Wednesday, May 1, 2013


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!