Stefan Nadelman

Cinema16: American Short Films

Standish Lawder, George Lucas

CINEMA16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and award-winning shorts on DVD. With over three hours of films CINEMA16: AMERICAN SHORT FILMS is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the moving image. Films include Gus Van Sant's 1982 adaptation of a William S. Burroughs short story, The Discipline Of DE, Tim Burton's early stop motion animated classic Vincent, George Lucas' USC short Freiheit, Alexander Payne's previously unreleased UCLA graduation short Carmen, Paperboys by Mike Mills, D.A. Pennebaker's Duke Ellington scored Daybreak Express, Todd Solondz's NYU short Feelings, along with Oscar Winner The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson, Stefan Nadelman's multi- award winning documentary Terminal Bar, Joe Nussbaum's cult classic George Lucas In Love and 2006 Sundance Winner The Wraith Of Cobble Hill by Adam Parrish King. Films are subtitled in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese, and include commentaries from many of the directors involved.

Terminal Bar

Stefan Nadelman

A fascinating pictorial history of a New York City bar whose customers, from the hard-drinking working class Irish to the coiffed African American gay male, continually transform its focus during its 10-year reign.

Food Fight

Stefan Nadelman

A history of war done tastefully.

Terminal Bar - Last Call

Stefan Nadelman

Sheldon Nadelman

From 1973-1981, bartender Sheldon Nadelman shot over 1,500 black and white photographs of his customers at the Terminal Bar, located in midtown Manhattan. These are their stories as recollected by Sheldon 25 years after the bar closed its doors for good in 1982. Last Call examines a broad swath of the bar's clientele, some of them regulars, some of them one-offs and uncovers these never-before-heard stories of a bar community that would otherwise be forgotten.

Terminal Bar - Porters, Bouncers and Bartenders

Stefan Nadelman

Sheldon Nadelman

Third installment in Stefan Nadelman's ongoing short doc series about his father and the infamous Terminal bar in NYC.

Wave Form

Stefan Nadelman

Jordy Smith, Malia Manuel

Psychedelic animated short capturing the spirit of surfing

Sink

Stefan Nadelman

In Sink (get it?), each video clip is accompanied by the audio clip from the video that preceded it.

Tourist Pictures

Stefan Nadelman

Short documentary of Stefan Nadelman's road trip across America, focusing on other tourists and their compulsions and desires to photograph. The film won the Perrier Across America short film contest and earned a spot in the national ResFest touring digital film festival.

One Step Ahead

Stefan Nadelman

An office worker tries frantically to outpace his co-workers in this lighting fast dash across the big city. Commissioned for Art of Speed at Nikelab.

Terminal Bar - Pimps and Prostitutes

Stefan Nadelman

Sheldon Nadelman

A look at the gritty world of New York through the eyes of Sheldon Nadelman, bartender at the old Terminal Bar. A follow up to the prize winning short from 2002.

Latin Alive

Stefan Nadelman

Musical animated short film that plays on root language. Short animation premiered at ResFest 2000.

Terminal Bar - The Garbage Can

Stefan Nadelman

Sheldon Nadelman

Fourth short film in Stefan Nadelman's look at the time his father spent at The Terminal Bar in NYC. This time Nadelman shows the pictures he took of the garbage can directly outside which serves as yet another portal into the streets at that time.

Wild Bichons

Stefan Nadelman

Stefan Nadelman, Darren Pasemko

A hiker gets distracted from lunch by the sight of a cute little dog...