2023 Day 2 – Block 1

Bowery Film Festival is proud to screen the following selections:

• PRIME REAL ESTATE

  Directed by Burak Tatar
  

  Married couple, Arthur and Helen, go to the cemetery to put flowers on the graves of her loved ones. When Arthur discover Helen has already purchased a plot for herself next to her late first husband, his insecurities go into overdrive.

• Sion Papi

  Directed by Anne Fernandez
  

  Still in shock of the death of her dad, Anne is then thrusted into visiting the Dominican Republic to bury her dads ashes, a place she hasn’t visited in 16 years. Thrusted into this unfamiliar place, Anne begins to wonder what her dad was like when he lived in D.R. and if he was happy. She wonders why he even immigrated if he was so much happier back home. She wishes dearly to be able to ask her father these questions in need of answers. Anne must eventually come to terms with the possibility of not getting the answers she desires.

• Past Prologue

  Directed by Brian Russell
  

  An interracial couple reconnects after 60 years. Robert and Claudette have a chance encounter in a coffee shop, their first meeting since they dated over 60 years ago. As a Black girl and a white boy in 1957, their relationship never had a chance. A re-connection to memory, and discovery of feelings long buried takes them on an emotional journey through their past.

• The Last Passenger

  Directed by Takashi Horie
  

  It is in a small coastal town of Tohoku, Northeastern Japan, where a disastrous Tsunami wiped out the entire town and took thousands of people’s lives ten years ago. Years later, a rumor started circulating among Taxi drivers. The rumor is about a ghost that appears in the affected area. When a taxi driver picks up a young girl late at night near the affected area, she asks to take her to the Beach Town. But when they come to the beach town, she vanishes. One night, Endo, a taxi driver, picks up a girl who asks to go to the Beach Town. And when they come to the beach town….it is the beginning of his journey to discover his darkest past and his time to confront it.