The 5th Annual Edition of Chelsea Film Festival is releasing the list of films that are selected at this year’s edition. 72 short films have been selected in the 2017 Official Lineup. 
 

19 countries are represented this year: Turkey, United States, France, Martinique, Canada, United Kingdom Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Spain, Guadeloupe, Germany, Portugal, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Romania, San Marino. 
 

63 films are in competition for the Chelsea Film Festival Petite Prix. 
 

16 films are World Premieres, 24 are US Premieres, 23 are NY Premieres and 9 are Out of Competition. 
 

The Official List of Films is below, which also includes the Run Time, Genre, Country of Origin, Director(s), and Premiere Status. 
 

The Chelsea Film Festival program will highlight international feature-length, short films and documentaries from independent or emerging filmmakers. 

The Fifth Edition of the Chelsea Film Festival will focus on “Climate Change", and will introduce foreign films to the public. 
 

As Ingrid Jean-Baptiste, Founder of The Chelsea Film Festival, stated: 

“Making the World a Better Place by Giving a Voice to the Unheard”

The Chelsea Film Festival (CFF) will hold its fifth edition in Chelsea, Manhattan from October 19-22, 2017 at the AMC Loews 34th St. and Fashion Institute of Technology (Educational Partner).

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 

VICE MEDIA PRESENTS: 'WOMEN WITH GLORIA STEINEM'

69 min | TV Series/Short Films | USA | 2016
SPECIAL PROGRAM Presented by VICE Media
Executive Producer: Ariel Wengroff

DRC: Rape as a Weapon of War
USA: Mothers Behind Bars
Pakistan: On the Frontlines

FIRST ANNUAL ISRAELI PROGRAM

OXYGEN by Ofer Yair 
15 min | Drama | Israel | 2017
US PREMIERE

VOICEMAIL (BARID SAWTI) by Amir Fahriddin
25 min | Drama | Israel | 2017
US PREMIERE 

A PORTRAIT OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN by Yula Gidron
21 min | Comedy, Drama | Israel | 2016 
US PREMIERE

I WANTED TO TELL YOU by Jacques Samuel Cohen-Bacry
15 min | Drama | France | 2017
US PREMIERE

COCKED AND LOCKED by Merav Elbaz Belschner 
8 min | Drama | Israel | 2017
US PREMIERE

SECOND ANNUAL FRENCH CARIBBEAN MOVIES*

*This program is Presented in Partnership with La Martinique Promotion Bureau and the French Ministry of Overseas. 
 

VÌRÉ by Hugo Rousselin 
19 min | Drama | Martinique, France | 2016 
US PREMIERE 

PLANE  by Jonas Dinal 
19 min | Drama | France | 2017 
US PREMIERE

SELF by C’drick Fremont 
8 min | Drama | Guadeloupe, France | 2017
US PREMIERE

CROSSING AWAY (PASSAGERS) by Christophe Agelan 
22 min | Drama | Martinique, France | 2017
US PREMIERE

THE SMELL OF DEATH: AN INTRUDER IN PARADISE by Cariba Party
20 min | Documentary | Martinique, France | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

WHERE IS THE MALE by Teddy Albert 
7 min | Comedy, Drama | Martinique | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

SHORT FILM SERIES

SHORT FILM SERIES 1

DANGEROUS GAMES by Daria Nazarova
5 min | Comedy, Crime | USA | 2017
NY PREMIERE

IVAN by Bernardo Lopes 
16 min | Drama | Portugal | 2017
US PREMIERE

THE BLOODY ROAD by Gauthier Manot
18 min | Drama | France | 2017
US PREMIERE

CLAC! by Fabien Ara
20 min | Comedy, Drama | France | 2017
US PREMIERE

MENSTRUATION by Victoria Rozler
4 min | Comedy | USA | 2017
US PREMIERE

SILENT APRIL by Alison Moir
8 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi | USA | 2017
US PREMIERE

FLED.LAY.FELL by Bruno Carnide
6 min | Drama | Portugal | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

OWEN by Kelly Pike
14 min | Drama | USA | 2016
NY PREMIERE

SHORT FILM SERIES 2

MARTHA by Florian Gottschick 
20 min | Drama | Germany | 2016
US PREMIERE

THE PRINCE OF OLD HAVANA by Migdia Chinea
7 min | Drama | USA | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

IF YOU COULD WORK IN MY SHOES by Ricky Causo
20 min | Documentary | USA | 2016
NY PREMIERE

FREEDOM by Rebecca Benzell and Savion Smith 
13 min | Thriller, War | USA | 2017
US PREMIERE

FREDERICK by Traci Hays
15 min | Crime, Mystery | USA | 2017
NY PREMIERE

LOU by Miguel Garzon Martinez
7 min | Drama | USA | 2017
NY PREMIERE

THE BIRTHDAY by Marishka S. Phillips
10min | Drama | USA | 2017
US PREMIERE

QUESTIONABLE by Chelsea Eisen
12 min | Drama | USA | 2017
NY PREMIERE
 

SHORT FILM SERIES 3

REUNION by Ruya Koman 
10min | Comedy, Drama | USA | 2017
NY PREMIERE

MARITAL ARTS by Anthony Marinelli 
13 min | Drama | USA | 2017
OUT OF COMPETITION

LEAP by Marlo Bernier 
16 min | Drama | USA | 2016
NY PREMIERE

DAYKWON by Patrick Letterii 
9 min | Drama | USA | 2016
OUT OF COMPETITION

THE EROTIC DREAMS OF CHELSEA HOTEL by Tony Notarberardino 
30 min | Drama | USA | 2016
OUT OF COMPETITION

THE MARINER by Natalie Schwan 
7 min | Drama | USA | 2016
US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM SERIES 4

SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CLOUD by Ching Yan Alon Chan 
40 min | Drama, Romance | China, France, Hong Kong | 2016
NY PREMIERE

KUMO – GENOVA by Nicolas Depetris 
4 min | Action, Adventure | Japan, France, Italy | 2017
US PREMIERE

OFUKU by Yuto Obara 
15 min | Drama | Japan | 2016
US PREMIERE

RESILIENCE (RESILENCIA) by Carlos Villa 
5 min | Drama | Mexico | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

AMERICANA by Andrew Meyers 
6 min | Comedy | USA | 2017
NY PREMIERE

ORDINARY LOVERS by John Markland 
10 min | Drama | USA | 2017
US PREMIERE

HEADLESS by Sebastian Sdaigui 
7 min | Documentary, Comedy | USA | 2017
NY PREMIERE

SHORT FILM SERIES 5

UNCLE by Fabien Luszezyszyn 
11 min | Comedy | France | 2017
NY PREMIERE

SUBTERRANEAN LOVE (Ileana & Paul) by Robert Haufrecht 
20 min | Drama | USA, Romania | 2017
NY PREMIERE

MOCHE(S) by Mickaël Cohen 
15 min | Comedy | France | 2016
US PREMIERE

STRANGE THINGS by Martin Patrice Ndong Eyebe 
15 min | Drama, Thriller | San Marino | 2017
US PREMIERE

THE BIRD WHO COULD FLY by Raphael Sbarge 
19 min | Drama | USA | 2016
OUT OF COMPETITION

MASQUERADE by Andrew Hawkins 
10 min | Drama, History | USA | 2017
OUT OF COMPETITION

SANTI: ISOLATION by Daniel Rodriguez 
5 min | Documentary | USA | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

A THESIS COUTURE FILM: BREAKTHROUGH by Kelly Shapiro
2 min | Fashion Commercial | USA | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

FIT HIVES: SUSTAINABILITY – THE SECRET TO SURVIVAL by Max Hechtman
9 min | Documentary | USA | 2016
OUT OF COMPETITION

SHORT FILM SERIES 6

RABBIT BLOOD by Yagmur Altan 
5 min | Animation, Dark Comedy | Turkey | 2016
OUT OF COMPETITION 

EVIL RISING by Savion Smith 
10 min | Horror,Thriller | US | 2016
NY PREMIERE

REPLANTING by Randy Overland 
13 min | Drama | US | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

CHELSEA INTERNATIONAL by Paul Adelizzi 
18 min | Comedy Drama | US | 2016
US PREMIERE

TASTE OF LOVE by Emma Benestan 
13 min | Comedy Drama | France | 2016
NY PREMIERE

ELIMINATED by Michael Thomas Cain 
18 min | Drama | US | 2016
NY PREMIERE

DEAR KATE by Ilona Elizabeth McCrea 
15 min | Drama |  Canada | 2017 
NY PREMIERE

SHORT FILM SERIES 7

THE WAR WITHIN by Gerard Cordero 
10 min | Drama | US | 2017
NY PREMIERE

LETHE by Eric Romero 
20 min | Drama | UK | 2017
US PREMIERE

“FRAGILE BEAUTY”, A VISUAL JOURNEY by Wendy Stuart Kaplan 
19 min | Documentary | Ethiopia,US | 2016
OUT OF COMPETITION

RELATION SHIPWRECK: THE GREAT BOOB DEBATE by Lexi Balestrieri 
5 min | Comedy | US | 2016
WORLD PREMIERE 

SEATED AT THE CIRCLE by Sharad J. Patel 
20 min |  Drama | UK | 2016  
WORLD PREMIERE

GLASS CEILING by Tash Ann 
13 min | Comedy | US | 2016
NY PREMIERE

SHORT FILM SERIES 8

COMPASS ROSE by Anvar Safaev 
20 min | Drama | Uzbekistan | 2017
US PREMIERE

THURMAN COMES HOME by Bruce Gorman Jr. 
8 min | Drama | US | 2017
OUT OF COMPETITION

NORTH & NOWHERE by Scott Ballard 
12 min | Drama | US | 2017
NY PREMIERE

SMALL TALK by Monica Walter Palmieri 
17 min | Comedy | US | 2016
WORLD PREMIERE

SOUL MATES by Marion Filloque 
19 min | Drama | France | 2016
US PREMIERE

REUBEN by Kaisania Calubaquib 
15 min | Drama | US | 2017
NY PREMIERE

SHORT FILM SERIES 9

GARDEN PARTY by Nicolas Khamsopha 
17 min | Documentary,Fiction | France | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

INCREDIBLE INDIA by Nicolas Coquet 
4 min | Drama | France | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

THE VISIT by Shannan Leigh Reeve 
20 min | Drama | US | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE 

30 MINUTES WITH LAURA by Juanjo Haro 
8 min | Drama | | Spain | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

SOPHIA DOES CRAIGSLIST by Cliff Benfield and Ella Grossbach 
7 min | Comedy | US | 2017
WORLD PREMIERE

YOU ARE MISSING FROM ME by Stefano Da Fre 
17 min | Drama | Canada | 2017
US PREMIERE

PASSAGE by Théodore Berg Boy 
9 min | Comedy, Drama | France | 2017
US PREMIERE

STAND ALONE FILMS

FATHER by Lella Satie
10 min | Drama | Canada | 2017
NY PREMIERE

THIN LINES by Shaan Couture
35 min | Comedy, Romance | USA | 2017
NY PREMIERE

CFF was founded by actresses Ingrid & Sonia Jean-Baptiste to give voice to the unheard by providing a platform to independent films and discovering new talents.

Chelsea Film Festival Board of Directors consists of renowned industry insiders: Paul Calderon, Elizabeth Kemp, and John Patrick Shanley.

The Advisory Board includes: Adi Stein, Adrienne Stein, Bruno Chatelin, Georges Leclere, Jeff Bandman, Pascal Chemin, Michel Abramowicz, Michael Ruotolo, Pascal Bonifay, Patrick Braoudé, Patrick Timsit, Ron Agam, Thandeka Zwana, Thembi Mtshali-Jones, Wissam Chahine and more.

The Chelsea Film Festival program highlights local & international feature-length, short films, documentaries and virtual reality from independent or emerging filmmakers.

As Ingrid Jean-Baptiste, Founder of The Chelsea Film Festival, stated:
 

“Making the World a Better Place by Giving a Voice to the Unheard”

Our Mission:
 

The Chelsea Film Institute is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural organization that will help expose the underprivileged youth in Chelsea, NYC to the arts. Throughout the year, CFI will offer free Arts classes to these economically disadvantaged children.

Chelsea Film Festival (CFF) is an international film festival, enlightening the work of emerging filmmakers, producers, and actors. It offers a wide range of films, such as shorts, documentaries, and feature-length pieces. It empowers the work of risk-taking storytellers and remains committed to its mission to discover and develop independent artists and audiences around the world.
 
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