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• Best Director – Josh Safdie • Best Actor – Timothée Chalamet • Best Original Screenplay – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie • Best Cinematography – Darius Khondji • Best Editing – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie • Best Production Design – Jack Fisk, Adam Willis • Best Casting – Jennifer Venditti • Best Costume Design – Miyako Bellizzi

ROTTEN TOMATOES 100% Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman’s THE ALABAMA SOLUTION is a vital investigation into Alabama’s prison system, courageously captured by incarcerated activists on contraband cell phones.

Inspired by the events of October 7, 2023, the film depicts the separate points of view of different characters as they face the terror and chaos of the first twelve hours of that fateful day.

Q&As on Friday 11/21 after the 5pm and 7pm shows. In the ’90s, pop culture icon Susan Powter burst onto the scene with her signature bleach-blonde buzz cut and bold message of health and wellness. After conquering infomercials, becoming a New York Times bestselling author, hosting her own talk show, and seeing her face on thousands of products, she dramatically walked away from Hollywood and into obscurity. Crippling lawsuits with her business partners left her bankrupt, and she has since lived as a total recluse below the poverty line in Las Vegas, where the filmmaker ultimately finds her. This documentary explores the meteoric rise and subsequent fall of Susan Powter while asking what it will take to bring her back to audiences—and whether her message, Stop The Insanity, is still as relevant and powerful today as it was in the early ’90s. “Directed by Zeberiah Newman and executive produced by Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter tells an extraordinary rags-to riches-to rags story.” Matthew Carey, Deadline “Susan appears determined to tell her story, no matter how uncomfortable the experience.” Lucille Barilla, Parade Magazine

  Q&A on Thursday 12/4 at the 6:00pm show, with Director Pierre Saint Martin Castellanos.

What if Clint Eastwood and Mel Brooks became cartoonists and united to create the wackiest, most surreal musical western ever? That’s "Slide." It's the story of a corrupt logging village, Sourdough Creek, ruled by two evil twin brothers, Zeke and Jeb, who enjoy nothing more than killing and greed. One day a mysterious cowboy arrives in town, carrying nothing but his slide guitar. With his music, Slide battles the forces of the deadly twins. He befriends Delilah, who works as a hooker at the Lucky Buck Bar, which is owned and run by the corrupt, plump twins. Delilah falls in love with Slide and reveals how she wants to be a singer in the Lucky Buck Band, but is too shy. Then, Slide is joined in his battle with the twin forces of evil by a local Bigfoot-like character called "Hellbug." This whole menagerie is then complicated by the arrival of a Hollywood studio coming to shoot their new feature film there. The final Armageddon battle is interrupted by the failure of the Sourdough Creek Dam, which results in a happy ending... or does it? Although it is not a political film, Slide does address some important issues: environmentalism and gun control. This film should easily qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most evil killers of any major motion picture.

This year, VAEFF will once again captivate New York City audiences with its highly anticipated programs, hosted at the iconic Cinema Village from November 14 to 16, 2025. Now in its 15th year, the Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF) has established itself as a vital platform for showcasing the most innovative and provocative works in film and contemporary video art. With a daring and dynamic range of genres—including animation, dance, music videos, fashion films, documentary and visual narratives—the festival continues to redefine the boundaries of cinematic expression.

​The 14th New York Shorts International Film Festival will feature over 250 short films, special events, industry talks with honored guests. An essential destination for independent storytellers with bold and compelling short films to reach a broad and diverse audience of film lovers and industry professionals in NYC. ​ New York Shorts is one of the premiere showcase of short-form cinema in North America. ​ A qualifying film festival for the Canadian Screen Awards.

Founded by two independent filmmakers who learned first-hand how hard it can be to find an independent film an audience, Manhattan Film Festival has become one of the largest, truly independent film festivals in the world. MFF has a seventeen-year history of fearless programming. Hosted in the media capital of the world, they have never backed down, and will always defend and promote the creative freedom of independent filmmakers. The festival will again be hosted at Cinema Village just steps from Union Square. The famous Cinema Village marquee has been featured in film and television productions including Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” and David Chase’s “The Sopranos.” MFF has been named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “Coolest Film Festivals in the World,” “25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee," and "Top 100 Best Reviewed" on FilmFreeway!