NewFilmmakers Quarterly Winter 2019

NF Filmmaker Don DiNicola “SPACE GERM” January 2nd 7:00PM

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Winter 2019 Quarterly Vol. 7 Issue 3

NewFilmmakers New York® • Winter • 2019

Winter Series

Wednesday / January 2nd

Wednesday / January 9th

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION

Our Winter Season Begins

NewFilmmakers presents Horror / Suspense

Badar AlAwadhi MITZVOT (2018, 48 minutes, digital) Mitzvot is part experimental documentary, part ethnographic film; a study of Hasidim aesthetic in New York. A chronicle of the day leading to Sabbath in three distinct neighborhoods: Borough Park, Crown Heights, and Williamsburg.

Don DiNicola SPACE GERM (2018, 7 minutes, digital) Jack Gordon POOR TOmm (2018, 13 minutes, digital) Ralston Ramsay BY ANY MEANS (2018, 33 minutes, digital)

Jeremy Schaftel BREAKING UP (2018, 5 minutes, digital) Allistair Johnson SHORT GAME (2017, 11 minutes, digital) Joon Ho Moon WELCOME TO PARIS (2018, 13 minutes, digital) Jonah, Steve Salander, Mason EIGHT (2018, 21 minutes, digital) new

9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Graham Winfrey DOUBLE BELGIAN (2018, 72 minutes, digital) Best friends and homebrewers Brett and Mitchell drive to New York City to secure an investment for their upstate New York microbrewery specializing in Belgian ale. Once in New York, however, Brett’s hidden agenda and Mitchell’s secret love interest threaten the future of the company and their friendship.

Jacob Stein JOG (2018. 4 minutes, digital) Moheb Jindran APERTURE (2018, 15 minutes, digital) Marc Dickerson A MAN, VANISHED (2018, 21 minutes, digital)

Max Dorfman HIM/SELF (2018, 12 minutes, digital) Georg Schmithusen FOLLOWED (2018. 18 minutes, digital) Phil Cheney CANIS (2018, 20 minutes, digital)

Jeff Musillo THE PERCEPTION OF TIME (2018, 41 minutes, digital) A criminal fixer tries to escape his past but soon discovers the similarities between the literal prison he just left and a figurative one – the prison of the outside world.

Forced to settle the contract with his boss, the one who helped him escape from behind bars, our protagonist navigates throughout Manhattan with a lighter, a pistol, and possible hallucinations.

9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Jack Friedman THE COBBLESTONE WARS (2018, 30 minutes, digital) The Cobblestone Wars is a true crime documentary series highlighting New York’s underground during the 1900’ and teens.

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Cover Photo: Filmmaker Don DiNicola “SPACE GERM” January 2nd 7:00PM Photographer: Brandon Ruckdashel Location: Gramercy Post

NewFilmmakers New York® • Winter • 2019 Wednesday / January 16th

Winter Series

NewFilmmakers presents YoungFilmmakers Documentaries and a night of comedy.

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

Jackson Singhal YOUNG DALLAS (2018, 6 minutes, digital) Michael Kuba JOHN MENDEZ - THE BRIDGE (2018, 15 minutes, digital) William LiPera THE REST OF MY LIFE (2018, 22 minutes, digital)

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Ben Cawiezell EDIBLE OEDIPAL (2018, 8 minutes, digital) Gavin Alexander Hammon WAITING FOR LICHTENSTEIN (2018, 15 minutes, digital) Kindrid Parker CHEAPER THAN THERAPY (2018, 24 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Jabari Holder THE TRAP (2017, 12 minutes, digital)

Michel Grey RADIO GODS (2018. 33 minutes, digital) Two Philadelphia based shock jocks lose their jobs after a stunt gone wrong.

These two out of touch, un-PC, guys along with their producer have to go into the real world and get jobs in a digital, politically correct atmosphere while trying and make friends and a comeback among the snowflakes in the modern world.

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Paul Higbie & Seth Pompi HYSTERICAL (2018, 90 minutes, digital) On the fringe of the New York stand-up scene, there are characters no comedian could make up. These outsiders’ lives are even more peculiar than their acts.

Coming Soon 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 • 2019

Winter Series

Wednesday / January 23rd NewFilmmakers presents new films

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

Adam Gell FORGOTTEN (2018, 60 minutes, digital) The story is a documentary film about a journey across time in search of a grandfather erased from his families memory. A young brooklyn boy is shown photos, told stories , and with the help of his grandmothers diary is able to piece together a past of tragedy, loss, and heartache. This now NYC school teacher goes in search across time to discover the fate of his biological grandfather

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

the geometries of desire

Lina Roessler MUSTARD SEED (2017, 9 minutes, digital) Joseph Guevara SWINGING INTO ACTION (2018, 8 minutes, digital) Max Reed THE EVICTION (2018, 34 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Fernando Castro DOUBLE RIDGE, WHAT COLOR DO YOU SEE (2018, 61 minutes, digital) Somewhere in New York City, a mysterious duo has targeted Frank due to his web searches, and want to test on him a new device that, if it works, could change humans forever.

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

David Williams THE GEOMETRIES OF DESIRE (2018, 91 minutes, digital) “The Geometries of Desire” an emotionally rich experimental drama that investigates the complexities of truth, the distortions of memory, the illusions of love, and the ways we protect ourselves by constructing our own spatio-temporal apartheids

a film by david r williams

Wednesday / January 30th NewFilmmakers presents new films

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS A DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

Hanul Kim BELLE EPOQUE (2018, 5 minutes, digital) Te-Hsing Lu LAST CHOICE (2018, 11 minutes, digital) Kevin Stirling APOLLO 8: A CHRISTMAS MOON (2018, 15 minutes, digital) Michael Fishman STAMP SHOW (2018, 15 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Praerit Buch CHAOTIC PARADISE (2018, 6 minutes, digital) Martin Awano FAKES (2018. 8 minutes. digital) Richard Joseph HARLEM LOVE (2017, 9 minutes, digital) Emily Anderson ONLY THE WIND IS LISTENING (2018,13 minutes, digital)

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Mitzi Ruhlmann LOVE AND OTHER PLACES (2108, 11 minutes, digital) Harish Chatrathi SO IT GOES (2018, 15 minutes, digital) Samantha Franco TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES (2018, 19 minutes, digital) Chad Scheifele SIMPLE THINGS (2018, 18 minutes, digital)

9:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Naixin Yu THE DRIVE (2018, 60 minutes, digital) A cross-country journey of a truck and its driver transporting a cargo of commodities from a small town in southeast China to Lhasa, Tibet.

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Wednesday February 20th 7:15PM

NewFilmmakers New York® • Winter • 2019

Winter Series

Wednesday / February 6th

NewFilmmakers presents Counter Culture

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM Culture Clash

Deborah Peretz A ROSE FROM MY GARDEN (2018, 19 minutes, digital) Yujing Chen BEHIND THE SCENES (2017, 24 minutes, digital) Dec 21 Tif Robinette & Ian Deleón VELVET CRY (2018, 22 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Richard Joseph WET DREAMS (2018. 12 minutes, digital) Cubbie Fink RED FLAGS (2018, 14 minutes, digital) Grayson Whitehurst A HANDFUL OF DUST (2018, 19 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Bob Jones IRISH CATHOLIC (2018, 7 minutes, digital) Sajjad Delafrooz DREAMER (2018, 8 minutes, digital) Christian Frelinghuysen THE OUSTING (2018, 15 minutes, digital) Sofia Anastasiou THE WAY THINGS DO (2017, 21 minutes, digital)

Alt Releasing Alternative films for Counter-cultured minds

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Joe Wakeman THE SHOPLIFTERS (2018, 70 minutes, digital) A series of tableaux depicting the follies of a group of naïve Marxist would-be radicals who think that they want to be revolutionaries, but in the final analysis, what they really want is to be seen wearing berets.

releasing@altreleasing.nyc

Wednesday / February 13th

NewFilmmakers presents Valentines Day

6:00PM YOUNGFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Sammy Sanchez & Matthew Theilmann WHITE FEATHER (2018, 2 minutes, digital) Clay Morris DINNER IN 2036 (2018, 3 minutes, digital) Zelda Adams NOBLE (2018, 4 minutes, digital) Graham Burrell THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN (2018, 5 minutes, digital) Hans Neumann FOUR LOVE THEORIES (2018, 15 minutes, digital) Sean Stone ANAARkALI (2018, 25 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Mini Shorts relationships

Indigo Bates WAIT IN VAIN (2018, 4 minutes, digital) Whitney Uland MY BEST FRIEND’S HUSBAND’S FUNERAL (2018, 4 minutes, digital) Ryan Graff SAFE (2018, 7 minutes, digital) Anders Lidin Hansen DANDELION (2018, 7 minutes, digital) Andre Ramirez FRAME (2018, 8 minutes, Super 8) Nick Ronan THE SECRET NOBODY KNOWS (2018, 8 minutes, digital) Tina Shen RECIPE (2018, 10 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Eric Terzo EXIT PLAN (2018, 8 minutes, digital) new Hannah Elless NORA EPHRON GOES TO PRISON (2018, 9 minutes, digital) Tomer Levine TALI (2018, 15 minutes, digital) Mega Dafiaghor CRUSH (2018, 19 minutes, digital)

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION Ned Ehrbar CALIFORNIA NO (2018, 84 minutes, digital) A listless Angeleno discovers he’s in an open marriage.

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Wednesday / February 20th

Winter Series

NewFilmmakers presents Crime and Punishment

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Jake Westphal BREACH (2018, 7 minutes, digital) Mark Valley ZBURG (2018, 7 minutes, digital) Tyler Stephenson MISSING PERSONS (2018, 15 minutes, digital) Ben Kaya SPIRAL (2018, 17 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION

Philip DiFiore THE BUFFALO HUNT (2018, 89 minutes, digital) THE BUFFALO HUNT is a filmic journey through life and death on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It gives the viewer a window into the intimate details of the lives of the Lakota- from the sacred to the ordinary.

Grinder A True Story

9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Erwan Marinopoulos KILL BEN LYK (2018, 80 minutes, digital) What would you do if your namesake had been killed in your city ? Within 24 hours three people have been murdered in London, all by the name of Ben Lyk. Will Ben Lyk become the most dangerous name since Sarah Connor ?

Wednesday / February 27th

an American Dacha Production PRODUCER:

V. A. FILIPCHENKO

PRODUCER, DIRECTOR & WRITER:

ERIKA YEOMANS

CO-PRODUCER:

AARON S. LEVINE

ALTFEST presents EDITOR:

KIMBERLY BROWN

f o s r o l e h c a The B m r a F l l i Broken H Silver in a Golden Age of Radio — the true life soap opera of Frank Provo & John Pickard.

Actors, writers and gentlemen farmers.

This is their love story.

6:00PM ALTFEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

Montanah Blue SECRET TIMES (2018, 6 minutes, digital) Ella Sahlman OCCUPIED (2018, 9 minutes, digital) Matt Newton VACATION RENTAL (2018, 11 minutes, digital)

7:30PM ALTFEST WEBSERIES PROGRAM Select episodes

Daniel Flynn Anderson TWO WEEKS (2018, 22 minutes, digital) Tyler Stuart THE BOOK OF CRAIG (2018, 34 minutes, digital)

8:45PM ALTFEST FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Erika Yeomans THE BACHELORS OF BROKEN HILL FARM (2018, 73 minutes, digital) The true life soap opera of Frank Provo & John Pickard. Actors, writers and gentlemen farmers, their greatest success would not be found on the boards of Broadway or the hills of Hollywood but in a closeted relationship that spanned 4 decades. This is their love story.

VOICEOVER CAST:

SEAN PATRICK MURTAGH / J. RYAN CARROLL / LIZZY YODER / ANGELA DICARLO JIM HAINES / PAUL CAAMANO / KAYLA EISENBERG / JILLIAN GUERTS CHLOE MOLLIS-MCBRIDE / BRENDAN MCGRADY / SUSAN O’DOUGHERTY / CHRIS TSE DOCUMENTARY / RUNNING TIME: 75 MINUTES / RELEASE DATE: 2019

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Winter Series

Wednesday / March 6th

NewFilmmakers presents a night of Comedy

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS A DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM

Tom Soter ALWAYS ON SUNDAY (2018, 65 minutes, digital) Selected moments from Sunday Night Improv, New York City’s longest-running comedy jam, featuring scenes, songs, and stories made up on the spot based on audience suggestions.

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Ramiel Petros THE WICCAN TRIALS (2018, 8 minutes, digital) Rachael Meyers ZOE+ARI (2017, 10 minutes, digital) Teddy Cecil ONLY A MOVIE! (2018, 18 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Josh Accardo DETOUR DETROIT (2018, 16 minutes, digital) Rory Duffy THE BENCH (2018, 17 minutes, digital)

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Vincent Turturro VICTOR GOODVIEW (2018, 82 minutes, digital) DCP In the Yonkers ghetto – on the outskirts of New York City – aimless-white boy-millennial Victor finds himself without a job and short on the utility bill. To make matters more… uncomfortable, he hasn’t had a bowel movement in longer than he can remember. ‬

Wednesday / March 13th

NewFilmmakers presents A Night of Politics and Hip Hop

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Daniel Tucker LOCAL CONTROL: KARL HESS IN THE WORLD OF IDEAS (2018, 60 minutes, digital) A carefully woven essay and biopic that questions the political spectrum as we know it and considers the meaning of political rhetoric as it moves through different bodies.

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM Erotic

Elena Korzhaeva MACHINE (2018, 2 minutes, digital) Eva OKTOBERFEST PILLOWTALKSSS (2018, 5 minutes, digital) Xenia Sin POLITICAL PLAYGIRL (2018, 13 minutes, digital) Augie Meleo BOMBORA (2018, 15 minutes, digital) 12/26

8:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Lyka Sethi & Geoffrey Iwata MOVING IN PLACE (2018, 66 minutes, digital) Young Puerto Ricans share their experiences navigating life on and off the island amidst its ongoing crisis and diaspora. They unpack the complexities of Puerto Rican identity and loyalty, especially in the devastating wake of Hurricane María.

9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

William Dickerson NO ALTERNATIVE (2018, 97 minutes, digital) A coming-of-age drama that blasts open the world of grunge-era teenagers in the early 90s. Thomas Harrison is determined to start his own alternative band after the suicide of Kurt Cobain

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Wednesday / March 20th NewFilmmakers presents new

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Barbara Holstein THE MEDIUM, A COMING OF AGE, SELFIE FILM (2018, 6 minutes, digital) Pamela Harris EN ROUTE (2018, 7 minutes, digital) - direct contact Brandon Gaby Leyner MOUCHETTE ON EAST 4TH ( 2018, 12 minutes, digital) Joseph Aliberti SOFTBALL (2018, 17 minutes, digital) Landon Williams SUPERZERO (2018, 18 minutes, digital)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Ian Rowe THE BOY (2018, 6 minutes, digital) Justin Andrew Davis YOU LOOK GREAT (2018, 26 minutes, digital)

8:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION

Brian DiLorenzo MYTH (2018, 89 minutes, digital) Drifting through a summer of suburban malaise, a lonely young man encounters his idol, the strange and elusive director of his favorite film “Myth”; recruiting him for a new project that will upheave his life and send it spiraling into chaos.

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Russell Brown BLUE TOOTH VIRGIN (2008, 80 minutes, digital) Russell Brown’s hilarious, acutely knowing “The Blue Tooth Virgin” takes its title from a screenplay an aspiring screenwriter, Sam (Austin Peck), has given to his friend David (Bryce Johnson), a successful magazine editor, to read. David finds the script terrible, a murky business about a troubled young woman with an urge to morph. David tries to let Sam down easy, but Sam, who did write a well-received TV series that ran one season, can’t take criticism. Brown, whose 2007 debut feature was the engaging contemporary romance “Race You to the Bottom,” clearly knows the ways of Hollywood inside and out.

Missing

Last seen at Santa Con with a Pilsner in his hand

Audio Post Production (212) 685-6505

Wednesday / March 27th NewFilmmakers presents Art Films

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM GESTURE curated by Lili White

Hind Saâd CONNEXION (3 minutes, France) Shayna Connelly ARTIST STATEMENT (6 minutes, USA) Müge Yildiz ANXIETY (3 minutes, Turkey) Natasha Maidoff TRAVERSE (3 minutes, USA) Ariel Teal BECOMING (9 minutes, USA) Naz Shahrokh WE’RE ALL CONNECTED (6 minutes, United Arab Emirates) Elia Shewionkova STAMMERINGS OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS (16 minutes, Mexico) Tânia Dinis TERESA (5 minutes, Portugal)

7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Yiyuan Yuan WHALE FALL - MAY WE ALL BE BLESSED WITH LONGEVITY (2018, 3 minutes, digital) Katelyn Goldstein ENDLESS CYCLE (2018, 3 minutes, digital) will send Christine Laskowski & Adam Glucksman JAMAICAN SCHOOL BUS (2018, 6 minutes, digital) Eusong Lee MY MOON (2018, 9 minutes, digital) Madeline Leshner GAS GETS IN YOUR EYES (2018, 13 minutes, digital) Christine Papalexis AMATERASU (2018, 14 minutes, digital)

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS THIRD SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Sandra Gokkun COMMERCIAL BREAK (2016, 2 minutes, digital) Kelli Gautreau (OUR) LITTLE SECRET (2018, 5 minutes, digital) David Ellis LAMENTATION FOR LOST DREAMS - THREE ÉTUDES (2018, 9 minutes, digital) Kevin Prince Gilligan FROM THE HALF SHADOW (2018, 10 minutes, digital) Zane Comer A-B (2018, 21 minutes, digital)

9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION

Ethan Minsker MAN IN CAMO (2018, 84 minutes, digital) Man in Camo is an explosive commentary on the life and times of filmmaker and artist Ethan Minsker, a Washington D.C. native. Growing up on the turbulent streets in D.C. in the 1980s was violent and uneasy, but Minsker found solace in his home, making films and growing his own artistic credibility.

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