​Join us for the second Urbane Film Screening at The Urbane Arts Club, presented by Projecting, Much?!

This screening is an official partner program of the Climate Film Festival (September 19-22) and Artmageddon (September 28).

We will be showcasing a selection of shorts that were featured at the Climate Film Festival.

​Following the screening, join us for a conversation featuring Grist's Manager of Climate Fiction & Brand Partnerships, Tory Stephens, and filmmakers from the festival.

This event is free to attend, though RSVP is encouraged due to limited capacity. Refreshments will be provided from the Flatbush Food Co-op on a first-come, first-served basis.

​Shorts Screening:

​Hot Soda Directed by Nello DiGiandomenico

​MEG protests her town hall’s approval to double the fracking that has been drilling the land for decades. In an effort to relax, she microdoses magic mushrooms and starts another day working at the family restaurant with her sick father, JACK. Their typical routine is interrupted when the CEO of the fracking company and his bodyguard arrive to dine. Believing that the fracking is poisoning the town and played a hand in her mother’s death, Meg refuses to serve the men. Jack, however, exists in deep denial, knowing they need the fracking company’s business to survive.

​Trapped between her morals and the most meaningful relationship she has, Meg retreats to her car, where she takes a larger dose of mushrooms. Hallucinating her rebellious mother, she gets the idea to teach the frackers a lesson by slipping a massive dose into their spaghetti. However, things don’t go quite as planned…

​The Human Fossil Directed by Rebecca Huang

​“The Human Fossil” is an animated short film about alien archaeologist Soo’s mesmerizing encounter with the relics of human civilization. Initially perplexed by the ceramic artifacts she found, Soo performs amusing experiments on them, even riding on a toilet bowl. However, when Soo immerses broken bowls and mugs in water, she witnesses vivid flashbacks from their ancient owners thousands of years ago.

​Kataw Directed by Alyssa Ashley Cordova Manugas

​In a dystopian future where the Philippine archipelago is mostly submerged in seawater, a Mother-doctor, along with other experts comes up with an unconventional solution to save the future Filipino generation. An operation that to some is a medical farce. An extremely risky procedure that will turn children into the likeness of a Visayan mythical creature - the Kataw. Despite the risk, she is driven by dire circumstances to do it to her child.

​As the operation day arrives, the Mother-doctor must make the hardest decision: will she take the risk to give her child a chance at survival or keep her child with her in the sinking world?

​Everything is Fine Directed by Areeya Jitaree

​A young girl unveils the truth about her surroundings and endeavors to transform her city.

​There Will Come Soft Rains Directed by Elham Ehsas

​Haunted by rising sea levels, a daughter digs up her father’s grave to move his body to higher ground.

​About the Panel:

​Tory Stephens (Moderator) is a storyteller, strategist, and climate justice advocate. At Grist, he co-founded Imagine 2200 and has produced two anthologies of climate fiction, Afterglow and Metamorphosis. He now focuses on publishing climate fiction year-round and building partnerships that connect culture, justice, and climate solutions.

​Nello DiGiandomenico (Panelist) is a writer/director from Schenectady, New York who earned his MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory in 2023. His screenplay work has been recognized in the top 15% of the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and as a Second Rounder at Austin Film Festival. His AFI thesis film Hot Soda has screened at over 20 festivals internationally, including Chattanooga Film Fest and Dances with Films. His previous shorts Hardy and Happy Little Bluebirds have garnered accolades across three continents. Currently, his screenplay Peeling Paige is a finalist to be adapted into a graphic novel by Kodansha Tokyo.

​Rebecca Huang (Panelist) is an artist and filmmaker based in New York City. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts (SVA). Her animated short film The Human Fossil (2024) has screened at film festivals worldwide, including the Oscar-qualifying Sitges Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival and New York International Children’s Film Festival. Recently, she’s been working on a prequel graphic novel of the same name, which tells the story of two scientists and their friends living through a climate apocalypse as it unfolds.