RRFF- Stay Awake / Frogmarch

Stay Awake (2015) “Stay Awake” follows two teenage brothers through the weekly routine of taking their mother to the hospital to detox her from a prescription drug addiction. When it becomes clear that their mother may never change, both brothers have to decide whether to continue trying to help her, or move on. Director Jamie Sisley. 14 minutes. STUDENT PROJECT.
IN PERSON: TBD

The Frogmarch (2015) “The Frogmarch” tells an intimate story about a group of well-intended friends who stage a drug-intervention: After serving five years, Travis Portman is being released from prison. A group of his closest friends gather at a remote and scenic lake house to celebrate his homecoming, but the weekend is not going to go as smoothly as they planned. Secrets are exposed. Relationships are torn apart. All of their skeletons are dragged into the light. For the next three days, they are forced to confront their own demons and, in the process, each other. Director Jonathan D'Ambrosio 110 minutes