Festival Section: Metropolis

Note: First screening is sold-out.  You can line-up for the rush-line; if any tickets become available, they will be released 15 min. prior to show-time. When it comes to Wall Street corruption, the worst criminals rarely grant interviews. But Unraveled marks … Continue reading →

Note: First screening is sold-out.  You can line-up for the rush-line; if any tickets become available, they will be released 15 min. prior to show-time. WORLD PREMIERE Billboards and commercial messages dominate the public space like never before. Can we reverse … Continue reading →

Note: First screening is sold-out.  You can line-up for the rush-line; if any tickets become available, they will be released 15 min. prior to show-time. Laura Brownson, Beth Levison & Lemon Andersen will be present at the second screening of … Continue reading →

WORLD PREMIERE Whatever happened to The Sugarhill Gang? After scoring a mega-hit with “Rapper’s Delight,” the band’s creative leaders Master Gee and Wonder Mike became the victims of nightmare contracts. They lost their income and even their names. Twenty-five years later, they … Continue reading →

US PREMIERE Inside the legendary (and soon to be transformed) Chelsea Hotel, first-time director Corinne van der Borch discovers Bettina, a resident since the 1960s, once a mysterious beauty and now a recluse. Filmed over two years, Bettina lets down her guard … Continue reading →

Ballet students, ages 9-19, travel to New York City from all over the world to compete for awards and scholarships in the Youth America Grand Prix. New York-based director Bess Kargman follows six students from diverse backgrounds in the US, Italy, Colombia, … Continue reading →

Blazing the Trail reveals the legacy of New York’s silent movie pioneer The Kalem Film Company, toplined by the creative combo of director Sidney Olcott and actress Gene Gauntier. In 1910, they traveled to Ireland to produce the country’s first feature film, … Continue reading →