USA, 78 min.

Director: Aaron Katz
Writer: Erin Fisher, Aaron Katz
Producer: Brendan McFadden
Cast: Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau, Sarah Hellman, Joe Swanberg, Tucker Stone
It's not often that a film comes along that finds a new way to depict New York City on film, but Quiet City manages to do just that quite beautifully. The New York depicted by director Aaron Katz (Dance Party USA) is indeed a quiet place, full of listless hours, intriguing strangers, and endless promise.

21-year-old Jamie (Erin Fisher) has traveled from Atlanta to Brooklyn to hang out with a friend; not only doesn't Jamie know her way around town, but her friend's not answering her phone. A chance encounter in a subway station attaches Jamie to Charlie (Cris Lankenau) , a shy, soft-spoken New Yorker of the indie-rock set. The two inch closer together as they kill time in diners, art galleries, and hipster parties -- slowly but surely distancing themselves from the lives they led before they met.

A hit at this year's South by Southwest festival, Katz's moving indie film confidently captures the small, quiet moments of our life that in retrospect may scream out with major significance. Quiet City also expresses a deep belief in today's urban landscape as a place of mystery, and confirms Katz's status as a young director to watch.