Children's Short Films Program

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The High Falls Film Festival is proud to host a special screening of the Rochester International Children's Film Festival.

Free

Lori Waxman: 60 wrd/min art critic (2016-Nov-12 @ 10 a.m.)

Burns Building 23 E. Huron St., Buffalo

Since 2005, Lori Waxman has conducted a work of performance art about art criticism through her ongoing performance 60 wrd/min art critic. During these performances, Waxman reviews artwork by area artists and provides a brief written review on a first-come, … Continue reading

Free

Coffee Chat (2016-Nov-12 @ 10:30 a.m.)

Arbor Loft 17 Pitkin St., Rochester

Engage with filmmakers and festival fans from a front-row-seat during an intimate and informal one-hour talk.

The Good Breast screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The Little Theatre will screen The Good Breast (Bernadette Wegenstein, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 94 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Bernadette Wegenstein. The Good Breast shares the diverse emotional … Continue reading

EvenOdd Pop Up Shop

Little Button Craft and Press 658 South Ave., Rochester

EvenOdd designs and manufactures one of a kind bags and unique fashion accessories from upcycled, recycled and quality US sourced materials. Our core material is recycled bike inner tubes. If your looking for a boring bag off an assembly line … Continue reading

Gala & Godfrey screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The Little Theatre will screen Gala & Godfrey (Kristin Ellingson, USA 2016, Narrative Feature Film, 118 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Kristin Ellingson. Once upon a time, a British bad … Continue reading

Short Films Program 2

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

From auditions to 911 calls and Shakespeare's stage, curated shorts from the U.S. and U.K. take the screen at High Falls Film Festival.

Queen of Katwe screening (2016-Nov-12 @ 4 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The Cinema will screen Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair, U.S. 2016, 124 min.) "A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess."

Left on Pearl screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The Little Theatre will screen Left on Pearl (Susie Rivo, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 55 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Susie Rivo. What happens when Boston's 1971 International Women's … Continue reading

Women Outward Bound screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The Little Theatre will screen Women Outward Bound (Maxine Davis, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 66 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Maxine Davis. Fifty years ago girls were not allowed … Continue reading

Deepwater Horizon screening (2016-Nov-12 @ 7 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The Cinema will screen Deepwater Horizon (Peter Berg, Hong Kong / U.S. 2016, 107 min.) "A dramatization of the April 2010 disaster when the offshore drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history."

Thank You For Bombing screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The Little Theatre will screen Thank You For Bombing (Barbara Eder, Austria 2015, Narrative Feature Film, 100 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Barbara Eder. Thank You for Bombing accompanies three … Continue reading

Rochester Film Legacy Award to be Presented to June Foster

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

High Falls Film Festival will present the Rochester Film Legacy Award to June Foster, a passionate supporter of filmmaking, who was a member of the Festival's founding board of directors.

Gilda screening

Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House) 900 East Ave., Rochester

The Dryden will screen Gilda (Charles Vidor, U.S. 1946, 111 min., 35mm) as part of the Noir Effect series. Few classics are as sexy or provocative as this show-stopping combination of hardboiled film noir and over-the-top melodrama. A story of … Continue reading

No Light No Land Anywhere screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The Little Theatre will screen No Light No Land Anywhere (Amber Sealey, USA 2016, Narrative Feature Film, 75 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Amber Sealey. Without telling a soul, Lexi … Continue reading

Don't Breathe screening (2016-Nov-12 @ 8:50 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The Cinema will screen Don't Breathe (Fede Alvarez, U.S. 2016, 88 min.) "Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems."

Saturday Night Spotlight Party

Hyatt Regency 125 E. Main St., Rochester

Rock out with filmmakers and film fans in the heart of downtown in the Hyatt's Main Street Gallery, with live music from band Rescue 11 plus desserts and a cash bar.

$20