NewFilmmakers Quarterly Winter 2018

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Winter 2018 Quarterly Vol. 6 Issue 3

NewFilmmakers New York® • Winter • 2018

Winter Series

January 3rd / Wednesday NewFilmmakers Presents New Films

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Cole Kornell UNENDING LOVE (2017, 9 minutes, digital) Stella Asmon TERKA NOVA (2017, 11 minutes, digital) Luke Brubaker CHARACTER STUDY (2017, 12 minutes, digital) James Fink-Jensen STREET GAMES (2017, 14 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Lakshika Udakandage SENTIENCE (2017, 4 minutes, digital) Victoria Ratermanis PROSPECT (2016, 14 minutes, digital) Jasmine Callis THE MIXTAPE: STAY BLACK, BABY! (2017, 20 minutes, digital) Jack Warner JENNY SECONA IN: THE BLIND SPOT (2017, 29 minutes, digital)

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM Ran Jing FAMILY DINNER (2017, 12 minutes, digital) Bri Castellini ACE AND ANXIOUS (2016, 14 minutes, digital) Chachi Hauser 1227 LESSEPS (2017, 15 minutes, digital) Edgar Jimz HELL OF A NEW YEAR (2017, 23 minutes, digital)

9:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Jonathan Shatoff THE DEVIL SITS ON BOTH SHOULDERS (2017, 47 minutes, digital) Evelyn Black is a pick pocket who stole the wrong wallet. The wallet she lifted, was actually being tracked down by a hit woman named Georgina Vitis. This cat and mouse thriller leaves Evelyn and Georgina questioning their situation and themselves.

January 10th / Wednesday

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM

NewFilmmakers Presents a night of art films

Film

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Sonja Bertucci A HARD WORLD FOR LITTLE THINGS (2017, 2 minutes, 8mm) Matthew Ripplinger DOKTOR RIPP (2017, 9 minutes, 16mm) Eli Hayes A MIND OF ICE (2017, 25 minutes, 16mm)

Dance

Weisi Dai MIND GAME (2017, 3 minutes, digital) Grey Gowder JAMIE’S GIRL (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Chris Engles FINDING HEAVEN UNDER OUR FEET: MAKING MODERN DANCE (2017, 68 minutes, digital)

7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Experimental

Manuel Lopez Cano PARASITE (2017, 4 minutes, digital) Daniel Switzer & Craig Donelly LIVING THE DREAM: Episode #1 (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Youwon Jeong HEART STREET (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Patrick Tolle DECOMPOSITUATIONS (2017, 7 minutes, digital) Sanya Salehi IN LIGHT & IN DARKNESS (2017, 8 minutes, digital) Cesar Brodermann ARE YOU HOLDING ME? OR AM I HOLDING MYSELF? (2017, 12 minutes, digital) Josiah Cuneo LILT (2017, 13 minutes, digital)

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David Ebel MAMA & ME (2017, 15 minutes, BetaMax) Shot on a vintage SONY BetaMax BMC-220 (the first consumer camcorder) Mama and Me captures tender, tense, and odd moments between a street smart veteran of the streets and the greenhorn kid.

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Steven Liiro MERMAID PARADE (2017, 83 minutes, digital) A stoner at a performing arts high school in New York City, gets arrested and then placed in a drug recovery program, causing him to change his life choices.

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NewFilmmakers New York® • Winter • 2018

Winter Series

January 17th / Wednesday

January 24th / Wednesday

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Stefan Kuchar LEGENDS OF THE FALL (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Alan Ritchson TREE HOUSE TIME MACHINE (2017, 13 minutes, digital) Anthony Marinelli MARITAL ARTS (2016, 13 minutes, digital) Suresh Eriyat TOKRI (2017, 15 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

NewFilmmakers Presents New Films

NewFilmmakers Presents Cuban & Latino Films

Human stories

TBA

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Horror

Jeremy Kelley BITING (2107, 4 minutes, digital) Mike Frazier GLORY (2017, 8 minutes, digital) Wesley Liu INSEPARABLES (2017, 14 minutes, digital) Lukas Hassel THE SON, THE FATHER… (2017, 14 minutes, digital) Xibei Hu ESCAPE (2017, 19 minutes, digital)

8:30 NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM Musicals

Caroline Slocock I TRIED TO TELL YOU (2015, 5 minutes, digital) Erin Brown Thomas REKINDLED (2017, 13 minutes, digital) Ryan Glista OPENING NIGHT (2017, 14 minutes, digital)

9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Kevin Baggott MAD FULL OF DREAMS (2017, 88 minutes, digital) ‘Mad Full of Dreams’, tells the story of Bobby Tierney, a private security contractor. Bobby works at a place called, Big Al’s Security. Big Al, an Orthodox Jew, keeps his agents on a tight leash - a need to know basis. Big Al’s clientele are a fishy bunch to say the least. Bobby is given the assignment of escorting an elderly Korean man, Mr. Kim, to Vienna - something to do with the anniversary of his deceased wife.

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

Cuban & Latino

John Buchanan CUBA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE (2017, 9 minutes, digital) Gianluca Morganti THE COOK (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Daniel Young ART NEVER SLEEPS (2017, 12 minutes, digital Kenneth Sanabria SUDDEN DEATH (2017, 15 minutes, digital) Ian Cumming BOLA (2017, 27 minutes, digital)

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURETTE Felipe Vianna THE HERITAGE (2017, 45 minutes, digital) The Heritage focus on the lives of two brazilians rich sisters, Maria and Luciana, who grew up unaware of the frightening reality manipulated by their family for their own good, making them live in different worlds of illusion.

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Jon Matthews KHALI THE KILLER (2017, 89 minutes, digital) After deciding to retire, an East L.A. hit man decides to take one last job to help support his ailing grandmother’s end of life care. But everything falls apart, when he develops empathy for the targets of his hit, and he’s forced to make the toughest decision of his life.

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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Winter Series

January 31st / Wednesday

February 7th / Wednesday

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Katrina Vogl THE PINK & THE GREEN (2017, 6 minutes, digital) George Basiev (UN)LUCKY (2017, 11 minutes, digital) Andrew Golledge LEAVES IN AUTUMN (2017, 19 minutes, digital) Michael Mirabella DENATURED (2017, 17 minutes, digital)

Ina Chen “HI.” (2017, 6 minutes, digital) Harris Gurny MARINA (2016, 7 minutes, digital) Patrick Badescu TUB (2017, 13 minutes, digital) Sebastian Montjuich EXTRA SAUSAGE (2017, 14 minutes, digital) Walt Bladt HAEMATOPHILIA (2017, 15 minutes, digital) Greyson Horst WHERE’S DARREN? (2017, 20 minutes, digital)

NewFilmmakers Presents a night of Brooklyn films

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Alexandra Keosayan LOOK FOR ME (2016, 10 minutes, digital) Nicholas Giuricich BOY GIRL PARTS (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Jake Smith WAKE (2017, 26 minutes, digital)

NewFilmmakers Presents New Films

7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Political

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Kelly Wittenberg HUMAN HEART (OVERTURE) (2016, 5 minutes, digital) Peter Galperin KING OF YOU AND ME (2017, 4 minutes, digital) Kate McCaslin & Eve Doherty I AM REBECCA (2017, 34 minutes, digital)

Jesse R. Tendler DEADBEAT (2016, 14 minutes, digital) Xibei Hu ESCAPE (2017, 17 minutes, digital) Each Other Project MY BROTHERS & ME (2017, 21 minutes, digital)

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM

9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Quincy Rose THE NARCISSISTS (2017, 82 minutes, digital) A couple in Brooklyn has to decide whether or not to stay together and renew their lease or call it quits after five years. Having spent two weeks apart to decide, Oliver and Cassi spend the day with their respective best friends, wandering New York City, trying to figure out the next move.

February 14th / Wednesday

NewFilmmakers and AltFest present a night of relationship films.

Drugs

Nicholas Goldreich HIGH IS HOME (2017, 12 minutes, digital) Kristina Monilos SPECIAL ELECTION (2017, 14 minutes, digital) Leah Nappi STUCK (2017, 14 minues, digital) John Farmanesh-Bocca I DID NOT FORGET YOU (2016, 25 minutes, digital)

9:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Ben Somekh JIMBO (2017, 15 minutes, digital) Dee Takos JIMBO (2017, 94 minutes, digital) A Brooklyn criminal goes to prison and comes out trying to fly straight but everything is exactly as he left it. He meets a girl who isn’t from the neighborhood and she shows him there’s a chance to move away from his criminal past, but the walls start to close in when he learns who it was who informed on him years ago.

6:00PM ALTFEST FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Dee Herlihy AN AIR ABOUT HER (2017, 6 minutes, digital) Jack Tracy SNAP (2017, 9 minutes, digital) Hong Anh Nguyen AMBER BLUE (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Tereza Taus QUEEN OF HEARTS (2017, 13 minutes, digital) Rick Telesca MISADVENTURES OF BEING SINGLE (2017, 24 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Shunya Chang EXPIRATION DATE (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Gina Lee FOUNDATION (2017, 11 minutes, digital) Matt Cusimano THE LOVE INDUSTRY (2016, 20 minutes, digital) Chloe Raynes WEDDING MAN (2017, 8 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM Teddy Schenck SIX WOMEN (2016, 20 minutes, digital) Bjorn Ante Roe ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (2017, 22 minutes, digital)

9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

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Derek Vitatoe ANATHEMA (2017, 81 minutes, digital) When the bonds of love are shattered by the freedom of sexual expression, uncontrolled emotions and perspectives lead to a homicidal act of vengeance.

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February 21st / Wednesday

Winter Series

NewFilmmakers Presents a night of Docs

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM Mingi Kim MOM (2017, 9 minutes, digital) Joey Chu $30 TO ANTARCTICA (2017, 19 minutes, digital) Royston Scott THE SARA SPENCER WASHINGTON STORIES (2017, 29 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM Leigha Monier-Williams BROKEN HEARTS (2017, 14 minutes digital) Terrence Ross UNHEARD VOICES (2017, 22 minutes, digital) Rolando Nieves USED (2017, 16 minutes, digital) Gabrielle Lee ANNA OZAWA ILLUMINATOR (2017, 21 minutes, digital)

8:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE DOCUMENTARY PRESENTATION Walter Alomar COLONIZATION IS EXTINCTION (2015, 90 minutes, digital) Not only are Puerto Ricans on the island living in a state of dependence on the United States, they are doing so in desperation and poverty. On the mainland there is an entire generation of Puerto Ricans being raised without the knowledge of their culture and their heritage.

Grinder A True Story

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Winter Series

February 28th / Wednesday

NewFilmmakers Presents a night of new films

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Lili White

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Sara Eustaquio MIRROR (2017, 3 minutes, digital) Joeann Calabrese PRAY-ER (2017,4 minutes, digital) Debra Zarne ANOTHER DAY (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Viktor Burdiladze OUR GARDEN (2016, 8 minutes, digital) Lena Gora HOSPITAL GREEN (2017, 12 minutes, digital) Aidan Macaluso PAINT THE ALPACAS (2017, 18 minutes, digital)

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM Aaron Seals HAIRKUTZ (2016, 5 minutes, digital) Alain Alfaro SOME BAD NEWS (2017, 9 minutes, digital) Eric Alexander HEADSPACE (2017, 9 minutes, digital) Edoardo Dall’Avo STOLEN MOMENTS (2016, 10 minutes, digital) Kelvin Shum NIGH (2017, 21 minutes, digital)

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9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Samantha Michelle THE DARK SIDE OF THE SUN (2017, 17 minutes, digital) Stefanie Sparks IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (2017, 80 minutes, digital) Two women with nothing in common form a friendship over one weekend and two baby showers in NYC. It’s “Broad City” meets Pedro Almodovar.

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March 14th / Wednesday

Winter Series

Deren Theater @ Anthology Film Archives NewFilmmakers presents a night of new films

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Zefaan Kanwar SELFPORTRAIT (2017, 4 minutes, digital) Michael Miceli THAT WAS NEW YORK (2017, 6 minutes, digital) Cole Tathan RED MARKET (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Ziwei Yao ECHOING CLOUDS (2017, 14 minutes, digital) Diego Murillo KAMPOS (2017, 15 minutes, digital)

7:00PM ALTFEST SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Michael Fischetti BRUISES (2017, 13 minutes, digital) Peter Groynom SMALL SELF (2017, 20 minutes, digital) Mark Abramowitz MEET UP (2017, 26 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM Brittany Ramjattan QALB (2017, 15 minutes, digital) Liang Kai Wei SOUL COMMUNICATOR (2017, 24 minutes, digital) Christopher Coombs UNCLE JIMBO (2016, 34 minutes, digital)

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Keysey Strong CONVICTED (2017, 89 minutes, digital) A convicted felon returns home after serving 10 years to reconnect with his daughter.

March 14th / Wednesday

Courthouse @ Anthology Film Archives NewFilmmakers Presents an Animation program new films

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Guilherme & Iuri Araujo THE FROST SPIRIT (2017, 4 minutes, digital) Suresh Eriyat THE ART OF APING (2017, 5 minutes, digital) Ruini Shi STRINGS (2016, 6 minutes, digital) Alicja Jasina STANZAS (2017, 7 minutes, digital) Nick Zweig EON (2017, 7 minutes, digital) Catya Plate MEETING MACGUFFIN (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Chang Chin-wei WHITE TUNNEL (2017, 22 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Corinne Kassor THE DRIVE (2017, 8 minutes, digital) Vinny Sacchetti BROAD PAWS (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Tyler Hollinger MAN-BABIES (2017, 26 minutes, digital)

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM David K Ginn TRAUMA (2017, 13 minutes, digital) Philip Giordano SUPOT (2017, 13 minutes, digital) Cindy Kleine DEAD GIRL VAMPIRE CATS (2017, 14 minutes, digital) Brian Leider QUICK FIX (2017, 14 minutes, digital)

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Kyle Colgan THE TENANT (2017, 72 minutes, digital) A young aspiring writer yearns to get away from the distractions of his family’s home, in the suburbs, and move to Brooklyn to write his first novel.

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March 21st / Wednesday

March 28th / Wednesday

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

NewFilmmakers Presents introduces Its Iranian Film Series

NewFilmmakers and YoungFilmmakers presents a night of new films

Curated by Garineh Nazarian new films from Iran

Very young filmmakers

Will Morris & Spencer Perry MOUNT VERNON EXPLORATORY SCHOOL DRONE MOVIE (2017, 4 minutes, digital) Andrew Kim THE AUDITION (2017, 7 minutes, digital) Mark Leschinsky THE LIGHTHOUSE (2017, 12 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Max Rothman WHO IS ELMORE DEAN (2016, 6 minutes, digital) James Rohan HERE LIES US (2916, 8 minutes, digital) Julian Nebreda-Bello NATURAL HISTORIES (2017, 8 minutes, digital) Jenna Westra STATIC MOVEMENT SUNDOWN (2017, 9 minutes, digital) Megan Lohne REUNION (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Sandy Schklair SCOTT-FREE (2017, 12 minutes, digital)

6:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Tracy Brown PALE ZEBRA (2017, 8 minutes, digital) Jing Ma CURE (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Violet Columbus & Benjamin Klein WILLY (2017, 11 minutes, digital)

8:15 NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FILM PROGRAM Rachel Brunner JEAN (2017, 4 minutes, digital) Beth O’Brien SKATERS (2017, 4 minutes, digital) Tom Bessoir PRIME PERFECT (2016, 5 minutes, digital) Victor Burdiladze OUR STREET (2016, 8 minutes, digital) Annalisa Barron KINGDOM BLACK (2016, 9 minutes, digital) Joe Blute MR. REILLY (2016, 27 minutes, digital)

7:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM Laura Vogels A WOMAN WALKS INTO A BAR (2017, 10 minutes, digital) K.J. Sadural RUMINATION (2017, 13 minutes, digital) Johnny Diaz PAPUA (2017, 14 minutes, digital) Unnikrishnan Parameswaran DON’T BE AFRAID (2017, 20 minutes, digital)

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Iranian Feature

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Kaveh Moeinfar LIFE WITHOUT LIFE (2017, 90 minutes, digital) Ardeshir Suffers from lung cancer and has only six months to live. Satyar (Ardeshir’s son) is a musician, and collects his father’s money from debtors in an unusual way.

Michael Dweck THE LAST RACE (2017, 74 minutes, digital) THE LAST RACE is an impressionistic portrait of a Long Island stock car race track as its octogenarian owners struggle to maintain an American racing tradition in the face of a real estate development boom.

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