Film at SilverVox · Frederick, Maryland · Year two
Films worth
talking about.
Narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, music docs, midnight movies and the films that break the mold, from Frederick and from around the world. Every one screens at a festival you can walk, across downtown Frederick, Maryland, and when the lights come up the filmmakers are right there to answer questions.
The program
Year ONE: 161 films. 29 countries. One walkable downtown.
Year one
A few favorites.
Hit play.
Every one of these screened at SilverVox 2026. Watch the trailers, then imagine seeing them with a full room.
Documentary feature
Philippe Gaulier: The Man Who Waits for Freedom
70 min · France
Inside the world of the legendary Paris clown and theater teacher whose students include Sacha Baron Cohen. “Theatre is as serious as a children’s game.”
Narrative short
Attached
15 min · USA
An aspiring actress, a brash best friend and a past that comes back to haunt her.
Film in Frederick
BOOMTOWN
Docudrama · 72 min · USA
Based on real events: a band of unlikely rebels in 1970s Frederick, Maryland, and the spark they lit.
Documentary feature · Best Documentary Feature, SilverVox 2026
About Face: Disrupting Ballet
60 min · USA
Former New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin and choreographer Phil Chan take on ballet’s old stereotypes.
Midnight movies · Winner, Best Midnight Feature
Crippled
Narrative feature · 69 min · USA
A body-horror film about a man living with muscular dystrophy and the nursing staff who are supposed to care for him.
Film in Frederick · Audience Choice Feature
Spinsters
Narrative feature · 86 min · USA
A bittersweet comedy about two estranged middle-aged besties back in their hometown, figuring out what comes next.
Documentary feature
Tiananmen Tonight
84 min · USA
In perilous times for American journalism, a story of truth-telling in service to democracy.
Music + film · Winner, Best Narrative Feature
The Hook
Narrative feature · 98 min · UK
Twenty-four hours to save rock ‘n’ roll, and their family.
Documentary feature · Winner, Best Local Feature Film
Loving John
76 min · USA
Life, love and a ticking clock.
Year one on screen · June 18–21, 2026
A program built
to be discovered.
161
Films screened
407
Submissions
29
Countries
81
Filmmakers in town
What to expect
Programs built
as experiences.
In the room
Filmmakers + Q&As
Directors, casts and crews come to Frederick, and moderators who actually watched the films keep the conversation going.
Curated
Blocks with a point of view
Midnight shorts, music films, Film in Frederick, the High School Showcase and more, each built as an experience.
For everyone
From kids to cult
Children’s programming in the afternoon, midnight movies after dark and everything in between.
Coming in 2027
The road to May.
Submissions
Open now
On FilmFreeway through the final deadline, March 1, 2027.
Selections
March 2027
Filmmakers hear by March 19.
Lineup
Spring 2027
The full 2027 film lineup and schedule go live here.
The festival
May 6–9
Four days of screenings across downtown Frederick, from the 1926 Weinberg Center for the Arts to New Spire Arts and more.
Want the film lineup the minute it drops? Get on the list →
Calling all filmmakers
Got a film?
We want to see it.
Submissions for 2027 are open now on FilmFreeway. First film or fifteenth, we’re here for the work. Final deadline March 1, 2027