Una Noche, edited by TEC alum and instructor Cindy Lee (Hot Coffee, No End In Sight) picked up three top awards last week at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. The film, directed by Lucy Mulloy, received the award for Best Actor in a Narrative Feature, Best New Narrative Director, and Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature. The film follows three young Cubans as they flee their country for a new life in Miami. www.unanochefilm.com
TEC at the Oscars!
How To Survive a Plague, edited by TEC alum Tyler Walk, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2012 and went on to have a theatrical release later that year. How To Survive A Plague has also been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary.
Beasts of the Southern Wild, edited by TEC instructor Affonso Goncalves, was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. TEC alum Kathryn Schubert served at Affonso's assistant editor on the film. Beasts of the Southern Wild premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it received the Grand Jury Prize. The film was also nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature.
Film Edited by TEC Alum Picked up by Magnolia
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, edited by TEC alum Chris Branca has been picked up by Magnolia for a theatrical release. TEC alum Michael Taylor served as Consulting Editor on the film. Magnolia is planning an early summer 2013 release. The film tells the story of the 1970s pop-rock band Big Star, which never broke through to mainstream success but was very influential in the music world. The film first screened at 2012's SXSW Film Festival, and had its world premiere at BFI London. It picked up an award for Best Documentary Feature at the Indie Memphis Film Festival. To view the film and it’s trailer, click here.
Class Film Opens at Cinema Village Today
2011 class film In Our Nature, starring Zach Gilford, Jena Malone, John Slattery and Gabrielle Union opens in New York City today at Cinema Village. The film, edited by TEC alum Kate Abernathy, premiered at South by Southwest earlier this year and will also be released theatrically in Austin, TX on December 14th. For more information on the film's release and to get tickets please visit the official website.
Film Edited by TEC Alum Picks Up Gotham Award, Spirit Nom
How to Survive a Plague, edited by Edit Center Alum Tyler Walk, received a Gotham Award for Best Documentary. Directed by David France, the film follows the evolution of the treatment of AIDS through the activism of a group of young men and women. How to Survive a Plague premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and went on to have a theatrical release later this year. The film has also been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best Documentary. Spirit Award winners will be announced in February of 2013.
Class Film and TEC Alums at the Gotham Awards
Leah Meyerhoff, the director of Edit Center class film I Believe In Unicorns, has been nominated for IFP's Spotlight on Women Filmmakers 'Live the Dream' grant, a $25,000 cash award for alumni of IFP's Independent Filmmaker Labs. A Sundance Lab finalist, I Believe in Unicorns is Meyerhoff's first feature film and was workshopped in the Edit Center's six-week class earlier this year. The film was edited by TEC alum Becky Laks. For more information on the film please visit its website.
Meanwhile, David France's How to Survive a Plague, which was edited by TEC alum Tyler Walk, received a nomination in the Gotham Awards' Best Documentary category. The film follows two coalitions--ACT UP and TAG--whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. How to Survive a Plague premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in September. You can find the film's official website here.
A full list of Gotham Award nominees can be seen here.
Film Edited by TEC Alum Premieres In Theaters
The House I Live In, the new documentary by Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight), opens in theaters this weekend. It was edited by Edit Center graduate Paul Frost, who got a nice mention in the New York Times review: "Working again with the film editor Paul Frost, Mr. Jarecki smoothly folds these images in with dizzying statistics and a cavalcade of talking head interviews."
The House I Live In premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Grand Jury Prize in the Documentary Competition. For more information on the film's release visit the official website. Congratulations Paul!
Class Films Premiering at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival
2010 class film The Discoverers had its world premiere this weekend at The Hamptons International Film Festival. A bittersweet comedy about a dysfunctional family forced on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, the film was directed by Justin Schwartz and stars Griffin Dunne, Madeleine Martin and Cara Buono. For more information please visit the film's official website.
Also premiering at HIFF is Jyllian Gunther's documentary The New Public, which was a 2011 TEC class film and was edited by Penelope Falk (Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work). The film follows students, teachers and parents during the first four years of a public high school in a struggling Brooklyn community. Please visit the film's official website for more information.
Class Film Picked up by Zeitgeist
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters, a fall 2010 TEC class film has been picked up by Zeitgeist films and will open at Film Forum on October 31st before a nationwide release. Directed by Ben Shapiro, the film follows Gregory Crewdson, a prolific photographer who stages elaborate, large scale staged photographs of small-town American life. The film had its premiere this March at the South by Southwest Film Festival. For more information please visit the film's official website.
TEC Class Projects, Alums and Instructors Nominated for Emmys
"6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park," edited by TEC Alum and Instructor Chad Beck, and TEC Instructor Bret Granato has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special. Dimon Hunter, also a TEC alum, served as assistant editor on the film.
Class film A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrant, edited by TEC alum Amy Foote, was nominated for Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming. The film was produced by Edit Center founder Alan Oxman, Edit Center alum Rachel Mills and co-produced by Amy Foote.
Nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing are TEC Alums and Instructors Chad Beck, Adam Bolt, Chris Branca and Sarah Devorkin for their work on Page One: Inside the New York Times. The film, which was produced by Edit Center founder Alan Oxman, was also nominated for Outstanding Informational Programming.