15th Annual Love Actually Int'l Short Film Showcase: An Evening of Love, Sex, and Romance

Love Actually [https://www.facebook.com/lovefestnyc] is a critically acclaimed ANNUAL SCREENING EVENT, produced by NEW YORK Film Loft on Valentine’s Day each year which features stories about love, sex and ROMANCE TOLD BY ACCLAIMED STORYTELLERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.Be sure to join US for our 15th Year! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! The event features an open bar, fun snacks, and a goodie bag! This fun and sexy event is for both SINGLES and COUPLES! If you’re looking for love, be sure to join as we’ve been responsible for more than our share of matches over the years! NO TICKETS TO BE SOLD AT THE DOOR. TICKETS ARE TRANSFERRABLE*. === ENTREPRENEURS/BUSINESSES: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD A GIFT CARD, PRODUCT OR COUPON, ETC.TO OUR GOODIE BAGS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US [https://www.nyfilmloft.com/contact-us/] PRIOR TO FEB 8TH, 2020. === _NO TICKETS TO BE SOLD AT THE DOOR. TICKETS ARE TRANSFERRABLE*._ _* IF YOU ARE TRANSFERRING A TICKET TO ANOTHER PERSON PLEASE CONTACT US  [https://www.nyfilmloft.com/contact-us/]BEFOREHAND_ VENUE HOST: STONE CREEK BAR & LOUNGE The goal of Stone Creek Bar & Lounge [https://stonecreeknyc.com/] is to provide a comfortable living room experience for its guests. The fieldstone walls and copper top bar are two of its main attractions along with a friendly, serviceable staff. Visit them online at https://stonecreeknyc.com [https://stonecreeknyc.com/] LOVE ACTUALLY STORYTELLER SHOWCASE OFFICIAL 2020 FILM LINEUP* _* LIST IS NOT IN OFFICIAL SCREENING ORDER_ ------------------------- TABOO (20:01) | UNITED STATES JATO SMITH According to the Unofficial Etiquette Book for Blacks, everything is open for consideration, but homosexuality and interracial dating.  Kevin unwittingly learns this difficult lesson when he introduces his significant other to childhood best friends. A GHOST IN HER EYES (19:55) | UNITED STATES TOM PROCIDA Traveling through canvases, cabins and time itself, a widower discovers the transformational vulnerability of true love in a bygone era. YOU NEED HELP (16:58) | UNITED KINGDOM BARBARA ELBINGER An older couple experiences a blip in an otherwise pretty uneventful marriage when the husband, Fred, avoids embracing retirement and drifts purposeless around the house with an increasing resentful wife, Doreen. However, when a leaflet lands on his doormat promising to bring joy into his life again, he embarks on a mission to find himself, and put the much-needed magic - and music - back into their marriage. But she’s terrified that his ‘ridiculous’ behavior will show them both up…"  GIRL FRIEND (12:59) | UNITED STATES LAURA HOLLIDAY A girl wants to be "modern" enough to handle it when her dude proposes a non-traditional relationship. But that doesn't fit into the love story she wants. MOON DROPS (16:00) | ISRAEL-SERBIA Yoram Ever Hadani A factory worker assembles an enigmatic machine that produces liquid drops from the moonlight.  WAI(S)T (13:46) | FRANCE TITOUAN LE GOUIS Theo must find a way to show people who he really is. His father is convinced he raised a future diving champion, while his new teammate, Arthur, thinks he’s just another potential one night stand. I MET A GIRL (13:37) | UNITED STATES JOHN LYKE Two strangers meet at a house party. Never screened anywhere, happy to offer world premiere status. WORDS (14:30) | UNITED KINGDOM DINO KAZAMIA Tired of reading terrible fantasy novels, Matt auditions for British gangster film and meets Charlotte, a struggling actor herself. They share a drink, swap cigarettes for vapes, and might just rescue each other from their own personal hell. SPEED RUN (22:34) | UNITED STATES JUSTIN HO Kyle, longing for a better life, can only express his true feelings in a newly developed VR game.  SIDEPIECE (9:58) | UNITED STATES TEDDY TENENBAUM Dating is hard. Especially when you’re married. Nothing is what appears to be in this short romantic-comedy about two people who find each other on a very special dating app. You just can’t trust what you read anymore.  STRANGERS (8:00) | UNITED STATES MATT WINTERS An unlikely love story about two people stuck in a generation of tinder users who take a swipe at being real. APRIL IN AUTUMN (8:58) | UNITED STATES HUANXI LI A woman remembers a song she wrote thirty years ago.