December First Friday Shorts
Celebrating the first six years of Bay Area Girls Rock Camp!
Friday December 6, 6-8pm
The New Parkway
Free!
Featuring videos, live performances, and Q&A with participants!

Bay Area Girls Rock Camp is a nonprofit organization that empowers girls through music, promoting an environment that fosters self-confidence, creativity and teamwork.  BAGRC challenges gender stereotypes, encourages collaboration and tolerance among peers, and provides a comfortable space for people of all backgrounds to express themselves.  Through music lessons, workshops, group activities and performance, girls acquire skills that help guide them throughout their lives.

 

November First Friday Shorts

Showcasing short films from Youth Uprising

"East Oakland Goes Uptown!"

Friday November 1, 6-8pm

The New Parkway

474 24th St, Oakland

FREE!

Followed by a Q&A with filmmakers

 

The Arts and Expression department at Youth UpRising is committed to chronicling youth views and experiences about an array of emerging social issues. As Youth UpRising's President and CEO, Olis Simmons, said this week, “we’re thrilled to bring the extraordinary talent of our East Oakland youth to the attention of First Friday attendees in an effort to bridge these unique worlds.”

 

Films include music videos, narrative, experimental, and PSAs.   

Come out and support Oakland youth filmmakers!

September First Friday Shorts
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
"Our Dreams, Our Lives: Transmen of Color Films"



Friday September 6, 2013
6-8pm
The New Parkway
FREE!
 Followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers

From the struggles of finding a perfect date, to the fiery combination of joy and healing, to zombies in the woods, these heartfelt films reflect the dreams, passion, and resilience of the transmen of color community.  All films created by QWOCMAP filmmakers.  

Alexander Lee, "Like This"
Monely Soltani, "Of Truth a Canvas"
Tee Tagor, "Alien From Earth Too"
Alejandro Gabriel Cruz Gonzalez, "36A"
Shawn Demmons, "The Ride"
Jordan Muldrow, "Talking"
Chris Valente, "Chasing Love"
Alexander Lee, "A Night in the Woods"
StormMiguel Florez, "I've Been to Manhattan"

Come early to get your seat!

Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) creates, exhibits and distributes new films that authentically reflect our life stories, increase our visibility, and address the vital social justice issues that concern our multiple communities.  Our vision nurtures queer women of color, gender nonconforming & transgender people of color as artists-activists to create systemic change through art, activism and community building: www.QWOCMAP.org

August First Friday Shorts!

Bay Area Women in Film and Media---featuring local women filmmakers

Friday August 2, 2013, 6-8pm

The New Parkway

474 24th St, Oakland

FREE!

This month's FFS highlights short films by local women filmmakers, curated by Bay Area Women in Film and Media.  The showcase features documentary, narrative, and experimental films touching on a range of subjects, including online dating, black urban farmers, women and prison, motorbikes, family memories, and more!

The films will screen from 6:00-7:45pm, with a Q&A at the end.  Come see some terrific films and support local women filmmakers!

Bay Area Women in Film and Media (BAWIFM) helps women media-makers connect, create and be inspired.  They offer creative and professional support to our members through monthly meetings, special events and a very active on-line community: http://www.bawifm.org

The New Parkway is located in uptown, in the heart of Oakland's First Friday, so stop by, grab some food, and enjoy some great films!

July First Friday Shorts!
Bay Area Youth Media Network--highlights from BAYMN Fest!
Friday July 5, 6-8pm
The New Parkway
474 24th St, Oakland
FREE!

This month FFS features highlights and winning films from Bay Area Youth Media Network's recent festival!  Includes documentaries about language preservation and street art, PSAs about gender equality and transphobia, a stop-motion animated short about cupcakes in love, a short noir about a mysterious ball, and more.  All made by youth filmmakers!

Bay Area Youth Media Network is a consortium of nonprofit organizations that believe in the power of media (film, music, radio, photography, web and technology) as a means to engage youth voice, self-expression and empowerment and to inspire social change (baymn.org).  

June First Friday Shorts!

Media Enterprise Alliance

Friday June 7, 6-8pm

The New Parkway

474 24th St, Oakland

FREE!

This months FFS showcases films made by Oakland high school students about issues that are important to them: gang injunctions, the environment, education, health, music, and more!  Includes films in a variety of genres (newscast, music videos, PSAs, and animation), and will feature their award-winning short film on climate change that just received a junior emmy!

Come out and support Oakland youth filmmakers at The New Parkway!

May First Friday Shorts

Friday, May 3, 6-9pm
The New Parkway
474 24th St, Oakland
FREE!  

6:00pm 1st screening
7:15pm Q&A with filmmakers
7:30pm 2nd screening

This month, FFS is showcasing some terrific short films from TILT, the youth program of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center.  Big than you to Robyn Bykofsky who has curated the selection.  The playlist includes narrative, documentary, and experimental films on themes ranging from playful to poignant.  Some of the filmmakers will be present, so come out and support young artists at The New Parkway!

The films are:

Earth School (Tiffany Robinson and Jaison Cabebe)

Getting Closer (Zooey Yi)

CLAIM Your Arts (Ray James Fleming, Julia Retzlaff, Tiffany Robinson)

Uses For Boys (Julia Retzlaff, Evatt Carrodus, and Tiffany Robinson)

Tenderloin: A Forgotten History (Gene Wang, Felicia A. Elizondo, Steven Danz, Paulin Jarakian, Ishmael Castillo)

Karu 0.1 (Steven Cancelmo)

That Is Not Me (Rosy Corado)

+/- (Josh Karon)

Success (Tiphereth Banks and Nakia Gibbs)

Run-A-Ways (Nicki Randolf. Julia Retzlaff, Niko Gasca, and Thomas Tavis)

Night Life (Hiul Dulalas and Kevin DeVera)

Urban Camping (Hindoveeh Bullie and Charlie Gregoratos)

Questions We Can’t Answer (Jordan T. Green, Scarlett Maselli, and Stella Maselli)

Hal the Robot (Evatt Carrodus)

Generations (Ismael Castillo)

Diaries of a Boom Operator (Cardell Thomas)

The entire set runs at about 80mins and will be screened twice, with a Q&A with filmmakers in between.

Come out and support youth filmmakers at The New Parkway during First Friday!

April First Friday Shorts

A week from today, April 5, is the next First Friday Shorts at The New Parkway, 474 24th St, Oakland, 6-9pm, FREE!

This month, FFS features some amazing short films by Bay Area young filmmakers, curated by The Factory, BAVC's advanced youth filmmaking program. Special thanks to Jason Jakaitis and Lily Yu.

Films to be screened:

Oakland Art Murmur (Jaison Cabebe)
Creative Growth (Julian Compagni-Portis, Stephanie Hoang, Matt Zabb-Parmley)
All These Shiny People (Rachel Lin)
Limitations (Lily Yu)
Eggshell (Jasmine Ehrhardt)
Occupy Oakland (Fifer Garbesi)
GMO (Owen Smith-Clark, Jaison Cabebe, Esteban Noyola)
Miles to Go (Julia Retzlaff, Jane Huff, Win-Mon Kyi, Buffy Almendares)
Slip of the Tongue (Karen Lum)
Checkmate (Lily Yu, Jasmine Ehrhardt, Stephanie Hoang)
Cultivating Community (Zoe Salnave, Jasmine Ehrhardt)
Escargot (Raymundo Archila, Jaison Cabebe)
Mason (Owen Smith-Clark)
History in these Streets (Brian Birchett, Patrick Manning, Nick Liem)

Come support local youth filmmakers at The New Parkway!

Total running time about one hour--the entire set will be screened three times.

Next First Friday Shorts! 
Friday April 5, 6-9pm
The New Parkway
Free!

Short films by local youth filmmakers. Co-curated by Bay Area Video Coalition, featuring films by The Factory, BAVC's advanced youth video production collective. More details to follow!

First Friday Shorts at The New Parkway
Friday March 1, 2013, 6-9pm

& Loop de Loop &

A dose of playful and gritty shorts by local filmmakers crossing genres and knocking any preconceptions for a loop de loop

Free!!

Films by: Malic Amalya, Sam Berliner, Sarolta Jane Cump, Janelle Hessig, David Martinez, Tracey Quezada, Harriet Storm, and Chris E. Vargas.
Several of the filmmakers will be present!

Co-curated by Sarolta Jane Cump and Jillian Sandell

(still from Chris E. Vargas's "Cry Boy, Cry")