2004
		NEW YORK / LOS ANGELES January / February / March Schedule			Still  only  $5

WEDNESDAY, January 7th

NewFilmmakers Presents A whole New Year.


6:00PM NewFilmmakers Early Short Program

Peter Rinaldi WALDO (2003, 10 minutes, video)
Tariq Jalil 24-7 (2003, 7 minutes, video)
Andrew Vannata FLYER BOY (2003, 3 minutes, 16mm)
Sangjin Eom SOLITUDE (2003, 9 minutes, 16mm)
Gordon Winiemko ENJOY (2003, 14 minutes, video)


7:00PM New Filmmakers Short Program

Kurt Davis THE SHRINKING CITY (2003, 30 minutes, video)
Jong W. Lee ZINNIA (2003, 19 minutes, 16mm)
Rossana Jeran PORTRAIT OF EVE (2003, 5 minutes, video)
Lise Ramos & Albert Carvajal CAPICO (2003, 28 minutes, video)


8:30PM NewFilmmakers Feature Presentation

Chris Valenti
SENSITIVE JOHNSON
2003, 90 minutes, Video)

SENSITIVE JOHNSON is a Romantic Comedy about a musician who, after landing a
date with the girl of his dreams, gets a real case of performance anxiety.

Scott Johnson is a premature ejaculator. This is the story of this charming
and popular singer/songwriter's struggle to overcome the disastrous sexual
dysfunction that happens every time his new girlfriend gets a little too
close.

He's been longing for a date with Jen for many years. All his songs express
his love for her. But now that this tragedy has struck, he must conceal his
humiliating dilemma and quickly fix the problem.

Sensitive Johnson is a comedy about overcoming inabilities, insecurities,
and intimidations - even when things start to get sticky.  Stars Chris
Valenti, who is the guy in the "da da da" Volkswagon commercial.

WEDNESDAY, January 14th


NewFilmmakers Presents the Fighting Irish.


6:00PM NewFilmmakers Early Short Program

Michael Trigilio UNTITLED (2003, 12 minutes, video)
Chris Ohlson THE MEAT MARKET (2003, 22 minutes, video)
Danny Perez I WAS A TEENAGE GANG MEMBER'S INITIATION (2003, 10 minutes,
video)


7:00PM New Filmmakers Short Program

Claude Reid DYSFUNCTIONAL (2003, 15 minutes, video)
Michael Stone THE MAN WHO KILLED AND ATE THE THING (2003, 17 minutes, 16mm)
Robert & Philip Snyder PAPERMAN (2002, 8 minutes, video)
Chelsea Krebbers SPOONING WITH SIN (2003, 15 minutes, 16mm)
Victoria Larimore ROOM 32 (2003, 10 minutes, 35mm)
Alejandro Rodriguez BIRTHDAY GIFT (2003, 11 minutes, 16mm)


8:30PM NewFilmmakers Feature Presentation

Ray Daly Jr
FIGHTING IRISH
(2003, 104 minutes, video)

What do you get when you mix a tough Irish kid with a topless bar, a biker
gang, a beautiful stripper girlfriend, an alcoholic mother, an abusive
father, bats, knives, axe handles, guns, the police, the FBI, extreme
violence, sleep deprivation and an inordinate amount of pride? The answer is
Fighting Irish. Based on a true story Fighting Irish, is an action/drama
about a man and his personal three-year war with an entire biker gang. In
the 90''s The Warlords Motorcycle gang were a fixture in the New York
nightlife scene, extorting money from bar owners and basically terrorizing
the entire industry with their brand of violence. This all changed in 1995
when a down on his luck young man named Sean McCarthy took the Warlords
actions personal.  Stars Ray Daly, Kara Hamilton, Mary Beth Pape, Fred
Russell, John Whitaker, Scott Klavan.

WEDNESDAY, January 21st

NewFilmmakers Presents Reality.


6:00PM NewFilmmakers Early Short Program

Dovar Chen INTO AIR (2003, 45 minutes, video)

A beautiful, patient documentary on farmers and fisherman in Taiwan facing
globalization.


7:00PM New Filmmakers Short Program

Noah Barrow VIOLENT HOUR (2003, 14 minutes, video)
Neil Ira Needleman TWO SURVIVORS (2003, 19 minutes, video)
Riccardo Costa CROSSING (2003, 9 minutes, video)
Michael Goldburg BEFORE THE BIG GAME (2003, 14 minutes, video)

8:30PM NewFilmmakers Feature Presentation

Johnny Garcia
WELCOME TO PURGATORY
2003, 112 minutes, video

Ever wonder what it would be like to be an actor in New York? Thomas Mundis
wondered that--and now he's sorry he did. See, nobody told him about the
acting teacher who would prey on his every weakness. Or the agents who won't
return his phone calls. Or how coffee in New York costs $6 a cup.
Add to Thomas' problems the fact that each of his friends at the UNY acting
program are undergoing problems of their own. And Thomas meets Dolly, a
beautiful and talented former acting student herself--and possibly the only
person that's more depressed than he is. Part biting satire, part valentine
to the starving artist in all of us, Welcome to Purgatory is a hilarious
comedy that shines the spotlight on some of the acting has-beens and
never-weres--and shows that just maybe, with time, patience, and a little
bit of luck, we'll all still get our chance...

WEDNESDAY, January 28th

NewFilmmakers Hosts The National Association for Latino Independent
Producers. 

The mission of the National Association for Latino Independent Producers
(NALIP) has a mission to promote the advancement, development and funding of
Latino/Latina film and media arts in all genres. 


6:00PM NewFilmmakers NALIP Reception


7:00PM NewFilmmakers NALIP Film Program

NewFilmmakers Presents The Black Documentary Collective. 

Founded by veteran filmmaker St.Clair Bourne, The Black Documentary
Collective (BDC) 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. The BDC also advocates on issues impacting
Black documentarians.

6:00PM NewFilmmakers / Black Documentary Collective Reception

7:00PM NewFilmmakers / Black Documentary Collective Screening Program

 
WEDNESDAY, February 11th

NewFilmmakers Presents the Static Age


6:00PM NewFilmmakers Valentine Reception


7:00PM New Filmmakers Valentine Film Program

WEDNESDAY, February 18th

NewFilmmakers Presents A Collection of Award-Winning Shorts From The Third
Annual Arlene's Grocery Picture Show.


6:00PM NewFilmmakers Arlene Grocery Reception

Free Beer and conversation.


7:00PM NewFilmmakers Program

ARLENE'S GROCERY PICTURE SHOW -- GREATEST HITS VOLUME III

Held annually at Arlene's Grocery, the popular Lower East Side music
venue, completed its third year this April. To understate the matter, The
Arlene's Grocery Picture Show is a unique film event.  Last year the
film festival that boasts, "if no one else will show your film, we will,"
showed over 150 films in two days! The Picture Show is also known for
it's celebrity-filled, mayhem-fueled Monday Night awards ceremony  --
The Groceries  -- which doles mounted cans or pigeon peas and other
special  awards.  This year's celebrities included Abel Ferrara, Soupy
Sales, Melissa auf der Maur, Michael Musto and more!  See a collection of
selected award winning shorts from what is becoming the most talked
about independent film festival in New York City!  The event will be
hosted by Picture emcee Owen Comaksey.  Heckling is encouraged.

WEDNESDAY, February 25th

NewFilmmakers Welcomes The Reel Roundtable. Reel Roundtable is a hub of the
Independent Film community, providing a forum for actors, directors, writers
and producers to screen and discuss films.  This program features a
reception and the Reel Roundtable's latest picks of independent films that
are in the now.  Program begins with a reception at 6:00 p.m.


7:30PM New Filmmakers / Reel Roundtable Film Program

Check www.reelroundtable.com for updated information.

WEDNESDAY, March 3rd

NewFilmmakers Presents Anathema the Movie.


6:00PM NewFilmmakers Early Short Program

Robbie Land ELAINE DRIVE (2003, 6 minutes, video)
Diane Nerwen THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (2002, 5 minutes, 16mm)
Neil Ira Needleman DIVISION DIARY (2003, 26 minutes, video)


7:00PM New Filmmakers Short Program

Sonya Rhee / Charley Trujillo SOLDADOS (2003, 24 minutes, video)
Rommel Eclarinal SAN MATEO (2003, 10 minutes, video)
Rommel Eclarinal RAMONA (2003, 16 minutes, video)
Dawn Scabilia MUELA (2003, 16 minutes, video)
Stephen Casa PIE IN THE SKY (2003, 18 minutes, video)


8:30PM NewFilmmakers Feature Presentation

Nick Robbins
ANATHEMA
2003, 99 minutes, 16mm)

ANATHEMA is an existential psychosexual road movie.

Niel is a taciturn, disfranchised kid from suburbia given to waking
fantasies and bouts of mild narcolepsy.  He has gravitated to the city where
he drifts aimlessly - until his serendipitous encounter with a young
prostitute named Lily.  The strange chemistry between the them sparks a
mutual exploration of their dark and dangerous repressions.
 
Spontaneously, the two decide to take a road trip.  When Niel's car breaks
down, they meet a hitchhiker named Mahan.  The three decide to share a motel
room for the night.   A surreal encounter with a bizarre theater troupe
leads them into a three-way sexual foray that has some unanticipated
consequences.
 
The next morning is dicey, but Niel and Lily manage to get back on the road.
Inevitably, Niel's car begins to fail again.  He and Lily are forced to seek
refuge in a house that belongs to an elderly, infirm woman named Elsa.  Over
the course of the night, Lily develops a tacit bond with Elsa - a mother she
never had.
 
After this experience, Lily knows what she must do.   She must pay a visit
to her estranged father, a wealthy dilettante whose wife, Lily's mother,
died when Lily was young.  This last stop has Lily coming to full terms with
her profoundly broken childhood.  Niel, through his empathetic connection
with Lily, finds himself reliving her most traumatic childhood experiences.
He becomes the unwitting agent of both her father's bloody redemption and
the ultimate reconciliation between Lily and her father.

WEDNESDAY, March 10th

NewFilmmakers Closed For Underground Film Festival.

WEDNESDAY, March 17th

NewFilmmakers Presents Soul Of An Empire.



6:00PM NewFilmmakers Reception

Help us celebrate our sixth year with a reception.


8:30PM NewFilmmakers Feature Presentation

Will Lyman and Jerri Sher
SOUL OF AN EMPIRE
(2003, 57 minutes, 35mm)

Narrated by Robert Guillaume, Soul of an Empire, Documentary
traces the re-development of 42nd Street and focuses on the startling
transformation of the AMC Empire Theater from a burlesque house to an
enormous 25 screen mulitplex cinema.

In the very heart of Times Square, an extraordinary building makes a
miraculous journey 168 feet west to a position of prominence on the new 42nd
Street. Built in 1912, the 7 million pound burlesque house was moved
hydraulically to become the foyer for an enormous 25-screen multiplex
cinema. This exquisitely photographed film follows this $200 million
construction project from beginning to bittersweet conclusion. The Empire
Theatre is both a proud symbol of the past and a fragile beacon for the
future.

WEDNESDAY, March 24th

NewFilmmakers Presents Roller Derby Nite.


6:00PM NewFilmmakers Early Short Program

Casey Koehler BAUTISMO (2002, 5 Minutes, video)
Brian To JUST DON'T DO IT (2002, 7 Minutes, video)
Mark Harris MAGIC JUAN (2002, 38 Minutes, video)

7:00PM New Filmmakers Short Program

Amir Motlagh DINO ADINO (2003, 16 Minutes, video)
Jeannie Simms BLOOD RELATIONS (2003, 35 Minutes, 16mm)
George Fitsos MECHANICS (2001, 49 Minutes, video)


8:30PM NewFilmmakers Feature Presentation

Sharon Rutter
DEMON OF THE DERBY
(2003, 76 minutes, video)


Ann Calvello has been the "meanest Mama on skates" since 1948. At 71, she's
still hanging on to the limelight, pursuing her passion for head-smacking,
bone-crunching Roller Derby action. Don't miss the east coast premiere of
this long-awaited documentary about the fabulous, bejeweled, bleached blond
reigning queen of Roller Derby. Filmmakers in Person.

WEDNESDAY, March 31st

NewFilmmakers Presents True Life.


6:00PM NewFilmmakers Early Short Program

Mitch McCabe SEPTEMBER 5:10PM (1999, 9 Minutes, 35mm)
Erika Yeomans CHUBBY BUDDY (2003, 12 Minutes, video)
Neil Ira Needleman UNFOCUSED (2003, 27 Minutes, video)

7:00PM New Filmmakers Short Program

Doug Vitarelli IN TRANSIT (2003, 3 Minutes, video)
Ron Duncan RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT (2003, 7 Minutes, video)
Cetywa Powell ONLY FIRECRACKERS (2003, 8 Minutes, video)
Michael Newman REAMALITY (2002, 13 Minutes, video)
Shane Aspegren MARIE-MADELEINE, (2002, 22 Minutes, 35mm)
Steven Vasquez ROSE & ALEXANDER (2002, 35 Minutes, 35mm)

8:30PM NewFilmmakers Feature Presentation

Alexis J. Estevez
ANIMUS
(2003, 90 minutes, video)

Alexis J. Estevez makes a splash in the independent film world with his debut feature, an inventive
low-budget romance with a strong-willed heroine. Janice Chung (Connie Teng) can't commit to a man
"unless he's the one." She begins dating Joaquin (Carlos Valencia), a struggling artist who's
old-fashioned romantic views clash with hers. Within this loose story line Estevez launches into a
character study of Janice and her family to offer a slice of Korean-American urban life rarely seen on the
screen. According to Estevez's production diary, he interviewed dozens of women and gathered feedback on a screenplay from female friends, and his efforts show. Janice is an unapologetic, sexually independent character who resists the efforts of the men in her life to change who she is to please them--the wonderful concluding twist thumbs its nose at romantic conventions and gives Janice her due. Estevez combines direct address and documentary techniques with a simple, often elegant narrative style to create a multilayered portrait of Janice and her men and question perceptions and conventions of sex,
sexuality, and relationships in the modern world. Though somewhat primitive compared with big-budget works, this first feature introduces Estevez as a fresh voice and a creative force to be reckoned with."

WEDNESDAY, April 7th

NewFilmmakers Presents Counter Culture.


6:00PM NewFilmmakers Early Short Program

Life's A Bitch

Brian Russo SCROOGE MCDUNK (2003, 8 minutes, video)
Jack Feldstein THREE MONTHS WITH POOK (2003, 39 minutes, video)


7:00PM New Filmmakers Short Program

... And Then You Die

Diane Sherry-Case VALENTINE'D DAY (2003, 9 minutes, 35mm)
Daniel Petrov A SWEDE AND A TURK (2003, 30 minutes, video)
Michael Owen MIND'S EAR (2003, 22 minutes, video)

 


8:30PM NewFilmmakers Feature Presentation

Bernadette Corporation
GET RID OF YOURSELF
2003, 64 minutes, video

Based on experience at the G8 counter summit in Genoa two years, GET RID OF
YOURSELF results from the unlikely encounter between the New York City based
artist collaborative Bernadette Corporation and members of the anarchist
Black Bloc. The Film revisits the post nouvelle vague cinetract genre while
questioning representational politics and documentary film making.