BIG ARTS Film Festival Featuring Academy Award Winner Molly O’Brien
November 14 - November 15
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Join us for an unforgettable two-day celebration of cinema at the BIG ARTS Film Festival, featuring 2025 Academy Award winner Molly O’Brien. This special event includes exclusive screenings, insightful Q&As, an opening reception, a catered dinner, and post-film gatherings. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to engage with an acclaimed documentary filmmaker whose work shines a light on extraordinary lives and untold stories.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
6:00 PM – Opening Reception and Meet & Greet
7:00 PM – Screening: The Disappearance of Shere Hite (118 min.) This powerful documentary reclaims the legacy of pioneering feminist and sex researcher Shere Hite, whose controversial work in the 1970s challenged taboos and redefined female sexuality. [view trailer]
Post-film – Q&A with Molly O’Brien
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
4:00 PM – Screening: Every Body (92 min.) A revelatory exploration of intersex identity through the lives of three activists, blending personal stories with a broader look at medical ethics and gender norms. [view trailer]
6:00 PM – Catered Box Dinner
6:45 PM – Talk by Molly O’Brien
7:15 PM – Screening of Two Short Films:
A Pig With Hair (22 min.) A darkly comic short that explores gender, grief, and identity through the quirky lens of a pig farm.
The Only Girl in the Orchestra (35 min.) This Oscar-winning short tells the moving story of a Holocaust survivor who broke barriers as the only female musician in an all-male orchestra at Auschwitz. [view trailer]
Post-film – Informal Celebration with Drinks, Coffee, and Dessert
Molly O’Brien is an Academy Award winning and Primetime Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker. Her most recent work as director is the Academy award winning The Only Girl in the Orchestra. LEARN MORE.