THEATRE 1
11:00am – 12:30pm
Catching Fire
Documentary, Westfield, NJ
Director: William McMeekan, Jr.
Running Time: 59 min.
World Premiere
Synopsis: Catching Fire chronicles twenty-four hours in the life of a small New Jersey Fire Department as they work, train and respond to emergencies. With it’s focus on a single crew, Catching Fire provides an intimate portrait of nine professionals who work and live together in a proximity unique in today’s society.
Presentation Format: DVD
Original Format: Mini DV
11:00am – 12:30pm
THEATRE 1
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Pets
Comedy/Musical, New York City
Director: Daniel Pollack
Running Time: 7.35 min.
East Coast Premiere
Synopsis: A woman musically daydreams about her pets.
Presentation Format: 35mm
Original Format: Video
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Cigar By Car
Drama, Los Angeles, CA
Director: Marlo Angell
Running Time: 11 min.
World Premiere
Film Synopsis: A narcoleptic cigar attendant chases a young shoplifter through a mystical cow pasture and wakes up to the beauty of life.
Presentation Format: 35 mm
Original Format: 35 mm
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Rats to Roses
Documentary, New York City
Director: Tamra Raven
Running Time: 34 min.
World Premiere
Synopsis: A half-hour documentary celebrating New York City’s community gardens and the dedicated volunteers who keep them flourishing. New York City’s gardens have provided a haven, a sanctuary, and a community center without walls to thousands, particularly low-income people of color. Currently, city government is threatening to bulldoze more than half of the 800 community gardens in the five boroughs. RATS TO ROSES aims to galvanize support or these precious and endangered community gardens.
Presentation Format: Beta SP
Original Format: Digital Video
2:00pm - 3:30pm
(this ticket block includes 3 films)
THEATRE 1
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Hunting Humans
Horror, Glen Burnie, MD
Director: Kevin Kangas
Running Time: 89 min.
Synopsis: A handsome young serial killer finds himself stalked by a mysterious psychopath. A deadly game of cat and mouse is waged between the killers to find out who's best at " Hunting Humans"
Presentation Format: Beta SP
Original Format: 16mm
4:00pm – 6:00pm
THEATRE 1
7:00pm – 9:00pm
3 Weeks After Paradise
Docu-Drama, New York City
Director: Israel Horovitz
Running Time: 52 min.
East Coast Premiere.
Synopsis: A NYC-based father worries about the safety of his child on 9/11. Deeply-personal "testimony" written/directed/performed by internationally-acclaimed playwright/screenwriter Israel Horovitz ("The Indian Wants the Bronx", "Line", "Sunshine", James Dean".) Horovitz's text has already been performed on stage in more than 20 languages, worldwide.
Presentation format: Beta SP
Original Format: 8mm, digital
7:00pm – 9:00pm
The Book and the Rose
Drama, Springfield, MA
Director: Jeff Besmiss
Running Time: 29 min
Synopsis: Set in 1942. When John Barnes acquires an old book filled with intriguing handwritten notes, he begins a correspondence with its previous owner---and it promises to be more than just an exchange of letters. Based on the popular short story by Max Lucado.
Presentation Format: 35mm
Original Format: 35mm
7:00pm – 9:00pm
(this ticket block includes 2 films)
THEATRE 1
9:45pm – 12:00am
ONE
Comedy, Elmwood Park, NJ
Director: Brandon P. De Pillis
Running Time: 4 min.
World Premiere
Synopsis: A pool shark finds himself in a peculiar game of billiards in which one ball rebels against him and seeks its freedom outside the boundaries of the table.
Presentation Format: Beta SP
Original Format: 16mm
9:45pm – 12:00am
Four Deadly Reasons
Action, New York City
Director: Paul Borghese
Running Time: 90 min.
Synopsis: Gambling debts owed to local mob bookies coupled with a new bride and a baby on the way forces New York City street hustler Bobby Venuti to re-think his lifestyle and place of residence.
Presentation format: Beta SP
Original Format: 35 mm
9:45pm – 12:00am
(this ticket block includes 2 films)
THEATRE 2
11:00am- 1:00pm
Dead Air
Drama, New York City
Director: Rick Mowat
Running Time: 8.5 min.
Synopsis: A long distance phone call from father to son starts off awkward and stilted and rapidly goes downhill. Really downhill.
Presentation format: Beta SP
Original Format: Super 16
11:00am- 1:00pm
Mr. Rose
Comedy, New York City
Director: J Giampietro
Running Time: 25 minutes
New Jersey premiere
Synopsis: A comedy about victims and victimizers, Mr. Rose details the in-school interactions of a music teacher with a donut fetish and a passion for power rock, and the seventh graders who drive him to the brink of insanity. A real time exploration of classroom chaos, Mr. Rose is “Mr. Holland’s Opus” meets “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” if the chainsaws were replaced by chocolate donuts.
Presentation format: Beta SP
Original Format: Digital
11:00am- 1:00pm
HR Pukenshette
Comedy, Belmar, NJ
Directors: Steve Harold
Running Time: 10 min.
Synopsis: It's finally here. You finally got the guts to do it. You ask the love of your life to marry you. And she says... you're the biggest loser she's ever met. And then goes on to tell you EXACTLY why you're such a loser. What do you do? Suck it up? Move on? Tell yourself, "Her loss not mine?" "There's more fish in the sea?"
Presentation Format: Beta SP
Original Format: 16mm
11:00am- 1:00pm
(this ticket block includes 3 films)
THEATRE 2
2:15pm – 4:00pm
Chronotrip
Documentary, Jersey City, NJ
Director: Jeff Cioletti
Running Time: 75 min.
Film Synopsis: Chronotrip is a documentary that explores the science, science fiction and metaphysics of time travel through interviews with physicists and philosophers, as well as science fiction actors, writers and fans. It analyzes many of the themes presented in the long-running British time travel TV series Doctor Who.
Presentation Format: DVD
Original Format: DV
2:15pm – 4:00pm
THEATRE 2
4:30pm – 6:00pm
The Offering
Drama, Toronto, Canada
Director: Paul Lee
Running Time: 10 min.
Hoboken premiere
Synopsis: The Offering is an elegiac meditation about the passing of life, told through the story of love and friendship between a Japanese monk and the novice who entered his life, from their initial encounter to their final parting.
Presentation Format: 35mm
Original Format: 35mm
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Ocha Cups for Christmas
Drama, Los Angeles, CA
Director: Michael Fimmognari
Running Time: 30 min.
World Premiere
Synopsis: It is Christmas in Japan and Karen, an American exchange student, is miserably alone. Disheartened by her loss of control due to the relentless cultural differences, Karen finds relief only in habits of deceit that may either temporarily rescue or permanently ruin her stay.
Presentation Format: 35mm
Original Format: 35mm
4:30pm – 6:00pm
The Terms
Drama, Dublin Ireland
Director: Johnny O'Reilly
Running Time: 12 min.
Synopsis A father and son live in a caravan in the middle of nowhere. When the son burns down the caravan, his father decides to kill him in a bizarre and convoluted execution pact. Having agreed to "The Terms" of the pact, the son plays out his fathers game with unpredictable consequences.
Presentation Format: 35mm
Original Format: 35mm
4:30pm – 6:00pm
(this ticket block includes 3 films)
THEATRE 2
7:30pm – 9:30pm
This Thing of Ours
Action, Saddle River, NJ
Director: Danny Provenzano
Running Time: 101 min.
Synopsis: A 21st Century breed of gangsters use technology to their advantage as they steel millions of dollars from American banks by rigging satellites and computer systems. Starring Danny Provenzano as a conflicted, disenchanted gangster who is unhappy with the disintegration of the mob. Also starring Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore.
Presentation Format: DigiBeta
Original Format: 35mm
7:30pm – 9:30pm
THEATRE 2
10:15pm – 12:30am
Suspended Animation
Drama/Thriller, Laporte, IN
Director: John Hancock
Running Time: 117 min.
Synopsis: A relaxing snowmobile trip with friends takes a turn for the worst when a terrifying brush with death leaves a Hollywood animator strangely obsessed with one of his captors that ultimately threatens the life and welfare of his family.
Presentation Format: 35mm
Original Format: High Definition Video
10:15pm – 12:30am
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