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Sex, Lies & Audiotape
Bowery Film Festival is proud to screen the following selections:
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A Little Sister
Directed by Julie DeffetIn Trump's America, a young woman meets her father, brother and their friends in a bar to celebrate her birthday. Among these four familiar men, she struggles to find her place.
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Be My Rebel
Directed by Virgil WidrichChildren dream of what they will be as adults and adults dream about their childhood. But sometimes, when orderly life becomes paralyzed in routine, adults need the inner child to bring about change: 'Be my rebel', the first collaboration of the two music legends Nena and Dave Stewart, premiered at Nenas 40th anniversary on stage. The accompanying video by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Virgil Widrich transfers the story into a dreamlike, glass mirror world that is powered by Dave Stewart at the controls of his classic modular synthesizers. At the typewriter: Nena as an annoyed bookkeeper, who threatens to disappear soon with her flower dress in her flower wallpaper. But the inner dialogue works in both directions and soon takes effect: rebellion changes the past – and thus also the future.
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Blackbetty
Directed by Marco NorthBLACKBETTY is a miniature epic that examines a city under quarantine with a set of stories marked by their redemptive beauty and frank, gritty reality.
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Brian
Directed by Logan J. FreemanA chance encounter with a former lover forces a broken man to confront his past.
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Brown Fish
Directed by Troy DeutschIt all starts with a missing goldfish and a strange smell. Now a young woman's world spins out of control, as she goes to meet her friend in the park. BROWN FISH is a weird, dark, absurdist comedy about how easily we 'swallow' some truly crazy things.
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Can You Hear Me?
Directed by Altagracia Diamond AbreuA girl unleashes a malevolent entity when she plays a cursed tape.
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Forgotten Country
Directed by Eric UnverzagtTwo grieving siblings break into the house of the doctor they believe didn't provide enough care for their recently deceased brother. Things go wrong when the doctor comes home unexpectedly.
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Occupied
Directed by Ella May SahlmanA glimpse into the drama that takes place in the stalls of a GENDER NEUTRAL restroom. You never know what will go down in a bathroom.
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Open
Directed by DT SheridanOpen takes a momentarily look at two relationships that are undoubtedly entwined. Francesca is the lover of Ken, a man married in an open relationship. Krystal, his wife, invites Francesca out for a drink for a 'casual' chat. Their encounter will reveal the truth that lies behind this idyllic triangle. It's a tale of love, possession and obsession.
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Sex Crystals (by Lord Fascinator)
Directed by Brendan Burke and Johnny MacKaySex Crystals happens in a world of savoury landscapes, where dinosaurs disco and paradigms shift under the guidance of Lord Fascinator and his fellow travelers. An alternate creation story from The Church of Fascintology.
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Subverse
Directed by Joseph WhiteSUBVERSE is a sci-fi web-series about the dark side of the Internet. Addiction. Dating. Privacy. Public shaming.
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Twice at Once
Directed by Amos EfratA dysfunctional married couple begin to explore unorthodox methods of intimacy with unusual results.
Award Winners
![Bowery Best Short Doc](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/best-short-doc-white.png)
![Best Episodic Summer 2018](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/best-episodic-white.png)
![Bowery Best Experimental Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/best-experimental-film-white.png)
![Bowery Best Animation](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/best-animation-white.png)
![Bowery Best Documentary](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/best-documentary-white.png)
![Best Feature Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/best-feature-film-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Animation Spring 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/best-animation-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Episodic Spring 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/best-episodic-white.png)
![Best Music Video Summer 2018](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/best-music-video-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Documentary Spring 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/best-documentary-white.png)
![Bowery Best Short Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/best-short-film-white.png)
![Best Short Film Summer 2018](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/best-short-white.png)
![Best Short Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/best-short-film-white.png)
![Best Music Video](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/best-music-video-white.png)
![Best Documentary Laurels](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/best-documentary-white.png)
![Bowery Best Music Video](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/best-music-video-white.png)
![Best Short Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/best-short-film-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Music Video Spring 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/best-music-video-white.png)
![Best Animation](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/best-animation-white.png)
![Best Experimental Fall 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/best-experimental-white.png)
![Best Short Film Fall 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/best-short-film-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Laurels Music Video](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/best-music-video-white.png)
![Best Experimental Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/best-experimental-film-white.png)
![Best Animation](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/best-animation-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Episodic Laurels](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/best-episodic-white.png)
![Best Animation](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/best-animation-white.png)
![Outstanding Female Filmmaker](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/outstanding-female-filmmaker-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Short Film Fall 2018](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/best-short-white.png)
![Best Music Video Fall 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/best-music-video-white.png)
![Best Short Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/best-short-film-white.png)
![Best Experimental Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/best-experimental-film-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Music Video Fall 2018](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/best-music-video-white.png)
![Best Documentary Fall 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/best-documentary-white.png)
![Best Music Video](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/best-music-video-white.png)
![Best Documentary](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/best-documentary-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Episodic Fall 2018](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/best-episodic-white.png)
![Best Episodic Fall 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/best-episodic-white.png)
![](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/best-feature-film-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Feature Film Spring 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/best-feature-film-white.png)
![Best Documentary](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/best-documentary-white.png)
![Best Feature Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/best-feature-film-white.png)
![Best Narrative Feature](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/best-narrative-feature-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Experimental Film Spring 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/best-experimental-white.png)
![Best Original Series](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/best-original-series-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Laurels](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/audience-award-white.png)
![Best Feature Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/best-feature-white.png)
![Best Feature Film Fall 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/best-feature-film-white.png)
![Best Experimental Film](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/best-experimental-film-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Laurels](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/audience-award-white.png)
![Bowery Film Festival Best Short Film Spring 2019](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/best-short-film-white.png)
![Best Episodic or TV Pilot](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/best-episodic-white.png)
![](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/best-short-screenplay-white.png)
![](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/best-feature-screenplay-white.png)
![](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/best-short-screenplay-white.png)
![](https://boweryfilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/best-feature-screenplay-white.png)