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The Cinema Columbus Film Festival will kick off with the central Ohio premiere of "Down to the Felt." The Cinema Columbus Film Festival has released the complete list of shorts and feature-length films that will make up this year's festival offerings. Covering all genres, the festival will feature the work of filmmakers from all around the world as well as here in Ohio. Cinema Columbus will kick off with the central Ohio premiere of "Down to the Felt" — the largest independen

Coming soon to several theaters near you, CAPA’s fourth Cinema Columbus Film Festival will offer 20-plus screenings of approximately 50 independent feature and short films from April 30-May 4. The showcase, recently named the nation’s best film festiva l in USA TODAY’s 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, will take place at seven sites: Drexel Theatre, Gateway Film Center, Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse, Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, McConnell Arts Center, the Wexner Center

In writer and director Tom Carroll’s sophomore effort, The Stress Is Killing Me , a group of middle-aged friends from college show up to a twenty-year reunion to discover that they are no longer the people that they once were. What they once set out to accomplish in life, yet life now finds them middle-aged, wondering what could have been and what could possibly be. We are introduced to the ensemble characters and their intentions at the beginning of the film: a lawyer who wa

Tom Carroll’s “The Stress is Killing Me” stems from a great idea. I mean, all of us have re-evaluated our lives at some point, imagining what it would be like if we had taken a career path that we truly wanted to take when we were young. So, when Carroll offers his characters another chance at life – even if it is for a brief period of time, you’d expect things to be light, breezy, and fun. And while to some extent they are, the writer/director’s failure to capitalize on that

The Cinema Columbus Film Festival is an annual event that showcases independent films from all over, giving Columbus filmmakers an opportunity to share their work. One of the films screening in this year’s festival is a film by university alumnus Jon Osbeck. Osbeck has lived in Columbus almost his entire life and started acting in middle school. At this young age, he only did “commercials and little spots here and there,” but these small acting gigs are what got him his spot

The Cinema Columbus Film Festival just announced that the Columbus-made, major independent film "Down to the Felt" will headline the festival's opening night. The screening will serve as the central Ohio premiere for the film. "While the film festival doesn't just feature local works, it is very exciting to get the chance to feature such a hyper-local, hyper-beautiful work as part of our festival," said festival director Brett Reiter. "The intent has always been to, sort of,

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the new film “The Stress is Killing Me,” a post millennial take on a “Big Chill” style college class of 2002 reunion, 20 years down the road. Available through digital download since March 7th. Todd (Theron LaFountain), and Sue (April Hartman) has rented a house for that 20-year college reunion. After the festivities their closest friends Jason (Grayson Barry), Kiki (Carly Christopher), Paul (Matthew Pa

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The screening takes place Wednesday, April 30 at 7 pm in the Southern Theatre. Presented by CAPA, the Cinema Columbus Film Festival will screen Down to the Felt, directed by Columbus filmmaker Jon Osbeck, as its opening night presentation Wednesday, April 30 at 7 pm in the Southern Theatre (21 E. Main St.).  Written by a trio of Columbus residents – Osbeck, Dino Tripodis and Ralph Scott – and filmed on location in Columbus, Down to the Felt tells the story of a down-on-his-l

In a world where career burnout is a growing concern, filmmaker Tom Carroll is bringing humor to the struggle with his latest feature, The Stress is Killing Me . The film, a comedic exploration of midlife crises and career reinvention, is set to premiere at the Landmark Westwood Theatre on February 28, 2025, before its digital release on March 7. “I noticed that people in their 40s were hitting the wall,” Carroll explains. “They worked like crazy and then woke up one day and

Tom Carroll, a multifaceted creative force in the entertainment industry, has made significant contributions as a writer, director, and author. His directorial work includes the film “The Stress is Killing Me,” and the PBS-aired documentary “Big Bad Budget,” which garnered national attention. Carroll also wrote and directed the intriguing film “Who Stole the Tasmanian Devils?” His literary prowess extends to the realm of fiction, where he has authored several novels, includin

Original Comedy About Friends Gathering for Their 20th College Reunion Debuts on North American VOD Platforms and DVD on March 7, 2025 LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, March 7, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has just released the comedy feature THE STRESS IS KILLING ME, which is now available to rent/own on all North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms, a

ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive The Stress is Killing Me trailer , previewing the upcoming comedy feature about a group of friends meeting for their 20th college reunion. What happens in The Stress is Killing Me trailer? The Stress is Killing Me trailer details a group of friends coming together for their 20th reunion from college. Now much older, the group all talks about their past and present and the many heartfelt moments that come with it. The Stress is Killing Me w

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