Sunday, August 24 – Closing Night
Sunday, August 24
11:50AM-12:50 PM
Writer’s Block – Celebrating the Writers. [BLOCK 12]
Celebrate the writers of the 2025 Lonely Seal Festival by learning about their selected stories. Mingle with some writers in attendance, imagine what could be next, and maybe even collaborate. Hosted by Hammad Zaidi.
1:00 PM-2:55 PM [BLOCK 13]
The Spiritualization of Jeff Boyd (1:42:13) Jeff, a patient in a mental institution in the Swiss Alps, escapes to his friend Morton to start over at his bakery, while Prisha, a guru’s daughter, mysteriously enters Jeff’s life. After a fight with his friend, the fugitive leaves him behind and goes to a monk in the Balkans in search of enlightenment.
3:00 PM-4:45 PM [BLOCK 14]
Return to Skye (4:58) A Scottish clansman survives the Battle of Culloden (1745) and returns home to bid farewell to his wife, and wee child, before fleeing for his life. He and his wife agree that his ancestral home, the Isle of Skye, will provide him refuge from the pursuing British.
Music to Die For (14:58) A Northern Irish pianist seeks redemption for an attack on his band during The Troubles when he unexpectedly encounters one of the bandmates at a gig years later.
Looking Up (1:11:30) Eitan Armon, a young man facing encroaching blindness, decides to let go of everything he can’t control and climb Yosemite’s most epic granite wall, El Capitan.
5:00 PM-6:50 PM [BLOCK 15]
Sock Quiz (2:07) After nearly giving up on filling out her study guide, Caroly’s wish for geometry to be as easy as making sock puppets comes true!
Bear Brook (13:21) Fifteen years after his wife’s death, Jimmy’s children confront him on moving on with his life.
Urban Ed (1:30:00) When their charter school is shut down in the middle of the year, a group of inner city students comes up against America’s broken education system and a world full of contradicting lessons.
7:00 PM-8:00 PM [BLOCK 16]
Awards Ceremony
Join us to celebrate all of the wonderful participants of the festival as we announce the awards.