Archived Festival Film

Coney Island, 1945

This short experimental film mixes the use of 35mm film, digital video, and animation, this documentary becomes the dream of an artist from Brooklyn, Isaiah Zagar, who recalls his memories with his mother as they enjoyed the surf and sand of Coney... read more

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Gettin' Grown

In this inspired and heartfelt film, 12 year-old Eric's mother sends him across town to pick up a desperately needed prescription for his grandma. He has an hour to get there and within minutes, he is lured into a serious ball game. Then, when he ... read more

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3719 Broadleaf Road

Sam hates the scary movies his parents force him to watch on “family movie night.” But on one such movie night in 1982 the horror seems to be coming from his own suburban home. Is that Dad upside—down in gravity boots, or is that a vision from th... read more

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How to Make Friends

The story of a mother, who at her wits end, invites two neighborhood girls to her home with the hopes that they can befriend her lonely 11-year old son. And she's completely surprised by the end result. How To Make Friends is a warm, touching, an... read more

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Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds

In a small Turkish village in the 1960's, two young boys are so in love with the movies that they fashion a makeshift projector out of a wooden box. Made on less than a shoestring budget, by a reclusive filmmaker with several accomplished shorts ... read more

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A Flood in Baath Country

In 1970, Omar Amiralay made a beautiful short documentary (it opens this program) in praise of the ruling Baath party's project to construct an impressive system of dams. Today, after fatal construction flaws have been found, his controversial new... read more

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Gilaneh

It is the Iranian New Year, 1988. Sadaam is bombing Tehran. And Gilaneh's family is being ripped apart by the war. Her son-in-law is missing after deserting the army. Her charming son, Ishmael, is heading off to fight for his country. Fifteen year... read more

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Punk: Attitude

Time: the mid 1970s. Place: the transatlantic twin cities of New York and London. A revolution in pop music, film, and fashion shatters the establishment's status quo and impacts all future youth generations. Punk: Attitude chronicles how teenage ... read more

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Slippin' - Ten Years with the Bloods

Slippin' documents ten years on the inside of one of the world's most notorious gangs, the Bloods. The film follows five Los Angeles gang members from 1993, at the height of their gang activity-flying their colors, defending their turf-to the pres... read more

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A Boy From A War Movie

When his mother is raped by a Serb soldier and then sent to the other side of the border late in her pregnancy, 10-year-old Alen is abandoned in the middle of the Bosnian conflict. This short explores both the tragedy of the Bosnian nation and th... read more