NewFilmmakers Winter Series
ContinuesWednesday, February 21st
NewFilmmakers Welcomes Back The National Association Of Latino Independent Producers.
6:00 NEWFILMMAKERS MOCKS DOCS & MORELazara 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 PRESENTATIONStephen Padilla THE LITTLE THINGS (2006, 90 Minutes, Mini DV)
"The Little Things" is a verite-style, character-rich portrait of life and love among late twentysomethings living and working in New York City. The film chronicles the lives of four "kidults," people without the experience of intimacy that would otherwise allow them to take on adult life fully.
Miranda is a teacher whose life with her boyfriend, Jace, is comfortable, if unsatisfying, until she meets Michael. Michael opens Miranda up to his world of intimacy, intensity and vulnerability, the likes of which she's never before experienced, but always secretly desired. The only problem is that Michael is otherwise entangled in a relationship of his own with his girlfriend, Katie. As Michael and Miranda begin to negotiate the complexities of their budding relationship, they are forced to deal with the realities of their individual circumstances.
"The Little Things" is Padilla's first narrative feature-length film. Having had a number of scripts optioned, but never produced, Padilla took it upon himself to make a film on his own. Two years ago, he sat down to write something that he could direct and produce using the limited resources available to him. The result is a film that captures a generation trapped between adolescence and adulthood.
"For years, I had been fascinated with the dissatisfaction of people of my generation with their lives," Padilla says. "For the most part, they were in long-term, committed relationships that they had chosen just a few years before and many of them were in the midst of rather successful careers for which they had educated themselves. And yet they seemed utterly dissatisfied with their lives. And I wanted to know why. So I set out to make a film about these people and what I found was an entire generation who possess none of the resources necessary to manage happiness."
Completed with support from the IFP, "The Little Things" won the Audience Award at the 2006 Red Bank International Film Festival. More information on the film can be found at www.afamilyaffairfilms.com.
