Film
BAM Presents: Film School Shorts 2019
- 7PM
Now in its second year, this showcase celebrates the premier work of select student filmmakers from Bard College, Brooklyn College, City College, Columbia University, the New School, and Vassar College.
Curated by Curtis Caesar John and Natalie Erazo. Post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers.
Dir. Peymaan Motevalli-Aliabadi
2019, 18min
Bard College
Gardesh, a Farsi word referring to motion and revolution, blends 16mm film, 3D animation, and stop-motion to tell the story of a displaced being, drifting on a spacecraft, searching for a home. Confronted by geodesic orbs, impressions of familial recollections, which guide them towards a conception of self, they are moved by home movies and echoes of their past lives—and must reconcile how they got to where they are, caught between selves.
Dir. Astrid Perez
2019, 10min
Brooklyn College
Yudelkis is a gold digger from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. When she loses her sugar daddy, she’s willing to get him back by any means. She visits a Santera who sells her a magic spell, but easy solutions come with their own complications.
Dir. Xixi Wang
2019, 25min
Columbia University
Eager to inherit the house his grandfather left behind, Xiaojun has to face relatives he hasn’t seen since his father’s death, many years earlier.
Dir. Zoe Hutton
2019, 20min
The New School
The Wizard of Williamsburg follows one very surprising New Yorker as he attempts to modernize magic for millennials and find his tribe in the process.
Dir. Lucy Rosenthal
2019, 13min
Vassar College
A young filmmaker revisits their complicated personal history with a popular webcamming site.
Dir. Fernanda Parrado
2019, 6min
City College
A personal experimental film about immigration and the necessity of constant movement as a form of rebirth.
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