
| 10:47am | Poor Character | ||
| 10:58am | O Con: An Event for Everyone | ||
| 11:10am | Truth Detector: Family Therapy | ||
| 11:16am | BREAK | ||
| 11:18am | SESSION: Speed Networking | ||
| 11:58am | INTERMISSION | ||
| 11:59am | SESSION: NIFP | ||
| 12:39pm | INTERMISSION | ||
| 12:58pm | ACTORS ROUNDTABLE | ||
| 1:43pm | Oliver West | ||
| 1:51pm | The Painter | ||
| 3:16pm | Chasing Rabbits | ||
| 3:26pm | Letting Go | ||
| 3:34pm | I Know What I Saw | ||
| 3:41pm | BREAK | ||
| 3:44pm | DIRECTORS ROUNDTABLE | ||
| 4:39pm | INTERMISSION | ||
| 4:41pm | Filtered | ||
| 4:59pm | Message from a Mother | ||
| 5:07pm | Lights Out | ||
| 5:21pm | Elysia | ||
| 5:45pm | My Filmmaking Journey | ||
| 6:00pm | Game Over | ||
| 6:04pm | Perfect Night | ||
| 6:15pm | Rinse Cycle | ||
| 6:31pm | Chapter 21 | ||
| 6:46pm | Patina | ||
| 6:58pm | Mycelium | ||
| 7:16pm | The Old Man at the Bar | ||
| 7:28pm | BREAK | ||
| 7:33pm | Mystery of the Manor | ||
| 9:00pm | After-Party Mixer at Bottle Rocket Brewing Company, 230 S 5th Street | ||
| SUNDAY – SCREEN 1 | SUNDAY – SCREEN 2 | ||
| 8:30am | Opening Remarks | ||
| 8:35am | WRITERS BLOCK | ||
| 9:15am | My Omaha | 9:15am | Opening Remarks |
| 9:20am | The Pain and the Power | ||
| 10:40am | BREAK | ||
| 10:45am | She Dreams of Sunflowers | ||
| 11:02am | Homeless | ||
| 11:07am | BREAK | ||
| 11:09am | Sundown | ||
| 11:12am | Soma | ||
| 11:24am | Opening Night | 11:24am | Nothing To You |
| 11:30am | D.P.O.S. | ||
| 11:38am | Four Floors | ||
| 11:41am | Fluctuation | ||
| 11:45am | A Bird in the Field | ||
| 11:55am | Amphibian Man | ||
| 12:06pm | Jeni Grouws and the Music House | ||
| 12:24pm | Anna: Omaha’s Queen of the Underworld | ||
| 12:26pm | Forgotten Motherland | ||
| 12:37pm | The Cost of Shoes | ||
| 12:47pm | BREAK | ||
| 12:52pm | Release | ||
| 12:58pm | Languid | ||
| 1:05pm | A Touch of Wildness: Sandhill Cranes in America | ||
| 1:12pm | Autumn’s Embrace | ||
| 1:23pm | The Vow | ||
| 1:27pm | Birth of a Criminal | ||
| 1:35pm | Foiled Hope | ||
| 1:39pm | The Bare Stench Project | ||
