TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT: https://shortsofallsortsnyc2019.eventbrite.com

WHERE: Crystal Lake Bar and Screening Room
647 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211 

WHEN: LABOR DAY – Monday, September 2nd, 2019
FILM BLOCK 1 @ 5pm – followed by Q&A with filmmakers in attendance
FILM BLOCK 2 @ 7pm – followed by Q&A with filmmakers in attendance

COST: Admission is Free. Drinks and food available for purchase.
RSVP: https://shortsofallsortsnyc2019.eventbrite.com

COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS
FOR MORE INFO ON THE FILMS – STAY TUNED HERE!
AND CHECK OUT THE LINKS AND TRAILERS BELOW.

BLOCK 1 – 5:00 p.m. (Block Running Time: 1 hr 2 min)
Followed by a Q&A with filmmakers in attendance.

FOX SPIRIT directed by Min Ding
SIGNS OF AGING directed by Tara Gadomski
WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT (QUANDO A LUZ SE APAGA) directed by Tânia Prates
TOO MANY BODIES directed by Reena Dutt
STATE OF INDEPENDENCE directed by Erica Mann
MUJER EN DÍA directed by Juanita Umaña
GASLIT directed by Naomi Chainey
OVER/UNDER directed by Dia Jenet
GOOD EGG directed by Laurel Cummings
MOODY directed by Alyssa Shea
SCARE directed by Sarah Grant

BLOCK 2 – 7:00 p.m. (Block Running Time: 1 hr 5 min)
Followed by a Q&A with filmmakers in attendance.

TAMPON directed by Erica Orofino
THE SEAMLESS CUP SOCIETY directed by Deb Ethier
A LETTER TO MYSELF AT 16 directed by Claire Tankersley
WE WERE HARDLY MORE THAN CHILDREN directed by Cecelia Condit
THE ESCAPE directed by Tash Ann
LEOTARD directed by Stephanie Cheng
THEY GO WILD directed by Stephanie Patrick
8 MINUTES directed by Ariel Loewenthal
NEW DEVONIA directed by Kelly Mann & Skye Tati
THE ART OF DOODLING directed by Nicola Macindoe
FOR WHILE directed by Jess Irish
FILM FEMME directed by Leslie D. Lanier

FILM TRAILERS:

After viewing many FANTASTIC films and having much discussion we have made selections!

LIST OF FILMS BELOW.

JOIN US Monday September 2nd, Labor Day

At the Crystal Lake – 647 Grand Street in Brooklyn.

TWO BLOCKS THIS YEAR!
MORE FILMS THIS YEAR….

5pm – followed by a Q&A (Block Running Time: 1:02)
FOX SPIRIT directed by Min Ding
SIGNS OF AGING directed by Tara Gadomski
WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT (QUANDO A LUZ SE APAGA) directed by Tânia Prates
TOO MANY BODIES directed by Reena Dutt
STATE OF INDEPENDENCE directed by Erica Mann
MUJER EN DÍA directed by Juanita Umaña
GASLIT directed by Naomi Chainey
OVER/UNDER directed by Dia Jenet
GOOD EGG directed by Laurel Cummings
MOODY directed by Alyssa Shea
SCARE directed by Sarah Grant

7pm – followed by a Q&A (Block Running Time: 1:05)
TAMPON directed by Erica Orofino
THE SEAMLESS CUP SOCIETY directed by Deb Ethier
A LETTER TO MYSELF AT 16 directed by Claire Tankersley
WE WERE HARDLY MORE THAN CHILDREN directed by Cecelia Condit
THE ESCAPE directed by Tash Ann
LEOTARD directed by Stephanie Cheng
THEY GO WILD directed by Stephanie Patrick
8 MINUTES directed by Ariel Loewenthal
NEW DEVONIA directed by Kelly Mann & Skye Tati
THE ART OF DOODLING directed by Nicola Macindoe
FOR WHILE directed by Jess Irish
FILM FEMME directed by Leslie D. Lanier

CELEBRATING FILMS DIRECTED BY WOMEN as part of the Directed by Women Global Celebration.

There is something magical about sharing stories with an audience. As a shy, awkward eight year old I remember getting on stage with the Richmond Performing Arts Center (now East Bay Center for the Performing Arts) in California and  for the first time feeling the enchantment of communicating with a group of people. I may not have known what it meant at that age but standing at the back of Videology Labor Day Monday the energy of the audience in attendance was not lost to me on a conscious level. It is why I began producing theatre and why I was enticed to take Barbara Ann O’Leary up on her challenge to the world to organize events celebrating the work of female filmmakers.

With theatre you get to rehearse and then share your story with an audience. Everyone makes films for different reasons but for me sharing a story with others has to be a part of it (whether it be 1 or 100) – which seems sympatico with the Directed by Women mission of appreciation. Having the opportunity to share the wonderful films gathered for the Shorts of All Sorts Labor Day screening was an absolute joy.

Thanks to Custom Made Theatre Company (CMTC) for the past three years we have shown shorts at Ryan’s Daughter which is a lovely bar supportive of the arts on the Upper East Side in NYC . Last year we experimented with a satellite screening at the CMTC space in San Francisco. This  year we moved to Videology in Brooklyn. Each year we are able to do a little more to expand upon the experience of the previous year. Thank you to those who shared their films and those who came out to experience those films. The Directed by Women Global Celebration continues at various venues throughout the month of September so check out their calendar – and keep watching wherever you are!

LISA CHOLODENKO began her work in film as an Assistant Editor (post-production assistant) on Boy’z in the Hood (1991) and then went on to get her MFA from Columbia.

Her first full-length film High Art (1998) featured Ally Sheedy who was part of a group of actors from the 1980s known as the “Brat Pack.” Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right (2010)  about a lesbian couple’s relationship with their children’s sperm donor was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar the year after Bigelow won for Hurt Locker (2009).

 More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!

Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

HULU

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Lisa Cholodenko on Getting Under the Skin of Frances McDormand’s ‘Olive Kitteridge’
Focus Features – The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko: ‘I wanted to make a film that was not sanctimonious or sentimental’
Variety
Deadline
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

When Saturday Comes (1996), the first feature directed by MARIA GIESE came directly on the heels of her matriculation at UCLA – in fact the deal to get the movie made was inked before she even graduated.

That first feature led to her being signed by the iconic agency William Morris. After facing years of closed doors with male only signs she started her own blog and went to the ACLU to get those doors open for all female filmmakers!

More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!

Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Maria’s Website
Women Directors: Navigating the Hollywood Boys’ Club
“Troublemaker” Who Launched Hollywood’s EEOC Gender Probe: I “Don’t Regret” Starting the Fight
Female film directors are on outside looking in, but will ACLU flip the script?
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

It has been a while since I conducted what was my first round table interview with these incredible women. I learned so much in the process – about women working in Hollywood, how to conduct an interview with more than one subject (having more than one camera is really important in this circumstance) and so much more.

Dana Hayes who has recently joined the 2nd Sex & 7th Art team did an incredible job editing together a short video of the nuggets of knowledge they shared.

There was so much in this interview and she managed to give it focus and tie it into what has happened since – the #HireTheseWomen campaign and the new media attention focused on the subject of the lack of female directors.

And now the EEOC is looking into things… will the game change?