An underdog battling his way back into the Bantamweight title scene. His late grandfather now on his shoulders and a chance to turn professional, Astoria Queens, NY native has more to prove this time around.&nbsp;

ROCCO GIAMBRONE: CHASING GREATNESS

A young indentured Chinese prostitute must overcome her toxic dependency on the brothel madam on the eve of the 1885 anti-Chinese riot in Eureka, California. Director's Bio: Miida Chu is a Los Angeles-based writer-director. Her short film EUREKA won the prestigious Golden Reel Award at the 38th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which qualifies the film for award consideration for the Academy Award. As a screenwriter, she specializes in high concept queer romantic fantasy. Her feature script, OBLIVION, was a semi-finalist at the Outfest Screenwriting Lab and a Quarter-finalist at the ScreenCraft Feature Competition. She was one of the seven cinematic arts finalists of the 2014 National YoungArts Competition. She served on the program committee of Miami Film Festival in 2020 and 2021. Miida holds a BA in Philosophy from New York University and an MFA in film directing from the American Film Institute. She was accepted to UCLA’s PhD program in Philosophy, but we’re glad she didn’t fall into that parallel universe.

Eureka

When a Pakistani immigrant with big dreams of making it as an actor enters into a green card marriage with his privileged American friend, they get in over their heads. Will their fake marriage spark real feelings?

Legit Married

Two middle-aged quirky singles meet for drinks after they connected on OK-cupid. His compliments and her lack of conversation leads them to “laying all the cards on the table.” They go back and forth with his wants, her needs, their compatibilities until an outrageous revelations is a deal breaker. Director StatementAllison Norris-Austin, Giovanni Mocibob and Ellen Burr met in a sitcom class at Scott Sedita Studio. An immediate chemistry, and love of gin martinis, was discovered. Ellen started writing short character studies to learn more about the different characters of comedy. The studies turned into scenes and short films. She asked Allison to read some to get feedback on her writing. Allison fell in love with the female lead, Rachel of “Loves Me Loves Me Not” and thought of Giovanni for her date. Next was to find a director and Bret was the next step. He fit like a glove. They gathered their colleagues and site permission of The Garden Café, the writer and two actors “work-shopped” the script. They were a great three-some Ellen had a flair for timing, Allison and Gio both had a flair for physical comedy. They tightened up the writing, embraced their characters’ quirks and worked on lines over zoom. When it was time to shoot, they all got their Covid tests and filmed in November 2020. It is with pride and joy that they present their first film “Loves Me, Loves Me Not.”

Loves Me, Love Me Not

Winner: International Film Festival Manhattan 2022Top Prize: Jury Award Best Short Film Dir: Sander Lid FiskåTop Prize: Best of the Best Performance Best Actor: Marko Iversen KanicHonorable Mention: Performance Actor: Balder Scheen Jacobsen Logline: A young man wakes up in a dirty old waiting room. He does not know where he is, who he is or why he is there.

THE NEXT DOOR

Pedro Oberto was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela where he attended the University of Zulia and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering after working for almost 10 years in the oil and gas industry he decided to move to New York to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a filmmaker. He came to the United States In 2017. After working as an actor and as a producer on independent short films, he decided to launch his own videography company called NYC Visuals LLC.

Renacer

Director Statementin this work i tried to express the struggels and the rough path we take when we blind to see the darkness in ourself. and when we are in this place, its like a privte hell. you exposed to many dangers, and easly can be guided by the darkness and forced to go in circels in your own life and like doomed to suffer . once we dare to take a look to the dark side in ourself we can overcome it.

Sensitive Fate

TEMYONG, a widowed man, and a writer by heart in his 60s longs for a lifetime worth of reconciliation with his deceased partner, MALAYA. It is through the intervention of life and the unknown that paved their way to communicate and exchange letters through an antique cabinet. They have shared days of their lives—and afterlife—every day until TEMYONG bared his story that he never got to tell MALAYA when she was still alive; the existence of MELVIN and the repercussions of them. In the end, just like how he would like things to end up before MALAYA transcends to a better place 40 days since her death, they reconciled and opened doors for a greater new purpose—fathering MELVIN, who has spent his childhood longing for familial love.

CLOSETTED LETTER

Edinburgh is a city of extraordinary beauty – from whatever angle it is regarded. Here we see it from the air, the camera’s eye moving across the swathe of the classical New Town, revealing streets, spires, saliences man-made and natural. This city is a poem in stone, a place of fragile beauty, a place of shifting northern light. Here it is beneath us, so beautiful that we catch our breath again and again.Alexander McCall Smith Doug is a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, and also a photographer and a filmmaker. He is the recipient of &gt;300 awards and distinctions for his international contribution to Photography and the author of the Awards-Winning Photography Book ‘Oxford Through the Lens’. The commercial video of his book, produced with Robbie Dickson, received &gt;20 awards at international film festivals.

Edinburgh From The Skies

World Short Films Program 4

Virtual Tix

International Film Festival Manhattan Online 2022

Donation to {{International Film Festival Manhattan}}

Donate

Gift Cards

These are all the passes tied to your account. Now, use our online schedule to reserve tickets. You can access your tickets via {{my_tickets_link|"My Tickets"}} or via the PDFs attached to each ticket order confirmation email. {{buy_pass_link|Looking to buy more passes?}}

These are all your purchased tickets. Open this page on your phone, and at the door tap the "Show Barcode" button and show your screen to the attendant. Prefer paper? Print the PDF attached to the order confirmation email, or click one of the gears below and select "Download tickets PDF". If purchasing multiple tickets, be sure to print or show each unique ticket barcode.

None available

Passes

Explore our on-demand catalog here, and head over to the {{livestreams|Live Streams}} tab to see what's coming up.

Here's what's coming up soon. Can't make it? No sweat. Many live streams will be available for on-demand viewing as well.