WHAT LIES BENEATH THE SKY
A contemplative portrait of NYC post Hurricane Sandy.
2015
ZONE BLANCHE
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Four women who are electro-hypersensitive; a rare condition where people find themselves acutely intolerant to electromagnetic fields and are driven deep into the French Alps in search for remote underground shelters.
13 MILLION VOICES
NYC PREMIERE This timely look at US-Cuba relations focuses on the younger Cubans and Cuban Americans who are seeking to bridge the conflicts of their parents’ generation. Covering a span of ten years, the film looks at the buildup to and aftermath of the 2009 Peace Without Borders concert in Havana that assembled some of […]
HUSTLERS CONVENTION
Hustlers Convention is, in the words of The Hollywood Reporter, a hip-hop history lesson that feels at times like a rap cousin of Searching for Sugar Man. Director Mike Todd (Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears) goes in search of the artist behind the influential 1973 album Hustlers Convention. Interviews include George Clinton, Fab 5 […]
MAN UNDER
Man Under takes you on the personal journey of one MTA motorman’s struggle to get his life back on track after a desperate woman jumps in front of his train.
S – THE MUSICAL SHUTTLE
WORLD PREMIERE S follows the lives of three musicians on and off the train, as they sing, dance, and struggle with what it means to be successful.
SHORTS: CONCRETE KINGDOM
City life. A union man on a mission uses a giant inflatable rat to raise awareness in Lenny and the Rat (USA, 8 min., Jason Hutt). S – The Musical Shuttle (USA, 40 min., Alina Abouelenin, Benjamin Bergmann) shows why the S train is the most lucrative for NYC’s buskers. Mac Premo – stuffmaker (USA, […]
ARTSPEAK
Artspeak follows New York artist Bill Claps discovering everyday people’s thoughts and feelings about contemporary art as he develops a video installation and a series of artworks that comment on the phenomena of Artspeak.
BERNICE
NYC PREMIERE Art world pioneer, Bernice Steinbaum, spent her life working to help female artists and artists of color gain recognition at a time when such artists were largely disregarded in America.
SHORTS: FROM THERE TO HERE
Experiences in the melting pot. Satellite Baby (USA, 9 min., Jenny Schweitzer) uncovers the consequences of a Chinese immigrant daycare alternative. A Resident Alien (USA/Spain, 18 min., Naiara Eizaguirre-Paulos) evaded Honduran drug cartels but may be forced back home. The Absentees (UAE, 10 min, Tanya Daud) are stuck in a no-man’s land. A Romanian Olympian […]