Salon Hours:
Saturday, October 15: 10.30am-9:30pm
Sunday, October 16: 10:30am-4:15pm

Count 'em – over 50 free films!

Click on the image above to start a Slide Show of Salon Films!

Two full FREE days of exciting new short films, animations, documentaries, industry insider lectures and presentations, filmmaker Q&A and surprise guests. The latest from up-and-coming directors is presented in shorts from the film departments of six leading nearby universities: NYU, School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, State University of NY/Purchase College (SUNY/Purchase), Temple University and Penn State University, as well as films from local high schools, films whose filmmakers have ties to the Milford area, and even films from across the oceans.

Just stop in anytime and take a seat – no tickets or reservations necessary. Located in the two Salon Theatre Tents directly across the Milford Theatre, through the Hospitality Tent. FREE!

Make sure to see the printed Salon NewsFlyer at the Festival for expanded listings, film descriptions and filmmaker biographies.

The Salon always remains flexible, with surprises possible!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
Hours: 10:30am – 9:30 pm

TRANS-LUX Salon Tent

10:30 - 12:00 ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS:
Lively new Animations from Weston Woods/Scholastic (Ages 3-10)
Arnie The Doughnut; The Man Who Walked Between Towers; How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?; I Lost My Bear; Diary of a Worm. Special Attraction: Good Job! (Hyungkee Lee)

12:00 - 12:15 Short Break: Ongoing Screen

12:15 - 1:45 SHORT ANIMATION from NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (NYU)
& SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS (SVA):
S. P. I. C. (Robert Castillo); Lumber Jacked (Eric Cera); Coqui (Nelson Diaz); Sangfroid Sun (Olivia Janik); Good Job! (Hyungkee Lee); Dinner At Marvin's (Jane Nechayvesky); The Carny (David Popolow); Illume (Jason Gottlieb); Pizzacato (Jeff Medlikow)

2:00 - 3:00 SHORT FILMS from NEW YORK UNIVERSITY:
The Debt (Levan Koguashuili); Lutkoski Fishsticks (Matt Lambert)

3:00 - 4:15 LECTURE Kalina Ivanov: "White: The Everything Color"
Following up on her presentation of the color red last year, this brilliant production designer now tackles white, revealing the wonders of this misunderstood color and its importance in film.

4:30 - 6:00 HOME GROWN FILMS
Terminal (Jennifer Treuting); Positively Naked (Arlene Donnelly Nelson & David Nelson, Introduced by Sean Strub)

6:00 - 6:15 Short Break

6:15 - 8:00 SHORT FILMS from COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY:
Celamy (Julie Anne Meerschwam); Missing (Kit Hui); Night Swimming (Daniel Falcone); Live At Five (Averie Storck); Pedalfoot (Ben Hayflick)

8:00 - 9:30 SHORT FILMS from SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS:
Candy and the Fish Bowl (Antonio Siqueira); Blue Monday (Gary Gardner); Beach Lane (Sam Bridger Carroll); Chunk (Gillian Robespierre); Your Field (Ulli Gruber); Vocalize (Robert Bregman)

RIALTO Salon Tent

11:00 - 12:30 HOME GROWN SHORT FILMS:
PORT JERVIS HIGH SCHOOL: Remember When (Stephen Grapkowski)
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: Big Mistake (Jason Cox); Karma To Burn (Kevin Clancey); One Dead Duck (Lara Gallagher); Run Chicken Run (Jason Brewer), "Hard to Get" (Matthew Montemorano)

12:30-1:30 LECTURE Chris Farlekas: "Screen Legends Talk"
Stories and insights from Farlekas' interviews with famous stars:
Oscar winners and losers.

1:30 – 1:45 Short Break

1:45-3:00 PRESENTATION: Michael Knowles, Laura Knight, Andre Rodriguez: "From Stage to Tribeca: 'Nick and Stacy' and 'The System'. Developing a play into a movie; changing from actor to writer to director.

3:00-5:00 SHORT FILMS from SUNY/PURCHASE COLLEGE FILM CONSERVATORY:
Running With the Big Dogs (Erin Gleeson); Laughing Man (Daviid Woolner); And They Drifted (Lauren Cynamon); gold fish dynamo (Gabe Darling); Ghost Story (Drew Wood)

5:00-6:15 SHORT FILMS from TEMPLE UNIVERSITY:
My Scarlet Letter (Karen Dee Carpenter); Periodical (Sarah Christman), Waking Up (John Shelly); Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night (Sonali Gulati)

6:15-6:30 Short Break

6:30-7:30 LECTURE Chris Kozler "Music in Film: The Art and the Business"
Imagine the soundtrack to your movie as you write your script. Don't let the record labels bully you; you can bully them. Soundtrack might be the way to make your money back! Stories, guidance & examples of how when the music works in a film it makes all the difference (Goodfellas, The Big Chill, the rockumentary Edgeplay).

7:30-9:30 FROM ACROSS THE OCEANS:
Moth (Simon Corris, England); Tower Block Symphony aka HLM Symphonie II (Yann Kilborne, France), Lands of Our Fathers (Jennifer Bush-Daumec, New Zealand)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16
Hours: 10:30 am – 4:15 pm

TRANS-LUX Salon Tent: ENVIROFEST
Hours: 10:30 am – 4:15 pm

RIALTO Salon Tent

11:00 - 12:00 FESTIVAL PICKS:
Audience & festival favorites receive second screenings.

12:00 - 1:30 HOME GROWN FILMS: Documentary
The Drugging of Our Children, (Null & Loudon; introduced by Manette Loudon)

1:45 - 3:00 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Fastpitch (Jeremy Spear, 86 min.)

3:00 - 4:00 MORE FESTIVAL PICKS:
What you might have missed!