204 Film Summit lineup
December, 4 - December, 6, 2024
Wednesday films
Silvana Carranza, director | screenwriter
A party clown with artistic endeavors outside of her day job fights a panic attack during one of her shifts.
15 minutes | comedy/drama | U.S.
Jessie Klueter, director | screenwriter
In this surrealist satire of the Ozempic era, a young woman must decide how far she’s willing to go to achieve the skin of her dreams.
12 minutes | drama | U.S. | Best Of
Kristina Monllos, director | screenwriter
Lillian, terminally ill and short on time, insists her husband Frank practice cooking his favorite meals without her help. She wants to know he’ll care for himself once she’s gone. But when she passes, Frank’s overwhelmed by grief. If he can’t cook with Lillian, he won’t cook at all.
14 minutes | drama | U.S.
Ashley Bez and Shane Duckworth, co-directors | co-screenwriters
A woman drives with her dog through the Southwest in search of the place to release the spirit of her deceased husband, of which she's been grievously clinging.
21 minutes | drama | U.S.
Sammy Smedley, director | screenwriter
When a group of Christmas addicts gather for their regular meeting, the addition of a new member could be the catalyst for a relapse they've all been waiting for.
17 minutes | comedy | U.S.
Ariel Elmann & Jack Terzi, co-directors | co-screenwriters
Avi, a fledgling ticket scalper, juggles his strained relationships, a special date, and floor seats to the hottest Knicks game.
11. minutes | comedy/drama | U.S.
Danny Bellini & Gore Abrams, co-directors | co-screenwriters
An American locations scout in France is haunted by his surroundings, while vying for approval from his expecting girlfriend's mysterious parents.
15 minutes | drama/horror | U.S.
Sam Chung, director | Saïd Sayrafiezadeh & Sam Chung, co-screenwriters
Robbie, an undocumented Chilean immigrant, and Dean, his childhood friend, navigate their increasingly uncertain world when rumors increased deportation loom over Robbie's life and their friendship.
18 minutes | drama | U.S.
Matteo Belletta, director | screenwriter
"Policy" is a dystopian drama set in a future where crime has spiraled out of control. The story follows Erica, who, despite her aversion to guns, faces a difficult decision after her husband's tragic death due to gun violence. Mr. Keller, the owner of "Keller Guns," pays a visit to Erica, attempting to persuade her to purchase a firearm. Things become more complex when Erica hears a troubling rumor about her neighbor, Mr. Jackson. She must grapple with her inner conflict and decide whether to embrace this grim reality.
17 minutes | drama | U.S.
Alazar Aklilu, director | screenwriter
A high school varsity runner must reconsider his professional aspirations when a hereditary medical condition creates complications.
12 minutes | drama | U.S.
Thursday films
Cora Marie Sfida & Sean Killion, co-directors | co-screenwriters
A reclusive gamer receives a cryptic package that draws him into a sinister game where the boundaries between virtual and reality blur, leading him to question what’s real as every choice he makes could be his last.
6 minutes | horror | U.S.
Jordan Thomas Law & Tony Xie, co-directors | Jordan Thomas Law, screenwriter
Two of New York's worst criminals try to navigate the US healthcare system after one of them is shot in a botched robbery.
7 minutes | comedy/drama | U.S.
Sakinah Iman, director | screenwriter
Three gang bangers decide to join a local hood meditation class led by a spiritually awakened ex-con, promising to teach failed and aspiring criminals how to mystically manifest a successful heist and enhance their overall larceny mastery, by using the sacred laws of the universe.
13 minutes | comedy | U.S. Best Of
Noah Goodman & Justin Zaager, co-directors | co-screenwriters
When his fiancé converts to Judaism ahead of their marriage, a Jewish man has his worst nightmare come to life as he watches her slowly transform into his mother.
9 minutes | comedy | U.S.
Michael Buran, director | Michael Buran & Amy Eisinger, co-screenwriters
A widower still reeling from the tragic death of his wife is left to care for a newborn alone. Isolated, sleep-deprived, and grief-stricken, he begins to suspect a malevolent presence is closing in on his baby.
8 minutes | horror | U.S.
Raphael Frost, director | screenwriter
A man's day at work unravels when he coughs a wire out of his mouth.
8 minutes | horror/comedy | U.S.
Friday films
Jason Abrams, director | screenwriter
A woman plots against a mysterious organization.
Cast: Emily Morden, Seth Allyn Austin, Giovanna Andolina, Walter Gray IV
New York City premiere | 7 minutes | experimental | U.S.
Sancheev Ravichandran, director | screenwriter
Sheela thinks Griffin is the perfect guy - until one morning she discovers he’s a flat-Earther.
Cast: Sonya Balsara, Logan Schmucker, Rivers Duggan, Elijah Guo
11 minutes | comedy/drama | U.S.
Bean Mckee, director | screenwriter
A young man seeking to embrace a perceived legacy unwittingly sparks a notorious chain of events while visiting his father's alma mater.
Cast: Jon Washington, Kevin Hascher, Amanda Loch, Cody Schmid
New York City premiere | 83 minutes | drama | U.S.
New York No Limits Film Summit, January 5 - 7, 2024 presented by wild project. The Summit concluded our 2023 season.
Friday, January 5, Films
Isabel Ellison & Ryan Guiterman, co-directors | Isabel Ellison & Brian Otaño, co-screenwriters
A queer New York odyssey: Lucy and Lucien are two childhood friends, cutting their teeth in the New York City arts & theater scene. As their breakout moments arrive, both struggle to maintain their sanity and sobriety as they grapple with a legacy of childhood trauma, addiction, and loss.
drama | 105 minutes | U.S.
Olivia Benedict & Griff Orme, co-directors | Olivia Benedict, screenwriter
"Midway" is a heartwarming and humorous short film that brings together Caroline and Sage, two seemingly different women who find a shared past. Their encounters, along with the unexpected arrival of a comedic character from their history, highlight the transformative power of friendship, trust, and the positive impact that lending a helping hand has on others and yourself.
comedy | 9 minutes | U.S.
Ally Giannini, director | Ally Giannini & Ben Nigh, co-screenwriters
Lucy receives an ominous tarot card reading that sends her running. She realizes she's being followed, but no matter where she goes, the elusive figure is already there waiting.
suspense/drama | 9 minutes | U.S.
Saturday, January 6, 5 PM, Films
Tom Rizzuto, director & screenwriter
A woman desperate to escape the monotony of suburbia accidentally hires a hit-woman/real estate agent to kill her husband.
comedy | 69 minutes | U.S.
Kim J.Y. Han, director & screenwriter
It's 1997, and 9-year-old Jimin just moved to California. Jimin refuses to speak to her father who stayed behind in Korea, but when a major financial crisis devastates their home country, all hopes that he can join them in America dissipates. Now, Jimin must gather the courage to take the next steps alone.
drama | 13 minutes | U.S. New York No Limits ‘Best Of’
Kavita Parekh, director | Salwa Khan, screenwriter
A Bengali medical interpreter is caught between two worlds as a young doctor tries to help a victim of domestic violence. This film is inspired from a true story.
drama | 8 minutes | U.S.
Saturday, January 6, 7:30 PM, Films
Dan Marmor & Tim O'Hanlon, co-directors | Dan Marmor, screenwriter
When Bill discovers that he has a humiliating illness, he must come to terms with who he is and be honest with the girl he loves in order to salvage his relationship and his sanity.
comedy | 13 minutes | U.S.
Jenny Kleiman, director | Haley Dercher, screenwriter
After ending a six year relationship, a well-behaved, Jewish, OBGYN decides to turn her brain off and her body on by exploring BDSM; instances of which are popping up in the most unusual places.
comedy | 12. minutes | U.S., a New York No Limits ‘Best Of’
Asha Flowers, director & screenwriter
Lisa the life coach helps a young client to find her voice.
comedy | 7 minutes | U.S.
Andy Hones & Shelby Alayne Antel, co-directors - screenwriters
Jake's coming over. In like five minutes.
comedy | 10 minutes | U.S.
Amy DePaola, director & screenwriter
After 12 years, a failing actress returns to her hometown to attend her ex-boyfriend's tiki-themed funeral where she plans to tell his best friend she's in love with him, only when she arrives, she finds her ex still alive.
comedy | 13 minutes | U.S.
Kyle Bahl, director & screenwriter
On the last night of their cross country road trip, old friends Mackenzie and Josh negotiate the terms and consequences of their potential hookup.
comedy/romance | 16 minutes | U.S.
Sunday, January 7, 4 PM, Films
Eddie Lebron, director & screenwriter
Kay, a newly single pansexual woman navigates the modern dating scene, the lingering drama of her ex & the love that got away. Through a nostalgic 1980s inspired lens, "21st Century Courtship" follows Kay as she faces a more complicated raw look at dating, relationships, and living single with no guidance while caught up in her own nostalgia of better times.
drama/romance | 17 minutes | U.S.
Jim Vendiola, director & screenwriter
As he spends more time with his new girlfriend, a young man begins to privately dwell upon one of her quirks, leading him to a troubling discovery.
comedy/horror | 11 minutes | U.S.
Kevin Gaddi, director & screenwriter
A 12 year old boy struggling to deal with the weight of his mother’s untimely death, steals a magnum revolver from an unlocked parked car and sets off to fire a gun for the very first time.
drama | 13 minutes | U.S.
Rafael De Leon, Jr., director & screenwriter
A spiritualist instructs Loreen to give her distraught younger sister, Rosa, three baths to get rid of a malevolent spirit that appears to be moving closer and closer to her.
horror | 7 minutes | U.S.
Kwame Berry & Peter Samuel, co-directors | Kwame Berry, screenwriter
The children of a fallen screen star must settle their differences when their once famous mother is linked to a string of murders. Based on the 2013 Best Play Nominee “Ursula: A Dysfunction in Two Acts” at New York Theater Festival.
drama/mystery | 19 minutes | U.S.
Sunday, January 7, 6 PM, Films
Mariya Somova, director & screenwriter
In broad strokes, two young women (Pickles, very rural, and Breezy, very urban) are brought together by the mistakes or the circumstances of their guardians beyond their control. After months of prickly, unlikely friendship, and a series of poetically unexpected events, the two strike out on their own, leaving behind whatever scraps they had in exurban Pennsylvania in search of "Life on Mars.”
drama | 80 minutes | U.S.
Emma Swider, director & screenwriter
A damaged rental sex robot learns to defy her programming against her sadistic patron.
drama/sci-fi | 14 minutes | U.S., a New York No Limits ‘Best Of’
Ryan King, director & screenwriter
A short film about an aspiring actress who attempts to take control of a past trauma when it comes knocking.
drama | 15 minutes | U.S.
New York No Limits 2022 Summit
presented by wild project
December 2 - 4, 2022
Congratulations to our Best Film Award winner
HUNGRY DOG BLUES, written & directed by Jason Abrams
Check out the Jury Announcement video
2022 Summit photos
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Florence Buchanan and Sparkman Clark
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Friday, December 2, 2022 7:00 PM Films
Alana Purcell, writer & director, feature film
Down-on-their-luck siblings inherit a dusty cabin in the middle of nowhere. When neighbors and strangers start showing up, things quickly get out of hand. Can they survive a long weekend of family secrets, mystical questions, and home improvement mishaps?
feature film presentation, U.S., 89 minutes
Florence Buchanan, writer & director
20 years after 9/11, everyone still remembers that day, especially these kids who were at PS 234 right by the Twin Towers.
documentary, U.S., 10 minutes
Sparkman Clark, writer & director
August has bipolar disorder. While staying at his parent's house alone, comes to find that ghosts are coming through a portal in the attic.
drama, U.S., 20 minutes
Saturday, December 3, 2022 6:30 PM Films
Mark Dearborn, director & writer
A woman, mysteriously captured against her will, must figure out how to escape her male captor before he goes too far.
suspense, U.S., 8 minutes
Anika Benkov, director & writer
A young girl tags along with her older brother and his friends for a night out, but the evening soon becomes a nightmare when Mia witnesses an event that will force her to grow up, and forever bond her to her clan.
drama, U.S., 16 minutes
Clay Dirkse, Jake Herman, directors & Max Wolf Friedlich, writer
Greg just got fired from his first job out of college. Lost and despondent in LA, Greg realizes how much the job truly meant to him. So when a chance arises to possibly win the job back, the pressure...is on.
drama, U.S., 15 minutes
Sergio LoDolce, director & writer
After the overnight disappearance of his partner, a man finds himself down a dreadful path beyond the scope of his understanding.
drama, U.S., 24 minutes
Claire Offenberger, director / Sarah Bloom & Claire Offenberger, writers | New York No Limits ‘Best Of’ selection
When her father never shows for a planned weekend visit in a distant beach town, a young woman has a one-night stand with an aging surfer who is eager to be everything her father isn't.
drama, U.S., 12 minutes
Jamie Rice, Nicole Machon, directors | Miranda Lensky, Jamie Rice, Nicole Machon, writers
A comedian struggling to compete with her peers becomes possessed after stealing jokes from a haunted joke book.
horror, U.S., 11 minutes
Nathan Sellers, director & writer
The last remaining member of a small religious cult (The Children of Enoch) awaits the resurrection of her recently departed "sisters" and their leader, Father Enoch.
thriller, U.S., 9 minutes
Saturday, December 3, 2022 8:45 PM Films
Chris Wronka, director & writer
On 9/11, a son fights back for the first time against his father who is obsessed with chasing after national tragedies.
drama, U.S., 10 minutes
David Lombroso, director & writer
When a desperate filmmaker's attempt to make a movie is interrupted by what sounds like a murder in the apartment upstairs, he decides–-for the sake of cinema–-to keep the camera rolling and investigate.
drama, U.S., 13 minutes
Isaac F Davis, director & writer
The tangled union of a young couple charting their compatibility with one another, both fighting against the unbearable urge of not wanting to be alone.
drama/romance, U.S., 26 minutes
Aldo Vassallo, director & writer | New York No Limits ‘Best Of’ selection
Set in early 2000’s suburbia, The Game portrays a bewilderingly tense period in eight-year-old George’s life. One night, as he attempts to drown out his parents' constant and escalating conflicts by gluing his eyes to his Gameboy, he's startled by the sound of a deafening scream coming from his mother's bedroom. Based on a true story.
drama, U.S., 21 minutes
Evan Cleaver, director & writer
Kody alters the way he speaks based on the situation or who he's talking to. Some would call it a survival technique others might think he's clinically insane.
comedy, U.S., 9 minutes
Meg Case, Brad Porter directors
A retelling of Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), Maya Deren’s formative avant-garde film, a psychogeographical journey through the shifting landscape of a woman’s home, mutating between experience, imagination, and causation in a recursively developing labyrinthine vision.
experimental, U.S., 10 minutes
Amelia Annen, director / Blaire Sharman, writer
A teenage girl living in conservative, rural Virginia grapples with identity and self-acceptance.
drama/romance, U.S., 10 minutes
Sunday, December 4, 2022 5:00 PM Films
Jason Abrams, director & writer, feature film
A small-town crime thriller set in rural Missouri, about two estranged half-brothers who kidnap the lead witness testifying against their father in order to prove his innocence.
drama, U.S., 75 minutes
Drake Woodall, director & writer
A brutal look at a life in confinement.
experimental, U.S., 7 minutes, premiere
Rafael De Leon Jr., director & writer
A graduate student interviews a young volunteer caregiver for his class project, but something isn't quite right.
suspense, U.S., 5 minutes
2021 Summit Best Feature & Short Film Announcement
Friday, October 1, Film Lineup
Yuki Soga, writer & director, U.S. feature film presentation
Mid-20s Kiseki quits his job and moves to New York City in hopes of becoming a filmmaker, though he can barely pay rent. Luckily, he meets Clara, who has some low-budget filmmaking expertise of her own. As their money starts to run out, however, they find their ideals may not match.
New York Premiere
Hanna Gray Organschi, writer & director, 10 minutes
Bea decamps to her mother's house in the country to contend with a daunting new chapter. She is adult-adjacent: on the path to discovering who she is, but dissatisfied with her current self. Bea teeters into childish thinking, idealizing a notion of simplicity—that her life will be clarified by the addition of the least abstract new direction, a child. She is growing up faster than she feels ready for, but when confronted with her mother’s steely question about what she actually wants, Bea realizes a baby isn’t it. Having a kid won’t provide a respite from adulthood. Bea craves self-validation and has to figure out how to carve out her place in the world. Her struggle is the tricky process of individuating.
Jesse Shore, writer & director, U. S., 7 minutes
Stream of Consciousness follows the first date of Cole and Megan. As the date progresses we watch Cole struggle with his self doubt, personified incessantly through his reflection talking to him. As the date moves forward, Cole’s insecurities put any potential relationship at risk, only to be saved by another surprising voice.
Russell Southam, writer & director, Australia, 15 minutes
Sometimes your sanctuary is not always your salvation.
This film deals with the suspension of mental health outpatient services, border closures, and public health orders to self-isolate in Australia during the 2020/2021 Covid-19 global pandemic.
How do the homeless, the poor, and those ostracized by family and friends access their ongoing mental health care when social distancing closes regional outpatient services?
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 6:00 PM FILMS
Delisa Maria Seng, writer & director, U.S., 44 minutes, Feature presentation
Minnie is in the midst of having a mental breakdown as life has broken her down to her knees. As a Strong Black Woman, getting help is not an option. Alone, she must confront her past and fight for her future before time runs out.
Bodi Rajkumar, writer & director, U.S., 13 minutes
A tale of power and abuse, which involves a young nun and two other men in their purgatorial routine.
Liza Jessie Peterson, writer & director, U.S., 20 minutes
Black Love Manifesto; A Suite in 5 movements uses photography, video, poetry and music to illuminate and celebrate the beauty and power of Blackness. It is a poetic mosaic of Black history, Black resilience, resistance and revolution, Black excellence, Black Joy and Black Love. It’s a medicinal balm for a weary and wounded people during these horrifying times. It is a battery for perseverance, remembering and hope.
With the ongoing campaign of police terror and the violence of white supremacy, Black Love Manifesto is poetic mediation on the indelible spirit of African Americans that pulled a mighty people through centuries of trauma. It is a celebration of melanin magic, antiquity and the life force of love… the kryptonite. Black Love Manifesto honors our past, salutes our current journey and envisions freedom.
New York Premiere
Adam Thomson, writer & director, U.S., 8 minutes
A fish-out-of-water New Yorker with a gambling problem attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage son over a series of phone calls during a sunny Los Angeles afternoon.
World Premiere
Julia D'Angelo, writer & director, U.S., 8 minutes
In the 24 hours after her sexual assault, a young woman is relentlessly traumatized by her past self, forcing her into a debilitating pattern of misplaced blame and guilt. After replaying what she remembers over and over again, she reaches an understanding that allows her to finally begin the process of moving forward.
World Premiere
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 8:30 PM FILMS
Jaquan Williams, director & Mike Troll, writer U.S., 22 minutes, New York No Limits Best Of
A struggling young actor battles the streets & himself on the path to his first breakthrough role.
Carlos Ibarra, writer & director, U.S., 13 minutes
Seventeen-year-old Pablo Sanchez is an aspiring architect longing to go to college. But with no clear path to citizenship, Pablo's growing anxiety causes him to take actions that go against his moral code.
Elisha Lawson, writer & director, U.S., 11 minutes
Trying to cope with his two-year relationship ending, Duke attempts to try to hook up with an old fling.
New York Premiere
Paden Fallis, writer & director, U.S., 13 minutes
Three past-their-prime Shakespearean actors hide out in a mysterious green room, struggling under the pressure to relive past glories. When a young ingenue enters the room, their pasts catch up to them as their camaraderie frays.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 3:00 PM, FILMS
Lorenzo Benitez, writer & director, U.S., 7 minutes New York No Limits Best Of
As the world locks down for an unprecedented pandemic, Frank retreats into total isolation, refusing to leave his apartment to accept even deliveries. Still employed, his job as a modern, clickable journalist finds him pitching content to his team each day. Frank’s boss suggests that for as long as quarantine lasts, they end each week with “Crazy Hat Friday,” which Frank embraces.
Cole Bacani, writer & director, U.S., 25 minutes
As the summer after high school graduation winds down, Gabe's cousins have one last chance to tie him down in Illinois, forcing Gabe to decide what’s more important: his family or his future?
Mandy Fabian, writer & director, U.S., 17 minutes New York No Limits Best Of
A man has asked his wife to stay with their family for one last weekend.
Rafael De Leon, Jr., writer & director, U.S., 6 minutes
A mother and daughter struggle to survive a deadly home invasion.
New York Premiere
Gabriel Guzman, writer & director, U.S., 18 minutes
Brandon and his mother have an unusual mother-son relationship that comes off disturbing to people. On the week of his 26th birthday, we see how Brandon spends his time by himself as he prowls the city streets stalking and recording videos of women in a perversive manner without their knowledge, using the videos to sell for profit.
New York Premiere
Trevor Viner, director / Isabella Werber, writer, U.S., 12 minutes
Three college girls home for winter break attend a party with their former high school classmates. Things get weird.
Please scroll down to check out the entire 2020 Summit Film Guide
New York No Limits Film Series 2020 Summit, virtual edition, December 9 - December 12
THE SHALLOW END, 2020 Summit Best Film Award
THE SHALLOW END
Director: Cynthia Silver | Screenplay: Wendy MacLeod
Producers: Julia Kennelly, Paul Marcarelli & Cynthia Silver
A group of teenaged girls jockey for power in the savage summer society of a community swimming pool during the summer of 1984.
STARRING: Zoe Wilson, “Addie” / Zoe Manarel, “Marjorie” / Parker Winston, “Theresa”
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2019 SUMMIT
New York No Limits Film Series 2019 Summit,
9/26 - 9/28, 2019
Award Winners
Winner, Best Feature Film, 2019 Summit
Directed by Amber McGinnis, written by Thomas Ward
A woman stuck in a small, snowbound border town has dreams of doing comedy when she meets a washed up, burned out comedian with dreams of doing anything else.
Winner, Best Short Film, 2019 Summit
Written and Directed by Alex Kavutskiy
A meager apology tests a woman's fortitude to forgive in this expertly deadpan comedy that wittily articulates the oft selfish objectives that belie performative remorse.
Winner, Audience Award, 2019 Summit
Directed by Max Lakner, Written by Leah Hennessey
A young filmmaker emotionally tortures his girlfriend through the process of making a terrible, verite style film until she turns the tables on him.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 7 PM, Feature and Short films presentation,
OPENING NIGHT
96 Mins., U. S., comedy/drama
New York Premiere
A woman stuck in a small, snowbound border town has dreams of doing comedy when she meets a washed up, burned out comedian with dreams of doing anything else.
8 mins., U. S., comedy
Two inmates form an unlikely connection in prison, using Nora Ephron and their imaginations to create an escape.
17 mins., U. S., dark comedy
New York No Limits Best Of
Sophie spends the summer stealing the sperm of young, attractive male life guards to try and get pregnant. It is only after we expose Sophie’s past that we start to think, maybe she’s not so crazy after all.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 7 PM, FEATURE FILM PRESENTATION
Feature Film, 96 mins., New York Premiere
A year after the unexpected death of Sprout Grady's older sister, Magda, her family takes a pilgrimage to their secluded forest retreat. Roy (Sprout’s father), Percy (her little brother), and Sprout Grady are in quiet mourning, trying to keep Magda’s memory alive. Meanwhile, Sprout has just turned 13 and is having confused feelings about boys and growing up, which is only exacerbated by her father’s extreme sexual repression. Visiting them is the widowed Park Ranger, Stella Woodhouse, a sensual yet motherly soul and her son Max, a handsome boy who takes Sprout’s breath away.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 9 PM, SHORT FILMS PRESENTATION
16 mins., U.S., drama
Ling, a Chinese immigrant to NYC, a former Peking Opera performer, has slowly grown apart with her son, David, who dabbles in rap. Their estrangement is put under the spotlight when they visit Ling’s aging master at his senior residence. During their visit an unexpected accident involving Master Li triggers them to put together the missing pieces in each other’s lives.
20 mins., France, comedy/drama
Souleymane and Leila just got married, for better or for worse. The better is that they love each other very much. The worse is that they live in an absurd and kafkaesque country.
15 mins., U. S., comedy
Jenny breaks free from a toxic friendship and learns to harness her magical, useless superpower.
15 mins., U. S., drama
It’s 1983 and 12-year-old Rain wants sex, the only problem is she has no idea what that means. With her self-absorbed parents distracted by their recent divorce, Rain is left alone to navigate the complexities of love and adulthood, and learns to do it her own way.
15 mins., U. S., drama/comedy, World Premiere
During a 12-Steps program, a young man’s subconscious is physically projected as an animated character to aide on his path to redemption. Their journey leads them to past relationships, familial woes, and ultimately inner peace. It is on this journey that the two conflicting voices learn to understand each other and merge as one.
15 mins., U. S., Sci-Fi
Unregistered is set in Los Angeles in the not too distant future, where the government limits one child per home as a solution to overpopulation. When the mysterious ATA and her boyfriend REKKER witness a second (unregistered) child get arrested in broad daylight, it ignites a fire burning within REKKER and forces ATA to question the state of society - as well as confront a secret of her own.
Saturday, September 28th, 4:30 PM, Feature and Short Film Presentation
94 mins., U. S., documentary, New York Premiere
Truther or: I Am Not a Conspiracy Theorist is a documentary profiling various 9/11 obsessives who will do everything they can to convince people that the official story of 9/11 is a lie. The film profiles three groups of people who are active in this conspiracy subculture and shows the personal and political ramifications of their efforts to sway the minds of the American people.
15 mins., U. S., documentary
With an unexpected turn of events at the end of this short documentary, Wall Street emerges victorious in its quest to turn the foreclosure process into a for-profit business. Along with the big banks, they have been quietly foreclosing on homes across America with no oversight from local, state or federal authorities by using a process called robo signing.
Saturday, September 28, 7 PM, Feature and Short Film Presentation
74 mins., U. S., drama
Starring Jeff Daniels
The story of a young man coming face to face with his hero (Jeff Daniels) and exploring the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age.
11 mins., U. S., comedy
A guy makes a bad first impression when he meets his girlfriend’s family as they gather at her grandfather’s death bed.
Saturday, September 28, 9 PM, Short Films Presentation
27 mins., U. S., comedy/drama
A comedy about depression. Armed with self-loathing, hopelessness and existential dread, 22-year-old Greta tries to find one thing about adulthood that doesn't suck. It's a lost cause until she meets a woman named April.
26 mins., U. S., drama
Set in New York City, Coin Stars depicts 24 fateful hours in the lives of two addicts: street operator Alice and manipulative rich kid Willy.
17 mins., U. S., drama
New York Premiere
Young aspiring filmmaker Caleb is making a verite style film starring himself and his girlfriend Fiona, who endures the filmmaking process until she can't take any more.
18 mins., U. S., comedy
New York No Limits Best Of
A meager apology tests a woman’s fortitude to forgive in this expertly deadpan comedy that wittily articulates the oft selfish objectives that belie performative remorse.
11 mins. U. S., comedy/drama
New York No Limits Best Of
’Bodega’ follows one night in Brooklyn from the dual perspectives of a Syrian deli owner and a high school girl with a fake ID. Both warm and real, this slice of life gives a comical and human face to Muslim immigrants that defies stereotype, while offering a rare honest portrayal of teen girls as empowered, funny, and flawed.
2018 Summit Award Winners
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