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A mind-expanding cinema experience April 18th The Vino Theater
274 Morgan Ave Suite 201, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (*Industrial building, you can’t tell a theater is inside)
EVENT SCHEDULE
4:20 PM | Doors Open / Red Carpet Interviews
5:45 PM | Founder’s Introduction
5:50 PM | Film Block 1
6:40 PM | Intermission
6:55 PM | Film Block 2
7:45 PM | Filmmaker Q&A
8:20 PM | Awards Ceremony
8:30 PM | After-Party Kickoff
10:00 PM | Festival End
Refreshments and snacks will be available for purchase via Venmo or Cash.
Age Requirement: This is a 21+ only event. ID will be checked at the door.
Atmosphere: We welcome all and pride ourselves on being a safe, inclusive space for the LGBTQI+ community.
Filming Notice:By entering the event, you acknowledge that you will be filmed and photographed for marketing and promotional purposes.
Vibe: The theme is "Perplexed, Happy High-Fives." Dress or lean into your inner monologue accordingly.
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Film Block 1 starts at 5:50PM
1) Blackout
After a night of drinking, a college student finds a dead body in the trunk of his car and is determined to discover the truth.
Director: Logan Nipper
Runtime: 6:50
2) For the Love of Money
Brian and Joe, life long friends, have a crisis in their friendship after Brian comes into some money. WATCH TRAILER
Director: Joseph Kowalski
Runtime: 8:14
3) Hard Times
A struggling woman battles her self-destructive habits when her deepest vices take on human form, forcing her to confront the chaos they've brought into her life.
Director: Aaron James Bragone
Runtime: 10:09
4) Le Meow Mort
A woman gets a second chance to save her beloved cat, but not everything is what it seems to be. WATCH TRAILER
Director: Graceann Dorse
Runtime: 4:54
5) Slated
Can you control your own exit? An actor diagnosed with a terminal disease is given the role of his lifetime, is it worth dying for?
Director: Ed Castañeda
Runtime: 5:00
6) The Cure For The Clinically Unobservant
A man seeks to cure himself of his inability to make interesting observations in social settings. WATCH TRAILER
Director: Aidan Macaluso
Runtime: 9:22
7) Mr Sock Puppet
A sock puppet gains sentience and tries to find his pair.
Director: Celine Therese
Runtime: 4:38
8) WHATWHATLOVE
An interaction with a highly controlling partner.
Director: Jiajing Ling
Runtime: 2:06
Film Block 2 starts at 6:55PM
1) Heartworms
A queer body horror inspired by the anxiety of feeling like a pariah and a social parasite to your peers in college.
Director: FINCH
Runtime: 7:34
2) Sign Off
"Sign Off" consists of montaged television sign offs from the 1970's-1990’s.
Director: Sean Livingstone
Runtime: 3:02
3) The Tale of Hunter’s Woods
A wandering ghost asks lost souls for directions- but when greed and violence cross it’s path, the forest itself takes revenge.
Director: Chris Gross
Runtime: 8:55
4) CALLIOPE
Taking place deep inside the mind of a shut-in NEET, the muse must travel through layers of the man's psyche hoping to discover the root cause of his despair.
Director: Maya Tunasar
Runtime: 7:06
5) Cocoon
This all-female cast presents a sensual Rope + Flower Portraiture. WATCH TRAILER
Director: Domina Mara
Runtime: 4:23
6) YES DEAR
A long suffering husband is nagged to death, literally.
Director: Ken Blackwell
Runtime: 4:25
7) RECIPROCITY FAILURE
When fantasy is confronted by reality, the barriers between the two realms break down, and all that remains is disillusion. Inspired by the sculptures of artist Aydin Ture.
Director: Ben Westlake
Runtime: 3:00
8) The Bloody Tears of Slaughterina
A serial killer clown named Slaughterina has a revelation of divine evil, killer clowns, a lost love that she killed and eaten and giving birth to the Antichrist. WATCH TRAILER
Director: Marina M
Runtime: 8:35