Now in its ninth year, the New York City International Film Festival will showcase filmmakers from around the world in three distinctive New York venues: The Directors Guild of America, The Dolby Theater & Screening Room and The Producers Club. Over five days, the NYCIFF will screen 19 short films including one animation, and 13 feature length films.
This year’s festival will kick off Monday, March 5th with a red-carpet gala followed by the screening of selected feature, The Girl Who Invented Kissing. Audiences are then invited to a Q&A with the stars and filmmakers.
This will be followed by actor and director Steve Stanulis presenting the world premiere of his documentary project, Wasted Talent, following embattled Bronx Tale star Lillo Brancato, also on March 5th.
The NYCIFF will close with a VIP reception and special screening of Keely Shaye Smith and Pierce Brosnan’s Poisoning Paradise, followed by a Q&A with the creators and awards reception honoring actress Natali Yura, with the Rising Star Award, and philanthropist, Jean Shafiroff, with the Philanthropic Award for Art, Culture & Film.
Tickets sales from NYCIFF will benefit the New York International Film Festival’s Foundation for the Arts, established to provide scholarships and opportunities to aspiring filmmakers, directors and performers around the world. The event was founded by Robert Rizzo. Two awards will be given. Natali Yura will receive the Rising Star Award and Jean Shafiroff will receive the Philanthropic Award for Art, Culture & Film.
Detailed Screening Schedule:
Monday, 3/5: 6:00 PM: Red Carpet Reception
6:30 PM: Wasted Talent
7:40 PM: Planet Tobler
7:50 PM: Opening Gala
8:00 PM: Selected Feature/Q&A: The Girl Who Invented Kissing
Tuesday, 3/6: 4:00 PM: Short Film Group 1:
Booked
The Word
Millennial Mob Film
Dancing Wheels
6:00 PM: Devil’s Cove
8:00 PM: The Odds
Wednesday, 3/7: 4:00 PM: Short Film Group 2:
The Veil
Signs From Above
Rory Romantic
Mann & Quinn
SMACK
Fuck the Bitch!?
REX
6:00 PM: Secrets of a Frozen Ocean
7:00 PM: Consolation
8:30 PM: The Sisterhood (of girls who won’t date me)
Thursday, 3/8: (Producers Club)
4:00 PM: Short Film Group 3:
The Pleasure of Being Served
White Lies
The Singer
5:00 PM: DISOLVED: A Game of Truth
6:00 PM: Collusion
8:00 PM: Dinkheller
9:15 PM: Point of View
(Dolby Theater)
6:00 PM: Mortal
8:00 PM: Pentimento
Friday, 3/9: Awards Reception & Closing Special Feature: Poisoning Paradise
6:00 PM: Red Carpet & VIP Reception
7:00 PM: Opening Remarks & Screening
9:00 PM: Q&A and Award Presentation
TALENT
Pierce Brosnan, Poisoning Paradise Executive Producer
Keely Brosnan, Poisoning Paradise Director
Dash Mihok, costar of The Girl Who Invented Kissing
- Currently starring in Showtime’s Ray Donovan, and was in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet
Lillo Brancato, star of Wasted Talent
- Childhood actor in Bronx Tale and HBO’s The Sopranos
Steve Stanulis, director of Wasted Talent
Where to find a particular film:
Monday, 3/5: The Dolby Theater & Screening Room NYC
1350 Sixth Ave, New York, NY 10019
Tues, 3/6-Thurs, 3/8: Producers Club of New York
358 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
Friday, 3/9: Directors Guild of America Theater
110 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
To get tickets, go to this website: http://www.nyciff.com
