
Inaugural Nothing To Film Festival
Politically charged films confront erasure, villainization, and state control of public narratives, tracing lives across the news, courts, hometown streets, morgues, and dance floors.
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Queer, working-class independent cinema takes the screen through low-budget, B-rated, and amateur films. Expect scrappy storytelling and unconventional perspectives in a community-centered film festival.
Queer, working-class independent cinema takes the screen through low-budget, B-rated, and amateur films. Expect scrappy storytelling and unconventional perspectives in a community-centered film festival.
Queer, working-class independent cinema takes the screen through low-budget, B-rated, and amateur films. Expect scrappy storytelling and unconventional perspectives in a community-centered film festival.
Scrappy screenings of queer, working-class, low-budget B-movies and amateur films bring outsider cinema to the big screen. Expect unconventional storytelling, DIY production, and a proudly irreverent festival atmosphere.
Scrappy screenings of queer, working-class, low-budget B-movies and amateur films bring outsider cinema to the big screen. Expect unconventional storytelling, DIY production, and a proudly irreverent festival atmosphere.
Scrappy screenings of queer, working-class, low-budget B-movies and amateur films bring outsider cinema to the big screen. Expect unconventional storytelling, DIY production, and a proudly irreverent festival atmosphere.
Scrappy screenings spotlight queer, working-class, low-budget B movies and amateur filmmaking across three days. Expect unconventional independent cinema with a playful, proudly unpolished edge.
Scrappy screenings spotlight queer, working-class, low-budget B movies and amateur filmmaking across three days. Expect unconventional independent cinema with a playful, proudly unpolished edge.
Scrappy screenings spotlight queer, working-class, low-budget B movies and amateur filmmaking across three days. Expect unconventional independent cinema with a playful, proudly unpolished edge.

A lone actor navigates an unusual blend of theatrical storytelling and magic on a bare stage, creating an unpredictable, intimate performance that blurs the line between play and illusion.

A lone actor navigates an unusual blend of theatrical storytelling and magic on a bare stage, creating an unpredictable, intimate performance that blurs the line between play and illusion.
A lone actor navigates an unusual blend of theatrical storytelling and magic on a bare stage, creating an unpredictable, intimate performance that blurs the line between play and illusion.

A lone actor enters a bare stage for an unusual blend of theatrical storytelling and close-up magic, performed only once by each actor. Expect a playful, unpredictable one-night experience that even magic skeptics can enjoy.

A lone actor enters a bare stage for an unusual blend of theatrical storytelling and close-up magic, performed only once by each actor. Expect a playful, unpredictable one-night experience that even magic skeptics can enjoy.
A lone actor enters a bare stage for an unusual blend of theatrical storytelling and close-up magic, performed only once by each actor. Expect a playful, unpredictable one-night experience that even magic skeptics can enjoy.

A daylong, durational exploration of dance and movement unfolds across 24 hours, creating an immersive encounter with performance, physical expression, and experimental choreography in an intimate creative space.

A daylong, durational exploration of dance and movement unfolds across 24 hours, creating an immersive encounter with performance, physical expression, and experimental choreography in an intimate creative space.
A daylong, durational exploration of dance and movement unfolds across 24 hours, creating an immersive encounter with performance, physical expression, and experimental choreography in an intimate creative space.

Audience suggestions shape an entirely improvised work of literary fiction as a narrator and performers bring new characters and plot twists to life. Expect playful, back-and-forth theatrical storytelling with keyboard accompaniment.

Audience suggestions shape an entirely improvised work of literary fiction as a narrator and performers bring new characters and plot twists to life. Expect playful, back-and-forth theatrical storytelling with keyboard accompaniment.
Audience suggestions shape an entirely improvised work of literary fiction as a narrator and performers bring new characters and plot twists to life. Expect playful, back-and-forth theatrical storytelling with keyboard accompaniment.

Classic international films bring world cinema and diverse storytelling to a relaxed Friday screening, with donation-based admission and light refreshments available.

Classic international films bring world cinema and diverse storytelling to a relaxed Friday screening, with donation-based admission and light refreshments available.
Classic international films bring world cinema and diverse storytelling to a relaxed Friday screening, with donation-based admission and light refreshments available.
An anything-goes showcase invites performers to share music, poetry, short films, dance, and comics. Expect an eclectic, community-minded mix of creative voices and spontaneous performances.
An anything-goes showcase invites performers to share music, poetry, short films, dance, and comics. Expect an eclectic, community-minded mix of creative voices and spontaneous performances.
An anything-goes showcase invites performers to share music, poetry, short films, dance, and comics. Expect an eclectic, community-minded mix of creative voices and spontaneous performances.
Raw, honest contemporary theater in an intimate arts center setting, presented as the North Carolina premiere of Benjamin Boucvalt’s work. Expect a captivating evening built around emotionally direct storytelling and stage-driven performance.
Raw, honest contemporary theater in an intimate arts center setting, presented as the North Carolina premiere of Benjamin Boucvalt’s work. Expect a captivating evening built around emotionally direct storytelling and stage-driven performance.
Raw, honest contemporary theater in an intimate arts center setting, presented as the North Carolina premiere of Benjamin Boucvalt’s work. Expect a captivating evening built around emotionally direct storytelling and stage-driven performance.

An artist talk weaving portraiture, Jewish golem tradition, disability, and personal storytelling examines who defines monstrosity and how claiming bodily identity can reshape power and possibility.

An artist talk weaving portraiture, Jewish golem tradition, disability, and personal storytelling examines who defines monstrosity and how claiming bodily identity can reshape power and possibility.
An artist talk weaving portraiture, Jewish golem tradition, disability, and personal storytelling examines who defines monstrosity and how claiming bodily identity can reshape power and possibility.

A late-night mentalism performance built around audience participation, psychological illusion, and mind-reading-style reveals in an intimate storytelling venue. Expect close-up moments, witty patter, and a theatrical parlor-show vibe.

A late-night mentalism performance built around audience participation, psychological illusion, and mind-reading-style reveals in an intimate storytelling venue. Expect close-up moments, witty patter, and a theatrical parlor-show vibe.
A late-night mentalism performance built around audience participation, psychological illusion, and mind-reading-style reveals in an intimate storytelling venue. Expect close-up moments, witty patter, and a theatrical parlor-show vibe.

Party Foul Drag
MoreA hosted drag show brings camp theatricality and queer nightlife to an Asheville gathering, with Ida Carolina and Priscilla leading the evening’s performances.

A hosted drag show brings camp theatricality and queer nightlife to an Asheville gathering, with Ida Carolina and Priscilla leading the evening’s performances.
A hosted drag show brings camp theatricality and queer nightlife to an Asheville gathering, with Ida Carolina and Priscilla leading the evening’s performances.

An immersive late-night storytelling performance that slips into a magical world of myth and fable, guided by mica sun. Expect intimate, narrative-driven theater with vivid characters and folkloric atmosphere.

An immersive late-night storytelling performance that slips into a magical world of myth and fable, guided by mica sun. Expect intimate, narrative-driven theater with vivid characters and folkloric atmosphere.
An immersive late-night storytelling performance that slips into a magical world of myth and fable, guided by mica sun. Expect intimate, narrative-driven theater with vivid characters and folkloric atmosphere.

A multidisciplinary stage performance blending contemporary storytelling with an ensemble-driven, cinematic soundscape. Expect polished theater production values in a downtown performing arts center setting with immersive lighting and emotional, narrative-forward pacing.

A multidisciplinary stage performance blending contemporary storytelling with an ensemble-driven, cinematic soundscape. Expect polished theater production values in a downtown performing arts center setting with immersive lighting and emotional, narrative-forward pacing.
A multidisciplinary stage performance blending contemporary storytelling with an ensemble-driven, cinematic soundscape. Expect polished theater production values in a downtown performing arts center setting with immersive lighting and emotional, narrative-forward pacing.

Cozy gallery screenings of curated foreign films by film buff Carlos Steward at 7PM sharp in Flood Gallery; bring your own snacks and drinks for an intimate, low-key movie night.

Cozy gallery screenings of curated foreign films by film buff Carlos Steward at 7PM sharp in Flood Gallery; bring your own snacks and drinks for an intimate, low-key movie night.
Cozy gallery screenings of curated foreign films by film buff Carlos Steward at 7PM sharp in Flood Gallery; bring your own snacks and drinks for an intimate, low-key movie night.
A tour-de-force solo adaptation brings Charles Dickens’s Christmas ghost story to life in the intimate warmth of a cozy log cabin, blending theatrical storytelling with holiday atmosphere.
A tour-de-force solo adaptation brings Charles Dickens’s Christmas ghost story to life in the intimate warmth of a cozy log cabin, blending theatrical storytelling with holiday atmosphere.
A tour-de-force solo adaptation brings Charles Dickens’s Christmas ghost story to life in the intimate warmth of a cozy log cabin, blending theatrical storytelling with holiday atmosphere.

A contemporary storytelling performance of the Sufi love legend Layla & Majnun, blending Persian epic poetry, devotional mysticism, and desert-animist imagery. Expect romantic tragedy with Garden of Eden symbolism and Shakespearean echoes in an art-gallery setting.

A contemporary storytelling performance of the Sufi love legend Layla & Majnun, blending Persian epic poetry, devotional mysticism, and desert-animist imagery. Expect romantic tragedy with Garden of Eden symbolism and Shakespearean echoes in an art-gallery setting.
A contemporary storytelling performance of the Sufi love legend Layla & Majnun, blending Persian epic poetry, devotional mysticism, and desert-animist imagery. Expect romantic tragedy with Garden of Eden symbolism and Shakespearean echoes in an art-gallery setting.

A one-hour documentary follows citizens, journalists, and leaders working across political divides. A post-screening discussion explores local collaboration, constructive dialogue, and ways to build a more united community.

A one-hour documentary follows citizens, journalists, and leaders working across political divides. A post-screening discussion explores local collaboration, constructive dialogue, and ways to build a more united community.
A one-hour documentary follows citizens, journalists, and leaders working across political divides. A post-screening discussion explores local collaboration, constructive dialogue, and ways to build a more united community.

Pop-culture team trivia spans the 2000s, action movies, Name That Tune, and more, with a prize for the winning team and fundraising woven into the evening.

Pop-culture team trivia spans the 2000s, action movies, Name That Tune, and more, with a prize for the winning team and fundraising woven into the evening.
Pop-culture team trivia spans the 2000s, action movies, Name That Tune, and more, with a prize for the winning team and fundraising woven into the evening.
