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SHORTS AFTER DARK LINEUP at the Gold Standard Arts Festival

Entertainment

The Gold Standard Arts Festival, a multidisciplinary arts festival that celebrates emerging and established artists over fifty is pleased to announce its Saturday Night at the Movies lineup that includes Shorts After Dark hosted by Stella D’oro. The festival runs April 24 – May 1 on the Upper West Side and features evenings of comedy, cabaret, a jazz brunch and screenings of features, shorts, and documentaries.
 
“You can’t have an over 50 fifty festival without an over 50 drag queen,” says festival co-director Caytha Jentis who wrote and directed the gay romantic dramedy The One (TLA Releasing).

At 9pm Stella D’oro will be hosting a block of soon to be cult classic short films. Stella D’oro has been doing outreach to the LGBTQIA+ nightlife community for over 17 years as the Queen of Vaccine (and currently the Queen Mum of Vaccine). Stella D’Oro aka John Sefakis has been the President of Dancers over forty since 2006 whose mission is to provide community support for dancers, choreographers and related artists, while paying it forward to the next generation.

ABOUT THE 9PM EVENT

Host: Stella D’oro – Queen Mum for Project Achieve/Columbia University and the NYC HIV Vaccine Trials Network and President of Dancers Over 40.

SHORT FILMS

The Libby Show: Lunch with the Ladies – A new web series from producer and host Suzanne Curry.  This episode is an interview with Real Housewife Margaret Josephs.

Son of the Seed – Refusing to accept his royal duties, LEROY the last Emperor of the planet Mustardos, has gone awol and headed to Earth to be an incognito college nerd. He’s dodging his leadership role in pursuit of knowledge and the comforts of a drift-less youth.

Driftwood II – Lizard Mom A Lizard Person Mother in Law wants to get her son back from being abducted by Aliens!

Driftwood III – Baby Alien A young man falls in love with an alien!

A Goldfish Contemplates – A sad and lonely goldfish dreams of escaping his fish bowl so that he can fight zombies, halt global warming, and meet Justin Bieber.

The two events take place at the Bernie Wohl Community Center Theater, 647 Columbus Avenue (between 91st and 92nd street), NYC, NY 10025. Tickets are $10 – $20 and are available at www.goldstandardartsfestival.org/film-festival-saturday

INFO ABOUT 7PM FILM

GIVE OR TAKE, from Brooklyn based Writer/Director Paul Riccio, will have a special event screening at 7pm after being recently released by Breaking Glass Pictures. The film stars Dan in Real Life alum and two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz alongside Jamie Effros (On), Joanne Tucker (The Report), and Cheri Oteri (Saturday Night Live). The filmmakers will be available for Q/A following the screening.
 
After the death of his father, a New Yorker returns to Cape Cod to prepare his childhood home for sale. With his father’s boyfriend still living there, they butt heads and negotiate how to remember the man they both loved. “GIVE OR TAKE is that rare film that has mastered the job of tackling a serious subject in a heart-warming way,” said Richard Wolff, CEO of Breaking Glass Pictures. Give or Take is also available on DVD and on all major VOD platforms including iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play, and local cable & satellite providers from Breaking Glass Pictures. www.instagram.com/giveortakemovie