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Summer 2017 Quarterly Vol. 6 Issue 1
NewFilmmakers New York® • Summer • 2017
Summer Series
Wednesday / July 5th
Wednesday / July 12th
5:30 NEWFILMMAKERS AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
6:00PM ALTFEST FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
NEWFILMMAKERS STARTS ITS SUMMER SEASON
The Most Popular Short & Feature Films in our Spring Series
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM CURATED BY LILI WHITE
7:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Clinton O’Donnell THE NICKNAME (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Nicolas Suriano IMAGES (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Giorgi Plys-Garzotto WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN (2016, 15 minutes, digital) Desmond Goldson CANDYLAND (2017, 17 minutes, digital) Jake Hirsch RICHARD (2016, 19 minutes, digital)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION
Juliana D’Intino FIXED / FLEETING (2017, 6 minutes, 16mm) Leon Chase CHARACTER (2017, 60 minutes, digital) Fancy Feast (Miss Coney Island 2016) discusses her life as a fat burlesque performer in New York City.
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF NEW FILMS
Chessa Mehlman LEBEN (LIFE) (2016, 15 minutes, digital) Alex Escaja LOOKING BACK AT ME (2017, 26 minutes, digital) Melinte Reitzema LUCY (2016, 40 minutes, digital)
7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Matthew Mills FOR FLINT (2016, 19 minutes, digital) Louis Servera HIGH & TIGHT (2016, 16 minutes, digital)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION
Ty Flowers TIME SIMPLY PASSES (2015, 54 minutes, video) Nearly 50 years ago, a mass murder was committed in the small Florida town of Arcadia. The victims were all children in the same family of African-American citrus pickers. Their father James Richardson was convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. More than 20 years and a series of unprecedented miracles followed in order to set him free.
9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Chanel James THE THINGS WE DO WHEN WE’RE ALONE (2017, 90 minutes, digital) Crestfallen punk fan, Cassidy, travels home to seek salvation in a rare performance by her favorite band.
Chris De Pierro MIAMI OR BUST - A HOBOKEN BET (2016, 75 minutes, digital) Three guys from Hoboken need to drive to Miami in 24 hours to win bet...
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Editor - Brandon Ruckdashel Brandon@NewFilmmakers.com Publisher - Barney Oldfield Barney@NewFilmmakers.com
NewFilmmakers New York® • Summer • 2017
Wednesday / July 19th
Summer Series
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF DOCS AND MORE
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS MICRO DOCS
Jose Rosales INSIDE RUFFUS (2016, 4 minutes, 16mm) Tobi Elkin TRAIN PEOPLE (2016, 6 minutes, digital) Zefaan Kanwar RAHUL - THE HIDDEN TRUTH (2017, 7 minutes, digital) Will Green DIVESTMENT: SEATTLE UNIVERSITY (2017, 8 minutes, digital) Lutia Swan-Hutton BEAUTY OF A STATELESS MIND (2017, 11 minutes, digital) Tobias Campbell PROSPECTORS (2017, 17 minutes, digital)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Anniversary of Seneca Falls Convention
Susan Rivo LEFT ON PEARL (2016, 55 minutes, digital) Through extensive TV news coverage from the time, newspaper headlines, found footage, and interviews with participants and eyewitnesses of varied sexual orientations, racial, class and ethnic backgrounds (including both supporters and opponents of the takeover)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION
Lise Zumwalt CRAZY (2016, 60 minutes, digital) In 2011, Eric, diagnosed schizophrenic, faces a critical choice - comply with traditional mental health treatment or follow his own path to wellness. CRAZY provides a front row seat to one person’s struggle with his illness, his family, the local mental health system, psych meds and the right to make his own treatment decisions.
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Brendan Brandt VICTOR’S LAST CLASS (2015, 83 minutes, digital) A brazen acting teacher suffering from chronic pain announces he is going to end his life, and hashes the decision out with the young filmmaker who attempts to change his mind.
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. All Screenings @ 32 Second Avenue • New York, NY • 10003
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NewFilmmakers New York® • Summer • 2017
Summer Series
Wednesday / July 26th
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF NEW FILMS
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Art Films Beatriz Gutierre Hernandez THE MONSTERS OF UNCERTAINTY (2016,3 minutes, digital) Noah Engel A PERFECT CIRCLE (FOR MY DAD) (2016, 4 minutes, digital) Natalia Cortesi SAN GUERRERO (2016, 4 minutes, Super 8mm) Sewra G Kidane PROCLAMATION PUNCTUATION (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Peter Meng TROUBLED WATERS (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Meagan Cignoli THE MILLINER (2016, 6 minutes, digital) Connor Burns & Daniel Smolke GALLERY (2016, 12 minutes, digital) Timothy David Orne EDGE OF ILLUSION (2016, 13 minutes, 16mm)
THE RUINS Best Horror Short
we all need rest from something
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Sci fi program Mike Smith STAGE FIVE (2016, 9 minutes, video) Joe Zamarelli THE WAITING GAME (2016, 9 minutes, video) Ric Sechresi THE RUINS (2017, 11 minutes, video) Eddy Vallante THE PRIVATES (2016, 12 minutes, digital) Harry Assouline NEW YORK 2150 (2017, 20 minutes, digital) Christopher Piazza OLFACTORY (2016, 26 minutes, digital)
8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION
Colby Chambers HENRY (2016, 40 minutes, digital) A young boy taps into a mysterious power while seeking to understand the dead father he never knew.
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Mason Rader & Cassandra Lozano THE GRANDEUR OF DELUSIONS (2016, 97 minutes, digital) “The Grandeur of Delusions” is a comedy of manners. Rick and Ruby are an entitled and wildly eccentric couple that exist in inheritance and isolation in a New York Park Avenue penthouse. It is the summer of 1959.
matilda szydagis
gavin starr kendall
Wednesday / August 2nd
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
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6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM CURATED BY LILI WHITE
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Crime and Punishment
Meenu Waybase 3RD DEGREE (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Evan O’Reilly VOWS (2017, 8 minutes, digital) Maziyar Khatam THE BIG PAYBACK (2016, 15 minutes, digital) Hao Wang BRAD LEE (2017, 19 minutes, digital)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORTS PROGRAM
Aaron Cassara OUT TO DRY (2016, 9 minutes, digital) Ivo Stainoff SIREN (2016, 15 minutes, digital) Alessandro Prete MAIA (2016, 25 minutes, digital)
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Trifon Dimitropoulos THE METHOD (2015, 50 minutes, digital) Taking place one year after the events of ‘The 36th Stranger’, The Method tells the story of Corin Faith, a man divided between love and loyalty. Decisions must be made and alliances must be broken. There is a method to one’s madness.
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Wednesday / August 9th
Summer Series
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF DOCUMENTARIES
6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
Matthew Guarnaccia SUCCSTRESS (2017, 24 minutes, digital) In a successful high school located in an affluent Northern New Jersey community, the pressure and high expectations put on students lead many of them to high stress, anxiety, and depression. Colleen McCreanor 420 (2017, 30 minutes, digital) Unfortunately, we are are exposed to a variety of situations where teenagers have made poor decisions. Often the consequences are minimal, and they have the opportunity to learn and grow into adulthood. However, drugs and alcohol can change that.
7:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Joseph Coburn BOTTOMFEEDERS (2016, 90 minutes, digital) Bottomfeeders is the story of the New York City public access television show, ‘The Staten Island Comedy Show.’
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Mauricio Ovalie CUFFS & SHIELD (2016, 70 minutes, video) With the short term memory loss of Detective Joe Cuffs, Detective Maria Shield is left a little more than she can handle. As if that’s not enough, she’s also left dealing with her nephew Dino and other interesting characters.
Wednesday / August 23rd
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF NEW FILMS
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM New York Sean McLaughlin THE KING (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Andrea Behring BAGGAGE (2017, 18 minutes, digital)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Horror Matthew Forte THE SIN REAPERS HALLOWEEN (2016, 10 minutes, digital) Timothy Collins BLACKOUT (2017, 12 minutes, digital) Alfonso Jaramillo JOHNEFE 17 (2016, 13 minutes, digital)
8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION TBA
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Melissa Whitely LEAVING VIRGINVILLE (2017, 96 minutes, digital) When 11 year old Faith’s suicide attempt fails after the death of her father, she is convinced there is no God. By 18 she’s rebelling against everything in her universe. After she gets expelled from Catholic school, her mother Christina decides to create a change of environment.
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NewFilmmakers New York® • Summer • 2017
Summer Series
Tuesday / August 29th
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF ALTFEST FILMS AND FILMS ON RELATIONSHIPS
6:00PM ALTFEST FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Matthew Forte WEDNESDAY’S CHILDREN: CHRISTINA (2017, 6 minutes, digital) William Caldwell THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND (2016, 13 minutes, digital) Dazhi Huang NIGHT LIVE. (2017, 13 minutes, digital) Stuart Ruston THE 9TH ANNUAL PICKLE BOWL (2016, 14 minutes, digital)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Relationships Sophie-Ann Price & Lainey Dubinsky OLIVER (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Diana Kaluza A SPECIAL NIGHT (2016, 9 minutes, digital) Eliezer Vergara THANKS4GIVING (2016, 11 minutes, digital) Julia St. Pierre BEHIND THE LINE (2017, 11 minutes, digital) Gilbert Le THE LONELY PLANET (2017, 23 minutes, digital)
8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORTS
Kristy Walsh PAPER BOATS (2016, 9 minutes, digital) Andrew Hawkins MASQUERADE (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Estefania Fadul BY THE TIDE (2016, 12 minutes, digital) Julia Bales & Jim Cummings US FUNNY (2017, 16 minutes, digital)
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Isaac Hoff INSCRIPTIONS (2016, 54 minutes, digital) DCP A nonlinear exploration of eternal love and ephemeral memory told through John’s & Julia’s romantic relationship.
Wednesday / August 30th NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF WOMEN FILMMAKERS
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Dina Najjar GRAPE LEAVES (2016, 8 minutes, digital) Nishat Hossain & John Muse FRUIT GATHERING (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Yulia Fomenko JIHADI STREET (2016, 10 minutes, digital) Sara Soheili MWAH (2016, 13 minutes, digital) Ryan Ruby RYAN (2017, 17 minutes, video)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Genevieve Kertesz DAYDREAM (2017, 15 minutes, digital) Chuyao He BEFORE CHRISTMAS (2016, 15 minutes, digital) Nora Jaenicke BETWEEN SECONDS (2016, 20 minutes, digital)
8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION TBA
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Mahun Jamal A GOOD DREAM (2016, 102 minutes, digital) A psychological art-film about a girl in her 20s trying to find herself in New York City. When she suddenly finds herself haunted by a presence, she has trouble distinguishing fiction from reality and falls deeper into a world of her perceptions.
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NewFilmmakers New York® • Summer • 2017
Summer Series
Wednesday / September 6th
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF STUDENT AND WOMEN FILMMAKERS
6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Harrison Fuller SENTIMENT (2017, 2 minutes, digital) Luz Emma Canas STOLEN MOMENTS (2017, 3 minutes, digital) Daniel Chan YOUTH - DAUGHTER (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Emily Pattison SCREENSHOT (2017, 7 minutes, digital) Eleanor Evans-Wickberg CHAD, I LOVE YOU (2016, 9 minutes, digital) Jonathan Newport H.U.M.A.N.S (2016, 10 minutes, digital) Victoria De Angelis FINAL PAPER (2017, 12 minutes, digital) Carla Reyes-Lister STREET ART FROM THE HEART (2017, 14 minutes, digital)
NewFilmmakers Online So Simple • It’s Easy
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Kathy Meng NANNY (2016, 13 minutes, digital) Michelle Hsu WITHERING LILIES (2016, 11 minutes, digital) Eloise Sherrid ARACHNE (2016, 14 minutes, digital) Darina Sikmashvil CAROLINE LIVES ALONE (2016, 17 minutes, digital)
8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Tanya Muir CRIMSON LOVE (2016, 15 minutes, digital) Sean Han ANASTASIA (2016, 15 minutes, digital) Joseph Arnone 98 ST - PLAYLAND (2016, 17 minutes, digital)
9:30PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Scott Price FISHBOWL (2016, 94 minutes, video) Fishbowl is a coming-of-age drama, following ‘Guy’ through roughly six years of his 20’s. Shot sporadically over thirteen months, this is the manifestation of Scott Price’s pursuit to tell his truest story. Fishbowl could not be more independent empowered with today’s affordable technologies, enabled by crowd-funding, and brought to fruition on the sweat equity of a passionate few.
Wednesday / September 13th
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF HORROR, FANTASY, AND MARTIAL ARTS
6:00PM ALTFEST FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Ibai Vigil–Escalera THE ZANCTUARY (2016, 22 minutes, digital) Everett Irving JOHNNY ON THE MOON (2016, 30 minutes, digital)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Michael McGuirk THE SUN’S SHADOW (2017, 10 minutes, digital) David Schultz BEING AND TIME (2016, 9 minutes, digital) Ross Martin A PECULIAR THUD (2016, 13 minutes, digital)
7:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Sean Hartofilis COVADONGA (2017, 71 minutes, digital) A widowed songwriter at a wooded lake house sees his dark past pervading when a mysterious young couple trespasses on his property.
9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM Women driven docs about Martial Arts
Megumi Smiros NEXT MEDAL (2016, 30 minutes, digital) ‘Next Medal’ follows three tae kwon do students and their families as they progress from local to national tournaments. Tracy Maza FIGHT LADY (2015, 61 minutes, digital) Fightlady takes a look at the world of amateur women boxers who fight not just for themselves but also to gain recognition for their sport.
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Summer Series
Wednesday / September 20th
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF ANIMATIONS AND COMEDY
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Animations
Bellopropello CUPID IS NOT A TERRORIST (2016, 6 minutes, digital) Justin Ulloa & Jamie Dwyer PIZZA FACE (2016, 10 minutes, digital) Young Joo Lee DISGRACEFUL BLUE (2016, 10 minutes, digital) Dean Packis WHAT PRICE FREEDOM: THE HISTORY OF APOCALYPSE CARTOONS (2016, 30 minutes, digital)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Nicholas Weiss-Richmond MOLLY MAYOR (2016, 9 minutes, digital) Russell Kohlman FAUSTESS (2016, 9 minutes, digital) Noah Hutton KIND OF BLUE (2016, 13 minutes, digital) Sara Teed AWKWARD FAVORS (2016, 21 minutes, digital)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Charles Mandracchia YOU GOT A PROBLEM… (2016, 9 minutes, digital) Alon Gelnik HARDLY WAITING (2016, 7 minutes, digital) Jeremiah Kipp MOMTRESS (2016, 12 minutes, digital) Kyle John Blake & Kenyon Hoag J CITY HEIGHTS (2016, 20 minutes, digital)
9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Ken Webb SERIOUS LAUNDRY (2016, 91 minutes, digital) When a young man gets seduced into helping with the removal of a dead body, he must find out the truth behind the corpse before he loses his life or gains a fortune. It’s a madcap comic heist film with a lot of heart.
Wednesday / September 27th
NEWFILMMAKERS PRESENTS A NIGHT OF FANTASY, ART, AND AN LGBT DOC
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Fantasy
Heidi Segal MUST LUV ZOMBIES (2016, 10 minutes, digital) Clio Gevirtz THE POST OFFICE OF UNSENT LETTERS (2017, 11 minutes, digital) Harrison Heller RUNAWAY (2017, 20 minutes, digital)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Ben Rountree I SEE YOU (2017, 2 minutes, digital) Winston James RAW TENSION (2017, 3 minutes, digital ) Dominick Torres CAPPUCCINO (2017, 4 minutes, digital) Bob Jones SILENT MOVIE STARS (2017, 5 minutes digital) Inaya Yusuf DHALANG (2016, 5 minutes, digital) Michael Narkunski NOISE (2017, 16 minutes, digital) Samuel Wickey THE EARTH IS FLAT (2017, 27 minutes, digital)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM R.G. Rader SPIT (2016, 17 minutes, digital) Hugo Cariss FERAL MIX (2015, 32 minutes, digital)
9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Raydra & David SMALL TOWN RAGE (2015, 98 minutes, digital) Small Town Rage: Fighting Back in the Deep South is an independent documentary examining the work and influence of ACT UP Shreveport in the conservative Deep South.
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