SCHEDULE

The 2024 Flatwater Film Festival will again be held at the historic Rivoli Theater in downtown Seward, NE, September 27-29.

NOTE: The following schedule is subject to change. Please check back occasionally for any modifications.

Click on the film title to read more information about it.

5:00pm PRE-FESTIVAL MIXER
Nebraska Independent Film Projects is sponsoring a pre-festival mixer, location and time yet to be announced. 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
FRIDAY 9/27 – SCREEN 1
6:30pm Opening Remarks
6:41pm May
6:56pm Under the Rug
7:08pm Dig In
7:13pm Six Shooters
7:31pm Immersed
7:35pm Cat’s All Folks
8:03pm The Gun is Full of Wine
8:16pm Time to Shine
8:37pm The Last Butterflies
9:15pm After-Party Mixer at the SPARETIME Lounge & Grill, 123 S 4th Street
SATURDAY 9/28 – SCREEN 1 SATURDAY 9/28 – SCREEN 2
8:25am Opening Remarks 8:25am Opening Remarks
8:31am The Diary of Michael Shiner 8:31am Salt Valley Greenways: Nature’s Network
8:48am Becoming Sam Phillips
9:04am Cowboys vs Prairie Dogs
9:20am John Foster Drew ET
9:21am Under the Wire
9:31am Nine Mile Prairie: Hope in the Tallgrass
9:48am BREAK 9:48am BREAK
9:54am The Cross 9:53am I-21
11:18am BREAK
11:22am BREAK
11:23am SESSION: Marketing and Distribution: Connecting with Audiences
11:53am SESSION: Animation: From Stop-Motion to 3D Animation
12:23pm SESSION: NIFP’s Fiscal Sponsorship – A Practical Guide
12:53pm SESSION: Directors Roundtable 12:53pm BREAK
1:40pm SESSION: Speed Networking
2:11pm Truth Detector 2:11pm Turn Over
2:18pm Lottie
2:25pm Atomic Zombies
2:28pm The Visit
2:41pm Rattled: Conserving Rattlesnakes in Appalachia
2:52pm Emrys
3:00pm The Chicken Wing Apocalypse
3:03pm Nervous Records: The Series (2 Episode Preview)
3:04pm First Day of Vacation
3:16pm BREAK
3:21pm Coulda Beens & Wannabes
3:54pm The Mixtape
4:08pm Premonition
4:21pm Divisible
4:57pm BREAK  
6:00pm The Artiste
6:10pm Take Care
6:19pm Danger-Closed: The Flora Apartments and Omaha’s Failure to Ensure Safe and Livable Housing
6:39pm Damned If You Do
6:51pm Fresh Potatoes
7:01pm Caught on Tape
7:14pm The Going Away Part
7:31pm The Headliner
9:00pm After-Party Mixer at Bottle Rocket Brewing Company, 230 S 5th Street
SUNDAY 9/29 – SCREEN 1 SUNDAY 9/29 – SCREEN 2
8:55am Opening Remarks 8:55am Opening Remarks
9:01am The Dutch Angle 9:01am Heist
9:04am Three Words
9:10am Baywing
9:12am The Coney Island Lunch Room
9:25am The Last Cobbler
9:28am Hell’s Gold
9:37am Spectrum of Consumption: A Conservation Story
9:38am Look Away
9:43am The Woods
9:50am I Dream of Love
9:58am Lethia
9:59am Welcome to the Smallest Town in America
10:05am Abandoned
10:06am Dancing in the Moonlight
10:17am Dirt
10:22am BREAK 10:22am The Standoff
10:25am Hands Tied
10:33am The Great Mushroom Adventure
10:41am Gloves
10:47am Bike 10:47am BREAK
10:54am Matchmakers
10:58am The Secret Other
11:03am Before the Endgame
11:08am Child of Blood
11:20am Dial M for Munster
11:43am Court Ordered
11:46am The Nightmare Paradox
11:49am Knock, Knock, Your Dead
11:59am Karl’s Interview
12:05pm In Spirit
12:08pm BREAK
12:10pm All the Things We Can’t Take Back
12:19pm The Farm
12:20pm Don’t Take Everything
12:28pm BREAK
12:39pm Night Rain
12:57pm Lime & Vinegar