Name: CasaFilm Festival
Start: 2026-06-04T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-04T22:00:00-04:00
Location: St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church

CasaFilm Festival

The Center at West Park is a home for arts, culture, and community in the landmark West Park Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. The Center is a secular not-for-profit organization that offers a diverse range of programs for artists, audiences, and the neighborhood; manages the building’s venues; and stewards the restoration of its historic exterior.

The Center at West Park

CWP presents CasaFilm Festival, a one-night-only early summer celebration of live music and independent short films.

St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church

<h3> DOORS OPEN AT 6:30PM! About the Festival</h3>The evening begins with live performances programmed by The New York Company, followed by a curated selection of six indie short films presented by CasaFilm Anthologies. After the screenings, guests are invited to a Q&amp;A with the directors.CasaFilm Festival brings together live music, independent cinema, and artistic community for an unforgettable night celebrating creativity while supporting our city’s historic landmarks.Event Dress Code: All-white outfits!<h3>About the Featured Films</h3>Behind the Pose A short film by Sally Lomidze A teen Eastern-European model on the brink of losing her contract must redeem herself in one last photoshoot under threat of sexual exploitation and deportation. All My Friends A Cultivision Production Nine year old Max meets with a therapist to talk about all of the strange new friends he's been making. Sogna Written and directed by Julie Casamonti 1942, Florence, Italy. Two young sisters are running away with their father on stolen bikes, but the only escape possible is when they close their eyes. A psychological exploration of political trauma, nightmares, and the child psyche through film. <h3>About the Featured Musicians</h3>Born Drake Hunt, a 23-year-old Atlanta native, has been surrounded by music his entire life. His father, Van Hunt, is a Grammy-award-winning musician, and a close family friend is the prodigious Dionne Farris - two people he cites as early musical inspirations. Growing up, Drake listened to a lot of Earl Sweatshirt, King Krule, Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone and Nina Simone, which, of course, helped inform his personal songwriting style.Jaden Andreone is a 20 year old New York–based artist and songwriter with a fresh sound that is undeniably his own. With a love for poetry, Andreone delivers cutting, concise lyrics over his distinctive “scrapbook production.” For Jaden, making music is a means of capturing and collecting emotionally complex moments that cannot be expressed with only words. Though his writing process can be quite rapid (as if transcribing something before it vanishes), when it comes to the execution he prefers to allow time for perspective shift and memory loss; oftentimes chopping up his original recording or reinventing the sound altogether.Neska Rose is a 20-year-old multi-hyphenate artist who oozes creative intensity in the relentless pursuit of her muse. A captivating live performer, she seamlessly switches between guitar and piano, self-producing a sound entirely her own: bold, cinematic, and emotionally raw. Her music inhabits a quirky yet astute point of view, drawing inspiration from the gritty, editorial depth of Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, and Amy Winehouse, yet unabashed enough to embrace the vibrant energy of No Doubt with equal fervor. Her recent string of thought-burst singles are neither naive nor worldly, carried by a persistent persona that challenges the listener. Neska doesn’t care if you understand her lyrics on a casual listen, but she’d be happy to hear their meaning crept up on you from an angle.<h3>About the Featured Filmmakers</h3>Sally Lomidze (Behind the Pose) As a filmmaker, I’m drawn to stories about the things people struggle to say out loud. Being born in Russia to a Georgian family and later building a life in New York gave me an early understanding of what it feels like to exist between identities and places. That experience shaped the way I see people and informs my interest in stories about belonging, womanhood, vulnerability, and the tension between how we present ourselves and what we feel internally. I’m drawn to intimate, atmospheric storytelling and the small details that reveal emotional truth. Colin Tunney (All My Friends) is an independent filmmaker from New Jersey and owner of the boutique production company Cultivision, where he often operates simultaneously as director, cinematographer, editor, and producer. He works across short films, music videos, and experimental commercial work. Tunney’s practice is rooted in a distinctly DIY ethos - favoring small crews, minimal budgets, and a high degree of creative control to build visually ambitious work from limited resources. His films tend to orbit around heightened, often surreal premises anchored in familiar environments. Across projects, there is a recurring interest in identity, perception, and the instability of reality- frequently expressed through characters that blur the line between the mundane and the grotesque. Through his company Cultivision, Tunney works within a close-knit network of collaborators, treating the company less as a traditional production house and more as a creative collective. The emphasis is on flexibility, experimentation, and making projects happen quickly - prioritizing originality and tone over scale. Across formats, Tunney’s work is defined less by genre than by a consistent sensibility: chaotic but deliberate, stylized but grounded, and driven by a preference for bold visual ideas executed with immediacy. His films feel assembled through instinct rather than prescription - built from fragments, contrasts, and moments that accumulate into something slightly off-kilter and hard to ignore. Julie Casamonti (Sogne)moved to New York in 2023 to study theatre, but she couldn’t stay away from filmmaking. She started writing scripts at 16 and got her first short film produced in Geneva in 2021, A Fleur de Peau, which she starred in and directed. In New York, she wrote, directed, and starred in Thin Skin in 2023 and Tommasa in 2024, which was awarded Best Score, Best Directing, and Best Actress on the film festival circuit. She co-wrote Some Like It in 2024 and did the art direction for BellyDancing music video by Inji. Her most recent work, Sogna, was produced by Fordham University after winning the Summer Research Grant. She is currently in pre-production as executive producer for several exciting short films.Going back to theatre, her recent stage credits in New York City include Phyllis Herman in Mother Play, directed by Maddie McAuliffe; Firefighter/Waitress/Rhinoceros in Rhinoceros, directed by Asa Nestlehutt; as well as company member in the devised production What Moves Me, directed by Narushi Fukada. Her original play A Call to India was produced in Fall 2025 at the Whitebox Studio, directed by Joshua Hightower, and her upcoming work Ice Cream and Hard Pills to Swallow will be performed in February 2027 at the Kehoe Theatre, directed by Mariana Miranda. Sophie Casamonti (Silence Helvétique )is a 19 year old Swiss &amp; Italian emerging fashion designer based in London, and founder of her brand ‘Maison Monti’. Currently studying Womenswear at London College of Fashion following a foundation at Central Saint Martins, her work explores the tension between strict Swiss tradition and liberated self-expression. Creating bold and sculptural silhouettes/ characters, she transforms traditional Swiss cultural symbols into provocative worlds. Her collections are recognised for immersive atmospheres and experimental textile studies. Mixing delicacy and provocation, her work reinterprets femininity through revealing silhouettes and theatrical forms. Sophie has showcased multiple collections during London Fashion week runways, while also collaborating closely with the film industry through costume projects. Recent work includes the short film ‘Silence Helvétique’ created in collaboration with executive producer and director Julie Casamonti. Alongside ongoing internships and creative collaborations, she is finalizing an upcoming collection that will be displayed at Paris Fashion Week on June 26. There are no economic barriers at CWP. Please email CWP Resident Producer Madelyn Paquette at madelyn@centeratwestpark.org or call 212-997-4490 if you require tickets at a different price point.

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