Film
The Bureau of Creative Works: NYC Shorts
- 7PM
Single Tickets
The Bureau of Creative Works curates this program of nine short films by a diverse network of emerging NYC-based filmmakers, from narrative and animation to documentary, hybrid, experimental, and dance. The shorts featured in the program have been presented at various international festivals including Sundance, Berlinale, and AFI Docs.
Post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers
Dir. B. Monét
Documentary, 4min
A portrait of Tarana Burke, civil rights activist and creator of the #metoo movement.
Dir. Veena Rao
Documentary, 8min
An Iraqi refugee bides his time in immigration limbo by creating obsessively detailed dioramas.
Dir. Hiran Balasuriya
Narrative, 15min
After an encounter with a government official, Ratnapala is prescribed an experimental drug to enhance his work ethic.
Dir. Erin Vassilopoulos
Narrative, 13min
A stranger passing through town sparks a teenage girl's desire to distinguish herself from her identical twin sister.
Dir. Anu Valia
Narrative, 13min
After traveling 200 miles, a young woman (Sarah Goldberg) waits out Texas’s state-mandated 24-hour waiting period before her abortion can proceed.
Dir. Angeline Gragasin
Narrative, 5min
An awkward computer programmer learns to dance to impress his next-door neighbor.
Dir. Farihah Zaman, Jeff Reichert
Documentary, 13min
High in the Andes, a frog with an unusual appearance is threatened with extinction.
Dir. Alexa Lim Haas
Animation, 8min
A Chinese manicurist in Miami attempts to describe feelings she doesn't have the words for.
Dir. Sarah Friedland
Experimental, 22min
A short dance film and hybrid doc investigating the gestural habits and choreographies of aging individuals at home.
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