New York is Disappearing
"A pair of eccentric slackers, once exotic flowers of the early 1980's East Village scene, find themselves beached against their will on an island of apathy and idle dreams, agoraphobic and marooned amongst the ever-encroaching restaurateurs of Avenue B. A poetic lament starring Penny Arcade." Pandaemonium 2001, London
"One among the Inside Out programming members' not-to-be missed flicks. It is beautifully shot and challenges how we define queer film." XTRA Toronto
"... among the more notable short works screened in Oberhausen" Filmmaker Magazine
CAST DINA Penny Arcade LUND Edgar Oliver
CREW SCREENPLAY Heiko Kalmbach DEVELOPED WITH & DIALOGUES BY Penny Arcade and Edgar Oliver PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR Heiko Kalmbach CINEMATOGRAPHY Claudia Amber Mario Pegoraro LOCATION SOUND Evald Ridore Déva Palmier Antonia Baehr ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Angela Christlieb PRODUCTION MANAGERS Giulia Marletta Rachael Maxwell CAMERA ASSISTANT Isabell Spengler GAFFER Dietmar Post PAINTINGS Helen Oliver Adelson MUSIC Frank S. Blumm SOUNDDESIGN Matthew Polis TITLEDESIGN Coralie Anna Bausch NEGATIVECUTTER Noelle Penraat LAB Du Art NY
Distribution: The Film-Makers' Cooperative NY & Short Film Exchange Oberhausen
Filmmakers Cooperative NY & Oberhausen & Micro Cinema
Festival Screenings
South By Southwest Film Festival, Austin, Texas, USA, March 10-18, 2000
New York Lower East Side Film Festival, New York, NY, USA, April 19-23, 2000 (directors' prize for most original short)
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, May 4-9, 2000 & Festival Distribution
Inside Out Festival, Toronto, Canada, May 18-28, 2000
The New Festival, New York, NY, USA, June 1-11, 2000
International Short Film Festival São Paulo, Brazil, 17.-26. August, 2000
One Reel Film Festival Seattle, WA, USA, September 1-4, 2000
Brooklyn Babylon Cinema, Brooklyn, NY September 15, 2000
Young Collection, Bremen, Germany, September 20, 2000
NewFilmMakers, New York, NY, USA, September, 2000
Next Frame Philadelphia, PA, USA , October 6-11, 2000 & yearlong international tour
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, WA, USA, October 20-26, 2000
Louisville Film & Video Festival, Louisville, KY, USA, 8-12 November 2000
MIX Festival New York City, NY, USA, November 15-19, 2000
San Francisco IndieFest, CA, USA, January 11-18, 2001
Art In General, NY, USA January 13, 2001
Moxie! Awards, Santa Monica International Film Festival, CA, USA February 14-19, 2001
Pandaemonium at The Lux Centre, London, England March 1-8, 2001
Toronto Society of Architects, Canada, May 14, 2001
Millennium Film Workshop New York, USA, June 16, 2001
OutFest Los Angeles, CA, USA, July 16, 2001
Flicker,Knitting Factory, New York, USA, August 6, 2001
The Blinding Light!, Vancouver, Canada, September 21, 2001
Independent Exposure McMurdoc Station, Antarctica, September 5, 2001
Independent Exposure Houston, Texas, USA, March 29, 2002
Superlounge @ GAle GAtes et al., Dumbo, New York, USA, April 19, 2002
Public Planning, Chicago, USA, August 24, 2002
Goethe Institute New York, USA, October 16, 2002
FMC's benefit at Millennium, New York, USA, December 14, 2002
Broadcast
SBS Australia, program: EAT CARPET, Spring 2001
