ROOM, the class project of the March/April and May/June 2004 classes will be premiering at Two Boots Pioneer Theater on June 28th at 7pm. The film, Kyle Henry's directorial debut, premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and had its international premiere at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight.
Room, the project of the May/June 2004 six-week class, has been nominated this week for two prestigious Independent Spirit Awards: The John Cassavetes Award, given to the best feature made under $500K, as well as the award for Best Female Lead. Room was edited by TEC Instructor Pete Beaudreau, who was assisted by TEC alum Riva Marker.
Room, the project of the March/April 2004 six-week course, has been accepted to the Director's Fortnight of this year's Cannes Film Festival. Room, which premiered earlier this year at Sundance, was directed by Kyle Henry and edited by Edit Center instructor Pete Beaudreau. Alumni Riva Marker and Victoria Lang were assistant editors on the film.
Swimmers and Room, both projects of Edit Center classes in 2004, have both been accepted to the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Swimmers, directed by Doug Sadler, will be screening in the American Spectrum section of the festival. After the class, Swimmers was edited by Edit Center teacher Affonso Goncalves and alum Lilah Bankier, with assistant editor (and Edit Center alum) Paul Kondo. Room, directed by Kyle Henry, was edited by Edit Center teacher Pete Beaudreau with assistance from alumni Riva Marker and Victoria Lang. It will be featured in the Frontier category.
Room, the project of the March/April class, dramatizes the mid-life crisis journey of a working class American woman as she travels from her daytime Houston worries into the woods of a Grimm's fairy tale New York City at twilight. The film is being produced by The 7th Floor with executive producers Michael Stipe and Jim McKay. Director Kyle Henry's feature film debut, American Cowboy, a documentary about a gay rodeo champ, won a student Academy Award in 1998. His short, "N.EW Y.ORK C.ASINO," won the Best Experimental Short Film award at South by Southwest in 2003.