​A new monthly edition of short films curated by Edward Frumkin and William George-Louis

​Curated by Edward Frumkin and William George-Louis, All Starrs highlights all types of moving-image art and is open to what a "film" can be. Unlike most short screenings, the Q&As at All-Starrs happen after each short is screened instead of a big group session after all the films are played.

​This November edition of All-Starrs features several alumni of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film and delves into comedic, dramatic, and documentary realms. Collectively, this month's cohort recently screened at Film Forum, Rooftop Films, NewFest, and New/Next. They are going present their early shorts with us for one night only in celebration of their career milestones.

​Tickets $10 - $15 sliding scale

​​​​Program

​8:00 pm - Doors

​8:30 - 8:40 pm - Screening Begins

​10:30 pm - 10:45 pm - Finish

​​​​Curators

​Edward Frumkin (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based film personality and the host of the webseries Making Movies Today. He has written for outlets such as The Daily Beast, IndieWire, BOMB, The Brooklyn Rail, Interview Magazine, Reverse Shot, and more. His recent short film, Rap World Day, made its world premiere at 2025 Chicago Underground Film Fest, the world's longest running underground film festival. He co-runs the monthly screening series, All-Starrs, at Bushwick's Starr Bar and served on the screening committees at festivals such as True/False, Big Sky Documentary, Camden. He has also been featured on Errands, Gaydar, Hollywood IQ, Revival of the Fittest, and Subway Takes.

​William George-Louis (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based writer, director, producer, actor and editor. He also co-curates and co-hosts a monthly screening series "All-Starrs" at Starr Bar in Bushwick. Films he's produced have played at SXSW, Tribeca, Champs-Élysées, Fantasia, Mar del Plata, Hamptons International and many others. You can currently watch Leah Shore's "Puss" streaming on the Criterion Channel which William produced.

​​​​Filmmakers

​Brian Agamie (he/him) is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY, working across independent film, experimental video, and contemporary art. As a producer, he has worked on short films that have screened at SXSW, Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Rooftop Films, and Lighthouse International Film Festival. His practice spans directing, cinematography, and editing, with collaborations across music, performance, and visual art.

​Agamie has shot and edited numerous music videos, including five collaborations with multidisciplinary artist Abdu Ali. In 2020, he was commissioned by Ali and Company Gallery to create Anon & Johnthan, an experimental music video and interview exploring Jonathan Lyndon Chase’s solo exhibition Wind Rider. In 2023, he edited Marcel Dzama’s Performa Biennial commission, To Live on the Moon (For Lorca). He also shot, directed, and edited On-Air, a seven-part docuseries for Swivel Gallery documenting artists as they prepared for exhibitions.

​Alongside his collaborative work, Agamie continues to develop short experimental films. His latest film, It Was Just a Nightmare, will premiere in December 2026.

​Michael Calciano (he/him) is a filmmaker and writer based out of NYC. Always playing with genre, he makes uncanny and surreal horror and comedy films but especially loves to play in the delicious in-betweens. His films as both a writer and director have been official selections and played internationally at film festivals including: Fantasia Film Festival, Rooftop Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Boston Underground, Bushwick Film Festival and more. His work can currently be seen online on Short of the Week and Alter.

​His and Tij D'Oyen's first feature Gorilla Gorilla will screen at Roxy Cinema on Nov. 9, 11, and 15.

​On the heels of his award winning short film LOLLYGAG, Tij D'Oyen (he/him) was selected for Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film ‘22 and as the 2023 Slamdance AGBO Fellow He participated as a fellow in the 2023 Film at Lincoln Center Artists Academy and was most recently awarded an artist residency by the Provincetown Film Society.

​Tij was raised in rural North Carolina where he passed his time watching reruns of Desperate Housewives. He attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, graduating with a BFA in Drama and surprisingly little debt. He now lives in Harlem, NYC.

​His dark sardonic short, LOLLYGAG, was an official selection at Slamdance, Champs-Élysées, Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, and Outfest, amongst other festivals. With support from the AGBO Fellowship, the UNCSA Artpreneur Grant and the OATM Emerging Artist Film Grant, Tij completed his second short film, NEPOTISM, BABY!, which had it’s world premiere at Tribeca ‘24.

​His and Michael Calciano's first feature, Gorilla Gorilla, will play at Roxy Cinema on November 9, 11, and 15.

​Leah Galant is a director based in New York whose storytelling focuses on unexpected narratives that challenge perceptions. In 2022, she was recognized as one of DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40. Her directorial debut, ON THE DIVIDE, premiered at Tribeca in 2021 and was broadcast on POV in 2022. She was a Sundance Ignite and Jacob Burns Fellow, where she created DEATH METAL GRANDMA (SXSW 2018), about a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, Inge Ginsberg, who sings death metal. The film won Best Documentary at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival and is a New York Times Op-Doc. She is currently a member-owner at Meerkat Media, a cooperative production company. LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY is her second feature-length film and will make its NY premiere at DOC NYC.

​Paula Gonzalez-Nasser (she/her) is a Colombian filmmaker currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Paula’s feature directorial debut, THE SCOUT, had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and was picked up by Greenwich Entertainment to be released in theaters in the fall of 2026. In 2025, Paula was named one of 25 new faces in independent film by Filmmaker Magazine. She has also produced films like Melina Valdez’s WEAPONS AND THEIR NAMES, which premiered at Sundance 2023, and Ryan Martin Brown’s FREE TIME, which received three nominations at the inaugural Slamdance Indie Awards. She is a two-time Gotham Film Week participant and a 2023 Sundance Producers Intensive Fellow. Previously, Paula worked as a location scout on many New York films and TV shows such as HIGH MAINTENANCE, RUSSIAN DOLL, SEARCH PARTY, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS, and more. In 2016, she and Ryan Martin Brown co-founded 5th Floor Pictures as a film collective after graduating together from the film program at Florida State University.

​MACKIE MALLISON (he/him) is a filmmaker based in New York City. Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” his work has screened at New York Film Festival, SXSW, Palm Springs, BAM, SIFF, BFI London, and Vimeo Staff Picks.

​He is a Sundance Ignite Fellow, Film at Lincoln Center Artists Academy Fellow, and Provincetown Film LGBTQ+ Resident. Mackie’s short films, “Chuu Chuu,” “It Smells Like Springtime,” and “Live From the Clouds” were acquired by The Criterion Channel.

​Mackie is developing two feature films with the support of Sundance Institute.

​Clementine Narcisse (she/her) is a director, writer, cinematographer, and editor born and raised in New Jersey, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2024.  Clementine was also one of the 2024 recipients of the New Voices Filmmaker Grant, a new initiative from NewFest in Partnership with Netflix. With this grant, she produced her upcoming short film, "Kill The DJ," an Afro-surrealist horror film and love letter to queer nightlife culture. Clementine is a 2025 graduate of the BFA Film Program at the School of Visual Arts. Her short films have gained over 100k views across platforms. As a transgender woman of color, Clementine’s work primarily centers around themes of black queerness and femininity under a strong genre lens.