Catalogue New York Shorts 2022

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Film Programs...........$17.00

GENERAL INFORMATION We recommend purchasing your tickets in advance to guarantee seating.

Seating is unreserved. No refunds.

Film programs are subject to change at anytime. Films do NOT screen in order listed on website. Be sure to arrive on time and be seated in theater at the start of each program. This will ensure you do not miss the film you came to see. ​ roof of vaccine is NOT required to enter the theater.

P Face coverings are NOT required. ​RUSH TICKETS If a film program is listed as SOLD OUT on our website, you can still try for tickets in person by joining the Rush Line at the theater venue.

​ ou can purchase individual tickets for each film program by Y accessing the film program on our website. ​​

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No refunds - only exchanges.

Please turn off all cell phones and electronic devices during the film presentation. For the pleasure of all guests, there is no talking or texting permitted during the film presentation. Those arriving late will be seated between short films.

Theater Venue 22 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003 (212) 924-3364

New York’s Greenwich Village theater specializing in provocative foreign and independent films plus documentaries.

Cinema Village THEATER POLICY. Face covering is NOT required.

The theater is operating at 100% capacity.

WHO WE ARE Ben Proudfoot | Advisory Committee

Jon Amiel | Advisory Committee

Ben Proudfoot is the creative force behind Breakwater Studios. An awardwinning short-documentary director and entrepreneur. Proudfoot was named one of Forbes Magazine’s “30 Under 30” for his leadership and innovation in the brand-funded documentary space.

Jon Amiel is an acclaimed English director who has worked in film and television in both the UK and the US.

Breakwater’s 2021 Academy Award® Nominated “A Concerto is a Conversation” made in collaboration with The New York Times and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

Other recent works include the Emmy-nominated series New York Times Op-Docs “Almost Famous”, a collection of short films featuring people who nearly made history.

Barbara Vásconez | Advisory Committee Barbara Vásconez is the Program Manager at New York Women in Film & Television.

Before joining NYWIFT, she was the General Manager at the Quad Cinema in New York City. She has worked for a variety of film festivals, including the Tribeca Film Festival, Rooftop Films, Hamptons Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, DOC NYC, and the Nantucket Film Festival. Her spare time is spent programming panels and creating unique community engagement opportunities for the New York Latino Film Festival.

Her educational goals include working to develop film programs in New Jersey that improve film education for low-income students. She is committed to the importance of film as a means of community engagement.

After receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for the BBC series The Singing Detective (1986), he went on to direct films receiving critical and commercial success, including Sommersby (1993) starring Jodie Foster and Richard Gere, Copycat (1995) starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter, Entrapment (1999) starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and The Core (2003) starring Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank. His most recent feature was Creation (2009) with Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly.

Bob Giraldi | Advisory Committee American film and television director, known for the film “Dinner Rush” and music videos for Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” and Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield”. His production company, Giraldi Media, has Produced and Directed close to 3,000 commercials, music videos and short films.

He accolades include Cannes Advertising Awards, and Clio Awards

Tianna Lawrence | Festival Coordinator Tianna Lawrence is an experienced film festival coordinator. She has been with New York Shorts since its inaugural year in 2012 at Landmark Sunshine Cinema.

She has performed production and operational duties with the Tribeca Film Festival and Just for Laughs comedy festival. She oversees filmmaker communication, event sponsor correspondence, volunteer management, film programming, and attendee interactions at New York Shorts International Film Festival.

WHO WE ARE Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri | Advisory Committee Indrani is a United Nations Women’s Entrepreneurship Distinguished Fellow, and a Max Mark-Cranbrook 2019 Global Peacemaker. She co-founded and executive directs Shakti Empowerment Foundation (SEEschool.org) for women and children in India, is Co-Host of the Global People’s Summit at the UN Tribeca Film Festival 2019 award-winning director, photographer, and social justice activist Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri is known by a single name for her “Iconic imagery and storytelling” (Huffington Post) “at the crossroads of pop culture and critical acclaim”(Lincoln Center). David Bowie commissioned her first album cover and her directorial debut, exploring the mind of a mass shooter, featured in the HBO Movie The Last 5 Years, and Indrani helped launch Beyonce and Lady Gaga, photographing their solo debut album art. Her work has won 43 awards including two gold lions at Cannes Festival of Creativity

Tom Brown | Advisory Committee Tom Brown is an Emmy nominated producer and an experienced television and film operations executive. He specializes in live-action and animation in the formats of scripted, non-scripted and factual/ documentary.

Brown served as VP of Production and Operations at Emmy Award winning NYC studio, Little Airplane Productions where his clients included BBC, Disney and Nickelodeon. He presently serves as VP of Business Operations at Retro Report, a documentary news organization and partnerships include PBS, The New York Times, American Experience, Quartz and Frontline. Brown is a member of the NY PGA and has been recognized by the production community to conduct international production workshops in Britain, Canada, Germany, Korea, Qatar and Turkey.

K. Lorrel Manning | Advisory Committee

Nicole Márquez Salamanca | Festival Operations

K. Lorrel Manning is an award-winning writer/director, actor and musician who works in both film and theatre.

Nicole Marsal has been overseeing the day-to-day operations for New York Shorts International Film Festival since 2019. She has collaborated with Bogotá Short Film Festival / Festival de Cortos de Bogotá, Planet On, and MIDBO.

He recently completed the documentary/performance film Trouble In Mind: Black American Playwrights from the 1800’s to Now. His critically acclaimed play Awake, which he also directed, received its world premiere at the Barrow Group in January 2019. He is currently shooting Lost & Found, a feature-length documentary on young Cameroonian painter Ludovic Nkoth and prepping his second narrative feature film, Sheila & The Punk Rock.

Manning has an MFA in Film from Columbia University and a BFA in Drama from the University of Georgia. He currently teaches screenwriting and advanced acting at Sarah Lawrence College, and he is a resident director and instructor at the Barrow Group Theatre Company and School.

​In addition, she has participated in numerous international film festivals as a director, cinematographer, and programmer. She believes in the importance of cinema and is working to expand Latin American films to other regions through her personal project Avi Lab. Nicole also has worked as a Content Creator and Strategist for multiple brands.

New York Shorts International Film Festival A qualifying film festival for the Canadian Screen Awards, presented by The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television

2022 FESTIVAL

DIGITAL EDITION

IN-PERSON

New York Shorts digital experience is presented by The Shorts Network, films are available on-demand at The Shorts Network.

New York Shorts is committed to bringing the theatrical experience back to New York City. The festival has established a reputation amplifying underrepresented voices in short-form cinema from around the globe.

Digital Film Pass includes access to 100 + films during the month of October. ​Join to become a Member and get access to digital films for ONLY $24.99/month

​ ll screenings will be held at the Cinema A Village located at 22 E 12th St. New York, NY 10003

Content Jury - 12 LINE UP - DIGITAL EDITION Program 1 - 20 Program 2 - 21 Program 3 - 22 Program 4 - 23 Program 5 - 24 Program 6 - 25 Program 7 - 26 Program 8 - 28 Program 9 - 29 Program 10 - 30 Program 11 - 31 Program 12 - 32 Program 13 - 34 Program 14 - 35 Program 15 - 36 Program 16 - 37 Program 17 - 38 Program 18 - 39 Program 19 - 41 Program 20 - 42 Program 21 - 43 Program 22 - 44 Program 23 - 45 Program 24 - 46

IN-PERSON October 21, 2022 - 51 Program 1 - 52 Program 2 - 54 Program 3 - 56 Program 4 - 59 Program 5 - 61 IN-PERSON October 22, 2022 - 66 SPOTLIGHT SCREENING - 67 Program 6 - 68 Program 7 - 70 Program 8 - 73 Program 9 - 75 Program 10 - 77 IN-PERSON October 23, 2022 - 82 HONORED GUEST BOB GIRALDI - 83 Program 11 - 84 Program 12 - 87 Program 13 - 89 Program 14 - 91 Program 15 - 93 IN-PERSON October 24, 2022 - 98 CAREER SPOTLIGHT WITH BEN PROUDFOOT - 97 Program 16 - 100 Program 17 - 102 Program 18 - 104 Program 19 - 106 Program 20 - 109

IN-PERSON October 25, 2022 - 114 FILM RETROSPECTIVE WITH KIM MAGNUSSON - 115 Program 21 - 116 Program 22 - 121 Program 23 - 124 Program 24 - 126 Program 25 - 128 IN-PERSON October 26, 2022 - 131 Program 26 - 132 Program 27 - 134 Program 28 - 136 Program 29 - 138 Program 30 - 140 IN-PERSON October 27, 2022 - 144 HOMAGE TO CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS - 145 Program 31 - 146 Program 32 - 148 Program 33 - 151 Program 34 - 153 Program 35 - 155

JURY

Chris Overton | Jury Committee

Kia Brooks | Jury Committee

Academy Award® winning director/producer, founder of Slick Films, and a member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Deputy Director at The Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly IFP).

He began his career as an actor working with directors such as Joel Schumacher and Roman Polanski.

Chris made his directorial debut with ‘The Silent Child’, for which he received the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short, as well as over 50 other international awards with ‘The Silent Child’ and his second short, ‘Leader’. His 3rd short film ‘in too deep’ has just been completed and will be released later in 2022.

Chris has also directed commercials. His Huawei Story Sign Christmas campaign, won seven Lions at Cannes, eight One Show awards, three D&ADs, and a Grand Prix at Eurobest.

She oversees the organization’s programming, membership and marketing. Prior to her role as deputy Director, she was the Director, Membership & Strategic Partnerships at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP. She oversaw the Media Center’s general operations, event programming, membership and strategic partnerships. Before joining IFP, she worked in publicity and special events for over five years at revered companies such as Focus Features, Tribeca Film Festival, and Oscilloscope Laboratories working on theatrical releases, awards campaigns and special events titles include “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Anna Karenina,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” “Time is Illmatic,” among others. Kia Brooks received a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Public Communications from American University. She loves connecting people and building community.

Through his company Slick Films, Chris advocates first-time filmmakers in bringing their stories to life.

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JURY

Sam French | Jury Committee

Anita Svingen | Jury Committee

An Oscar-nominated filmmaker and founding director of the documentary production company Development Pictures, Sam’s work has appeared on HBO, BBC, CNN, Channel 4 News, Al Jazeera, National Geographic, and other broadcast outlets.

Festival Director, Kortfilmfestivalen / The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Academy Awards® Qualifying.

In addition to multiple award-winning documentaries, Sam wrote and directed the Academy Award® nominated short film “Buzkashi Boys,” which was the first narrative film since 2001 to be filmed entirely on location in Afghanistan.

Anita joined The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway’s second longest-running film festival for the first time in 2006 and is now Executive and Programming Director. She worked previously for many years in TV production and was Head of Programming for Norwegian SBS Radio.

Sam believes in the power of storytelling to connect people across different cultures, and that if we share our stories, we can change the world.

She is also a member of several boards, including the Oslo Fusion International Film Festival and Norway Festivals.

The Norwegian Short Film Festival was founded in 1978 and presents the latest Norwegian short films and documentaries. The festival is an important arena for debuting young filmmakers in Norway and is considered one of the most important screening venues for independent short films and documentaries among established filmmakers.

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LINE-UP | DIGITAL EDITION Program 1

Program 3

Program 5

1992 / Kuan Cao United States / Drama / 15 mins

Being Born / Satoshi Tanaka Japan / Drama / 33 mins

Bygone / Mickey Tetrov Spain / Sci-fi / 8 mins

3 Intestine Road, Fish Island / Moe Wakabayashi Japan / Animation / 17 mins

Beyond the Lake / Simon Constantine Canada / Drama / 12 mins

Casanoir / John “JT” Schindler United States / Drama / 22 mins

Ahu / Mahsa Razavi Canada / Drama / 14 mins

Boa / Nicolas Eduardo Parra Colombia / Animation / 13 mins

Chinatown: Our Only Home / Tony Wang United States / Drama / 16 mins

An Island Drifts / Vivian Ip Singapore / Drama / 19 mins

Borrowed Time / Ginevra Gentili United Kingdom / Drama / 19 mins

City of Ghosts / Christian Elliott, Elle Ginter United Kingdom / Drama / 16 mins

Program 2

Program 4

Program 6

ArmaGoogle / Julián Juaquín United States / Comedy / 5 mins

Bound / Jaye Pniewski United States / Drama / 14 mins

Cleanse / Julien Testa United Kingdom / Horror / 16 mins

As Stars Out There / Einav Nitzani Israel / Drama / 12 mins

Boywhood / Enrico Motti, Emanuele Motti Italy / Animation / 6 mins

Comrades / Bence Berkes Hungary / Drama / 10 mins

BabyDolls / Calvin Demba United Kingdom / Dark Comedy / 10 mins

Bunker: The Last Fleet / Rowan Pullen, Stephen Potter Australia / Sci-fi / 14 mins

Crossroads / Malin Lindholm Sweden / Drama / 9 mins

Bangkok Rats / Poj Pitakjamnong Thailand / Crime / 29 mins

Bus Driver / Amar Singh Sethi United Kingdom / Drama / 15 mins

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LINE-UP | DIGITAL EDITION Program 7

Program 9

Program 11

De Closin Night / Shicong Zhu United States / Drama / 20 mins

Heirloom / Miriam Grill United States / Drama / 22 mins

Junior’s Giant / Paula Brancati Canada / Drama / 16 mins

Don’t Come In... Yet! / Isaac Dean Elliott Australia / Comedy / 10 mins

I Am / Ludovica Musumeci United Kingdom / Drama / 15 mins

K2 Tog / Ari Veach United States / Comedy / 13 mins

Escalation / Christian Bachini Italy / Horror / 15 mins

I’ll Be Frank / Carleton Rodgers Ireland / Drama / 16 mins

Kicking The Sky / Lara Genovese United Kingdom / Drama / 7 mins

Ethan Art Venture / Nuria Dixon United States / Animation / 11 mins

Kill Them With Kindness / George Somner United Kingdom / Drama / 13 mins

Program 8

Program 10

Program 12

Fable Of A Ditherer / Alan Bradley Ireland / Drama / 11 mins

If Fishes Were Wishes / Gaia De Paoli Italy / Drama / 13 mins

Lady In Ermine / Donna DiGiuseppe Italy / Drama / 8 mins

Fairy Story / Griff Jones New Zealand / Drama / 12 mins

Jack, the Leader / Tak Hoon Kim Korea / Animation / 6 mins

Lake Pluto / Biz Jones United States / Drama / 33 mins

Family Fiction / Matt Somogyi United States / Drama / 15 mins

Jelly / March Mercanti Canada / Drama / 14 mins

Let’s Bring Them Alive! / Eli Sokhn United States / Comedy / 5 mins

Footnote / Tommy Petroskey United States / Drama / 16 mins

Jump Start Man / Jonathan Girgis United States / Animation / 4 mins

Little Smasher / Gilles Cuvelier France / Animation / 14 mins

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LINE-UP | DIGITAL EDITION Program 13

Program 15

Program 17

Made In America / Charles Victor Nunley IV United States / Documentary / 6 mins

PG 13 / Tiffani Holland United States / Horror / 24 mins

Sucks To Be The Moon / Tyler March, Eric Paperth United States / Animation / 11 mins

More / Vaibhav Madhukar India / Animation / 4 mins

Pickup / Christine Delp United States / Drama / 13 mins

Sunday Roast / Lukas Steinmaier United Kingdom / Comedy / 13 mins

Motherland / Denise Khng Singapore / Drama / 17 mins

Realign / Ruei-Feng Huang Taiwan / Animation / 16 mins

Swimmer / Duane Crichton Canada / Drama / 11 mins

Nene / Lara Genovese United Kingdom / Drama / 12 mins

Sana Que Sana / Gabriella E Aguirre United States / Documentary / 14 mins

Tecata / Mario Theodosio Gallegos United States / Drama / 24 mins

Program 14

Program 16

Program 18

Never Broken / Mary-Jo Dionne, Jeff Macpherson Canada / Drama / 18 mins

She’s Mine Now / Dalton Okolo United States / Drama / 6 mins

Ten Months / Amie Song United States / Drama / 14 mins

Nic_unextinct / Vera Graziadei United Kingdom / Drama / 14 mins

Somewhere I’ve Been / Jonny Durgan United Kingdom / Drama / 15 mins

The Bright Fire / Zoe Zou China / Drama / 15 mins

No Need to Worry / Hugo Ortiz Clemens United States / Drama / 9 mins

Space Race / Shane Dioneda United States / Animation / 6 mins

The Cathar / Liam Hendrix Heath United Kingdom / Drama / 20 mins

Open House / Rayisa Kondracki Canada / Drama / 14 mins

Strings / Rodrigo Moreno Fernandez United States / Drama / 13 mins

The Electricity In Me / Mat Sheldon United Kingdom / Drama / 10 mins

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LINE-UP | DIGITAL EDITION Program 19

Program 21

Program 23

The Funeral Photographer / Ashley Thompson United States / Drama / 17 mins

The Show / Jesse Gi United States / Drama / 16 mins

The Game / Aldo Vassallo United States / Drama / 21 mins

The Social Chameleon / Alex Ross United States / Animation / 10 mins

When You Were With Me / Gili Danon, Efrat Shalom Danon United States / Animation / 11 mins

The Island of the Dolls / Julio César Padilla Mexico / Drama / 19 mins

These Colours Don’t Run / Difizckal Satriatama Indonesia / Drama / 15 mins

The Last Bee On Earth / Nick Flugge United Kingdom / Comedy / 8 mins

Tulpa / Paris Baillie United States / Animation / 7 mins

Program 20

Program 22

Program 24

The Last Cloudweaver / Anna-Ester Volozh United Kingdom / Animation / 4 mins

Tutu / Lu Zou China / Drama / 25 mins

Woman in Blue / Jack O’Donnell New Zealand / Drama / 13 mins

The Missus Downstairs / Mary Walsh Canada / Comedy / 9 mins

Two Wongs / Frank Harts United States / Drama / 4 mins

Your Biggest Fan / Doug McFerrin United States / Drama / 12 mins

The Mourning Bird / George Somner United Kingdom / Drama / 15 mins

Waysland / Lyria Garcia United States / Drama / 16 mins

Yuri / Baky Dia France / Drama / 12 mins

The Rewind / Michael Montazeri United States / Drama / 15 mins

We Are / Gregory Sankara France / Drama / 7 mins

Cutter / Eden Wright United States / Thriller / 13 mins

Why / Natxo Leuza Fernandez Spain / Documentary / 23 mins Will / Iustina Nevel, Anca Vaida United Kingdom / Drama / 20 mins Winter’s Passing / Yang Fei China / Drama / 21 mins

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PROGRAM 1 | DIGITAL EDITION

1992

3 Intestine Road, Fish Island

Ahu

An Island Drifts

Director/Writer: Kuan Cao

Director: Moe Wakabayashi

Director/Writer: Mahsa Razavi

Director/Writer: Vivian Ip

A Korean mom and her son reunite and survive in the LA riots together in 1992.

A story of a family of three consisting of a pig, fish and a tadpole that lives in the stomach of a big fish. Their lives are turned upside down when a fruit floats into their home.

As Ahu attempts to overcome insomnia in her new apartment, her life becomes increasingly entangled with her troubled neighbour.

Set in Singapore, a young teacher presses for the truth from a maladjusted student, the act leads to devastating results and they suffer the ignominy of losing everything that matters to them.

The story holds a mirror up to society, where a mistake can derail a life in an overly pressurized world.

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Zhiyuan Zou, Jinyang Zhang Cast: Greena Ell Park, Kennedy Porter, Yun Jeong

Japan / Animation / 17 mins

Cast: Megumi Abe, Ken Hirayama, Yuriko Nagano

Canada / Drama / 14 mins

Producer: Mahsa Razavi Cast: Nahema Ricci, Maria-Crystal Melo

Singapore / Drama / 19 mins

Producer: Jasmine Tay, Kim Mariel Cast: Timothy Wan, Quintus Lim

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PROGRAM 2 | DIGITAL EDITION

ArmaGoogle

As Stars Out There

BabyDolls

Bangkok Rats

Director: Julián Juaquín

Director/Writer: Einav Nitzani

Director/Writer: Calvin Demba

Director: Poj Pitakjamnong

When Google unexpectedly goes down, the people of the world are confronted with the reality that its presence in their lives was the only thing holding them together as a functioning society.

In the year of 1991, during the Gulf War and when Saddam Hussein decided to throw missiles at Israel, a civil defense siren forces a mother, daughter, pregnant granddaughter and awkward religious neighbor to remain in a safe room together for several hours. Adding to this already stressful situation, now that they’re stuck in a room and have nowhere to run, family tensions and grudges emerge, forcing everyone to confront the fears and anxiety that their daily routines had previously kept under the surface.

Unable to accept his ex Jess’s departure, Billy finds a website that allows him to design a sexbot in her image. ‘BabyDolls’ claim that their custom made sexbots have the ability to mirror their buyer’s behaviour, making them an idyllic partner for the purchaser. After falling victim to his own toxicity through Becks’ adaptive algorithm, Billy seeks to reconcile with Jess but his moment of redemption is cut short

by Becks’ unusual act of revenge. BabyDolls is a dark comedy short that looks at fragile masculinity masked within alpha male bravado, paced to an original score and told through spoken word.

Through seeking the truth behind a card game robbery, a crime boss learns the painful truth about his closest friends and family.

Producer: Ori Zifroni Cast: Rivka Michaeli, Sandra Sade, Amit Farkas

Producer: Pauline Glomaud-Murmann, Alice Raymond Cast: Frankie Wilson, Saffron Hocking, Louisa Harland

United States / Comedy / 5 mins

Writer: Matt Flanagan Producer: Iris Disla, Matt Flanagan Cast: Benjamin Horwitz, Matt Flanagan, Mohamed Diaby

Israel / Drama / 12 mins

United Kingdom / Dark Comedy / 10 mins

Thailand / Crime / 29 mins

Writer: Poj Pitakjamnong, Davud Davud Anuwongcharoen Producer: Araya Suvetwattanakul, Nat Pitakjamnong, Pithai Smithsuth Cast: Chatchai Plengpanich

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PROGRAM 3 | DIGITAL EDITION

Being Born

Beyond the Lake

Boa

Borrowed Time

Director/Writer: Satoshi Tanaka

Director/Writer: Simon Constantine

Director: Nicolas Eduardo Parra

Director/Writer: Ginevra Gentili

Yoshiko Yasukawa’s fifth grade daughter Hiromi is the target of bullying by her classmates because of her curly hair.

Yoshiko is aware of the bullying, but too busy with running a barber shop to do anything about it.

Late in his life, a grumpy old timer finds himself lost on a lake accompanied by a young girl, who questions him about a name.

In the middle of the jungle, an explosion breaks a pipeline provoking a spilling over a mighty river. A BOA constrictor attempts to mitigate the disaster clinging the pipe, trying to stop this contamination. Everything gets worse when two men fight to death and seriously affecting the jungle environment, which will trigger the force of nature.

Based on a true story. Olivia has a complicated relationship with her mother who suddenly calls her to go back home. A story of loss and growth between three generations of women, this day will define Olivia for years to come.

Japan / Drama / 33 mins

Producer: Haruka Shibuya Cast: Hitomi Ando

Canada / Drama / 12 mins

Producer: Henriette Mercedes-Spiering, Fredrik Gustafsson Cast: Richard Easterbrook, Layla Burns, Cleo Slyvestre

Colombia / Animation / 13 mins

Writers: Nicolas Eduardo Parra, Camilo Andrés Parra Producer: Julian Andrés Sanchez, Raul García

United Kingdom / Drama / 19 mins

Producer: Ginevra Gentili, Felicia Holst, Anastasia Maltseva Cast: Olivia Donati Clarke, Heléna Antonio, Suzanna Hamilton

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PROGRAM 4 | DIGITAL EDITION

Bound

Boywhood

Bunker: The Last Fleet

Bus Driver

Director: Jaye Pniewski

Director: Enrico Motti, Emanuele Motti

Director: Rowan Pullen, Stephen Potter

Director/Writer: Amar Singh Sethi

Jason and Jim Koss are estranged brothers who have come together after the death of their father, a well respected academic but painfully overbearing parent. Surrounded by decades of dad’s writings and memories, old wounds resurface as the brothers are faced with a life or death choice.

An alcoholic boy seeks peace staying in contact with nature. His dog will lead him to an unnatural encounter and to face his solitude in a drastic way.

The year is 2057. For six years the extraterrestrial invaders have occupied our world. The harvest of humankind has begun. When they arrived, everything was lost. The people, the land the system ... gone. Those who survive, remain in hiding and live by one rule: avoid all contact.

The normal journey of a London bus driver transforms into a living nightmare as he finds himself in the middle of a terrorist stand-off between his panicconsumed passengers. Lives hang in the balance as he desperately tries to negotiate his way out of the quagmire.

United States / Drama / 14 mins

Writer: Mike Pniewski Producer: Mary O’Keefe O’Neill, Michael O’Neill Cast: Michael O’Neill, Mike Pniewski

Italy / Animation / 6 mins

Writer: Enrico Motti

Colombia / Animation / 13 mins

Writers: Rowan Pullen, Stephen Potter, Natasha Wanganeen Producer: Rowan Pullen, Stephen Potter, Jessica Giacco Cast: Natasha Wanganeen, Roy Phung, Trevor Jamieson

United Kingdom / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Connor J. Matthews Cast: Bally Gill, John Ramm, Sarah Vevers

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PROGRAM 5 | DIGITAL EDITION

Bygone

Casanoir

United States / Drama / 22 mins

United States / Drama / 16 mins

Chinatown: Our Only Home

City of Ghosts

Director/Writer: Mickey Tetrov

Director: John “JT” Schindler

Director/Writer: Tony Wang

A young woman wakes up in the middle of an apocalyptic, deserted world. As she meanders through the abandoned remains, she encounters a looming presence.

A parody of the 1942 classic movie, “Casablanca”. It features NYC detectives Trillo & Suede - a ventriloquist and his wooden partner.

Our Only Home explores the passing down of Chinese traditions across generations in Manhattan Chinatown by examining the evolution of the Chinatown community told through intimate stories of two multiple decades-old family businesses and the new generation of young people working to rebuild the neighborhood during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Director/Writer: Christian Elliott, Elle Ginter

Spain / Sci-fi / 8 mins

Producer: Dani Whitehead, Alejandro Salvat, Mickey Tetrov Cast: Melanie Smith

Writer: Jonathan Geffner Producer: Isabel Scott Ingram Cast: Jonathan Geffner, Katharina Schmidt

Producer: Miranda Manganaro, Johnny Yu Cast: Ken Li, Alice Liu, Zhongming Liu

United Kingdom / Drama / 16 mins

We follow the true heroic stories of Rosen and Uri, who travel from their home countries of Bulgaria and Ukraine in search of a better life.

On the journey to their new lives, they meet and become friends, only later to shoulder each other’s burdens as they realise the new life, initially hoped to be a blessing, was hijacked into a life of modern-day slavery for hard labour in Greece.

Producer: Stephen Montgomery, Nick Caine, Christine Caine Cast: Martin Hristov, Evan Holovatski, Nikolas Kassapis 24

PROGRAM 6 | DIGITAL EDITION

Cleanse

Comrades

Crossroads

Director/Writer: Julien Testa

Director/Writer: Bence Berkes

Director/Writer: Malin Lindholm

Grace, a yoga and well being influencer, is preparing for her weekly yoga practice livestream. But as she begins her routine, something is going very wrong.

From a dark, neglected closet in her small London Flat, something is trying to get out. Something terrifying and at the same time eerily familiar.

In ‘56 the people had enough of the Communist Party and revolted. Participants were persecuted and sentenced to prison or death. In the 80s rural Hungary, Harangozó’s daughter is kidnapped. He must decide whether to save his daughter or his wife, as the past comes back to haunt him

We are only just one choice away from changing our entire lives. The question is if we dare.

This is what David faces a normal day after work.

Producer: Remi Itani Cast: MIranda Colmans

Producer: Marcell Mándi Cast: Róbert Koltai, Zsolt Lipics, Evelin Dobos

United Kingdom / Horror / 16 mins

Hungary / Drama / 10 mins

Sweden / Drama / 9 mins

Producer: Malin Lindholm Cast: David Tainton, Monica Wahlgren

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PROGRAM 7 | DIGITAL EDITION

De Closin Night

Don’t Come In... Yet!

Escalation

Ethan Art Venture

Director: Shicong Zhu

Director/Writer: Isaac Dean Elliott

Director/Writer: Christian Bachini

Director/Writer: Nuria Dixon

Siyi, a Chinese student in an American theater school, has been putting in more effort than her American peers to practice for the first role she gets in college. Yet her professor is rescinding the offer because of her accent. To win back the opportunity for the closing night, Siyi determines to rid her accent by speaking English only from now on, even when she video chats with her mom. As she grows obsessed with the accent practices, Siyi’s attempt to better her craft has shifted into the faltering of her identity.

As a wheelchair user, Jake is constantly watched over by his dad and lauded for his bravery by everyone.

In the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Chris, a paranoid and self-centered man, is happily avoiding all human contact, preferring to escape from reality in whatever’s on TV. When a friend reaches out to him to confront him about his past promises, Chris has to decide what kind of person he is inside, or it may just eat him...alive.

Ethan’s Art-Venture is an animated, mixed with Live-Action, short film about an autistic, illustrator who on his 9th birthday, is given a gift that allows him access to a powerful, imaginative, inner realm: a completely animated world.

Every year, Ethan represents the school at the National Art Conference.

United States / Drama / 20 mins

Writer: Ella Rouwen Chen Producer: Ella Rouwen Chen, Brielle Yuke Li Cast: Ella Rouwen Chen

Australia / Comedy / 10 mins

Producer: Matthew Burns, Tessa Mansfield-Hung Cast: Oly Pizzey-Stratford, Ella Newton, Toby Truslove

Italy / Horror / 15 mins

Producer: Christian Bachini Cast: Christian Bachini, Lucy Chun Yan, Giulia Serafini

United States / Animation / 11 mins

Producer: Nuria Dixon, Jessica Jordan, Vanessa Carmona Cast: Ethan Dixon, Sharland Hendrix, Hemsley Morris

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PROGRAM 8 | DIGITAL EDITION

Fable Of A Ditherer

Fairy Story

Family Fiction

Footnote

Director: Alan Bradley

Director/Writer: Griff Jones

Director: Matt Somogyi

Director/Writer: Tommy Petroskey

Ditherers! Shut your eyes tight. Cover your ears. You may think you can escape your past life, your mistakes. But she is coming. She comes for us all, in the end.

When a mysterious man only she can see begins causing uncanny disturbances, Meredith must convince her tattoo artist to finish what she started in order to break a spell with life-changing consequences.

Max is the best man at his father’s second wedding, a role he reluctantly accepted, and a decision he increasingly regrets. On the day of the event, Max makes an irreversible mistake and a confrontation with his dad becomes inevitable.

When a grieving widower tries to bear loneliness by burying himself in books, he unexpectedly finds company in the pages.

Ireland / Drama / 11 mins

Writer: Oliver Doone Producer: Alan Bradley Cast: Mary McEvoy, Sam McGovern, Alan Bradley

New Zealand / Drama / 12 mins

Producer: Griff Jones, Bailey Olmstead Cast: Brit O’Rourke, Pamela Sidhu, Daniel Watterson

United States / Drama / 15 mins

United States / Drama / 16 mins

Producer: Luca Alessandrini, Tommy Petroskey Cast: Robert McKeon, Kaitlyn Lunardi

Writer: Tom Ptasinski Producer: Hunter Finley Cast: Walker Satterwhite, David Kelsey, Kayla Carlson

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PROGRAM 9 | DIGITAL EDITION

Heirloom

I Am

I’ll Be Frank

Director: Miriam Grill

Director: Ludovica Musumeci

Director/Writer: Carleton Rodgers

Confronted with the sudden but long anticipated news that her estranged, drug addicted mother has passed away, twenty-three year old Norah finds herself at a crossroads. Only a few months sober herself, Norah wonders if this is the moment that will end up overtaking her.

Gabi and her boyfriend are moving in together, an exciting step for their relationship. But she begins to unravel as she struggles to hide her battle living with schizophrenia unbeknownst to Mike.

For teenager Danny, with regards to musical taste – he did it his way. He got a kick out of Sinatra not Sheeran.

Regrets? Potential social isolation. But will his love for Ol’ Blue Eyes get under his skin – or be his salvation?

Writer: Rachel Mariam Producer: Oriane Pick Cast: Oriane Pick, Charlie MacGechan, Izuka Hoyle

Producer: Michael Costello, Rachel Coffey Cast: Jake Doyle, Helena Bereen, Bernadette Brown

United States / Drama / 22 mins

Writer: Josie Burke Producer: Josie Burke, Carrie Radigan Cast: Norm Lewis, Mary Bacon, Josie Burke

United Kingdom / Drama / 15 mins

Ireland / Drama / 16 mins

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PROGRAM 10 | DIGITAL EDITION

If Fishes Were Wishes

Jack, the Leader

Jelly

Jump Start Man

Director/Writer: Gaia De Paoli

Director: Tak Hoon Kim

Director/Writer: March Mercanti

Director/Writer: Jonathan Girgis

Elio, a very meticulous fish market employee, imagines the lives of others by looking at their laundry hanging out to dry. One day he sees clothes with wonderful designs and colours hanging in front of a window. Who is hiding behind those shutters?

Jack, the leader and unquestioning followers would come to an end of tragedy. What will the ending look like?

Black comedy animation with social satire!

A couple’s relationship is tested when an evening with friends erupts with jealousy.

Clark, a disgruntled superhero on the verge of divorce, must go on a rescue mission when his wife is kidnapped by his arch nemesis the Resistor.

Italy / Drama / 13 mins

Producer: Gaia De Paoli Cast: Battista Ivaldi, Simona Ferrara

Korea / Animation / 6 mins

Producer: Ling Sun

Canada / Drama / 14 mins

Producer: March Mercanti Cast: Alex Lee Williams, Angelica Stirpe, John Thomas Gauthier

United States / Animation / 4 mins

Producer: Jonathan Girgis Cast: Brendan Hunter, Irene Yenko

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PROGRAM 11 | DIGITAL EDITION

Junior’s Giant

K2 Tog

Kicking The Sky

Kill Them With Kindness

Director: Paula Brancati

Director: Ari Veach

Director/Writer: Lara Genovese

Director: George Somner

JUNIOR’S GIANT is based on writer Deb McGrath’s real-life father’s experience with Lewy Body dementia and the imaginary giant who became a real comfort to him as his condition worsened.

Two girls sit in two separate chairs deep in the woods. They knit. They make mistakes. One sneezes a few times.

Anxiety grows stronger. Will they make it out unscathed?

Kicking The Sky pictures the mind of a young boy, Tim, who dwells in fear of not being seen.

His nightmare is expressed with long shadows which come to life and become his only friends. Tim plays with them, acting out what he is unable to do in real life.

A disillusioned diner waitress decides to take matters into her own hands with rude customers and deal with them how she’s always been told - kill them with kindness.

Canada / Drama / 16 mins

Writer: Debra McGrath Producer: Candice Chow-How, Paula Brancati, Debra McGrath Cast: Eric Peterson, Kinley Mochrie, Debra McGrath

United States / Comedy / 13 mins

Writer: Siena D’Addario, Cooper Gordon Producer: Siena D’Addario, Cooper Gordon Cast: Siena D’Addario, Annie Hoeg

United Kingdom / Drama / 7 mins

Producer: Lara Genovese Cast: Leo William Montagnani- Hitchen

United Kingdom / Drama / 13 mins

Writer: Stephanie Perk Producer: Oriane Pick Cast: Stephanie Perk, Rhea Norwood, Doreene Blackstock

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PROGRAM 12 | DIGITAL EDITION

Lady In Ermine

Lake Pluto

Let’s Bring Them Alive!

Little Smasher

Director/Writer: Donna DiGiuseppe

Director/Writer: Biz Jones

Director: Eli Sokhn

Director/Writer: Gilles Cuvelier

Lady In Ermine dramatizes the day in which Sofonisba Anguissola found her inspiration as a portraitist amidst the occupation of her land by a foreign ruler - the ruler she would one day capture in paint.

Out on a solo camping trip at a remote lake, an overwhelmed millennial just wants to find clarity, but may get the answers she was looking for from an unexpected supernatural visitor.

Meanwhile, back in the 1960s at the same lake, young sisters Laura and Janie cross paths with an entity, which has horrific consequences.

A typical Sunday for Parisians on George Seurat’s revolutionary painting “La Grande Jatte Parc.” Hugo, an empathetic soldier, confesses to his conservative best friend, Leon, that he is pretending dead on the battlefield to avoid killing anyone.

Poetic testimony of a family crossing time and space to the rhythm of the uncontrollable crises of the youngest.

Italy / Drama / 8 mins

Producer: Giuseppe D’Angella, Simone D’Alessandro, Donna DiGiuseppe Cast: Valeria Di Menno, Mario Massari, Vincenzo Fagotti

United States / Drama / 33 mins

Cast: Jam Murphy, Raquel Orendáin Shrestha, Hannah Sobon

United States / Comedy / 5 mins

France / Animation / 14 mins

Producer: Richard Van Den Boom

Writer: Yasemin Isil, Azize Erim Producer: Yasemin Isil, Azize Erim Cast: Mathieu Szymkowiak, Darius Levante, David Madwin

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PROGRAM 13 | DIGITAL EDITION

Made In America

More

Director/Writer: Charles Victor Nunley IV

Director/Writer: Piwlatkar

My only criticism of Black History Month (other than it landing on the shortest month of the year), is I feel its public programming limits the full spectrum of the contributions of Black Americans to the United States. Ever since I was in elementary school, I knew these achievements in excellence exceeded the same stories we would hear every February of civil rights leaders, athletes, and entertainers.

A True happiness is not a destination but it is a journey.”

As a human being we always want more and more new things in our life . We think they will give us more happiness.

So we keep running behind the new things leaving the one which we have in our hand and at last we realise that it is not the things that give us happiness but the moment we cherish.

United States / Documentary / 6 mins

Producer: Charles Victor Nunley IV Cast: Charles Victor Nunley IV

India / Animation / 4 mins

Vaibhav

Motherland

Nene

Director/Writer: Denise Khng

Director/Writer: Lara Genovese

At a parent-teacher meeting in an orderly girls’ school, a teacher empathises with a parent’s account of her stress-filled domestic existence as a long-suffering mother to a troubled teenager. But in a system where the roles of parent and child, teacher and student, have to be upheld, and upon whom generalised projections easily occur, how true to character is a person when they inhabit the role they’re made to play?

It’s Nene’s wedding day and, for an instant, she feels she cannot breathe.

Cleo, her sister tries to comfort her but also whispers in her ear something that Nene could not possibly do.

Singapore / Drama / 17 mins

Madhukar

Producer: Vaibhav Madhukar Piwlatkar

United Kingdom / Drama / 12 mins

Producer: Lara Genovese

Producer: Yash M. Cast: Karen Tan Bee Lin, Shi-An Lim, Nora Samosir

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PROGRAM 14 | DIGITAL EDITION

Never Broken

Nic_unextinct

No Need to Worry

Open House

Director: Mary-Jo Dionne, Jeff Macpherson

Director/Writer: Vera Graziadei

Director/Writer: Hugo Ortiz Clemens

Director/Writer: Rayisa Kondracki

A solar punk fashion graduate is on a verge of a career break, when some bad news arrive from home that their childhood pet horse will be put down.

Suddenly they’re forced to navigate future opportunities while battling with the dark memories of their past.

Ashamed to ask for help, a middle-aged Hispanic man will face the challenges that arise from labeling himself as the sole family provider.

A woman holds an open house with the hope of cashing in on her investment and finding companionship for whatever it is that awaits her next.

Producer: Julia Hunt Cast: Genaro Perez, Daniela Benavides

Producer: Clara Altimas, Mark Waters Cast: Luba Goy, Simon Sinn

Canada / Drama / 18 mins

It’s 1977. When a young mom finds herself broke and alone and raising her 5-year-old daughter, she creates a world of make-believe in order to shield her from the pain of poverty. Well, that and she genuinely believes that how we shape our perspective is ultimately how we shape our lives.

Writer: Mary-Jo Dionne Producer: Joely Collins Cast: Christine Chatelain, Paige Phung, Teryl Rothery

United Kingdom / Drama / 14 mins

United States / Drama / 9 mins

Canada / Drama / 14 mins

Producer: Vera Graziadei, Alisa Tritenko Cast: Nic Locke

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PROGRAM 15 | DIGITAL EDITION

PG 13

Pickup

Realign

Sana Que Sana

Director/Writer: Tiffani Holland

Director/Writer: Christine Delp

Director/Writer: Ruei-Feng Huang

Director: Gabriella E Aguirre

In the 1990’s 4 teens with latent superpowers come together one night to search for an elusive serial killer who abducts kids just like them.

When a rideshare to the airport takes an unsettling turn, both passenger and driver struggle to keep control.

“REALIGN” is an animation film about space and time dimension. It depicts a boy who reverberate confusedly around the room, street and the lake outside the gigantic wall, which he decided to take the step toward the line that behold the gravity of whole after thunderstorms corroded the time.

Sana Que Sana explores the process of healing and emergence from a lifetime of betrayal. It documents a woman discovering her husband’s lifelong secret amid his accelerating dementia, his absolution. This short film navigates death and honor in the context of religion, culture, shame, and devotion in Colombia.

United States / Horror / 24 mins

Producer: Christopher Gleaton Cast: Brittany Mirabile, Tiffani Holland

United States / Drama / 13 mins

Producer: Bridgette Cyr, Christine Delp, Catherine Rierson Cast: Catherine Rierson, Steven Sherwood

Taiwan / Animation / 16 mins

Producer: Sheep Wu Cast: Yu-Tsung Sung, Hsuan-Ming Mu

United States / Documentary / 14 mins

Producer: Brydie O’Connor

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PROGRAM 16 | DIGITAL EDITION

She’s Mine Now

Somewhere I’ve Been

Space Race

Strings

Director/Writer: Dalton Okolo

Director/Writer: Jonny Durgan

Director/Writer: Shane Dioneda

An assassin takes in the dog of a couple she has recently murdered.

​ ary (Sheila Reid) is the last resident M of a council estate that is due to be demolished. When the news of her eviction arrives, it has tragic ramifications for everyone involved.

Two competing Astronauts race to claim the moon for themselves.

Director/Writer: Fernandez

United States / Drama / 6 mins

Producer: Wa’ad Adam, Andrew Towe, Nich Scolamiero Cast: Ieda Favo, Kenny Akinnuoye, Beau Thompson

United Kingdom / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Jo Rae Daly Cast: Sheila Reid, Lindsey Coulson, John Love

United States / Animation / 6 mins

United States / Drama / 13 mins

Rodrigo

Moreno

Penny has her share of demons, and she’s about to take on one more. Despite her inability to play, Penny has big dreams of becoming the world’s greatest axe player.

After stealing one from an antique shop, she decides to break it in at the local punk bar she frequents.

Producer: Rodrigo Moreno Fernandez Cast: Jamie Hundt

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PROGRAM 17 | DIGITAL EDITION

Sucks To Be The Moon

Sunday Roast

Swimmer

Tecata

Director: Tyler March, Eric Paperth

Director/Writer: Lukas Steinmaier

Director: Duane Crichton

Jealous of the Sun’s stardom, the Moon journeys into space, searching for a planet that actually cares about him. Will he find his place in the universe, or is he destined to be a lonely loser forever?

The Wheldon family sure loves to celebrate their holy Sunday. As for the family tradition, the parents Frank and Molly are preparing a splendid roast chicken. But their daughter Laura knows all too well that this is just their way of settling their differences. As the food is served and the alcohol flows, the seemingly civilised lunch quickly descends into a downright war.

A teenage girl sinks under the weight of her grief at the loss of her best friend.

Coupled with her own self-doubt Kai makes decisions that could derail her one and only shot out of her dead-end town; a swimming scholarship.

Director/Writer: Gallegos

United States / Animation / 11 mins

Writer: Tyler March, Eric Paperth, Rob Tanchum Producer: Tyler March, Eric Paperth Cast: Jack Quaid, Stephanie Hsu, Rob Tanchum

United Kingdom / Comedy / 13 mins

Producer: Stacey Vlasyuk Cast: Caitlin Florence-Rose, Antony Knight, Rebecca Alexander

Canada / Drama / 11 mins

Writer: Kimberley Gillis Producer: Richard Cureton, Luc Frappier, Duane Crichton Cast: Talia Jodouin, Jamaica Fraser, Tiffany Babiak

United States / Drama / 24 mins

Mario

Theodosio

Presented with an opportunity to escape her stagnant New Mexico town, a young genizaro girl must decide if she wants to break away from her tight knit family or stay and continue struggling to keep her family afloat as her mother sinks deeper into the grips of heroin addiction.

Producer: Mario Theodosio Gallegos, Vera Amaya, Andrés Vázquez Cast: Juliet Lopez, Bernardo Saracino, Janelle Gallegos

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PROGRAM 18 | DIGITAL EDITION

Ten Months

The Bright Fire

The Cathar

The Electricity In Me

Director/Writer: Amie Song

Director/Writer: Zoe Zou

Director/Writer: Liam Hendrix Heath

Director/Writer: Mat Sheldon

A Chinese mother, who comes to New York for a short visit but gets stuck due to COVID travel restrictions, and her Americanized daughter navigate their ten months living together in a small New York City studio apartment.

Two young cousins find a wonderland outside of their unstable families, without knowing the friendship they have will eventually comes to an end.

A fraying, washed-up musician meets a charismatic psychic and becomes convinced that he’s receiving messages from a past life, guiding him to long-lost treasure.

Years after giving up her newborn son for adoption, a woman confronts her trauma and memories of the man she calls ‘my monster’.

United States / Drama / 14 mins

Producer: Mariel Iezzoni Cast: Cynthia Hu, Grace Lin

China / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Jing Wang Cast: Yunjia Xing, Yuanqi Han

United Kingdom / Drama / 20 mins

Producer: India Whitty Cast: David Heath, Brix Smith, Chelsea Grace

United Kingdom / Drama / 10 mins

Producer: Mat Sheldon, Nileema Yesmin Cast: Ellora Torchia

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PROGRAM 19 | DIGITAL EDITION

The Funeral Photographer

The Game

The Island of the Dolls

The Last Bee On Earth

Director: Ashley Thompson

Director/Writer: Aldo Vassallo

Director/Writer: Julio César Padilla

Director/Writer: Nick Flugge

What are these two men up to? Who are they waiting for? What is the attendant hiding? Most importantly… why was she hired?

Set in early 2000’s suburbia, The Game portrays a bewilderingly tense period in eight year old George’s life. One night, as he attempts to drown out his parents’ constant and escalating conflicts by gluing his eyes to his Gameboy, he’s startled by the sound of a deafening scream coming from his mother’s bedroom. Based on a true story.

This intensely emotional untold story explores the life of a teenager, Xóchitl.

After discovering that her boyfriend is cheating, she makes a drastic decision that will take her to suffer traumatic experiences and to do things that she never imagined.

In early 2024, a documentary crew went to document the story of Sam, an ordinary man entrusted with looking after the last bee on Earth. This is this film of that.

United States / Drama / 17 mins

Writer: Mark strauss Producer: Troy Daniel Smith, Jim Benoit, Mark Strauss Cast: Tara Hazel Walsh, Curtis Edward Jackson, Timothy Weinert

United States / Drama / 21 mins

Producer: Ana Naumovska Cast: Nicolas Calero, Shah Adrienne Lauren

Mexico / Drama / 19 mins

Producer: Julio César Padilla

United Kingdom / Comedy / 8 mins

Producer: Sara Newman Cast: Sunil Patel, Roxy Dunn

Motia,

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PROGRAM 20 | DIGITAL EDITION

The Last Cloudweaver

The Missus Downstairs

The Mourning Bird

The Rewind

Director: Anna-Ester Volozh

Director/Writer: Mary Walsh

Director/Writer: George Somner

Director/Writer: Michael Montazeri

High above the clouds, a Dragon is teaching his granddaughter the last vestiges of his craft - Cloud Weaving.

A magical art form, it takes time and patience to learn, and although Skye’s ambitions are soaring, her skills still need practice. As the sun sets over the horizon and day turns to night, she slowly comes into her own, shouldering the responsibility of creation and accepting the passage of time.

The Missus Downstairs is a comedy about an oddball friendship hatched between one man and his nosy, yet strangely loveable, downstairs neighbour Mildred.

Featuring Mary Walsh (Codco, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Hatching, Matching, and Dispatching) as the quirky and inquisitive Missus Downstairs, and Dave Sullivan (The Grand Seduction, The Republic of Doyle) as her somewhat naïve and shy upstairs neighbour.

The Mourning Bird is a coming of age story that takes an intimate look into a 13 year old boys first encounter with grief.

An incident reunites a grandfather and his grandson.

Writer: Judit Boor Producer: Anna-Ester Volozh

Producer: Mary Walsh Cast: Mary Walsh

United Kingdom / Animation / 4 mins

Canada / Comedy / 9 mins

United Kingdom / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Dayo Moshood, Abi Corbett Cast: Kaynan Jacobs, Ony Uhiara, Chris Tummings

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Michael Montazeri Cast: Mazin Akar, Bahman Soltani

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PROGRAM 21 | DIGITAL EDITION

The Show

The Social Chameleon

These Colours Don’t Run

Tulpa

Director/Writer: Jesse Gi

Director/Writer: Alex Ross

Director/Writer: Difizckal Satriatama

Director: Paris Baillie

Peter, a high school senior and equipment manager of the school baseball team, lures Henry, a rising star player, to a private batting session that leads to a violent altercation.

Cosmo the chameleon doesn’t fit in with the other animals. No matter how hard he tries, he just can’t seem to find his place in the jungle. Then, everything changes when he meets another chameleon who shows him how to live by his own true colors!

After coming home beaten and bruised, Joni is given an ultimatum by his father to retaliate against his bullies. When Joni got back empty-handed, his father taught him how to fight. Will Joni break the cycle of violence passed on from generations before him? Or will he be another cog in the machine?

The Baillie family process the powers of their Tulpas. Paris Baillie materializes them in this stop-motion short.

United States / Drama / 16 mins

Producer: Norrie Palmer, Jesse Gi Cast: Damon Mckinnis, JT Garcia

United States / Animation / 10 mins

Producer: Andrew Austin, Alex Ross, Vrinda Sood

Indonesia / Drama / 15 mins

United States / Animation / 7 mins

Producer: Stephanie Cornelia, Difizckal Satriatama, Rafael Ricky Cast: Zaya Fadhillah, Kiki Narendra, Wani Siregar

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PROGRAM 22 | DIGITAL EDITION

Tutu

Two Wongs

Waysland

We Are

Director/Writer: Lu Zou

Director/Writer: Frank Harts

Director/Writer: Lyria Garcia

Director/Writer: Gregory Sankara

Late summer, Tutu, an 8-year-old girl whose parents were almost never around, spent her entire summer holiday within the residential compound, accompanying by her pet rabbit Blossom alone. One day, Blossom committed suicide by jumping off the balcony, Tutu went on the road alone determined to bury the rabbit.

Two brothers from Queens, NY drive to Maine to avenge the murder of their mother, who was beaten to death during an Asian hate crime spree.

Waysland starts with the number one obstacle facing most immigrants; insecurity with speaking English. Meet Teresa, a Brazilian immigrant dreaming of trading her dishwashing job to become the restaurant’s hostess. The position opens up and Teresa gets the job with some help from her American roommate, Stella.

During a cold winter night, two twin sisters confront one another about the place each one takes in the other’s life.

Are these sisters twins in their minds or are they actually blood related ? Do they love or hate each other ? Either way, there can be only one left...

China / Drama / 25 mins

Producer: Lu Zou Cast: Tianmi Zhou, Xudong Huang, Tianchen Huang

United States / Drama / 4 mins

Producer: Frank Harts Cast: Johnny M Wu, Celester Rich

United States / Drama / 16 mins

Producer: Evan Schneider, Lyria Garcia, Kristina Horan Cast: Daniela Escobar, Kristina Horan

France / Drama / 7 mins

Producer: Mike Horn, Jeremy Burghoffer, Bruno Suchet Cast: Alix Bénézech

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PROGRAM 23 | DIGITAL EDITION

When You Were With Me

Why

Will

Winter’s Passing

Director: Gili Danon, Efrat Shalom Danon

Director/Writer: Natxo Leuza Fernandez

Director: Iustina Nevel, Anca Vaida

Director/Writer: Yang Fei

Why this war in Ukraine? Why are they shooting at us? Why are they destroying everything? Why am I afraid? Were they not our brothers and sisters?

Why do they want to kill us? Why so much hatred? Why are they killing our children? Why are they humiliating us?

Why do they take everything from us?

Why do I have to flee? Why do we need to be liberated and rescued?

During the Christmas season, a homeless man takes refuge in front of a shop and, each night, he defies his bad luck by spending the change he gets on lottery tickets.

Winter’s Passing is a coming-of-age narrative short film. Due to his mother’s untimely death and his father’s remarriage, an 8-year-old boy has to live with his grandfather who runs a small urn shop. While reluctantly staying at the shop and trying to return to his father, he meets a woman who wants to buy two identical urns. Through their secret deal, the boy gradually learns the meanings of loss and grief.

Israel / Drama / 11 mins

Tikva lays wounded on the bathroom floor with her unconscious husband on top of her. She can’t move. No one hears her cries for help. Exhausted, she sets out on a journey to save her life.

Writer: Gili Danon Producer: Itai Tamir, Ami Livne Cast: Levana Finkelstein, Shlomo Vishinsky

Spain / Documentary / 23 mins

Producer: Lucía Benito De la Fuente, Jokin Pascual Pérez

United Kingdom / Drama / 20 mins

Writer: Iustina Nevel Producer: Iustina Nevel, Adrian Chibulcutean, Paul V Fishback Cast: Gearoid Kavanagh, Iustina Nevel

China / Drama / 21 mins

Producer: Lei Xu, Yang Fei Cast: Wei Li, Zhiyi Yang, Jimei Zeng

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PROGRAM 24 | DIGITAL EDITION

Woman in Blue

Your Biggest Fan

Yuri

Cutter

Director: Jack O’Donnell

Director/Writer: Doug McFerrin

Director: Baky Dia

Director: Eden Wright

An out-of-work, single dad dreams about a successful stand up career. But when he forgets about a promising gig and his life starts to feel like a joke, his daughter steps in to save the night with some jokes of her own.

In a world of water scarcity, a father and son have a mysterious encounter.

When her newest client sends them both out to sea, a desperate maritime hairdresser learns an important lesson about internet strangers; the hard way.

New Zealand / Drama / 13 mins

An ex-policewoman relives memories from a dementia ward.

United States / Drama / 12 mins

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Writer: Jack O’Donnell, Ashleigh Flynn Producer: Ashleigh Flynn Cast: Acushla - Tara Kupe, Temuera Morrison, Isaac Te Reina

Producer: Doug McFerrin, John Mark Krum Cast: Matt Melton, Melia Kane, Patti O’Hara

France / Drama / 12 mins

Writer: Baky Dia, Rahul Bhalla Producer: Baky Dia Cast: Jonas Dinal, Demba Diaw, Adeline Lo Piccolo

United States / Thriller / 13 mins

Writer: Nick Kunze Producer: Jack Kauffman, Eve Austin Cast: Eden Wright, John Michael Hardin, Linda Collins

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7 - 11 June 2023

The 46th Short Film Festival

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The Gotham celebrates and nurtures independent film and media creators, providing career-building resources, access to industry influencers, and pathways to wider recognition.

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FRIDAY OCT, 21 CINEMA VILLAGE

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FRIDAY. October 21, 2022 | CINEMA VILLAGE 2:00 PM

P1

4:00 PM

P2

6:00 PM

P3

8:00 PM

P4

10:00 PM

P5

QUICO

Carlos A. Hiciano United States / Drama / 12 mins

UNDERPAINT

Anna Hopkins Canada / Drama / 12 mins

BIENVENIDOS A LOS ANGELES Lisa Cole United States / Drama / 15 mins

HELL IN VINEYARD

Samuel Langshteyn United States / Thriller / 17 mins

BURIED & FORGOTTEN

TELLER NUMBER FOUR

VOICES FROM THE VOID

LEMONS

BOOKSMART

RAY

COVID SUPPORT GROUP

LOOK LIKE YOU

Ali Ahmed United States / Drama / 15 mins

Côme Ferré France / Drama / 3 mins

BON/OFF

Alex Craig United States / Sci-Fi / 17 mins

KAGEBOSHI

Ken Ochiaie United States / Drama / 5 mins

Peter Novosel United States / Action / 13 mins

Charles Socarides United States / Drama / 13 mins

SOMA

Dylan Zivitz United States / Drama / 11 mins

THE DEN SHORT Jessica Aquila Cymerman United States / Drama / 15 mins

Theo Burtis United States / Sci-fi / 10 mins

Abigail Bogle United States / Drama / 8 mins

ESCAPE

Oren Brimer United States / Comedy / 14 mins

Gonnie Zur United States / Drama / 28 mins

Jose Pozo Spain / Drama / 20 mins

SHRINKER

Sinclair Rankin United States / Drama / 11 mins

Snigdha Kapoor United States / Drama / 13 mins

SPIN

Lisa Marie Tedesco United States / Drama / 17 mins

YOU CAN STAY HERE IF YOU WANT Sarah Rosen United States / Comedy / 12 mins

THE RESEMBLANCE Forrest Karbowski United States / Drama / 11 mins

PLASTIC KILLER

THE CALL

Ryan Jafri United States / Thriller / 14 mins

THE GAME

James Kinney, Pierre Marais United States / Dance / 5 mins

TO BE HONEST John Robert Hammerer United States / Drama / 6 mins

THE NEST

Phoebe Mattana United States / Comedy / 9 mins

PG 13

Tiffani Holland United States / Horror Drama / 24 mins

REAL CRIMINALS Jackson Mirmina United States / Comedy / 15 mins

JAC ON THE COME UP

Gene Graham United States / Drama / 10 mins

FATHER HOLLIDAY

Craig Davidowitz United States / Sci-Fi / 13 mins

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2:00 Program 1 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Quico

Underpaint

Bienvenidos A Los Angeles

Director/Writer: Carlos A. Hiciano

Director/Writer: Anna Hopkins

Director/Writers: Lisa Cole

An emotional portrait of a young Latino boy navigating his youth in white suburban America. He copes with micro-aggressions and family tensions.

Underpaint follows the filmmaker, Anna Hopkins, as she wanders through an art gallery. Noticing a young girl on a gallery visit with her dad, Anna embarks on a journey through memories and conversations she had with her own father, Tom Hopkins, a painter himself.

She explores personal reflections on her father’s death, his worldviews, his art practice, and his impact on her life.

Inspired by true events, the film tells the timely story of Imani, a Nigerian single-mother living in Los Angeles.

When she offers to help a perfect stranger reunite with her son, Imani learns this simple act of kindness threatens to jeopardize her own path to citizenship.

United States / Drama / 12 mins

Producer: Carlos A. Hiciano, Alfonso M. Rodriguez, Antonio Mendez Cast: Emperor Kaioyus, Maria Peyramaure, J Pearllinda Vanburen

Canada / Drama / 12 mins

Producer: Mariah Owen, Anna Hopkins Cast: Maya Misaljevic, Ben Carlson, Anna Hopkins

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Ben O’Keefe, Vivian Johnson, Cindy Lu Cast: Destiny Faith Nelson, Stacey Patino, Yvonne Huff Lee

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FRIDAY. October 21

2:00 Program 1 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Hell In Vineyard

Plastic Killer

Director/Writer: Samuel Langshteyn

Director/Writer: Jose Pozo

A rich, Hearing man named Benwick created a new, modern day Martha Vineyard community where only Deaf people reside. He is struggling to convince one Hearing neighbor, Max, to move out. One day, a Deaf resident, Jacob, turns up dead and Benwick’s Deaf assistant, Grace, discovers a sinister fate regarding the community.

Amparo lives in an old abandoned haberdashery in the center of Madrid with the only company of Carmela, a plastic bag whom she considers her daughter.

United States / Thriller / 17 mins

Spain / Drama / 20 mins

Producer: David Ortiz Cast: José Mota, Laura Gómez-Lacueva, Elisabet Terri

Producer: Kimberly Mac Cast: Krissy Lemon, Joseph Buck, Gregor Lopes, Diego Navarro

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FRIDAY. October 21

4:00 Program 2 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Buried & Forgotten

Teller Number Four

Voices from the Void

Director/Writer: Ali Ahmed

Director/Writer: Peter Novosel

Director: Theo Burtis

An alcoholic with a martyr complex must stay sober for a weekend while going home (after over a year) to see his dying Uncle and religious Muslim family. But as he loses his grip on reality he struggles to grapple with not just deeper childhood traumas, but also new dark revelations of sexual abuse that will test him in this neo-noir tragedy.

Kevin decides to turn around his mundane existence by asking out the girl of his dreams only to be forced to rob the very bank in which she works. All the while our Narrator experiences a mild existential crisis as they come to terms with the outcome of the story.

Two shipwrecked astronauts fight over how to get rescued from an alien desert

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Ali Ahmed Cast: Anya Banerjee, Inji Zayba Zaheer, J. Singh

United States / Action / 13 mins

United States / Sci-fi / 10 mins

Cast: Kym Jackson, Kyle Mattocks

Producer: Peter Novosel Cast: Seth Rogen, Ricky Mabe, Stacy Kaney

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FRIDAY. October 21

4:00 Program 2 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Lemons

Shrinker

Director/Writer: Gonnie Zur

Director/Writer: Sinclair Rankin

After their late grandmother’s house is sold, two estranged sisters, tasked with cleaning it out, must withstand a weekend alone together while confronting the grimness of their relationship.

Shrinker is about a therapist who employs unorthodox methods to treat a patient undergoing an existential crisis, only to find himself in crisis as well.

United States / Drama / 28 mins

Producer: Gonnie Zur, Mandy Giampaolo Cast: Maren Lord, Colby Minifie

United States / Drama / 11 mins

Producer: Sinclair Rankin, 186 Productions Cast: Jose Alvarez, Alessandro Colla, Rosemary Howard

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FRIDAY. October 21

6:00 Program 3 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Booksmart

Ray

Covid Support Group

Director/Writer: Côme Ferré

Director/Writer: Charles Socarides

Director/Writers: Abigail Bogle

Since he wants to know everything about everything, this 8 years old boy spend all of his time reading books.

But there are things no book can explain...

After years of painful separation, Quinn (Juan Castano) learns that his brother Ray has fatally overdosed.

Seeking closure, he attends the funeral and forms an unlikely connection with Daphne (Sarah Steele).

A short film inspired by the events of the pandemic. A young woman’s search for solace leads her to attend a community group therapy session but the meeting does not go as expected.

Producer: Adam Bradley, Max Rothman, Charles Socarides Cast: Juan Castano, Sarah Steele

Producer: Soledad Bolden Cast: Alyssa Alizor, Kevin Richard Best, Zachary Sherry

France / Drama / 3 mins

Producer: Claude Fayolle Cast: Liam Biermans

United States / Drama / 13 mins

United States / Drama / 8 mins

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FRIDAY. October 21

6:00 Program 3 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Look Like You

Spin

The Game

Director/Writer: Snigdha Kapoor

Director/Writer: Lisa Marie Tedesco

Director: James Kinney, Pierre Marais

Tara, a South Asian queer woman, goes to see her eight-year-old biological son after many years but is unprepared for the tensions that resurface with his white adoptive parents.

When the curtain descends on their final performance of Romeo and Juliet in drama club, high school seniors Abigail and Sky bid a fair adieu to the stage they loved while letting their most deepest desires for one another surface at the cast party.

Paying homage to classic film noir cinema, The Game brings together an unlikely cast of characters in a midnight game of cat and mouse. Set in a mysterious abandoned warehouse and told through a hybrid of jazz dance styles, alliances are forged, suspicions are raised, and from within the shadows, a player will ultimately take the prize.

United States / Drama / 13 mins

Producer: Pulkit Datta, Lauren Sowa Cast: Shazi Raja, Ryder Khatiwala, Robert Z Grant, Margaret Champagne

United States / Drama / 17 mins

Producer: R.A. Johnson Cast: Courtney St. Gelais, Sierra Berkeley Fisher, JahDey Oakley Wright

United States / Dance / 5 mins

Producer: Straighten Your Crown Productions Cast: Yesenia Ayala, Jordan Betscher, Ashley Blair Fitzgerald

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FRIDAY. October 21

6:00 Program 3 | CINEMA VILLAGE

PG 13

United States / Horror Drama / 24 mins

Director/Writer: Tiffani Holland In the 1990’s 4 teens with latent superpowers come together one night to search for an elusive serial killer who abducts kids just like them.

Producer: Christopher Gleaton Cast: Brittany Mirabile, Tiffani Holland

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FRIDAY. October 21

8:00 Program 4 | CINEMA VILLAGE

On/Off

SOMA

Escape

Director/Writer: Alex Craig

Director: Dylan Zivitz

Director/Writer: Oren Brimer

When Tom’s late wife comes back as a replica robot, she slowly destroys the cherished memories of his real wife. Tom has to come up with a solution to hold onto what he has left.

A simple man’s journey with grief is briefly placed in limbo when he experiments with psychedelics to see the one he loves.

A couple tries to get out of an escape room before the timer runs out on their relationship.

United States / Sci-Fi / 17 mins

Cast: Michael Shiflett, Kathryn Strouse

United States / Drama / 11 mins

Writer: Jacob Kyle Loescher Producer: Susan Marinello, Dylan Zivitz Cast: Jacob Kyle Loescher, Dianne Garriga, William T. Thess

United States / Comedy / 14 mins

Producer: Oren Brimer, David Kerns, Sophie Horwitz-Hirsch Cast: Demi Adejuyigbe, Courtney Pauroso, George Basil

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FRIDAY. October 21

8:00 Program 4 | CINEMA VILLAGE

You Can Stay Here If You Want

To Be Honest

Real Criminals

Director/Writer: Sarah Rosen

Director: John Robert Hammerer

Director/Writer: Jackson Mirmina

A couple breaks up just as New York City locks down.

Will the pandemic bring them back together? Shot on 16mm, a dramatic comedy about what we owe our lovers, our neighbors, and ourselves.

Two exes attempt to reconnect, unaware they each have something to hide.

A struggling scam artist plans the robbery of a local bake shoppe.

Writer: Liana Sonenclar Producer: Daniel Kirby, Liana Sonenclar, John Robert Hammerer Cast: Liana Sonenclar, Daniel Kirby

Producer: Jackson Mirmina Cast: Jackson Mirmina, Matt Socci, Peter Allen Sweet

United States / Comedy / 12 mins

Producer: Alex Wiske Cast: Ian Quinlan, Mike Doyle, Sarah Rosen

United States / Drama / 6 mins

United States / Comedy / 15 mins

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FRIDAY. October 21

10:00 Program 5 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Kageboshi

The Den Short

The Resemblance

Director: Ken Ochiaie

Director: Jessica Aquila Cymerman

Director: Forrest Karbowski

In the 1930’s, a Japanese-American father & daughter must play a deadly game of shadow tag to escape from a demon child, Kageboshi.

Inspired by true events, The Den is a psychological thriller following Myna O’Neill, an ambitious New York stage actress, as she navigates a manipulative and toxic relationship with her idol, Jamie Bock. A twisted story of abuse and revenge behind the scenes of an Off-Bway theatre.

Lori is confronted by a stranger who claims to have ties to her past.

United States / Drama / 5 mins

Writer: Ken Ochiai, Adam Valeiras Producer: Adam Valeiras, Ken Ochiai Cast: Anju Chiku, Go Jibiki, Jun Machida

United States / Drama / 15 mins

United States / Drama / 11 mins

Writer: Forrest Karbowski, Rhea Lyons Producer: Tessa Travis Cast: Donna Cooper, Malik Childs

Writer: Kelsey Ann Wacker, Nathan Simpson Producer: Eden Perry, Jamie Thalman, Nathan Simpson Cast: Geoff Stults, Kelsey Ann Wacker

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FRIDAY. October 21

10:00 Program 5 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Call

The Nest

Jac on the Come Up

Director: Ryan Jafri

Director: Phoebe Mattana

Director/Writer: Gene Graham

1965. A small man in a big world works hard to close a deal, doing everything he can to please his boss. But the clock is ticking, and someone is out to get him.

A goofball comedy when two soon-to-be step sisters meet up in the park for the first time to go birding.

After finding a nest of baby birds, we learn how excited Sophie is to have a sister and how doubtful Alexa is that they will ever have a meaningful relationship.

Ultimately it is revealed that this is not the first time Alexa has had new step sisters and none of those relationships lasted.

Ozzie Stewart’s award-winning turn as Jac propels the story of a recent widow who takes a walk through midtown Manhattan on an autumn day, contemplating life, love and what lies ahead.

United States / Thriller / 14 mins

Writer: Ryan Jafri, Ben Woodiwiss Producer: Aliki Paraschis Cast: Tom Martin, Alex Hebert

United States / Comedy / 9 mins

United States / Drama / 10 mins

Producer: Gene Graham, Paul Rowley Cast: Ozzie Stewart, Crystin Gilmore, Roland Sands

Writer: Phoebe Mattana, Rachel Romney Producer: Phoebe Mattana, Rachel Romney Cast: Phoebe Mattana, Rachel Romney, Jake Roseman

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FRIDAY. October 21

10:00 Program 5 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Father Holliday

United States / Sci-Fi / 13 mins

Director: Craig Davidowitz Western Action/Suspense series entitled Father Holliday that follows the troubled path of an NYC present-day western Vigilante Priest that has a special yet hidden relationship with the infamous Doc Holliday.

Writer: Craig Davidowitz, Alex Bandy Cast: Alex Bandy, Johnny Diaz

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SATURDAY

OCT, 22 CINEMA VILLAGE

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SATURDAY. October 22, 2022 | CINEMA VILLAGE 1:00 PM

SE SPOTLIGHT SCREENING SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 1:00PM

NIGHT OF THE COOTERS George R.R. Martin’s Vincent D’Onofrio USA / Sci-Fi / 34 minutes

George R.R. Martin is an American novelist and short-story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, a screenwriter, and television producer. He is known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later adapted into the HBO dramatic series Game of Thrones

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SATURDAY. October 22, 2022 | CINEMA VILLAGE 2:00 PM

P6

4:00 PM

P7

6:O0 PM

P8

8:00 PM

P9

10:00 PM

P10

THE OLD GUITARIST

Will Nunziata United States / Drama / 7 mins

RAINWATER

Max Amar United States / Drama / 18 mins

WHERE IT’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT RAINS Harley Chamandy United States / Drama / 13 mins

NIKE FEELS

Andy Currie United States / Commercial / 1 min

SOMETHING UNSEEN

Sparkman Clark United States / Drama / 20 mins

DONNIE DIX

Sascha Taylor Larsen United States / Music Comedy / 4 mins

Max Tullio United States / Drama / 12 mins

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU

ZERO REFILLS Eli Lederberg United States / Drama / 10 mins

WHEN TIME WAS ON OUR SIDE

CANDIED LIPS

Hina Effie Ogino United States / Romance / 7 mins

ROCKET BOY

Michael Reilly Mango United States / Drama / 10 mins

HOMESICK

Valeria Contreras United States / Drama / 15 mins

Matthew Scheffler, Jesse Wekerle United States / Drama / 15 mins

DENNY BARRACUDA

Daliza M. Sánchez Osorio United States / Drama / 27 mins

Ana Verde United States / Drama / 9 mins

DEAD DOGS DON’T LIE

Justin Alexander Gonçalves United States / Comedy / 11 mins

SONNY’S BLUES

NEXT MOVE

Shannon Goldman United States / Drama / 18 mins

LAST HURRAH

ANGELS

Mia Weinberger United States / Drama / 16 mins

Jasmine Bissete France / Drama / 6 mins

WOMEN AND ELEPHANTS

Barbara Stepansky United States / Drama / 16 mins

BB GUN

Paolina Weber United States / Drama / 12 mins

WHAT A HARVEST

Austin Rivera Davison, Matt Shapiro United States / Thriller / 15 mins

SAMMY WAITS FOR A CALL

A CLEAN BREAK Victor Pigasse United States / Drama / 8 mins

MR. OBERBECK

Sebastian DiNatale United States / Drama / 15 mins

THROUGH THE STARS

Gregg Cameron Kearns United States / Comedy / 22 mins

Ariel Danziger United States / Drama / 17 mins

THE FOOL

Yoshiya Yamamoto, Darius Rubin United States / Drama / 24 mins

ABSOLUTE POWER Isaac Suero United States / Drama / 20 mins

BIRTH OF VENUS Clemy Clarke United States / Drama / 8 mins

HI, I’M ELSIE

Lisa Younger United States / Drama / 14 mins

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SATURDAY. October 22

1:00 SPOTLIGHT SCREENING | CINEMA VILLAGE

Night of the Cooters USA / Sci-Fi / 34 minutes

Director: Vincent D’Onofrio Follows the time when martians invaded Pachuco, Texas in the 1800’s.

Writer: Joe Landsdale Producer: George RR Martin Cast: Vincent D’Onofrio, Hopper Penn, Cristin McCleary, Martin Sensmeier

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SATURDAY. October 22

2:00 Program 6 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Old Guitarist

Rainwater

Next Move

Director/Writer: Will Nunziata

Director/Writer: Max Amar

Director: Ana Verde

Award-winning actor Dominic Chianese (“The Sopranos”, “The Godfather: Part II”) stars as an old guitarist who reflects on his past.

A Hasidic Jewish woman joins her friends on a secret night out away from their strict community, only to meet a mysterious woman that changes the course of her evening throughout Brooklyn.

After the closure of Hartley Realtors offices Madison and Harper are forced to move in with their madwoman Boss to keep the company afloat, unaware of what’s in store in this Next Move

Producer: Elana Ganz, Max Amar Cast: Michelle Persoff, Katie Ailion, Phoebe Mattana

Writers: Samantha Bowen, Julia Tolchin Producer: Samantha Bowen, Julia Tolchin Cast: Samantha Bowen, Julia Tolchin, Iliana Guibert

United States / Drama / 7 mins

Producer: 23 Productions Cast: Dominic Chianese, Mike Cefalo, Ayden Skye

United States / Drama / 18 mins

United States / Drama / 9 mins

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SATURDAY. October 22

2:00 Program 6 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Sonny’s Blues

Denny Barracuda

Director: Daliza M. Sánchez Osorio

Director: Shannon Goldman

A 22 year old black musician, Sonny, living in NYC is struggling to find success in the music industry. He works tirelessly on his craft and to make ends meet for him and his father who is discouraging him from following his dreams.

Who on earth is Denny Barracuda? William has no idea, but he’s about to let her into his apartment after spending eight months in quarantine.

United States / Drama / 27 mins

Writers: Anthony Starvaggi, Wilbert Turner III Producer: Anthony Starvaggi Cast: Jymil Littles, Matt Louie, Greg Mays

United States / Drama / 18 mins

Writers: Whitney Matheson Producer: Dean Haspiel, Whitney Matheson, Shannon Goldman Cast: Madeleine Morrell, Lawrence Trailer

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SATURDAY. October 22

4:00 Program 7 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Where It’s Beautiful When It Rains

Dead Dogs Don’t Lie

Candied Lips

Director/Writer: Harley Chamandy

Director/Writer: Max Tullio

Director: Hina Effie Ogino

An eight year old boy is looking for a job in New York City.

On the way home from another night of drinks at another neighborhood dinner party, Claire and Hugh brutally run over the family dog. While trying to get rid of the body before their daughter April wakes up in the morning, cracks start to reveal themselves in their marriage.

For blue-haired Steve, it’s just another day working at his mom’s candy store in Montauk. That is, until the girl of his dreams suddenly walks in. Her name is Strawberry; she has red highlights and an edgy sense of style. She doesn’t seem like one for small talk as she walks up to the counter and bluntly asks Steve for skittles, but Steve is visibly rattled by her uniqueness.

Strawberry then pulls out a disposable camera and takes a photo of him.

United States / Drama / 13 mins

Producer: Harley Chamandy, Chantal Chamandy

United States / Drama / 12 mins

Producer: Laura Ganotis, Heather Francis Cast: Shaun Anthony, Lauren McCann

United States / Romance / 7 mins

Writers: Chase Markoff Producer: Chase Markoff Cast: Chase Markoff, Oliva Knowles

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SATURDAY. October 22

4:00 Program 7 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Angels

Last Hurrah

A Clean Break

Director/Writer: Jasmine Bissete

Director/Writer: Mia Weinberger

Director/Writer: Victor Pigasse

1968, Tehran, Iran. When French-Iranian student Niloufar, 10, learns that President Georges Pompidou will visit her school, she devises her own way to make an impression.

In the final hours of their relationship, long-term couple Emma and Hunter make the most of their time together before she moves away and they separate for good. A bittersweet romcom, “Last Hurrah” is a love letter to the relationships we leave behind.

A lonely introverted thief breaks into people’s houses until he has an unexpected encounter...

France / Drama / 6 mins

Producer: Joshua Chun, Maya Hartleben, Sarah Moustakim Cast: Emie Obry, Lana Obry, Claudia Marie DiGiambattist

United States / Drama / 16 mins

United States / Drama / 8 mins

Producer: Manya Glassman, Victor Pigasse Cast: Sophia Blum, Victor Pigasse, Steve Kidd

Producer: Mia Weinberger Cast: Jake Swain, Mia Weinberge

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SATURDAY. October 22

4:00 Program 7 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Mr. Oberbeck

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Director: Sebastian DiNatale At her father’s will reading, Sam learns a dark secret about his past. Specifically, he briefly spent time as a CIA agent, tortured and killed a man suspected of treason, and kept this chapter of his life completely hidden from his family.

Writer: Laura Oberbeck Producer: Laurel Kulow Cast: Desi Lydic, Laura Oberbeck, Thomas Creel

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SATURDAY. October 22

6:00 Program 8 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Nike Feels

So Good to See You

Rocket Boy

Director: Andy Currie

Director: Justin Alexander Gonçalves

Director/Writers: Michael Reilly Mango

Commercial parody for Nike shoes designed to help you outrun your problems.

After a chance encounter with the one that got away, Walter gets a second opportunity to show off a new version of himself.

To cheer up his dying grandfather, Mikey sets out on a journey with his homemade rocketship to take his grandfather to space.

Writer: Justin Alexander Gonçalves, Walker Rutter-Bowman Producer: Justin Alexander Gonçalves, Jackie Todd Cast: Annie Hägg

Producer: Richard Chenel, Anvitia Brahmbatt, Michael Reilly Mango Cast: David Dotterer, Matthew Vitkosky

United States / Commercial / 1 min

Writer: Deanna Director Producer: Deanna Director Cast: Max Emerson

United States / Comedy / 11 mins

United States / Drama / 10 mins

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SATURDAY. October 22

6:00 Program 8 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Women and Elephants

Sammy Waits For A Call

Through the Stars

Director: Barbara Stepansky

Director/Writer: Gregg Cameron Kearns

Director: Ariel Danziger

Gwen and Paul are life-loggers and life partners locked inside during a global shutdown until Gwen discovers a blip in her life and must leave. Trouble ensues when she doesn’t make it out the door but instead ends up right where she started as the days bleed together and reality crosses wires with dreams. Is Gwen simply forgetting? Or is there something more sinister happening?

Stuck in a small motel in upstate New York with his best friend Frank, Sammy waits for a phone call from a woman he met at the laundromat, the anticipation in which causes him to question the reality around him.

Under the cover of darkness, a teenage girl attempts to escape her tormented reality, determined to find her missing father with the help of her best friend and a mysterious device.

Producer: Vincent Krohn, Nabil Elbehri, Daniel V Masciari Cast: Gregg Cameron Kearns, Daniel V. Masciari

Writer: Ryan Marth Producer: Lisa Carr, Ryan Marth, Alex Knapp Cast: Mya Hudson, Jack Welshons

United States / Drama / 16 mins

United States / Comedy / 22 mins

United States / Drama / 17 mins

Writer: Marlowe Holden Producer: Marlowe Holden, Justin Ambrosino Cast: Marlowe Holden, Scott Thomas

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SATURDAY. October 22

8:00 Program 9 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Something Unseen

Zero Refills

Homesick

Director/Writer: Sparkman Clark

Director/Writer: Eli Lederberg

Director/Writer: Valeria Contreras

August has bipolar disorder. While staying at his parent’s house alone, comes to find that ghosts are coming through a portal in the attic.

Lee tries to pick up a routine prescription, but an unexpected problem leaves him with a difficult and potentially dangerous decision.

Producer: Sparkman Clark, Blaine Dunkley Cast: Taylor Petracek, Anjelica Bosboom, Todd Licea

Producer: Eli Lederberg, Leoder Sanchez Cast: Josh Keller, Joyia Bradley, Anelle Abad

“Homesick” is a modern-day tale of two star-crossed lovers, separated by a global pandemic and the U.S.Mexico Border. This film focuses on the love and bond that unites people and communities across borders— and the heartbreak that exists when that unity is broken.

United States / Drama / 20 mins

United States / Drama / 10 mins

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Valeria Contreras, Kevin L. Lee

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SATURDAY. October 22

8:00 Program 9 | CINEMA VILLAGE

BB Gun

The Fool

Director/Writer: Paolina Weber

Director: Yoshiya Yamamoto, Darius Rubin

Bobby has a BB gun strapped to his back, on a mission, to shoot out a huge street light. Why? Twelve year old Bobby, whose Dad is going blind, needs to prevail against those who see him as ‘special needs’.

But when a cop shows up, Bobby discovers he is more alone than he’s ever been.

The Fool centers around Khalid as he navigates the treacherous grounds of New York City and discovers how to handle his friendships as he begins to realize that people don’t register his natural hospitality. Khalid gives so much but that doesn’t stop his friends from taking him for granted and spreading rumors that he must work hard to disprove.

United States / Drama / 12 mins

Producer: Rachel Wolak-Frank Cast: Leandro Wiggins, Michael Sottile

United States / Drama / 24 mins

Writer: Darius Rubin Producer: Darius Rubin, Finn Field Thompson Cast: Khalid Mahmood Jr.

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SATURDAY. October 22

10:00 Program 10 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Donnie Dix

When Time Was On Our Side

What a Harvest

Director: Sascha Taylor Larsen

Director: Matthew Scheffler, Jesse Wekerle

Director: Austin Rivera Davison, Matt Shapiro

Donnie Dix questions his morality after a heroic act.

Unearthed PSAs from 1970 reveal that long before it was a crisis, the environmental movement was a grassroots campaign, full of hope, naivety… and bees.

A father tries to connect with his video game obsessed daughter, until he learns she hasn’t been eating her meals.

Writer: Matthew Scheffler Producer: Matthew Scheffler, Matt Ruscio, Jesse Wekerle Cast: Matthew Scheffler, Benjamin Bardach

Writers: Austin Rivera Davison, Matt Shapiro Producer: Matt Shapiro, Austin Rivera Davison, Matt Shapiro Cast: DeMorge Brown, Sydney Lovering

United States / Music Comedy / 4 mins

Producer: Oliver Finley Cast: Eli Cusick

United States / Drama / 15 mins

United States / Thriller / 15 mins

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SATURDAY. October 22

10:00 Program 10 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Absolute Power

Birth of Venus

Hi, I’m Elsie

Director: Isaac Suero

Director: Clemy Clarke

Director/Writer: Lisa Younger

A Monopoly-like board game with allegorical lessons turns a dinner party on its head.

Brooklyn, 2019. Samira connects and reconnects with Marie and Jake in a hazy swirl of half remembered encounters. Inspired by Titian’s Venus of Urbino (1534) and Botticelli’s Birth of Venus (1486). Part of ongoing short film series Nudes The Anthology.

A woman wakes up in a public park and spends her day searching for connection in a series of encounters with exes, friends, and strangers.

United States / Drama / 20 mins

Writer: James Roche Producer: James Roche Cast: Wesley Volcy, JD Martin, Emma Orelove

United States / Drama / 8 mins

Writer: C.C. Kellogg, Clemy Clarke Producer: C.C. Kellogg Cast: Lamia Lazrak, John Living, Kristin Winters

United States / Drama / 14 mins

Producer: Lisa Younger Cast: Eleni Kanalos, Evan Hall, Jerzy Gwiadowski

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SUNDAY

OCT, 23 CINEMA VILLAGE

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SUNDAY. October 23, 2022 | TRIBUTE 1:00 PM

T HONORED GUEST BOB GIRALDI

THE ROUTINE (2002) SECOND GUESSING GRANDMA (2008) A PECULIAR CITY (2008)

American film and television director, known for the film “Dinner Rush” and music videos for Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” and Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield”. His production company, Giraldi Media, has Produced and Directed close to 3,000 commercials, music videos and short films. He accolades include Cannes Advertising Awards, and Clio Awards

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SUNDAY. October 23, 2022 | CINEMA VILLAGE 2:00 PM

P11

4:00 PM

P12

6:00 PM

P13

8:00 PM

P14

10:00 PM

P15

SHINE

Theodore Daley United States / Animation / 2 mins

FAMILY BUSINESS

Roya Alidjani United States / Drama / 13 mins

THE YOUNG AND THE LUNCHLESS

Lily-Hayes Kaufman United States / Comedy / 5 mins

PALE BLUE

Mohamed Kamal Satti United States / Drama / 6 mins

SINKING

Dylan Huang United States / Drama / 11 mins

Gui Agustini United States / Drama / 9 mins

MIKEY

Matthew Maffei United States / Drama / 11 mins

FLOPPIES

John Cappello United States / Drama / 15 mins

THE SOCIETY FOR PARANORMAL HEALING Lori Chandler United States / Drama / 26 mins

CLOSURE

LUCCA AND DIANNE Ekaete O Bailey United States / Drama / 15 mins

TRICYCLE

Jenn Shaw United States / Comedy / 13 mins

A BEST MAN

Dylan Tuccillo United States / Romance / 13 mins

BABY SHOWER Jibran Ahmed United States / Drama / 10 mins

Jezabel Montero United States / Drama / 20 mins

Saavgel Victoria Javier United States / Drama / 4 mins

POCHA

Carly Oscar United States / Drama / 13 mins

DOE

Leigh DeLollis, Meghan Mullane United States / Drama / 16 mins

MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE (MACHINE) Matt Cooney United States / Comedy / 9 mins

Hrishi Bardhan United States / Drama / 12 mins

SUPER DIVA!

Andrew Kortina United States / Drama / 14 mins

NO NEW FRIENDS

Neha Gautam United States / Drama / 9 mins

Matthew Penn United States / Drama / 34 mins

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF QUEENS

A SMILE TO REMEMBER

BIRDSONG

THE SWEET TASTE OF FREEDOM

Daniel Schloss United States / Drama / 12 mins

I WON THE LOTTERY...

Manivone Nonthaveth United States / Drama / 15 mins

Patrick Noth United States / Comedy / 8 mins

THE THREE MARYS

Kwang Min Lee United States / Drama / 9 mins

TWO FROZEN TURKEYS & A PIÑATA

BABYSITTING

Waleed Bedour Egypt / Drama / 5 mins

TEDDY BEAR

Sara Shelton United States / Romance / 15 mins

HOW THEY MET THEMSELVES Jesus Alarcon United States / Drama / 23 mins

HAWAWSHI

LAST MEAL

Dion Costelloe United States / Experimental / 7 mins

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SUNDAY. October 23

1:00 Honored Guest Bob Giraldi

| TRIBUTE

The Routine

Second Guessing Grandma

A Peculiar City

Director/Writer: Bob Giraldi

Director: Bob Giraldi

Director: Bob Giraldi

A heart wrenching tribute to those lost on 9-11

A charming story of a twenty-something Jewish gay man who finally comes out to his beloved grandmother against his mother’s desire to protect her from the truth.

In Peculiar City, director Bob Giraldi uses E.B. White’s writings to narrate a fictional Olympic Torch’s journey through New York City. The film was the closing film in Singapore for the US bid to host the Summer Games in 2012.

2002 / United States / Drama / 5 mins

Cast: Joanna Going, Diane Kagan, Lexie Sperduto

2008 / United States / Drama / 10 mins

Writer: Eddie Sarfaty Cast: Kathleen Chalfant, Shawn Hollenbach, Lori Wilner

2008 / United States / Drama / 5 mins

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SUNDAY. October 23

2:00 Program 11 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Shine

Pale Blue

Closure

Director: Theodore Daley

Director/Writer: Mohamed Kamal Satti

Director: Gui Agustini

A short film about looking for those who have left you behind and the hope to shine bright together again someday. Made in honor of my sister, mother and father who all have passed away.

Pale Blue follows a former artist and her resultant disillusionment with life as she takes on a corporate role. Questions of individualism and access are placed in the forefront in this dramatic all-too-real inspection of American life.

A detective. A mercenary. Of course it didn’t work out but when a relationship ends messy, can you ever really have Closure?

United States / Animation / 2 mins

United States / Drama / 6 mins

Producer: Mohamed Kamal Satti, Aalaa Satti, Asim Satti Cast: Kaitlyn Jackson, Agathe Levi, Ben Carlson

United States / Drama / 9 mins

Writer: Kaitlyn Farley, Adam Garden Producer: Kaitlyn Farley, Jared Kirby Cast: Kaitlyn Farley, Adam Garden

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SUNDAY. October 23

2:00 Program 11 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Lucca and Dianne

Babysitting

Birdsong

Director/Writer: Ekaete O Bailey

Director/Writer: Patrick Noth

Director/Writer: Hrishi Bardhan

Lucca and Dianne is a film about friendship, loyalty, honor and how traumatic experiences can impact our lives, Ultimately, it s a story about individual dedication that thrives when established in connection and community.

Working from home as a creative can be difficult especially when you’re babysitting three kids.

Amidst moving homes, a superstitious Indian American girl struggles to bury her pet bird in fear of it coming to haunt her.

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Ekaete O Bailey, Carl E Bailey Cast: Josiah Bailey, Isaac Fareed, Mirakle Rodgers

United States / Comedy / 8 mins

Producer: Patrick Noth, Emilea Wilson Cast: Patrick Noth, Molly McCluskey

United States / Drama / 12 mins

Producer: Olivia De Camps, Hrishi Bardhan, Roya Alidjani Cast: Anahita Singh, Kannan Menon, Nitin Madan

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SUNDAY. October 23

2:00 Program 11 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Super Diva!

No New Friends

Director/Writer: Andrew Kortina

Director/Writer: Neha Gautam

When the ghost bike is stolen from her mom’s memorial, a ten year old legal enthusiast must save her father from losing faith in the founding principles of The Neighborhood Watch.

A four year old named Tyler struggles to cope with finding out his friend across the street has moved away during the height of covid and unlocks another world.

Cast: Walter Belenky, Hannah Aniela

Producer: Travis Orozco, Neha Gautam, Olivia Ramos Reed Cast: Angela Fenelus, Timothy Fenelus

United States / Drama / 14 mins

United States / Drama / 9 mins

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SUNDAY. October 23

4:00 Program 12 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Family Business

Mikey

Tricycle

Director/Writer: Roya Alidjani

Director/Writer: Matthew Maffei

Director/Writer: Kwang Min Lee

After a series of peculiar events, a young girl finds out the true reason why her father hasn’t been coming back home.

Nine-year-old Mikey explores his creativity to cope with the loss of his mother, while his father grieves in another way.

Producer: Tiana Cantu Cast: Ella Sowti, Kevin Sowti, Roschanak Mossabeb-Sowti

Producer: Matthew Maffei Cast: Micah Pedley, Jonathan H. Ragins

Immigrant youngster from South Korea tries his best to make friends in new environment. While he is spending the day with his friend, unexpected encounter with his father on the street leaves him with a dilemma in different relationships.

United States / Drama / 13 mins

United States / Drama / 11 mins

United States / Drama / 9 mins

Producer: Kwang Min Lee Cast: Daniel Kwon, Noah Augustin, Byung Kwang Lee

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SUNDAY. October 23

4:00 Program 12 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Three Marys

The Sweet Taste of Freedom

Director: Daniel Schloss

Director: Matthew Penn

Three influencers named Mary sell their personal brands of salvation, only to find themselves paralyzed by their own spiritual emptiness.

A man facing a life-time prison sentence has 48 hours to put his life in order.

United States / Drama / 12 mins

Writer: Rosie duPont Producer: Kevin Alexander Cast: Rosie duPon

United States / Drama / 34 mins

Writer: M.A. Malone Producer: Saskia Rifkin Cast: John Bedford LLoyd

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SUNDAY. October 23

6:00 Program 13 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Young and The Lunchless

Floppies

I Won The Lottery...

Director: Lily-Hayes Kaufman

Director/Writer: John Cappello

Director: Jenn Shaw

Tracey made her signature sandwich. She wrapped, it, cared for it, placed it behind Stephanie’s stinky tunafish sandwich in the office fridge. Now it’s gone and no one in the office, not her boss, nor her best friend Brody, not even Human Resources lady has the time of day to advocate for Tracey’s lunch.

An artist collaborates with his dementia-addled father on a one-page comic. As they bring this comic to life, they recall flashbacks to key moments in each of their lives.

I Won the Lottery... is a “behind the scenes” mockumentary about the King family and other Brooklyn parents vying to win the lottery. In what they deem as their kids’ only chance at success, the parents struggle in a cut-throat race to get their kids into the prestigious MLK Only Hope Charter School...by any means necessary.

United States / Comedy / 5 mins

Writer: Daryn Strauss Producer: Lloyd Kaufman Cast: Zoe Geltman, Kate McGarrigle, Tiara Francis

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: John Cappello, Christine Stoddard, Donna Morales Cast: Jake Laurence, James Laurence

United States / Comedy / 13 mins

Writers: Jenn Shaw, Monique Hazeur Producer: Monique Hazeur, Danielle Similejesu Sonubi Cast: Keisha Zollar, Raymond Cordova

Mooney,

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SUNDAY. October 23

6:00 Program 13 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Duke and Duchess of Queens

Pocha

Hawawshi

Director/Writer: Jezabel Montero

Director/Writer: Carly Oscar

Director: Waleed Bedour

Childhood sweethearts, James and Delilah, find themselves at a cross roads when James ends up in a hospital and Dee is his only emergency contact. After ten years of lost time, they reminisce and connect with their traumatic, yet nostalgic past, realizing their future together may not be so lost after all.

As she nears her fifteenth birthday, Vic struggles to solidify her personal and cultural identity, caught between family tradition and the desire to fit in with her peers.

When Farida witnesses Eva getting sexually assaulted, she tries to stand up to the harasser. The situation doesn’t go as expected.

United States / Drama / 20 mins

Producer: Margo Singaliese Cast: Gene Gabriel, Susan Oliveras, Annee Agnello

United States / Drama / 13 mins

Producer: Rachel Brown, Carly Oscar, Maite Elias-Nava Cast: Mia Sempertegui, Kris Paredes, Melisa Cortese

Egypt / Drama / 5 mins

Writer: Isabella Jackson Producer: Ahmed Barbary, Annika Johnson Cast: Mouna Soualem

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SUNDAY. October 23

8:00 Program 14 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Society for Paranormal Healing

Two Frozen Turkeys & A Piñata

A Smile to Remember

Director/Writer: Lori Chandler

Director/Writer: Manivone Nonthaveth

Director/Writer: Saavgel Victoria Javier

Two best friends run a small business healing the spirits of haunted houses. But when funding falls through, every attempt to save the business results in the unexpected-- and their status as Best Friends Forever is put to the test.

A short film about two exes that reunite for the first time at a New York Friendsgiving and become trapped on the rooftop together, forcing them to confront their past.

A young man deals with the loss of his mother.

United States / Drama / 26 mins

United States / Drama / 15 mins

United States / Drama / 4 mins

Producer: Saavgel Victoria Javier, Carlo Miguel, Valeska Montan

Producer: Lori Chandler, Alex Cottle, Justin Patricolo Cast: Camille Theobald, Molly Densmore, Nick Mestad

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SUNDAY. October 23

8:00 Program 14 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Doe

Teddy Bear

Director/Writers: Leigh DeLollis, Meghan Mullane

Director: Sara Shelton

Jane takes a job at a diner in an off-season beach town, as an attempt to escape her past. Until one day -- everything she’s been running from, walks through the front door.

Best friends Pete and Annie pinkie swear to leave a party early. But as the night unfolds they both discover reasons to stay.

United States / Drama / 16 mins

Producer: Ani Schroeter Cast: Leigh DeLollis, Fareeha Khan, Peter Vack

United States / Romance / 15 mins

Writers: Sara Shelton, Jed Cohen Producer: Sara Shelton, Doug Smith Cast: Keilly McQuail, Davram Stiefler, Olivia Lucy Phillip

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SUNDAY. October 23

10:00 Program 15 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Sinking

A Best Man

Baby Shower

Director/Writer: Dylan Huang

Director: Dylan Tuccillo

Director: Jibran Ahmed

Sinking is a story about the inner world of a man that’s experiencing Kodokushi. Yamasaki, a nobody disconnect and forgotten by society, Isolating himself inside out, not willing to accept any helps, Sinks deeper into the void as the reality blur with his imagination and eventually is devoured by the madness he built himself.

On his best friend’s wedding day, Josh proves a best man can only do so much to make sure everything goes smoothly for the bride and groom.

Alice is a young woman navigating the absurdity of her sister’s baby shower and the unbearable friends and family that attend.

Writer: Adam Elliott Producer: Joel Fendelman, Lisa Schiller, Stephen Tucker Cast: Kelly McCready, Nathaniel Levin, Adam Elliott

Writers: Jibran Ahmed, Ciara Mikesell

United States / Drama / 11 mins

Producer: Alan Chan, Mengting Hong Cast: Hiro Takashima, Moe Bertran

United States / Romance / 13 mins

United States / Drama / 10 mins

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SUNDAY. October 23

10:00 Program 15 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Message From The Future (Machine)

How They Met Themselves

Last Meal

Director/Writers: Kyle Jutkiewicz, Keith Schneider

Director: Jesus Alarcon

Director: Dion Costelloe

In 1985, the U.S. military began working on a topsecret machine designed to send a message exactly 8 minutes and 8 seconds into the past. After 37 years of research and testing, the machine has still never worked…. Until today.

Anton Eager can’t escape himself. He is constantly being haunted by doppelgangers of himself. The old wives’ tale his mother told him echoes in his head…

First you see them, then you die. Anton is unsure whether these hauntings are real, or the product of his mind fracturing under pressure.

Despite achieving a life-long aspiration for exuberant wealth, Tristan is left unfulfilled. He chooses to have the last meal of his life, and is met with an unforeseen outcome.

United States / Comedy / 9 mins

Producer: Kyle Jutkiewicz, Keith Schneider, Myko Olivier Cast: Nanrisa Lee, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Ray Reynaga

United States / Drama / 23 mins

Writers: Daria Markovskaya, Jesus Alarcon Producer: Daria Markovskaya, Fernanda Curi, Andres Fernandez Cast: Mauricio Martinez, Victoria Meade, Chris Barnett

United States / Experimental / 7 mins

Writers: Deborah Rose Peña, Brendan Babinski Producer: Brendan Babinski, Laura Barbato Cast: Josh Phillip Weinstein, Jeph Cangé, Deborah Rose Peña

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MONDAY

OCT, 24 CINEMA VILLAGE

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MONDAY. October 24, 2022 | BEYOND THE SCREEN 1:00 PM

T CAREER-SPOTLIGHT WITH BEN PROUDFOOT

MINK! THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION THAT’S MY JAZZ

2022 Academy Award® winning director for the documentary short film The Queen of Basketball. Ben Proudfoot is the founder and creative force behind Breakwater Studios. In 2021, Proudfoot was nominated for the 93rd Academy Awards for his short documentary A Concerto Is a Conversation. Proudfoot’s short documentary film anthology Almost Famous was released with The New York Times to widespread acclaim.

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MONDAY. October 24, 2022 | CINEMA VILLAGE 2:00 PM

P16

4:00 PM

P17

6:00 PM

P18

8:00 PM

P19

10:00 PM

P20

WOOD HOOD

Alexander Cullen United States / Documentary / 16 mins

WONDERLANDING Ying Qi China / Drama / 13 mins

BALL AND VASE David Baram United States / Drama / 31 mins

Ayoub El Jamal United States / Experimental Drama / 10 mins

AN INVITATION

Boyuan Cao China / Drama / 8 mins

A BETTER HALF Marco Calvani United States / Drama / 19 mins

-7

Daryen Ru United States / Experimental / 11 mins

Yeung Tung, Hao Zhao China / Drama / 13 mins

CHEAP HUGS

Sarah Baskin Canada / Drama / 15 mins

POP TART SUGAR DIP Ashley Chan, Joshua Whalen United States / Drama / 9 mins

FEEL IT AGAIN Allison Flom United States / Music Video / 4 mins

EVERYTHING FOR TAUREAN

Stephen Michael Marino United States / Documentary / 3 mins

GENIUS ARTIST

Sarah Kaidanow United States / Drama / 9 mins

Derek Dylo United States / Drama / 15 mins

AVA

Oliver Hamilton United States / Documentary / 4 mins

BOUND

ONE ODD DREAM

UPCYCLE: THE STORY OF ANYBAG

DOWN THE LINE

TIMELESS LOVE Breton Tyner-Bryan United States / Dance Romance / 9 mins

ROSIE’S THEATER KIDS

Andrew Nisinson United States / Documentary / 13 mins

YESTERDAY AND TODAY

Dmitry Gubin United States / Drama / 18 mins

Steven Cantor United States / Documentary / 34 mins

BOY, ADDICTED

LIN

Anna Chaoqun Wang United States / Drama / 16 mins

Lillian Xuege Li United States / Drama / 12 mins

UNWORTHY

Adam Ross Perlman United States / Drama / 15 mins

EXIT

Oriana Ng France / Drama / 5 mins

NEW YORK TANGO

Pablo Raul United States / Music Video / 5 mins

RACHEL DE NEVERLAND

Yuanhao Zhang United States / Drama / 13 mins

VULTURES

Daniel Denegre United States / Dance Experimental / 13 mins

WITHIN REACH Tess Goldwyn United States / Drama / 9 mins

UNHINGED

Jean-Luc McMurtry United States / Music Video / 4 mins

A FEAST THAT NEVER COMES

WROADS NOT TAKEN Kat Rohrer Austria / Drama / 19 mins

Maria Juranic United States / Dance Experimental / 16 mins

THE EIGHT DISSOLUTIONS Arkan Zakharov United States / Experimental / 5 mins

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MONDAY. October 24

1:00. Oscar® winning documentary director Ben Proudfoot | BEYOND THE SCREEN

MINK!

The Queen of Basketball

A Concerto Is a Conversation

That’s My Jazz

Director: Ben Proudfoot

Director: Ben Proudfoot

Director: Ben Proudfoot

Director: Ben Proudfoot

Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawaii who became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress, on her harrowing mission to co-author and defend Title IX, the law that transformed athletics for generations in America for girls and women.

Queen of Basketball is an electrifying portrait of Lucy Harris, who scored the first basket in women’s Olympic history and was the first and only woman officially drafted into the N.B.A. Harris has remained largely unknown - until now.

A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

A world-renowned pastry chef, reflects on his relationship with his deceased father Milton Abel Sr., famed Kansas City jazz musician.

United States / Documentary / 21 mins

United States / Documentary / 22 mins

United States / Documentary / 13 mins

United States / Documentary / 14 mins

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MONDAY. October 24

2:00 Program 16 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Wood Hood

Down The Line

Upcycle: The Story Of Anybag

Director: Alexander Cullen

Director: Oliver Hamilton

Director/Writer: Stephen Michael Marino

DeVaughn is a 15-year-old kid from New York City who loves skateboarding and craves a “quiet place” to escape the chaos of his home, the city, and kids that steal from him. The film follows Devon on a weekend-long group camping trip with Camping To Connect, a BIPOC-led mentorship program that teaches leadership, brotherhood, and inclusion in the outdoors.

Wiley Miller, a pro skier of legend, and his captivation by an unattempted ski line help him reach terms with his mother’s daunting search for an experimental treatment for ALS. The journey leads him from the mountains of Montana to the deserts of Mexico and back again, all while he grapples with the mounting evidence these may be the first mountains he can’t conquer.

Taking NYC garbage and up-cycling it into an luxury bag.

Producer: Alexander Cullen, Manny Almonte, Andy Isaacson Cast: DeVaughn Bullock-Wireback

Producer: Stephanie Roush Cast: Wiley Miller, Becky Miller

United States / Documentary / 16 mins

United States / Documentary / 4 mins

United States / Documentary / 3 mins

Producer: Stephen Michael Marino, Alex Dabagh Cast: Alex Dabagh

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MONDAY. October 24

2:00 Program 16 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Everything For Taurean

Rosie’s Theater Kids

Director: Andrew Nisinson

Director: Steven Cantor

A community in Brooklyn turns the trauma of losing one of its leaders into a basketball league that is growing into one of the top street ball leagues in New York.

Ten years ago, inspired by the teacher who inspired her, actor-comedian Rosie O’Donnell established a school, giving public school kids access to dance, music, and drama. This film follows five kids, as they pursue their stage and screen goals, learning to believe in themselves!

United States / Documentary / 13 mins

Producer: Melsun Fulton, Jeremy John Kaplan, Andrew Nisinson, Jennifer Zarzuela

United States / Documentary / 34 mins

Producer: Sheila Nevins, Jamie Schutz Cast: Rosie O’Donnell

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MONDAY. October 24

4:00 Program 17 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Wonderlanding

Genius Artist

An Invitation

Director: Ying Qi

Director/Writer: Boyuan Cao

Director/Writer: Yeung Tung, Hao Zhao

Jiaxin, a young Chinese girl who wanders angrily after being rebuked by her mother accidentally encounters and helps a female tourist Meng. Jiaxin refuses Meng’s adventure invitation and voyages to a wonderland with her mother.

A mediocre art student called A Liang, who just experienced a car accident, suddenly gets the ability to predict the future with his painting. As he becomes famous online, his own future seems to be changed.

An 8-year-old boy reluctantly visits his divorced father in Hong Kong, who wants him to become a Hong Kong citizen. They both keep secretive intentions and find it difficult to ask what they want from each other.

Producer: Mame Astou Toure, Reagan Irene Radwanski Cast: Peter Xiao

Producer: Xuli Cao, Hao Zhao, Yeung TUng Cast: Jim Ping Hei, Yu Xuan Liu

China / Drama / 13 mins

Producer: Brisa Tu Cast: Kiva Gao

China / Drama / 8 mins

China / Drama / 13 mins

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MONDAY. October 24

4:00 Program 17 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Yesterday and Today

Boy, Addicted

Lin

Director/Writer: Dmitry Gubin

Director: Anna Chaoqun Wang

Director: Lillian Xuege Li

A teenage Jewish refugee from USSR, who lives in a cheap motel with his grandfather, has to come to terms with life on the streets of 1990s New York City.

In an urban city of South China, a chauffeur boy, Ah-le (22), moves on to a new addiction when the romance with a call girl Xiaohui (26) turns out to be the price he cannot afford to.

How can a woman become herself when she has been shaped and taught to sacrifice for the gaze of others?

Lin (Lan Zhong) has many roles -- a mother, a wife, a waitress, an immigrant. She is also a woman with a secret who finally decides to quietly rebel.

United States / Drama / 18 mins

Producer: Dmitry Gubin, Jianna Kristine Cast: Simon Val, Victor Steinbach

United States / Drama / 16 mins

Writer: Chaoqun Wang

United States / Drama / 12 mins

Writer: Lillian Xuege Li, Yawen Hu Producer: Lillian Xuege Li, Zhong Guo, Dong Li Cast: Lan Zhong

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MONDAY. October 24

6:00 Program 18 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Ball and Vase

A Better Half

Cheap Hugs

Director/Writer: David Baram

Director/Writer: Marco Calvani

Director: Sarah Baskin

When an ailing and widowed 92-year-old magician learns his grandson will not be visiting for his last Christmas, he struggles to reconnect with the world-and himself—one last time by attempting to perform at a local pub that he used to visit with his wife.

Incapable of intimacy and chronically depressed, Sean must come face to face with the person he feels is responsible for his troubled life.

Two strangers, reeling from the loss of their friend, find themselves in an unexpected moment of connection.

United States / Drama / 31 mins

Producer: Julie Anne Robinson Cast: Austin Pendleton, Diane J Findlay

United States / Drama / 19 mins

Producer: Ben Arredondo, Marco Calvani, Marco Pigossi Cast: Chris Stack, Darren Pettie, Marisa Tomei

Canada / Drama / 15 mins

Writers: Sarah Baskin, Valéry Lessard, Bryan Fitzgerald Producer: Bryan Fitzgerald, Valéry Lessard, Sarah Baskin Cast: Miryam Magri, Sarah Baskin, Valéry Lessard

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MONDAY. October 24

6:00 Program 18 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Unworthy

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Director/Writer: Adam Ross Perlman Thirty years ago, Warren Frye committed a crime that changed his life and millions of others: He shot the President of the United States. Now he’s been released from a mental hospital into the care of his 80-year-old mother. They say he’s better. He hopes he is. But when he’s confronted by the same pressures that once led him to do the unthinkable, we hope for redemption, brace for tragedy, and live in the space between.

Producer: Stephen Moffatt, Tatiana Fenner Cast: Kelly AuCoin, Mary Beth Peil, Antonique Smith

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MONDAY. October 24

8:00 Program 19 | CINEMA VILLAGE

One Odd Dream

Bound

Pop Tart Sugar Dip

Director/Writer: Derek Dylo

Director: Sarah Kaidanow

Director: Ashley Chan, Joshua Whalen

One Odd Dream is a late 80s inspired fantasy drama following the emotional arc of a young Roger Emmett who experienced the loss of his late girlfriend and best-friend who together, tragically succumbed to a fatal car accident. Taking place mostly in the dreams of Roger, the film takes the viewers on an introspective journey of confusion, grief, sorrow and anger as the lead character is faced with one daunting question: Why were they together in the first place?

An attempt at an intimate evening becomes a subtle power struggle, forcing a woman to realize the myriad ways she is bound to her partner.

Forced awake by a PTSD episode, a young woman must finally open up about her past trauma in order to embark on the next stage of healing.

Writer: Rachel Frost Producer: Sarah Kaidanow, Rachel Frost Cast: Rachel Frost, Carson Alexander

Writers: Cecelia Bonner Producer: Cecelia Bonner, Emily Miller Cast: Jack Cummings

United States / Drama / 15 mins

United States / Drama / 9 mins

United States / Drama / 9 mins

Producer: Stephanie Ruiz Cast: Timi Odunjo

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MONDAY. October 24

8:00 Program 19 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Exit

Rachel De Neverland

Within Reach

Director/Writer: Oriana Ng

Director/Writer: Yuanhao Zhang

Director/Writer: Tess Goldwyn

A dangerous elevator ride tests a couple’s bond

Rachel was born with the social anxiety disorder, a total introvert. She fell in love with a guy called Nick on social media, despite they never met in reality.

Everything’s great until Nick starts to ask Rachel out to meet in person.

In the wake of a climate disaster, a community is devastated. A poetic take on a young couple finding hope in the unknown.

France / Drama / 5 mins

Producer: Oriana Ng, Lana Bolycheva Cast: Federico Rodriguez, Soraya Broukhim, David Gelles

United States / Drama / 13 mins

Producer: Yuanhao Zhang, Gian Marco Cast: Lynnsey Lewis, Justy Kosek, Emma Cohen

United States / Drama / 9 mins

Producer: Tess Goldwyn, Maryssa Sklaroff Cast: Tess Goldwyn, Caleb Eberhardt, Shannon Marie Sullivan

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MONDAY. October 24

8:00 Program 19 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Roads Not Taken Austria / Drama / 19 mins

Director/Writer: Kat Rohrer The accidental meeting of Liz and Rachel after a long time, opens old wounds and brings repressed feelings back to the surface. During a walk moments of intimacy and tenderness pop up as illusions of the past.

It takes both women courage to open up - until the present catches up with them.

Producer: Daniela Praher Cast: Adriane Grzadziel, Julia Koch, Philipp Karner

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MONDAY. October 24

10:00 Program 20 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Ava

-7

Feel It Again

Director/Writer: Ayoub El Jamal

Director: Daryen Ru

Director: Allison Flom

Shortly after losing her life partner, Ava is diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s.

Through the power of interpretive movement, seven dancers embody mental health issues to visually manifest the unseen suffering of the mind.

Official music video for Brooklyn-based singer/ songwriter Jenny Kern’s new single, out May 6 2022.

United States / Experimental Drama / 10 mins

As she continues to navigate through life alone and comes to realize what her condition implies, she decides to take control over what remains of her life.

United States / Experimental / 11 mins

Producer: Daryen Ru Cast: Sara Adams, Maxfield Haynes, Olivia Boisson

United States / Music Video / 4 mins

Producer: Allison Flom

Producer: Ayoub El Jamal, Mariel Lezzoni, Michael Joseph Murray Cast: Barbara Thomas

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MONDAY. October 24

10:00 Program 20 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Timeless Love

New York Tango

Vultures

Director: Breton Tyner-Bryan

Director/Writer: Pablo Raul

Director: Daniel Denegre

A man surrenders to his love for a woman, as she is his inspiration to step fully into his heart and love freely.

Initially, the man’s energy is inward, expressing an internal emotional wound. His vast home represents the isolation and emptiness that he feels.

Tango/ballad that explores a failed relationship between an Argentinian American man and an African American woman in New York City

At the end of a dying world, two scavengers are running out of options. When they find a way out, one doesn’t hesitate to take what she can. But when faced with her victim, she has to decide if her survival is what’s most important.

United States / Dance Romance / 9 mins

Writer: Simin Vaswani Producer: Simin Vaswani

United States / Music Video / 5 mins

Producer: Pablo Raul, Felix Gamez Cast: Stephanie Rae Williams

United States / Dance Experimental / 13 mins

Producer: Hazel Jennings Cast: Jeff Docimo, Chantelle Good, Matilda Sakamoto

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MONDAY. October 24

10:00 Program 20 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Unhinged

A Feast That Never Comes

The Eight Dissolutions

Director: Jean-Luc McMurtry

Director: Maria Juranic

Director: Arkan Zakharov

Cenza explores release from the routines and product oriented mindset of every day life as she transforms into influential film characters from the 20th century.

Four characters inhabit cycles within cycles of contentment, discontentment, inertia, movement, desire, and betrayal.

The Eight Dissolutions explores mortality in the recurring cycle of death and rebirth.

Writer: Jean-Luc McMurtry, Emily Keefe Producer: Jean-Luc McMurtry, Emily Keefe Cast: Emily Keefe, Fawwaz Allie

Writer: Sven Britt Producer: Rachel Morgan, Sven Britt, Maria Juranic Cast: John Raffles Durbin, Kayla Farrish, Nico Li

United States / Music Video / 4 mins

United States / Dance Experimental / 16 mins

United States / Experimental / 5 mins

Producer: Arkan Zakharov, Erik Bergrin Cast: Yokko, Clinton Duncan, Maahleek

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TUESDAY

OCT, 25 CINEMA VILLAGE

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TUESDAY. October 25, 2022 | FILM RETROSPECTIVE 1:00 PM

FR FILM RETROSPECTIVE WITH KIM MAGNUSSON

STENOFONEN ELECTION NIGHT (1998) THIS CHARMING MAN (2002) HELIUM (2013)

In 1995 he founded M&M Productions with his father, Tivi Magnusson. He has produced more than 140 films. He has been Oscar® nominated in the category “Live Action Short Film” seven times and won the coveted award 3 times, in1999 for Election Night and This Charming Man in 2002 and again in 2014 for Helium. Kim is a voting member of AMPAS® and both The Danish and The European Film Academy.

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TUESDAY. October 25, 2022 | CINEMA VILLAGE 2:00 PM

P21

4:00 PM

P22

6:00 PM

P23

8:00 PM

P24

10:00 PM

P25

THANKS AGAIN Peter Davenport China / Animation / 5 mins

THE THIEF Arturo Brena United States / Animation / 3 mins

PIER 35

Raina Liwen Yang United States / Drama / 9 mins

POST NO BILLS Francis Maxwell United States / Drama / 19 mins

LAUNCH AT PARADISE

Carrie Ann Quinn United States / Thriller / 15 mins

WICKS

Vadim Egoul United States / Comedy / 10 mins

DOGWOOD Will Hochman United States / Animation / 5 mins

THE BOY Jonathan Gibney United States / Animation / 4 mins

ALL THE LINES Xiuzhe Mou China / Drama / 9 mins

99¢ PIZZA Lucas Ansel United States / Animation / 2 mins

BIRTHDAY WISH Min Lee United States / Animation / 2 mins

SO LONG/THE WOMB, MY HOME

Stephen Arthur Schaffer United States / Drama / 7 mins

DODGE IS DEAD

Kendall McKinnon United States / Drama / 13 mins

VINTAGE DELUXE

Kyle Mara United States / Dark Comedy / 11 mins

TWO-STORY HOUSE

Devin Lee Canada / Thriller / 20 mins

TOMMY AND THE GURU

Brian Russell United States / Drama / 10 mins

Alec Iselin United States / Animation / 4 mins

THE PUNCH OF RESPECT

BANDULU

Ricardo Sean Thompson United States / Drama / 20 mins

LITTLE HURTS Debra Solomon United States / Animation / 11 mins

REHEARSAL

Chloe Chen United States / Documentary / 18 mins

THE IMAGE OF THE FOX

Taylor Rosen United States / Comedy / 25 mins

THE LAST PLAQUE Balázs Simon United States / Animation / 2 mins

CRAZYLAUGH

Shuyuan Liu United States / Drama / 13 mins

THE DENNIS BOYS

BLUE Robert Petrie United States / Animation / 7 mins

MY TINY FRIENDS Jiyoung Park United States / Animation / 2 mins

Junting Zhou United States / Drama / 7 mins

THE NEW YORKER PRESENTS: DEAR MAX Alex Kahn United States / Animation / 5 mins

REMOVABLE

Shu-Ying Chung United States / Drama / 15 mins

WHERE DID YOU GO LITTLE SOULS? Loredana Gasparotto United States / Animation / 6 mins

HARDBOILED Peter Sluszka United States / Animation / 28 mins

DÉJÀ VU

Michael P DeMinico United States / Drama / 4 mins

CONSIDER THE SPARROW Eliza Foss United States / Drama / 25 mins

JOLIE

Haley Geffen United States / Drama / 12 mins

FULL DISCLOSURE Mia Rovegno United States / Comedy / 15 mins

DECEIVE

Severine Reisp Germany / Drama / 15 mins

THE COOLEST CLUB Sheng Ting Shen United States / Drama / 13 mins

116

TUESDAY. October 25

1:00. Retrospective of producer/director Kim Magnusson recipient of seven Academy Awards® nominations and three Oscar® wins for short films.

Stenofonen

Election Night

This Charming Man

Helium

Director/Writer: Nicolaj Kopernikus

Director:/Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen

Director: Martin Strange-Hansen

Director: Anders Walter

Jørn is trying to get his father’s attention and love. He loves music. This is where he finds joy and happiness, but his father fails to see his talent. As an old man Jørn discovers that the music can set him free from his past.

On his way to the polls, an idealist yet absent-minded voter must endure continuous waves of racist cab drivers and their offensive remarks.

Lars Hansen is in a job training program.

He finds a potential job at a print shop, but his paperwork gets mixed up with an El Hassan. He is scheduled for a Danish class, since he’s apparently an immigrant, but is unable to get the mixup fixed. When he learns that the new teacher, Ida, will have the class canceled and lose her job.

A young boy Alfred is dying, but through the stories about HELIUM - a magical fantasy world, told by the hospital’s eccentric janitor Enzo, Alfred regain the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.

Denmark / Drama / 21 minutes

Producer: Kim Magnusson Cast: Jesper Christensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Ranthe, Patricia Schumann

1998 / Denmark / Drama / 11 min

Producers: Kim Magnusson, Tivi Magnusson Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Jens Jørn Spottag, John Martinus

2002 / Denmark / Comedy / 30 mins

Writers: Flemming Klem, Martin Strange-Hansen Producers: Mie Andreasen, Kim Magnusson, Tivi Magnusson Cast: Martin Buch, Camilla Bendix

2013 / Denmark / Drama / 23 min

Writers: Christian Garnst Miller-Harris Anders Walter Producers: M&M Productions Cast: Casper Crump, Pelle Falk Krusbæk Marijana Jankovic

117

TUESDAY. October 25

2:00 Program 21 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Thanks Again

The Thief

Dogwood

Director/Writer: Yifan Jiang

Director/Writer: Arturo Brena

Director/Writer: Will Hochman

Each character symbolises a tone and appears in front of the vending machines common in the Showa era, forming a melody from memory. As the music ends and people leave, the lone owner says “thanks again” once more.

After stealing a treasure from a nearby castle, a thief in medieval times finds a talisman that actives a magic mirror that confronts her with her early childhood and makes question her current lifestyle.

A young boy discovers a mysterious stick. With his mother’s help, he plants it in the ground. A short, poetic meditation on time, family, and the healing power of the natural world.

Producer: Arturo Brena

Producer: Will Hochman Cast: Will Hochman

China / Animation / 5 mins

Producer: Hiroshi Onishi, Yuehan Zhao Cast: Yifan Jiang

United States / Animation / 3 mins

United States / Animation / 5 mins

118

TUESDAY. October 25

2:00 Program 21 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Boy

99¢ Pizza

Birthday Wish

Director: Jonathan Gibney

Director: Lucas Ansel

Director: Min Lee

At the dawn of the Viking era, a young boy yearns to protect his bedridden mother, unable to foresee an onslaught of Vikings, he is thrust into chaos when he loses everything.

On a stormy New York City night, a man finds shelter in a small 99¢ pizza shop. However things begin to quickly unravel when he asks for a slice of pizza, and it’s revealed that all is not as it seems.

Producer: Victor Garritano

Writer: Lucas Ansel, Aidan Burke Producer: Lucas Ansel Cast: Lucas Ansel

Birthday Wish is a 3D narrative animated short film about a fairy godmother who works digitally. Today is a five years old girl’s birthday so the fairy godmother needs to grant the girl’s wish using her wish tablet. But on this birthday, she is having one small problem.

United States / Animation / 4 mins

United States / Animation / 2 mins

United States / Animation / 2 mins

119

TUESDAY. October 25

2:00 Program 21 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Blue

The Last Plaque

Little Hurts

Director: Robert Petrie

Director: Balázs Simon

Director/Writer: Debra Solomon

The film leans into the sci-fi genre in creating a space of wonder and heroism for young people amidst a time where the world can be a scary place with a lot of fear and uncertainty. Our protagonist Jules looks up to the stars and wonders if we will ever get to explore the worlds and galaxies we are yet to see, or even begin to imagine. Love and exploration are the central themes that bind the story together.

Launching on World Psoriasis Day, The Last Plaque is an animated short film that takes viewers into a utopian future where plaque psoriasis no longer exists. With a glimpse into what a world without psoriasis looks like, we can start to fully understand the emotional toll of the disease, empathize with sufferers, and grasp the importance of finding a cure.

An errand at the dry cleaners unleashes a free-for-all of fat-shaming, body image demons and family dieting obsessions.

United States / Animation / 7 mins

Writer: Robert Petrie, Angus Kneale Producer: Angus Kneale, Melanie Wickham, Verity Grantham

United States / Animation / 2 mins

United States / Animation / 11 mins

Producer: Debra Solomon Cast: Debra Solomon

Writer: Ron Larson, Diana Krulik-Bentzen, Sara Blank Producer: British Randle, Donat Aron Ertsey

120

TUESDAY. October 25

2:00 Program 21 | CINEMA VILLAGE

My Tiny Friends

The New Yorker Presents: Dear Max

Where Did You Go Little Souls?

Director: Jiyoung Park

Director/Writer: Alex Kahn

Director: Loredana Gasparotto

A 3D animation about an artist who does not like her work. The video shows her inner space during her journey of artistic creation. The main character, Sasha, meets cute imaginary creatures that pop out from her imagination. But she destroys them because she doesn’t like them.

In “Dear Max,” the filmmaker Alex Kahn interrogates his struggle over whether—and why—he should give his pandemic newborn a bris.

United States / Animation / 2 mins

United States / Animation / 5 mins

United States / Animation / 6 mins

Producer: Alex Kahn, Ben Altarescu

121

TUESDAY. October 25

2:00 Program 21 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Hardboiled

United States / Animation / 28 mins

Director/Writer: Peter Sluszka Food and felonies are inseparable in Hardboiled, a stop-motion animated satire of the classic urban American crime drama. Gritty, noir-ish, and absurd, the story follows the exploits of tough-talking detectives Harry and Callaham (an egg and a slice of ham) as they frustrate their boss, an irascible knish, shake down a sleazy bacon pimp, and tangle with a megalomaniacal strawberry.

Producer:Peter Sluszka Cast: Anne Heche

122

TUESDAY. October 25

4:00 Program 22 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Pier 35

All the Lines

So Long/The Womb, My Home

Director/Writer: Raina Liwen Yang

Director/Writer: Xiuzhe Mou

Director/Writer: Shuyuan Liu

A senior Asian dancer from Chinatown lives her life with humor and lightness, even as loneliness and old age catch up with her.

Guoguo tries to realize his and his mother’s dreams in his own way.

After the death of her mother, Adeline, a 30-year-old Chinese American, frequently visits her mother’s old house to relive the time she had with her mother. She slowly realizes everything is but her imagination and, in fact, she has to face the inevitable farewell with her mother and the house.

United States / Drama / 9 mins

Producer: Michael Kim Cast: Margaret Yuen

China / Drama / 9 mins

Producer: Zixin Chen, Zixuan Wang Cast: Lizhe Kan, Yanru Ma, Lingxi Ji

United States / Drama / 13 mins

Producer: Yongxi Tan, Alexa Yichen Zhang Cast: Josephine Chiang, Wendy Zhang, Forrest Sassaman

123

TUESDAY. October 25

4:00 Program 22 | CINEMA VILLAGE

CrazyLaugh

Rehearsal

Removable

Director/Writer: Chloe Chen

Director/Writer: Junting Zhou

Director: Shu-Ying Chung

CrazyLaugh is the first Chinese stand-up comedy club in New York. It was established only a few months ago, but they have already gained a lot of audiences.

Three core members are interviewed: Baries, Nicholas, and Rachel. They were not professional stand-up comedians; they all had their own job in New York.

Nicholas is a real estate agent. Rachel and Berries are marketers.

Rehearsal is an experimental short film exploring performance for the intimate self. It follows a woman stuck in a rut pulled into a new act.

An immigrant struggles with guilt after calling the police on her abusive husband, which results in his deportation.

Producer: Junting Zhou Cast: Nancy Ma

Writer: Shu-Ying Chung, James Rosenthal Producer: James Rosenthal Cast: Yi Liu, WooJae Chung, Chun Cho

United States / Documentary / 18 mins

United States / Drama / 7 mins

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Chloe Chen Cast: Mian La, Yinan Zhaijiang, Siqi Tao

124

TUESDAY. October 25

4:00 Program 22 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Déjà vu

United States / Drama / 4 mins

Director/Writer: Michael P DeMinico Mr. Stephenson mysteriously awakes in an office that seems awfully familiar to him.

Producer: Michael P DeMinico Cast: Gardiner Comfort, Liz Wisan

125

TUESDAY. October 25

6:00 Program 23 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Post No Bills

The Dennis Boys

Two-Story House

Director/Writer: Francis Maxwell

Director/Writer: Stephen Arthur Schaffer

Director/Writer: Devin Lee

A late-night encounter in a Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn penthouse during a blackout leads to a profound connection between the young handyman and a deaf cleaner.

A family drama about two brothers with conflicting ideologies regarding the care of their sick mother.

After witnessing the murder of her father, a college student is kidnapped by three men who must decide whether or not to kill her while she tries to escape.

United States / Drama / 19 mins

Producer: Katy Drake Bettner, Brad Robinson Cast: Raquel McPeek-Rodriguez, Jonathan Rex Hudson, Reid Prebenba

United States / Drama / 7 mins

Producer: Stephen Arthur Schaffer, Jamie Forslund Cast: Tatiana Bacchus, Nicholas Pontrelli, Darin Earl, II

Canada / Thriller / 20 mins

Producer: Denyvi Rose, Henry Wolf Cast: James Gracia, Michael Kishon, Kenzie Wilkin

126

TUESDAY. October 25

6:00 Program 23 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Tommy and the Guru

Consider the Sparrow

Director: Brian Russell

Director: Eliza Foss

A middle aged man seeks out a new-age master to help him overcome a life filled with loss, and stop falling on his face. An unlikely relationship forms.

Differences in faith can be hard enough in a marriage yet Tom and Lisa have made it work for twenty years.

But when estranged friend Matt arrives presenting the opportunity of a lifetime and the only condition is a lie about God, well, what’s an American politician to do?

United States / Drama / 10 mins

Writer: Mike Boland Producer: Hannia Guillen, Brian Russell, Mike Boland Cast: Mike Boland, Boyd Gaines

United States / Drama / 25 mins

Writer: Suzanne Bradbeer Producer: Ann Hamilton, Jeremy Folmer, Laurence Lau Cast: Laurence Lau, Ann Hamilton, Jeremy Folmer

127

TUESDAY. October 25

8:00 Program 24 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Launch at Paradise

Dodge is Dead

The Image of The Fox

Director: Carrie Ann Quinn

Director: Kendall McKinnon

Director: Alec Iselin

The lines between life and death become blurred for John as he takes the risk to live forever.

A whimsical comedy about grief, Dodge is Dead follows two women as they attempt to honor a departed friend, only to find their plans disrupted by an unassuming bachelor party.

The Image of The Fox is a film that explores the transformations of a mysterious gray matter as it constructs and deconstructs haunting sculptures.

United States / Thriller / 15 mins

Writer: Daniel Mitura Producer: David M. Night Maire Cast: Catherine Curtin, Zainab Jah, Lauren Schaffel

United States / Drama / 13 mins

United States / Animation / 4 mins

Writer: Madeleine Mackenzie Joyce, Kendall McKinnon Producer: José Espinosa, Madeleine Joyce, Tatiana Fenner Cast: Sohina Sidhu, Madeleine Mackenzie Joyce, José Espinosa

128

TUESDAY. October 25

8:00 Program 24 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Bandulu

Jolie

Deceive

Director/Writer: Ricardo Sean Thompson

Director: Haley Geffen

Director/Writer: Severine Reisp

With the aid of her best friend, a high school senior conducts a series of elaborate scams towards paying for college and escaping her troubling home life.

What begins as an ordinary night in the MexicanFrench Cantina proves to be anything but. Benjamin welcomes Kim, a regular who he shares a special relationship and the last to take a seat before the kitchen closes. What happens next is an experience only Ben himself could serve: Unexpected, Full of flavor, and not to be forgotten.

Deceive tells the story of Amira, a Brazilian ballerina who comes to New York to pursue her dreams but gets caught up in a web of lies of a manipulative tycoon. Amira is strong, and tells the story from her point of view.

United States / Drama / 20 mins

Producer: Hanna Dzaferovic Cast: Georgie Exinord, Greg Mays, Stephanie SunWoo Ha

United States / Drama / 12 mins

Writer: Adam Reid Producer: Nikki Horowitz, Joanna Chacon, Benjamin Tretout Cast: Kim Exum, Ian Poake, Tameishia Peterson

Germany / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Severine Reisp Cast: Dandara Amorim Veiga, Marty Lawson

129

TUESDAY. October 25

10:00 Program 25 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Wicks

Vintage Deluxe

The Punch of Respect

Director/Writer: Vadim Egoul

Director: Kyle Mara

Director: Taylor Rosen

In a not-so-distant future where technology uses our data to dictate everyday choices, an app-suggested date sparks an unexpected connection.

A string of Craigslist deals surrounding a vintage guitar amplifier go south...for everyone.

In the late 70’s, the controversial Sensei Toby Masterson amassed a cult like following from a series of VHS martial arts lessons, in which he alludes to a very sought after technique. Twenty years later, two dedicated and self taught students, Duncan and Cody, drag along their friend Mo in search of Lesson 100 aka The Punch of Respect.

United States / Comedy / 10 mins

Producer: Vadim Egoul Cast: Claire St. Marie, Matthew James Fagerberg, Bianca Kenna

United States / Dark Comedy / 11 mins

United States / Comedy / 25 mins

Cast: McKaley Miller, Jackson Pace, Joe Ando-Hirsh

130

TUESDAY. October 25

10:00 Program 25 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Full Disclosure

The Coolest Club

Director/Writer: Mia Rovegno

Director/Writer: Sheng Ting Shen

What begins as a seemingly benign date between Darleen and Trent catapults forward as two strangers travel the span of a relationship inside one stream-ofconsciousness conversation. Things get real as they disclose their deepest, darkest secrets of American privilege, existential despair and moral depravity.

Simon, an average video game nerd, is struggling to be seen in this world. He joins a support group: The Coolest Club. The other three club members are all weird in their way, which is way “cooler” than normie Simon. But the day comes for Simon to prove that he is indeed “cool” enough.

Producer: Mia Rovegno, Emma Kanter Cast: Charise Greene, Ryan Pater

Producer: Sheng Ting Shen Cast: Guy Ventoliere, Daniel McHenry, Demingo Graham

United States / Comedy / 15 mins

United States / Drama / 13 mins

131

WEDNESDAY

OCT, 26

CINEMA VILLAGE

132

WEDNESDAY. October 26, 2022 | CINEMA VILLAGE 3:00 PM

P26

4:00 PM

P27

6:00 PM

P28

8:00 PM

P29

10:00 PM

P30

THE GREY IN BETWEEN

Maia Nikiphoroff United States / Drama / 14 mins

DUNG CAKE

Ajai Vishwanath United States / Drama / 8 mins

THE SIT DOWN Brian Lloyd, Rob Bowe United States / Comedy / 7 mins

GREAT LISTENER Tristan Nash United States / Drama / 5 mins

A FATHER’S SON Patrick Chen United States / Drama / 29 mins

GREYLOCK

Renzo Montoya United States / Drama / 19 mins

UP THERE

Wesley Foster United States / Drama / 38 mins

Juliana Roth United States / Drama / 15 mins

Scott Kalberer United States / Drama / 6 mins

CHORUS

THE CALL

PORTRAYING PERFECT

HUA (FLOWERS)

Michael Markham United States / Drama / 13 mins

Daniel J. Egbert United States / Drama / 20 mins

David Allsep United States / Drama / 5 mins

MAX & TACO (GET THEIR SH!T TOGETHER) Caitlin Ferrell United States / Drama / 15 mins

EVERYTHING IS CINEMA David Lombroso United States / Drama / 13 mins

THE CLOWN AFFAIR

FINAL CURTAIN CALL

Alex Morf United States / Drama / 18 mins

HUNTER IS F**KED Rick Mowat United States / Comedy / 18 mins

GURU

Thomas Dalais United States / Drama / 11 mins

Nadia Anderson United States / Drama / 5 mins

TAGINE

Spencer Roth-Rose United States / Drama / 7 mins

Xueqing Yin United States / Drama / 10 mins

ODE TO PSYCHE

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

MUTE

Wesley Wang United States / Drama / 8 mins

THE WHITE STUFF John M. Keller United States / Drama / 22 mins

BASTARDS

Tiancheng Bao United States / Drama / 14 mins

THE GALLERIST Adam Holoubek United States / Drama / 22 mins

DRAW UP AND STARE

Jeremiah Kipp United States / Drama / 20 mins

NQR

Yaron Lotan United States / Drama / 6 mins

FIRST DATE

Z. W. Amundson United States / Drama / 11 mins

133

WEDNESDAY. October 26

2:00 Program 26 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Grey in Between

Final Curtain Call

The Clown Affair

Director: Maia Nikiphoroff

Director/Writer: Juliana Roth

Director: Wesley Foster

Three months after their break-up, Lei can’t stop dreaming of Ian, so she invites him to the site of their first date to finally admit to him why, while not so subtly wrapping him up in her latest video project.

A gifted young organist in the 1920s grows up to play at Radio City Music Hall.

A mute clown encounters a bizarre world of characters after he’s tasked with delivering flowers to a woman in town. His simple task unfolds into a journey of personal transformation as he navigates a traumatic relationship with his mother, a growing flame for the waitress at the local bar, and of course, his inability to speak.

United States / Drama / 14 mins

Writer: Maia Nikiphoroff Producer: Austin Iredale, Maia Nikiphoroff Cast: Austin Iredale, Maia Nikiphoroff

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Juliana Roth Cast: Natalie Kastner

United States / Drama / 38 mins

Writer: Joseph Martinsen, Wesley Foster Producer: Jacob van Winkle Cast: Holly Anne Frink, Joseph Martinsen, Diana Breton

134

WEDNESDAY. October 26

2:00 Program 26 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Up There

The Birthday Party

Director/Writer: Scott Kalberer

Director: Nadia Anderson

Bobby witnesses a high stakes incident in Midtown.

Hoping to make a comeback after months of lockdown, Phil’s plan for a socially distanced birthday party turns into a socially awkward celebration.

United States / Drama / 6 mins

Cast: Eric Svendsen, Lee Tyler

United States / Drama / 5 mins

Writer: Nadia Anderson, Daniel Peterson Producer: Chronicle Media Lab Cast: Egle Petraityte, Shane Allen

135

WEDNESDAY. October 26

4:00 Program 27 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Dung Cake

A Father’s Son

Chorus

Director: Ajai Vishwanath

Director: Patrick Chen

Director/Writer: Daniel J. Egbert

When an outrageous bathroom mishap plunges her into a panic, a young actress working as a birthday princess performer must find a way to leave her client Raj’s luxury apartment with her reputation intact. The problem - he’s a big time Hollywood producer, and today could be her big break.

A story-spinoff based on author Henry Chang’s crime novel series of NYPD Detective Jack Yu. Set in the early ‘90s when local street gangs terrorized Manhattan’s Chinatown, our story centers on Jack Yu investigating the murder of a teenage boy involved in a turf war.

After missing his wife’s phone call goodbye on the morning of September 11th, a now listless and brokenhearted music teacher must harmonize with his increasingly desperate fourteen-year-old son.

United States / Drama / 8 mins

United States / Drama / 29 mins

Writer: Patrick Chen Producer: Patrick Chen, Dave Chan Cast: Tzi Ma, Ronny Chieng, Perry Yung

United States / Drama / 20 mins

Producer: Ling Guo Cast: Tate Ellington, Charlie Shotwell

136

WEDNESDAY. October 26

4:00 Program 27 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Call

Tagine

Director/Writer: Michael Markham

Director/Writer: Spencer Roth-Rose

Eli stands over a dead body, with no memory of the killing. When his best friend Josh does not respond to his desperate phone calls, he takes action alone, fleeing the city. But before he can escape, Jez (his lover?) wants to know about her missing husband. With no word from Josh, Eli arrives at an isolated house in the woods, where he begins dig a shallow grave. Dumping it reveals that the body is his own -- Has Eli murdered himself?

A couple’s date at a trendy restaurant is threatened by a fussy waiter, a powerful chef, and a mysterious menu item. Chef does not recommend missing this one.

United States / Drama / 13 mins

United States / Drama / 7 mins

Producer: Spencer Roth-Rose, Lydia Roberts Cast: Duncan Gallagher, Emily Rudder, Ben Silver

Producer: Tiffany Fisher-Love Cast: Michael Markham, Emily Swallow, Christopher Burris

137

WEDNESDAY. October 26

6:00 Program 28 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The Sit Down

Greylock

Portraying Perfect

Director/Writer: Brian Lloyd, Rob Bowe

Director/Writer: Renzo Montoya

Director/Writers: David Allsep

Two British gangsters debate their territory and an impending war over a few strong drinks.

Anthony, an army veteran, struggles to adapt to his new civilian life as full-time waiter. Living his tedious daily routine, he must think the right words to convince his long away wife to return with him, along with his old military lifestyle.

A model’s job relies on her appearance. She will do whatever it takes to make it perfect, especially when she is the face of a brand. The brand may be no more than sugar-free gum, but she still pays the price for the facade. Just as her commercials hide the harshness of how to lose weight healthily, her beautiful smile hides the harsh reality of an eating disorder.

United States / Comedy / 7 mins

Producer: Brian Lloyd, Rob Bowe Cast: Brian Lloyd, Rob Bowe, Pat Brown

United States / Drama / 19 mins

Producer: Renzo Montoya Cast: Prentice Myles, Jessie Barnes Jr.

United States / Drama / 5 mins

Cast: Ka’enaaloha Watson, Kevin Dooley, Katelyn Calvo

138

WEDNESDAY. October 26

6:00 Program 28 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Hua (Flowers)

Mute

The Gallerist

Director/Writer: Xueqing Yin

Director: Wesley Wang

Director: Adam Holoubek

After experiencing a hate crime on the subway, an Asian woman notices she was stalked by a man again, but she doesn’t know he was the previous bystander who came for her forgiveness.

Finally, she forgives him and walks into the night without fear of her identity again.

In a world where words cost money, a woman saves up for her first word in the hope of standing up to her abuser.

Lara is a painter who is unexpectedly visited in her apartment-studio by her former lover Antoinette. At first, the mood between the two in uncertain, the only thing that is certain is that they share a past. Slowly, we begin to grasp at the outlines of Lara’s internal landscape scattered with fragments of emotional pain and longing. Lara yearns to paint her memories of Antoinette onto a static canvas, replaying them over and over like a record. But the more Lara yearns to hold on to her memories, the more they elude her.

United States / Drama / 10 mins

Producer: Giulia Aguiar Cast: Ivy Liuyu Chen

United States / Drama / 8 mins

Writer: Harry Scott, Wesley Wang Producer: Wesley Wang Cast: Kat Tramantano, Mark Shock

United States / Drama / 22 mins

Writer: Jesse Newman Producer: Lewis Feemster, Adam Holoubek, Jesse Newman Cast: Katya Collazo, Emmeline Prior

139

WEDNESDAY. October 26

8:00 Program 29 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Great Listener

Max & Taco (Get Their Sh!t Together)

Ode to Psyche

Director: Tristan Nash

Director/Writer: Caitlin Ferrell

Director/Writers: Alex Morf

An East-Asian woman contends with what it means to be a “great listener.”

Max has been sober for six months. In all that time, she hasn’t played music. On the eve of her first concert back, she loses her dog Taco. Will she relapse? Will she make it to play her concert?

ODE TO PSYCHE captivating story of Adam Koenigsburg, a brilliant but sensitive teenager whose life is turned upside down when he follows a flyer for a scientific trial looking for “people who don’t know how to be.”

Producer: Leila Chediak, Tyler St. Pierre Cast: Hannah Shealy, Chris Ryan, Oliver Prose

Producer: D.D.R. Stewart Cast: Will Dagger, Alex Morf, Blake DeLong

United States / Drama / 5 mins

Writer: Rachel Lin Producer: Tristan Nash, Rachel Lin Cast: Rachel Lin, Johnny Gaffney, Min-Wen Huang

United States / Drama / 15 mins

United States / Drama / 18 mins

140

WEDNESDAY. October 26

8:00 Program 29 | CINEMA VILLAGE

The White Stuff

Draw Up and Stare

Director/Writer: John M. Keller

Director: Jeremiah Kipp

Syd, a college student, goes to an ophthalmologist, who tells him, bizarrely, that he can’t see race. To remedy the problem, he goes to another ophthalmologist, whose ad he sees on the subway, someone who deals with difficult-to-correct vision problems. This ophthalmologist says he can help, but it’s going to require a costly laser surgery. With the help of Fara, a girl who’s fallen in love with him largely because of his innocence, he starts to raise money for the surgery.

A fireman returns to his quiet upstate cabin after unexpected time away, only to discover that he’s not alone.

United States / Drama / 22 mins

United States / Drama / 20 mins

Writer: Emily Donahoe Producer: David McMahon, Emily Donahoe, Amanda Rehbein Cast: Melissa Leo, Michael O’Keefe, Linda Powell

Producer: Eléa Clair, Arta Ramadani Cast: Zach Grenier, Majah Hype, Jonathan Duran

141

WEDNESDAY. October 26

10:00 Program 30 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Everything is Cinema

Hunter Is F**ked

Guru

Director/Writer: David Lombroso

Director/Writer: Rick Mowat

Director/Writers: Thomas Dalais

When a desperate filmmaker’s attempt to make a movie is interrupted by what sounds like a murder in the apartment upstairs, he decides–-for the sake of cinema–-to keep the camera rolling and investigate.

This quirky, black comedy short portrays a day in the life of the iconic gonzo journalist - Hunter S Thompson.

His savage humor laced with achingly poignant observations about the human condition make this brilliant writer more relevant than ever... in a world gone awry.

A beloved self-help guru deals with his crumbling personal life moments before giving a seminar to his adoring followers

United States / Drama / 13 mins

Producer: Tymon Brown Cast: Sean Fosse, Georgia Warner, Lorenzo Benitez

United States / Comedy / 18 mins

United States / Drama / 11 mins

Producer: Alam Virk Cast: Arash Mokhtar, Conner Wilson, Tess Lancaster

Producer: Marty Grabstein, Paula Landry Cast: Marty Grabstein, Megan MaGee

142

WEDNESDAY. October 26

10:00 Program 30 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Bastards

NQR

First Date

Director/Writer: Tiancheng Bao

Director/Writer: Yaron Lotan

Director/Writer: Z. W. Amundson

Bradley receives a new job from Mr. Green to investigate if his wife is cheating on him. Things seem to be going well, but Bradley is unaware of the danger that is approaching. Larry and Jerry are suffering from paying back the money borrowed from Mr. Green.

They are unaware that the way they choose to make money will affect the life of other people.

On a late night subway ride, a struggling comedian faces her doubts.

It is love at first sight when Rob meets Lee online, that is, until Lee stands Rob up on their first in-person date.

With everything in question, Rob must then decide if he will let it go or confront Lee and fight for the relationship he has longed for.

United States / Drama / 14 mins

Producer: Tiancheng Bao, Alan Chan, Jack Ho Cast: Jeremy Lister

United States / Drama / 6 mins

Producer: Yaron Lotan, Kennedy Davey, Nadine Lübbeling Cast: Juliana Canfield, Rachel Leslie, Yaron Lotan

United States / Drama / 11 mins

Producer: Michael Marchand Cast: Robert Morgan

143

THURSDAY

OCT, 27 CINEMA VILLAGE

144

THURSDAY. October 27, 2022 | TRIBUTE 1:00 PM

TR HOMAGE TO CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS

I AM NORMAL

Director: Olia Oparina Cinematographer: Halyna Hutchins​ 2020 / United States / Drama / 19 mins

Film homage to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins who worked on more than 30 feature-length films, short films, and TV miniseries.

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DEAR CLAIRE

Evan Joseph Cerniglia United States / Drama / 9 mins

ROSE

Aidan Whitman Baker United States / Drama / 9 mins

FREEDOM POINT Ellen Lindsay United States / Drama / 7 mins

THROUGH OPEN DOORS Mark Riccadonna United States / Drama / 21 mins

THE REVEAL

Zazie Sales United States / Comedy / 5 mins

CLOCHE

THE ADVENTURES OF BROOKLYN BARNES Cooper Shapiro United States / Adventure / 13 mins

CHECK THE LOCKS

OPEN HOUSE

MEET NATASHA

Tom Sidi United States / Drama / 14 mins

Pat Bradley United States / Thriller / 20 mins

Diana Miao United States / Drama / 10 mins

HOME AT NIGHT Allison Geller United States / Horror / 11 mins

DOUBLE ZERO

Eric Larson United States / Horror / 15 mins

Antonio Oliveros-Nikol United States / Drama / 15 mins

MAESTRI

Michael Kim United States / Drama / 6 mins

UNCONDITIONAL Nelson Downend United States / Drama / 7 mins

PATRICIA SAYS GOODBYE

Colin Alistair Campbell United States / Drama / 20 mins

FRACTURE

Anthony Romaguera United States / Horror / 9 mins

TWO ANXIOUS BISEXUALS

Megan A. Zebrowski United States / Comedy / 25 mins

A BELLEVUE LOVE STORY

Michael Wolfe United States / Romance / 21 mins

ACQUIESCENCE

COUSCOUS, HANDROLLED, WITH OLIVES

Manya Branham Glassman United States / Drama / 11 mins

Yaari Nadav Tal United States / Drama / 15 mins

NEW YORK I’M BREAKING UP WITH YOU Pepi Kokab United States / Comedy / 4 mins

WHITE EYES

Jeffrey Brown United States / Horror / 9 mins

FINGER

Joe Lueben United States / Horror / 12 mins

POMEGRANATE Molly Wheat United States / Drama / 11 mins

STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT

KILLING MYSELF

Jillian Junco United States / Drama / 12 mins

Ellen Askey, Kyle Oleksiuk United States / Horror / 20 mins

THE RED SUITCASE

Cyrus Neshvad United States / Drama / 18 mins

SHE’S FINE

Ramuel Galarza United States / Horror / 20 mins

IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S YOUR VAGINA Molly Densmore United States / Comedy / 13 mins

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1:00 SPOTLIGHT SCREENING | TRIBUTE

I Am Normal

2020 / United States / Drama / 19 mins

Director: Olia Oparina A sane woman fakes the symptoms of a mentally unstable patient in order to be admitted into a mental institution for a secret psychiatric experiment. Inspired by the Rosenhan Experiment of 1973.

Writer: Anya Bay Cinematographer: Halyna Hutchins​ Cast: Nora-Jane Noone, Saul Rubinek

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THURSDAY. October 27

2:00 Program 31 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Dear Claire

Through Open Doors

Double Zero

Director/Writer: Evan Joseph Cerniglia

Director: Mark Riccadonna

Director/Writer: Pat Bradley

Years after his father’s suicide and approaching graduation, Nick Adams pens a letter to his old high school girlfriend.

Returning home after a year away, a jetlagged Charlie walks into the wrong apartment and has a chance encounter with a handsome stranger. Their mutual attraction and undeniable chemistry has a hitch, though: It is her apartment and he’s been living there.

After botching a job for the most ruthless crime boss in NYC, two women must play a game of modified Russian Roulette to survive.

United States / Drama / 9 mins

Producer: Jessica Luya, Sam Kaminer, Astro Rys Cast: Anna Andersen, Evan Joseph Cerniglia, Madeline Joey Rose

United States / Drama / 21 mins

Writer: Raven Petretti-Stamper Producer: Hannah Beck, Sean Hoagland, Raven Petretti-Stamper Cast: Hannah Beck, Sean Hoagland

United States / Thriller / 20 mins

Producer: Pat Bradley, Jamie Ragusa, Melissa Morse Cast: Jamie Ragusa, Casey Sullivan, Caroline Anderson

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THURSDAY. October 27

2:00 Program 31 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Maestri

A Bellevue Love Story

Director/Writer: Michael Kim

Director/Writer: Michael Wolfe

A daughter and father, Celine and Jeff, are both conductors and get into a fight when auditions go poorly.

When a manic and a depressive begin a hospital romance, it forces us to question everything we thought we knew about medicine and everything we want to believe about the healing power of love.

United States / Drama / 6 mins

Producer: Sofia Ortega Cast: Celia Kenney, Rick J. Koch

United States / Romance / 21 mins

Producer: Michael Wolfe Cast: Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz, Colin Bates, Alfredo Diaz

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THURSDAY. October 27

4:00 Program 32 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Rose

The Reveal

Cloche

Director/Writer: Aidan Whitman Baker

Director/Writer: Zazie Sales

Director/Writer: Diana Miao

Two young and naive star-crossed lovers are caught between their forbidden relationship and the expectations of the world around them. While hiding their innocent romance from the devious and calculating Lady Redwood in her antebellum estate, they try to find a way for love to conquer all.

A young mother-to-be hopes that everything will go smoothly at the meticulously planned gender reveal party of her first child. But when her social justice warrior sister arrives, things quickly start to fall apart, leading to a disastrous end.

A college girl attends her popular friend’s potluck party in hopes of being accepted by the social group, but her animated inner self joins to ruin the plan.

United States / Drama / 9 mins

Producer: Matthew Romanski Cast: Jena Brooks

United States / Comedy / 5 mins

Producer: Amaya Guevara

United States / Drama / 10 mins

Producer: Diana Miao, Guillermo Prieto IV Cast: Elena Cramer, Jolie Cook

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THURSDAY. October 27

4:00 Program 32 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Unconditional

Acquiescence

Couscous, Hand-Rolled, With Olives

Director/Writer: Nelson Downend

Director/Writer: Manya Branham Glassman

Director/ Writer: Yaari Nadav Tal

Following a family funeral, a widower is caught off guard when his precocious 8-year-old daughter makes a wish to become a vampire so that she will never die.

Lily navigates the blurred lines of consensual sex and self blame while pressured by her boyfriend’s persistent and menacing advances. Her relationship to her own body, human touch, and identity as a dancer get caught in the cross fire

“Couscous, Hand-Rolled, With Olives” is the intimate depiction of the tensions between a young Jewish man, Ash, and the two worlds he is stuck between: one with his non-Jewish girlfriend, Rosie, a tattooed musician, and another with his religious Israeli father, whose tenderness for his son is expressed through food and tradition.

United States / Drama / 7 mins

Producer: Nelson Downend, Katinka Locascio Cast: David L. Townsend, Celestial Aurora Rose

United States / Drama / 11 mins

Producer: Manya Branham Glassman, Victor Pigasse Cast: Maddy Wood, Louis McWilliams

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Producer: Halley Freger, Julia Maddox, Yaari Nadav Tal Cast: Tirosh Schneider, Arti Gollapudi, Michel Simon

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THURSDAY. October 27

4:00 Program 32 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Strangers In The Night United States / Horror / 20 mins

Director: Ellen Askey, Kyle Oleksiuk When a landlord tries and fails to buy out two of his longtime tenants, he inadvertently invites his newest tenants—vampires—to attack them. Chaos ensues.

Writer: Kyle Oleksiuk Producer: Ellen Askey, Christopher Giacomini, Kyle Oleksiuk Cast: Deborah Fischer, Xander Jackson, David Dotterer

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THURSDAY. October 27

6:00 Program 33 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Freedom Point

The Adventures of Brooklyn Barnes

Patricia Says Goodbye

Director/Writer: Ellen Lindsay

Director/Writer: Cooper Shapiro

Director/Writer: Colin Alistair Campbell

A doctor is assigned the case of a woman who must confront her difficult past. As she describes a recurring nightmare, the truth is revealed.

In search of an ancient treasure containing a supernatural power, hotshot adventurer Brooklyn Barnes journeys across uncharted jungles in a race against her psychotic nemesis.

Patricia Pearson, retired doyenne of the New York stage, finds her routine morning dog walk turn into something far more profound. A series of chance encounters forces her to confront a painful personal loss, and with it the beauty and transience of life itself.

United States / Drama / 7 mins

Producer: Ellen Lindsay Cast: June Ballinger

United States / Adventure/ 13 mins

Producer: Connie O’Connor Cast: Lilliana Simms

United States / Drama / 20 mins

Producer: Amanda Needham, Alexis Confer, Colin Alistair Campbell Cast: Grace Kiley, Rebecca Street, Smitha Ram

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THURSDAY. October 27

6:00 Program 33 | CINEMA VILLAGE

New York I’m Breaking Up With You

Killing Myself

The Red Suitcase

Director/Writer: Pepi Kokab

Director/Writer: Jillian Junco

Director: Cyrus Neshvad

Dumped by his girlfriend, a broken-hearted Stephen blames New York city for his misfortunes. When he decides to dump the city and leave, the city finds a way to pull him back in.

EVE, a Filipino-American teenage girl, writes a suicide note and leaves the house to get cigarettes for one last smoke. When she meets DAWN who pulls her into a fun ride -- her mother discovers her suicide note, while she rediscovers life.

A 16 years old veiled iranian girl is terrified to get out the Luxembourg airport.

United States / Comedy / 4 mins

Producer: Pepi Kokab Cast: Stephen Multari, Roger Casey, Ellen Bryan

United States / Drama / 12 mins

Producer: Lianne Becker, Collin Meath Cast: Emmeline Chuy, Abigail Hosford, Summer Dawn

United States / Drama / 18 mins

Writer: Guillaume Levil Producer: Cyrus Neshvad Cast: Nawelle Evad

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THURSDAY. October 27

8:00 Program 34 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Home at Night

Check The Locks

Fracture

Director/Writer: Allison Geller

Director/Writer: Eric Larson

Director/Writer: Anthony Romaguera

After an online date takes a turn, a socially awkward loner finds himself pursuing a young woman down dark city streets.

Following a nervous breakdown, a woman retreats to a friend’s cabin in the woods -- only to discover that her coping mechanisms are mysteriously turning against her.

Unable to bring herself to leave her home, a young woman trying to hold it together starts to crack.

United States / Horror / 11 mins

Producer: Brandon Rothenberg Cast: Anthony Jackson, Stephanie Bacastow

United States / Horror / 15 mins

Producer: Eric Larson, Jessica Hong, Becky Wells Cast: Angela Wong Carbone

United States / Horror / 9 mins

Producer: Paul Albear, Nathan Crane Cohen, Paul Grant Cast: Thomas Duverné, Ben Irving

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THURSDAY. October 27

8:00 Program 34 | CINEMA VILLAGE

White Eyes

Finger

She’s Fine

Director/Writer: Jeffrey Brown

Director/Writer: Joe Lueben

Director/Writer: Ramuel Galarza

A young woman fresh to New York moves in to a new apartment where a vicious Demon awaits to make her pay for her devilish past.

A mysterious woman appears at a young father’s home seeking recompense for a long-buried transgression.

But she doesn’t want money—she wants one of his fingers.

A vet tech tolerates her possessive new roommate, Caroline, until she must fight for her life after discovering the bloody secret behind Caroline’s eccentric art.

United States / Horror / 9 mins

Producer: Erin Judd, Jeffrey Brown Cast: Baboucarr Camara, Acei Martin

United States / Horror / 12 mins

Producer: Riley Rose Critchlow, Adam Joseph Janeira Cast: Gates McFadden

United States / Horror / 20 mins

Producer: Ramuel Galarza, Hannah Elless, Steve Sielatycki Cast: Katelyn Farrugia, Hannah Elless

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THURSDAY. October 27

10:00 Program 35 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Open House

Meet Natasha

Two Anxious Bisexuals

Director/Writer: Tom Sidi

Director: Antonio Oliveros-Nikol

Director: Megan A. Zebrowski

An eccentric real estate agent conducts the open house she was hoping she would never need to.

A man hires an actress to play his girlfriend during a family dinner, but his plans go awry when she decides to go off-script

Dianne and Marie, two 30-something aspiring comedians, are tricked into a blind date. Invite anxiety to the table - literally. After a disastrous evening, they’re each happy never to see the other again, until they both need roommates. Will it be love at second sight, a debacle to forget, or will friendship take them “bi” surprise?

United States / Drama / 14 mins

Producer: Ethan Romaine, Tom Sidi Cast: Julie Reifers, Zihan Zhao

United States / Drama / 15 mins

Writer: Antonio Oliveros-Nikol, Ian Oliveros-Nikol Producer: Antonio Oliveros-Nikol Cast: Jarred Harper, Ankah Bello, Samuel Lee Roberts

United States / Comedy / 25 mins

Writers: Megan A. Zebrowski, Marie Incontrera, Dianne Gebauer Producer: Marie Incontrera Cast: Cat Greenfield, Casie Girvin, Adam B. Shapiro

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THURSDAY. October 27

10:00 Program 35 | CINEMA VILLAGE

Pomegranate

It’s Not You, It’s Your Vagina

Director: Molly Wheat

Director/Writer: Molly Densmore

Two exes, Annie and Henry, take a moment to see where each other is now.

Two besties quarantining during the pandemic decide if they can make a go at more than a friendship.

Writer: Molly Wheat, Valerie Polston Producer: Molly Wheat, Valerie Polston Cast: Valerie Polston, Mark Ashin

Producer: Dolly Mensmore Productions Cast: Molly Densmore, Alex Greif

United States / Drama / 11 mins

United States / Comedy / 13 mins

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