The schedule of films at the REELABILITIES Film Festival Jan 28-Feb. 2, 2010BEESWAX – Schedule Friday January 29th 7:00 pm NYU
19 University Pl, Room #102
New York, New York 10003
Sunday January 31st 5:00 pm Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington, New York 11743
Andrew Bujalski / USA / 100 minutes / Narrative
From acclaimed post-hipster director Andrew Bujalski, comes a story of the modern relationships of a lost generation. Jeannie and Lauren are twin sisters and share a house. Jeannie runs a secondhand store. She is afraid that her associate Amanda wants to sue her so she turns to her ex-boyfriend Merrill for advice, as he is just finishing his law degree. Lauren is on the look–out–for a job and for a steady boyfriend. The film shows young people as they come to terms with taking responsibility and owning their lives.
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COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN – Schedule Friday January 29th 6:30 pm Coler-Goldwater Hospital
One Main St.
Roosevelt Island, New York 10044
Sunday January 31st 2:30 pm JCC on the Hudson 371 South Broadway
Tarrytown, New York 10591
Monday February 1st 7:00 pm JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York 10025
Monday February 1st 8:00 pm Abilities!
201 I.U. Willets. Rd
Albertson, New York 11507
Tuesday February 2nd 12:00 pm Queens College
Student Union Room 310
718.997.5899 Call 718.997.5899 to register
Tuesday February 2nd 7:00 pm JCC of Staten Island
1466 Manor Rd.
Staten Island, New York 10314
Julie Anne Robinson / UK / 80 minutes / Narrative
Teenager David (Nicholas Hoult — Skins, About A Boy) falls in love for the first time and life couldn't be better. The only fly in the ointment is his 17-year-old brother, Ben, who has Down's Syndrome. The family's world revolves around Ben's needs while David's are unwittingly neglected by their parents. When they decide to move the family from London to "the back of beyond" for the sake of Ben's education, David's world is shattered. He loses love, friends and his school. His antipathy to Ben grows and grows to the point where he decides to push him off a mountain and get rid of him once and for all…
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HENRY O! – Schedule Thursday January 28 9:30 am Hispanic RSRC Ctr
168 West Boston Post Rd.
Mamaroneck, New York 10543
Saturday January 30 1:00 pm Hostos Community College
120 E. Walton Ave.
Bronx, New York 10451
Sunday January 31st 4:00 pm JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York 10025
Sunday January 31st 5:00 pm Abilities!
201 I.U. Willets Rd.
Albertson, New York 11507
Monday February 1st 7:00 pm JCC of Staten Island
1466 Manor Rd.
Staten Island, New York 10314
Tuesday February 1st 12:30 pm Brooklyn College
The Gold Room, 6th Floor
Campus Rd. at E. 27th St.
Brooklyn, New York 11210
Ziad H. Hamzeh / USA / 76 minutes / Documentary
HENRY O! tells the story of Enrique (Henry) Oliu, a man blind since birth, who has made his major league baseball dream come true. Calling upon his love for sports and an encyclopedic memory for facts and figures, Henry hears the crack of the bat and knows if it's a single, double, or home run; he listens for the ball singing into the catcher's mitt and knows if it's a curve ball, fastball, or change-up. Henry is the analyst for the strongest Hispanic station in Florida's Tampa Bay Market. At his side in the broadcast booth is his wife Deb, whispering in his ear up-to-the-minute stats.
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MARY & MAX – Schedule Thursday January 28th 7:00 pm 334 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York 10025
Saturday January 30th 7:00 pm JCC of Staten Island
1466 Manor Rd.
Staten Island, New York 10314
Sunday January 31st 2:00 pm Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington, New York 11743
Sunday January 31st 8:00 pm Abilities!
201 I.U. Willets. Rd
Albertson, New York 11507
Monday February 1st 7:00 pm Columbia University Lerner Hall
2920 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Adam Elliot / Australia / 80 minutes / Narrative
MARY & MAX is a claymated feature film from the creators of the Academy Award winning short animation HARVIE KRUMPET. A tale of pen-friendship between two very different people; Mary Dinkle, a chubby lonely eight year old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz, a 44 year old, obese, Jewish man with Aspergers Syndrome living in the chaos of New York. Spanning 20 years and 2 continents, Mary and Max's friendship survives much more than the average diet of life's ups and downs. Like Harvie Krumpet, MARY & MAX is innocent but not naïve, as it takes us on a journey that explores friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, alcoholism, where babies come from, obesity, kleptomania, sexual difference, trust, copulating dogs, religious difference, agoraphobia and much, much more.
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AMONG THE GIANTS – Schedule Saturday January 30th 7:30 pm Coler-Goldwater Hospital
One Main St.
Roosevelt Island, New York 10044
Sunday January 31st 1:00 pm JCC of Staten Island
334 Manor Rd.
Staten Island, New York 10314
Cory Tomascoff / USA / 23 minutes / Documentary
Among the Giants tells the story of the Adaptive Design Association, a nonprofit organization located in New York City and builds customized equipment for kids and adults with disabilities, mainly using cardboard. The film portrays the organization's mission through the compelling stories of two fascinating individuals. Among The Giants causes viewers to question what it means to solve problems, be creative and impact the community all while working with cheap and easily accessible materials.
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NOBODY'S PERFECT – Schedule Saturday January 30th 8:30 pm JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York 10025
Monday February 1st 6:30 pm Coler-Goldwater Hospital
One Main St.
Roosevelt Island, New York 10044
Niko von Glasow / Germany / 84 minutes / Documentary
NOBODY'S PERFECT follows Niko von Glasow as he looks for eleven people who, like him, were born disabled due to the side-effects of Thalidomide, and who are prepared to pose for a book of photos. And to pose naked - to allow those who regularly throw furtive glances at Thalidomiders and other physically disabled people, to take a good, long look. In the process Niko discovers many fascinating characters who work in such diverse areas as politics, the media, sport, astrophysics and acting.
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SHOOTING BEAUTY – Schedule Thursday January 28th 9:30 am JCC Mid-Westchester
999 Wilmot Rd.
Scarsdale, New York 10583
Saturday January 30th 7:30 pm Coler-Goldwater Hospital
One Main St.
Roosevelt Island, New York 10044
Saturday January 30th 8:30 pm JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave
New York, New York 10023
Sunday January 31st 1:00 pm JCC of Staten Island
334 Manor Rd.
Staten Island, New York 10314
Monday February 1st 6:00 pm Hostos Community College
120 E. Walton Ave
Bronx, New York 10451
George Kachadorian / USA / 62 minutes / Documentary
SHOOTING BEAUTY tells the story of fashion photographer Courtney Bent whose career takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a hidden world of beauty at a center for people living with significant disabilities. Shot over the span of a decade, this film puts you in Courtney's shoes as she overcomes her own unspoken prejudices and begins inventing cameras accessible to her new friends. Courtney's efforts snowball into an award-winning photography program called "Picture This"—and become the backdrop for this eye-opening story about romance, loss and laughter that will change what you thought you knew about living with a disability—and without one.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHITE BALANCE – Schedule Saturday January 30th 7:30 pm JCC Mid-Westchester
999 Wilmot Rd.
Scarsdale, New York 10583
Sunday January 31st 2:00 pm JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York 10025
Monday February 1st 1:00 pm JCC of Staten Island
1466 Manor Rd.
Staten Island, New York 10314
Dorit Hakim / Israel / 45 minutes / Narrative
Twelve-year-old Itamar has a deep passion for ice skating. However, he is slowly losing his hearing, and therefore his balance, forcing him away from his dream. Itamar refuses to accept his doctor's orders and his parents' wish that he stay away from the ice rink. Natalie, his new partner, who is a wild and disobedient girl, decides to help him. Together they struggle and grow within a complicated world of adolescence.
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ZIG-ZAG LOVE – Schedule Sunday January 31st 6:00 pm JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York 10025
Gillies Mackinnon / UK / 59 Min / Narrative
A truly modern love story of a unique affair between a teenage cancer patient and a girl with cerebral palsy. Together they escape to the Scottish Highlands in pursuit of a different reality.
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THE HUNGER HOUSE (pictured) – Schedule Monday February 1st 7:00 pm JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York 10025
Justin Edgar / UK / 10 minutes / Narrative
A moving short film touching on the dehumanization of people with disabilities by the Nazis during World War II.