NoBudge is happy to present a program of ten short films from a group of emerging indie filmmakers based in New York. The lineup features a mix of drama, comedy, documentary, experimental, and animation. Eight of the films are NYC or Brooklyn premieres and all filmmakers will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A and Afterparty. NoBudge is an online platform spotlighting the best in low-budget indie filmmaking.

“One of the best places to sample what’s happening in low-budget cinema worldwide,” says Glenn Kenny of The New York Times. Its mission is to provide a supportive home for emerging indie filmmakers working with limited resources and without major industry connections, and to be a trusted discovery platform.

And You Had Tourette’s
Brooklyn Premiere
Director Luis Figueroa Caunedo.
An international student moves in with Americans, an old man spills his coffee.
(7 min)

Beefmastor Inn
New York Premiere
Director Zach Strum in person.
Two siblings try to sell a mounted deer head.
(4 min)

Pro Se
New York Premiere
Directors Jet Ryden Lipman and Phoenix Wyatt Ray Abernathy in person.
Berthe, a young painter travels hills and valleys with the help of her assistant and a herd of models in search of a form of contentment unknown to us.
(10 min)

Subject of Desire
Director Benett Holgerson in person.
Moses, a twenty-something seasonal worker on Fire Island, navigates the tempestuous waters of pleasure and connection in a journey to become an artist seen on their own terms.
(10 min)

The Bowdoin Library Experiment (1972)
New York Premiere
Director Jeff Braun in person.
Recently unearthed footage from the controversial Bowdoin Library Experiment (1972) in which a simulation of a library goes awry.
(4 min)

Old Fantasy
Director Carly Lauren Lieberman in person.
A woman wants to be like her grandma.
(3 min)

Power Lines
New York Premiere
Director Jack Galvin in person.
A man tries to explain why he likes looking at power lines.
(8 min)

Noumena
New York Premiere
Director Niall Cunningham in person.
The story of one date between two twenty somethings who went to high school together and now reconnect via a dating app at a bar in their hometown of Brooklyn, NY.
(15 min)

Early Human Media
New York Premiere
Director Adrian Delcan in person.
At the end of their second date, Joaquin accepts Misty’s invitation up to her apartment, but the night takes a turn when her eccentric brother subjects him to a surreal trial.
(12 min)

Call Grandma
New York Premiere
Director Ella Richard Walker in person.
On a bitterly cold winter day, a young couple Lennie and Luke are on a drive to New York City to visit Lennie’s neurotic, seemingly aggressive but sweet-natured father.
(21 min)