READ MORE:\u00a0Tribeca 2017 Lineup: New Films From Alex Gibney, Azazel Jacobs and Laurie Simmons Lead the Eclectic Mix<\/a><\/p>\nThe N.O.W. Showcase is a curated selection of 10 independent online creators\u2019 latest work. In the past, N.O.W.\u00a0provided\u00a0an early industry platform for\u00a0Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld’s “High Maintenance,” currently on HBO; as well as Brian Jordan Alvarez’s Gotham Award-nominated “The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo.”<\/p>\n
The entire program is listed below:<\/p>\n
N.O.W. SPECIAL SCREENINGS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n“Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock” <\/span>
\nDirected by Josh Fox, James Spione, Myron Dewey, written by Floris White Bull, Josh Fox, Myron Dewey
\nExecutive produced by Shailene Woodley
\nA documentary about the Native-led defiance that forever changed how we fight for clean water, our environment and the future of our planet.<\/p>\n“Crypt TV\u2019s Monster Madness”<\/span>
\nDirected by Ben Franklin & Anthony Melton, Alexander Babaev, Jon Kovel, Nicholas Mihm, John William Ross, Gabriel Younes and more.
\n“The Birch” (directed by: Ben Franklin & Anthony Melton)
\n“My First Day” (directed by: Jon Kovel)
\n“Odd Jobs: Body Modification” (directed by: Nicholas Mihm)
\n“Stereoscope” (directed by: Alexander Babaev)
\n“Sunny Family Cult” (directed by: Gabriel Younes)
\n“The Thing in the Apartment” (directed by: John William Ross)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/new-deep-south_rainbow-family_1.jpg?w=780\")
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“New Deep South”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Out of This World: Female Filmmakers in Genre<\/em>
\n“YOYO”<\/span>
\nDirected by Nicole Delaney
\nCaroline can\u2019t stand that she is a virgin…And then the world ends. In post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, after a dust storm has wiped out humanity, she meets Francis and is convinced that he\u2019s the man to pop her cherry. YOYO is a heartfelt, dark comedy about finding meaning in life, even when life ceases to exist.\u200b Presented by DUST and Gunpowder & Sky.<\/p>\n“Two Sentence Horror Stories: MA”<\/span>
\nDirected by Vera Miao
\nLike many traditional Chinese families, Mona still lives at home with her stern but loving Ma. When she meets cute Erica, their instant chemistry awakens something dormant inside. But Ma is not going to let her daughter go easily. Because nothing is allowed to come between a mother and daughter. A Stage 13 production.<\/p>\n“Pineapple” (Episodes 1 & 2)<\/span>
\nDirected by Arkasha Stevenson
\nThe local coal mine in the town of Black Rock becomes a crime scene when a miner\u2019s daughter is assaulted in its tunnels. She utters only one word, which leaves the town baffled: \u201cpineapple.\u201d Tensions rise as the mine\u2019s opportunistic owner uses the investigation as an excuse to shutter the dying operation indefinitely. An Adaptive Studios production.<\/p>\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u2019 Op-Docs<\/em>
\n“Undue Burden”<\/span>
\nDirected by Gina Pollack
\nWhen you live in a state with laws that restrict access to abortion, an unwanted pregnancy is only the start of your difficulties.<\/p>\n“Taller Than the Trees”<\/span>
\nDirected by Megan Mylan
\nJapanese men haven’t traditionally been caregivers. But for Masami Hayata, it’s a crucial part of raising his family.<\/p>\n“Hotel U.S.A.”<\/span>
\nDirected by Andrea Meller & Marisa Pearl
\nFor refugee families, the very first night in the U.S. can be an exciting and bewildering experience.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/show-about-the-show.jpg?w=780\")
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Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and Sam Stillman in “The Show About The Show”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Bric<\/p>\n
N.O.W. SHOWCASE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n“The Holdouts”<\/span>
\nDirected by Ramon Campos Iriarte (Colombia)
\nThe Western hemisphere’s oldest civil war is still going strong in the jungles of Colombia. The National Liberation Army (ELN) \u2014a Marxist military organization\u2014 has been fighting for revolution since 1964, and with the FARC having declared a ceasefire, the ELN is today the last active guerrilla army in the Americas. In Spanish, English with subtitles.<\/p>\n“Midnight Service”<\/span>
\nDirected by Dean Colin Marcial and produced by Brett Potter
\nA\u00a0true-crime series about urban legends, notorious criminals, occult pop culture, and first-hand accounts of the unknown.<\/p>\n“New Deep South”<\/span>
\nCreated by Lauren Cioffi and Rosie Haber
\nThis series explores the vibrant and multifaceted queer culture emerging in the American South. Playing against old stereotypes of Mississippi as a state of social conservatism and stagnation, we follow the lives of queer youth to explore the tangled and complex nature of sexual identity in the New Deep South.<\/p>\n“New York is Dead”<\/span>
\nProduced by Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, and Randy Harrison and directed by Matthew Wilkas
\nA darkly hilarious webseries about two broke NYC artists who become hitmen to make ends meet.<\/p>\n“Woman of a Certain Age”<\/span>
\nCreated, written by, and starring Kate Dearing, co-directed by Amanda Cowper and Sami Kriegstein and co-produced by Dearing, Cowper and Kriegstein
\nKate confronts the daily challenges of being an adult, she is spontaneously visited by versions of herself at different ages \u2013 each offering their \u201cbest\u201d advice. Like \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d but without the pesky morals, Woman of a Certain Age explores what happens when we actually listen to the voices in our head.<\/p>\n“HEROIN”<\/span>
\nDirected by Jessica Beshir
\nFor an artist, free will is just an illusion. Heroin explores the creative process, inspiration and alternative reality of an artist.<\/p>\n“I LIVED: Brooklyn”<\/span>
\nDirected by Jonathan Nelson and produced by Danielle Andersen
\nAn investigation of the intricacies of place and identity in the borough\u2019s distinct neighborhoods.<\/p>\n“Phone Calls”<\/span>
\nCo-directed by Bonnie Wright and Martin Cohn (USA)
\nAn anthology series of conversations exploring the way people speak to each other when not face to face. Free of physical proximity, a space is born in which personal truths and, often times, ugliness is unleashed by those closest to you as well as those most foreign.<\/p>\n“Shiva”<\/span>
\nBankrukt Productions (Jeff Seal, Shaina Feinberg, Chris Roberti, Chris Manley)
\nImprovised vignettes from an Upper West Side Shiva, exploring the absurd, mundane, sad and spiritual. There will be lox.<\/p>\n“The Show About The Show”<\/span>
\nDirected by Caveh Zahedi
\nCaveh Zahedi\u2019s self-referential scripted meta-series about a Brooklyn filmmaker trying to make a TV show. Co-starring Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and a who\u2019s who of Brooklyn\u2019s independent filmmaking community, it tells the story of everything that can and does go wrong in trying to get a television series funded, produced, and distributed.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/nyair.jpg?w=780\")
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Bankrukt’s Shaina Feinberg and Chris Roberti<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Bankrukt Productions<\/p>\n
N.O.W. CREATORS MARKET<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nAzie Mira Dungey
\nArkasha Stevenson
\nChristian Larrave
\nDom Fera
\nHazel Hayes
\nHye Yun Park
\nJacquelyn Ryan, Kyle Brown, Katie Micay
\nLisa Ebersole
\nLyle Friedman
\nPatrick Starrr
\nPaul Gale
\nSmaranda Luna
\nStarsha Gill
\nVera Miao
\nZane Rubin<\/p>\n
The Tribeca N.O.W. program will run during the Tribeca Film Festival, taking place April 19-30<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\nStay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><\/p>\nSource: IndieWire Digital TV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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