I Am Here You Are Not I Love You

  • Documentary Film Competition

Year: 2024

Length: 38 mins

Country: United States

Language: English

Premiere: NYC Premiere

Directed by: Aidan Ryan

Produced by: Aidan Ryan, Mark Dellas

Starring: Aidan Ryan, Peter Muscato, Charlotta Kotik, Don Metz, Eric Seigeltuch

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Saturday Feb 22, 12:15 PM-2:40 PM – Documentary Shorts Program 1 + QA

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I AM HERE YOU ARE NOT I LOVE YOU follows the writer Aidan Ryan as he attempts to make sense of the work and clues left behind by the late visual artists Andrew Topolski and Cindy Suffoletto, his aunt and uncle, who passed away when he was a teenager.

About the Director

Aidan Ryan is a writer, publisher, and filmmaker. I AM HERE YOU ARE NOT I LOVE YOU is the title of his first book (University of Iowa Press) and an accompanying short documentary film. His nonfiction and cultural criticism have appeared in the Millions, Public Books, Humanities, White Review, Colorado Review, and Annulet. He is a cofounder of Foundlings Press, senior editor at Traffic East Magazine, and literary curator at Artpark. Ryan lives in Buffalo, New York.

Reviews & Interviews

A Nephew’s Love Letter to the Artists, the late Cindy Suffoletto and the late Andrew Topolski – Winter Film Festival, by Cristina Slattery

BIFF 2024 Red Carpet Interview – Aidan Matthew Ryan – BIFF 2024, by Host Elle Regan

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Awards

2024 Buffalo International Film Festival – Best Short Documentary (Nominee)
2024 IndieX Film Festival – Best First-Time Male Director (Nominee)
2024 IndieX Film Festival – Best Editing (Nominee)
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