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A journey into the competitive world of free flight duration aeronautics.

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Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

Writer/Director: Sean Durkin
Producers: Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Chris Maybach, Patrick Cunningham
Executive Producers: Ted Hope, Matt Palmieri, Alex Schepsman, Saemi Kim, Saerom Kim
Co Producer: Andrew D. Corkin
DP: Jody Lee Lipes
Editor: Zac Stuart-Pontier
Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson

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SaltWater is a post-apocalyptic short film that follows the story of two survivors, Mars and Floyd. Set in an abandoned military base on the beach the two survivors search their new landscape and discover the destroyed beauty around them. Mars cares for Floyd who is dying of radiation sickness. Mars looks for other survivors and possible a way to save Floyd. As Floyd gets worse Mars is faced with a difficult decision.

Written and Directed by Ethan Donnelly
Produced by Garrett P. Fennelly
Cinematography by Greta Zozula
Assistant Director Jean-Raphael “Raff” Ambron
Executive Producers; Garrett P. Fennelly, Jean-Raphael “Raff” Ambron, and Steve Marinconz
Featuring
Renaldy Smith as Mars
Scott Baird as Floyd
Caley Rose as Rhodes

A sick woman wants to die.
Her husband is willing to help.
A young friend is invited to join them
for a civilized evening.

A Bank Street Film/Act Zero Films production
Debra Winger
Larry Pine
Halley Fieffer
Cinematography by Jody Lee Lipes
Edited by Zac Stuart-Pontier
Produced by Garrett P. Fennelly
Executive Produced by Elizabeth Wood
Based on ‘LAST NIGHT’ by James Salter
Written and Directed by Gabriel Nussbaum

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In 1958, Jerome Robbins’ “ballet in sneakers,” NY Export: Opus Jazz, became a smash hit when it was broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show and toured around the world. Set to an evocative jazz score by Robert Prince and abstract urban backdrops by Ben Shahn, the dance told the story of disaffected urban youth through movement that blended ballet, jazz and ballroom dancing with Latin, African and American rhythms to create a powerfully expressive, sexy and contemporary style. Now, the work comes full circle in a vibrant new scripted film adaptation, conceived by New York City Ballet soloists Ellen Bar and Sean Suozzi, and shot on location around New York City. This feature length film premiered at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Emerging Visions Audience Award, and had its broadcast premiere March 24 on PBS’ Great Performances.

Enlisting directors Henry Joost (Catfish, Sundance ’10) and Jody Lee Lipes (Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same, SXSW ’09), Bar and Suozzi set out to make the most ambitious dance film in recent memory — the first to return Jerome Robbins’ choreography to the streets of New York since the movie version of West Side Story. Shot on anamorphic 35mm film, this on-location adaptation utilizes New York City locations like the pre-renovation High Line, McCarren Pool, Coney Island, Red Hook, and Carroll Gardens as backdrops for the five very different movements of the ballet. Scripted interludes between the dance scenes draw the audience further into the lives of the young, restless characters, all played by dancers from the New York City Ballet. “Acting out rage and delight through Robbins’ carefully cultivated steps, the cast demonstrated the pent-up emotions of a new generation,” raves The New York Times of this film. The stylized cinematography captures the majestic landscape of New York City as well the subtle beauty, energy and sensuality of the dance piece. The resulting film is a unique and compelling 46-minute abstract narrative that highlights the form, structure and energy of the dance, while embodying the raw emotional experience of urban youth.

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