Thursday, July 26 | 6:15 PM
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
Synopses
CHAPTER 1: COLD TURKEY
15 MIN / COLOR / DIGITAL
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Director: Pedro Resto
Chapter 1: Cold Turkey follows T, an aspiring “starving artist” who needs a quick fix to escape the madness that is born out of addiction.
CON AMOR, MARGARITA (With Love, Margarita)
7 MIN / COLOR / DIGITAL
WORLD PREMIERE
Writer: David M, Jewelz Lopez
Director: Brian Savelson
Margarita, a beautiful hardworking cigar roller has aspirations of becoming a singer and dancer in America. Her story culminates in a beautiful dreamlike scene in which visions of Margarita’s past and future flash right before her eyes.
L.A. NOIR
10 MIN / BLACK AND WHITE / 16 MM
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Director: Conrad Jackson
A writer/working stiff chases after a mysterious woman haunting him throughout the day, only to find he’s the one being stalked.
LA MUJER DE COLUMBUS CIRCLE (The Woman of Columbus Circle)
30 MIN / COLOR / DIGITAL
WORLD PREMIERE
Writer: Freddy Vargas
Director: Freddy Vargas
Based on a short story by Dominican writer Franklin Gutierrez, La Mujer de Columbus Circle tells how a young investment banker’s chance encounter in the subway with a beautiful, mysterious woman changes both his way of thinking and perception of the world: of what is real and what is not. What begins as a romantic encounter and develops into a possible one-night stand, ends up a life changing event.
PAPI
3 MIN / COLOR / 16 MM
US PREMIERE
Director: Michael Sandoval
Summer. Coney Island. Papi, an elderly Dominican and his granddaughter, Maria, have a special bond and way of communicating that they share only with one another.
REWIND
30MIN / COLOR / DIGITAL
WORLD PREMIERE
Director: Will Fonseca
Pedro Chinchilla is amazed to find out that he has special powers to rewind time but his powers create a chain reaction that affects the whole neighborhood.
