August 2-6, 2023
Program and TICKETS
Greenpoint Film Festival
at The Boiler, ELM Foundation
191 N 14th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
This event is recommended by the Polish Cultural Institute New York.
The Greenpoint Film Festival had its inception in 2011 founded and produced by Woven Spaces, INC. Built around a not-for-profit structure abiding by a simple purpose: to create a focal point in critically-acclaimed, thought-provoking, and upcoming filmmakers while simultaneously pushing the envelope in the local community and beyond. The festival is inspired by the stories yet untold and focuses on giving voices to the voiceless in the filmmaking industry while simultaneously bringing together the dazzling neighborhood of Greenpoint located in North Brooklyn. The themes of renewal and reclamation continue to play a major role in the social and creative fabric of the Greenpoint Film Festival as it constantly expands into a platform for thought-provoking and critically acclaimed stories, as well as a showcase for the fine arts and brilliant films.
GFF is also focused on expanding the local film network in North Brooklyn. The arts are historically-proven building blocks of stories that we tell our elders, our peers and our youth with hopes that more stories will sprout through the ages standing the test of time. The GFF is positioning itself to be a prime incentive of inspiration for the local community and economic development with fundamental tools for communicating trends and ideas. We support philosophical and social movements towards sustainable use of our resources, future-minded urban planning, and growing partnerships across several disciplines and ways of life. The Greenpoint Film Festival hopes to be a cornerstone of visionary commitment towards this end and a principal resource to artists and to the community of North Brooklyn.
Film Selections
Narrative Shorts
A History of Sitting in Waiting Rooms, Lorena Russi, 9 mins
And Along Came Lily, Danielle Hope Diamond, 11 mins
Astonishing Little Feet, Maegan A Houang, 9 mins
Bad Blood, Caitlyn Johnson, 11 mins
Bowling 4 Eva, Aelfie Oudghiri, 14 mins
Daddy’s Night, William Pinke, 18 mins
Forgive, Brittany Reeon Lee, 36 mins
Fundamental Shapes, Colin Alistair Campbell, 15 mins
Hangman, Megan Brotherton, 15 mins
Hot Tears, Abigail Weinick, 14 mins
Hush, Xueni Yang, 15 mins
Interview with Traveler #582, Lisa Steindler & Jon Bernson, 10 mins
Leaving Yellowstone, Kayla Arend, 23 mins
Let My Grandpa into Heaven, Lana Bolycheva, 8 mins
Lunchbox, Anne Hu, 16 mins
Made in Germany (OT: Zeitpunkt X), Simon Schneider, 25 mins
Made in Heaven, Yiqing Zhao, 14 mins
New Lives, Joey Schweitzer, 20 mins
No Other Gods But Me, Alex Spott, 7 mins
Nora, Caitlin Ferrell, 10 mins
Powerful Stuff, Justin Andrew Davis, 17 mins
Repentance, Sam Motamedi, 9 mins
Rest, Micah Stathis, 11 mins
Smothered, Heather Luscombe, 9 mins
Starved, Sydney Giacomazzi, 9 mins
Stay Don’t Go, Brian Velsor, 20 mins
Sulam (Ladder), Noam Argov, 11 mins
The Confirmation, Juan Pablo Daranas Molina, 11 mins
The Cookbook, Pedro Chaves, 22 mins
The Ever Hours, Ella Vance, 8 mins
Till Eye Die, Pimprenelle Rouyer, 15 mins
Wild Geese Returning, Ming Zhang, 15 mins
Narrative Features
Filip, Michal Kwiecinski, 125 mins
Film For Aliens, Piotr Stasik, 73 mins
Hela, Anna Maria Kasperska, 84 mins
Joyland, Saim Sadiq, 127 mins
Mechanical Bulls, Jake Schick & Joshua Laufer, 62 mins
Documentary Shorts
Achromatism, Manal Fadlalla, 5 mins
Breadwinners: Raina Kennedy, Emily Delaney & Courtney Schaefer, 11 mins
Faith in Blackness, Charles Reynoso, 27 mins
LESYK a.k.a. Words of Wisdom, Orr Bortman, 31 mins
Limbo, Alex Ramsey, 7 mins
Documentary Features
Into The Spotlight, Thaddeus D. Matula, 99 mins
Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science, Geoff Haines-Stiles, 100 mins
Stopping The Next Pandemics, Xavier Deleu, 96 mins
The Artist & the Astronaut, Bill Muench, 100 mins
The Hamlet Syndrome, Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Roslowski, 85 mins
Animation
Feeling the Apocalypse, Chen Sing Yap, 7 mins
Workshop: How to Make a Documentary in One Day
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Location: The Boiler | ELM Foundation – 191 N 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Dates:
Sunday, July 30 at 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Tuesday, August 1 at 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Saturday, August 5 at 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
In 1980, one of the world’s most famous Polish directors, Krzysztof Kieślowski, created a film entitled “Talking Heads.” In 2023, young people have widely used or taken inspiration from fragments of the this film to create their own videos on TikTok. Often they do not know who these fragments come from.
Kieślowski made his film in a way that was very simple, but also very effective. He asked two simple questions to people at each age from 1 to 100: “Who are you?” and “What do you want?” In 18 minutes he showed the whole life of a human being.
During the workshop, we will take inspiration from Kieślowski’s film and the most successful attempts to remake it on social media. We will create short 1-2 minute videos (also using photos). These will be diaries of a single day-in-the-life, which we will put on a YouTubechannel created for this purpose. Viewed one by one, they will create a vivid and true portrait of the youth of 2023.
About the Instructor: PIOTR STASIK is a director of award-winning documentaries and feature films, screenwriter and cinematographer from Poland. Nominated for the European Film Award for the film “21 x New York”. His feature debut “Moths” was developed as part of the Biennale College at the Venice Film Festival. Piotr will be premiering his latest film “FILM FOR ALIENS” this year at the Greenpoint Film Festival on Saturday, August 5 at 2:30 PM.
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