NewFilmmakers Winter 2007 Schedule

Wednesday, January 3rd

NewFilmmakers Welcomes In Another Disastrous New Year

6:00 NEWFILMMAKERS MOCKS DOCS & MORE

Sylvie Deborde WAITING FOR (2005, 9 Minutes, 16MM)
David Khachatorian INVISIBLE (2005, 12 Minutes, HD Cam)
Topaz Adizes CITY (2006, 7 Minutes, Video)

Lili White NY (see) (2005, 68 Minutes, Video)
What does it mean to be an artist-immigrant at a time when the world is on the
verge of major change? NY (see) is made without a script, a storyboard, or an
editing plan. Part home-movie, part city-sym-phony, NY (see) straddles the
borders between autobiography and documentary movie making.

7:45 NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST FEATURE PRESENTATION

Emily Fitzgerald GOD LINKS (2006, 85 Minutes, 16MM)
Two actors live in an intertwining supernatural relationship.

Michael Quilty BITTER END (2006, 82 Minutes, 16MM)
BITTER END is the story of growth and friendship in a small town.

Tonight's Documentary Screening Seminar on Radical Identity Adjustment has been
organized by the International Film and Television Exchange in cooperation with
the Graduate Social Research Program, Hunter College and the Pace University
doctoral program in Psychology.

Following the new phenomenon of deliberate HIV/AIDS infection among a small
group of gay men, Hogarth shows the post-80s AIDS panic return to a sex-driven
gay life style, with some intentionally chasing 'the bug' to receive the 'gift'
of HIV/AIDS. The film takes an uncompromising view of the contradictory results
of safe sex campaigns and the implicit glamorization of AIDS by the
pharmaceutical industry--which promises a long and beautiful life with AIDS. THE
GIFT presents individuals for whom voluntary HIV infection is tantamount to
completing their gay identity.

6:30PM AMERICAN EUNUCHS - DESIGNED IDENTITIES, Franco Sacchi and Gian Claudio
Guiducci, Claus Mueller, Consulting Producer. 72:00, 2004

This documentary investigates the surreal and sometimes tragic underworld of
contemporary Eunuchs in the United States, where each year hundreds of men
voluntarily choose castration to adjust to or design a new identity. The film
provides portraits of three such individuals who have opted for castration along
with those who help them--'cutters' or self made surgeons who perform the
illegal procedure, including a preacher working out of seedy motel rooms and an
old medical doctor whose website offering the service drew thousands of hits.

This film introduces us to the small, mostly male world of individuals who
believe that they will only have a whole identity if they succeed getting rid of
a limb, often the left leg. For these individuals, having two legs generates
distress and suffering, driving them to reach the goal of loosing a leg by any
means necessary, from self-inflicted amputation to surgery.

Herbert Krauss, Pace University, Psychology
Sandra Cohen, Psychoanalyst, Cornell University Medical School
Victoria Pitts, Queens College/CUNY, Sociology
Claus Mueller, Hunter College, Moderator

Learning from Bob and Denise is an upcoming feature-length documentary exploring the complex and contradictory world of the architects, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. Husband and wife partners, Venturi and Scott Brown are widely considered among the most influential designers of the 20th century. Alternately vilified and idolized many times over in the course of their careers, theirs is a story that is part biography, part art history and part sociological survey of the past half century.

Following the screening we will have a discussion with the producer, their son James Venturi and Nathaniel Kahn, the director of MY ARCHITECT.

The Youth Channel is a division of Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) targeting youth under 25. It is an alternative to mass media-providing equal access to all young people, regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation or social status. Manhattan Neighborhood Network's Youth Channel was established in March 2000 with the mission of providing disadvantaged, low-income and minority youth with access to a quality media forum through which to express creativity, foster dialogue, and encourage social and political participation. We provide trainings and hands on experience in all aspects of public access television and video production. With a strong emphasis on media education, media production and youth media distribution we empower young people to see themselves as participants of media and not just consumers. While working directly with youth from NYC, we also provide an outlet for youth media nationwide and globally. The Youth Channel strives to build confidence, establish role models, inform, educate, and entertain. It empowers youth to create change within their communities and the world.

Our in-house production Beyond the Hijab: Struggling against Stereotypes will be the main feature. It is approx. 20 minutes long. Beyond the Hijab: Struggling Against Stereotypes, a documentary made by and about 18 year-old Habibah Ahmad, a young Afro-American Muslim woman, and her daily struggle against discriminatory labels. The video is a vivid exploration of race, identity and religious intolerance in post 9/11 America. Habibah narrates the film, as she talks about Islam, choice and her life. The camera follows her as she interacts with her peers and family members and asks questions about religious freedom, discrimination and the future. Beyond the Hijab: Struggling Against Stereotypes provides a rich and challenging look inside the life of a young person torn between many alliances and facing intolerance as she tries to find her way.

Rosaria Vigorito BORGO FANTASMA VECCHIO ROMAGNANO AL MONTE (2006, 89 Minutes,
Mini DV).

BORGO FANTASMA VECCHIO ROMAGNANO AL MONTE is a fascinating documentary about an
abandoned Italian mountain town as told by its images and its relocated people.

NewFilmmakers Salutes Our Home On The Lower East Side.

5:30 NEWFILMMAKERS ARGO RECEPTION

Debra Cohen TEA TIME (2004, 21 Minutes, Video)
Lubina Bogoeva IN HER OWN COLORS (2006, 5 Minutes, Mini DV)
Jordan Bayne & Michael Knowles ARGO (2006, 22 Minutes, 16MM)
Heather Stewart & Emily Kerns NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND (2006, 6 Minutes, Video)
Maythem Ridha ARUH ALA ARRIH (2006, 6 Minutes, Video)

A dinner table discussion turns into a rehashing of the past and potential
problem for the future married couple.

Three Lower Eastside friends who manage to mess up the relationships with their
girlfriends when they focus on the opinions of each other.

Founded by veteran filmmaker St.Clair Bourne, the Black Documentary Collective provides people of African descent working in the documentary film and video field with the opportunity to meet socially; network professionally; promote
each others' work and exchange ideas in order to generate productions.

Miles Maker LARK & CHER (2006, 20 Minutes, Mini DV)
Keith Davis SURFACE OF THINGS (2006, 10 Minutes, 16 MM)

A documentary which takes a revealing look at families left behind after coping
with the loss of their loved ones in the shadows of the Army's claim that their
deaths were suicides.

Wednesday, February 7th

NewFilmmakers Presents Another Double Feature Evening.

6:00 NEWFILMMAKERS MOCKS DOCS & MORE

Brian Liloia RUBBER BAND HAND (2005, 3 Minutes, Mini DV)
Karen Dee Carpenter MY SCARLET LETTER (2004, 10 Minutes, 16MM)
Joe Harris WITCHWISE (2006, 13 Minutes, 35mm)
Jeff Warden SECRETS (2006, 15 Minutes, Video)
Camille de Galbert ONE DAY, LIKE ANOTHER (2005, 8 Minutes, 16MM)
Jay Leibowitz COULROPHOBIA (2006, 10 Minutes, Video)

A novice therapist's life turns upside down when he is assigned his first
patient, a beautiful young woman with four personalities.

Tara Wray MANHATTAN KANSAS (2005, 79 Minutes, Video)

Manhattan Kansas is a documentary feature where the filmmaker revisits her
mental ill mother.

NewFilmmakers Welcomes The Third World Newsreel.

6:00 NEWFILMMAKERS MOCKS DOCS & MORE

Jeremy Carpel THE ROOFER (2005. 9 Minutes, Video)
Nathan Brunskill CONNECTED (2006, 6 Minutes, 16MM)
Dakkan Abbe JESSIE & JILL (2006, 17 Minutes, Mini DV)
Christopher Dalrymple THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN (2004, 30 Minutes, Video)
Gabriel Amarel SIGHT OF EMOTION (2006, 4 Minutes, Video)

7:10 NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

Third World Newsreel & Witness Team Up.

Third World Newsreel (TWN) is an alternative media arts organization that
fosters the creation, appreciation and dissemination of independent film and
video by and about people of color and social justice issues. Visit them at
www.twn.org. Witness is based on the website www.witness.org, it uses the power
of video to expose Human Rights abuses.

9:00 NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Faisai Lutchmedial MY CULTURAL DIVIDE (2006, 75 Minutes, Mini DV)

A three-month visit to Bangladesh becomes a discovery of family and home that
runs parallel with his attempt to tackle the complex issues of ethical
consuming, child labor & corporate responsibility.

NewFilmmakers Welcome The National Association Of Latino Independent Producers.

6:00 NEWFILMMAKERS MOCKS DOCS & MORE

Lazara Nelson EL CANTO del GALLO (2006, 23 Minutes, Mini DV)
Michael Gaylin INTELLIGENCE (2006, 15 Minutes, Video)
Daniel Wasserman MASTER OF THE KENNEL (2006, 21 Minutes, 16MM)

7:00 NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) is a national
membership organization that addresses the professional needs of Latino/Latina
independent producers. NALIP is the first such effort aimed at Latino production
in thirty years, and it is the first to last more than one year and to provide
ongoing support for the Latino independent film and video makers. In five years,
we have emerged as the premiere Latino media organization, addressing the most
underrepresented and the largest ethnic minority in the country.
For more information, please visit www.nalip.org.

9:00 NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Kat Kosmala LINEAR PROGRESSION (2005, 4 Minutes, Video)
Martin Matthews WHEN DAD & MOM FOUGHT (2005, 15 Minutes, Mini DV)
William Harkins MARCUS' STORY (2004, 25 Minutes, Mini DV)
Sarah Stuve THE JONAS UPLOAD (2006, 10 Minutes, Mini DV)
James Wilkins SPRINGTIME (2006, 5 Minutes, 16MM)

Eduarda Ribeiro COKE (2005, 4 Minutes, 16MM)
Christopher Doherty DISCONNECTED (2006, 17 Minutes, Video)
Ian Ogden COPPERHEAD ROAD (2005, 15 Minutes, 35MM)
Martin Matthews THE FAITHFUL (2005, 13 Minutes, Mini DV)
Adam Hall THE DISCIPLINE OF D. E. (2006, 12 Minutes, 16MM)

In an eerie semblance to the Duke-lacrosse date-rape scandal, an out-of-control lacrosse fraternity is at the center of a hazing prank gone too far. Guy Foreman’s first semester at Royce College is uneventful and boring. Despite his nerd roommate’s warnings, Guy pledges the outlaw off-campus lacrosse fraternity, the Knights of Valor and Leadership. Guy’s life quickly becomes a swirl of beer-bongs, failing grades and fist-fights. His new role-models include Pig, the perpetrator of disgusting acts, Nut, collector of rare pornography, and Crusher, the enforcer of all things KVL. Guy ostracizes his old friends and even his family, as KVL becomes the absolute center of his life. The hazing and out-of-control parties become gradually more intense, until finally at the end of the year toga party, the hell week’s hazing rituals turn to the date-rape of a sorority girl. Guy is jolted to sobriety and must transcend his status as pledge and confront the frat brothers of KVL

Wednesday, March 7th

NewFilmmakers Invites You To Another Night Of Movies.

6:00 NEWFILMMAKERS MOCKS DOCS & MORE

Ron Neilson FINAL VICTORY (2006, 10 Minutes, 16MM)
Alyosha Saari KASTING (2006, 2 Minutes, Video)
Tim Duquette BANGED UP (2006, 40 Minutes, Mini DV)
Corey Gegner ABOUT A BEAR (2006, 7 Minutes, Video)

Alex Kaluzhsky Bad Moon Rising (2007, 14 Minutes, 16MM)

Matthew Lancit DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN (2006, 14 Minutes, 16MM)

Lauryn Siegel A TRIPLET AFFAIR (2006, 16 Minutes, Video)

Elias Ganster LOVECRACKED! THE MOVIE (2006, 87 Minutes, Video)
The tale of a clueless journalist and the several people he meets.

Brian Lonano UNTITLED BRIAN LONANO (2006, 3 Minutes, Video)
Paulina Shur PORTRAIT OF A MOTHER (2006, 29 Minutes, Video)
Nicholas Corrao BLEACHED (2006, 25 Minutes, Video)

Steven Gordon THAT NIGHT (2005, 29 Minutes, 35MM)
Luke Stettner HAPPY (2005, 7 Minutes, Mini DV)
Sarah Crauder BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! (2005, 13 Minutes, 16MM)
Luke Walker THE WARBURTON MONSTER (2006, 4 Minutes, Mini DV)
Scott Willis FALL APART (2006, 6 Minutes, Video

Peter Shanel QUAKE (2006, 18 Minutes, 35MM)

Matthew Nourse THE PACIFIC AND EDDY (2006, 87 Minutes, 16MM)

Ryan Donowho and Dominique Swain star in this challenging and beautifully shot coming of age story.

In the wake of a sudden loss, Eddy (Ryan Donowho) unexpectedly skips town, leaving his friends to mourn for him. A vagabond musician, Eddy runs until there is was nowhere left to run to but home. The Pacific and Eddy captures the uncertainty of a time when indenties begin to reveal themselves. Finding refuge in the swells of the Pacific, Eddy must look inward to deal with the loss he truly never mourned. Following in the tradition Blow Up and Code Unknown where story information is oblique and often challenging, The Pacific and Eddy keeps the audience enchanted by it's subtle mystique and visual beauty. In addition to these core elements, music is monumental in the film's effectiveness and emotional resonance.

NewFilmmakers Welcomes The Digital Film Academy in New York.

6:00 NEWFILMMAKERS MOCKS DOCS & MORE

Ted Ryan HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN? (2006, 6 Minutes, 8MM)
Daniel Brothers WINGS (2005, 10 Minutes, 16 MM)
Cindy Konits THE WAY I SEE IT (2005, 20 Minutes, Mini DV)
Brandon Lasner MY FRIENDS, THC & ME! (2006, 19 Minutes, Mini DV)
Seth Camillo GRAVITY (2006, 4 Minutes, Video)

Matthew Cox I FORGOT MY NAME (2006, 5 Minutes, Video)
B. J. Meyer AT A PRECIPICE (2006, 3 Minutes, 35MM)
Magda Batorska BYC KWIATEM (Flower of Silence) (2006, 50 Minutes, Video)

New Filmmakers presents an evening of independent films from Digital Film
Academy in New York. The short film program features the work of talented
student filmmakers from Digital Film Academy.