Festival Schedule 2021

FESTIVAL EVENT SCHEDULE

Join us for Cary’s hometown film festival, featuring four days of films, workshops and events for local residents and filmmakers from around the world. BEYOND is a friendly, unpretentious festival that welcomes cinema fans of all ages and from all walks of life to join us to celebrate the art of filmmaking.

THURSDAY – Oct. 7

2pm – Harold & Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

7pm – Short Films Block I

Spotlight
Wear
All Shook Up
Otava
Un Cafecito
Pre-Existing Freedom
…And Then the Darkness
The Scavenger
Her Skin

9pm – Short Films Block 2

Prose
Good Boy Cerberus
The Best You Got
Our Side
The Secret Gift
New Mexico Deathwish Diatribe
Almost a Jingle
Death Returns
Nutcracker

FRIDAY – Oct. 8

12:30pm – Workshop: Capturing Social Issues in Film

Held at the Cary Arts Center

2pm – Short Films Block 3

A Moment of Humanity
Little Girl Grace
EL OTOÑO DE TUS LABIOS
Bandwidth
Becoming Black Lawyers
MLK JR BLVD.
Yard Sale
Grief
Deepwater Sponger

3pm – Workshop: Business of Film Composition

Held at the Cary Arts Center

5pm – Meet & Greet  

Held at Pharmacy Bottle & Beverage

7pm – Short Films Block 4

3:35 to Boston
Mixed Head
Otonashi
Alien Guy Tim
Le Varou
Free Order
Shadowboxing
Moments

9pm – Short Films Block I

Spotlight
Wear
All Shook Up
Otava
Un Cafecito
Pre-Existing Freedom
…And Then the Darkness
The Scavenger
Her Skin

SATURDAY – Oct. 9

10am – Workshop: ScreenWRITING MASTER CLASS

Virtual Workshop via Zoom

11am – Short Films Block 2

Prose
Good Boy Cerberus
The Best You Got
Our Side
The Secret Gift
New Mexico Deathwish Diatribe
Almost a Jingle
Death Returns
Nutcracker

2pm – Winning Screenplay Table Read 

“Identification” by Larry Collins

4pm – Short Films Block 3

A Moment of Humanity
Little Girl Grace
EL OTOÑO DE TUS LABIOS
Bandwidth
Becoming Black Lawyers
MLK JR BLVD.
Yard Sale
Grief
Deepwater Sponger

7pm – Short Films Block 4

3:35 to Boston
Mixed Head
Otonashi
Alien Guy Tim
Le Varou
Free Order
Shadowboxing
Moments

9pm – Marquee Party 

Held outside under a tent at Crosstown Pub & Grill – 140 E. Chatham St.

SUNDAY – Oct. 10

11am – Filmmakers Brunch

Held at Spirits Pub & Grub – 701 E. Chatham St.

2pm – Best of BEYOND

2021 Festival Sponsors

2023 BEYOND THE CARY FILM FESTIVAL

Monthly Feature
Join us Saturdays in September and October for the entire Harry Potter series. 

Monthly Feature

Concert For George

George Harrison’s friends, family and bandmates unite for a tribute concert on the one-year anniversary of his death.

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