Dalia MorganNew York hosts an increasingly rich range of film festivals every fall, from intimate indies to major international premieres. Here are a few keys from each.
The Downtown Festival
FIOR DI LATTE. Directed by Charlotte Ercoli. A playwright hooked on sniffing perfume to relive memories from an Italian vacation spirals into obsession as his life falls apart.
Chelsea Film Festival
L’ENFANT À LA PEAU BLANCHE (The Boy with the White Skin) (Short). Set inside a remote mine, this austere documentary follows an albino child living amid isolation, labor, and superstition.
MASTERPIECE (Short). Written by Rae Maddren, directed by John Hudson White. A surreal, Twilight Zone-esque short about creative collaboration that cutely devolves into the absurd.
New Directors/New Films Festival
INVENTION. Callie Hernandez’ and Courtney Stevens’ playful film looking at their fathers’ pasts through a narrative in which a passing father leaves behind a mysterious invention.
WHAT WE ASK OF A STATUE IS THAT IT DOESN’T MOVE (Short). Directed by Daphné Hérétakis. A captivating hybrid short that explores the psychic dissonance of living among ruins in Athens, Greece.
Clara MacMeekin
Bob Loblaw
Tasmin Blake
Pina Lomb