NewFilmmakers Announces Summer Series 2011

The NewFilmmakers NY Series screens at Anthology Film Archives on the Lower East Side at 32 Second Avenue & 2nd Street. NewFilmmakers LA screens in the Stanley Kramer Theater at the Sunset Gower Studio. Many features screened at NewFilmmakers are now available on NewFilmmakers Online.

Tickets for the evening at NewFilmmakers NY, are only $6 and are available starting at 5:30PM at the Anthology Box OffIce The night of screening.

Visit NewFilmmakers.com for more information

6:00 PM Short Film Program
about Birth

Elizabeth Newman HATCHED: A TALE OF GREAT EGG-SPECTATIONS
'Hatched: A Tale of Great Egg-Spectations' is a lighthearted flight of fancy into a world where women, instead of having normal pregnancies, carry around large eggs for nine months, hold 'nesting showers' and have check-ups with their OBG-EGG's.

Lindsay Ellis THE A-WORD
In the fall of 2009, Lindsay Ellis, a 25 year old graduate student, made the decision to terminate her first and only pregnancy, finding the decision much more difficult than she anticipated.

6:45 PM Short Film Program
about Death

James P. Gannon, Joseph K. Gannon THREE ENVELOPES
Concerned about the inevitable death of their parents, filmmakers Joseph and James Gannon sit down with their parents for an intimate conversation about death.Hoping to get answers from them before its too late.

James Perkins GRAVE ENCOUNTER
Otis Harte is a man haunted by the future and a burden he is compelled to carry. As he nears the point of no return he is forced to come to terms with his conscience and make the best decision he can to protect those closest to him.

Brooke Sebold AFTER THE SNOW
AFTER THE SNOW tells the story of a very pregnant and impulsive young woman named June. Brandishing a gun, June bursts into the home of the man who raped her eight-months prior and demands a confession; instead she learns that all actions have consequences.