OCEAN CITY, MD โ FEB. 3, 2022 โ The 6th Annual Ocean City Film Festival willย showcase five films directed and produced on Marylandโs Eastern Shore or by Delmarvaย natives. Complete festival information, showing times, and passes are available atย OCMDFilmFestival.com.ย Two feature films created by filmmakers with a connection to the Eastern Shore areย showing during the festival.
โThe Issue with Elvisโ by Charlotte Wincott of Ocean City, Md. is a feature film running one-hour-28-minutes about a retired botanist who lives in a cabin in the mountains outside ofMorgantown, W.Va. When the doctor finds a homeless child called Elvis, he is torn betweenย wanting to help by providing him a temporary, safe place to live, and feeling the moralobligation to return the boy to his rightful home.
โMary Tyler, Millenialโ by David Schrader, originally of Berlin, Md. and a graduate ofย Stephen Decatur High School, is a one-hour-27-minute horror comedy about the past,ย present and future. New to Los Angeles, Mary Tyler takes a job at a mysterious startup thatย begins to warp her reality in strange and unsettling ways. The film explores aspects of
corporate titan worship, influencer culture, unhealthy obsessions with the next big thing,ย and the powerful, dangerous pull of American cults of personality.ย The OC Film Festival will screen four documentaries by Maryland filmmakers exploringย contemporary themes.
โTerra,โ directed by Lilly Dyer and produced by Fiona OโBrien of Bishopville, Md., is 43ย minutes in length and expresses the detriment of pollution in Appalachia throughย mythology and culture. The film follows a student character taught about the threats ofย climate change.
โNothing Makes Senseโ by Torrez Wise of Salisbury, Md. is a 12-minute film offering aย stylized peek into the creative process of a music-loving storyteller.
โExpedition: Thailand Part Three โ The Chai Lai Orchidโ by Daniel Mason of Stevensville isย a 44-minute-long documentary exploring the dangerous side of mass tourism whileย highlighting sustainable tourism options in some of the worldโs most popular andย vulnerable destinations.ย Also included in the festival are the winners of the โOcean City Film Challenge,โ an annualย call to filmmakers to shoot a film in or about Ocean City over the month of July.
โBestiesโ by Joe Weiner of Ocean Pines took first place in the film challenge. Aspiringย filmmakers struggle to agree on an appropriate title for their Ocean City-themed film.
โPrizehunterโ by Davis Mears of Berlin won second place. A local P.I. pursues a boardwalkย psychopath.
โOh Sin Cityโ by Anastasia Skye Lamper and Shannon Wilson of Salisbury won third place inย the challenge. An Ocean City code enforcement officer shares the dark underbelly of hisย trade secrets.
โApothecaries of Timeโ by B.L. Strang-Moya of Crofton, a graduate of Stephen Decatur Highย School and director the Ocean City Film Festival, recounts strange encounters with tourists.
