Film screenings will be held at the Woodson History Center (410 McIndoe Street, Wausau, WI 54403) from July 23 through August 1 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 6 p.m. Support for the film festival’s screenings was provided through a Community Arts Grant of the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin & B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation.

Cutting Through Rocks

Date: Thursday, July 23
Documentary, 2025; 93 minutes
Directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eying
Synopsis: As the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara's intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.
Country: Iran, Netherlands, United States of America, Germany, Canada, Qatar and Chile
Language: Azerbaijani, Turkish and Persian with English subtitles

The Blue Trail

Date: Friday, July 24
Drama, 2025; 86 minutes
Directed by Gabriel Mascaro
Synopsis: Tereza, 77, has lived her whole life in a small, industrialized town in the Amazon, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought to “enjoy” their final years, freeing the younger generation to focus fully on productivity and growth. Tereza refuses to accept this imposed fate. Instead, she embarks on a transformative journey through the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon to fulfill one last wish before her freedom is taken away – a decision that will change her destiny forever.
Country: Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Netherlands
Language: Portuguese with English subtitles

Abode of Dawn

Date: Saturday, July 25
Documentary, 2024; 1 hour 45 minutes
Directed by Kristina Shtubert
Synopsis: In a world that feels increasingly overwhelming, threatening, and inhumane, the residents of the Abode of Dawn search for faith, hope, and salvation in a remote area of Siberia. But the outside world begins to intrude and threatens to destroy their utopia.
Country: Germany
Language: Russian, German and English with English subtitles

The Shepherd and the Bear

Date: Thursday, July 30
Documentary, 2024; 1 hour 40 minutes
Directed by Max Keegan
Synopsis: High in the French Pyrenees, the reintroduction of wild bears in a traditional shepherding community provokes deep conflict. An aging shepherd struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy becomes obsessed with tracking the bear. The film is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world. The film was nominated for Cinema Eye Award and British Independent Film Award.
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America and France
Language: French with English subtitles

Hen

Date: Friday, July 31
Drama, 2025; 96 minutes
Directed by György Pálfi
Synopsis: Synopsis With great power comes great responsibility - but what if the hero is just a hen? Escaping from a chicken farm, she finds refuge in the courtyard of a crumbling restaurant. There, she discovers love, confronts the pecking order and fights to protect her eggs from a greedy owner. Her droll yet touching quest for motherhood mirrors the messy compromises and silent struggles of human lives.
Country: Germany, Greece and Hungary
Language: Greek with English subtitles

Green is the New Red

Date: Saturday, August 1
Documentary, 2024; 1 hour 45 minutes
Directed by Anna Recalde Miranda
Synopsis: A gripping, character-driven documentary that investigates mass disappearances, land grabs and impunity across the Latin America since 2012. Blending intimate personal stories with powerful historical insight, the film traces a haunting lineage from past state terror to the present-day ecological crisis, exposing how the foundations of the global agribusiness empire were built on blood and silence.
Country: France, Italy, Paraguay and Sweden
Language: Spanish and Portuguese with English subtitles

To learn more about FFCFW, visit the Film Farm Culture Fest web page.

Additionally, there will be a free screenwriting workshop offered at NTC’s Studio 7 on Monday, July 20 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. with visiting screenwriter Max Timm.  Participants will develop a concept, build characters from the inside out and map the story’s structure using proven professional framework, all before touching page one. Support for the screenwriter workshop is provided in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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