Indie film festival kicks off at Brenden Theatres

Wednesday, April 3, 2002 | 8:26 a.m.

The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival is making a stop for the first time in Las Vegas, beginning this afternoon at the Palms' Brenden Theatres. Tickets are $10; festival screenings at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. are free. For tickets call (866) 468-7619 or on the Internet at nyfilmvideo.com.

The festival runs through April 10.

The festival features 150 films, shorts, animations and documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1993 by Stuard Alson, the festival also appears annually in New York and Los Angeles.

A highlight for Las Vegas film buffs is "Angel Blade," billed as "a psychological erotic thriller," featuring (as themselves) Mayor Oscar Goodman and casino mogul Bob Stupak, along with David Heavener ("Prime Target"), Marc Singer ("The Beastmaster"), Margot Kidder ("Superman"), Richard Moll ("Night Court") and Louis Mandylor ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding"). The film screens at 8 p.m. today.

Synopses of select featured films can be found on the festival's website.

Festival organizers say entries from Canada, Spain, Brazil, Turkey, Malta, Tunisia, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom will be featured.

Following is a festival schedule, which is also posted at nyufilmvideo.com:

Today

Noon: "The Battle," "Julia Butterfly Hill: Adventures in Tree Sitting"

2 p.m.: "Tomorrow at the End of Dawn"

4 p.m.: "Eurodaze," "A Shepherd's Story," "Nuestra Comunidad: Latinos in North America"

6 p.m.: "Beneath the Skin: Untold Story"

8 p.m.: "Angel Blade"

10 p.m.: "Who Slew Simon Thaddeus Mulberry Pew," "The Redemption"

Thursday

Noon: "American Slices," "Finalcut.com"

2 p.m.: "To Catch a Hummingbird," "Kiss Me, Stupid"

4 p.m.: "Waiting for Trains," "Sleeping in a Dream"

6 p.m.: "Stranger Within Me," "Community Service: Based on a Pointless Story"

8 p.m.: "Swonderful," "Sister Beatrice Explores," "Scott Siedman -- The Unfinished Documentary," "Claude's Cafe"

10 p.m.: "Blind Man Sees the Farthest," "Daybreak"

Friday

Noon: "The Anonymous Gamblers"

2 p.m.: "One Man, One Idea, One Dream"

4 p.m.: "Swonderful," "Sister Beatrice Explores," "Scott Siedman -- The Unfinished Documentary," "Golem Girl," "Clockwork," "Beyond the Baseline"

6 p.m.: "Cutting Horse"

8 p.m.: "Vincent," "Waiting for Trains," "Michael's Plague," "Grip," "Palawan: The Last Frontier"

10 p.m.: "French Roast," "Lost," "Forbidden Love," "The Procrastinator," "Down to Earth"

Saturday

Noon: "All God's Creatures," "Is Harry on the Boat?"

2 p.m.: "Changing Faces," "Deportation"

4 p.m.: "If I Could"

6 p.m.: "EM & ME"

8 p.m.: "Black Road," "What Happened"

10 p.m.: "Tea With Grandma," "No Prom for Cindy," "Inside Jokes"

Sunday

Noon: "Swordful," "Sister Beatrice Explores," "Scott Siedman -- The Unfinished Documentary," "Blue Light Special," "Time Square," "5 Short Videos," "De Colores"

2 p.m.: "Friday Night Fever," "Confidences," "Different Places," "Shudder," "The 4 a.m. 'Lizbeth"

4:30 p.m.: "Sharing a Toothbrush," "Ali's Angels," "An Insomniac Nightmare," "Nioulargo," "Tuscaloosa"

6 p.m.: "Study Hall," "Damsel of Death"

8 p.m.: "Olympic Grease Watermelon," "Waikiki"

10 p.m.: "Mockingbird," "Malabana"

Monday

Noon: "Baby Doll," "Pleasure, Broken Treasure," "Nomadas"

2 p.m.: "One Year Later," "What Are You Going to do for Toilet Paper?," "American Cowboys"

4 p.m.: "Freedom Downtime"

6 p.m.: "Chatila," "Highway Amazon"

8 p.m.: "Nobody's Business," "Dead in the Water"

10 p.m.: "A Fool in the Promised Land," "Rolling Along," "A Family Affair," "Ni Una Mas"

Tuesday

Noon: "No Longer My Twin"

2 p.m.: "Goodbye, Merry-Go-Round"

4 p.m.: "Making a Killing: Philip Morris, Kraft & Global Tobacco," "Addiction," "The Story of Fenist"

6 p.m.: "Drive, She Said," "Parking Lots of a Subway Series," "Unknown Celebrities"

8 p.m.: "Liberty Stands Still"

10 p.m.: "Mr. Smarty Pants Meets His Match," "Made Large in the U.S.A.," "Mind Man Dumb Lucky Boy," "Lethargy," "Mardi Gras -- 'The Ultimate Experience' "

April 10

Noon: "Divine Inspiration," "On the Red Fence"

2 p.m.: "La Tropical"

4 p.m.: "Please Don't Burn My Beaver"

6 p.m.: "Wrinkle," "One Particular Person," "Winter Solstice," "The Man Who Knew Belle Star"

8 p.m.: "Making Something Up"

10 p.m.: "I'm Busy," "The Absent Phallus"