The judges have spoken! The Colony Short Film Festival is pleased to announce its official selections for 2017. The Eleventh Annual Colony Short Film Festival will take place at the historic Peoples Bank Theatre in downtown Marietta, Ohio, March 2–4.

The Bouquet
( Belgium )
10:27
Directed by Julien Segard, Romain Carciofo
Written by Julien Segard, David Brenot
Produced by Cédric Delannoy, Pierre-Yves Bronsart, Antoine Levi, Jesse Salto, Louie Salto, Jacques Ballard

Mayfield
( United States )
19:30
Directed by Zach Daulton
Written by Zach Daulton
Produced by Zach Daulton, John Adrian Riley

Don’t Think About It
( United States )
12:12
Directed by Niv Klainer
Written by Niv Klainer
Produced by Victoria Aleksanyan, Jessica Caldwell

About the Boy who ate an Oakwood Chair
( Belgium )
28:07
Directed by Pieter Goethals
Written by Pieter Goethals
Produced by Pieter Goethals, Jimi Abidts

Murky Water
( United States )
08:20
Directed by Carl T. Rogers
Written by Carl T. Rogers
Produced by Alex White

Hope
( Switzerland )
06:02
Directed by Michael Scherrer
Written by
Produced by Samuel Scherrer

Four Day Weekend
( United States )
19:56
Directed by Nicole Jones
Written by Nicole Jones
Produced by Dan Asma, Nicole Jones, Jesse McClung

Pangaea
( United States )
06:12
Directed by Olivia Peace
Written by Olivia Peace
Produced by Ethan Senser

Destroy Madrid
( Spain )
09:29
Directed by Joseba Alfaro
Written by Joseba Alfaro
Produced by Joseba Alfaro

Pushing Buttons
( United States )
15:41
Directed by John Kerfoot
Written by John Kerfoot
Produced by John Kerfoot

Dads
( United States )
11:00
Directed by Ethan Roberts
Written by Ethan Roberts

Gardening At Night
( United States )
12:19
Directed by Shayna Connelly
Written by Shayna Connelly
Produced by Wendy Roderweiss

Father
( Canada )
09:13
Directed by Lella Satie
Written by Lella Satie
Produced by Alona Metzer

Entropy
( United States )
03:31
Directed by Mark Gerstein
Written by Mark Gerstein

In The Thicket – The Tony Bosco Story
( United States )
24:19
Directed by Nick Czerula
Produced by

Lonely Kingdom
( Japan )
20:00
Directed by Thom Southerland
Produced by Naomi Uechi, Thom Southerland

Agrinoui
( Cyprus )
19:40
Directed by Alexis Chaviaras
Written by Alexis Chaviaras, Christiana Vasiliou
Produced by A. CHAVIARAS PRODUCTIONS LTD.

State Inspection
( United States )
07:37
Directed by David Smith
Written by David Smith
Produced by Justin Litton, Ben Berry

Drew Gets It!
( United States )
20:30
Directed by Konrad Norris, Bryce Norris
Written by Katherine Leurck, David Leurck
Produced by Drew’s Rainbows Foundation, Inc.

Heather’s Painting
( United States )
15:05
Directed by Freddie Connor
Written by Freddie Connor
Produced by Freddie Connor

Hearts of Steel
( Canada )
20:51
Directed by Gayle Wilmot
Written by Gayle Wilmot
Produced by Gayle Wilmot, Kim Davidson

Invasion
( United States )
05:52
Directed by Ryan Murphy
Written by Ryan murphy

Isolamento
( Canada )
05:23
Directed by Carmelo Zucco
Written by Carmelo Zucco
Produced by Carmelo Zucco

The Kings
( United States )
16:20
Directed by Max Romanowski
Written by Austin Yoder
Produced by Ryan Avery

Infidel
( United States )
09:29
Directed by Carey Kight
Written by Carey Kight
Produced by Carey Kight, Nikhil Shukla, Tim Simek

Aftermath
( United States )
07:12
Directed by John Cantine
Written by John Cantine
Produced by John Cantine

In addition to our official selections, the Colony Short Film Festival will feature a collection of seven award-winning short films from Another Kind of Girl Collective, a group of Syrian teenage girls living in Jordan’s Za’atari Refugee Camp, documenting their everyday lives, on Thursday, March 2 at 7 p.m. On Saturday, March 4, the festival will feature workshops on lighting and drone photography, as well as special guest Michael Lipton, and a screening of his recent short documentary: West Virginia My Home: Musicians and the Mountain State Experience. View the festival schedule. Tickets and VIP passes are available at the Peoples Bank Theatre website or by calling 740-371-5152.