Smodcastle Film Festival 2025 - Block 27

poster for Smodcastle Film Festival 2025 - Block 27 But I'm a Shoe - This is the story of a woman who wanted to fly comfortably, so she used a new service called “Objectified Travel” just to be reminded that the grass isn't always greener.

The Heart of Texas - Janie May, an aspiring country singer stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck grind, gets big news that she’s a radio contest finalist while finishing her overnight shift at a local diner in Waco, TX. She must race to the station to sing for hometown country music hero Harlan Thompson in hopes of winning the opening act spot on his upcoming tour. In a chaotic dash to the studio, she collides her car into Jesús, an undocumented worker who refuses medical care or police assistance out of fear of being discovered and deported. The two engage in a struggle, each in pursuit of their own American dreams. In the end, they do the only thing they know how to do: fend for themselves.

Ali Eats America - Ali Allouche spent his junior year of high school in chemotherapy. Tired of hospital food, Ali and his mom, Lt Col Jen Danko, became obsessed with Food Shows and Documentaries. Particularly inspired by Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown, Ali and Jen plotted a map of restaurants across the United States they would visit when Ali was medically cleared. To make their dream a reality, Jen launched a successful GoFundMe campaign, meeting their initial goal with the last $3600 coming from Bourdain himself.Ali Eats America is a tearful, funny and honest story about living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis.

RUN TIME: 120 min