Starring: Michelle Dockery, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern, Paul Giamatti, Dominic West, Hugh Bonneville, Joely Richardson, Laura Carmichael
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the cinematic return of the global phenomenon, follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s. When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.
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The Gotham Week Shorts-to-Features Showcase: Locals
In partnership Nitehawk Cinema, The Gotham is proud to present its second annual Shorts-to-Features Showcase. Eighteen short films will be shown in their entirety for Film Lovers, Filmmakers and Industry. The slate includes work from actress Margaret Cho producing Seoul Switch, Emily McCann Lesser (How to Shoot a Ghost) presenting If I Die in America, Tory Lenosky (Resurrection) presenting In The Flesh (Project Market Title:V is for Victoria), and the 2024 Sundance winner The Masterpiece (Project Market Title: The Third Kind) by director Àlex Lora.
Each of the blocks will be followed by a brief Q&A with the filmmakers
Loser, Drama – 11 mins
Loser follows 22 year-old Alice, who works at a frozen yogurt shop, on what turns out to be an unforgettable day of her life.
Places I’ve Called My Own, Family Drama – 29 mins
A portrait of a queer woman who returns home to Mumbai, from the US, for her father’s funeral.
The Other Side (Project Market Title: Lost Boys), Based on a True Story – 17 mins
Set against the Ethiopian abandoned children crisis, two orphan brothers are faced with the reality of never being adopted. Inspired by a true story.
In The Flesh (Project Market Title: V is for Victoria), Dramatic Thriller – 15 mins
The perfect housewife has a secret: She’s obsessed with expensive meat, and the local butcher who knows how to handle it. When her dream of a chance encounter with the butcher comes true, the cracks in her home life are exposed.
The Ballad of Tita and the Machines, Sci-Fi – 15 mins
When Tita, an elderly fieldworker, reluctantly hires an AI humanoid to fill in for her picking strawberries, she attracts the engineers’ attention because their humanoids cannot do her back-breaking work.
Rainbow Girls, Drama – 16 mins
As San Francisco’s tech boom gentrifies their city, three young black trans women decide to take matters into their own hands, staging an audacious heist targeting the city’s most exclusive luxury brands.
The Gotham Week Shorts-to-Features Showcase: After Dark
In partnership Nitehawk Cinema, The Gotham is proud to present its second annual Shorts-to-Features Showcase. Eighteen short films will be shown in their entirety for Film Lovers, Filmmakers and Industry. The slate includes work from actress Margaret Cho producing Seoul Switch, Emily McCann Lesser (How to Shoot a Ghost) presenting If I Die in America, Tory Lenosky (Resurrection) presenting In The Flesh (Project Market Title:V is for Victoria), and the 2024 Sundance winner The Masterpiece (Project Market Title: The Third Kind) by director Àlex Lora.
Each of the blocks will be followed by a brief Q&A with the filmmakers
Four Nights and a Fire (Project Market Title: Spiral), Horror – 12 mins
A young Ojibwe photographer stubbornly takes on the responsibility of keeping a sacred fire alive for four consecutive days and nights in mourning of his father. His father’s spirit tries to reach him from the other side.
Americanized, Coming of Age Drama – 17 mins
Amid Oakland’s hip hop scene, a Chinese American girl struggles to find a sense of belonging – on and off the court.
Corpse Fishing, Coming of Age – 16 mins
In search of closure, a desperate teenager strikes a deal to go fishing for corpses with a stranger.
Asia A, Character Driven Drama – 20 mins
A recent spinal cord injury patient struggles to reconcile his sense of self-worth with his new reality as a paraplegic.
Queerbait, Thriller – 10 mins
A precocious classics student is invited to dinner after he piques the interest of a tenured professor. But when his teacher’s mentorship starts to push boundaries, he’s forced to make a choice: protect his academic future, or preserve his dignity?
Work, LGBTQ – 13 mins
Unable to move on from a breakup, Gabi impulsively drops into an old job, where she unexpectedly runs into a friend from her past.
The Gotham Week Shorts-to-Features Showcase: Turning Points
In partnership Nitehawk Cinema, The Gotham is proud to present its second annual Shorts-to-Features Showcase. Eighteen short films will be shown in their entirety for Film Lovers, Filmmakers and Industry. The slate includes work from actress Margaret Cho producing Seoul Switch, Emily McCann Lesser (How to Shoot a Ghost) presenting If I Die in America, Tory Lenosky (Resurrection) presenting In The Flesh (Project Market Title:V is for Victoria), and the 2024 Sundance winner The Masterpiece (Project Market Title: The Third Kind) by director Àlex Lora.
Each of the blocks will be followed by a brief Q&A with the filmmakers
Seoul Switch, Comedy – 13 mins
When an insecure Korean American boy meets an overconfident K-pop idol who looks just like him, they decide to switch identities.
Bittersweet (Project Market Title:Bayou Dreams), Young Adult – 6 mins
BITTERSWEET is an immersive, non-linear look at a timeless love that is cut short by maternal mortality.
Fortune, Southern Gothic – 27 mins
In this Southern Gothic tale of greed, a blue-collar timber yard foreman miraculously wins a massive lottery jackpot.
If I Die In America, Drama – 15 mins
A young man fights for a chance to grieve his husband after his Muslim in-laws demand the body be sent back to the Middle East mere hours after the untimely death.
Ricky Killed A Guy, Drama -12 mins
After serving 20 years for an accidental murder, Ricky is released to live at his cousin Milo’s trailer.
Masterpiece (Project Market Title:The Third Kind), Sci-Fi – 20 mins
In a mist-shrouded mansion, a disabled caretaker bonds with a nonverbal child, only to realize he may be a new kind of human.
NoBudge Live #47
NoBudge is happy to present a program of seven short films from a group of emerging indie filmmakers mostly based in New York. The lineup focuses primarily on relationships in dramatic transition, intense breakups, toxic partnerships, or characters reckoning with past traumas or mental instability. Pulsing with chaotic energy, like an all-night party filled with highs but mostly lows, the program is carried by its youthful recklessness and heated performances. Five 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.
Move with Me
NY Premiere
Director Ella Gibney present.
A breakup story told in four distinct visual vignettes designed to explore how hard it is for two people in a relationship to go their separate ways.
(13 min)
Mad
NY Premiere
Director Cricket Brown present.
After running around the city all day, Mandy finally realizes something just a little too late.
(14 min)
Night Milk
Director Tiger Hornby present.
A queer woman’s sleepover with her girlfriend resurfaces buried sexual traumas, blurring the lines between fantasy and pain.
(13 min)
The Sweater
NY Premiere
Director Maziyar Khatam present
Pressured into giving away his clothes, an emasculated young man obsessively attempts to reclaim his cherished sweater before it vanishes into the donation abyss.
(9 min)
No Rush
Director August Gray Gall present.
Three friends run late to a very important date… with their exes?
(15 min)
No Concept
NY Premiere
Director Vogue Giambri present.
George is filled with so much anxiety that he’s sick to his stomach and chain smoking blunts while simultaneously interacting with his toxic girlfriend and sister.
(15 min)
I’m So Sorry Baby
NY Premiere
Director Friday Anderson present.
Mars experiments with their nonbinary identity within a monogamous, “straight”, relationship.
(20 min)
Hyper: The Stevie Hyper D Story
NYC premiere
Hyper: The Stevie Hyper D Story is the definitive tale of the UK’s original junglist soldier. A massive stage presence and a musical pioneer, Stevie Hyper D supercharged UK rave culture into one of the most significant global musical movements of the last 30 years. Stevie’s nephew Darrell Austin goes on a highly personal and emotionally-charged journey to uncover the legacy of the one and only bad boy MC Stevie Hyper D.
Jennifer’s Body
Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody, Chris Pratt
Sissy Fist Productions presents Nostalgia’s “Let’s Watch a Movie”—a campy collision of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Elvira’s Movie Macabre, and Mystery Science Theater 3000! Hostess extraordinaire, Nostalgia, invites you to a back-to-school screening of the 2009 Diablo Cody cult classic, Jennifer’s Body. Expect hellacious drag performances, witty live commentary, communal drinking games, wicked prizes, and audience antics that’ll make this a screening to die for!
When small town high-school student Jennifer is possessed by a hungry demon, she transitions from being “high-school evil” — gorgeous (and doesn’t she know it), stuck up and ultra-attitudinal — to the real deal: evil/evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a meaty snack, and guys who never stood a chance with the heartless babe, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer’s insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Jennifer’s lifelong best friend Needy, long relegated to living in Jennifer’s shadow, must step-up to protect the town’s young men, including her nerdy boyfriend.
CAST:
Nostalgia — (@nostalgiarama)
Nancy NoGood — (@shesuptonogood)
Emi Grate — (@emigrate_drag)
Loosey LaDuca of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 15 — (@looseyladuca)
My Beautiful Laundrette
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Shirley Anne Field
Join us for our fifth annual Film Feast and enjoy the 40th anniversary of a queer classic paired with a thematically curated multi-course meal!
Set in the Pakistani community of London, MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE follows the fortunes of handsome young Omar (Gordon Warnecke), who takes over a run-down laundrette given to him by his rich uncle. Together with his street-punk friend Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), they transform it into a popular, neon-lit palace as their emotions bubble alongside the spin cycles.
Against a backdrop of social and racial tension in Thatcher-era London, Omar and Johnny’s budding relationship blossoms into love with tenderness and passion.
Featuring an Academy Award–nominated screenplay by Hanif Kureishi and deft direction by Stephen Frears, MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE remains both timeless and groundbreaking.
We will do our best to accommodate dietary restrictions. You will be prompted to share any restrictions or allergies at checkout. Please contact boxoffice@newfest.org with any questions.
The French Italian
Starring: Catherine Cohen, Aristotle Athari, Chloe Cherry, Ruby McCollister, Jon Rudnitsky, Ikechukwu Ufomadu
Valerie and Doug (Cat Cohen & Aristotle Athari) are a long-time couple in their 30s who live in a teeny tiny New York City apartment, where they are frequently annoyed by their loud downstairs neighbors, a younger couple (Chloe Cherry & Jon Rudnitsky) who fight all the time and, oh yeah, sing karaoke constantly…
Valerie and Doug hate them, but at the same time are totally obsessed with understanding the couple’s volatile dynamic. After months of being tortured, they give up their apartment and move to the suburbs, looking forward to resuming their lives and focusing on careers and friendships. But first, a little revenge.
One of the neighbors, Mary, is an actress, so with the help of a theater-minded friend named Wendy (played by Ruby McCollister), Val and Doug decide to put on a fake play to humiliate her. However, the two soon get sucked into the process of producing theater and start to believe that becoming artists is their true calling.
The French Italian is a talky, New York comedy: light, colorful, and fast-moving. The cast is stacked with favorites from the NYC comedy scene, including Cat Cohen, Aristotle Athari, Chloe Cherry, Ruby McCollister, Jon Rudnitsky, Larry Owens and more.
Supernatural
Starring: Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott, Vivienne Osborne, H.B. Warner
Our spooky season selection features screwball queen Carole Lombard in an uncharacteristically tenebrous role as a grieving heiress who becomes possessed by the vengeful spirit of an executed murderess!
When death row killer Ruth Rogen (Vivienne Osborne) agrees to donate her body to a scientist interested in the afterlife, her svengali ex-lover sets his sights on the wealthy Roma Courtney (Lombard), inadvertently turning her into the perfect vehicle for Ruth’s restless soul. From the highwire director of White Zombie, this underseen pre-code horror ranks among the era’s most bizarre one-hour fright shows!
