New Jersey Film Festival: Shorts Program #2 - The Hollowing, Brooklyn, Disoriented, Phantom Limb, Help Yourself, Dinner at Manny’s

Saturday, February 01, 2025 @ 7:00pm

NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Shorts Program #2 - The Hollowing, Brooklyn, Disoriented, Phantom Limb, Help Yourself, Dinner at Manny’s, - Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM! 6 films in the package

The Hollowing – Steve Weinzierl (New York, New York)

A couple reeling from tragedy join a drug trial in a desperate effort to get a handle on their lives, but violence ensues after the treatment produces unforeseen, psychopathic side effects and pulls the duo into the darkest of places. 2024; 13 min.

Phantom Limb – Alice Jokela (New York, New York)

A young woman faces the world after the amputation of her arm. 2024; 14 min

Brooklyn – Timur Guseynov (West Hollywood, California)

After saving an abused pit bull, a troubled Brighton Beach teenager who makes ends meet through crime while raising his little brother, must protect the dog from its nefarious owners. 2024; 20 min.

Dinner at Manny’s – Stephen Joseph Craig (Huntington Beach, California)

A six-year-old boy’s dinner turns into a living nightmare while he endures the trauma of neglectful parents. 2024; 5 min.

Disoriented – Maura Garnett (New York, New York)

A phone call they cannot help but answer changes the lives of three individuals forever. The news of a death, illness, and a breakup, leaves them each feeling disoriented. Now they must face the struggle of returning back to reality after receiving the tragic news. 2024; 6 min.

Help Yourself – Hedvig Trollop (United Kingdom)

Andie, a desperate writer, abandons her family to finish a script in a flat she borrows from her colleague Diane. But Andie keeps getting interrupted by bizarre and hostile strangers who all have unfinished business with Diane. Andie’s quiet evening turns into a surreal vortex of emotional experiences and revelations. 2024; 14 min.