Red Doors, the July/August 2004 class project, opens at the Angelika Film Center on Friday, September 8th. The film, a 2005 Tribeca Award Winner, was produced by TEC alum Jane Chen, and edited by TEC instructor Youna Kwak.
Red Doors to be distributed by Polychrome Pictures
Red Doors, the project of the July/August 2004 six-week class, has been purchased for distribution by Polychrome Pictures, in association with Warner Bros. Home Video. Additionally, CBS and Paramount Network TV have commissioned a one-hour pilot script based on Red Doors to be written by TEC alum Jane Chen with Geogia Lee and Mia Riverton.
Red Doors Wins at Outfest
Red Doors, the project of the July 2004 six-week class, won two awards at Outfest this week: the Audience Award for First Narrative Feature and the Grand Jury Award for Screenwriting. This follows the film's win at Tribeca, where it was given the NY, NY Best Narrative Feature award. Red Doors was directed by Georgia Lee and edited by TEC instructor Youna Kwak.
Festival Updates
Swimmers, the class project for the January 2004 class, was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best New American Film at the Seattle International Film Festival. Red Doors, the July 2004 class project, won the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting at the CineVegas Film Festival. Home, the other July 2004 class project, won the Jury Award Honorable Mention for Best Feature Film at the Silverdocs Film Festival.
Red Doors Wins at Tribeca
Red Doors, the July/August 2004 six-week class project, won Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Georgia Lee, Red Doors was also the recipient of a Jerome Foundation New York Media Arts Grant Award. Edit Center instructor Youna Kwak was the editor on the film, which was cut at Final Frame.
Red Doors, Gymnast, and How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It): Class Projects Accepted to Major Film Festivals
Red Doors, the project of the July/August 2004 six-week course, has been accepted to this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Georgia Lee, the film was edited by Edit Center instructor Youna Kwak, with assistance from Edit Center alum Lori Kefalos. Gymnast, directed by Oscar-nominee Edet Belzberg, was the first Edit Center project ever and will be screening in the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival this year. How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It), a documentary about Melvin Van Peebles, was the project of the January/February 2002 course. Directed by Joe Angio (editor-in-chief of Time Out New York), the film will be screening at the Full Frame and Tribeca film festivals.