Smodcastle Film Festival 2025 - Block 13

poster for Smodcastle Film Festival 2025 - Block 13 Troop 408 - Our 2025 Smodcastle 37 Hour Film Festival Winner.

FOXBODY - When a career-criminal (Cameron Monaghan) returns wounded to his wife (Kelli Berglund) and 6-year-old son after a failed robbery, what follows is a hallucinogenic thrill-ride where stakes are high, and bodies are piled even higher.Western/Musical/Noir set in Texas, 1985. An energetic and darkly funny meditation on the nature of a violent life.

The Keepers - Amidst a desolate interstellar terrain, space faring outlaws Porter and Kai are thrust into an adventure to safeguard an ally's enigmatic transmission from a relentless adversary.

Heavens to Betsy - On the verge of giving up on life (literally), a jaded, self-destructive woman enlists a meek end-of-life care worker as her reluctant companion on a chaotic, last-minute bucket list adventure. But when he realizes she might be the only person who’s ever truly seen him, he must embrace the unpredictability of life before she robs herself of the chance to do the same.

"Love's Long Shadow" - Frank Barnett, a San Francisco private detective, is pulled into a twisted case in West Texas as he tracks a mythical vial said to hold the secret to true love. As Frank digs deeper, he confronts his past, including a complicated relationship with his fiancée, Lena Mercer, and an unexpected tie to his old friend, Bruce Cummings, Librarian Extraordinaire. With danger closing in and betrayal at every turn, Frank must navigate a web of lies that threatens everything he holds dear. A gripping neo-noir filled with twists, emotion, and suspense.

The Lord of All Future Space & Time - When a duffle bag explodes into existence over the Nevada desert, Dyson Wheeler — set to be hanged — seizes his chance at escape, killing his captor with the shovel he was just using to dig his own grave. Free to carry on living, Wheeler sets out to avenge the death of his beloved wife Rachel, and in the process, create our particular pocket of space-time, The Future That Matters To Us.

RUN TIME: 120 min