CATSKILLS
An 86-year-old dancer remembers the heyday of the upstate resort community. (Screening with Repeat Attenders)
Performance
DOC NYC U: NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY SHOWCASE
Students learn to make films by making films. Intensive hands-on Conservatory and MFA programs in Documentary Filmmaking, as well as short-term workshops, pair rigorous instruction with mentoring in order to support students as they work on a series of their own documentary films. Under the guidance of a world-class faculty, this approach has earned NYFA […]
SHORTS: BODY LANGUAGE
On the limits and potential of the human body. A cancer survivor and dancer turns her suffering and fears into a creative fight against the illness in Iridescence (Luxembourg, 6 min., Eileen Byrne). A Filipino filmmaker explores identity and indigenous tattoo art in Blood and Ink (UK, 15 min., Jill Damatac Futter). An independent pro […]
SHORTS: CITY LIGHTS
The ups and downs of city living. Dig It If You Can (USA, 18 min., Kyle Bell) creates a dialogue around Native American visibility, while Jordan Castell Paints Her Community (USA, 10 min., Orian Barki), showing an underrepresented side of black men. An after school improv class gives two teens Extra Credit (USA, 17 min., […]
SHORTS: RECORDED MEMORY
The past looms large in these stories. In Three Red Sweaters (USA, 10 min., Martha Gregory), the filmmaker combs through her grandfather’s 16mm family films, while Nantucket (USA, 8 min., Dylan Filingeri) recalls the director’s estranged father. The singer/songwriter for successful 1970s band Richard Twice (USA, 10 min., Matthew Salton) walks away from it all. […]
SHORTS: STRANGE BUT TRUE
Quirky real life stories. A podcast, broadcast from a closet, brings rest to its insomniac listeners in Sleep With Me (USA, 8 min., Summre Garber), while Small Talk (USA, 8 min., Georgia Krause) offers a trippy meditation on where we go when we dream. Peek into the underground market of those who sell and buy […]
EXTRA CREDIT
An after school improv class gives two teenagers much needed extra credit; it will also give them the chance to create new characters for themselves, onstage and off.
IRIDESCENCE
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, Elodie turned her suffering and fears into a creative fight against the disease and the debilitating effects of the treatments used. Her latest work, Iridescence, is the personal story of her fight with cancer and the way she found to deal with the disease in a creative […]
REMOTE VIEWING MEMORIES
Remote Viewing Memories is a found-footage documentary that tells the story of Ed Dames, one of the world’s leading experts on remote viewing (a psychic method of transcending space and time). Through archival interviews, infomercials and other media we follow Ed as he leaves the military in the late 80’s and attempts to find success […]
RICHARD TWICE
Richard Atkins, the singer and songwriter of the early 70’s California psychedelic folk duo Richard Twice, was on his way to stardom and a huge success with his first debut album when he mysteriously walked away from it all.