Class projects

First-Time Caller Featured in Indie Slate Magazine

First-Time Caller, the project of the September/October 2003 six-week course, was featured in the "True Tales of Reel Life" section of the most recent issue of Indie Slate magazine. The article chronicles the process of director Paul Sullivan (a former producer for The Daily Show) and writer Ted Sullivan (an Emmy-nominee for As the World Turns) from pre-production through post. First-Time Caller was edited by Edit Center alum Jon Griggs, who is also featured in the Indie Slate story.

 

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.

 

Swimmers Reviewed in the Hollywood Reporter

The Edit Center class project Swimmers, which recently played in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, was very well reviewed in the Hollywood Reporter recently. "Mature audiences looking for a deeply-felt, human-scale story should be given the chance to enjoy this one in theaters," James Greenberg wrote. Swimmers was edited by Edit Center instructor Affonso Goncalves and alum Lilah Bankier, with assistance from alum Paul Kondo.

 

Assisted Living and Unscrewed to Open in Theaters

Elliot Greenebaum's Assisted Living and Leslie Shearing's Unscrewed (formerly titled Dogs in the Basement and Sex & How to Fix It) are both opening in theaters this February. Assisted Living, which was a class project in November/December of 2000 and won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2002 Slamdance Film Festival, will start at the Angelika on February 4. Unscrewed, the project of the November/December 2001 course, opens at the Quad Cinema on February 9.

 

Swimmers and Room: Edit Center Class Projects Accepted to Sundance

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.

 

Evergreen Opens to Excellent Reviews

Evergreen, the project of the May/June 2003 six-week course, has opened in AMC theaters nationwide and is garnering great reviews from critics across the country.  The LA Times writes that Evergreen is “the kind of small, deeply personal American film that rarely surfaces even in art theaters these days…Mainstream moviegoers at their local AMC willing to stray from Hollywood fare may find themselves pleasantly surprised," and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says it is "a rare film that's about social class in American life, and Bellingham writer-director Enid Zentelis explores its hidden structure and silent barriers in a novel, subtle way that makes its points without hitting us over the head with them."  Evergreen was edited by Edit Center instructor Meg Reticker, with alumni Anita Gabrosek and Chad Back serving as associate and assistant editors.

 

Year of the Bull Airing on Showtime

Year of the Bull, the project of two summer 2002 classes, is airing on Showtime this month.  The film, a documentary that follows a high school football star in his senior year, was edited by Edit Center instructor Emir Lewis and Edit Center alum Matthew Ludvino.  Alum Sonya Rhee was an assistant editor on the film, which won the Best Documentary Award at the Sonoma Film Festival earlier this year.

 

Evergreen to Open at AMC Theaters

Evergreen, the project of the May 2003 course, will be opening in AMC Theaters nationwide on September 10.  This caps off a series of festival successes for Evergreen, which premiered in the dramatic competition of the 2003 Sundance film festival.  Evergreen was edited by Edit Center instructor Meg Reticker (Heavy, The Big One, Wet Hot American Summer) with associate editor Anita Gabrosek and assistant editor Chad Beck (both Edit Center alumni.)

 

The Mudge Boy Opens in Theaters

The Mudge Boy, the project of the September/October 2002 class, will be opening in theaters this Friday, May 7. The Mudge Boy was edited by Edit Center instructor Affonso Goncalves after going through the class and was in competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. It was produced by Showtime and is being distributed by Strand Releasing.