Athena Film Festival Presents
13CU0: AFF13 - Shorts Program 2
Friday, February 8, 2013 at 9:00PM
Glicker-Milstein Blackbox
LL 200 Diana Center
New York,
NY
10027
The Athena Film Festival central Box Office will be in the Diana Center lobby starting 1 PM Friday February 8th until Sunday February 10th.
To purchase group tickets (9 or more) enter the code 13GRPAFF in the pink promo code box and click apply before selecting your tickets.
DEVOUT
Director: Diana Neille and Sana Gulzar
Run Time: 37 minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: DEVOUT follows the lives of women in New York and New Jersey who are trying to reconcile their lesbian sexuality with their commitment to Orthodox Judaism, which condemns homosexuality in the harshest terms. Meet Chani, Pam, Elissa, Hayley, Lina and Miriam as they deal with being shunned, while still remaining devoted to their strict faith and community.
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
Director: Sarah Knight
Run Time: 25 minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: A stirring portrait of Nicole Sherry, head groundskeeper for the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards, one of the only two women to hold this job in Major League Baseball.
ABC
Director: Madli Lääne
Run Time: 12 minutes
Language: Loma, Liberian, English with English subtitles
Synopsis: All 17-year old Vele wants is to learn how to read and write - to keep up with her seven-year-old daughter. After endless years of the Liberian civil war, her ability to sign her own name is her next big step towards independence -- away from the painful past, into a brighter future.
55 Socks
Director: Co Hoedeman
Run Time: 8 minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: Based on a poem by Marie Jacobs, 55 Socks, pays tribute to the ingenuity of the Dutch people during a dark period of their history -- the winter of hunger in 1944-45. During the closing months of the war in occupied Holland, enterprising women unravel a beautiful bedspread to knit 55 socks and then barter them for food.
In A Heartbeat
Director: Karolina Lewicka
Run Time: 7 minutes
Language: English
Synopsis: A nine-year old girl, often scared of the world around her and no friends, finds the courage to stand up against bullies when she sees a classmate picked on by two older boys. The only one who takes a stand, she enlists her classmates to join her, and in turn, overcomes her own shyness and fear.
All sales are final. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis after all access pass holders. Seating is limited so please arrive early. No exchanges or refunds.
