NewFilmmakers Presents The Final Equation 8/18

The NewFilmmakers NY Series screens at Anthology Film Archives on the Lower East Side at 32 Second Avenue & 2nd Street. NewFilmmakers LA screens in the Stanley Kramer Theater @ Anthology at the Sunset Gower Studio. Many features screened at NewFilmmakers are now available on NewFilmmakers Online.

Tickets for the evening at NewFilmmakers NY, are only $6 and are available at the Anthology Box Office the night of screening.

6:00PM DOCUMENTARY SERIES

John Philp MISHA VERSUS MOSCOW: THE BATTLE FOR GEORGIA'S FUTURE
Having led his country into a disastrous war with Russia, Georgian president Mikheil 'Misha' Saakashvili now finds himself ostracized by his western allies and facing demands at home to resign. With exclusive access to Saakashvili, his inner-circle and his most vocal critics MISHA VERSUS MOSCOW asks whether Saakashvili can regain his crown as the darling of international politics or whether the war has torpedoed for good any chance of peace with Russia.

7:15PM SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Michael Daley THE TIKI: PUNCH UP
Jesse Alson-Milkman THE LAYABOUTS
Andrew Serban WEST SIDE GIRL
Brian Kazmarck GAME THEORY

8:00PM FEATURE PRESENTATION

Daniel Abella THE FINAL EQUATION
THE FINAL EQUATION is the story of a man, Jack Smith, who turns his back on his religion after the death of his younger sister and seeks the ultimate truth in science. One evening the truth finds him when he receives a mysterious code in his computer. This code turns out to be the final equation,. As Jack announces his discovery to the press mysterious accidents take place killing those closest to him. Jack soon realizes his `equation` is a portal to a parallel universe which threatens the integrity of all existence. As the clock ticks towards Armageddon, Jack must decipher the meaning of the final equation before it's too late.

Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue @ 2nd Street