The Team

Black Robb

Black Robb, a New York native has been a fixture in NYC's independent scene of music and film, since an early age. Seeing the similarites beween film, music and events, Black Robb decided to pursue a degree in Corporate & Cable Communications at Manhattan Community College. BlackRobb has worked on a variety of events from Intel's NY Music Festival to The Global Entertainment & Media Summit. He continued this at Shout NY magazine as Co-Producer of Events.

Leo Curbelo

Leo Curbelo graduated from St. John's University in NYC with a degree in Communications, There he studied under C.K. Bardosh ("Forced March") and shot his first short film, "How to Rip Off Your Local Domanitrix." Along with his brother Jorge Curbelo, he went on to produce segments for Univison's program "Lente Loco." Leo has studied editing at the Edit Center with Alan Oxman ("Welcome to the Dollhouse") and Affonso Gonçalves ("The Door in the Floor"). He's gone on to edit and assist on film and television including: MTV, PBS, Spike TV and Oxygen. Leo has written and directed the short films "The Garden of Eddie", "Merde..."and "Miss You."

Nectarios Leonidas

NL is a greek filmmaker living in Brooklyn. He has produced, directed and edited several short films and has worked on several big budget films and television projects. His last short film was fetaured in several international film festivals. Visit his site for more.

Our mission is to screen quality films by filmmaker, from around the world. We don’t discriminate, we will screen movies from establish to new and emerging filmmakers. The event is broken up in two sections:
Fly time is a showcase of outstanding and innovative shorts, with a great story, premise and production values.
The Hanger is a break between showings so people can meet and network to get contacts and information, regarding the new york independent communities.
Shock and Awe is the fun portion of the event. This is where, we let the audience decide on how long they want to watch a particular short. If the audience thinks, it's good and/or funky, we continue to show it. If they slam it, we will stop it. It's a little like an amateur talent show, a la "the gong show" or "Showtime at the Apollo.
We feel everybody should have a chance to showcase their works in front of an audience. This way you can learn what works and what doesn’t.

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