NF Winter 2016 Quarterly Vol. 4 Issue 3 Anthology Film Archives
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NewFilmmakers New York® • Winter • 2016
Winter Series
Save My Soul Wednesday / January 6th
NewFilmmakers begins its Winter Series with a party and a night of YoungFilmmakers short films
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM
NewFilmmakers begins its Winter season with an acceptance reception
7:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
ChiHyun Lee ZOE (2015, 2 minutes, video) Chen Chang TINY POWER (2015, 3 minutes, video) Thaddaeus Andreades, Nicholas Manfredi, Elizabeth Ku-Herrero, Marie Raoult Ao Li OLILO (2015, 6 minutes, video) TAKING THE PLUNGE (2015, 7 minutes, video) Minyu Lin SAVE MY SOUL (2015, 10 minutes, video) Thomas Rivera Montes ACT ZERO (2015, 14 minutes, video) Lexi St. John BOUND (2015, 20 minutes, video)
by Minyu Lin
8:15PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FEATURETTES Andrew Meyer WRECK (2015, 47 minutes, video) Xavier started to film on a whim one summer. Nothing in particular, nothing spectacular- just his friends and family in everyday life. When he is killed suddenly in a car crash, his best friend Kyle takes his place behind the camera in an attempt to process his unexpected loss.
January 6th @ 7:00pm
Stephen Nachamie WINNING NEW YORK (2015, 33 minutes, video) What do an overworked executive, clumsy ballroom dancer, lonely guitar player, forlorn recording artist, wannabe Broadway star, and Aladdin sippy-cup collector all have in common? Each of them is determined to seize the grand prize in the online game “Winning New York”: a real life life-changing trip to the Big Apple. With only 5 of their 30 life time playing minutes remaining, they endeavor to find the virtual New York City experience that will make their actual dreams come true.
Wednesday / January 13th
Jim Ho FIND THE MONEY DOG (2015, 30 minutes, video) The alderman, Cheng-Xin Wang, gets involved in a procurement scandal in Taipei city. During the period of election, he bribed a police officer and tried to blame to his new assistant, Zhi-Yun Lin (Yu-Xuan Wang).
Daniel Roemer DR. PEPPER ATOMIC BOMB CLUB BAND (2015, 2 minutes, video) Christopher Ward HAZZARD’S CURE (2015, 5 minutes, video) Tony Burke THE FOX (2011, 5 minutes, video) Adam Bedient SOUNDS OF NO TIME (2015, 14 minutes, video) Salvatore Tassone COLORS OF LOVE (2014, 22 minutes, video)
Masthead Festival New York
Host - Bill Woods Producer - Barney Oldfield Programming - Brandon Ruckdashel Info@NewFilmmakers.com
Los Angeles
Quarterly
Editor - Brandon Ruckdashel Brandon@NewFilmmakers.com Publisher - Barney Oldfield Barney@NewFilmmakers.com
NewFilmmakers presents an art film program
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Meng Guo BACK TO THE ROARING TWENTIES (2015, 3 minutes, video) Pimont Kelvin IF ONLY (2015, 11 minutes, video) Eduardo Rufeisen A MOVIE SET (2015, 14 minutes, video) Masha Shpolberg A FEW MORE MISTAKES: NOEL AT NINETY (2015, 20 minutes, video)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Executive Director - Larry Laboe Artistic Director - Susie Kim LA@NewFilmmakersLA.com
Online
Operations - Bill Elberg support@NewFIlmmakersOnline.com
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Winter Series
Wednesday / January 20th
Wednesday / January 27th
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
NewFilmmakers presents
NewFilmmakers presents a program curated by alumnus Daphne Macy
films from Iranian filmmakers
Saman Hosseinpour I-O (1 min) & AUTUMN LEAVES (4 min) Nousha Saidi HELLO MEMOIRS (2 min) Teymour Ghader IT HIT UPON THE ROOF (3 min) & HUG (7 min) Alen Ghazarian THE LONELY SCARECROW (4 min) Amin Turfi Jalali HEARTBEAT OF IMAGINATION (5 min) Farnoosh Abedi THE OLD TREE (10 min) Ali Molazadeh Farsangi THE LAST SUPPER (12 min)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Jonathan Rattner THE INTERIOR (2015, 24 minutes, 16mm) January, the Alaskan Interior, 56 mushing dogs, 4 humans, 5 hours of sunlight. This observational work - shot on both 16mm and digital video - examines the interior worlds of its subjects and explores how to write with limited light. Jim Loperfido LACROSSE STICKMAKER (2015, 42 minutes, video) Lacrosse is the Creator’s Game and ‘Stickmaker’ is a reverent look at the ancient art of Oneida Indian lacrosse stick making as seen through the eyes of one of the last traditional lacrosse stick makers in Indian Country today.
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Jerome Thelia BOUNCE: HOW THE BALL TAUGHT THE WORLD TO PLAY (2015, 72 minutes, video) Why do we play ball? Based on the book by anthropologist John Fox, ‘The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game,’ (Harper Perennial, 2012), the film explores the biological and cultural influences that drive the evolution of our ball games.
On Fitting In curated by Daphne Macy
Ruby Flores LADY JANE (2015, 3 minutes, video) Samuel Kiehoon Lee THAT’S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES (2013, 7 minutes, video) Lukáš Hrdý SUPERMAN (2012, 7 minutes, video) David Koh BARE (2015, 5 minutes, video) Daphne Macy FOOTSTEPS OF A MERMAID (2015, 7 minutes, video) Micaela Silberstein SHARP SHOOTER (2014, 15 minutes, video)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Women Filmmakers
Stephanie Bollag SHADOW BOXER (2015, 3 minutes, video) Charlotte Sclapari NEW GUARDS (2015, 4 minutes, video) Morgan Lynch SWEPT (2015, 13 minutes, video) Petol Weekes GLASS FLOWERS (2015, 18 minutes, video) Jessika Pilkes CHASING LIGHT (2015, 24 minutes, video)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Stavroula Toska BENEATH THE OLIVE TREE (2015, 76 minutes, video) Secret journals buried for decades tell the courageous stories of women political exiles during Greece’s tumultuous Civil War (1946-1949). The filmmaker draws a line between the past and present as she discovers her own family’s secrets and looks at what is happening in the world from a new perspective.
9:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURETTE PRESENTATION Michael Altino 65 PERCENT (2015, 63 minutes, video) In recognizing the dire need to spread awareness on the importance of organ donation, we felt compelled to seize the opportunity in sharing our personal experience as it relates to the global issue. The idea to film this documentary came into fruition only 4 months prior to the transplant surgery.
Where’s Bill Woods?
Can you find our enigmatic host?
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NewFilmmakers New York® • Winter • 2016
Winter Series
Wednesday / February 3rd
NewFilmmakers presents YoungFilmmakers February program and short stories
6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Michael Piantini BAY OF PIGS (2015, 5 minutes, video) Tyler Huyser SAVAGE INEQUALITIES (2015, 5 minutes, video) Angie Hawes MIND GAME DEMON (2015, 7 minutes, video) Tayana Brumaire MEMORIES OF US (2015, 9 minutes, video) Jacob Mariani MARRIAGE TOOLS (2015, 9 minutes, video) Nihal Dantluri PARALLEL (2015, 6 minutes, video)
pictures from October YoungFilmmakers Event
6:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM short stories
Thomas Mendolia LETHE AVENUE (2015, 5 minutes, video) Jonathan Cortizo BEFORE AND AGAIN (2014, 8 minutes, video) Roee Messinger DRIFTING (2015, 10 minutes, video) Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe FROM HERE NOR THERE (2015, 11 minutes, 35mm) Steven Bidwell THE BENCH PROJECT (2015, 33 minutes, video)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Michelangelo Aguiar THE LAUGHING MASK (2015, 101 Minutes, video) Jake Johnson had his wife brutally murdered and daughter kidnapped by a mysterious serial killer only known as The Laughing Mask, as the body count piles up, Johnson will play a dangerous game of cat and mouse to attract the Killer to him and get his revenge. Meanwhile Jake’s friend, Detective Kate O’malley tries to get to the Laughing Mask, before Johnson ends up being another victim.
Wednesday / February 10th
NewFilmmakers presents our annual Valentine’s Day program
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Jordan Bielsky NOT A LOVE STORY (2015, 10 minutes, video) Ed Hellman DIME CRIMES #34 (2015, 19 minutes, video) Hamoody Jaafar THE PAILLARD OF THE COMMUNITY (2015, 18 minutes, video)
7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Bonnie Wright KNOW THYSELF (2014, 8 minutes, video) Snorri Sturluson THE EMPTY STREET (2015, 10 minutes, video) Michael Miceli SOMEWHERE BETWEEN (2014, 13 minutes, video) Justin Ervin LEAP (2015, 13 minutes, video) Andreas Blair REMEMBER PLATO? (2015, 15 minutes, video) Oliver Singer AWOL (2015, 19 minutes, video)
9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Ben Bindra SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN (2015, 15 minutes, video) Jason Wade Hammonds CERESIA (2015, 74 minutes, video) An FDA antidepressant drug trial goes terribly wrong when it incites a young artist to take both his new girlfriend and doctor captive.
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Wednesday / February 17th
Winter Series
NewFilmmakers presents another Experiment by Women
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM curated by Lili White
Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand REFOULEMENT (4 minutes) Mirka Morales RECIPROCITY FAILURE (9 minutes) Terese Svoboda THE TALKING TEA-KETTLE (8 minutes) Lana Z. Caplan STEERAGE (8 minutes) Dana Berman Duff CATALOGUE (8 minutes) Heidi Kumao SWALLOWED WHOLE (5 minues) Isabelle Vorle WHAT ARE WATERS, WHAT ARE WINDS (4 minutes)
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Sci Fi
Presents a webseries program March 1st at 6pm
Vinny Sisson AMONG US. (2015, 6 minutes, video) Diana Froese PROMETHEUS RISING (2015, 10 minutes, video) Clayton Combe THE FEED (2015, 11 minutes, video) Thorana Sigurdardottir ZELOS (2015, 15 minutes, video) Frank Perrotto THE LAST ABDUCTION (2015, 18 minutes, video)
8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM More Sci Fi
Ash Mayfair LUPO (2015, 6 minutes, video) Chris Valenziano VARIABLE (2015, 12 minutes, video) SangJin Ko LAST DAY ON EARTH (2015, 18 minutes, video) Mark Chandler BREEDING GROUNDS (2015, 23 minutes, video)
9:30 NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURETTES PROGRAM Kirill Modylevskiy Иона “Jonah” (2013, 25 minutes, video) There is nothing wrong with talking to the TV. It’s a whole other story if it suddenly starts talking to you... Jerry Shang THE THIRTY NINE DAYS (2015, 28 minutes, video) love separated by centuries, harmonized by magic. Lyon Mitchell LUCIFER (2015, 31 minutes, video) Lucifer, the fallen angel, seeks his purpose after being cast away from the house of eternal light.
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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NewFilmmakers New York® • Winter • 2016
Winter Series
Monday / February 22nd
NewFilmmakers presents a Twisted Horror in February
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Robert Jones TWILIGHT ZONE (2015, 3 minutes, video) Robert Ndondo-Lay SEMBLANCE (2015, 9 minutes, video) Joey Mosca BILL (2015, 14 minutes, video) William Macaulay LAST CALL (2015, 14 minutes, video) Lena Friedrich THE HERMIT (2015, 23 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Sandra Robinson AFFLICTION (2015, 10 minutes, video) Mischa Auzins #3C (2013, 16 minutes, video) Julian Vlcan DOUGH (2014, 21 minutes, video) Ed Bergtold WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS (2015, 15 minutes, video)
8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURETTES PROGRAM
Stephen Petrillo THE LUCKY ONES (2015, 43 minutes, video) The Lucky Ones is a coming-of-age tale that entwines Leah- a disturbed teenager with a fatal drug addiction, who moves to a new city with her mother in the hopes of starting clean with Mckenzie- a girl stuck in an abusive relationship with an overbearing boyfriend. Together, the two struggle to overcome conflict, addiction, and realize that there are certain moments in life that are meant to happen.
9:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURETTES PROGRAM Nicolas Wendl FROM THE WOODS (2013, 26 minutes, 35mm) A recently single mother must learn to let go of her fear and obsession about her abusive husband in order to save her son from the hands of a mysterious creature from the woods. Joshua Durham SHADOWBOXING (2015, 35 minutes, video) An aspiring boxer must face the shadows that haunt him before he can step inside the ring.
Tuesday / March 1st
NewFilmmakers presents YoungFilmmakers Webseries program
6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS WEBISODES PROGRAM
Elisabeth Ness REDHEADS ANONYMOUS: PILOT (2015, 8 minutes, video) Rebecca Blaine Carton / Danny Ward LIVING THRU THE LENS: PILOT + EP 2 (2015, 8 minutes, video) Joseph Ruggieri MISSPELLED: PILOT (2014, 9 minutes, video) Lily Hayes Kaufman RARE BIRDS OF FASHION: PILOT + EP 2 (2015, 8 minutes, video) Nicole Kemper THE MOTHER LOAD: PILOT + EP 2 (2015, 11 minutes, video) Lauren Terilli SO SOHA: Pilot + EP 2 (2015, 12 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Wednesday / March 9th
NewFilmmakers presents a night of crime and punishment
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Jewish Interest Films
Jeremy Cohen MADE IN NEW YORK (2015, 12 minutes, video) Amanda Freedman BEDFELLOWS (2014, 12 minutes, video) Leah Gottfried THE SETUP (2015, 16 minutes, video) Sara Israel THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN AMERICA (2013, 16 minutes, video) Patrick Waismann UNORTHODOX (2012, 24 minutes, video)
8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Eric Rivas VAMP BIKERS DOS (2015, 100 minutes, video)
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8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Christopher Lombardi THE RELUCTANT DETECTIVE (2015, 97 minutes, video) The Reluctant Detective revolves around Bennett Stephens, a well-known television actor on a popular Cable-TV crime show. While on vacation, Bennett gets entangled, with the insistence of his wife Kelly, in trying to solve a double homicide.
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Winter Series
Wednesday / March 16th
NewFilmmakers presents Brandon’s Birthday screening with a night of Christian Sex
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM The Spiritual
Ward Roberts PRO-ANA (2015, 11 minutes, video) John Galvin MR READY (2015, 14 minutes, video) Matthew Leone FEAR AND OTHER THINGS MOOT (2015, 16 minutes, video) Brian Lederman INERTIA (2015, 18 minutes, video) Strack Azar ROSEWOOD FOR MISTER LEMON (2015, 18 minutes, video)
7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM The not so Spiritual
Deukyun Hwang PIANO (2015, 8 minutes, video) Danijela Stajnfeld THE HOLE (2015, 11 minutes, video) Ian M. Adelson SPIDERS (2015, 19 minutes, video) Adrian Centoni & Justin Derry NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING (2015, 20 minutes, video) Aaron Cassara BARISTA (2015, 23 minutes, video)
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Jim Murnak ONE DIVIDED BY THREE 2 (2015, 107 minutes, video) A man without experience with women finds himself dating three at a time.
FILMSOURCING - ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT
THERE IS ONE FAITH. PERFECTION OF THE BODY.
PRO-ANA BUT DYLAN DOESN’T WANT TO DISAPPEAR.
Wednesday / March 23rd
NewFilmmakers presents a program on Labor
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM on Labor
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Dylan meets with a pro-ana support group daily. The group shares “thin-spiration,” encouragement, acceptance, and when necessary - discipline. But Dylan has begun to think she can turn their doctrine into a lifestyle that supports eating. When Maggie becomes suspicious, the group takes action to get Dylan back on the path to salvation through starvation.
SHAWN KATHRYN KANE
JOSH ALAN
STEPHANIE CZAJKOWSKI
Joe Thristino THE MID-LEVEL (2015, 8 minutes, video) Kelly Adams ONE MAN’S TRASH (2015, 17 minutes, video) Dakota Lustick GUARDER OF LIVES (2015, 18 minutes, video) Riz Nasim CUBICLES (2015, 22 minutes, video)
7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Curated by Tova Beck-Friedman
Juliette Lizeray SYV (2015, 15 minutes, Singapore/Japan) Linda Fenstermaker ABANDONED GENERATIONS, (2015, 10 minutes, USA) Lynne Siefert AFTER LIGHT (2014, 9 minutes, USA) Pablo EscotoCARTAS A BARCELONA (Letters to Barcelona) (2014, 22 minutes, México)
8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION www.proanathefilm.com
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Ryan Carmichael BUT NOT FOR ME (2015, 108 minutes, video) A struggling, disillusioned young writer discovers a fledgling sense of hope when a beautiful violinist moves in next door and agrees to perform with him on the city streets.
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Wednesday / March 30th
Winter Series
NewFilmmakers presents an LGBTQ program curated by Pierre Stefanos
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS’ SHORTS PROGRAM
Serkan Ertekin AiDiYET (2015, 30 minutes, video) Francis Luta WOLF (2015, 19 minutes, video) Valerie Brooks FUNNY BOY (2015, 14 minutes, video)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS’ FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION
Scott Sheppard AN ACT OF LOVE (2015, 87 minutes, video) In 2013, Rev. Frank Schaefer was put on trial in the United Methodist Church for officiating his son’s same-sex wedding. The Schaefer family was drawn into a movement for LGBTQ equality in the nation’s second largest protestant denomination.
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS’ SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION
Kevin Arbouet CASSANOVA WAS A WOMAN (2015, 111 minutes, video) Cassanova Canto is a struggling actor, who happens to be Cuban-American, who fits none of the social stereotypes. When she falls in love with a woman, while still married to her husband, she experiences another form of prejudice as a bisexual. But after Cassanova and Lola make love, Fantasy Man, a hot stud who’s a figment of her imagination, begins to appear everywhere. Naked.
Photos from last quarters events
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