Screening + Filmmaker Q&A

The Legend of Ochi

Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 7:00pm

Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Doors open at 6:30pm

Regular ticket prices
Tickets available online in advance, at our box office during open hours, or at the door (if available).

The Legend of Ochi opens at The Little on Friday, April 25.
Regular showtimes also available.

Featuring a POST-FILM DISCUSSION with Richard Peete and Traci Carlson, Geneseo residents and producers of the film 

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. When Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.

Starring Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, and Willem Dafoe. Written and directed by Isaiah Saxon.

At this special screening, we’ll also have a LIMITED amount of free “In Search of the Ochi Field Guide” books + vampire teeth. One per ticket buyer — available while supplies last!

Richard Peete, a York Central School graduate and Livingston County resident, is an award-winning producer and founder of the NYC-based production company Neighborhood Watch. Before transitioning to producing, he was a Prop Master on critically acclaimed films such as BLUE VALENTINE, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES and WINTER’S BONE. Rich’s producing credits include Jeremy Saulnier’s BLUE RUIN, which premiered at Cannes and won the International Critics’ Award.

Traci Carlson, a Livingston County resident, is the Co-Founder of New York based production company Neighborhood Watch alongside her partner Rich Peete. She has produced KILLER SALLY (2022), IN MY OWN TIME: A PORTRAIT OF KAREN DALTON (2020), III by The Lumineer’s (2019), SEE KNOW EVIL (2018), SUPER DARK TIMES (2017), and MENASHE (2017). Her films have screened at festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, Sundance, SXSW, and Tribeca. She is a former fellow of the Sundance Producing Lab, the Film Independent Producing Lab and an Indie Spirit Award Nominee.