NewFilmmakers Quarterly Fall 2019

NF Fall 2019 Quarterly Vol. 8 Issue 2 Anthology Film Archives

32 Second Avenue

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NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2019

Fall Series

Wednesday / October 2nd

Thursday / October 3rd

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

YoungFilmmakers

New Films

Tom Soter HUGH & I (Revisited) (2019, 70 minutes, digital) Irena (Laurel Sturrock) is looking to live with a perfect angel (Todd Cowdery) but she loves a man who gives her the devil (Chris Griggs). A freewheeling comedy about relationships, about love and hate and everything in between.

7:15PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Heath Grant & Jason Baker HORIZON (2019, 5 minutes, digital) Genevieve Gorman Deane MI PAIS, TU PAIS (2019, 6 minutes, digital) Patrick Kirschner WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND (2019, 10 minutes, digital) Jared Biunno STREET SWEEPER (2019, 12 minutes, digital)

8:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Brian Chen 7 DAYS SINCE DEATH (2019, 10 minutes, digital) Gavin Hipkins A MORE HUMAN WORLD (2019,10 minutes, digital) Sam Stephan THE THIRD DAY (2109, 17 minutes, digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Maria Garguilo THE GUEST HOUSE (2018, 98 minutes, digital) When a single dad rents the GUEST HOUSE of a wealthy bachelor, he soon discovers his new landlord’s generosity comes with a price.

Haeyong Moon BROADWAY TREASURES (2019, 67 minutes, digital) A love letter to the historic theaters of Los Angeles. Explore a historic theater near you. Treasure what remains of the past and don’t let history fade away. Through interviews with historians, theater owners, preservationists and Los Angeles natives, find out why so many are still in love with these theaters. Also, why it’s important to preserve them for future generations.

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Christopher Leong POKER (2019, 5 minutes, digital) Dennis Marmon WELCOME TO PERTH AMBOY (2019, 17 minutes, digital) Sinan Yalvac THE DELIVERY MAN (2019, 17 minutes, digital)

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Gracie Garcia FCKBOY MANIFESTO (2019, 13 minutes, digital) Joshua Matteo MESMERALDA (2019, 19 minutes, digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Frank Bonacci WELCOME TO THE FUTURE WELCOME TO THE FUTURE follows two friends, Mike and Gene, as they spend the day together at a massive comic convention. Along the way, they meet up with odd characters, run into old rivals, ruin and mend relationships, but mostly engage in conversations about the current state of ‘geek culture’ and their place in it.

Friday / October 4th New Films

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

Lindsay Catalanello THE AVANT-GARDENER (2019, 37 minutes, digital) Distinguishing itself through innovative format, and raw emotion, this “FilmTrack” to Lindsay Katt’s new Musical Record “The Avant-Gardener” is tackling new ground on the frontier of artistic visual storytelling/Experimental Film.

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Lori Ercolmaz TRIPTYCH FILMPOEM FROM FAILED STATE (2019, 7 minutes, digital) Vasilios Papaioannu TWO (2019, 9 minutes, digital) Paul Rivet SNOWBALL (2019, 14 minutes, digital) Jing Zhao A PHOTO OF 14 (2019, 16 minutes, digital)

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Kelly Brokx REVIVAL (2019, 7 minutes, digital) A,K. Kara NAKED PROBLEMS (2019, 15 minutes, digital) Sarah Newton S’MORES (2019, 18 minutes, digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Jared Barel THE INCOHERENTS (2019, 95 minutes,digital) Bruce Flansburgh is a bored, 40-something New York paralegal who hasn’t let go of his dream of rock stardom. While slogging through what’s become an increasingly unbearable day to day existence, it dawns on him that the successful reunions of bands like the Pixies, Soundgarden and other alternative/indie rock groups from the late 80’s- early 90’s could perhaps inspire his former group of that time.

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NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2019

Fall Series

Saturday / October 5th

Sunday / October 6th

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

6:00PM ALTFEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Double Feature Night

AltFilm Screening

Jessica Jaber WHEN SKIES ARE GREY (2019, 14 minutes, digital) Frank Seliada THEBES CROSSING (2019, 15 minutes, digital) Eliezer Vergara SELF SERVERS (2019, 22 minutes, digital)

Diego Carballo HOUSE OF BEASTS (2018, 114 minutes, digital) Kitty Hole, an amateur porn actress is tired of her job. Kiko is a youtuber with agoraphobia. Sergio chases a mysterious girl through across the city. Estrella lives alone and she always has company. Their lives will crash in a city full of beasts.

Eric Rivas JAPANESE BORSCH (2019, 90 minutes, digital) David has had a lovely six years with Lena and her daughter christine Who he met when christine was only eight years old. He has become a sort of father or guide. No her brother Ivan who is a notorious gangster is coming out of prison and she wants to invite David to a barbecue to meet him and his cohorts. And that’s where everything goes crazy. David will be separated from the only family he knew. And he obtains the help of some Japanese mafia friends To help him go back and right the wrong. He gains a role in the Phantom of the opera and begins to lose himself in the character as he comes back to fight with the Japanese help. But has he gone to far is he still a role model. His connection becomes less and less to Lena and more to Christine

Brian Rose UNUNITED (2019, 68 minutes, digital) A documentary that follows the fight for LGBTQ inclusion in the United Methodist Church.

Barrett Edmonds A MILLION TIMES BEFORE (2019, 6 minutes, digital) Emma Noelle Buhain WEDDING DANCE (2019, 8 minutes, digital) Peter Shaheen SUNDOWN (2019, 14 minutes, digital) Maximilian Lakner TBFA (2019, 18 minutes, digital)

Tiana Dueck OTHER (2019, 17 minutes, digital) Patrick Lee UNSPOKEN (2019, 18 minutes, digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Desireena Almoradie THE WORST THING (2019, 94 minutes, digital) How do you move past the worst thing to ever happen in your life? In 1985, Kathleen lost her brother Eddie, an American soldier, at the hands of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a German leftist terrorist organization. Now, decades later, she decides to seek out the group responsible for his murder. “The Worst Thing” provides an intimate window into the long-term friendship between two queer women of color and shows how their experience of the world allows new possibilities of forgiveness, healing, and reconciliation.

Wednesday / October 9th

Wednesday / October 16th

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

New Films

New Films

Sabrina Stern MORNING ROUTINE (2019, 4 minutes, digital) Kate Saltel A CAKE FOR EVERY WRONG OCCASION (2019, 10 minutes, digital) Ashley Morehouse SOCIAL PROOF (2019, 12 minutes, digital) Navid Mashayekhi UNBECOMING (2019, 20 minutes, digital)

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Jordan Cody Brandon 1 BLOCK (2019, 6 minutes, digital) Pedro Patricio KIDS DON’T DIE (2019, 14 minutes, digital) Julia Weaver HOME (2019, 14 minutes, digital)

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Tory Delahunt THUNDER.STRUCK (2019, 6 minutes, digital) Brandon Regina ANOTHER ROUND (2019,15 minutes, digital) Susie Landau Finch STICK AND POKE (2019, 25 minutes, digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Grant S. Johnson NIGHTHAWKS (2019, 91 minutes, digital) Wide-eyed Midwest transplant Stan (Chace Crawford) agrees to play wingman to his calculating and privileged roommate Chad (Kevin Zegers) as they embark upon an exploration of glittering New York nightlife, whose darkest secrets are held captive by an elite band of millennials known as Nighthawks

curated by Lili White

PRODIGIOUS OBSERVATIONS WARNING: THE FIRST FILM FEATURES FLASHING IMAGES!!

Katherine Balsley COSMOS OBSCURA (USA, 4 min) Tova Beck-Friedman WISDOM (USA, 4 min) Valentina Besegher GENEVA. CHAPTER ONE Lynne Siefert THE OPEN WINDOW (USA, 7 min) Tânia Dinis LAURA (Portugal, 10 min) Michelle Trujillo INUNDADA (USA, 17 min) Charlotte Pryce PWDRE SER THE ROT OF STARS (USA, 7 min)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Kate Renshaw Lewis DINNER TIME (2019, 4 minutes, digital) Vivian Lp LAKESHORE BLUES (2019, 6 minutes, digital) Cool Kid Comedy HONEST BREAKUP (2019, 7 minutes, digital) J. Wiggins GIRL DADS (2019, 26 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Bryan Lee CAGE MATCH (2019, 10 minutes) Eve Sironolfi BADLAND (2019, 16 minutes, digital) John Barnes DINNER WITH FRIENDS (2019, 23 minutes.digital)

9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Alex Wolff THE CAT AND THE MOON (2019, 115 minute, digital) Whilst his mother seeks treatment in rehab, teenager Nick (Wolff) comes to New York to stay with Cal (Epps), a Jazz musician friend of his late father’s. During his stay he makes friends who show him what the city has to offer.

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KATHRYN ANNE-MARIE

NEERA ZAVERI FILM

BYRON CLOHESSY

SANDRA LECLERCQ

Miss you,

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2019

New York

New Filmmakers

Official Selection

ANNEE AGNELLO

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY NEERA ZAVERI PRODUCTION NEERA ZAVERI STUDIO CINEMATOGRAPHY MANISH KHUSHALANI SOUND DESIGN ROTEM HECHT PRODUCTION DESIGN ESMEE LUI & NEERA ZAVERI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GIAN MARCO GRAPHICS JUANITA VENEGAS COLORIST LEXI PHILLIPS

A journey of innocence

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NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2019

Fall Series

Wednesday / October 23rd

Tuesday / October 29th

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM

New Films

Halloween Double Feature

Deniz Akyurek FINAL DESTINATION (2019. 3 minutes, digital) Kate Saltel NOT THAT SWEET (2019, 5 minutes, digital) Yves Callewaert EGRESS (2018, 13 minutes) Madison Thornton CAGED GIRL (2019, 22 minutes, digital)

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Pete Mitchelle ENJOY (2019, 3 minutes, digital) Robert Morgan SHROOMERS (2019, 23 minutes, digital) Sabine Bou-jaode SANDCASTLES (2019, 25 minutes, digital)

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Lingsi Yuan DUYIQINGJING (2019, 8 minutes, digital) Kelley Choi GAMERS (2019, 10 minutes, digital) Tamara Jay A CONVERSATION (2019, 12 minutes, digital) Mariana Acquaviva SO FOREIGN (2019, 20 minutes, digital)

Sebastian Montjuich TROUBLE ON HANZALSPHERE-7 (2019, 19 minutes, digital) Michael Leon STILLBORN (2019, 25 minutes,digital)

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION

Brian Levin UNION BRIDGE (2019, 91 minutes, digital) After burning out in the city, Will Shipe is summoned back home where he uncovers dark truths about his family and the town he grew up in.

8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION

Patrick Penta SUBFERATU (2019, 90 minutes, digital) a group of modern-day Americans are captured by a WW2-era Uboat, with a sinister cargo, bound for NYC.

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Austin Abbott MIKE (2019, 101 minutes, digital) A meandering musician, Mike, spends a weekend trying to meet up with someone very special to him, all the while ending up in places he did not expect with people he did not anticipate.

Wednesday / November 6th

Our Veterans Day Show

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM Canadian Films

Daniel Tysel HUMANITY’S WING (2019, 9 minutes, digital) Julie Prieur DOLLS DON”T DIE (2019, 10 minutes, digital) Lucas Jackman EXTINCT (2019, 12 minutes, digital) Marianna Phung ART: AN UNEXPECTED VOCATION (2019, 10 minutes, digital) David Humphreys CONTRAPUNCTUS XIV (2019, 13 minutes, digital)

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Andrea Garbarini FROM BEACON TO BORDER (2019, 34 minutes, digital) Grace Chang A MISSING PIECE (2019, 16 minutes, digital)

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Simon Linsteadt PROVIDENCE (2019, 6 minutes, 16mm) Courtney Marquard LIFE IN PINE BUSH (2019, 7 minutes, digital) Diego & David Bateman RED DOLLARS (2019, 14 minutes, digital) Nick Brokaw THE PARAMOUR (2019, 26 minutes, digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Chris Engles VIETNAM:365 DAYS (92019, 68 minutes, digital) In 1967, Michael Mirell was a 19 year-old Los Angles surfer whose only concern in life was catching the next big wave off the beaches of Malibu. But by 1968 he found himself a citizen soldier, drafted to serve his country, fighting in Vietnam.

During his tour, Mirell sent home hundreds of photographs to keep his parents appraised of his activities. Once home, he locked away his photos and carried on with is life. Now, 50 years later, Michael has unpacked his trove of images to share his experience as a combat soldier during America’s involvement in Vietnam.

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NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2019

Monday / November 25th

Fall Series

New Films

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM Indian Films

Roshan Bhondakar HAUSIA AUR RASTE (2019, 25 minutes, digital) Debangshu Chaudhury SIGNAL (2017, 31 minutes, digital)

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Sarah Markowitz CAN YOU SEE ME (2019, 5 minutes, digital) Cody Walker TUPELO (2019, 20 minutes, digital) Qi Xin JEAN’S MINUTE OF ARC (2019, 26 minutes, digital)

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Paul Oh LUKEWARM LIQUIDS (2019, 5 minutes,digital) Al Sutton FORTUNE COOKIES AND MEN’S EYES (2019, 13 minutes, digital) Kyle John Blake J CITY HEIGHTS” BEAR AND BITCOIN (2019, 29 minutes, digital)

Wednesday / November 27th Our Thanksgiving Show

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Alex Knapp GO / DON’T GO (2019, 91 minutes, digital) Go / Don’t Go is the story of Adam, the lone man living at the end of human existence, the last person alive. His daily routines keep him sane - wake up, brush teeth, forage for supplies, take out the trash, go shopping, check what needs to be checked, cross off what needs to be crossed off - but over the course of a harrowing few days, things begin to unravel for hi.

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

Australian Films Candace Wise GWEN (2019, 12 minutes, digital) Clancy Sinnamon CALLOUSED HEARTS (2019, 15 minutes, digital) Ruby Challenger DAILY BREAD (2019, 15 minutes, digital)

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

David James THE INTERVIEW (2019, 8 minutes, digital) Vanessa Pellegrin MY BEST ENEMY (2019, 11 minutes. digital) Kelsey Selby FINN’S WHISTLE (2017, 12 minutes, digital) Robert Humphrey FAMOUS FROM GREED (2019, 24 minutes, digital)

Tuesday / November 26th New Films

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

James Rossi Schram SLAVE BIBLE (2019, 9 minutes, digital) Rider Laskin HUMAN ERROR (2019, 12 minutes, digital) Joseph Ruffoni FALLEN (2019, 22 minutes, digital)

Julia Artamonov MOONCHILD (2019, 25 minutes, digital) Nicolas Oisel NAABIGA (2019, 29 minutes, digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

French Films

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

James Casey EL AFILADOR (2019, 9 minutes, digital) Al Sutton HAPPY BIRTHDAY (2019, 12 minutes, digital) Javier Augusto Nunez THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER (2019, 15, minutes) Andrew Hasse BEING 97 (2018, 18 minutes, digital)

Jacob Akira Okada ANYA (2018, 80 minutes,digital) ANYA is a contemporary sci-fi love story about newlyweds whose seemingly simple decision to have a baby catapults them to the center of an explosive genetic mystery with far-reaching consequences for their child and the future of humanity.

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Yimo Zhou ITCHY (2019, 13 minutes, digital) Grant Olans ZABRISKIE (2019, 15 minutes, digital) Anna Lauren Tufekci BENIM (2019, 17 minutes, digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Hossein Rajabian THE UPSIDE DOWN TRIANGLE (2019, 106 minutes,digital) THE UPSIDE DOWN TRIANGLE (Persian: ‫نوگژاو ثلثم‬‎) is the first feature film

by Iranian independent filmmaker Hossein Rajabian. A man, regretting divorcing his wife, is seeking to win her over again. But the current husband of his former wife is unwilling to divorce her. Because of his cinematic activities this Filmmaker has been deprived of all citizenship rights and condemned to prison.

Screens December 19th @ 9:00PM All Screenings @ 32 Second Avenue • New York, NY • 10003

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NewFilmmakers New York® • Fall • 2019

Fall Series

Wednesday / December 4th New Films

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

Tiba Zhang TAI CHI CLUB (2019, 63 minutes, digital) A Chinese immigrant woman discovers her native culture through a historic New York Tai Chi Club.

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Chandre du Preez BALANCING ACT (2019, 6 minutes, digital) Arnold Chon A NIGHT AT CLUB ZENOS (2019, 20 minutes, digital) Jiaqi Liu LOVE IS COLOR BLIND (2019, 23 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM April James Hooper WHITE CAPS (2019 6 minutes, digital) Jess Magee INTIMACY (2019, 7 minutes, digital) Zoe Yeoman THE MANY (2019, 20 minutes,digital) John L’Ecuyer FAITH (2019, 21 minutes, digital)

9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Erin Anderson THE LIVING WORST (2019, 62 minutes, digital) Weezy (Louise) is a cerebral thirty-something soon to be married and unable to feel anything more than just fine about that.

Wednesday / December 18th

Thursday / December 19th

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

6:00PM ALTFEST SPECIAL PROGRAM

New Films

Marty Feinberg UNSTOPPABLE IRVING FIELDS (2019, 79 minutes,digital) “Unstoppable Irving Fields” is about 99-year-old piano player/composer Irving Fields trying to resurge his career before he turns one hundred years old.

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Suyoung Jang SHATTERED (2019, 3 minutes.digital) John Patrick Hayden VERITAPHOBIA (2019, 9 minutes, digital) Rodney Ferrer THE SONG OF HER (2019, 21 minutes, digital) Kelly Fanson CLEVERLY DISGUISED (2019, 21 minutes, digital)

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Kathy Vargas MORANA (2019, 6 minutes, digital) Jacqueline Sir SACRAL (2019, 12 minutes,digital) Edward Turner & Edgar Jimz AVENGEMENT (2019, 13 minutes, digital) Mengchen Niu BESIEGED (2019, 25 minutes, digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Jessica Watkins SPECIALISH (2019, 88 minutes, digital) An up and coming stand-up comedian stagnate in her job waiting tables, decides to walk across America.

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Christmas Show

Harriet Feigenbaum A CONEY FILM NOIR (2019, 6 minutes, digital) Félixe de Becker and Georgia Azoulay LA DALLE (2019, 26 minutes, digital)

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Neera Zaveri MISS YOU, DAD (2019, 15 minutes, digital) Matthew Levine MISS FREELANCE (2019, 19 minutes, digital) Michael Delaney SOCial MEDia MADness (2019, 20 minutes, digital)

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Juyl Mao IN THE MARKET (2019, 3 minutes, digital) Ida Yazdi LESSONS (2019, 11 minutes, digital) Eamon Hawke THROUGH YOUR EYES (2019, 12 minutes, digital) Rob Reilly THREE KINGS (2019, 23 minutes,digital)

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Jacob Martin RESOLUTION (2019,84 minutes, digital) A New Years Eve Party dissolves into chaos when the couple throwing the party breaks up just before their guests arrive.

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