The Weaveologist
A Brooklyn hair stylist takes us on a close exploration of black hair culture as he weaves a woman’s hair.
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The Dogist
A short documentary profiling The Dogist (@thedogist) aka Elias Weiss Friedman, Instagram canine-photographer and author.
The Tricks List
Andrew likes to keep things organized. He’s compiled a list of every sexual encounter he’s ever had. Each name ignites a memory—a time, a place, an esoteric fetish. His memory is impressive. The list currently numbers 749 and continues to grow.
SHORTS: I ♥ NY
If you can make it here… An artist embarks on The Moving Camera Project (USA, 5 min., Andrew Moynehan, Chelsea Moynehan), while a courthouse job helps a Working Stiff (USA, 5 min., Sarah Hanssen) support his art. The Dogist (USA, 6 min., E.J. McLeavey- Fisher) profiles an Instagram canine photographer and author, while The Tricks […]
Working Stiff
NYC PREMIERE A short documentary about a New York comic strip artist who finds a way to support his own creative work.
Club Angels
NYC PREMIERE Club Angels is a short documentary about the forming of the band Sateen by Queen Sateen and Exquisite, a heterosexual married couple who do drag and are fixtures in the queer New York City nightlife scene.
Girls and Boys
NYC PREMIERE Girls and Boys is an observational portrait of a woman in Brooklyn, seemingly alone in her struggle to teach a group of playful, young students who are learning the basics of couple’s dancing in the Polish Folk tradition. Set in the basement auditorium of one of North Brooklyn’s last functioning Catholic schools, Girls […]
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: PERSPECTIVES
Enigmas, innovations and histories. Explore a deepsea mystery surrounding unexplained ocean sounds in The Bloop (USA, 7 min., Cara Cusumano). Bad Dog: A Penitentiary Tale (USA, 12 min., Sean McCoy) tells the true-crime story of a black lab accused of murder. Go behind the counter of Crown Candy (USA, 10 min., David Wilson, Kamau Bilal), […]
Who’s Buried on Hart Island?
WORLD PREMIERE Controlled by the Department of Correction, Hart Island has been New York City’s “potter’s field” for nearly 150 years — the final resting place for the city’s poor and disconnected. It is said to be the largest tax-funded cemetery in the world, holding more than one million people. Many New Yorkers do not know […]