New York No Limits Art of the Short, july 25, 2024

Lineup & Program Order
The Program will run without an intermission

Featured
Artificial Flower
Artificial Flower

Zehua Wu, director/screenwriter

Using a specific cultural relationship within familial relationships, the artificial flower not only represents cultural intertwining, but it captures and sustains technological and material findings.

4 minutes | experimental | U.S./China | U.S. premiere

Puppy Love
Puppy Love

Ben Majest, director/screenwriter

Two Brooklyn singles fail to find love online and instead get dogs to keep them company. A chance encounter revives their hopes that real love may be possible for them.

3 minutes | comedy | U.S. | world premiere

Hood Meditations: Manifesting A Lick
Hood Meditations: Manifesting A Lick

Sakinah Iman, director/screenwriter

Three gang bangers decide to join a local hood meditation class led by a spiritually awakened ex-con, promising to teach failed and aspiring criminals how to mystically manifest a successful heist and enhance their overall larceny mastery, by using the sacred laws of the universe.

13 minutes | comedy | U.S. | New York premiere

Crawl Space
Crawl Space

Cora Marie Sfida + Eloise Lebee, co-directors/co-screenwriters

Two roommates argue over accusations of stealing, only to discover the real culprit is lurking in the shadows of their closet. Who is the culprit? Hint: It’s not anyone on the lease!

15 minutes | comedy/thriller | U.S. | world premiere

Harlem Fragments
Harlem Fragments

Cameron Tyler Carr, director | Cameron Tyler Carr + Wes Andre Goodrich + Danielle Therese Dougé, co-screenwriters

An Afro-futurist scrapbook storytelling of a Harlem Black family's beautiful destruction during the 2008 recession. A natural disaster so mesmerizing you can't look away from the tragedy. Based on true events.

17 minutes | drama/sci-fi | U.S.

All Night She Hears The Water Sobbing
All Night She Hears The Water Sobbing

Nicole Hanzi Zhou, director/screenwriter

After the sudden death of the father, the mother and daughter live their lives in a parallel fashion, but their lives started to get tangled up again as their current relationships fail.

11 minutes | drama | U.S.

Zak Two
Zak Two

David Lombroso, director/screenwriter

In order to stop the government from replacing him with a clone, an underachieving young artist must confront his own shortcomings and make a case to prove his worth.

16 minutes | comedy/sci-fi | U.S. | world premiere

In the Daek
In the Daek

Weihang Wang, director, Lun Li, screenwriter

Shaojun, a popular live streamer known for her singing, captivates her audience, including her most devoted fan, Shu Xia. One night, driven by obsession, Shu Xia follows Shaojun home and inexplicably becomes invisible. He secretly observes her daily life, uncovering her hidden struggles and loneliness behind the screen. As his silent presence begins to affect Shaojun in unsettling ways, he moves closer, inadvertently causing her to sense his presence.

16 minutes | romance/thriller | China | world premiere

Figure 8
Figure 8

Ryan Benson, director/screenwriter

When 12-year-old Beanie and her mother Jane join old friend Elizabeth's family for a weekend on Figure Eight Island, Beanie senses a charged intimacy in Jane and Elizabeth's friendship.

15 minutes | drama | U.S. | world premiere

A Q&A will occur after the conclusion of the screening

About New York No Limits

New York No Limits Film Series (NYNL) is an ongoing collection of screenings that presents the best films from around the world in the most unique and dynamic arts city in the world. NYNL provides filmmakers the opportunity to explore personal and diverse subjects. The goal of NYNL is multi-layered and broad; to create a film program of the most genre-diverse, multi-cultural, and visionary independent films from around the world.NYNL hosts three one-night Short Film events throughout the year. The series culminates with the New York No Limits Film Series Summit at the end of each year. The Summit is a film festival event that screens both feature films and short films over three days. Some films selected will appear in competition for the Best Feature Film and Best Short Film which carries a cash prize in each category.

About Wild Project

Wild Project is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization that presents and produces theatre and performance artists across a multitude of disciplines and media. As part of our continuing commitment to support our mission, Wild Project has created several program initiatives that provide opportunities for theatre companies, performance artists, dance companies, musicians, and filmmakers with more affordable access to Wild Project’s 89-seat theatre space.