Starring: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.
Starring: Mina Sundwall, Alex Hibbert, Yasmeen Fletcher, Ewan Manley, John Cho, Maria Dizzia, Kelly O’Sullivan
A powerful and sharply introspective coming-of-age drama, The Graduates follows a young woman, Genevieve (Mina Sundwall), as she prepares to graduate high school after a tragic event. As she navigates an uncertain future alongside a community searching for ways to heal, they turn to each other to find hope and a way forward. A Future of Film is Female release.
before The Graduates, we’ll be screening Celine Sutter’s short Eli, Briefly
ELI, BRIEFLY
Directed by Celine Sutter, 2023 (14 minutes)
Newly successful actor Eli loses their keys after blacking out at a party. Told in an invasive structure, Eli must reckon with their messy night to get a spare set.
Starring: Emil Daubon, Tina Makharadze, Robert M. Johanson, b, Lindsay Rico, Junshin Soga, April Matthis, Max Weinbach, Nicky Weinbach
Seven tales of transformation poetically reimagine Ovid’s Metamorphoses and paint a picture of violence and catharsis, anchored in mythical landscapes.
The film’s stories range in tone from crimson surreal to the darkest of comedy, playfully shifting moods, genres, and seasons without losing sight of its overarching mythology. It follows a lone bounty hunter prowling across snow covered mountains, a famous actress out for revenge, statuary lovers peeping leaves, a distraught demigod waxing poetic, an entomologist meeting her match in a mantis, a vacuum salesman haunted by his motel room, and twin ferrymen guarding the underworld by demanding exact change.
Starring: Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez
From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self. Written and directed by Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), the double Cannes-winning film also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Edgar Ramírez.
NoBudge is happy to present a program of nine short films from a group of emerging indie filmmakers based in New York. A mix of drama, comedy, documentary, and experimental filmmaking, the lineup explores settings or destinations, and often plays with/against expectations. Serious character studies flow into oddball sketches filled with irreverent humor. Seven of the films are 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.
believeme53
New York Premiere
Director Tyler Finnie in person.
A hallucinogenic portrait of a fictional person and place.
(10 min)
Chinatown Cowboy
Director Jaafar Alnabi in person.
A Cantonese Neo-Noir Western set in New York City’s Chinatown.
(13 min)
Intruder
New York Premiere
Director Camille Casmier in person.
A young man questions his decision to let a downstairs neighbor use his fire escape.
(13 min)
It’s All Happening
New York Premiere
Director Sammy Grand in person.
A young woman teeters on the brink of adulthood while trying to grapple with the heartbreak that comes from a drifting friendship.
(14 min)
Blatant Interest
New York Premiere
Director Liam Barton in person.
A glimpse into the life of a 21-year-old in Brooklyn, as interrupted by a sojourn home to North Carolina.
(10 min)
Massage Vest
New York Premiere
Director Victoria Pandeirada in person.
While waiting for a delayed bus, a woman kills time in Downtown Brooklyn and is confronted with her dependence on a massage vest.
(5 min)
His Parents Never Taught Him
New York Premiere
Director Michael Rees in person.
Kyle and Liam are taking a weekend getaway to address a major problem; meanwhile four girls have booked the same Airbnb.
(12 min)
Grey Day
New York Premiere
Director Brian Fiddyment in person.
Two crazed young men gather a group of like-minded people to greet extraterrestrial visitors in Richmond, Virginia.
(12 min)
Favorite Daughter
Director Dana Reilly in person.
The story of an intergenerational odd couple sheltering-in-place in lower Manhattan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(19 min)
Moments Like This Never Last is a filmic exploration of the life and legacy of the late artist Dash Snow. Born Dashiell Alexander Whitney Snow, Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on the streets of downtown New York City in the late 1990s. Developing from a notorious graffiti tagger into an international art star, he documented his drug- and alcohol-fueled nights with the surrogate family he formed with friends and fellow artists Ryan McGinley, Dan Colen and Kunle Martins before his death by heroin overdose in an East Village hotel room at the age of 27. Downtown was an abandoned wasteland that became ripe for artists to have their way, drawing the attention of the art world ready to cash in on it. High stakes, drugs and the pressure to keep producing took its toll becoming a cautionary tale and forever changing the course of art history.
Starring: Lily-Rose Depp, Emma Corrin, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe
Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber
This is the Sing-Along version, the classic Disney musical complete with onscreen lyrics!
When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber), the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews). Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert (Dick Van Dyke), the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny’s sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents (David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns).
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Nassima Benchicou, Nadia Kaci, Biyouna, Fadila Belkebla
Nine women of various backgrounds gather in an Algerian hammam to talk about their lives.
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee
In this lauded Pixar animated film, married superheroes Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) and Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) are forced to assume mundane lives as Bob and Helen Parr after all super-powered activities have been banned by the government. While Mr. Incredible loves his wife and kids, he longs to return to a life of adventure, and he gets a chance when summoned to an island to battle an out-of-control robot. Soon, Mr. Incredible is in trouble, and it’s up to his family to save him.
