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Watch the movie Variety lauded, saying, “Miyazaki’s sensibility practically runs through the movie’s veins.” In a town divided by duty and class, Vincent, a glassmaker’s son, and Alliz, a violinist who is the colonel’s daughter, fall in love. As their bond grows, rising tensions between their families threaten to pull them apart. Brought to life through stunning hand-drawn animation, The Glassworker is a poetic tale of first love, family, and the price of staying true to your art. Featuring the voices of Art Malik, Sacha Dhawan, Anjli Mohindra and Tony Jayawardena.

TORN delves into the controversy surrounding the 'KIDNAPPED' poster campaign, a grassroots effort to raise awareness about the 251 hostages taken by Hamas. These posters quickly became polarizing symbols, sparking intense clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine activists and turning New York City's streets into battlegrounds of ideology and emotion. The film explores the motivations behind activists putting up and tearing down the posters, unraveling the complexities of this intense 'paper arm' proxy war, fought thousands of miles from the actual conflict.

THE THEME OF SCIENCE NEW WAVE XVII IS SIGNAL. Bird calls, alarm sirens, satellite transmissions. Communiques from ice cores and flower petals. The air thrums with codes and messages, bright and dire, mundane and extraordinary. If only we are listening, if only we are able to interpret them, what might we be able to understand? This year's Science New Wave Festival tunes in to 64 unique beacons from the technological, animal, botanical, cellular, and planetary spheres, decoding existence and reimaging the science film. Not every signal is a film, but every film is a SIGNAL. The 17th Annual Science New Wave Film Festival, running from October 18-25, 2024, in New York and on Labocine, is a vibrant celebration of hybrid forms and the diversity that fuels creative ecosystems. This year’s festival showcases an eclectic mix of films that defy traditional boundaries, blending science with art, experimentation, and personal expression. Anchored in the Science New Wave’s ethos, which thrives on innovation and collaboration across disciplines, the festival highlights the rich variety of voices shaping the future of science cinema. From emerging talents to seasoned creators, the Science New Wave is where diversity feeds the ecosystem, sparking new ways to see and understand the world. The 64 DNA-coded films in this year's festival, which runs October 18 - 25, 2024, reflect just as many very different expressions of Science New Wave ideals. Alongside the festival, we proudly present the October issue titled The Ecosystem, dedicated to films that explore and reflect the world we inhabit. The festival also introduces the Scenes from the Forest initiative, a special program highlighting cinematic works deeply rooted in nature and environmental storytelling. Together, these initiatives embody the Science New Wave’s commitment to innovation and diversity.

Click HERE to Buy Tickets! State Organs: Unmasking Transplant Abuse in China Two innocent young lives disappeared in police custody in China. Their desperate families embarked on a two-decade odyssey in search of the truth, uncovering a harrowing government-run organ harvesting crime that has destroyed thousands of lives, and igniting a grassroots movement that inspired a nation and the world. The powerful documentary explores how the rise of the Falun Gong movement caused deep jealousy in Chinese Communist Party Leader Jiang Ze-Min, and how that jealousy resulted in Falun Gong practitioners being directly targeted and subjected to forced organ harvesting. With the H.R. 4132 Falun Gong Protection Act recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, the documentary is not only timely, but a vital educational film on a devastating and ongoing issue.

Two innocent young lives disappeared in police custody in China. Their desperate families embarked on a two-decade odyssey in search of the truth, uncovering a harrowing government-run organ harvesting crime that has destroyed thousands of lives, and igniting a grassroots movement that inspired a nation and the world. The powerful documentary explores how the rise of the Falun Gong movement caused deep jealousy in Chinese Communist Party Leader Jiang Ze-Min, and how that jealousy resulted in Falun Gong practitioners being directly targeted and subjected to forced organ harvesting. With the H.R. 4132 Falun Gong Protection Act recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, the documentary is not only timely, but a vital educational film on a devastating and ongoing issue.

PRESS PAGE PRESS RELEASE   A Long Island metal band, meets a mysterious director, Louis Lombardi (The Sopranos, Suicide Kings), on social media who offers to record their first music video for free. The band is desperate for fame. They take him up on his offer and drive to the woods of Pennsylvania, hoping to make a killer video. After a night of drinking with the gregarious, obsequious director, the band wakes up to find a different version of him on set. Egos and opinions clash, and the director unveils an uncompromising need for control. After a brief alteration, the band takes a break and and thinks about returning home, but they decide they've come too far to turn back now and return to film, only to be trapped and tortured by a psychopath director and his killer friend. One by one, the director lures them into the performance space to torture them and make them star in his snuff music video. 

Sunday November 3rd: Reception & panel discussion with the film makers at Town & Village Synagogue, 5:00pm. After: Poetry Destroys Silence - Form - Town & Village Synagogue   Wednesday November 6th: Panel discussion with the film makers  at Cinema Village after the 7:00pm showing.  

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