Village East Cinema by Angelika
181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
Saturday, April 5, 2025
All Film Blocks $20
BLOCK 1
International Sci-Fi Shorts
500pm-730pm
Anwar
Director Fawaz Al-Matrouk
Canada, 19 min
Anwar is a personal sci-fi about a mother who chose to live forever, and a son who longs for heaven. We see Anwar age from 8 to 18 to 80, while Mona remains eternal throughout, until he has a final moment of doubt, and she has a final moment of hope. Starring Kerry Bishé (Argo, Halt & Catch Fire) and Jay Abdo (Herzog's Queen of the Desert).
Rebecca,2024 US Premiere
Director Gerard Corporon
France, 18 min
After visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, a couple who witnessed something that deeply upset them search for an explanation for what they experienced
A Time of Mice and Hubris, 2024 US Premiere
Director Olivier Xavier
Canada, 19 min
Montreal, 1888. The demonstration run of a time machine allows Stephanie, a young girl with a gift for science, to take her revenge upon the misogynistic and phallocratic world of a university. A TIME OF MICE AND HUBRIS is Quebec's first steampunk film
About the Director Olivier Xavier
Special effects make-up artist and prop master for 38 years, Olivier Xavier is one of the pioneers in his field, he has worked for ten years on the national end-of-year show LE BYE-BYE, as well as international films and series such as JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, THE MUMMY, DEATH RACE, X-CHANGE, SNAKE EYES, THE PUNISHER, HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP, NINE LIVES and the cult film TURBO KID.
De Profvndis, 2024
Director Nina McNeely
United States, 4 min
Directed by acclaimed choreographer Nina McNeely, featuring CLI Conservatory, “De Profvndis” captures the essence of iconic religious artworks, with dancers embodying the spirit of ascension, the vibrancy of life, the solemnity of death, the passion of love, the purity of innocence, and the sanctity of ritual.
About the Director Nina McNeely
Throughout her career, Nina has been fortunate to work with Björk, Gaspar Noé, The Weeknd, Rihanna, Doja Cat, Foo Fighters, Sam Smith, Alicia Keys and black midi to name a few - all legends in their own right
Greed, 2024
Director Mike Hay
United Kingdom, 6 min
A lone battle-scarred woman navigates the streets of a city in the future, where the populace is enslaved by the tyrannical GovCorp. As she moves further into the heart of darkness, Vita is determined to break the cycle of greed and repression
Do Bangladroids Dream Of Electric Tagore?, 2024
Director Aleem Hossain
United States, 3 min'
In the year 2065, a Bangladeshi-American documentarian explores what the Bangladroids recall of their homeland.
First Sight, 2024 New York Premiere
Director Andrew McGee
United Kingdom, 19 min
Luna's dating life takes a dark turn in this gripping story about love, loss, and augmented reality. The future is in sight...
Ellise Chappell Poldark, Young Wallander
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd The Queen's Gambit, Bodies
Chappell Roan - Casual , 2023
Director Hadley Hillel
United States, 6 min
In a sleepy seaside town, Chappell Roan falls in love with a mysterious Siren but soon realizes that the creature is more dangerous than she ever could have imagined.
Chappel Roan
Kayleigh Rose Amstutz known professionally as Chappell Roan is an American pop singer and songwriter.
Bloom, 2024
Directors Rachel Morgan, Paul Del Gesso
United States, 15 min
Struggling to make it as a model in New York City, Flora Piper gets an unexpected offer from a fashion photographer to care-take his plant-filled studio. This mysterious and mystical opportunity may changes her life forever.
Grainger Hines Earl Burke in Peacock’s “Dr. Death," Captain Henry Clay in TV Mini Series, The Good Lord Bird," and Leland Grafton in CBS’s “Madam Secretary”
Emily Bennett The Blacklist, City on a Hill, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD and Chicago Justice.
Reclaimer, 2025
Director Daniel Corey
United States, 3 min
"Reclaimer" is a short film by Daniel Corey that tells the story of a man who uses his supernatural powers to heal a broken city.
Lillo, 2023
Director Andrea Figueroa
Mexico, 8min
After the death of his father, a little boy has to do the cornfield harvest on his own, overcoming his loss with the help of his imagination.
Q&A with Directors, Producers and Actors after the Block
BLOCK 2
Feature Presentation:
MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE
WORLD PREMIERE
730pm-10pm
Memories of the Future, 2025
Director Vanessa Ly
United States, 118 min
In the near future, a visionary scientist recalls his creation of the first androids—perfect replicas of deceased children. Centuries later, on a remote island, a small community of these childandroids lives in isolation, untouched by the world that made them. Their existence is disrupted by the arrival of a lone human teenager, the only one of her kind among them. Searching for a future beyond the island, she entrusts two androids with a mission: to return to their origins in New York and uncover the truth of their creation. Their journey will be their last—but it may also be their first step toward something greater.
William Fichtner Heat; Hypnotic; Black Hawk Dawn; The Dark Knight
Aurora Quattrocchi Nostalgia; L'Immensità; Golden Doors: Malena
Q&A with Director and Cast after the Block