Sept. 24, 2022 Saturday
Quicksand
John Paul Morris1h 34mEnglish Narrative FeatureFilmed in Traverse City, Quicksand is a Michigan-made "bromantic comedy" about two best friends who embark on a treacherous road trip after losing their best friend's wedding ring just days before the ceremony. Their secret quest accelerates into a loud exploration of life, love, and 21st century relationships as Ray and Paul enlist the help of everyone and everything they know to try and outrun certain death and just get back to their normal problems.
*“Supporting Michigan filmmakers is at the heart of our Made in Michigan programming. From Grand Rapids to the U.P., Quicksand brings the antics all across our great State.”*
**Director, Writer:** John Paul Morris
**Writers:** Jake Burgess, Broderick Steele
**Producers:** Mia Hagerty, Chris, Nick Loud
**Cast:** Wynn Reichert, Michael Alan Herman, Simon Elias
Turbo Cola
Luke Covert1h 34mEnglish Narrative FeatureNew Year’s Eve, 1999. Austin takes an extra shift at the Quality Mart gas station and is forced to look down the barrel of what it means to graduate high school and face a future stuck in his middle of nowhere Michigan hometown. He’s got one night to make his dreams come true, legal or not, and he’s taking it.
**Director, Writer, Producerds:** Luke Covert, Brandon Keeton, Dan Mirvish, and James Andrew O'Connor
**Writers:** Samantha Oty, Matthew Kiskis
**Cast:** Nicholas Stoesser, Jared Spears, Jordyn Denning, Landon Tavernier
Relative
Michael Glover Smith1h 37mEnglish Narrative FeatureAs various members of the Frank family come together for a college graduation party in Chicago, they find their bonds being tested – and strengthened – in surprising ways.
**Director, Writer:** Michael Glover Smith
**Producers:** Clare Cooney, Aaron Wertheimer
**Cast:** Wendy Robie, Francis Guinan, Cameron Scott Roberts
1-800-HOT-NITE
Nick Richey1h 35mEnglish Narrative FeatureWhen 13-year-old Tommy loses his parents to a drug raid, he turns to a phone sex operator (his fairy godmother) for help as he embarks on an urban odyssey to escape foster care with his two best friends, Steve and O’Neil.
*“Always a favorite of many HHM programmers, a film set all in one night, like 1-800-HOT-NITE, tends to add tension and a sense of real-time to a story. This film asks the question, what would your friends do for you when things look hopeless? And if that’s not enough, who do you turn to for help?”*
**Director, Writer:** Nick Richey
**Producers:** Trever Lee Georgeson, Ben Jagger, Zach Mann
**Cast:** Dallas Dupree Young, Gerrison Machado, Mylen Bradford, Ali Richey