Long Live My Happy Head
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Virtual Showing
2022 | United Kingdom | 88 min | Documentary
Director: Will Hewitt, Austen McCowan
An uplifting documentary about coping with inoperable cancer may sound unlikely, but here it is. Gordon was diagnosed eight years ago and began using the medium of queer comic books to confront his feelings and fears. He employs humor to get to the heart of taboos surrounding death and disease, weaving many of the wonderful carers and nurses he meets into his expressively illustrated world. Sage, sweet, and stimulating, it is also a long-distance love story between Edinburgh and Virginia, USA. We could all learn a thing or two about love, life – and death – from Gordon.
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Mairzy Doats
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2022 | United States | 13 min | Narrative
Director: Seth Chatfield
Producer: Seth Chatfield, Mary Widow, Derek Curley
Following a friend’s wedding, a couple returns to their woodland cabin for a relaxing weekend, but a strange noise and a fixation on mortality threaten to derail their plans.
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Marvelous and the Black Hole
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Virtual Showing
2022 | United States | 81 min | Narrative
Director: Kate Tsang
Producer: Carolyn Mao
A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic.
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Mud Frontier: Architecture at the Borderlands
Friday, 26 August 2022
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2022 | United States | 60 min | Documentary
Director: Chris J. Gauthier
Producer: Christina De León
On his ancestral land in southern Colorado, designer Ronald Rael along with his partner Virginia San Fratello, 3D-print monumental structures in mud, pushing the limits of technology and materials while uncovering a dark history along the way.
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Murina
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Virtual Showing
2022 | Croatia, Brazil, Slovenia, United States | 95 min | Narrative
Director: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Producer: Rodrigo Teixeira, Danijel Pek
On a remote island along Croatia’s Adriatic coast, 17-year-old Julija spends her days diving for eel with her domineering father Ante and watching other teens party on a nearby yacht. Julija bristles at Ante’s heavy-handed cruelty and resents her mother Nela’s passivity. She longs for independence but is unsure how to achieve it, until the arrival of the rich and mysterious Javier seems to offer a way out. Javier is considering buying Ante’s land to build a resort, which would allow the family to escape their island isolation for the city. Once Ante’s employer and Nela’s lover, Javier flirts shamelessly with Nela and Julija, setting off a subtle battle of hypermasculine one-upmanship that pushes Ante to humiliate and control Julija even more. Flattered by Javier’s praise and stories of traveling the world, Julija sees him as the solution to all her problems. But does his affection portend freedom, or something more sinister?
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NYICFF Kid Flicks One (ages 5+)
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
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2021-2022 | United States | 52 min | Animation
Jump-start your kids’ love of cinema with shorts curated to charm all ages, especially young viewers ages 5+.
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One Pint at a Time
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2021 | United States | 88 min | Documentary
Director: Aaron Hosé
Craft beer generates tens of billions of dollars annually for the US economy. Despite beer’s Egyptian and African heritage, these traditions have been mostly forgotten and are rarely found in American brewing culture. Today, Black-owned breweries make up less than 1% of the nearly 9,000 breweries in operation. Eager to shift the historical perception of who makes and drinks beer, Black brewers, brand owners and influencers across the country are reshaping the craft beer industry and the future of America’s favorite adult beverage.
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Our Horizons
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Virtual Showing
2022 | France | 44 min | Documentary
Director: Charlotte Cayeux
Producer: Frédéric Gracia
A woman’s voice reads letters written to her by her imprisoned lover over a seascape. In this dialogue between images and text, absence, expectation and the desire for freedom are expressed.
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Peace Be With You
Friday, 26 August 2022
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2022 | United States | 13 min | Narrative
Director: Colmcille O’Toole Donston
Producer: Georgie Hess
When Sean, an eighth-grade confirmation student, and Mara, a high school sophomore who’s sworn off religion, break a statue of the Virgin Mary they will have to work together to not only fix the problem but also air their grievances with the church and growing up.
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Pony Boys
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
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2022 | United States | 24 min | Documentary
Director: Eric Stange
Summer, 1967. Two Massachusetts boys – 9 and 11 – set off on an improbable journey with their family pet, a Shetland pony named King. Tony and Jeff Whittemore are desperate to visit Expo ’67 in Montreal – the largest World’s Fair ever. But their parents can’t take them. Then Mom comes up with the solution: hitch King to a pony cart and drive 350 miles to Expo 67 – on their own – at 5 m.p.h.! For Tony and Jeff, it becomes the adventure of a lifetime.
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