On Tuesday evening, the Kentucky Theatre shows its love for the independent film community as it debuts “Open Five,” a film described as “One of the top 25 films of 2010,” by The New Yorker.

The independent film event is hosted by Surreelfilm — the 10 a.m. radio slot on Monday mornings for 88.1 WRFL — in collaboration with the Lexington Film League and the Lexington Public Library.

According to Surreelfilm host and co-creator, Chris Ritter, “Open Five” is a project the three groups have been planning for a while.

“We’ve discovered a whole community of film lovers in Lexington,” Ritter said. “This is kind of an experimental thing … we want to bring filmmakers to Lexington, and if this goes good, hopefully we’ll bring this back in the spring.”

Ritter said the collective chose to debut the film at the Kentucky Theatre because of its support of the independent film community.

“The Kentucky Theatre is the premiere theater in terms of showing art house kind of films and independent films,” Ritter said. “It’s also the only theater in Lexington that decides to support independent films in that capacity.”

Director Kentucker Audley, who stars as himself in the film, describes it as “an authentic story about being in your twenties and trying to make a living in music and filmmaking, while juggling romantic entanglements.”

“‘Open Five’ is a story of Jake, an indie musician in Memphis, who hosts two girls from Brooklyn in Memphis for a weekend,” Audley said. “It is a genuine and realistic movie with subtle humor and awkward situations.”

Ritter said although the movie deals with “artsy” personalities, it is highly relatable.

“As a recent graduate myself, the themes are more like ‘Oh my God! What’s next? Where do I go?’ It’s not pretentious at all,” Ritter said.  “The conversations try to create a hyperrealism. The way they filmed it was very improvisational, so it comes across as you and me would be having a conversation. I think it’s highly relatable in term of the issues the characters are dealing with.”

Ritter describes Audley as “self-documentarian,” and “mainly interested in telling really human stories, and capturing people’s true personalities.” Open Five, a “love letter to Memphis,” is the film school graduate’s fourth film.

“Our film has been well-received across the country,” Audley said. “I live in Memphis now, but I grew up in Lexington. This is the first time I’ve screened one of my films here.  I grew up going to the Kentucky Theatre, so I’m very excited to have a screening there.”

The free film screening will be followed by a film festival-style Q&A with the director.