500 FLOWERS by A.C.
SYNOPSIS
The flowers can talk. The blank slate heavens are split by rolling thunder and bloody fireworks as GG watches Young Boul work on his game.
500 FLOWERS is an experimental short film shot on 16mm in Philadelphia, PA.
STARRING: T.J. Adebonojo, Margaret James
AFTERPARTY by Kava Gorna
SYNOPSIS
Luna, bewildered by the abruptness of a recent breakup, has a chance encounter at a party with Marcel, igniting the possibility of a new connection. However, Marcel’s swift disappearance casts shadows of uncertainty. Luna’s reality becomes hazy, mistaking her ex’s presence for a fleeting moment. Triggered memories of a tender but fraught past relationship shed light on unhealthy undertones: her unwitting involvement in escalating situations unveils an inadvertent complicity, as the afterparty begins to blur the boundary between truth and imagination.
STARRING: Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Jack Kilmer, Sean Pablo, Andrew Darnell
THE DATE by Avery O’Rourke
SYNOPSIS
Rick goes on a blind date with a cartoon woman.
STARRING: Rick Rocha, Alex Carranza, Avery O’Rourke
FREEFALL by Abyn Blue Atticus Reabe
SYNOPSIS
“We’re all dragging around the corpse of our memory…”
A nameless narrator traverses a lonely city. Distant airplanes pass overhead. The shadows of his former self haunt him in the form of specters as he recollects the past. Reflecting on brutality and banality, he sells his memories to these other-worldly cashiers that inhabit the world around him.
STARRING: Sophie Becker, Jason Gotlieb, Sam Jang-Milsten, Lily Lady, Ed Malone
THE METHOD by Rick Rocha
SYNOPSIS
A legendary acting teacher (Eric Roberts) relentless pursuit of perfection pushes an overly eager student (Conlan Kisilewicz) into the dark depths of his own psyche. As the student becomes engulfed in a masochistic and obsessive acting 'method', the lines between reality and performance blur. Soon, the series of events takes a criminal turn, leaving the audience questioning... Where does the act end and reality begin?
STARRING: Eric Roberts, Conlan Kisilewicz, Maia Scallia, Niall Cunningham, Ruaridh Mollica, Zachary Zamsky
REST IN PEACE by Rachel Amodeo
SYNOPSIS
REST IN PEACE (1998, 13min.) is a supernatural story of two sisters. The oldest sister dies and the younger sister violates her grave, which leaves the unrested spirit in ghost form, haunting. Reminiscent of Italian silent cinema. The film stars Dame Darcy and Rachel Amodeo.
STARRING: Mabel Dibble, Rachel Amodeo, Batavia Dibble, Dame Darcy
THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON by Nina Cristante
SYNOPSIS
The Richest Man in Babylon is a medical mystery drama set in London.
While training her international wealthy clients, Elda witnesses the mutation of the city, while fighting a mysterious disease the medical system is unable to diagnose.
STARRING: Elisabetta Carnevale, Sam Ward, Lily Patten, Anna Longa, Rachel Santoro, Jacob Blandy, Emefa Owusu-Cole, Alice Martin
SOUL CITY by M. Henry Jones
SYNOPSIS
"Over 2,000 photo cut-outs of The Fleshtones performing the title track are hand-colored and stroboscopically animated to produce an optic-overload of syncopated sound and image. Painstakingly constructed frame-by-frame over a year and a half, SOUL CITY made a splash on the underground film circuit, screening at rock clubs and art galleries alike." - Anthology Film Archives
STARRING: The Fleshtones
ZOPA by Victoria Imperioli
SYNOPSIS
A tragic choral procession narrates the poem of “A Still Life”. Impermanence, death, loss, grief, surrender and resurrection are the narrative elements of the story. The chorus cries to the universe of the endless cycle of birth and death. In the midst of this, glimpses of ordinary life are revealed. Within the endless pursuit of leisure and pleasure, suffering is ever present. The greater the pursuit of pleasure, the greater the agony of dissatisfaction and loneliness. The illusion of pleasure always shatters, breaking the veil of life wasted and lost. The poem ends in the collision of the two worlds, embracing the wisdom of impermanence.
STARRING: Michael Imperioli, Elijah Amitin, Olmo Tighe, Olga Suarez-Paz, Nico Klopp, Norena Barbella, Deb Damast