title: Bluestocking Touring Program at UMaine-Farmington start: 2017-10-12 start time: 18:30 end time: 21:30 venue: Thomas Auditorium, University of Maine-Farmington tags: UMFWomensandGenderStudies feminism feminismo feminismus genderstudies links: Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/130260740959254/ description: Join us in Farmington for our very first western Maine show at Thomas Auditorium in the Ricker/Preble Building on the U-Maine campus. (Can you tell we're excited?!) Bluestocking's 2017 touring program of 8 female-driven, Bechdel-Wallace tested short films will screen on Thursday, October 12. The show is sponsored by the UMF Women's and Gender Studies Center. WHAT: Bluestocking Film Series 2017 Touring Program WHERE: Thomas Auditorium Ricker/Preble Building University of Maine at Farmington 246 Main St. Farmington, ME WHEN: Thursday, October 12, 2017 | 6:30 PM The event is free to the public. The film lineup includes 8 short films from across the U.S. and around the world. Genres include cerebral sci-fi, wry comedy, and serious drama. The program approximate running time is 105 minutes. Bluestocking 2017 Official Selections REAL ARTISTS Cameo Wood, director/producer / Ryon Lane & Alexa Fraser-Herron, co-producers Synopsis: Set in the near future, and based on Ken Liu’s short story of the same name, Sophia has just scored every animator’s dream. But in order to maintain her artistic integrity, it’s going to take all of Sophia’s instincts and nerve. RHONNA AND DONNA Daina Pusic, writer-director / Helen Gladders, producer Synopsis: How are you supposed to act when you are conjoined at the hip? TERMINAL Natasha Waugh, writer-director / David C. Lynch, producer Synopsis: TERMINAL is a short film about the decisions women make in the face of overwhelming personal circumstance. SHAUNA IS A LIAR Chell Stephen, writer-director / Kristy Neville, producer Synopsis: An isolated, imaginative, perfectionist exacts ill-conceived revenge on all liars of the world via the one target she has access to: a classmate sharing her name. ZARPAZO Nerea Castro Andreu, writer-director / Ziggurat Films, production Synopsis: Mar and Xara meet in a remote mountain setting. Everything is prepared to make the leap into hiding… THEY CHARGE FOR THE SUN Terence Nance, director / Eugene Ramos, writer / Guilia Caruso, Kady Kamakaté, Ana Souza, producers Synopsis: In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark. BLISS BLUE Elle Schneider, director / Anna Carini, writer / Calliope Porter, Anna Carini, producers Synopsis: A seemingly ordinary woman is clearly having an un-ordinary day. LAS RUBIAS (THE BLONDES) Carlota Martinez Pereda, writer-director / Mario Madueño, producer Synopsis: Blonde, pretty and delinquent. Nothing stands in the way of Marta and Pepa...except another blonde. Inspired by real events. For more information about Bluestocking Film Series, please visit our website. bluestockingfilms.com