The NewFilmmakers NY Series will take place on January 4th and 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.
The films include:
6:00 PM Documentary Series About Endings
M Harkins FINAL MOMENTS WITH OLD PAINT
A cowboy spends the last moments with his horse.
Madeline Youngberg LAST SEASON
A direct cinema piece documenting the months leading up to what was thought to be Coney Island's last season.
Faulhaber & Matzke PALAU - BLUE SKY
In November 2009, a group of six former detainees were transferred from the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay to the Republic of Palau.
Orrin Luc EMINENT DOMAIN
Eminent Domain explores the gritty underbelly of life in Willets Point, an industrial enclave of Queens, New York, teeming with immigrant auto repair workers fighting against their impending eviction.
7:15 PM First Short Program About Endings
Rio Puertollano BROKEN WINGS
At an amusement park, Michael reveals to his friend, Gabriella, that he has cancer.
Ryan O'Leary BRUCE'S GARDEN
Told through the eyes of a grieving father, 'Bruce's Garden' is a true story about life, loss, and community.
Thrash WE'RE NOT WAVING, WE'RE DROWNING
On the night of New Years Eve, Cameron decides to rob a Church to help support his terminally ill mother. When things go awry, Cameron finds his world slipping away.
Nick DeRuve DR. THOMPSON
Dr. Thompson is a plastic surgeon with the model American family. When his cyber girlfriend, Kristy, terminates their relationship his dirty secret drives him to obsession.
8:15 PM Second Short Program About Beginnings
Moema Umann BEFORE BREAKFAST
Alfred Rowland is an unemployed poet, married to a young woman who struggles to sustain both of them. Confined to his room while his wife prepares breakfast and urges him to change their lives, he tries to maintain his sanity.
Bill Schaumberg BURNT TOAST
A dark, comedic portrait of morning malaise set to the blues; or...dude burns his toast.
Jason Kent Carpenter AGENT 6
After completing a secret mission for his agency, an agent must make the decision between delivering the enemy device to home base or to go back and save the girl he left behind.
Eri Yokoyama STILL
This quiet film, set in a cold and dreary NY winter, depicts the awkward and heart-wrenching moments of a couple during their last 5 days together in a small Manhattan apartment.
Erik Peterson CAFE CON LECHE
The story's narrator moves to New York City six months after the death of his brother. The narrator's brother Jim died in a pedestrian auto accident.
9:45 PM Film Of The Month Screening
The Most Popular Film on NewFimmakers Online during March 2011
Maryanne Galvin INTERROGATE THIS: PSYCHOLOGISTS TAKE ON TERROR
Should psychologists help the military with interrogation of suspects in national security detention centers?