Joe Swanberg will host a conversation with filmmaker Curtis Matzke after the screening

First Feature explores the journey of intrepid student filmmaker Thomas Reilly-King (TRK) in this comedic, heartfelt documentary inspired by classics like American Movie, Best Worst Movie, and Kid Icarus. In the tradition of those films, First Feature follows an eccentric artist as he pursues his dreams and his unwavering dedication to making his first feature film: Enduring Destiny. TRK works four jobs to pay for production, rerecords all the film’s dialogue, writes an 80s-inspired theme song, and even makes action figures for his character. First Feature explores the relationship between the documentary filmmaker and their subject as we look back at this time in their lives and see what happens ten years after telling someone’s story.