I Didn’t See You There
Virtual Showing
2022 | United States | 72 min | Documentary
Director: Reid Davenport
Producer:
Keith Wilson
Closed Captioning and Closed Audio Description
As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport is often either the subject of an unwanted gaze — gawked at by strangers — or paradoxically rendered invisible, ignored or dismissed by society. The arrival of a circus tent just outside his apartment prompts him to consider the history and legacy of the freak show, in which individuals who were deemed atypical were put on display for the amusement and shock of a paying public. Contemplating how this relates to his own filmmaking practice, which explicitly foregrounds disability, Davenport sets out to make a film about how he sees the world from his wheelchair without having to be seen himself.
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I Was Not Born for War
Virtual Showing
2020 | Ukraine | 70 min | Documentary
Director: Vladyslav Robskyi
Producer: Julia Chernavska, Oleg Shcherbyna
The man, who went through hell during the war, and did not lose his fortitude and faith in people. And now, in a rather unusual way, he helps people with disabilities bring back their thirst for life. Kostya Oborin, the film`s main character, prepares two disabled men, ATO veterans, for the parachute jump. They`ve still never skydived, but Kostya persuaded them for a jump as a method of rehabilitation and mind-broadening. The training is not easy, but it`s worth it.
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Let It Shine: The Story of the Keene Pumpkin Festival
Virtual Showing
2022 | United States | 81 min | Documentary
Director: Gavin Key
A heartwarming documentary about the world famous Keene Pumpkin Festival in Keene, NH.
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The Life We Learn With
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2022 | United States | 79 min | Documentary
Director: Daniel Paul
The Life We Learn With is a narrative documentary of the filmmaker’s own true story about the production of his senior class film project at Keene State College in 1984. Taken under the wing of his mentor Bob Gunther, along with his cast and crew of fellow film students, he learns the intricate details involved in making a short film. It is also a coming-of-age story as he experiences the joys and heartaches of falling in love for the first time.
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Long Live My Happy Head
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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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Marvelous and the Black Hole
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
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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
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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+)
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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
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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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