Schedule:

1:00 Pm Broken Dolls
Runtime: 90 Minutes

A Mother’s Obscured Past Become A Daughter’s Call To Action In Reconstructing A History Altered  By The Holocaust.  In 1939, A Mysterious Benefactor Enables A Seven-year-old Jewish Girl And Her Mother To Escape Nazi Germany On A Ship For Shanghai, Where They Face Deprivation And An Uncertain Future. In The Jewish Ghetto Of The International Chinese City, The Child Spends A Decade Reinventing Herself As A Non-german Non-jew.  Decades Later, Now Herself A Mother With An Established Life In Florida, She Comes Full Circle, Seeking To Lay Claim To Her Past.  In The Complex Quest To Reclaim Her German Citizenship, The Discovery Of A Shocking Secret Adds A New Perspective To Her Life Story.

4:00 Pm Bushido
Runtime: 129 Minutes

This Reinvented Samurai Tale Set In Feudal Japan Is Steeped In History And The Samurai Code, And Offers Wrenching Family Sacrifice, Dastardly Betrayal, Thrilling Swordplay, And A Look At The Strategies Of The Chess-like Japanese Board Game Of Go.  A Widower Samurai Unjustly Disgraced And Ejected From His Clan Through The Betrayal Of A Jealous Rival Lives In Obscurity.  While Eking Out A Living As A Humble Craftsman, His Masterful Skill At The Game Of Go Brings Him Unwanted Attention.  Once More The Target Of A False Accusation, He Is Forced To Defend His Honor And Save His Daughter.  In Japanese With English Subtitles.

7:00 Pm The French Italian
Runtime: 92 Minutes + Qa Session

A White Lie About A Plate Of Cookies Is The First Tipoff To The Flexible Ethics Of 30-something Manhattan Hipsters Valerie (Cohen) And Doug (Athari).  Trouble Brews In The Haven Of Their Upper West Side Rent-controlled Apartment When Horrendous Noise From Below Begins To Punctuate Their Days.  Rather Than Confronting The Couple Downstairs, The Pair Plan To Trap Their Neighbor’s Actress Girlfriend With A Complex Revenge Scheme Involving Auditions And Rehearsals For A Non-existent Play.  Spinning A Comic Clash Of New York Types And Lifestyles, Director/co-writer Wolther Escalates The Action To The Tipping Point With A Fake Opening Night, Where Emmy-nominated Comedian Ikechukwu Ufomadu Manages To Steal The Show In A Tour De Force Performance.