NF Fall 2016 Quarterly Vol. 5 Issue 2
Anthology Film Archives
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NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2016
Fall Series
Wednesday / October 5th
NewFilmmakers presents a Reception and Party for the beginning of the Quarter
5:30PM OPENING RECEPTION AND AWARDS PARTY 6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Lili White Lea Furnion TALK TO GOD (2015, 11 minutes, video) Mirka Morales ELFMÄDCHEN (2009, 16 minutes, 16mm) Lena Ditte Nissen ANÓME (2015, 13 minutes, video) Ella Mikkola FALL (2015, 4 minutes, video) Rebekkah Palov THE SILVER TRADE (2016, 13 minutes, video) Lana Z Caplan PLAY AND REPEAT (2016, 4 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Stan Krolczyk GLORIOUS TIMES (2016, 2 minutes, video) Cesar Martinez SEEING TWICE (2016, 5 minutes, video) Peighton Tubre SHANNON (2016, 5 minutes, video) Smita Sen SWAMPLANDS (2016, 5 minutes, video) Gabe Lyons THIS FILM IS ABOUT SOMETHING (2016, 6 minutes, video) Patrick Ortman A NEW YORK LOVE STORY (2016, 6 ƒminutes, video) Mayon Denton & Parnia Ayari REMEMBER ME (2015, 9 minutes, video) Benjamin Shweky CHOCOLATE CAKE (2016, 10 minutes, video)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Phylicia Wissa XXV (2016, 6 minutes, video) Boyd Ruamcharoen & Christine Dickerson POSES (2016, 8 minutes, video) Olga Bolkisieva PEACH YOGURT: A CASE OF THE YELLOW FOLDER (2016, 11 minutes, video) Ryan Shuler SALTY CORN (2016, 19 minutes, video)
9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Chadd Harbold LONG NIGHTS SHORT MORNINGS (2016, 100 minutes, video) James breaks it off with Katie, but feels bad about it. He doesn’t like hurting people. At least he’s seeing Monica tonight, she’s always fun. He doesn’t connect with her though, not like with Sarah – but they’re just friends. He was close with Natalie too, until she moved to LA.
Wednesday / October 12th
AltFest presents a an LGBTQ and Erotic program
6:00PM ALTFEST FEATURETTE PROGRAM
Junting Zhou VANILLA (2016, 15 minutes, video) Daryen Ru PLEASE (2016, 40 minutes, video)
7:15 ALTFEST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Evan Storch A LILLY IN BLOOM (2016, 6 minutes, video) Zachary Clarence THE WOMEN’S BATHROOM PROJECT (2016, 6 minutes, video) Nathalie Alvarez FILIP (2015, 11 minutes, video) Daniel Daly DRESS IN BLACK (2016, 12 minutes, video) Mili Earnst NOW YOU SEE HER (2016, 18 minutes, video)
8:15PM ALTFEST FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION
Rocky Costanzo DITCH PARTY (2016, 83 minutes, video) Five students trap themselves in the basement of their high school during an allout assault on students and faculty.
10:00PM ALTFEST SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Adam Romanchik LIV, JACK, BERRY (2016, 84 minutes, video) Liv struggles through a deteriorating relationship with her brother as her girlfriend, Berry begins to suspect that something is watching them.
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TUESDAY / OCTOBER 18TH
Fall Series
YoungFilmmakers presents night of Student Shorts
6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM
Nick Martinez LATCHKEY (2015, 8 minutes, video) Camden Landis VERTICAL (2016, 8 minutes, video) Siyang Zhang TRUTH IN LIFE (2014, 11 minutes, video) Stefan Pavlovic PEARL & WERTHER (2016, 10 minutes, video) Lily Weisberg HUDSON (2016, 17 minutes, video)
7:15PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Matthew Puccini SOLO (2016, 18 minutes, video) Devin Muckley FURK (2016, 13 minutes, video) Maximillian Remmler SCREENBREAK (2016, 13 minutes, video) Thomas Emmet Ashton SOLO (2016, 15 minutes, video) Mary Beck SOMNAMBULISM (2016, 18 minutes, video)
8:45PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Andrew Garbus A SONG FOR DANNY (2015, 13 minutes, video) Thomas Morelli AMOR FATI (2016, 15 minutes, video) Maria Gagas LE CIRQUE MENTALE (2016, 19 minutes, video)
9:45PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FOURTH SHORT FILM PROGRAM Syed Shadan THE EPIPHANY (2016, 12 minutes, video) Lauren Young BEATRICE BROUGHT DESSERT (2016, 12 minutes, video) Ana Ledesma DEAR GOD (2016, 17 minutes, video) Dalton Uibel STEADFAST (2016, 36 minutes, video)
Wednesday / October 26th
NewFilmmakers & YoungFilmmakers present a Halloween Program
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
Masthead Festival New York
Host - Bill Woods YoungFilmmakers Host - Nick Moss Producer - Barney Oldfield Programming - Brandon Ruckdashel Info@NewFilmmakers.com
Los Angeles
Executive Director - Larry Laboe Artistic Director - Susie Kim LA@NewFilmmakersLA.com
Online
Operations - Bill Elberg support@NewFIlmmakersOnline.com
Quarterly
Editor - Brandon Ruckdashel Brandon@NewFilmmakers.com Publisher - Barney Oldfield Barney@NewFilmmakers.com
Yuki Tokunaga RINSE (2016, 4 minutes, video) Devin Lehrer THE RITUAL (2016, 5 minutes, video) Royston Coppenger ALP (2016, 6 minutes, video) Matthew Forte ANNA (2013, 5 minutes, video) Andreas Avgousti FORGET ME NOT (2016, 9 minutes, video) Dilshan Herath ORPHEUM (2016, 15 minutes, video)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Ben Smith PRODUCT RECALL (2015, 10 minutes, video) David Toth BLOOD BROTHERS (2016, 14 minutes, video) Melisande Bliss EIGHT OF SPADES (2016, 18 minutes, video) Nick Blatt THE JOB (2016, 20 minutes, video)
8:15PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Patrick Adley PLASTIC (2016, 7 minutes, video) Anastasia Yaroslavna Hussar RECOIL (2016, 10 minutes, video) Miguel Chavez THE VOICES THEY HEAR (2016, 12 minutes, video) Matthew Simonis FRAME OF MINE (2016, 12 minutes, video) Trey Chapman THE GROUNDSMEN (2016, 14 minutes, video)
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Eric Rivas VAMP BIKERS TRES (2016, 90 minutes, video)
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Fall Series
Wednesday / November 9th
Wednesday / November 23rd in the Courthouse Theater
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
NewFilmmakers presents a program about hard choices
Laura Ghazal A BATTLING BODY (2016, 2 minutes, video) Clare Conway WREN: ALIVE (2016, 5 minutes, video) Roberta Marques LOOKING FORWARD MANHATTAN (2016, 20 minutes, video) Gabrielle Lansner THE BIRCH GROVE (2015, 21 minutes, video)
Curtis Easley CITIZEN JONES (2016, 8 minutes, NY) Brian Rossney IN THE VALLEY OF THE MOON (2015, 14 minutes, video) Tara Tchablakian WRONG WAY FORWARD (2016, 18 minutes, video) Robert Cammisa FOR HER (2016, 18 minutes, video) Alexander Hankoff YELLOW (2016, 18 minutes, video) Karan Chhatwal ALL ABOUT THE DOLLAR (2015, 21 minutes, video)
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Janene Knox & Peter Becnel A REASON TO STAY (2015, 92 minutes, video) Peter and Angela purchase their Mid-City home just four days before Hurricane Katrina will hit New Orleans. With no money left to evacuate, they invite their Bywater friends over for a ‘Hurricane Party’. Armed with a video camera and a lot of humor they are safe but stranded in their 2-storey house. When the power goes out and the water rises, they end up assisting in the shelter and rescue of twelve neighbors including small children, a paraplegic man & several pets.
NewFilmmakers presents a coming of age program
Leonardo Ferrari Carissimi LA FAVOLA BELLA (2016, 12 minutes, video) Michela Monte THE METHOD (2016, 16 minutes, video) Andrew Perratore and Henry Carroll ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (2016 17 minutes, video)
Dan Roe MY SISTER MARGARET (2016, 6 minutes, video) James Stewart CHATEAU LAURIER (2016, 10 minutes, video) A D Cooper ACE (2015, 7 minutes, video) Justin Leyba THE VANISHING ACT (2016, 11 minutes, video) Natalie Paul SWEET TEA (2016, 13 minutes, video) Allison Mattox THREE IN JUNE (2016, 19 minutes, video) Brock Yurich T-COUNTY (2015, 24 minutes, video)
8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Scout Tafoya I AM NO BIRD (2015, 78 minutes, video) A woman wakes up alone after a night with a longtime crush. Something is terribly wrong. A week later she finds him and asks him without spite or anger, to explain himself. They spend the day together reliving the best and worst times of their recent history, trying to understand how a man justifies cheating and lying. Loosely based on Jane Eyre.
Sweet Tea
Natalie Paul
Clea Alsip
a Natalie Paul film produced by Devin Williams
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Isaiah Johnson
NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2016
THE METHOD
Fall Series
Wednesday / November 23rd in the Maya Deren Theater AltFest presents a Thanksgiving program
6:00PM ALTFEST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Andrea Hintermaier BRUNO (2016, 11 minutes, video) Eric Nelson LAVENDER (2016, 13 minutes video) Marc Saltarelli SPEAK (2016, 21 minutes, video)
7:00PM ALTFEST FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION
Russell Brown SEARCH ENGINES (2016, 98 minutes, video) Sanity and relationships are put to the test when mysterious circumstances force a family to survive the annual American Thanksgiving holiday without their cell phones.
9:00PM ALTFEST SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Robin Bain NOWHERELAND (2016, 96 minutes, video) Born into the seedy, underground world of prostitution, 15-year-old Shara has known no other life. Her mother is an aging, career escort, who is now looking to Shara to make the kind of money she made in her youth.
a Michela Monte film
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Fall Series
Tuesday / December 6th
NewFilmmakers presents a Women’s program
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Miah Artola FAR AWAY (PART ONE) (2016, 10 minutes, video) Jessica Hankey WOMEN’S CLUB (ACT II) (2016, 13 minutes, video) Yvonne Ng CLOUD KUMO (2016, 15 minutes, video) Audrey Emerson THE PAMOJA PROJECT (2016, 21 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Harriet Feigenbaum PLANE STRIKE (2016, 3 minutes, video) Leelila Strogov SOMEONE GOOD WILL FIND YOU (2016, 9 minutes, video) Alyssa Amer TRAFFICKED (2016, 9 minutes, video) Gladys Perez CANNED (2016, 10 minutes, video) Vlad Aksenov MILLENNIUM: ETERNAL SUNRISE (2016, 11 minutes, video) Christina Reilly THE BURN PILE (2016, 11 minutes, video)
8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM Patrice Bowman LEAN ON HIM (2016, 20 minutes, video) Cristina Spina SO BE IT (2016, 20 minutes, video)
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Ryan Michael JOSEPHINE DOE (2016, 71 minutes, video) Claire tells the police officer, ‘It was all Jo’s idea.’ But who’s Jo? Jo is the bright spark in Claire’s recently darkened reality; a new friend in an otherwise isolated world.
Call for Interns NewFilmmakers New York is looking for interns! Come join our team and learn about the world of film exhibition. NewFilmmakers New York is a Film Series screening at Anthology Film Archives which was start 18 years ago by NYU Film Alumni. We screen weekly throughout the year and need interns to work in the office and at our weekly events. Some of the intern duties will involve marketing/publicity, Social Media, and Film Programming. This is a great opportunity to learn about the ins and outs of film festivals, how they operate, and why your film does (or doesn’t) get programmed. Interested candidates should email a cover letter and availability to Brandon@newfilmmakers.com.
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Fall Series
Wednesday / December 7th
NewFilmmakers presents an Arts and Experimentation program
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM Tova Beck-Friedman
Juan Alejandro Ramirez SOLO UN CARGADOR (PORTER) (20 minutes) Shrine Mozaffar.TIME BINDERS (23 minutes) Sean Hanley HINDSIGHT (14 minutes)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
Tom Bracone A DAY IN THE LIFE (2016, 2 minutes, video) Nicola Rose CALLIE & IZZY (2015, 3 minutes, video) Graciela Cassel CITYLIFE 2 (2014, 7 minutes, video) Mayur Chauhan BOARDWALK (2015, 8 minutes, video) Mariam Bakashvili WOMAN WITH VIOLIN (2016, 19 minutes, video) Connor Smith SHAKESPEARE AT THE POINT (2016, 30 minutes, video)
NewFilmmakers Online So Simple • It’s Easy
8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION
Nick Zafonte NO RETREAT (2016, 78 minutes, video) Two college friends reunite fifteen years later in a secluded summer home, for a writers’ retreat. As they attempt to write a movie together, Sean, still a carefree musician and Emily, now an uptight lawyer, try to recapture the intimate friendship they once shared.
10:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Jeff D Johnson THE SEEKER (2016, 63 minutes, video) A daughter’s idyllic life is turned upside-down by immense tragedy. As she grows older, her cynicism and apathy towards her new reality is challenged by a reminder from the past that sets her on a pilgrimage that will define her.
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Fall Series
Tuesday / December 13th
Wednesday / December 21st
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
NewFilmmakers presents a Sci Fi program and a Double Feature
Jake Gutwillig SHELTERED (2016, 9 minutes, video) Glen Covell WHAT HAPPENS YESTERDAY (2014, 13 minutes, video) Jordan Santacana EL CAMINO (2016, 17 minutes, video) Andrew Burn IMMORTALIS (2015, 20 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Jack Fessenden STRAY BULLETS (2016, 83 minutes, video) In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father’s old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer.
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Corey Onerheim INTERSTATES (2016, 95 minutes, video) An escapist hacker and his high-tech counterpart journey through surveillance state America, crossing frontiers that test their friendship and ignite a fight for independence.
NewFilmmakers present a Christmas program
Christie Bednarz ABANDONED (2016, 4 minutes, video) Lily O’Dowd ADVENTURES & APATHY (2016, 9 minutes, video) Marcelo Remizov AS LIFE SHIFTS (2016, 18 minutes, video) Lucas Ruderman DOUG (2016, 14 minutes, video) Alessandro Girolami OFF THE RAILS (2015, 17 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Matthew Berenty NAPOLEON | THE TICKET (2016, 2 minutes, video) Wanjun Bei ELLEE (2016, 4 minutes, video) Yifan Hu BLIND EYES (2016, 4 minutes, video) Shumeng Zhao THE BOY WHO DRAWS CATS (2016, 5 minutes, video) Echo Wu THE WISHGRANTER (2016, 5 minutes, video) Louis Heinberg DAY DREAM (2016, 5 minutes, video) Marta Reis Andrade COME TO ME (2016, 5 minutes, video) Fadia Alhallak JASMINE (2016, 8 minutes, video) Tara Knight MIKUMENTARY REMIX (2016, 12 minutes, video)
8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Teddy Robinson HOME INVASION FOR THE HOLIDAYS (2016, 8 minutes, video) Matt Barry HOME INVASION OR THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (2016, 10 minutes, video) Christopher Marston KRAMPUS: A HOLIDAY PORTRAIT (2016, 14 minutes, video) Yuri Missoni THE EVE (2015, 20 minutes, video)
Wednesday / December 14th
YoungFilmmakers presents Docs and a Heist Feature
6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
Talia Cohen-Vigder HOLIDAY OF HOLIDAYS (2016, 5 minutes, video) Zachary Sharma GRANDMA (2016, 10 minutes, video) Maria Luskay CUBA’S CROSSROADS: HOPE, ROCK, AND [R]EVOLUTION (2016, 23 minutes, video) Cade Huseby PROJECT SOCIALIZE (2016, 33 minutes, video)
7:45PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Daniel Mahon & Greg Peduto MOBSPEAK INSTITUTE (2016, 8 minutes, video) Luke Smithers BLESS THIS HOME (2016, 15 minutes, video) Madison Krol HE CALLED ME GLORIA (2016, 20 minutes, video)
8:45PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
James Moore LIFE HEIST (2016, 72 minutes, video) In Manchester, Vermont, security is minimal...real minimal. Folks don’t even lock their doors when they go on vacation. When two Manchester high schoolers John (Harrington) and Alex (Finaldi) learn that a loved one has a rare kind of cancer, not covered by insurance, they take advantage of Manchester’s minimal security by robbing the local bank. With the help of a janitor from their high school (Ferguson), and a crew of fellow high schoolers, the boys embark on a journey that entails excitement, love, betrayal, and redemption. Feel your heart beating and breaking in a chaotic harmony of life and death. Feel the desperation, perspiration, and redemption while laughing the whole way. This is Life Heist.
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