The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s New York Short Film Showcase is a cinematic celebration of new projects designed to encourage performers to create their own short films and web series.
Held biannually in March and September at the Robin Williams Center, the showcase presents a juried selection of shorts followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, and featured actors present at the screening.
Q&A moderated by Michael Sládek, filmmaker, Plug Ugly Films, SAGindie
PROGRAM
DIVISION STREET SERIES: FISH OUT OF WATER (PILOT) | Amy Rutledge - Actress
Young Dee resents having to stay with her cranky grandmother in the Lower East Side but soon begins having magical encounters in the rag tag neighborhood.
FAULT | Eric Ian Goldberg - Writer/Director
Past grudges, fresh injuries, bad serves and death threaten the weekly tennis match of four lifelong friends
MARISOL | Zoé Salicrup Junco - Director
When a young mother takes a risk to provide for her daughter, a stranger turns her transgression into a nightmare.
RUOK | Jay Russell - Writer/Director
Best friends, Alex & Bryan, have a bitter fight entirely via text message, when one of them sleeps with the other one’s crush. But, just as things seem to settle, an unexpected development may lead to yet another rift.
THE OBITUARY | Johnny Cannizzaro - Actor/Producer
A penniless writer who dreams of penning the great American novel takes a job writing obituaries to pay the bills. When he shows up to a man’s home to get a statement regarding someone’s passing, he’s confronted with a life or death situation of his own.
TINA | Anuj Goyal - Co-Producer/Assistant Director
Tina is a surreal thriller about a woman who is stalked by an Indian classical dancer, forcing her to confront herself in a way she never expected.
WONDER | Javier Molina - Director
An 11 year-old kid growing up in “the hood” secretly dreams of trick-or-treating as Wonder Woman for Halloween.
