DIRECTOR Margaret Sclafani, Zach Singer DATE 6/19 TIME 9PM Story Line A semi-autobiographical poetic exploration of depression and isolation in the early years of the covid pandemic. Margaret, a 35-year-old writer in NYC, travels back to her college town in Arizona to confront her past grief. Using a mix of narrative and documentary elements, we […]
Director Ricardo de Montreuil DATE 6/20 TIME 1PM Top Cast Barbara Mori Pudy Ballumbrosio Christian Meier Stefano Meier Juan Pablo Olyslager Hermelinda Luján Vanessa Saba Marco Zunino Junior Bejar Story Line In 1960s Peru, a privileged French-Peruvian woman’s life unravels when her husband’s betrayal ostracizes her from elite society, and leads her to embrace people […]
The Final Walk The Assistant Tina Can Ownership ANGEL 6/20-3PM-THEATER 1 TICKETS
DIRECTOR Scott Woods DATE 6/20 TIME 5PM Top Cast Isabel Monk Cade Audrey Shapiro Collin Linnville Greyson Horst Story Line Following the death of a young writer, her estranged friends gather to grant her last wish: performing a play about their last days together. TICKETS
DIRECTORs David Kuhn, Lauren Sieckmann DATE 6/20 TIME 7PM Story Line This is the story of Bitcoin, from its inception as a response to the market crash of 2008, to its infancy as either the first realistic alternative to the oppression of a failed global fiat system, or the largest bubble waiting to burst in […]
DIRECTOR Dan Protess DATE 6/20 TIME 9PM Story Line Ronnie Carrasquillo appears destined to die in prison. 47 years after he killed a plainclothes police officer, his life is in the hands of a parole board whose decision-making is swayed by shifting political sands and an ever-present police union. As Ronnie’s family and attorneys fight […]
Director Rock WILK DATE 6/21 TIME 1PM Story Line When you find your biological mother after a lifetime of searching, and her story is astounding, and what that information does to your own life. A film shot all by myself, during the pandemic, after my play opening was canceled. #ArtHeals
Shangri-La, Night Train Last Stop, PARALLAX 3 MINUTOS (5m) Clock Shop Let ‘Em Soak 6/21-3PM-Theater 1 TICKETS
Director Robert Cividanes DATE 6/21 TIME 5PM Top Cast Robert Cividanes Tom Daddario Story Line One man, an actor experiencing discontent with his life and who is also in relapse from drug & alcohol recovery invites himself to head to Los Angeles from New York with a free spirited stand up comedian who is hitting […]
JUKE BOX HERO DIRECTOR Tomas Samaniego-Evans DATE 6/21 TIME 7PM Story Line In Brooklyn’s gritty streets and loading docks, David Cooper, a young punk guitarist risks everything for a life-changing audition — but when love and revenge collide, his dreams teeter on the edge of tragedy. NOTE: THIS FILM WILL PLAY BEFORE A FEATURE FILM […]
A Mother’s Promise (15m), L’Inverno (The Winter) 15m, Day 474, and the Lingerings Thereafter (15m), Like Mother (3m) Break A Leg (15m) 6/21-9PM-THEATER 1
Vanishing: A Love Story is a documentary about award-winning novelist Cai Emmons and her loving, open-hearted journey towards death. In 2021, at the age of 70, Cai was diagnosed with ALS. Taking place in 2022, during the last six-months Cai’s life, the film is, first and foremost, a story about the agency of expression —having […]
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