Working Stiff
NYC PREMIERE A short documentary about a New York comic strip artist who finds a way to support his own creative work.
Arts
The Moving Camera Project
WORLD PREMIERE Experience the mind of artist Maciej Markowicz as he embarks on his latest work, a giant camera of New York proportions.
SHORTS: L-O-V-E
Four letters that make the world go round. Her & Me (USA, 15 min., Shelby Hadden) profiles identical twins, while Oh My Father (USA, 11 min., Robert Machoian) explores a father/daughter bond. Elders (UK, 7 min., Glen Milner) looks at the world’s longest-married couple, and Palisades (USA, 7 min., Marian Mathias) chronicles falling in love. […]
Johnny Physical Lives
NYC PREMIERE Johnny Physical Lives is the story of the secret world of two brothers making a rock n’ roll documentary as one goes through cancer treatment. When younger brother Jonathan passes away in the midst of the production, older brother Joshua must finish the project on his own. First time filmmaker, Joshua Neuman weaves […]
Paris, 1971
US PREMIERE In March 1971, Jim Morrison lead singer of The Doors left his life in Los Angeles behind and joined his girlfriend Pamela Courson in Paris to write poetry. Four months later he was dead. Paris, 1971 is a dream-like meditative journey, imaginatively recounting his last days and interment at the mythic Père Lachaise […]
SHORTS: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT
Five creators, five mediums. Jim Morrison’s last months in Paris, 1971 (USA, 11 min., David Khachatorian) are imaginatively recounted. James Turrell: You Who Look (USA, 8 min., Jessica Yu) offers a glimpse into the artist’s boundary-pushing work. A Brazilian punk poet is invited to Harvard after years of neglect by the literary establishment in Chacal: […]
Frans Lanting: The Evolution of Life
NYC PREMIERE Embark on a dazzling journey through time via the remarkable images of National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting and his epic “LIFE” project, a stunning interpretation of life on Earth from the Big Bang through the present. The film also recounts Lanting’s own evolution from natural history photographer to visual chronicler of life on […]
James Turrell: You Who Look
NYC PREMIERE What is visual perception? James Turrell, the artist who, for over 40 years, has been creating artworks that test our notions of seeing, takes us on a journey through his immersive series of works. Directed by award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu with an original score by Jeff Beal this short documentary conveys the […]
Marian
WORLD PREMIERE When a Tony award winning actress stops speaking she relies on her students, colleagues and only daughter to speak for her.
MissMe: The Artful Vandal
NYC PREMIERE At the height of a successful career at one of the world’s top advertising agencies, renowned Montreal-based Miss Me quit her job and took to the streets to become an underground street artist. Her goal? Self-liberation, authenticity, and to be a loud, counter-voice to the objectification of women in mainstream advertising.