Swimmers, the project of the January 2004 Edit Center class, has been purchased for distribution by Skouras Films. Swimmers will be released in theaters next year and will then air on the Sundance Channel. This follows the film's recent win at the Seattle Film Festival, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best New American Film. Swimmers was directed by Doug Sadler and edited by Edit Center alum Lilah Bankier and Edit Center instructor Affonso Goncalves.
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.
Apple has published an article on their web site covering the Edit Center, Swimmers, and Room. Also available on the Edit Center press page, the article is called "Cut to Sundance" and covers the Edit Center's role in helping these two films (both class projects) on their way to the Sundance Film Festival.
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.