Alcove Cinema Opening Night poster — February 5th 2026

Opening Night

February 5th, 2026, 7:30pm

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A Biography of Light

Jeremiah Carter, 4 min

An epistolary look into the daily ecology of Coney Island by one of its many residents.

Faro Island

Alex Baker, 7 min

S8mm short made on Faró Island at Alex's residency.

Oceanus

France, 3:17

A drowning man encounters entities that exist in the space between life and death. Filmed on black and white 16mm film at the Immersive 16mm Lab at Casa Do Xisto in Maceira de Rates, Portugal and titles animated by hand in NYC.

Visions of Waves

Desiree Tolchin, 2:40

Submerged into a stream of life and death, we meet different forms of people, places, and things. All shot on Super 8 film over the course of 3 years.

Bow

Joshua Troxler, 5 min

Hurricane Season: 2020

The Force of Thirst

Shakti Mb, 3:38

A film built from Discord messages, where real people teach one another how to create artificial companions.

Him

Lily Adams, 7:08

A young girl reflects on the three different relationships she's had in her life and the unfortunate excuses she made for both the men and herself in order to avoid her ultimate fear; being alone.

Rap World Day

Eddy Frumkin, 13 min

On January 11, 2025, film lifers Edward Frumkin, William George-Louis, and Jard Lerebours are hyped to see a movie at an NYC cinema. Their selection: Conner O'Malley and Danny Scharar's Rap World on the day that the aforementioned film takes place.