New York Film and Video Festival
Sunday, May 7th Screen 2 Village East Cinemas
12:05 pm Seen Objects 19 min
Genre: Experimental/Narrative
Director: Brian Schimpf
Synopsis: A story about a young woman doing research on going blind. The movie is visually interwoven with graffiti. Both a narrative and a chronicle of a once underground art form.
The Steinway Mansion 51 min
Genre: Documentary
Director:James Sabastian
Synopsis: landmark Steinway mansion is up for sale, and may fall into the wrong hands. It is the last of the standing mansions on the East River in Queens, and has historic importance. The current owner shows us the inside and talks about it's history especially with the Steinway and Sons Piano Company.TBA
2:05 pm Eye of the father. Eye of the son.
12:54
Genre: Documentary - Essay
Director:Carl Valiquet
Synopsis: . In 1950 , Jean-Victor Valiquet left his wife and his two children to go and work in Nitchequon, a weather station in northern Quebec. On his spare time, he took photographs of the local Cree Indians. 54 years later, Carl Valiquet, now a photographer, finds some of the children that appeared on his father¹s photographs.In 2004, the son leaves on a journey that would take him in his father¹s footsteps.
Tears' Icon
31 min
Genre: Documentary
Director:ILIR KABASHI
Synopsis: Ferdane Çerkezi from Gjakova (KOSOVA) has four sons and her husband missing. She lives alone. Despite the fact that the sorpses of the dead are being brought back from Serbia on daily basis, she still hopes that her husband and sons will return alive. She cleans their shoes every day, and speaks with their pictures every morning.
The film is winner of two prizes:"ONE WORLD 2005" Festival, in Prishtina - The Jury Prize & The Public Prize
The Children of Cabra 55 min
Genre: Documentary
Director:Eki Rrahmani
Synopsis: In March of 2004, three children drowned in the river Iber in the small village of Cabra, Kosovo. A further 19 people were killed, 900 injured and 5000 displaced, In this film Eki Rrahmani returns to the small, yet remarkable village, at the heart of the conflict to meet the families of the children who died. This film looks beyond the headlines of tragedy to document the simple lives of people confronted in the harshest way by political events.
4:05 pm
Desole
5:15
Genre: Experimental Drama
Director:Shawn Willis
Synopsis: A troubled man stands alone in the world. As he runs from his fears of infidelity, he finds desolation inevitable.
and fate.
12:05 pm Seen Objects 19 min
Genre: Experimental/Narrative
Director: Brian Schimpf
Synopsis: A story about a young woman doing research on going blind. The movie is visually interwoven with graffiti. Both a narrative and a chronicle of a once underground art form.
The Steinway Mansion 51 min
Genre: Documentary
Director:James Sabastian
Synopsis: landmark Steinway mansion is up for sale, and may fall into the wrong hands. It is the last of the standing mansions on the East River in Queens, and has historic importance. The current owner shows us the inside and talks about it's history especially with the Steinway and Sons Piano Company.TBA
2:05 pm Eye of the father. Eye of the son.
12:54
Genre: Documentary - Essay
Director:Carl Valiquet
Synopsis: . In 1950 , Jean-Victor Valiquet left his wife and his two children to go and work in Nitchequon, a weather station in northern Quebec. On his spare time, he took photographs of the local Cree Indians. 54 years later, Carl Valiquet, now a photographer, finds some of the children that appeared on his father¹s photographs.In 2004, the son leaves on a journey that would take him in his father¹s footsteps.
Tears' Icon
31 min
Genre: Documentary
Director:ILIR KABASHI
Synopsis: Ferdane Çerkezi from Gjakova (KOSOVA) has four sons and her husband missing. She lives alone. Despite the fact that the sorpses of the dead are being brought back from Serbia on daily basis, she still hopes that her husband and sons will return alive. She cleans their shoes every day, and speaks with their pictures every morning.
The film is winner of two prizes:"ONE WORLD 2005" Festival, in Prishtina - The Jury Prize & The Public Prize
The Children of Cabra 55 min
Genre: Documentary
Director:Eki Rrahmani
Synopsis: In March of 2004, three children drowned in the river Iber in the small village of Cabra, Kosovo. A further 19 people were killed, 900 injured and 5000 displaced, In this film Eki Rrahmani returns to the small, yet remarkable village, at the heart of the conflict to meet the families of the children who died. This film looks beyond the headlines of tragedy to document the simple lives of people confronted in the harshest way by political events.
4:05 pm
Desole
5:15
Genre: Experimental Drama
Director:Shawn Willis
Synopsis: A troubled man stands alone in the world. As he runs from his fears of infidelity, he finds desolation inevitable.
and fate.
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4/29/2006
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