NewFilmmakers Fall 2015

NF Fall 2015 Quarterly Vol. 4 Issue 2 Anthology Film Archives

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NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2015

Fall Series

Wednesday / October 7th

NewFilmmakers begins its Fall Series with a party and a night of short films and YoungFilmmakers

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

NewFilmmakers begins its Fall season with an acceptance reception

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Stephanie Gardner IF I HAD A PIANO (I’D PLAY YOU THE BLUES) Michael Greer THE MELANCHOLY DOORMAN Kouros Alaghband WIGLUM Michael Yusko I’M GONNA PUNCH SAM MACKEY IN THE FACE

8:15PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Michael Faller WHAT REMAINS Rodrigo Baumgartner Ayres GAME OF E-MOTION Joshua Tebeau PICKING UP THE PIECES Dayna Li THE PRETTY PEOPLE

9:30PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Peter Alexander Eccles THE CATFISH Amanda Webster THOUGHT.COM Kendall Goldberg BARK MITZVAH Lucas Ruderman FLOWER

Wednesday / October 14th

NewFilmmakers presents Another Experiment By Women

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

ANOTHER EXPERIMENT BY WOMEN presents a show with guest curator SASHA WATER FREYER Try a Little Tenderness is a selection of old and new works in 16mm film and video about being vulnerable – exposed and unsafe. Susceptible, yet ready.

The program is a personal and collective response to the ontology of artistic canons in and of themselves. It presents a selection of works that cross and expose the boundaries by including Net Art, music video, performance-documentation and video art alongside more traditional approaches to experimental cinema. These nine works address, in very different ways and formats, acts of being naked to the world – the human body in search of love, food, adventure or acceptance; the human challenge to “acceptable” conduct based on race and gender stereotypes. Try It – Try a Little Tenderness.

Greta Snider PORTLAND Sasha Waters Freyer OUR SUMMER MADE HER LIGHT ESCAPE Kelly Gallagher PEARL PISTOLS (2014, 3 minutes) Tova Mozard SONG ABOUT THE FUTILITY OF THE HUMAN ENDEAVOR (2006, 6 minutes) Alma Alloro and Jennifer Chan ALPHA GIRLS (2014, 4 minutes) Ira Eduardovna TO PRAGUE WITH LOVE (2014, 12 minutes) Laurel Nakadate UNTITLED (2010, 7 minutes) Leslie Hall TIGHT PANTS/BODY ROLLS (2010, 3 minutes) Roger Beebe HISTORIA CALAMITATUM (THE STORY OF MY MISFORTUNES), PART 2: THE CRYING GAME (2014, 22 minutes)

7:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM Films by Women

Marianne Bathelemy THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Stephanie Cherng THE NAKED SISTER Artemis Shaw SYMPOSIUM Lauren Ashley Carter INTRODUCING PARKER DOWD

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION Cynthia Hsuing ARE YOU FOR GREAT SEX Are You For Great Sex? is a boundary-pushing, raw, and sophisticated sexual love story told from a uniquely fresh, woman’s point of view. What is the meaning of great sex? Is it just a primal instinctual act? Or is there something deeper that a great sexual connection tells us about ourselves? There’s great sex, and then there’s unforgettable sex.

Festival New York

Host - Bill Woods Producer - Barney Oldfield Programming - Brandon Ruckdashel Info@NewFilmmakers.com

Los Angeles

Executive Director - Larry Laboe Artistic Director - Susie Kim LA@NewFilmmakersLA.com

Online

Operations - Bill Elberg support@NewFIlmmakersOnline.com

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Editor - Brandon Ruckdashel Brandon@NewFilmmakers.com Publisher - Barney Oldfield Barney@NewFilmmakers.com

NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2015

Monday / October 26th

Fall Series

NewFilmmakers presents Animation and Dating Issues

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT PROGRAM Animation

Marian Obando LOSS Gerard Mooney SEXY TEXIE Amy Podmore LANA Youjin Moon LIGHT RHYTHM #1-3 Bucky Illingworth FUTURE ANIMAL TREATMENT Katherine Baisley THE CUCARACHULA Yahya Ghobadi TEARS

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM dating issues

Romina Schwedler BAD CONNECTIONS Jeanne Jo TAMPOON Amy Leland ECHOES Adam Carr OF KNIGHTS AND SLAVES Randy Prywitch I’M WITH JOY

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Armando Lamberti EXHIBITION DAY ‘Exhibition Day’ provides a brief glimpse into the life of a struggling writer (Brian May), who attempts to both combat his artistic inertia and resolve his relationship difficulties in the twenty-four hour span over which the film takes place.

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NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2015

Fall Series

Tuesday / October 27th

NewFilmmakers presents a Halloween Program

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Josh Mawer OPAL Jordan Zakarin THE OCD COUPLE Jeremy Sporn CURTAINS Ann Carr PILLOWS Matt Lawrence LARRY GONE DEMON

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Lori Elberg THE PHANTOM Kanchalee Wijakpaisarn IN-BETWEEN David Maire CHATEAU SAUVIGNON: TERROIR Vered Rodriguez THE BOX

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM Matthew Campbell Nelson HYMN OF PERSEPHONE Chris Raddatz BETHESDA Lukas Hassel INTO THE DARK Michael Vidler MINE JD Glasscock BLADE AND BLOOD Robert Snyder THE BAG

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Call for Interns NewFilmmakers New York is looking for interns!

Come join our team and learn about the world of film exhibition.

NewFilmmakers New York is a Film Series screening at Anthology Film Archives which was start 18 years ago by NYU Film Alumni. We screen weekly throughout the year and need interns to work in the office and at our weekly events.

Some of the intern duties will involve marketing/publicity, Social Media, and Film Programming. This is a great opportunity to learn about the ins and outs of film festivals, how they operate, and why your film does (or doesn’t) get programmed.

Interested candidates should email a cover letter and availability to Brandon@newfilmmakers.com.

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Wednesday / November 3rd

Fall Series

NewFilmmakers presents an Experiment by Women Filmmakers

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM ANOTHER EXPERIMENT BY WOMEN curated by LILI WHITE

Julia Jin DISPOSSESSED Lydia Moyer THE BLOCKS Kelly Gallagher PEN UP THE PIGS Negin Sharifzadeh EVEN GRAY FEELS BLUE ; Evelin Stermitz WATER PORTRAIT I-IV Rrose Present CODES OF... SENSES II Ninfa Sanchez & Karen Vilchis ABSENCE

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM Camille de Galbert SIMON Kate Nace Day A CIVIL REMEDY Chenyu Chen THE FALL

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Mannyx Guillen THE WONDERPILL Powerless, spiritless, and troubled with daily migraines, Athena Cockburn, a theoretically good looking chick in her end 20s, struggles as a barista in a coffee shop during the day and takes care of her sick mother, Barbara Cockburn, in the evening. Jacob York, hipster in his end 20s, has enough of the stagnating sex life with his girlfriend, Athena. After hanging out with his friends in a bar and listening to his friend, Max Rademaker, a responsible doctor, talking about the newest placebo studies, he has an epiphany of how to change his situation

Wednesday / November 18th

NewFilmmakers presents a Micro Budget Feature

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

Jillian Corsie TRICHSTER It’s clear that it’s taking a lot of courage and grit to do what Rebecca Brown is about to do. Speaking directly into the camera, she stumbles a few times, unable at first to find the words to describe her condition. Then, she finds her voice and the self-confidence to speak. Rebecca is about to openly talk about her hair pulling disorder, trichotillomania, at the vulnerable age of sixteen.

Then, Rebecca pulls her hair up to reveal a baseball-sized bald patch on the back of her head.

Wednesday / November 25th @ Courthouse Theater NewFilmmakers presents a Thanksgiving program

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM Iranian Films

7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM curated by Tova Beck-Friedman

7:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM

8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Dani Zarandieta ENCONTRADOS EN NYC ‘NYC’ is a micro budget movie that tells the story of three friends in their early thirties. Tired of their meaningless life in Seville, in a strange set of events, they end up traveling two days to NYC where they will discover the city and, more important, themselves.

Barry Worthington SPONGE Patrik Eriksson THE CART Serena Dykman WELCOME Serena Dykman BED BUGS & COMPANY

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Andrew Goldman THE DESK Journalist Andrew Goldman sets out to make a short film about Paul Henry, a New Zealand talk show host. In the midst of production, he gets fired from his job, and his life falls apart.

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NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2015

Fall Series

Wednesday / November 25th @ Maya Deren Theater

Wednesday / December 2nd

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

NewFilmmakers presents

Films from the Millennium Film Workshop Curated by Lili White

NewFilmmakers presents Experiments and Science Fiction

ANOTHER EXPERIMENT BY WOMEN curated by LILI WHITE

7:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM Art on Film

Richard Joneleit “HILLSIDE” BY LOST CHILDREN Zev Aaron & Daniel Cherrin NEW AMSTERDAM Courtney Krantz TACOMA Simon Lansberg-Rodriquez OUT OF COMMISSION Scott Danzig DREAM STATE

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Matthew Cade HOW I BECAME THAT JEWISH GUY Struggling actor Jason Weinstein gets one last shot at fame as he aims for a spot on the hit reality show “Real Cultures.”

Sara Bonaventura SHE VANISHES Rebecca Arndt DORIAN Tabita Rezaire COMBTHROUGH Kristin Reeves THREADBARE Leslie Wilson TO MY LOVE Linda Fenstermaker ABANDONED GENERATIONS

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM Sean Robinson INDIGO GREY: THE PASSAGE Chris Rodriguez EARLY LEARNINGS Abad Leyva HUNTER ST Jason Cusato A BOX CAME TO BROOKLYN

8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Matthew Lipke ELIXIR In 2115, severe environmental disaster has left the world in disarray. In the midst of the chaos, the Mulholland Corporation has seized control of most of the world’s remaining freshwater water sources, forcing everyone to pay for water even though nobody can afford it. A group of three skilled individuals are tasked with the mission to find any remaining sources of freshwater not controlled by the corporation and to discover the location of the Elixir Dam.

Wednesday / December 16th

NewFilmmakers presents Art Films and Drama

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

Art film Elise Kermani POE [...AND THE MUSEUM OF LOST ARTS] An experimental performance film, a collaboration between more than 30 artists from New York’s downtown dance, music and film scene directed by MiShinnah Production’s Artistic Director, Elise Kermani, POE […and the museum of lost arts] is part fiction, part historical, and part documentary. A fictional, time-traveling Charles Baudelaire recites Edgar Allan Poe’s biography in his own words in a theater remodeled after the 19th century Barnum Museum lecture hall. Baudelaire is assisted by Techne, who guides him in his lecture.

7:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM drama

Mark Stolzenberg SISTERS Ana Ribeiro CROSSROADS Richard Haas MY SENIOR MOMENT Yuval Sussler SPLIT FRAMES

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Anthony Laura SYCAMORE When Audrey is released from prison after 13 years for the accidental death of her best friend, she comes back into a society she no longer recognizes.

Landon has recently left the seminary after realizing a life in the priesthood is no longer for him. These two old friends soon come in contact with each other and discover the truth about how to live, how to love and what they each need to survive this new world.

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Fall Series

Wednesday / December 9th

NewFilmmakers presents a night of LGBTQ films curated by Pierre Stefanos

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

Walter Santucci IT’S NOT GAY FOR A MAN TO LOVE ANOTHER MAN IF HIS NAME IS JESUS Ann Husaini & Emily Lobsenz SANDORKRAUT Leah Shore HALLWAY Andy Hiss LEFTOVERS Paul W. Sauline TAPER Sarah Smith D. ASIAN

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION

Cesar Terranova GAZELLE - THE LOVE ISSUE Paulo is internationally famous in the underground scene for his alter-ego Gazelle. Appearing in clubs around the world in boldly conceived costumes, Gazelle became well known when he created the publication “GAZELLAND”, a documentation of the artists, photographers and designers of the gay nightlife community of London, New York and Sao Paulo.

8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION

Suzanne Guacci STUFF Trish and Deb Murdoch are in a rut. After 14 years together and raising two daughters, they find themselves in a mid life crisis where grief and attraction threaten their domestic nucleus.

Wednesday / December 21st

NewFilmmakers presents a night of Urban, Crime, and Punishment films.

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM Urban films, Crime, and Punishment

Matt Barry THE DETECTIVE IN NEW YORK Avery Herzog TECHNIKILLER Gulnara Mirzakarimova ALONENESS Sheldon Walker BABYTAKERS Timothy Jacob Elledge THE RIVER. MY BROTHER, ME Musashi Alexander JACKIE BOY

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION

James Habacker THE CRUEL TALE OF THE MEDICINE MAN Mr. Choade, the director of The House of Choade, a Grand Guignol theatre, has made an evil bargain with the Medicine Man, who has promised to enable Choade to make an artistic leap. In exchange he asks only for the souls of the theatre’s showgirls. A young girl, Linda, who has just been released from a mental hospital, gets a job performing at the House of Choade and becomes embroiled in these machinations. Linda’s ex-girlfriend Roxy re-connects with her and attempts to save her.

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION

Anthony Laura KORINNE After finding out her sister is pregnant, a mentally unstable girl tries to find solace in an old friend. When she meets the young, vibrant Jane, who invites her to join a suicide pact, her own sanity becomes the least of her worries.

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