MONDAY SEP. 16 – 8:45PM

Virgencita – Directed by Ana Isabel Dow

Runtime: 12:32

After moving in with her ailing ABUELA after her mother’s death, six-year-old LUCÍA comes face to face with an insatiable god. Can Lucía find a way satisfy the god’s hunger in order to be granted her wish?

 

Sink – Directed by Raina Yang

Runtime: 12:25

On a college backpacking trip, a Chinese girl grapples with questions of identity after she finds herself at a crossroads between her Chinese classmate and her fear of being perceived as an outsider.

 

Apple Pie – Directed by Erin Borg

Runtime: 09:58

A woman faces a new and harsh reality when she is pressured to eat a slice of apple pie that she does not want to eat.

 

Hot Idiot – Directed by Joey Rizzolo

Runtime: 10:58

Two office besties deconstruct a date with an unexpectedly eligible suitor.

 

Down The Avenue – Directed by Victoria Suyas

Runtime: 16:10

A magical realist coming-of-age drama that follows two inner-city kids from the projects who have the time of their lives when they befriend an odd young boy with a mystical air about him.

 

Trivial Pursuits – Directed by Kaitlin Kemp

 

Runtime: 07:06

With the help of her supportive boyfriend, a young woman must pick up the pieces of her life to graduate from NYU after the sudden loss of her best friend, until a letter postmarked before her friend’s death arrives, potentially changing everything. A grounded mental health drama that explores the many perspectives that grief touches.

 

Who were you in New York – Directed by Stella Rea

Runtime: 13:42

“Who were you in New York” proposes a dive into memories and wishful thinking through Sofia’s journey in a trip that allows her to imagine who her mother was when in New York.

 

Cortado – Directed by Andrew Kirschenbaum, Juan Teisaire, Hannah Abdoh

Runtime: 14:11

A young, cross-cultural couple already on shaky ground is tested when a complicated interaction at a local restaurant causes even more tension between the pair. Cortado is a nuanced, tense, and explosive drama that handles the toxicity of failed communication, love lost, and the frontiers that exist in international relationships.

 

Homing – Directed by Ricardo J. Varona

Runtime: 16:45

In a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood, a reclusive pigeon keeper is tasked with caring for his estranged daughter for a day but is blindsided by a revelation that could mean losing her for good.