
The 14th Annual Charlotte Film Festival is taking place September 28th to October 2nd, at The Independent Picture House, 4237 Raleigh Street, Charlotte, NC.
This is the first time that Charlotte Film Festival will take place in Charlotte’s new Independent Picture House.
The film festival will feature more than 100 films from around the world, including Canada, Mexico, Italy, Kenya, Sweden, Taiwan, Germany, Cote d’Ivoire, Iran, Brazil, Haiti, Netherlands, South Africa, India and the United States. There are 18 films from Charlotte-based filmmakers.
Tickets
Tickets are $12 for each film.
- Buy a five-ticket pack for $45 ($20 discount)
- Buy a ten-ticket pack for $75 ($55 discount)
Types of Films at Charlotte Film Festival
The Charlotte Film Festival will screen:
- Documentary Features
- Documentary Shorts
- Double Features
- Narrative Features
- Narrative Shorts
- Short Programs
- Special Presentations
- Student Shorts
Learn about the films in each of these categories.

Schedule
Go to the Schedule page of Charlotte Film Festival’s website to learn about each of the following films.
Wednesday, September 28th
- 7:30 p.m.: Something in the Dirt
Thursday, September 29th
- 3:30 p.m.: Art & Krimes By Krimes
- 5:15 p.m.: Mama Bears
- 5:30 p.m.: Flames + Chameleon
- 6:40 p.m.: Jim of Earth + Last and First Woman
- 7:20 p.m.: Remnants of Memory + The Silent Pilgrim
- 7:45 p.m.: Intinction + Mom ‘n’ Pop: The Indie Video Store Boom of the 80s and 90s
Friday, September 30th
- 1:30 p.m.: Documentary Shorts #2
- 1:45 p.m.: Meet ME Where I Am + The People’s Doctor
- 3 p.m.: Narrative Shorts #2
- 3:40 p.m.: Common Grounds? + Meltdown in Dixie
- 5 p.m.: Our Dad, Danielle
- 5:10 p.m.: Narrative Shorts #5
- 7:20 p.m.: The Unknown Country
- 7:25 p.m.: The Rush Call
- 9 p.m.: Narrative Shorts #7
- 9:05 p.m.: Poundcake
Saturday, October 1st
- 11:30 a.m.: The Ugly Truth
- 1:25 p.m.: Documentary Shorts #1
- 1:45 p.m.: Narrative Shorts #1
- 3:30 p.m.: Tableau
- 3:35 p.m.: Narrative Shorts #4
- 5:25 p.m.: Student Shorts #2
- 6:05 p.m.: Going Nowhere
- 7:35 p.m.: Mama Bears
- 8:05 p.m.: Nanny
- 9:35 p.m.: Narrative Shorts #8
- 9:55 p.m.: Piggy Cerdita
Sunday, October 2nd
- 12 p.m.: Student Shorts #1
- 12:15 p.m.: Documentary Shorts #3
- 2:20 p.m.: Narrative Shorts #3
- 2:30 p.m.: Mars One
- 4:40 p.m.: Narrative Shorts #6
- 4:50 p.m.: Tableau
- 7 p.m.: Broker

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