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deadCenter Film Festival (DCFF),  recognized by the academy awards as an Oscar-Qualifying festival, has announced the complete lineup for the 22nd edition of the festival, which takes place from June 9-12, 2022.

deadCenter Film Festival, or DCFF, is  Oklahoma’s largest film festival and takes place the second weekend of every June. Its mission is to inspire, promote, and celebrate creativity and community through film.

deadCenter Film Festival 2022 lineup

Documentary Feature

• “Bad Axe” by David Siev from United States
• “Butterfly in the Sky” by Brett Whitcomb, Bradford Thomason from United States
• “ETERNAL SPRING (長春)” by Jason Loftus from Cana, Republic of Korea, United States
• “Framing Agnes” by Chase Joynt from United States, Canada
• “Getting it Back: The Cymande Story” by Tim Mackenzie-Smith from France, United Kingdom, United States
• “Mama Bears” by Daresha Kyi from United States
• “Octopus” by Karim Kassem from Lebanon
• “Oklahoma Breakdown” by Christopher Charles Fitzpatrick from United States
• “Outta The Muck” by Bhawin Suchak, Ira Mckinley from United States
• “The Pez Outlaw” by Bryan Storkel, Amy Bandlien Storkel from Austria, United States
• “Refuge” by Din Blankenship, Erin Bernhardt from United States
• “The Reverend” by Nick Canfield from United States
• “Shouting Down Midnight” by Gretchen Stoeltje from United States
• “Skate Dreams” by Jessica Edwards from United States

Narrative Feature

• “1-800-HOT-NITE” by Nick Richey from United States
• “After Blue (Dirty Paradise)” by Bertrand Mandico from France
• “The Braves” by Anaïs Volpé from France
• “Deadstream” by Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter from United States
• “Dealing with Dad” by Tom Huang from United States
• “Disfluency” by Anna Baumgarten from United States
• “Landlocked” by Timothy Hall from United States
• “Magic Mike” by Steven Soderbergh from United States
• “Me Little Me” by Elizabeth Ayiku from United States
• “Oliver & the Pool” by Arcadi Palerm-Artis from Mexico
• “Raquel 1:1” by Mariana Bastos from Brazil
• “Run Woman Run” by Zoe Hopkins from Canada
• “The Sleeping Negro” by Skinner Myers from United States
• “Wake Up, Leonard” by Kat Mills Martin from United States

Documentary Short

• “Abundance” by Colleen Thurston from United States
• “Bacon ‘N’ Laces” by Stephen Michael Simon from United States
• “Dress A Cow” by Dawn Luebbe from United States
• “Dunston Checks Out” by Milos Mitrovic, Peter Kuplowsky from Canada
• “Flowers in the Addict: The Bryan Abrams Story” by Derek Watson from United States
• “Gina” by Kathryn Prescott from United States
• “Legends of the West: In Dirt and Rosin” by Tyler Raye from United States
• “Long Line of Ladies” by Shaandiin Tome, Rayka Zehtabchi from United States
• “More Than I Remember” by Amy Bench from United States
• “Ne Notoca Kiauitzin (My Name is Little Rain)” by Eden Sabolboro from United States
• “Never Too Late” by Guillermo Alfonso
• “Old House New Home” by Kelly Bryan Kerr from United States
• “Restoring Néške’emāne” by Loren Kasey Waters from United States
• “SENSUAL PILL” by Sam3 from Greece
• “Somewhere Higher” by Mohammad Gorjestani from United States
• “ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)” by Brit Hensel from United States
• “ᏚᏙᎥᎪᏪᎸ: Signature: The Cherokee Speakers Roll” by Jennifer Loren from United States

Short Animation

• “Bestia” by Hugo Covarrubias from Chile
• “Buzzkill” by Peter Ahern from United States
• “Carl Vermont + Shawy: Ma fenêtre” by Shawy from France
• “Cat and Moth” by India Barnardo from Canada, United Kingdom
• “Duet” by Yadid Hirschtritt Licht from United States
• “Eyes and Horns” by Chaerin Im from Republic of Korea, Germany
• “Fetch” by Sam Gill from New Zealand
• “A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot” by Watanabe Shinichiro from China
• “A Guitar in the Bucket” by Boyoung Kim from Republic of Korea
• “Hand” by Tsz Wing Ho from Hong Kong
• “Local Middle Schooler” by Sanjna Bharadwaj from United States
• “Lunar Love & Ever” by Gabriel Gabriel Garble from Sweden
• “Melk” by Lavender Yang-Pennington, Alyssa Underwood, Nick Porter, Eric Martinez, Theo Kamm, Kevin Flores, Nicole Emmons, Aztrid Moan, Katalina Katalina Robberson-Bishop, Kelsey Richmond, Kiley Elder, Rachel Blitz, Aeddon Van Zant, Rachel Blitz, Alyssa Wigfall, Liliana Martinez, Kat Diaz, Angela Ulloa, Lailah White from United States
• “Memento Mori” by Paul O’Flanagan from Ireland
• “MEZOSOÏQUE ALTERNATIF” by Swann Boby, Lucie Laudrin, Marion Métivier, Léna Miguet, Sixtine Sanrame, Marie Schaeffer from France
• “More Than I Remember” by Amy Bench from United States
• “The Other Side” by Julia Wolff, Alexis Giraud, Lison Lacour, Elora Toussaint du Wast, Gustave Soloy from France
• “Pivot” by Ana Gusson from Canada
• “The Seine’s Tears” by Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur from France
• “SENSUAL PILL” by Sam3 from Greece
• “Tennis Ball on His Day Off” by Julian Glander from United States
• “Tio” by Juan Medina from Mexico
• “TRICHOTILLOMANIA!” by Kelly Schiesswohl from United States

Experimental

• “Be F*cking Weird” by Felix Aaronson, Paul Jamal Said from United States
• “A Brief and Passing Thing” by Judd Myers from United States
• “Digital Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro: The Real-World Guide to Set Up and Workflow” by HONG Seong-yoon from Republic of Korea
• “An Evening With Taglioni” by Jessica Wright, Morgann Runacre-Temple from United Kingdom
• “Lunar Love & Ever” by Gabriel Gabriel Garble from Sweden
• “Onry: 1955” by Martin Melnick from United States
• “SENSUAL PILL” by Sam3 from Greece
• “Somewhere Higher” by Mohammad Gorjestani from United States
• “Sylvain’s Hunt” by Theo Cohn from United States

Episodic

• DIVR by Zoey Martinson from United States
• Hudson Falls by Elias Plagianos from United States
• Legit Married by Chelsea Gonzalez from United States
• Pili Ka Moʻo by Justyn Ah Chong from United States
• Tasteless by Amnon Carmi from United States, Israel

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• “After Blue (Dirty Paradise)” by Bertrand Mandico from France
• “Buzzkill” by Peter Ahern from United States
• “Deadstream” by Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter from United States
• “The Demons of Dorothy” by Alexis Langlois from France
• “Dunston Checks Out” by Milos Mitrovic, Peter Kuplowsky from Canada
• “Itch” by Susannah Farrugia from Malta, United Kingdom
• “Night of the Living Dicks” by Ilja Rautsi from Denmark
• “Piggy” by Carlota Pereda from Spain
• “Wild Card” by Tipper Newton from United States
• “Wolf in Dude’s Clothing” by Solmund MacPherson from Canada

Oklahoma Feature

• “Chicken House” by Cate Jones from United States
• “Flowers in the Addict: The Bryan Abrams Story” by Derek Watson from United States
• “Out of Exile” by Kyle Kauwika Harris from United States
• “Tenkiller” by Kara Shay Choate, Jeremy Brooks Choate from United States

Live Action Short

• “¿Qué Somos?” by Maria Prieto from United States
• “**PAID MODELING GIG**” by Matt Lennon from United States
• “Act of God” by Spencer Cook, Parker Smith from United States
• “Action” by Benoît Monney from Switzerland
• “All I Want Is Everything” by Alexandra Cuerdo from United States
• “All the Crows in the World” by Tang Yi from United States
• “Baggage” by Sam Brown from United States
• “The Ban” by Sophie Bacry Picciotto, Ophélie Koering from France
• “Birds” by Katherine Propper from United States
• “Birds, Bees, and Threes” by Margaux Calla Susi, Paige Hullett from United States
• “Blackout” by Andrew Reid from United States
• “Break Any Spell” by Anton Jøsef from United States, Canada
• “A Brief and Passing Thing” by Judd Myers from United States
• “Brutalia, Days of Labour” by Manolis Mavris from Greece
• “Comic Escape” by Alphonso McAuley from United States
• “Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine” by Naman Gupta from United States
• “Cruise” by Sam Rudykoff from Canada
• “The Demons of Dorothy” by Alexis Langlois from France
• “Digital Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro: The Real-World Guide to Set Up and Workflow” by HONG Seong-yoon from Republic of Korea
• “DIVR” by Zoey Martinson from United States
• “El Placer” by Fermin de la Serna from Argentina
• “An Evening With Taglioni” by Jessica Wright, Morgann Runacre-Temple from United Kingdom
• “F^¢K ‘€M R!GHT B@¢K” by Harris Doran from United States
• “Fellow Creatures” by Jamie Glover, Jason Merrells from United Kingdom
• “Fervor” by José Manuel Vélez from Chile
• “Flirting (With Possibilities)” by Garrett Zuercher from United States
• “The Following Year” by Miguel Campaña from Spain, Bulgaria
• “For Love” by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor from United Kingdom
• “Frank & Emmet” by Carlos Fernandez Puertolas from United States
• “Frankie” by James Kautz from United States
• “GREEN” by Rachel Ross from New Zealand
• “Helen’s Nose” by Andrea Rosen from United States
• “Hikikomori” by Borja Crespo from Spain
• “How to Disappear” by Jack Carrivick from United Kingdom
• “Imposible decirte adiós” by Yolanda Centeno from Spain
• “Itch” by Susannah Farrugia from United Kingdom
• “Last Hawaiian Sugar” by Deja Cresencia Bernhardt from United States
• “Lead/Follow” by Colby Day from United States
• “Lioness” by Molly E. Smith from United States
• “Make Me A King” by Sofia Olins from United Kingdom
• “Man Or Tree” by Varun Raman, Tom Hancock from United Kingdom
• “Man Seeking Man” by Travis White from United States
• “Mantis Club” by Yalian Li from United States
• “Monkey-Love, Please Hold” by Greg Fox from Canada
• “Moshari” by Nuhash Humayun from Bangladesh
• “My Soul To Take” by Laura Vandervoort from Canada
• “Nana Ki Dum” by Jacob McSharma from United States
• “Neither Seen Nor Heard” by Florence Kosky from United Kingdom
• “Night of the Living Dicks” by Ilja Rautsi from Denmark
• “The Night Train” by Jerry Carlsson from Sweden
• “No. 1” by Angela Healin Kweon from United States
• “Oh Deer” by Richard C. Jones from United States
• “One Night at the Laundromat” by Andy Kokoszka from United States
• “The Original Shareholder Experience” by Petyr Xyst from United States
• “Our First Priority” by Ariel Baska from United States
• “PHLEGM” by Jan-David Bolt from Switzerland
• “Play It Again” by Dan Abramovici from Canada
• “Recruitment” by Nazanin Chitsaz from Iran
• “Shreveport Son” by Mark D. Bonner from United States
• “So I Erased His Face” by Yimeng Yuan from United States
• “Soundman” by Debi Bradshaw from United States
• “Steps” by Blake Winston Rice from United States
• “Sylvain’s Hunt” by Theo Cohn from United States
• “Tank Fairy” by Erich Rettstadt 雷利 from Taiwan
• “That Which Fades” by Leah Moth from United States
• “Tim Travers & the Time Travelers Paradox” by Stimson Snead from United States
• “Wall #4” by Lucas Camps from Netherlands
• “Warsha” by Dania Bdeir from Lebanon
• “Wild Card” by Tipper Newton from United States
• “Wolf in Dude’s Clothing” by Solmund MacPherson from Canada

Music Video

• “Alyse: Beautiful Things” by Aaron Bracetty from United States
• “Branjae: Free Facts” by Branjae Jackson from United States
• “Carl Vermont + Shawy: Ma fenêtre” by Shawy from France
• “Casii Stephan: These Hard Days” by Bobby Ross from United States
• “Five Year Gap: Chalk Houses” by Luke Garrison from United States
• “Hector Romance: Water Woman” by Hector Romance from Andorra
• “The Imaginaries: You Already Know” by Reagan Elkins from United States
• “JD McPherson: Holly Carol Candy & Joy” by Sean Dejecacion from United States
• “Madeline: Y.T.D” by J. Logan Alexander from United States
• “Odah Grey: Something” by Jordan Martin from United States
• “Onry: 1955” by Martin Melnick from United States
• “Outta Here: Escape the Simulation” by Danielle Ellesse Smith, Avitiuh from United States
• “Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps: Slo Mo” by Hwa-Jeen Na from United States
• “Salem Blue: You” by Mikey Hevr from United States
• “Stepmom: Damage Control” by Lindsey Cox from United States
• “Veronica Bianqui: I Want To Tell You” by Ursula Ellis from United States
• “Winston Churchbus: Where Do I Begin” by Stephania Dulowski from United States
• “Wood Willow: Box O’ Wine” by Mikey Hevr from United States

Indigenous Feature

• “Out of Exile” by Kyle Kauwika Harris from United States
• “Run Woman Run” by Zoe Hopkins from Canada

Community Showcase

• “The Battle of Honey Springs” by Bryan Beasley from United States
• “Fire In Little Africa” by Ben Lindsey, Ben Lindsey from United States
• “Greenwood Here and Now” by Kelly Bryan Kerr from United States

Pride Short

• “All I Want Is Everything” by Alexandra Cuerdo from United States
• “Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine” by Naman Gupta from United States
• “F^¢K ‘€M R!GHT B@¢K” by Harris Doran from United States
• “Fervor” by José Manuel Vélez from Chile
• “Frankie” by James Kautz from United States
• “Graduation” by Robin Wang from United States
• “Imposible decirte adiós” by Yolanda Centeno from Spain
• “Make Me A King” by Sofia Olins from United Kingdom
• “The Night Train” by Jerry Carlsson from Sweden
• “Our First Priority” by Ariel Baska from United States
• “Play It Again” by Dan Abramovici from Canada
• “Tank Fairy” by Erich Rettstadt 雷利 from Taiwan
• “That Which Fades” by Leah Moth from United States
• “Warsha” by Dania Bdeir from Lebanon

Okie Short

• “Abundance” by Colleen Thurston from United States
• “Amelia’s Prayer” by Lance McDaniel from United States
• “Be F*cking Weird” by Felix Aaronson, Paul Jamal Said from United States
• “Cipher” by Willam Cole Snipes from United States
• “The First 280 Honest Words of My Life” by Ella Janes from United States
• “It Mimics” by Cary Thomas Cody, Orrin Ponkilla from United States
• “Legends of the West: In Dirt and Rosin” by Tyler Raye from United States
• “A Little Dead by” Ben Richardson from United States
• “Lucky” by Sean C. Johnson from United States
• “Melk” by Lavender Yang-Pennington, Alyssa Underwood, Nick Porter, Eric Martinez, Theo Kamm, Kevin Flores, Nicole Emmons, Aztrid Moan, Katalina Katalina Robberson-Bishop, Kelsey Richmond, Kiley Elder, Rachel Blitz, Aeddon Van Zant, Rachel Blitz, Alyssa Wigfall, Liliana Martinez, Kat Diaz, Angela Ulloa, Lailah White from United States
• “Old House New Home” by Kelly Bryan Kerr from United States
• “On Mother’s Time” by Bryce Riedesel from United States
• “One Night at the Laundromat” by Andy Kokoszka from United States
• “Paralyzed” by Noble Banks from United States
• “Prom Bandits” by Kyle Roberts from United States
• “Restoring Néške’emāne” by Loren Kasey Waters from United States
• “Seeds of Greenwood” by Michael Zubach from United States
• “ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)” by Brit Hensel from United States
• “ᏚᏙᎥᎪᏪᎸ: Signature: The Cherokee Speakers Roll” by Jennifer Loren from United States

Okie Episodic

• “Black Eats” by Amy Janes from United States
• “Eyes of the Storm – Episode 2” by Scott Hodgson from United States
• “Faculty Lounging” by Richard Andrew Janes from United States
• “L.I.F.E.: P’s & Q’s Episode 1” by Dathan Smith from United States

Okie Music Video

• “Alyse: Beautiful Things” by Aaron Bracetty from United States
• “Andy Artus, Feat. Miah Baker: A Prayer” by Nicole Emmons from United States
• “Branjae: Free Facts” by Branjae Jackson from United States
• “Casii Stephan: These Hard Days” by Bobby Ross from United States
• “Five Year Gap: Chalk Houses” by Luke Garrison from United States
• “The Imaginaries: You Already Know” by Reagan Elkins from United States
• “Odah Grey: Something” by Jordan Martin from United States
• “Outta Here: Escape the Simulation” by Danielle Ellesse Smith, Avitiuh from United States
• “Salem Blue: You” by Mikey Hevr from United States
• “Wood Willow: Box O’ Wine” by Mikey Hevr from United States