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Short Films by Women Afternoon
February 27, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cinema Village Theater 1, 22 East 12th Street
New York,NY10003United States
New York,NY10003United States

Winter Film Awards and NYU Women’s Initiative present a day Celebrating Women in Film, including a three-hour matinee of short films made by women, an exciting discussion panel featuring leaders in the support of women filmmakers all followed by an evening double-feature of fantastic films made by women!
There will be a 10 minute intermission at 3:35pm.

Praying from Afar is a 360 music video infusing Chinese Folk and Electronica, imbued with love, jealousy and anger through the representation of a wedding gone awry. The singer represents a jealous observer with vengeful thoughts. The same wedding appears in two totally different styles – one romantic, the other dark and upsetting. The lyrics sound a blessing, whereas the visual shows quite the opposite.
Directed By:
Melody Liu
Country:
Singapore
Genre:
Music Video
Minutes:
4
Warning:
Non-Explicit Sexual Situations
Showing:
14682, 14694

After moving to New York City, Alana and Jourdan, a couple of twenty-somethings, struggle to navigate adulting in the Big Apple. With sky-high rent, student loans galore, and dreams that don't exactly support them, they'll do just about anything to keep their heads above water, making sure to have fun along the way. Nevertheless, there are boxes to be checked, careers to be launched, husbands to be wifed...or maybe just sugar daddies to be found. But hey, there's always their thirties, right?
Directed By:
Alana Johnson, Jourdan Guyton
Country:
United States
Genre:
Web Series
Minutes:
15
Showing:
14703, 14694

Annette, a 1960's suburban housewife, comes face to face with her worst nightmare: the fear that her pretty maid, Mona, has seduced her husband and may be plotting against her. Her fears are reinforced when their actions appear to be more and more suspicious. When decorating her home for a holiday party, she confides in her best friend, who supports her suspicions and encourages her to act. Finally pushed to the edge, Annette makes a decision from which there is no turning back.
Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
19
Warning:
Implied Violence
Showing:
14681, 14694

When two strangers over forty, who have both given up on love, decide to join a hot online dating site to satisfy their libidos, they match through the cosmic forces of the internet. But when they meet on their "date," it’s a tango that neither could have ever expected. Sometimes the worst date of your life is just the beginning.
Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
22
Warning:
Explicit Sexual Situations
Showing:
14685, 14694

Time Ghost Presents the Cuban Missile Crisis, Day Three
In October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world one launch code away from full on nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States. Time Ghost presents the Cuban Missile Crisis in 13 episodes, one for each day of the crisis. In Day 3, President Kennedy meets with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, while the Soviets continue their build-up of nuclear weapons on Cuba.
Directed By:
Astrid Deinhard-Olsson
Country:
Germany, Sweden
Genre:
Web Series
Minutes:
14
Showing:
14685, 14694

State of Emergency Motherfucker!
This is the story of two young guys without any trouble who just want to screw without being disturbed.

In a technologically advanced future where mankind relies on spirits for guidance, Naji Bloom’s tribe is in crisis. When a spirit comes to her the night before the next leader is chosen, it reveals the culprit behind the panic is someone she would never expect. Naji must find faith in the supernatural to make the ultimate sacrifice that will save them all.
Directed By:
Country:
United States
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
15
Warning:
Discussion or Depiction of Self-Harm
Showing:
14686, 14694

The ultimate goal of this video is to spread awareness and to help people realize that someone will always be there. We want this video to spread faster than all the negative videos that are out there, for people to find hope, and to make a difference in at least one life.
Directed By:
Lonnie Lynn Iske, Jenny Vause
Country:
United States
Genre:
Music Video
Minutes:
7
Showing:
14703, 14694

I remember my grandmother’s stories, who was a nurse at the mental ward of a small town hospital in Hungary. Stories about mentally ill women, who had lost contact with reality and lived their lives locked up. And yet, the delusions of these women broaden the blunt everyday village life, and transform it into something enchanting. I liked to listen to these well-known stories over and over again, but as time passes, this becomes impossible.
Directed By:
Marianna Vas
Country:
Hungary, Belgium
Genre:
Documentary
Minutes:
11
Warning:
Discussion or Depiction of Self-Harm
Showing:
14701, 14694

In a dystopian world where people only have a set number of words to speak in their lifetime, little Noor is haunted by her four remaining words. The Artificial Intelligence, Mama, is the only being without a Word Count. Today she is teaching the children a new word, 'Insects'. Noor is enamored by the thought of a new sound between her teeth, but Mama’s voice echoes as a reminder: People used to drown in words. Will Noor be able to keep her silence?
Directed By:
Country:
United Arab Emirates
Genre:
Short
Minutes:
10
Showing:
14696, 14694

Panas is a world composed by the elements that configure an oniric reality; it's a tribute to the events and beings that end in the uncountable intents about which any thought is established, a way of seeing others and ourselves. Therefore it is impossible to neglect each one of these elements that are materialized into all the realities that coexist in the Colombian-Venezuelan plain, some of them strident, some others invisible.
Directed By:
Sara Gizenth Barreto
Country:
Colombia
Genre:
Music Video
Minutes:
5
Showing:
14699, 14694











