NF Spring 2016 Quarterly Vol. 4 Issue 4
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue
Weekly Screenings $7 all night
June 8th Featuring
“Ekaj” “The Left Behind”
June 15th Featuring
“Desire Will Set You Free”
June 22nd
“Laurence”
te
as s “C
Featuring
in
June 29th
W
“A Queer Country” “CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME”
rA
Featuring
ud ie F an ea nc ov tu e C a W re ho as Film ice Aw aW ar om d an ”
YoungFilmmakers April 12th May 4th May 11th May 30th
NewFilmmakers New York® • Spring • 2016
Spring Series
Tuesday / April 12th
NewFilmmakers presents a YoungFilmmakers Program and acceptance party.
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM
NewFilmmakers begins its Spring season with an acceptance reception and awards party
6:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT DOC PROGRAM
Melanie Juliano MUSIC BIO (2015, 4 minutes, video) Simona Shrayber SHE HAS NO TIME (2015, 6 minutes, video) Danny Tran BURRITO BOYZ (2015, 7 minutes, video) Miranda Durkee OUR RELIGION (2015, 10 minutes, video) Katie Hoffman A WORTHY FIGHT (2015, 10 minutes, video)
7:15PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Eman Alsayed A MEMORY IN A BOTTLE (2015, 11 minutes, video) Paula Kutschera DARKENED EYES (2016, 7 minutes, video) Daniella Kahane A MIGHTY NICE MAN (2015, 12 minutes video Max Hechtman I AM HERE (2016, 30 minutes, video)
8:15PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Alexa Payesko CONNECTED (2015, 7 minutes, video) Danielle Orbach SEAMLESS LOVE (2016, 10 minutes, video) Brian Blum MURPHY’S LAW (2015, 12 minutes, video) Saul Lotzof ALONE (2015, 18 minutes, video) Steven Liiro VILLAIN (2015, 21 minutes, video)
Directed by Steven Liiro When Jack owes his life savings to a notorious loan shark, his friend “Villain” has to find a way to help Jack so he can stay with the woman he loves.
Tuesday April 12th @ 8:15pm
Last Quarter at YoungFilmmakers
YoungFilmmakers Sponsor
The Copyright Alliance is the unified voice of the copyright community, representing the interests of thousands of individuals and organizations across the spectrum of copyright disciplines. The Copyright Alliance is dedicated to advocating policies that promote and preserve the value of copyright and to protecting the rights of creators and innovators. www.CopyrightAlliance.org
2
All Screenings @ 32 Second Avenue • New York, NY • 10003
NewFilmmakers New York® • Spring • 2016
Monday / April 25th
Spring Series
NewFilmmakers presents an art and experimental program
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Thomas Florek DAN ZIMMERMAN: MUSICIAN, PAINTER, COSMIC PATRIOT (2015, 17 minutes, video) Kevin Kelley JACKSON POLLOCK’S MURAL (2015, 40 minutes, video) This a the story of Jackson Pollock’s masterpiece that changed the face of American Modern Art forever. This documentary follows the commission by Peggy Guggenheim of a large painting for her townhouse by an unknown Jackson Pollock.
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Esteban Pedraza DEAFBLIND COUPLE (2015, 4 minutes, video) Francis DiClemente FRAGMENTS OF THE LIVING (2015, 5 minutes, video) Chase P. Kinney MEDLEY (2015, 7 minutes, video) Bucky Illingworth FUTURE ANIMAL TREATMENT (2015, 10 minutes, video) Michael Delaney BABY SHOW: EPISODE ONE (2015, 12 minutes, video) Attila Rostas SILENTIUM DEI (2015, 14 minutes, video) David Paul DICHTERLIEBE: POETLOVE (2015, 28 minutes, video)
8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Rodrigo Ayres WINTER HAS NO SUN (2015, 78 minutes, video) Winter Has No Sun is ultimately a film about change. The story follows two lifelong friends; Jake & Ted and their choices that lead their lives to spiral out of control. Jake is a kindhearted guy that plays it safe in life; especially with the girl he’s crazy for; Tori.
Masthead Festival New York
Host - Bill Woods YoungFilmmakers Host - Nick Moss Producer - Barney Oldfield Programming - Brandon Ruckdashel Info@NewFilmmakers.com
Quarterly
Editor - Brandon Ruckdashel Brandon@NewFilmmakers.com Publisher - Barney Oldfield Barney@NewFilmmakers.com
Los Angeles
Executive Director - Larry Laboe Artistic Director - Susie Kim LA@NewFilmmakersLA.com
Online
Operations - Bill Elberg support@NewFIlmmakersOnline.com
All Screenings @ 32 Second Avenue • New York, NY • 10003
3
NewFilmmakers New York® • Spring • 2016
Spring Series
Tuesday / April 26th NewFilmmakers presents
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM FUN & GAMES curated by Lili White
Caryn Cline EKTACY (16mm, 2 min) Rhayne Vermette LES CHASSIS DE LOURDES (16MM, 18min) Juliette Liautaud KAPR (A FISH SCALE CAN HIDE A SUN) (5min) Valérie Pelet PI KA CHU (7min) Augusta Palmer A IS FOR AYE-AYE (14min) Kimberly Burleigh CANNOT PREDICT NOW (5min) Amang Hung MORE THAN ONE (5min)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM Sci fi program
Austin Quarles IN THE BALANCE (2015, 6 minutes, video) Robbie Vicencio C O U N T E R P O I N T (2016, 10 minutes, video) Alannah Fehrenbach THE RED SPINE (2015, 10 minutes, video) Michael Trigilio GROWING UP DEATH STAR (2015, 19 minutes, video) Mikhail Saburov REMEMBER US (2015, 29 minutes, video)
8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION
Carl Monego RECKONING (2015, 90 minutes, video) An aging minor league baseball player must decide the price he’s willing to pay to make his dream of making the major leagues come true.
ORIGINS
“Before There Was A Before” Wednesday / April 27th
NewFilmmakers presents Rape, Pillage, and Death
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Don DiNicola ORIGINS “BEFORE THERE WAS A BEFORE” (2015, 10 minutes, video) Matthew Tompkins TROUBLE FOR A SMOKE (2015, 14 minutes, video) Ye Kuang HARMONICA (2015, 16 minutes, video)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Directed and Produced by Don DiNicola Written by Dominic Taylor Animation by Katie Kirschner Starring Fredi Walker-Browne (“Rent”, “The Lion King”), Fred Tietz
4
Kimi Lee SUGAR (2015, 17 minutes, video) Rufus Chaffee THE TROUBLE WITH UNCLE MAX (2015, 21 minutes, video) M. Louis Gordon GIRL IN THE CHAIR (2015, 20 minutes, video) Enrica Brunilde Amici THE ACCUSATION (2015, 24 minutes, video)
8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Bradley Stryker LAND OF SMILES (2015, 95 minutes, video) Abby is lured through the third world paradise of Thailand searching for her kidnapped best friend and unknowingly she becomes the centerpiece of a sociopathic filmmakers obsession.
All Screenings @ 32 Second Avenue • New York, NY • 10003
NewFilmmakers New York® • Spring • 2016
Spring Series
Wednesday / May 4th
NewFilmmakers presents our annual Cinco De Mayo celebration
6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Melissa Pellicano COFFEE & SISTERS (2016, 7 minutes, video) Lauren Young RE-WRITTEN ENDING (2016, 11 minutes, video) Zack Baddorf DAY OF THE DEAD (2015, 9 minutes, video) Solange Morales MAL DE OJO (2015, 13 minutes, video) William Scurry Jr. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE (2015, 14 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Ron Adkins THE BODEGA SERIES: EPISODE 1 (2015, 7 minutes, video) David Spaltro DRUG MULE (2015, 10 minutes, video) Bobby Guarino FEAST AT THE BEACH (2015, 12 minutes, video) Chris Ramirez ONLY THUNDER (2012, 15 minutes, video) Tim Hall THE STUDIO (2015, 16 minutes, video) Ethan Felizzari THE BLOOD IN OUR VEINS (2015, 18 minutes, video)
8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Pete Jacelone THE LUNATIC’LER (2015, 80 minutes, video) Still reeling from a traumatic childhood experience with an alcoholic mother and her deranged carnie boyfriend, a mild mannered milquetoast finds himself at the mercy of a monstrous alter ego: a sadistic killer clown with a tickling fetish.
Wednesday / May 11th
NewFilmmakers presents Films on Art and making it in Art
6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Sci Fi & Fantasy films Joshua Costea HOME (2015, 8 minutes, video) Brandon Lang POST APOCALYPTIA (2015, 11 minutes, video) Yufei Qiao THE SADNESS SHOP (2015, 16 minutes, video) Tyler Michael James PANOPTICONVICT (2015,19 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Ben McCarthy GOO! (WITH SCIENCE PARTICLES) (2015, 4 minutes, video) Nick Nappa BLACK AND WHITE WORK (2015, 5 minutes, video) Oscar Aristizabal TO THE STARS (2015, 8 minutes, video) Moema Umann MOTH (2015, 8 minutes, video) Gavin Thompson HAPPY HOUR (2015, 12 minutes, video) Mtume Gant SPIT (2015, 17 minutes, video)
Call for Interns NewFilmmakers New York is looking for interns!
8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
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.
9:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
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.
Heather Hoang UNDER GLASS (2013, 10 minutes, video) Andy Phillips WORDS (2015, 17 minutes, video) Carlos Ledesma LEO’S SHOULDER (2015, 17 minutes, video) Clayton Allis IN THE FUTURE LOVE WILL ALSO (2014, 20 minutes, video)
Patrick Thomas Underwood THE MIDDLE DISTANCE (2015, 77 minutes, video) In the wake of his father’s death, Neil Mercer—a wounded man who’s spent years armoring himself with an all-too-effective combination of success, workaholism and charm—must travel back home to the Midwest for the first time in years to help sell his estranged father’s summer cottage.
Interested candidates should email a cover letter and availability to Brandon@newfilmmakers.com.
All Screenings @ 32 Second Avenue • New York, NY • 10003
5
NewFilmmakers New York® • Spring • 2016
Spring Series
Wednesday / May 18th
Monday / May 30th
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
NewFilmmakers presents Mother’s and Father’s Day Program
Father’s Carmelo Zucco THE LION (2015, 7 minutes, video) Melissa Anastasi THIS FERAL LIFE (2015, 12 minutes, video) Alice L Lee THE GOOD BOY (2015, 15 minutes, video) Kristin Verbitsky MOTHER OF SORROWS (2015, 24 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Mother’s Rachel Carter OH, MARJORIE (2015, 7 minutes, video) John Robert Hammerer THE FROG AND THE RACECAR (2014, 9 minutes, 16mm) Maya Yu Zhang MY SISTER SWALLOWED THE ZOO (2015, 11 minutes, video) Rafael Moraes JESSICA CALIFORNIA USA (2015, 16 minutes, video)
8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Brooke Jacoby HE SAID WHAT NOW? (2015, 6 minutes, video) Micah Chartrand TEDDY (2015, 13 minutes, video) Jeremy Mackie CHASING THE SUN (13 minutes, video) Max Bowens MOTORCYCLE MEMORIES (2015,14 minutes, video)
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PROGRAM
NewFilmmakers presents Experimental films and Thrillers
Curated by Tova Beck-Friedman FROM ALLY TO ACCOMPLICE, 2015 Kelly Gallagher (18 minutes) BEER AND HANKIES / CHELAS Y PAÑUELOS, 2013, Julia Barco (5 minutes) WELCOME TO THE SHINKANSEN, Julia Barco (4 minutes) HOW TO BUILD A TERRARIUM, 2013, Emma Piper-Burket (15 minutes) KINETICS, 2014, Lionel Retornaz (3 minutes) HYACINTH, 2008, Lydia Moyer (8 minutes) LA COURSE (The Race),2013, Jean-Michel Rolland (4 minutes)
7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Thrillers and Experiments *Emma Brett-Phare IMPRISON (2015, 2 minutes, video) *Sarah Kasher BOTTLED UP! (2015, 8 minutes, video) *Kevin Ramlal JACKPOT (2015, 6 minutes, video) Joey Dello Russo SHUDDER HOUSE (2010, 15 minutes, video) Devereux Milburn WADE (2015, 24 minutes, video)
9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Jens Josephs WORD FOR WORD (2014, 53 minutes, video) The things you never had, you lose them too. * part of our YoungFilmmakers section
Mitchell Wu WATCHING THE DARK (2015, 70 minutes, video) A film about cinema presented as a psychological domestic drama. A married couple, Martin and Sara, control each other through voyeuristic means while subjecting themselves to the same influence.
Wednesday / May 25th
NewFilmmakers presents a Middle East Program
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM New Films from Middle East
Abbas Davoudi AN SOBH (2015, 1 minute, video) Eva Daoud ( انه نم َّرم ٌعيبرSpring Has Passed) (2015, 7 minutes, video) Yasmin Al Rhawi IT HAPPENS (2015, 9 minutes, video) Sonia Hadad THE BOX (2015, 13 minutes, video) Darine Hotait I SAY DUST (2015, 14 minutes, video) Teymour Ghaderi POMEGRANATE IS THE FRUIT OF PARADISE (2015, 14 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
women filmmakers
Jaime Ekkens SUFFERING IS THE EASY PART (2015, 8 minutes, video) Ja’Tovia Gary AN ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE (2015, 6 minutes, video) Laura Harrison THE LINGERIE SHOW (2015, 9 minutes, video) Sara Friedman HEIGHTENED (2015, 12 minutes, video) Megan Corry FOXHOLE (2015, 12 minutes, video) Antonia Nagy THE ONLY ONE (2013, 25 minutes, video)
8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURETTES PROGRAM Danijela Stajnfeld THE HOLE (2015, 10 minutes, video) Chris Frieri SWEET LORRAINE (2015, 89 minutes, video) Lorraine, an aging queen of NYC Clubland and amateur pugilist marries a religious man, moves to NJ and becomes embroiled in town politics.
6
All Screenings @ 32 Second Avenue • New York, NY • 10003
NewFilmmakers New York® • Spring • 2016
Wednesday / June 8th
NewFilmmakers presents “The Fabulous Life, Then and Now” A Program for Pride Month 2016, curated by Pierre Stefanos
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
“Deep Longings” Hart Perez THE WEIGH IN (2014, 1 minute, video) Guy Guido PHYSICAL ATTRACTION (2015, 19 minutes, video) Gabriella Moses STICKY FINGERS (2016, 12 minutes, video) Maria Loyter ICE FLOE (2015, 22 minutes, video)
7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Cati Gonzalez EKAJ (2015, 80 minutes, video) A modern “Midnight Cowboy,” filtered through a raw “Kids” lens, and a love story between a naive teenager and a street hustler, “Ekaj” captures a runaway’s journey to New York City. Ekaj meets Mecca, who takes him under his care, as they cruise the city together looking for money and places to stay. Although he makes some money as a prostitute, Ekaj finds he is lacking what it takes to survive in the city.
9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Oliver Salk THE LEFT BEHIND (2015, 78 minutes, video) Set on the sprawling campus of a prestigious New England boarding school, ‘The Left Behind’ closely follows the lives of John, Ismene, and Charlie as they fight to understand and reconcile the sudden and mysterious death of their best friend Finn.
Wednesday / June 22nd
Spring Series
NewFilmmakers presents “Fair is Fair: A Celebration of LGBTQ Rights” A Program for Pride Month 2016, curated by Pierre Stefanos
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
“Ladies Who Love” Puppett WEDLOCKED (2015, 12 minutes, video) Lindy Boustedt & Kris Boustedt TOGETHER FOREVER (2013, 9 minutes, video) Cecilia Guichart LEFT TO THEIR SENSES (2016, 17 minutes, video) Joyene Nazatul Ismail TO MUM (LOVE, ME) (2015, 17 minutes, video)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PRESENTATION
Lisa Morgenthau A QUEER COUNTRY (2016, 74 minutes, video) A film exploring the extraordinary contradiction of Israel, a country synonymous with war, conflict, and religion, fast becoming the LGBTQ capital of the Middle East.
8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION:
A FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN NEW YORK Madeleine Olnek CODEPENDENT LESBIAN SPACE ALIEN SEEKS SAME (2011, 76 minutes, video) The adventures of lesbian space aliens on the planet Earth, and the story of the romance between Jane, a shy greeting card store employee, and Zoinx, the woman Jane does not realize is from outer-space. An Official Selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, experience (or re-visit) this modern comedy classic, which made its New York debut on June 24th, 2011, the night The Marriage Equality Act passed in the New York Senate!
Wednesday / June 15th
NewFilmmakers presents “International Flare: LGBTQ Life Around The World” A Program for Pride Month 2016, curated by Pierre Stefanos
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
“Transitional Stories” Luis Hernandez de la Pena GLORIA (2015, 17 minutes, video) Lara Christen NANA (2015, 39 minutes, video) 7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PRESENTATION “Relationships” Richard Cerato TOKYO HEIGHTS (2016, 10 minutes, video) Gabriella Moses STICKY FINGERS (2015, 12 minutes, video) Jessica Q Moore UNATTAINABLE (2016, 12 minutes, video) Justin Curtis THE AMATEUR ARTIST (2015, 13 minutes, video) Ian Garrity UNDER THE BED (2016, 16 minutes, video) Shu Zhu FEVER (2015, 20 minutes, video)
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Yony Leyser DESIRE WILL SET YOU FREE (2015, 92 minutes, video) Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story. A young American writer falls for a Russian hustler and introduces him to his alternative lifestyle amongst Berlin’s queer and underground scenes, but as they make their hedonistic journey through clubs and parties, their inner desires reveal themselves.
All Screenings @ 32 Second Avenue • New York, NY • 10003
7
NewFilmmakers New York® • Spring • 2016
Spring Series
Congratulations
Feature Film
Short Film
Documentary
Webseries
More Awards listed on our website!
Wednesday / June 29th
NewFilmmakers presents “Dark Visions: Gay Horrors & Thrill Rides” A Program for Pride Month 2016, curated by Pierre Stefanos
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM The Short Films of Mark Pariselli 2010 - 2015 NECROMANTIC (2015, 3 minutes, video) AFTER (2010, 12 minutes, video) KISS (2012, 4 minutes, video) FROZEN ROADS (2011, 19 minutes, video) MONSTER MASH (2014, 22 minutes, video)
20% off promotional rate Offer only valid for new subscribers.
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
“Inside The Male Mind” Jae Woo Kang VOYEUR / EXHIBITIONIST (2015, 13 minutes, video) Kate Brown OUR WAY OUT (2013, 18 minutes, video) Duc Tuan Doan EARLY SPRING (2016, 19 minutes, video) Dave Solomon PHOTO OP (2016, 10 minutes, video)
8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Stephen Kellam LAURENCE (2016, 100 minutes, video) A ghost story, a love story, and a suspenseful mystery, “Laurence” takes its inspiration from classic thrillers like “Laura,” “The Haunting,” & “Don’t Look Now,” but with a contemporary twist. A young photographer in New York fears his boyfriend’s life is endangered by a vengeful spirit at a family cottage in Long Island.
8
For more information contact: 323-617-9106
All Screenings @ 32 Second Avenue • New York,For NY •more 10003information please contact 323-617-9106. Mention New F