New Cinema Club

11/09/2022

12/08/2020

NOW PREMIERING: "BIRDSH*T" - a new show by NYC-based filmmaker and actor Ariel Kavoussi!

BIRDSH*T follows the adventures of Birdie Roznack as she attempts to find meaning, success and love in Ridgewood, Queens.

Click through to watch!

https://www.newcinema.club/premiers #/birdsh*t/

12/02/2020

COMING SOON: A new show by filmmaker, actor, and NewC alum Ariel Kavoussi!
“Birdsh*t" is a new episodically-linked program that follows the trials and tribulations of a socially awkward, but ambitious young woman named 'Birdie Roznack' as she attempts to find meaning, success and love in Ridgewood, Queens and the surrounding areas.

BIRDSH*T drops on Tuesday, Dec. 8th! Stay tuned to our posts for the link and more details!

11/24/2020

NEW CINEMA CLUB VOL. 017 LIVE STREAM IS TONIGHT! 7:30pm SHARP 📽💫

SUPPORT THESE TALENTED FILMMAKERS AND GET YOUR TICKET IN THE LINK IN OUR BIO!

* YOU MUST GET A TICKET TO GET A LINK TO THE LIVESTREAM AND LINK TO Q&A! *

FILMS SCREENING TONIGHT BY:

ANTHONY OBERBECK
IYANAH BATIVALA
MAEGAN HOUANG
BIRGIT RATHSMANN & TIM PLATT
DYLAN PASTURE & LAUREN MCCUNE

EXCITED FOR TONIGHT! 🤩

11/23/2020

New Cinema Club - Vol. 017 Featured Filmmaker: IYANAH BATIVALA

Iyanah Bativala is a writer/director based between New York and Bombay. She is the writer and director of the short film, Petra, shot in Prague. In 2019 she was awarded a grant by the Cornell Council for the Arts Individual Grant Panel, in support of her short film, “Coast”. The film subsequently went on to win Best Short Film at the Tagore International Film Festival. She is currently a staff writer for an upcoming Amazon series.

COAST follows two people from vastly different socioeconomic backgrounds, in the city of Mumbai. Their divergent storylines converge at the place in Mumbai that all classes share in equal measure, the Arabian Sea that runs along the length of the city.

Tune in to our stream Tomorrow, November 24th to catch Iyanah’s film “COAST”

11/20/2020

New Cinema Club - Vol. 017 Featured Filmmaker: ANTHONY OBERBECK

Anthony Oberbeck is a filmmaker and actor, known for his films "Seven Dreams" and "Reveries." A fixture in the NYC indie film and comedy scene, he has collaborated with the likes of Tynan DeLong, Colin Burgess, Matt Barats, and more.

Tune in to our stream Tuesday November 24th to catch Anthony’s film “SIX MESSAGES”

11/19/2020

New Cinema Club - Vol. 017 Featured Filmmaker: MAEGAN HOUANG

Maegan Houang is a writer/director based in Los Angeles interested in exploring the crushing absurdity of the human condition. She is currently a story editor on Shōgun (FX) and previously served as a staff writer on Season Two of Counterpart (Starz/MRC). In 2018, she received a VSCO Voices Creator Grant to direct a short film she wrote entitled In Full Bloom starring Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club). The film premiered online on Short of the Week and played at numerous film festivals including Fantastic Fest, Atlanta Film Festival, Oak Cliff, Hollyshorts, New Orleans, LAAPFF and Sidewalk Film Festival.

Maegan has also directed music videos for artists such as Mitski, Vagabon, Charly Bliss, Chastity Belt and Skylar Spence. Her videos have been recognized by SXSW, Noisey, Fact Magazine, UKMVAs, Stereogum, Pitchfork, Raindance Film Festival, Vimeo Staff Picks and Videostatic. Her work primarily focuses on the complexity of the Asian-American experience, intergenerational trauma and her own experience living as a mixed-race American.

Tune in to our stream Tuesday November 24th to catch Maegan’s film “IN FULL BLOOM”

11/18/2020

New Cinema Club - Vol. 017 Featured Filmmakers: DYLAN PASTURE & LAUREN MCCUNE

Dylan Pasture and Lauren McCune have cumulatively written, directed, and/or produced such shorts and features as “Parthenon”, “Innards”, “A Feast of Man”, and “Cloudy All Day”. This is their first collaboration as co-directors. They live in LA and Denver.

Tune in to our stream Tuesday November 24th to catch Dylan & Lauren’s film “READY FOR LOVE”

Synopsis: Amber Lynn Weatherbee knows that the right man is out there. Maybe he's on The Bachelor?

Official selection of 2018 Montclair Film Festival, Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, Nitehawk Shorts Festival, Slamdance Film Festival 2019, Regard Film Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, and Dallas International Film Festival.

Winner of France Télévisions American Short Film Prize 2018, Hammer to Nail Short Film Contest Summer 2018 Runner-Up, and Honorable Mention for Outstanding Acting at Slamdance.