First Run Film Festival | Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Dana Hammond and Family
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| Thursday June 23 |
Festival Winners Showcase( Director's Guild of America - 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles ) |
Festival Finalists Showcase( Director's Guild of America - 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles ) |
Thursday, June 23 | 7:00 pm
Festival Winners Showcase
The Pool – Zelmira Gainza
25:40 min
Teenage Ana is awkward, shy and not interested in boys or growing up. That is, until she meets Diego, an old friend of her mother's.
Borderland – Alexander Smolowe
15:00 min
A dramatic exploration of mercy and survival when two American soldiers in WW2 discover their enemy atop a live landmine.
Gravity – Pamela Romanowsky
13:00 min
Mae's quiet life in the north woods is changed by the arrival of a wounded rabbit.
Real Talk – Patrick Ng
14:50 min
An Asian American teenager discovers the true alliance of his African American "best friend."
Little Horses – Levi Abrino
17:30 min
Little Horses is a bittersweet comedy about a divorced small town postal worker, Dave, who tries to win his family back by getting his son a pony for his 8th birthday.
Baby Ruth – Jeremy Reitz
19:00 min
After dropping out of college to support his pregnant girlfriend, a young man reluctantly goes out one winter night to find chocolate to satisfy her craving.
Ten Years From Now – Jordan Schiele
15:00 min
Amid the alleyway homes of Shanghai, a dinner-theater performer chases after her colleague as he struggles with his own sexuality."
Thursday, June 23 | 9:00 pm
Festival Finalists Showcase
Televisnu – Prithi Gowda
15:00 min
A surreal tale of a young Indian women who works at a call center. Her computer breaks down and in an attempt to fix it she falls into a magical, mythical web of electronic wires where memories, secrets, and hidden desires reveal themselves.
The Birds Upstairs – Christopher Jarvis
8:26 min
Frustrated attempts to bear children overwhelm the lives of an aristocratic, avian couple in the early nineteenth century.
The Wind Is Blowing On My Street – Saba Riazi
15:00 min
A young girl in Tehran/Iran accidentally gets left on the street with no head scarf. She is forced to interact with a neighbor who keeps her company in an environment where her mishap could equal trouble.
Figs – Anu Valia
19:40 min
After being rejected by her friends and family, a mentally unstable girl develops an odd friendship with a strange young boy.
Picture Perfect – Benjamin Halstead
14:48 min
Delving into the psyches of the Bell family on the day they take their family portrait, music guides us through each familial interpretation. Complete with a June-Cleaver-wannabe matriarch, a distant dad, and a daughter imprisoned by her eating disorder.
Suu and Uchikawa – Nathanael Carton
11:30 min
An elderly Japanese man and his young Burmese partner find their union at threat when the immigration services discover that she resides in Japan illegally.
The First Time – Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour
13:00 min
After a 15 year old Japanese girl experiences physical intimacy for the first time, her desires subtly and gradually change the way she sees herself.