A Ferrara film , the docudrama called '' Napoli Napoli Napoli '' , is scheduled to premiere at the Rome Film Festival . Ferrara plays a small role as a mugger in the independent film '' Daddy Longlegs '' ( 2010 ) . Also in 2010 , Ferrara teamed up with Film Annex , an online film distribution platform and Web Television Network , to launch www.abelferrara.com . In a press release about the new web channel , Ferrara said , " We have been looking for a place , a home to express what we are doing and to avoid the misinformation found when we are not active on a website . With Francesco Rulli , the Founder of Film Annex , we hope to create a distribution platform for the work , both past and present , while actively interacting with our audience , collaborators and other filmmakers . " In April 2011 , Ferrara began shooting his first feature in four years , '' 4:44 Last Day on Earth '' , starring Willem Dafoe and Ferrara 's longtime companion Shanyn Leigh . This is Dafoe 's third collaboration with Ferrara after 1998 's '' New Rose Hotel '' and his last feature film , 2007 's '' Go Go Tales '' . The film was shot in one location , an apartment , set during the course of the last 24 hours before the biblical apocalypse . Ferrara 's longtime cinematographer Ken Kelsch shot the film . '' 4:44 – Last Day on Earth '' competed at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September 2011 and released in theatres in March 2012 . In April 2013 , Ferrara began shooting a fictionalized version of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case titled '' Welcome to New York '' . It stars Gérard Depardieu in the role of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Jacqueline Bisset as Anne Sinclair . It was released on May 17 , 2014 on VOD because the film failed to be picked up for theatrical distribution
68th Venice International Film Festival
68th Venice International Film Festival
Abel Ferrara