2023 Closing Night & Awards

Bowery Film Festival is proud to screen the following selections:

• Elvis Presley “Unchained Melody” | Official Music Video

  Directed by Gabriel Tick
  

  A reverse telling of Elvis’ musical journey from Vegas, Nashville, Memphis, to Tupelo, MS where his love of music was born and thrived in its purest form. Special attention to specific details from Elvis life are depicted and interwoven with creative allegory in this homage to the king of Rock n' Roll.
  
  Record Label: Sony Music Ent. | Legacy Recordings
  
  Director: Gabriel Tick Executive Producer: Alex Pellerano
  Written by Gabriel Tick & Alex Pellerano
  FXTD & CGI: Makoto Dawson
  Piano Performance: Brett Williams
  CGI: Luke Maroldi
  CGI: Zack Watkins
  Cinematography: Warwick Field
  
  Camera Assistant: Jackson Finter
  VFX: Zach Shukan
  Associate Producer: Cesar Pellerano
  Associate Producer: Benny Lee
  PA: Ron Dvora Naaman
  Production Company: Studio Union
  
  Created in loving memory of Max Drabkin

• Eve

  Directed by Meghann Plunkett & Miranda Javid
  

  Genesis told from Eve's point of view.

• Awake at Night

  Directed by Andrea Ward
  

  Awake at Night is a passionate vocal and percussive music video, taking place under water, inciting questions around what it means to be alive and truly awake. The elements of water and mirror stimulate the sensation of being engulfed in one’s inner world, unbound across varying realms of consciousness.

• Invisible Cities: New York

  Directed by Alexis Karl
  

  A woman walks the late night streets, stilettos marking time with every step. We see her as a vision within the reflections of graffiti-tagged windows and in the neon glare of all night bodegas. She is traffic along Bowery, and kids getting high on St. Marks. She is elegant Park Avenue and Chinatown's empty side streets. The city, in all its furious glow and urban roar has manifested her into being. She is city.

• Mystery of Art

  Directed by Mateo Padula
  

  A meditation on how adding a little mystery can help your life.

• ŁOBYRA

  Directed by Natalie Plaskura
  

  ŁOBYRA is a chapter of an ongoing gloomy tale about the rise of the grouse king. It tells of strange looming figures, who emerged under unknown circumstances, not revealing if their intensions are good or evil. Seemingly attracted by an invisible calling, they are steering towards the summit of a mountain and summon something, which was put to sleep for a long time.

• Wilderness

  Directed by Andrea Diaz
  

  Heathen Temple's seductive music video for the song Wilderness by Dia Luna offers up access to the depths of emotion through layered and mysterious imagery. Wilderness is a visual offering honoring the nature of transformation. Quick cuts blend and layer the luscious and vibrant footage into a carefully crafted interior journey exploring the wildly different and intersecting aspects of the feminine. Part fairy tale, part acid trip, Wilderness is an indelible video that alchemizes imagery from the collective imagination, conveying the seductive beauty and power held by the cycles of death and rebirth.

• Meshes of the After

  Directed by Meg Case, Brad Porter
  

  A retelling of Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), Maya Deren’s formative avant-garde film, a psychogeographical journey through the shifting landscape of a woman’s home, mutating between experience, imagination, and causation in a recursively developing labyrinthine vision.

• Dither

  Directed by Jash Shah
  

  An avant-garde film that dives into the feeling of being confused with no outlet for making a decision and being left in a zone that feels trippy until a finalized outcome is presented.

• Let’s Go Outside

  Directed by Tom Speaker
  

  A man invites the viewer to go outside.

• In Love

  Directed by Damien Bastelica
  

  “In Love” paints a captivating picture of the modern search for love, honoring the spirit of bold women who seize control of their destiny. The over-the-top surreal visuals are a metaphor for all the mixed-up feelings that come with falling in love.