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From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind the Law and Order franchise, "FBI" is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
THE STORY:
After the president of the NY Fed is gunned down trying to help a young woman in peril, the team races to find the killer and the missing woman. Additionally, a distressing connection to one of Jubal's past cases is revealed during the investigation, compounding the pressure on him as he also deals with his son's school suspension
Created by Dick Wolf & Craig Turk
Written by Alexander Maggio
Directed by Carlos Bernardo
DELICATES
Delicates is a short film inspired by our love of classic rom coms, magical realism, and New York City.
THE STORY:
Fresh from a breakup, Colin shuffles through the motions of his life and his laundry. When his treasured sock is lost in the wash, it is taken in by the stubborn and quick-witted Megan. The two soon discover they can communicate telepathically whenever they wear their half of the pair. Over the course of a year, we follow the unlikely friendship and strange romance of two lost twenty-somethings who meet foot to foot but never face to face.
Written by Kyle Petersen
Directed by Ben See-Tho & Kyle Petersen
THE PHILOSOPHY OF A COLLEGE DROPOUT
A dark comedy pilot about a college student who drops out to flee to South Dakota.
THE STORY:
When inanimate objects start talking to her again, Margot, a 21-year-old philosophy major at Columbia University, decides to drop out of school, move to South Dakota, and work for her roommate’s weird uncle. Without the support of her uptight, rich parents, Margot tries to stop her hallucinations and fix her severe depression through the healing nature of the Midwest. Living the “easy” life turns out to be not as easy as Margot assumes
Written by Cassie Carlyle and Joseph Bodner
Directed by Natalie Collat
PORTRAIT OF US
Several years after her mother falls into a coma, a young woman undergoes a new procedure that gives her one last chance at closure.
THE STORY:
This story follows Serena, now a hardened adult, forced to grow up too fast without her mother. Serena undergoes a procedure that lets her view simulated memories between her and Sara, her mother, for the chance that she can briefly consciously communicate with her. Serena must go on a journey to accept their full history together and her role in it in order to be able to share one last moment.
Written/Directed by Meg Yamada
HEARTSTRINGS
Official Selection for the 2023 CineAsians Film Festival, 2023 New York Lift-Off Film Festival in Japan, the 2023 Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF) in the Republic of Moldova, and the 2023 G.W. Dickinson Production Award Winner: First Run Film Festival
Jackie, a young woman in NYC, meets with her best friend Zayd for dinner on her birthday. At the restaurant, she unexpectedly meets two friends of Zayd: Wes and Valentina, a couple celebrating their 4th anniversary. After they decide to eat together and the night moves on, Jackie gets more suspicious of the three of them. When she finally finds out that they have arrangements for a threesome, she tries to take control of her hectic night.
Written/Directed by Jett Yamada
THE WOLVES
Performances at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
The Wolves follows a high school girls soccer team as they warm up for a series of games, preparing for battle. Amid warmups, passing drills, and the raw energy of girlhood, the undefeated Wolves psych each other up—and dive into rapid-fire, unfiltered conversations about the world and their places in it. What happens when life both on and off the field tests the team’s endurance?
The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Lisa Marie Rollins
MAN OF GOD
Strand Theater Company in partnership with Asian Pasifika Arts Collective proudly presents: “MAN OF GOD”
During a mission trip to Bangkok, the four members of a Korean Christian girls’ youth group discover that their revered pastor has hidden a camera in their hotel bathroom. Their communal rage and disillusionment fuel increasingly violent revenge fantasies amidst the no-holds-barred neon bubblegum sex-tourism mecca of Bangkok. Man of God is a funny feminist thriller about that moment when girls realize the male gaze has been watching all along—and decide they are definitely gonna do something about it.
Man of God by Anna Moench
Directed by Elizabeth Ung
STILL WITH US
Official Selection for the 2020 New Jersey International Short Film Festival and the 2021 Garden State Film Festival
'Still With Us' deals with loss, over a non-linear passage of time. Joan Silang, a young adult, recalls the most intimate memories of her older sister, following her sudden death. Her grief is externalized through a memory stone that she has lost by the outset of the story, and attempts to find throughout the film
Written/Directed by Jared Garcia
Produced by Julian Garcia
JIANGSHI
Top 10 Selection for the Asian American Film Lab 72 Hour Shootout with premiere at the 2020 43rd Asian American International Film Festival and official selection for the America Golden Picture Festival
Four rising YouTube personalities pursue their next big hit, but at what cost?
Written/Produced by The Angsty Armadillos
Directed by Ralph Reyes
24 HOUR PLAYS: NATIONALS “MONSTER HOUSE”
Written by Rachel Calnek-Sugin
Directed by Maggie Monahan
Produced by Abigail Jean-Baptiste
DISAPPEAR
Official Selection for the 42nd Asian American International Film Festival and 2020 New Filmmakers NY Fest; recently made its West Coast Premiere at the LA Asian Film Festival
A daughter gets manipulated by her mother to pull off a heist and struggles with the fallout of the crime.
Directed by Namroc Doan
Written by William Yu
A PLACE I’VE BEEN BEFORE
Finalist for the 2019 Aphrodite Film Awards and Indie Short Fest
Kani and Caya wake up in an apartment with no means of escape, no recollection as to how they got there or where “there” is. All that they find is a single item from each other’s lives, triggering a memory. A relationship of survival forms as they battle with each other, themselves and the apartment.
Written and Directed by Florian d’Oelsnitz
Director of Photography by Eileen Yoon
AMERICAN THEATRE WING SPRINGBOARDNYC 2019
SpringboardNYC brings college actors into the epicenter of American theatre—New York City—in an intensive program that connects young talent to the knowledge, tools and connections necessary to become part of New York’s vital theatre culture.
CROWDS OUT FRONT
A Staged Reading by Brandon Adam
Presented at the Manhattan Theatre Club Studios
In Crowds Out Front, a politically charged accident involving a guest speaker at Howard Zinn Memorial High School pits a teacher against his students, his coworkers, and his husband. A tragicomedy about what happens when communication breaks down—and a school does too.
Directed by Yoni Weiss
MACHING OF LOVING GRACE
An AI designed to moderate video games takes on a life of its own
By Katherine Cross
Illustration by Benjamin Currie