12pm ▪︎ Industry Panel ▪︎ The Power of Casting in NY Film & TV @Asylum NYC
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This timely panel brings together five of New York’s top casting directors to explore the power of casting within the city’s uniquely vibrant production ecosystem.
$20 Industry Panel Ticket also includes 1 Free Admission to an Almost Midnight Screening of your choice (subject to availability).
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2pm ▪︎ "She Rules" Shorts Program ▪︎ @Asylum NYC
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Shorts Films In This Program:
Porch Girl
Aimee Comes First
Baby Tooth
Call Me Mommy
Status: Active
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3pm ▪︎ Forelock ▪︎ Feature Film Premiere @Baruch College
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A naive fitness enthusiast moves to LA with dreams of becoming a trainer, but collides with a crooked Hollywood Boulevard impersonator in a tragicomic romp through the shadows of the American dream.
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3:30pm ▪︎ Don’t Know How to Be ▪︎ Feature Film Premiere @Asylum NYC
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Majo and Cris, a millennial couple in their thirties, spend her birthday at his parents’ home. Majo hopes he’ll finally propose, but when she realizes Cris doesn’t believe in marriage, tensions rise. But at the end, he caves in.
So what was meant to be an intimate afternoon, spirals into an improvised “engagement party”. As baby boomers and millennials clash over values, love, and expectations, facades crack, roles shift, and the party turns into an identity crisis with drinks. In the end, each guest is left to confront a quietly devastating truth: they no longer know how to be.
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5:15pm ▪︎ "It Takes Two" Shorts Program @Baruch College
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Shorts Films In This Program:
In Jeff We Trust
Apocalypse Besties
Preschool in LA
Dear Shop Girl
Connie and Joy Make A Pilot
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5:30pm ▪︎ Love, New York ▪︎ Feature Film @Asylum NYC
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Missed connections and failed attempts at intimacy. The redemptive healing potential of introspection, patience and empathy. The ensemble film follows a dozen dysfunctional couples through a 24-hr perspective-shifting journey through NYC.
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7pm ▪︎ On a String ▪︎ Feature Film @Baruch College
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A young violist and recent Juilliard graduate tries to make a living playing gigs that draw her into the personal lives of strangers, while still living at home with her parents in the heart of NYC. She usually performs with her string quartet, who are all far too accustomed to being flies on the wall at private parties, weddings, funerals, and whatever else pays money. But when her toxic ex-boyfriend reappears, who also happens to be the Philharmonic's "newest, hottest cellist," he informs her of a viola opening in the prestigious orchestra. She decides to audition, but her preparation gets quickly sidetracked by a rapidly extinguishing fire of ambition and an inappropriate relationship.
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7:30pm ▪︎ All In Favor ▪︎ Feature Film @Asylum NYC
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In a downtown Madrid building, the co-op gathers to vote on the budget to replace the elevator. But the unexpected announcement that a new tenant with mental issues will rent an apartment from one of the owners causes reactions that escalate into a full-blown conflict, prompting some of the neighbors to propose a very unusual compromise…
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9:15pm ▪︎ "Go Global" Shorts Program @Baruch College
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Shorts Films In This Program:
Grand
Favourites
Darling, I Hope You Will Never Forget My Face
Sweetener
Steps
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10pm ▪︎ "Punch the Clock" Shorts Program @Asylum NYC
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Shorts Films In This Program:
What Does Our Company Actually Do?
Busted!
The Callback
Asian Male, 60s Lead
Greetings
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11:30pm ▪︎ Invasion of Qatar ▪︎ Almost Midnight Feature Mockumentary @Asylum NYC
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Invasion of Qatar follows Alex Frobez’s journey to the World Cup of Soccer in Qatar. Can he invade the field before he gets arrested and thrown in Qatari prison? Complicating things, he is also on a mission to reconnect with his father, a famous pitch invader in his own right, at the expense of his pregnant wife back home in Canada. This satirical film presents the tension between multi-billion dollar sporting events like the World Cup and the human rights abuses that go along with them.
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