16th Annual Gen Art Film Festival - Day Six

The 16th Annual Gen Art film festival is seven days of exclusive movie premiers and after parties with some of the film industry most emerging talents. Actors, filmmakers, producers, and movie lovers filled the visual Arts theater in New York City last week to hear each director's commentary and experience in making their film, as well as to watch and give critiques after the show. Each day the audience experience one feature film and one short, and day six of the festival was no exception.
The evening started with an open reception and cocktails during which the actors and directors mingled with guess and posed on the red carpet. Guess took to their seats as the night begin with the short film called "Worst Enemy" Directed by Lake Bell. This whimsical short film is about a peculiar woman name Wooly who gets trapped in a body hugging girdle. It made a strong statement about women in American culture and how we easily get trapped in this superficial world of beauty and idealism, highly recommend. The main feature of the night was "American Animal" stared and directed by Matt D'Elia. The movie also stared Brendan Fletcher, Mircea Monroe, Angela Sarafyan. This movie was really disturbing and is about a rich terminally ill young man who wants to live on is own terms, eventually becoming psychotic when his best friend wanted some kind of normality in his life by getting a job. Yet underneath it all we can relate the character in some way and see a little bit of ourselves on screen. Overall the film was interestingly disturbing in a good way.
The After party at Avenue, 116 10th avenue was jam packed and everyone was ready to have a good time. Dj Josh Sparber, took the party to a new level as he played the latest hit and mixes that got everyone on the dance floor. It was the perfect opportunity to speak with and let loose intimately with actors, and industry professionals. Highlight of the evening was meeting actress Sanaa Lathan from the movie Love & Basketball , Disappearing Acts, and Alien vs. Predator to name a few. Other Celebrities that week included Gabourey Sidibe, Zoe Kravitz , Dan Byrd, Rachel Boston, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Harvey Keitel, Pierce Brosnan, Scott Caan, Tim Blake Nelson and Marisa Tomei.