Schedule Day 2: Saturday, 26 May 2018

The Saturday Day pass includes the following events and film screenings of the IFFNY festival, taking place at Producers Club Theaters, located on 358 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036.  The following films will screen on this day: Bill Viola the Road to St Paul’s, Avec L’amour, Save,Time, Battle Fields, fiSOlofia, Calling Home, and The last dance of Walter Vintorp, Unwanted. To reserve your ticket visit EventBrite to purchase the Saturday Night Pass. 

Saturday, 26 May 2018

Time Film Description Location
12:00 pm Round Table Discussion: Social Issues in Motion Pictures Free and Open to the public Paul’s  on Times Square
2:00 pm Bill Viola the Road to St Paul’s Dir. Gerald Fox, UK Producers Club Theaters
4:00 pm Avec L’amour Dir. Ilija Cvetkovski, Macedonia Producers Club Theaters
6:00 pm Save

Time

Battle Fields

fiSOlofia

Calling Home

The last dance of Walter Vintorp

Dir. Iván Sáinz-Pardo, Spain

Dir. Alon Daniel, Israel

Dir. Anouar H. Smaine, US

Dir. Nicola Palmeri, Italy

Dir. Megan K. Fox, UK

Dir. Neuray Claude, Belgium

 

Producers Club Theaters

 

8:00 pm Unwanted Dir.  Edon Rizvanolli, KS – Neth. Producers Club Theaters
TBA After Party Producers Club Theaters

 

12:00 -2:00 pm: 

Round Table Discussion: Social Issues in Motion Pictures (location: Paul’s on Times Square136 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036)

(Location TBA): A round table discussion with filmmakers and experts about the portrayal of social problems, violence, family, gender equality/gender pay gap in films.

2:00 pm:

Bill Viola the Road to St Paul’s/ Gerald Fox/ UK /Doc. 01:23:00.

Synopsis: A film which follows the world’s pre-eminent video artist Bill Viola and his wife and partner Kira Perov over twelve years as they create two permanent video

installations Mary and Martyrs on either side of the High Altar in St Paul’s Cathedral in London. We observe them making the works in locations around California and also look back over Bill’s long career in video art. We finally see the works being installed in the Cathedral, a testament to their determination and creativity.

Director,Writer,Producer: Gerald Fox

Cast: BILL VIOLA


4:00 pm:

Avec L’amour /Ilija Cvetkovski / MACEDONIA/Doc. 01:06:00.

Synopsis: 115 rotten vintage cars, a young wife, students that adore him – Dionis, a biology teacher with love for life.

(or just another reason to keep on buying useless vehicles) A love Story.

Director: Ilija Cvetkovski, Writer: Atanas Georgiev, Producer: Atanas Georgiev

Cast: Dionis Paslakov


6:00 pm:

Save / Iván Sáinz-Pardo /SPAIN /Short.3:54.

Synopsis:Dawns. A baby breaks the silence.
“54 International Awards. More than 300 official selections.”

Director: Iván Sáinz-Pardo, Writer: Iván Sáinz-PardoProducer: Iván Sáinz-Pardo

Music: Philipp Fabian Kölmel

Cast: Josephine Ehlert, Roland Von Kummant, Mia Von Kummant


Time /Alon Daniel /ISRAEL /Short.8:30.

Synopsis: Amit tries to manipulate the complicated life and tries to make it all in one day, but in the end disappoints the most precious of all, his father

Director: Alon Daniel, Writer:Alon Daniel, Producer: Noah Ackerman & Alon Daniel

Cast: Alon Lior, Shmoel Eidelman, Naveh Tzur.

 

 

 


 Battle Fields /Anouar H. Smaine/US /Short. 19:46.  

Synopsis: A US Veteran of Iraq whose life spirals out of control because of PTSD, is given a ride by an Iraqi driver who lives in Los Angeles as a refugee. As the two men begin discovering each other’s backgrounds, tensions mount.

Director: Anouar H. Smaine, Writer: Anouar H. Smaine, Producer: Jonathan Angelier & Anouar H. Smaine. Associate Producer: Amina Zhaman.

Cast: Anouar H. Smaine, Sean Stone, Emily Debinie, Nikki McCauley

 


 fiSOlofia / Nicola Palmeri /ITALY / Short. 16:25.

Synopsis: Three retired friends love to talk in a bar in their country. They do not talk about politics, sports or local gossip but are questioning on philosophical themes that will bring them to life in an animated way. The flashbacks of a more erudite narrator than others will open up surreal moments that trigger these new questions. Between doubts and certainties, between faith and reason, friends will reflect on the fundamental questions of existence.

Director: Nicola Palmeri, Writer: Nicola Palmeri, Producer: Sergio Francesco Distefano

Cast: Antonello Puglisi, Domenico Centamore, Stefano Chiodaroli


Calling Home / Megan K. Fox / UK / Short. 19:40.

Synopsis: Dorota moves to London with dreams of becoming a fashion designer, but her path is altered by an abusive relationship. This film was funded through the Reel Homes Competition by Inside Housing, supported by leading UK homeless charities to develop a modern day narrative about homelessness to mark the 50th anniversary of Ken Loach’s “Cathy Come Home”.

Director & Writer: Megan K. Fox, Producer: Paul Romero Méndez

Cast: Natalia Kostrzewa, Aaron Taylor


The last dance of Walter Vintorp/ Neuray Claude /BELGIUM/Feature. 15:00.

Synopsis: Walter Vintorp belongs to a family of hitmen. He wants to quit this line of work and dedicate himself fully to his ultimate passion: dance.

His father doesn’t agree and decide to kill him. Walter accepts his destiny and makes his way to the place where he will perform his last dance.

Director & Writer:Neuray Claude, Producer: Kip Kap productions

Cast: Marcel Gonzalez, Damien Marchal, Guy Staumont


8:00 pm:

–Unwanted / Edon Rizvanolli/ KOSOVO-NETHERLAND /Feature. 01:25:00.

Synopsis: Alban, a lonely teenage boy, who lives in Amsterdam with Zana, his refugee mother from Kosovo, keeps getting into trouble while yearning for her acceptance. But the traumas caused by the war, which his mother initially hides away from him, turn eventually his world upside down.

Director, Writer & Producer: Edon Rizvanolli.

Cast: Adriana Matoshi, Jason de Ridder

(After party PC Club)

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