Join us for the 2019 Season Premiere event in our new home at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday, February 27th! The 16 official selections will compete for over $3,000 in prizes which will be judged and voted by YOU – THE AUDIENCE.
 
In partnership with Final Draft, HiO, 3636 Studios, and International Screenwriters’ Association, the audience winner will take home amazing prizes and advance to our year-end finale where the top prizes include Canon camera and a meeting with established producer in LA.
 
All guests receive $20 gift card courtesy of HiO (thehiolife.com) and a $5-$500 mystery gift card courtesy of Century 21 Department Store. We also have a special happy hour at the HiO City Point Store with FREE beer, wine, soft drinks and appetizers from 530pm-630pm.

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BLOCK 1 | 7PM

QUARTZ – directed by Drew Danburry

A multimedia existential exploration into the creative process.

WAITING FOR LICHTENSTEIN – directed by Gavin Alexander Hammon

Lichtenstein has become a hermit, a recluse. Some time after his blockbuster was released to critical acclaim and major success, he developed a panic disorder.

THE PARKINGS SPOT – directed by Mario Corry

Peter thinks he’s finally found a parking spot – unfortunately for him, it belongs to a local mobster. Will the two parties be able to find common ground in time for lasagna dinner?  

MEDITATION – directed by Gilbrando Acevedo & Michael Leavy

Somewhere between fragmented visions, thoughts and actions, multiple characters are drawn to meditation by the music of a melodic flutist whose insights challenge the very meaning and purpose of their life.

SAFE HOUSE – directed by Micah Khan

Rouge, a spy, returns to a “safe house” after a mission gone wrong.

TURYN GOES TO THE CLUB – directed by Lauren Ireland

A woman born into the world totally unaffected by gender politics faces a night with no plans. Her two friends, Tiffany and Bobber, who are very much entrenched in that world, offer to take her to The Club..

T.T.A. – directed by Travis O’Neill

Gavin throws himself a huge party in celebration of his 30th birthday. He wakes up the next morning hung over and ashamed of his regrettable behavior. Much to his luck, his roommate presents him with an invention that can potentially correct his past mistakes.

                       

BLOCK 2 – 8:45PM

WEAPON – directed by Kaitlynn Howard, Gabriela McNicoll, Joseph Skillas, Ashlynd Graham

An experimental documentary on gun violence and school shootings in the United States created by a university student collective. Filmed primarily during Atlanta’s March For Our Lives. Made in collaboration with March For Our Lives Atlanta and ACLU Georgia.

HAIR TRIGGER – directed by Taylor Schafer

School shooting survivor Sadie, her mother Terry, and Sadie’s best friend Elyse struggle to reconcile the night before the rest of Sadie’s classmates return to school without her.

I WALK BEHIND YOU – directed by Joseph Mathew

Inspired by a photograph of two Syrian women walking behind a despondent boy in a refugee camp, this monologue is an attempt by a mother to make sense of what she and her son have endured on their journey to escape the civil war.

NIGHTMARE OF GAZA – directed by Farah Nabulsi

A haunting, experimental narrative of a woman in the streets of Gaza surrounded by the devastation after the bombs have stopped. She has been helping others, but revelations mean it is herself who now needs the help.

EXTINCT – directed by Veronica Dang, Sydney Brafman

Asian female enjoys life as a recluse until she is forced to live with a stranger. Not a romantic comedy.

CLASS A – directed by Cameron Moir

The film follows three LGBTQ addicts who battle their chosen drug…personified in the flesh.

UTOPIA – directed by Aimiende Negbenebor Sela

A surreal drama about an aspirational, blond young lady who wakes up from a coma in Uganda. And, no — nothing is as it seems.

ZENITH – directed by Ellie Foumbi

When an adopted black Mennonite has an unexpected connection with a migrant worker, she is torn between her faith and her desire to explore the outside world.

REVELATIONS – directed by Yeon Jin Lee

When an undocumented Stanford student meets her scholarship donor, she must maintain her composure when he shares anti-immigrant sentiments.