WORLD PREMIERE Scott Wiener probably knows more about pizza than anyone else in the world. Channeling his infectious enthusiasm into a successful pizza-tasting tour business, the New Yorker has found unlikely fame, winning fans around the world – who contribute to his massive collection of pizza boxes. Scott’s Pizza Tours delectably demonstrates Wiener’s appeal, following […]
WORLD PREMIERE This portrait of courage under fire celebrates NYC’s first openly transgender firefighter. For Brooke Guinan, fighting fires runs in her blood – both her father and grandfather served in the FDNY. But as a transgender woman, her path to service has not been without obstacles. Transitioning from male to female in what is […]
After resigning as a Congressman over a sexting scandal in 2011, Anthony Weiner mounted a political comeback two years later running for mayor of New York City. Filmmaker Josh Kriegman (Weiner’s former staffer) partners with Elyse Steinberg to gain close access to the campaign’s inner circle, including Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Clinton’s […]
Robert Mapplethorpe emerged from the vibrant 1970s New York art scene where he bonded with Patti Smith and partnered with art collector Sam Wagstaff. Mapplethorpe’s photography spanned explicit gay sadomasochistic sex, but also stunning pictures of flowers. In 1989, the year he died of AIDS, he was denounced in Congress by Senator Jesse Helms. Filmmakers […]
A Brooklyn hair stylist takes us on a close exploration of black hair culture as he weaves a woman’s hair.
A short documentary profiling The Dogist (@thedogist) aka Elias Weiss Friedman, Instagram canine-photographer and author.
Andrew likes to keep things organized. He’s compiled a list of every sexual encounter he’s ever had. Each name ignites a memory—a time, a place, an esoteric fetish. His memory is impressive. The list currently numbers 749 and continues to grow.
If you can make it here… An artist embarks on The Moving Camera Project (USA, 5 min., Andrew Moynehan, Chelsea Moynehan), while a courthouse job helps a Working Stiff (USA, 5 min., Sarah Hanssen) support his art. The Dogist (USA, 6 min., E.J. McLeavey- Fisher) profiles an Instagram canine photographer and author, while The Tricks […]
NYC PREMIERE A short documentary about a New York comic strip artist who finds a way to support his own creative work.
NYC PREMIERE Club Angels is a short documentary about the forming of the band Sateen by Queen Sateen and Exquisite, a heterosexual married couple who do drag and are fixtures in the queer New York City nightlife scene.