2008 Films

4TH ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

S E P T E M B E R 1 9 - 2 0, 2 0 0 8

BY FILMMAKERS, FOR FILMMAKERS


	2008 FILMS 6.5 MINUTES IN TEL-AVIV Foreign \| 6:30 \| Israel \| 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM B Director: Mirey Brantz Synopsis: On the 2006 Purim Holiday, an Arab guy, an Israeli woman, paranoia and bus passengers who do not suspect a thing. Contact: Mirey Brantz, miriebaraness686@hotmail.com A DAY IN A LIFE *Foreign \| 21:16 \| Belgium \| 2008* (NYC premiere) - Program B Director: Nicolas Daenens Synopsis: In a crazy daisy chain of events, Mario and Tom rob a bank, Emin drives the getaway car and Jimmy picks pockets. Their fortunes intertwine over the course of a day. Contact: Ief Stuyvaert, www.adayinalife.be, i.was@createdbyconception.be A PICKLE Drama \| 12:27 \| Canada \| 2008 (N. American premiere) - Program K Director: Karen Nielsen Synopsis: An unlikely friendship emerges that challenges a young boy and will define his life forever. Contact: Karen Nielsen, karen@bluefinnproductions.com AWKWARD Comedy \| 6:26 \| Canada \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - Program C Director: Kellie Ann Benz Synopsis: A dinner party conversation takes the most unexpected of turns. Contact: Kellie Ann Benz, kelliebenz@hotmail.com BALL POSSESSION [BALBEZIT] Comedy \| 8:11 \| Netherlands \| 2007 (NYC premiere) - Program B Director: Willemiek Kluijfhout Synopsis: An amateur soccer match ends. All players head for the cosy clubhouse. All except Willem, who needs to retrieve his soccer ball. Contact: Reinette van de Stadt, reinette@true-works.nl, www.true-works.nl BIG COMMISSION Animation \| 3:51 \| USA \| 2008 (World premiere) - Program K Director: Alex Frenklakh Synopsis: A portrait painter is confronted with a challenging high profile commission when he is asked to paint a famous general with a pronounced mole. Contact: Alex Frenklakh, alex.frenklakh@gmail.com BYE-BYE BOOBIES LGBT \| 14:00 \| Australia \| 2008 - Program B Directors: Wednesday & Jez Synopsis: In October 2007, Jeremy had chest surgery, completing the female-to-male transition he has been working toward for two years. Contact: Claire Henry, wednesdailypress@yahoo.com.au FERTILIZE Student \| 8:00 \| Belgium \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - Program B Director: Senne Dehandschutter Synopsis: A pretty girl surrounded by thousands of warriors is part of a magnificent choreography of dance and struggle. In the end only one warrior meets destiny. Contact: Senne Dehandschutter, info@senne-d.com, www.fertilizethemovie.com FIRST BASS Drama \| 15:20 \| USA \| 2007 (NYC premiere) - Program K Director: Philip Hodges Synopsis: Abbey Jacobs is a 12-year-old upright bass prodigy whose true love is baseball. Contact: Jonah Ansell, jonah.ansell@gmail.com FLORENT LGBT \| 15:45 \| USA \| 2007 - PROGRAM C Director: Laura van Schendel Synopsis: Florent Morellet, owner of legendary restaurant Florent, battles his dark side as he tries to keep the lights on in his popular nightspot. Contact: Laura van Schendel, laura.vanschendel@gmail.com HOSE Animation \| 12:30 \| USA \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM K Director: Kevin Watkins Synopsis: A garden hose in search of adventure, discovers that the grass isn't greener on the other side - in fact there isn't even any grass... Contact: Kevin Watkins, public@watkinsworldwide.com, www.hosefilm.com HUNGU Animation \| 9:10 \| Canada \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM A Director: Nicolas Brault Synopsis: Under the African sun, a mother's soul resurrected by music will return strength and life to her child. Contact: Madeleine Bélisle, NFB of Canada, festivals@nfb.ca, www.nfb.ca INTERIOR. BLOCK OF FLATS HALLWAY [INTERIOR. SCARA DE BLOC] Student \| 16:00 \| Romania \| 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM C Director: Ciprian Alexandrescu Synopsis: The death of a person starts a chain reaction which involves the neighbors. Contact: Ciprian Alexandrescu, cipicul@yahoo.com MUTT Animation \| 7:15 \| Australia \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM K Director: Glen Hunwick Synopsis: All work and no play leads to disaster for a disgruntled farmer, his cow and hardworking dog. Contact: Beth Frey, blackout@bigpond.net.au, www.mutt.name MY DAD RALPH Drama \| 11:44 \| Canada \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM K Director: Nicholas Wong Synopsis: Ralph has been keeping his profession a secret from his 7-year-old son, Zack. But when Zack’s class participates in `Take-Your-Kids-to-Work’ Day, keeping the secret becomes a lot harder. Contact: Nicholas Wong, nicklaswong@yahoo.com ON THE ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT Drama \| 6:00 \| USA \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM A Director: Adam Keker Synopsis: A top-secret government file, to be viewed only in the event of the President's death by assassination. Contact: Adam Keker, akeker@earthlink.net PADAM Foreign \| 12:00 \| Spain \| 2007 - PROGRAM C Director: Jose Manuel Carrasco Synopsis: Pilar doesn’t want to be alone, so she decides to go to a dating agency and get a blind date. What she doesn’t know is that her date has his own plans and they have nothing to do with hers. Contact: Ismael Martin, ismael@ecam.es, www.ecam.es PASEO Foreign \| 13:00 \| Spain \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM C Director: Arturo Ruiz Serrano Synopsis: Gabino has never declared his love to a woman. Contact: Ismael Martin, ismael@ecam.es, www.ecam.es PROCRASTINATION Animation \| 4:15 \| UK \| 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM C Director: Johnny Kelly Synopsis: Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do two-dozen other things first. Contact: Johnny Kelly, johnny@mickeyandjohnny.com, www.mickeyandjohnny.com RATTUS Documentary \| 14:00 \| USA \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM A Director: Carlos Barbot Synopsis: People will love what they want to love. Contact: Carlos Barbot, cmbarbot@gmail.com RECYCLE Animation \| 2:58 \| USA \| 2008 (World premiere) - PROGRAM K Director: Darrell Van Citters Synopsis: From dinosaurs to petroleum to plastics, from sand to glass, a light-hearted look at why recycling the earth’s resources is so important. Contact: Jamie Breuer@artisanspr.com ROADMARKERS [KESTOMERKITSIJÄT] Student \| 18:40 \| Finland \| 2007 (N. American premiere) - PROGRAM A Director: Juho Kuosmanen Synopsis: A world where people talk with few words and where violence is way to express your feelings. Contact: Saara Toivanen, Festival Film Office, foffice@taik.fi, www.uiah.fi/eto SEÑAS PARTICULARES Foreign \| 11:35 \| Mexico \| 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM B Director: Kenya Márquez Synopsis: Ramona loses her tranquility when her son Osvaldo disappears. She begins a search that leads her to the coroner’s office and to accept the possibility that her son has died. Contact: Alejandro Díaz San Vicente, IMCINE, difuinte@imcine.gob.mx SUBMERGED Documentary \| 5:30 \| USA \| 2008 (World premiere) - PROGRAM B Director: Jakob Daschek Synopsis: Amidst the madness of New York City, a virtually unknown surf culture is driven by a different current. Contact: Kate Cunningham, kate@syrupnyc.com THE CONFESSION Comedy \| 3:40 \| Ireland \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM A Director: Thomas Hefferon Synopsis: A young man nervously goes to confess his sins, but the priest seems to be more interested in gossiping about the women of the town than granting him absolution. Contact: Thomas Hefferon, thomashefferon@gmail.com THE ELEVATOR LGBT \| 23:00 \| Israel \| 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM A Director: Ben Hakim Synopsis: 23 minutes with a person can change your life. Contact: Ben Hakim, benhak5@gmail.com, www.elevator-movie.com TONY ZOREIL [TONY ZEAR] Foreign \| 20:00 \| France \| 2007 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM A Director: Valentin Potier Synopsis: Tony is a 28 year-old single guy with very big ears. Looking for love, he only finds women who reject his remarkable physical traits. Contact: Valentin Potier, pvalentinp@hotmail.com THE TURTLE AND THE SHARK Animation \| 4:00 \| USA \| 2008 (NYC premiere) - PROGRAM K Director: Ryan Woodward Synopsis: After defying the King Malietoafaiga of Samoa, and deceiving their families, Fonuea and her husband flee to the island of Tutuila. Contact: Ryan Woodward, rwoodward@mac.com WOMAN IN BURKA Comedy \| 20:33 \| USA \| 2008 - PROGRAM C Director: Jonathan Lisecki Synopsis: A darkly comic look at the life of an actress and the types of Middle Eastern roles available to her in a post 9/11 culture. Contact: Jonathan Lisecki, jonny2rock@aol.com