Presented by The Wild Project

NYNL is proud to kick off the 2018 season and our 8th curating films with a group of 7 intriguing short films that span the narrative, experimental, comedic and foreign spectrum. 

Lineup:

BRICKLAYER'S POET

Directed by Gino Cafarelli

Written byJoe Maruzzo

A chance encounter between a bricklayer and a poet becomes more deep than what's on the surface.

HONEYPOT

Written & Directed by Jill Greenberg

Inspired by the audio of Harvey Weinstein obtained by the NYPD's sting operation in 2015 with Ambra Gutierrez, Jill Greenberg transcribed the back and forth and added the character of the Honeypot who was a full-time employee of Weinstein's and who remained in the hotel suite for the whole kerfuffle. The film not only lays out visually what it may have felt like as a young woman, to be tricked into this dangerous situation but is also an open-ended exploration of the complicity surrounding Weinstein's actions.

MILK & COOKIES

Directed by Mike Holt

Written byMike Holt 7 Sydney Davis

Syd & Mike's world gets turned upside down when they don't follow very specific instructions regarding a batch of 'magical' cookies given to them by a mystical yogic.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Written & Directed by Noah Millman

Two high school debaters in the 1980s ride home together on a school bus after a tournament. They can talk about anything from nuclear weapons to farm subsidies — but can they talk about how badly he wants to touch her?

TONI THE TRIANGLE

Written & Directed by Ali Nidzgorski

A fantasy-based drama that follows Toni, a triangular-shaped person, as she desperately tries to fit into a society made up entirely of squares.

VOID

Written & Directed by Emma Seligman

A young woman’s crush on a boy in her class is interfered by her dependance on porn.

WILLIAM MARTIN

Written & Directed by Richard Jordan

When the course of the Second World War is in the hands of four Spanish fishermen.