
NYFA Doc student Kesang Choki films SHE SPEAKS in Bhutan (film screening Saturday)
New York Film Academy is proud to present the 2011 New York Film Academy Documentary Film Festival, a two-night thesis showcase from the graduating documentarians.
Friday, August 12, 2011 @ 6:00pm and Saturday, August 13, 2011 @ 6:30pm.
Screening Room
NYFA’s Union Square campus
100 East 17th Street
New York, New York 10003
FRIDAY:
HIP HOP HASSID by Francesca Pagani
LOOKING FOR ME IN AMERICA by Marco Vitale
N.Y. UKE by Manon Gauthier
THE WRONG KIND OF LOVE by Bianca Zanini Vasconcellos
KILLING ANNA by Paul Gallasch
MY NORWEGIAN BONES by Sophie Siem
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR by Andrea Picco
GAZELLE – THE LOVE ISSUE by Cesar Souza
SATURDAY:
26 AND NEVER BEEN KISSED by Sarah Choi
SHE SPEAKS by Kesang Choki
THE ANONYMOUS REVOLUTIONARY by Sandra Stakic
SUCK IT UP AND SMILE by Monica Alarcon
SILLY ABC… by Ruchika Tyagi
GRAVES WITHOUT STONES by Yoong Sik Park
THE SOUND OF LOVE by Hai Chen Lin
I CAN SWING by Elena Beresneva

HIP HOP HASSID by Francesca Pagani
Roll out to Crown Heights to spit some new beats with Hip Hop Hassid. Take off on the great American road trip, with a fresh Italian twist. Work up the nerve, and the repertoire, to jump into the heart of New York’s great Ukulele war. Unravel the most riveting crime mystery since The Thin Blue Line5. Explore radical new ways to grieve a lost love – And to find your inner Norwegian. Take a hard look at the dark underbelly of Middle America. And trip the light fantastic through Paris and Sao Paolo and NYC, making art of life with a celebrated 90’s club kid.
And that’s just Friday!

GAZELLE – THE LOVE ISSUE by Cesar Souza
Saturday starts with a true romantic comedy as an overachieving 26-year-old decides it’s finally time to date. Then we’ll trek into the heart of magical Bhutan, the world’s youngest democracy, and possibly its oldest matriarchy. Next, study the sad, subtle art of coming undone. Survive with the Pisano-Battle women under the Trujillo dictatorship and through the demands of a big bi-cultural family. Uncover the secret history of Koreans in America. Explore a whole new “school” of thought. Follow the Peking Opera across two generations, two continents and two cultures. And join the celebration of a long life in love with Jazz.
It’s all in a night’s work for the unique, young voices of NYFA’s Documentary Department, who’ve combined the art of storytelling with the craft of filmmaking to recount a rich variety of marvelous true tales.


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