The New York United Film Festival returns to NYC today, providing movie buffs with a weeklong selection of films being screened at Brooklyn's Cobble Hill Cinemas from October 22-28. To commemorate the city, the festival will be showcasing its selection of NY-based films in a special "New York Stories" lineup playing this Saturday, October 23rd. In addition, the NYUFF will be offering special midnight screenings of classic movies such as Escape from New York and Ghostbusters, which were both set in the Big Apple.
See the lineup below:
Saturday, October 23rd- "New York Stories"
2PM
FEATURE FILM:
Runtime:44 min
Director:Nathaniel Kramer
A documentary depicting the struggles of a charter boat captain whose seasonal summer business has fallen prey to a bad economy, high fuel prices, loss of customers and depleted fish populations...
NARRATIVE SHORTS:
Runtime:12 min
Director:Leon Chambers
In all walks of life, there are challenges that lie ahead.
Runtime: 19 min
Director: Steve Christolos
Unable to ignore the call of the ocean, a civil engineer builds his own fifty-three foot sailboat and sets sail, transforming his dream of life at sea into reality.
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4:30PM
FEATURE FILM:
Seeking Happily Ever After NY Premiere
Runtime:90 min
Director:Michelle Cove, Kerry David
Filmmakers Michelle Cove and Kerry David go underneath the bubbly surface of Sex and the City to talk to single women around the country to find out why there are more single women in their 30s today than at any other time in history.
NARRATIVE SHORTS:
Runtime: 14 min
Director: Andrew Blum
A child's perception of his parent's lack of intimacy leads him to construct a machine to make them fall in love. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7PM
FEATURE FILM:
Runtime: 99 min
Director/Writer:Lawrence Michael Levine
NARRATIVE SHORTS:
Runtime:12.5 min
Director: Van Vu
On July 4th in New York, a distant Chinese waiter crosses paths with a graceful woman from his youth. When he finds out she's leaving, he must weigh almost certain disappointment against a chance to capture what he had lost. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9:30 PM
FEATURE FILM:
Runtime: 79 min
Director/Writer:David Brundige
Two friends plot to rob an old man of his baseball card collection in order to fund their future recording studio. However, Charlie falls for the old man’s Jamaican nurse, throwing a wrench in their plans, and their friendship.
NARRATIVE SHORTS:
Runtime:3.5 min
Director:Jonathan Coleman
A man and woman in NYC make a special connection, but fate gets in the way, and he loses his only means of contacting her. Will they ever meet again?
Runtime:11.5 min
Director:Jason Hinkle
A shy guy who seeks relationship advice from a strange, self-professed seduction guru is sent on a misguided mission to find love.
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FEATURE FILM:
Playing: 12AM (Special Midnight Screening)
Runtime:99 min
Director:John Carpenter
The world's greatest leader is a hostage in the most dangerous place on Earth. Now only the deadliest man alive can save him.
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