2016
Selections
New York FESTIVAL PROGRAM
November 9th 7:30PM Soho House new york
Dir. Mariona Lloreta 11 min/ Brasil Upon receiving a long-lost friend’s call from Lagos, Amenze embarks on a journey to reconnect with her real identity after being forced to change her name and move to Brazil as a sex worker.
Dir. Cooper Haskell 3 mins/ USA A day in the life of pigeon.
Dir. Vida Lercari Cuba/ 6 mins A short documentary about Yulier Rodriguez, a Cuban artist who paints all across Havana from his studio to the streets.
Dir. Luca Brinciotti 11mins/ Italy Based on the True Story of the Female Italian serial killer Leonarda Cianciulli, known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio". Leonarda killed three women and by boiling their bodies with caustic soda she made soap and cookie.
Dir. Jan Kutrzeba USA/ 9 mins Wszystko Będzie Fajnie (eng. Everything Will Be Fine) is a single shot short film touching topics of immigration, love, trust, poverty, and loneliness.
Dir. Stephan Ward 11 min/ USA On a routine plumbing job for a wealthy New Yorker, Kevin Smedley finds himself alone in a magnificent Upper West Side mansion. Knowing the owner has departed on vacation, after forgetting Kevin is onsite, our plumber takes the opportunity of using this location to impress his high school crush, Jenny Bickle, a woman he hasn't seen for many years. However it doesn't end the way he might have wished.
Dir. Melissa Bank 10 mins/ USA The bond between a young woman and her older brother is tested by his new girlfriend.
Dir. Davis Hall USA/ 3 Mins Some journeys begin at the end of the line.
Dir. Chris Newhard 13 mins/ USA
Dir. Jorge Lucas USA/ 6 mins Lyle Wittigan interviews for a job at his favorite publishing company. But the meeting takes an absurdist turn when his interviewers bring up his deepest fears and darkest secrets.
Dir. Kevin Michael Murphy 5 mins/ USA Past, present and future collide when a young woman ventures out for a Belgian waffle.