ADA

Eleanore Pienta plays an eccentric woman trying to get from point A to point B and, in the process, finding New York City an obstacle course of casual hostility and bizarre behaviors.

Director’s Bio

Eleanore Pienta (director/writer/editor) is an actor, video-artist, dancer and director. She has garnered awards for her performances in the indie hits See You Next Tuesday, 7 Chinese Brothers, and A Bad Idea Gone Wrong. Both her video and stage work explore fictional, and oftentimes absurd characters with empathy and sincerity — humor often a by-product. You can also catch her performing with Sunita Mani and Tallie Medel as Cocoon Central Dance Team. Ada premiered at the 2018 New York Film Festival.

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CLOSING NITE

We close the 2019 Nitehawk Shorts Festival with eight short films that present stories on the intimacy of the nail salon, absurdist, dark comedies, and powerful coming-of-age stories about friendship.