First Run Film Festival | Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Dana Hammond and Family
Marina of the Zabbaleen - Engi Wassef
70:00 min
Enter the extraordinary world of seven-year-old Marina. Through her magical eyes, you'll be led into the never-before-seen Muqqattam garbage recycling village in Cairo, Egypt. Marina spends her days riding flying elephants, befriending mystical pigeons, and dodging out of control butcher knives -- she even confronts an evil witch. Despite common misconceptions, all this can happen in a documentary. Marina of the Zabbaleen transforms a squalid landfill village into a beautiful, dream-like portrait of family, childhood, and spirituality.
A Marine's Guide to Fishing - Nicholas Brennan
14:00 min
On the one-year anniversary of the day he didn't die, a young veteran returns to the dockyards of Maine trying to hold on to the part of himself he left behind.
Men or Mice - Kiara Jones
16:05 min
A quiet evening at home turns into a night of terror for Jade. When she reaches out to the men of her life for help, she discovers an unconventional hero - she hopes.
Merhaba - Lauren Brady
20:00 min
When a girl flew over 5,000 miles to Istanbul, Turkey to visit her father, she never expected his neurodegenerative disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, to have progressed so quickly. She is now faced with the impossible task of convincing her stubborn "baba" to seek assistance before returning to New York City, where her life and future await.
My Mom and Other Monsters - Kate Tsang
8:30 min
A young boy tried to escape his overbearing mother with the help of two imaginary monster friends.
