Ben Hozie
Directing
Biography
Ben Hozie is an NYC independent filmmaker and leader of the art rock band BODEGA. His most recent film "Pvt Chat' is an erotic drama that stars Peter Vack, Julia Fox, Buddy Duress, and Keith Poulson. His first film "Annunciation" mixed footage of Occupy Wall Street with three short narratives and was shot on 16mm by experimental filmmaker Simon Liu. He also directed "The Lion's Den', a DV comedy of errors, 'an attempt at theatre for the camera.'
Known For
Jack is an internet gambler living in NYC. After the death of his roommate, he becomes fixated on Scarlet - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy NYC Chinatown street.
PVT Chat
A group of Staten Island radicals lead by ex-philosophy student Marie and her boozy filmmaker boyfriend Nick attempt to kidnap the CEO of the Leo Corporation but instead accidentally capture Daniel, a nutty small time accountant. With Daniel in custody at their commune, several of the radicals attempt to 'revolutionize the bedroom', an endeavor further complicated by a surprise visit from Marie's tough boy ex-lover Junior.
The Lion's Den
Two years after the disappearance of his twin sister Lucy, Arthur still surrounds himself with images of her. Unable to let Lucy fade into memory, he is pulled between the present with his lover and the past.
Lucy Now Dreams Herself
A story of art and sex in the city. In the fall of 2011 in NYC, an actress playing Virgin Mary, an impotent tourist named Joseph, and a lonely commercial director yearn for each other and something more.
Annunciation
Bodega Bay's final performance: Mercury Lounge, June 3rd, 2016, NYC Filmed in one take on hi8 (with a brief tape glitch cutting "Second Row Center" short)
BODEGA BAY BREAKS UP
Eliza (Breanne Zill) is a head-in-clouds painter struggling with her art, sexuality, and sleep paralysis. She invites cocky painter Claude (Josef Wakeman) over to shake things up but things get strange when he interprets her manic yearnings as an invitation for sex.
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Trouble ensues when a gang invades a library.
They Read by Night
The always-serious rock and roller Spence (Eric Kuehnemann) receives an invitation to visit his ex Monika (Nikki Belfiglio) at her trendy new friend Catherine's (Rose Blanshei), but doesn't expect a party full of EDM-heads and masked revelers, including drug-dealing bad-boy JR (Madison Welles). Full of paranoia and yearning for Monika's attention, Spence struggles to navigate his way out of the 'little labyrinth.'