NewFilmmakers Announces Their Fall Series

The NewFilmmakers NY Series screens at Anthology Film Archives on the Lower East Side at 32 Second Avenue & 2nd Street. Tickets for the whole evening at NewFilmmakers NY are only $6 and are available at the Anthology Box Office the night of screening.

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Russell Sheaffer THE FORGETTING GAME

In 1963, during the peak of the Cold War, Beate Kernke became the first person legally transferred across the Berlin Wall. But no one
ever knew her story.

Wednesday, November 30th @ 6PM

Mark Nistico BLUE COLLAR BOYS
with Gabe Fazio,
Bruce Kirkpatrick
and Ed Setrakian

Blue Collar Boys, is a coming of age story centered around Charlie Redkin (Red), a 27-year-old construction worker. Son of Douglas (Senior), the epitome of a hard-working, honest man, Red must take over the family business and the economic struggles that come with it.

Monday, December 12th @ 9:00PM

6:00 PM Documentary Series

Christine Mendoza MORTGAGE MAYHEM: LIVING INSIDE FRAUD
'Sometimes, buying a house can cost you a place to live,' says Annie, student narrator in Mortgage Mayhem: Living Inside Fraud, a documentary produced by high school students. And she should know. Her family is on the brink of losing their home in Queens due to foreclosure.

Russell Sheaffer THE FORGETTING GAME
It’s March 1963. A 5-year-old East German girl – Beate Kernke - is allowed to legally cross the Berlin Wall to reunite with her Mother, who is living in the U.S. Escorted by American Red Cross field director Neil Clark, Beate stays with his family in West Berlin before leaving for the U.S. Her transfer is then erased from historical record.

7:40 PM Short Film Program
about Business

Charlotte Rabate WONDERCHILD
Jeremy is a workaholic who doesn't know how to have fun anymore. His life is as grey as the color of his suit. Will a magical encounter with a mysterious boy awaken his inner child?This is a story about finding your inner child - or it finding you first!

Reinaldo Marcus Green THE INTERVIEW
A businessman enters a job interview he will never forget.

Alex Willemin AMERICAN KAROSHI
After being fired from his job, Lee is given a second chance by his boss and CEO of the company, Scott Anderson III. Unfortunately, instead of filling out forms, Lee must save Scott's life.

Hyunsoo Moon BAIL OUT
Stuck at a dead-end job, Sam has a plan up his sleeve: Elaborately tell off his boss, Dick at a company party and quit, ask Penny, his closet female friend to take the next step with him, and go off to Nova Scotia and... hopefully live happily ever after.

8:30 PM Short Film Program
about Drugs

Craig Thompson SHOT TO HELL
Dean Travers has a problem: his gambling has put his family in danger. Out of desperation, he comes up with a plan - to kill himself so his wife can use the life insurance money to pay off the loan shark, who would then spare their lives.

Jensen Mishan THE WIRESOME
A Bathroom drug deal turns foul when thieves bust in.

Igor Yankilevich THE RAINBOW ROOM
A group of young heroin addicts wait around an abandoned warehouse for their drug dealer to arrive with the goods.

Charles Dente THE NEW DEAL
Three inept drug dealers try to get rich quick.

9:30 PM Feature Presentation

Paul Myers 5 SHELLS
Inspired by L. Frank Baum's classic children's book, 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,' '5 Shells' is a micro-budget feature, shot for less than $25,000 in the deserts of New Mexico.After their parents are killed Matti and Joslyn are left completely alone. Though younger Matti is the one that keeps her head on her shoulders, and armed with a shotgun and five shotgun shells she leads her sister on a journey to find their grandmother's house.