If you want drama there’s no place better to find it than at the 2022 Lighthouse Film Festival from June 2 to 5.

This newspaper has already alerted readers to the festival’s opening night film, “To Leslie,” which one South by Southwest reviewer called “probably the best portrayal of addiction in working-class Middle America” for almost two decades. Now let’s take a look at the eight films entered in the festival’s dramatic narratives competition.