2025 Venues and Films
Screenings and filmmaker talkbacks are scheduled alongside live performances and interactive demos, as well as panels on regional creative spaces, projects and resources (ft. local filmmakers, writers, actors and founders of regional creative spaces).
Thursday October 9th — 630PM-830PM
Short Film Screening
In the Pines Studio - Get Tickets
6746 Lone Pine St, Stevens Point, WI 54482
Featuring a selection of curated short films and filmmaker talkbacks. See the slideshow below for films screening this evening.
In The Pines Studio is an intimate, multifaceted gathering space which aims to inspire and nurture innovation, collaboration, and growth. The studio fosters creative community through a variety of classes, workshops and community meetups.
Thursday SHORT FilmS
A Sick Beat
After getting ousted by friends, Chloe seeks sanctuary with her "Uncle Minty", but she finds a forgotten hermit; unhinged and unstable.
A Seething Underneath
Water contamination is a quiet epidemic affecting millions of people across the nation. A Seething Underneath explores the stories of three Wisconsin communities grappling with this crisis.
See You Around
A young guitarist named Cooper confronts their grief and nostalgia as they begin to hear a familiar song.
You’ll Think of It
A story and song about experiencing the border between sanity and otherwise
The Blood Trade
A US Marshal and his deputy track down an outlaw, who has taken up fur trading in the wild.
Crush
In the Pines Studio host, Matthew A. Brown, presents a short film made in Berlin, Germany and shortlisted for the Academy of Awards.
Filmmakers in Attendance
Nate Sheppard
A multimedia creative with a focus on video and music production. Based in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, Nate was the 2019 recipient of the Northern Arts Council’s Indiviual Artist Grant and has worked on a wide range of projects including directing a feature-length documentary, creating an online arts festival, and designing multimedia art installations.
Winter Williams
Winter Williams (locally known as Ashley) is an award-winning American film and theater actress, best known for her breakout roles in cult horror The Human Centipede, revenge thriller Julia, and crime drama Albanian Gangster. Currently, Williams is co-creating a one-woman show with playwright Denmo Ibrahim, while continuing her film collaborations with her husband, filmmaker Matthew A. Brown. Ashley co-leads the Drama/Acting classes ages 5-18
Samuel Karow
After receiving his BFA in film from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sam is now a professional video artist based in Appleton, Wisconsin.Sam’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. His award-winning short film 3 Miles East was included in the 64th Cannes Film Festival Court Métrage.
Tj Hill
From stage, to musical composition, to live broadcast, to film, TJ Hill has had a love for storytelling in all mediums his entire life. His short films have been featuredin a variety of festivals, including the Cannes Short Film Corner in 2023.
Nels Lindquist
A Milwaukee-based filmmaker with deep ties to Wisconsin. He runs I’m Cold Productions where he creates everything from music videos to advertisements to documentary and fiction filmmaking.
Matt Osowski
A Central Wisconsin-based composer and musician. Matt has worked on projects in Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis, MN; and throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Matthew A. Brown
Matthew A. Brown’s feature film directorial debut, Julia, was released in the US in AMC cinemas in October 2015 after winning multiple awards at the world’s leading genre film festivals and selling to over forty international territories. His sophomore feature, Albanian Gangster, was released in theaters via AMC Independent in October 2020, and he is currently in post on his third feature, Illyrian Blood, a sequel to Albanian Gangster. His next project, Killdeer, a dramatic thriller set on North Dakota’s Bakken oilfields, shoots this coming February, 2026.