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Saturday November 5, 2011
Poker Face – 19 minutes
Dir. Gia McKenna
Synopsis
A young woman struggles with her poker addiction. Her incessant gambling starts to affect her and her relationships.
The Choi Family – 8 minutes
Dir. Jason Stefaniak
Synopsis
'The Choi Family' is an intimate look at a Korean-American family's attempt to reconcile with their son's involvement in a tragic school shooting.
Danny – 16 minutes
Dir. James Andrew Sands
Synopsis
Suffering from crippling phobias Katie turns to Dr. Daniel Wells, a Clinical Psychologist specializing in hypnotic regression therapy for help. Mistakenly Dr. Wells takes Katie back to another place and time, and their journey together changes both of their lives forever.
Big City, Small Town – 14 minutes
Dir. Stefanos Tai
Synopsis
"Big City, Small Town" is an up-close examination of New York City's residential rent laws and the human effect of their expiration on one tight-knit Manhattan community as observed through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old high school student.
My Own Horn – 10 minutes
Dir. Zachary Rockenstyre
Synopsis
Through his opportunity to play a big solo at his school's winter concert, Jack, 11, unexpectedly is forced to come to terms with living in the shadow of his brother's anxiety disorder.
Human Error – 10 minutes
Dir. Ben Koepp
Synopsis
A week in the life of John Smith is documented, as he struggles to get by while an unknown disease spreads through New York City.
Bless You – 5 minutes
Dir. Chung Lam
Synopsis
It is what happens when a young man, who says 'bless you' whenever someone sneezes, even if he doesn't know the person per se, discovers that no one really cares about him or his action.
It Can't Be True – 8 minutes
Dir. Brian Gonzalez
Synopsis
A blind woman comes home one night and feels a presence outside her window. She is being watched but in her deprived state, she is aching to be looked at, to be touched, so she keeps him watching, searching for his soul in her dreams. If the voyeur is actually there or not, she'll never know for sure. Perhaps the desire is not so much to be seen but to see herself, to know she exists.
Balance in Perspective – 37 minutes
Dir. Annie Dietz
Synopsis
A healthy deer population is important to a healthy ecosystem, but suburban sprawl and other landscape-changing human activities have contributed to an overabundance of deer. Now this overpopulation threatens the stability of our forests. For years, hunting has been a major tool for managing deer herds, but sometimes-emotional opposition to hunting makes finding a way to restore balance to the ecosystem a challenge.
About the Why – 29 minutes
Dir. Jonathan Leo Miller
Synopsis
Deborah is a secular occupational therapist who specializes in children with disabilities, but her life changed after working for years in a highly secluded, religious community.
I Now Pronounce You Husband and Husband – 20 minutes
Dir. Stephanie Donnally
Synopsis
In 2004, Jason West, the then mayor of New Paltz, NY, was criminally charged after marrying twenty-four same-sex couples.
Short Sighted – 6 minutes
Dir. Daniel Funk
Synopsis
An extraterrestrial crashes his ship in the New Mexico desert, which attracts the attention of an elderly hermit. Due to his poor vision, the old man mistakes the alien for his own pet and takes him in. Caught off guard, the alien needs to find a way to escape and get his ship working again.
Goldenbox – 19 minutes
Dir. Matt MacDonald
Synopsis
Best friends Jeff and Tucker have grown up like most boys: playing video games and causing mischief. Now, late into their 20s, Jeff's new job promotion is moving him out of the country and away from Tucker's immaturity forever. With one last night together, they have to break into the UP-Ex shipping facility to steal back a package - a mysterious golden box - and hope their friendship can survive the adventure.
Sami's Cock – 4 minutes
Dir. George Larkin
Synopsis
The entire Iraq war is explained in a story about a man and his cock.
Heartland – 14 minutes
Dir. Hai-Tao Wu
Synopsis
After losing a young daughter to a rare heart disease, two parents transform their grief into a force for good by channeling their experiences to establish a national assistance program for other families with children with life threatening heart conditions.
Becoming Tina – 19 minutes
Dir. Eddie LeBron
Synopsis
An unemployed college graduate named Janet is convinced by peers that she should enter the world of high class escorting in order to pay off her increasing debts.
Redemption – 15 minutes
Dir. Jovanni Ibarra
Synopsis
This film is about a man that is a hoarder. He has lost his wife, and his two children. The film follows his struggle to reconnect with his children as well as trying to come to terms with his own demons.
First Dates – 15 minutes
Dir. Sam Wasserman
Synopsis
"First Dates" is a comedic short film centering around an eclectic cast of characters in a series of vignettes about first dates. Using an ensemble cast to explore the foibles of the ruthless dating world, First Dates never plays safe in its commentary on our sometimes awkward, always hilarious, desperate human quest for companionship in the fast paced modern-world.
Temper – 15 minutes
Dir. Stephen Dwyer
Synopsis
Having just graduated from anger management, Sean's ready to become a new person, but between his past and his surroundings, he'll discover that there's no way you can change who you are.
Benevolence – 13 minutes
Dir. Jordan Schursky
Synopsis
After making the tough decision to leave her fiancé, Jessica is ready to start her new life, but is sidetracked when she meets Lindsay who has her own intentions.
Best Friend's Charm – 15 minutes
Dir. Jane Dorogoyer
Film Website
Synopsis
Can Friendship endure the restlessness unleashed by events that we cannot foresee?
Bye, Goodbye – 15 minutes
Dir. Oleksii Klymenko
Synopsis
A story about one morning in the life of the protagonist. That morning she and her dearly beloved boyfriend had a fight, which was a continuation of the previous evening's quarrel (because of which he even had to spend night on the sofa in the living room). During their argument when she's drowned in tears, he's ready to make up and stay home next to her (even if he could be fired for that). She is too proud to 'accept this favor' and she pushes him to go to work. He is a firefighter and that is Sept 11.
Give and Take – 62 minutes
Dir. Carl Kriss
Synopsis
"Give and Take" offers an in-depth look at the diverse backgrounds and experiences of New York subway musicians. The film focuses on a professor named Renard who auditions for Music Under New York, and a homeless man named Douglas who puts an ad on Craigslist for a free guitar. Through interviews and musical performances the story highlights the different perspectives the two men have on art and community. Renard and Douglas' story reminds us of the common need for humans to communicate and connect with each other on a one on one level, whether through music or the relationships we have with each other.
Therefore I Am – 19 minutes
Dir. Simon G. Mueller
Synopsis
A young man finds himself trapped in another person's dream. When the other person, a young woman, wakes up, his existence will end. All the women he meets in this dream are the same woman in different facets of her personality. He is the man of her dreams, so they fall in love. He finds out that the woman tries to kill herself with sleeping pills; this is her final dream before she dies. To safe her life he has to wake her up and sacrifice himself.
Sounds of Blades in Rotation – 11 minutes
Dir. Stephen Troy
Synopsis
A young man and woman, driving through a dense forest, have hit a dog in the road. Now they must try to deal with this event, with no one there to help them.
Bowling Balls – 18 minutes
Dir. John Langan
Synopsis
Two working-class teenagers from Bayonne, New Jersey attempt to steal an unpublished short story by author J. D. Salinger from the Princeton University library. Along the way they discover underground passageways, secret societies, hidden tunnels, and the true value of art.
Special Things To Do – 18 minutes
Dir. T.J. Misny
Synopsis
Following a career-altering injury, CC (Noot Seear), a young tennis superstar has become a miserable shell of her former self. In an effort to improve her public image, her handlers arrange the ultimate PR-booster: she'll spend the afternoon in a lavish hotel, one-on-one with her biggest fan, a terminally ill fifteen-year-old boy, Cliff Finley (Nat Wolff). What follows is a strange journey of self-discovery for two lost and isolated young people: one haunted by the possibility that he'll never achieve his goals, the other devastated by the realities of achieving them.
Poets in Person: Philip Levine – 4 minutes
Dir. Guy Shahar
Synopsis
'Poets in Person' is a short documentary series, which provides a rare glimpse into the lives of influential literary figures. Presented in a 'Day in the Life' verite style, each episode's form and content is heavily influenced by the individual spotlighted. Pulitzer Prize winner and United States Poet Laureate, Philip Levine, is featured in Episode 1.
Poets in Person: Stephen Dunn – 4 minutes
Dir. Guy Shahar
Synopsis
'Poets in Person' is a short documentary series, which provides a rare glimpse into the lives of influential literary figures. Presented in a 'Day in the Life' verite style, each episode's form and content is heavily influenced by the individual spotlighted. Episode 2 features Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn.
Equality I am Woman – 10 minutes
Dir. Al Sutton
Synopsis
This inspirational short film with historic, archival footage documents the largest gender equality event in US history, where fifty thousand gathered in New York City to celebrate. It also acknowledges the contribution of the early pioneer feminists.
The Bridge Academy – 7 minutes
Dir. Alexander Epply-Schmidt
Synopsis
A short documentary about The Bridge Academy: a school for children with learning disabilities that not only teaches, but changes the lives of its students and their families.
Odysseus' Gambit – 12 minutes
Dir. Àlex Lora Cercos
Synopsis
A gambit is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices a pawn with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position. The protagonist is a Cambodian American guy looking for his place in the game.
Our Hawaii – 58 minutes
Dir. Kryssa Schemmerling
Synopsis
A group of neighborhood surfer buddies, now in their 40's and 50's, re-visit key moments of their lives spent riding the waves of New York City's Rockaway Beach -- a once-vibrant seaside resort turned urban wasteland.
Track Meet – 11 minutes
Dir. Eric Laplante
Synopsis
Pain Medicine – 15 minutes
Dir. Shira-Lee Shalit
Synopsis
Reunited by their grandfather's illness, three estranged cousins forge an unlikely alliance to acquire, by any means necessary, his special medication that none of them can afford.
White Rice – 4 minutes
Dir. Ben Holbrook
Synopsis
The miraculous events that occur while being hunted down by 'ravenous psychotics', and being taken to a demented party create a strange connection with rice that Octavius never expected. When asked to explain himself, however, Octavius finds that his audience may be less sympathetic than anticipated.
The Last Dinner – 13 minutes
Dir. Anderson Boyd
Synopsis
On the eve of America's end to capital punishment the final inmate on death row hatches a plan for survival. Though his claim to innocence may be true, time and a sinister Warden stand in his way.
After School Special – 9 minutes
Dir. Jacob Chase
Synopsis
A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground in this Neil LaBute penned slice-of-life starring Sarah Paulson and Wes Bentley.
Ode To Joy – 4 minutes
Dir. Chris Calicchio
Synopsis
Everything isn't what it seems.
High Hopes – 27 minutes
Dir. Dennis Cabrini
Synopsis
"High Hopes" is a bittersweet TV comedy about Danny Valentino, an Italian American, who is about to turn 50 years old and realizes he has wasted his life driving a cab while pursuing an unsuccessful acting career. "High Hopes" is about never giving up on your dreams even when all the odds are stacked against you.
Highrise – 12 minutes
Dir. Robbie Norris
Synopsis
A hilarious but dangerous late night adventure in a high-rise forces Peter to face his demons.
The Empty Playground – 4 minutes
Dir. Philip Giordano
Synopsis
A middle-aged man struggling with inner demons tries to abduct a young girl on a playground.
Reco – 23 minutes
Dir. Chris Adler
Synopsis
An adopted teen chooses to confront her past while on a personal journey in the 1880's western frontier.
I Remember – 16 minutes
Dir. John Sylva
Synopsis
Derek Fox, a Midwestern college student, struggles to find his place in the world of gay bars, relationships, and strange men that he had feared for so long. At 21, he's finally said the words 'I'm gay' -- but what next?
I Am Julia – 15 minutes
Dir. David Capurso
Synopsis
Julia, a recent Colombian immigrant in an inner City High School, must fend up against bullies and the system, as karma takes its toll.
Pennies – 14 minutes
Dir. Jonathan Chanin
Synopsis
"Pennies" is the story of Jimmy, an eccentric loner who scours the streets of New York City picking up lost pennies and trying to reconnect them with their former owners. While much of the world does not seem to understand Jimmy's mission, along the way he meets people who make him realize what it means to connect in the first place.
Found – 3 minutes
Dir. Brian Levi Bowman
Synopsis
Based on a poem discovered on the streets of Manhattan. The poem titled 'Found' had an anonymous author and the words of the poem have deep meanings behind them. The film itself, 'Found' is an experimental exploration of the poem.
Second Impressions – 35 minutes
Dir. Lyndon McCray
Synopsis
"Second Impressions" is a romantic comedy created by Christine Wheeler. A short film centered around one unwittingly spontaneous event illuminating a young woman's struggles with learning to love herself and how her determination to get to the third date kick starts a new romance.
Suicide – 24 minutes
Dir. Slane Ramon
Synopsis
A dark comedy about a man looking for answers and believes that suicide is it. While filming a reality show based on him ending his life, George fumbles attempt after attempt while being pushed on by the shows overzealous director. George is enrolled by the show into a self-help group based on helping one end their life. George finds the help he needed and the answers he was looking for much to the dismay of the shows director.
My Name Is... – 10 minutes
Dir. Eddie Olmo
Synopsis
A student named Mike, played by David Turk, meets this girl, named Jennifer, played by Linda Elizabeth Freund, when they reach for the same candy. Mike tries to introduce himself, but Jennifer feels that knowing each others name will make them share something more intimate than friendship. Even though Mike finds out that she has a boyfriend, played by Lee Lawrence, that doesn't stop him from going to the park and seeing Jennifer. What will come out of this love triangle?
E.X.A. – 23 minutes
Dir. Omri Bezalel
Synopsis
A 17-year-old girl is one competition away from being the number one rated Excretion Artist (EXA) in the world, but has to decide if this is what she really wants.
The Pill – 80 minutes
Dir. J.C. Khoury
Synopsis
Worried that he has gotten the free-spirited Mindy pregnant after an unprotected one-night stand, Fred feigns romantic interest and sticks by her side for twelve hours to make sure she takes both doses of the morning-after pill.
A Good Dad – 88 minutes
Dir. Hugo Fernandez
Synopsis
'A Good Dad' is the first film produced by Mel Gibson's nephew Alec Gibson. Alec's fervor to make his own mark was to bring to the forefront a mind-bending story that challenges the societal status quo. A story about a father of a raped child who is obliviously stuck on an elevator with two police officers and a suspect in custody during the New York City black out on August 11, 2003. Is this the man who violated his daughter? Does vindication matter more than the truth?.
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