NewFilmmakers Presents a Double Feature 9/23

NewFilmmakers presents a double feature Meet The Filmmaker Reception Love Simple - 7:00PM. Admission For The Evening Is Only $6, Doors Open @ 5:30PM

Anthology Film Archives  32 Second Avenue @ 2nd Street Wednesday, September 23rd

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Kevin Chapados ABRAHAM OBAMA
In the spirit of Hunter S. Thompson and the Merry Pranksters, a group of artists travel across country putting up street art in a grass roots campaign to help elect Barack Obama and find the American dream.

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Penelope Sterling THE CREATURES FROM THE OUTER SPACE
David Branin HONEY, I'M HOME
Christiane Hitzemann VERN FOR VENDETTA
Dominique DeLeon ONCE UPON A TIME IN AN APARTMENT IN BROOKLYN
Dan Gvozden OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS
John Trigonis PERFEKT

8:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION

Mark von Sternberg LOVE SIMPLE
Adam and Seta fall madly in love after meeting in a Brooklyn laundromat. Completely smitten, they begin tell minor lies to each other in order to cover their severe insecurities and personal baggage. Their lies grow so out of control during the courtship, that they have completely fabricated who they really are to one another. Eventually, their mutual lies are revealed and they are faced with a choice: walk away or try to save the relationship. Deciding to give it one last chance, Adam and Seta reveal everything about who they really are despite the fact that they may not love one another once they know the truth.

9:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SECOND FEATURE PRESENTATION

Bajir Cannon THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE APPLE AND THE TREE
Escaping both his family and his American upbringing, Will Jr. looks for a new life in Cambodia. Joining a religious community, he searches for a spiritual explanation of the world around him, finding instead only fractional and conflicting solutions. He begins to question the purpose of his time abroad and the relationships he has formed and broken since leaving his family. In New Jersey, Will Sr. and Linda are struggling with their son's departure. Will Sr. cannot grasp the selfishness and ingratitude his son has demonstrated - a fixation that exacerbates his heart condition and strains his marriage. Linda, while trying to understand her son's choice and comfort her husband, is forced into mediating the conflict between the two men in her life.