Winter’s Bone, The Kids Are All Right, and Inside Job have all received awards nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Winter’s Bone, the TEC class project in May 2009, has received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay as well as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. Winter’s Bone was edited by TEC instructor, Affonso Goncalves, who was assisted by Naomi Goodman and Tory Stewart, both TEC alums. The Kids Are All Right, in which TEC alum Riva Marker was an executive produce received a nomination for Best Picture, as well as nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Original Screenplay. Inside Job, which was edited and co-written by TEC alums Chad Beck and Adam Bolt and assisted by alums Eugene Yi, Sheila Shirazi, and John Woo is nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Winners will be announced on February 27, 2011. For a full list of Oscar nominations, visit Oscar.com.
Edit Center Alums and Teachers Headed to Sundance
Sundance announced its lineup this week which includes two class films, Homework and Hot Coffee. Also headed to Park City is a slew of TEC alums/instructors. Alums: Chad Beck, Sarah Devorkin, Chris Branca (editors, Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times); Mollie Goldstein & Sophie Corra (editor and asst editor, Homework); Matt Hamachek (editor, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front); Cindy Lee & Rebecca Saladoff (editor and asst editor, Hot Coffee); Robert Austin (asst editor, The Redemption of General Buttnaked); Jennifer Lee (consulting editor, Gun Hill Road); Curtis Grout (editor, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same); Andrew Pang, Eugene Yi (asst editors, Margin Call). Instructors: Anne McCabe (The Ledge); Colleen Sharp (Higher Ground); Eric Kissack (Cedar Rapids); Pete Beaudreau (Margin Call). For a full list of films and to see which categories the films above are screening in, visit Sundance.
Independent Spirit Award Nominations Include Class Films and Alums
The 26th annual Independent Spirit Awards' nominations were announced today and include a slew of TEC Alums, Instructors, and a class film. Winter's Bone leads the awards pack with 7 nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, and both Best Male and Female Lead. Other nominees include: Best Feature, The Kids Are Alright (Executive Producer, Riva Marker, TEC alum); Best First Feature, Night Catches Us (Editor, Affonso Gonçalves, TEC instructor); Someone to Watch Award, Hossein Keshavarz for TEC project, Dog Sweat. Also nominated for Best First Screenplay was Monogomy which was edited by TEC alum/instructor, Mollie Goldstein and Tiny Furniture which was edited by TEC alum Lance Edmands. For the full list of nominees, visit indieWIRE.
Winter's Bone Wins at Gotham Awards
Winter's Bone, the project of the May 2009 6-week class, won Best Feature and Best Ensemble Performance at the 2010 Gotham Awards. See all the winners at indieWIRE.
For Once in My Life Wins Award from IDA
For Once in My Life, the project of the July 2009 6-week class, was one of five films to win an award from the International Documentary Association. FOIML was awarded the IDA Music Documentary Award and will be honored at a gala in December at the Director's Guild Theater. TEC alum, Amy Foote, was the film's editor.
Winter's Bone Leads in Gotham Awards
Winter's Bone, the project of the May 2009 class, has been nominated for three Gotham Awards. The film was nominated in the following categories: Best Feature, Best Ensemble Performance, and Best Breakthrough Performance (Jennifer Lawrence). The film leads the pack in nominations this year and is nominated alongside Black Swan, The Kids Are Alright, and Let Me In -- to name a few. The film was edited by TEC instructor Affonso Gonçalves who was assisted by TEC alums Naomi Goodman and Victoria Stewart.
Class Film Premieres in NY This Week
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields, a class project in 2008, premieres at the NY Film Forum this week. The film was edited by TEC alums Sarah Devorkin and Paul Kloss, who was assisted by Kathyrn Schubert. Variety writes that, "fans will drool," and that the film is "well crafted." The film opens across the country in November. For more info: strangepowersfilm.com
Early Oscar Predictions Include TEC Alums and Class Film
indieWIRE released its Oscar predictions for 2011, the following are a few highlights: The Inside Job, edited and co-written by TEC alums Chad Beck and Adam Bolt, “… will be nominated for, and likely win, best documentary feature,” writes Peter Knegt. It is also brought up as a dark horse in the categories of Best Picture and Best Editing -- a category that is historically filled solely by narratives. indieWIRE suggests The Kids Are Alright, executively produced by alum Riva Marker, is a “safe bet” in the category of Best Picture, Best Actress, and Original Screenplay. Winter’s Bone, the project of the May 2009 class, is also a contender in several categories including: Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Of course we will all have to wait until the Academy releases its short-list in the months to come. To see the full list of predictions, visit indieWIRE.
The Winning Season Premieres in Theaters
The Winning Season, the November 2008 class project, will be released in theaters on September 3rd, 2010. The film was directed by James C. Strouse (Grace is Gone) and features Sam Rockwell (Frost/Nixon, Moon) as a washed-up former basketball coach, who is offered another chance to prove himself as the head of his local high school's girls varsity team. The supporting cast includes Rob Corddry (W., "The Daily Show"), Emma Roberts (Valentine's Day), and Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). The film was also co-produced by TEC alum Riva Marker.
For Once in My Life Featured in DocuWeeks Showcase
For Once in My Life, the project of the July 2009 6-week class, will be featured in the 2010 DocuWeeks Showcase. DocuWeeks is an annual event sponsored by the International Documentary Association, which helps independent documentaries screen in both NYC and LA, the two cities that films need to screen in in order to qualify for an Oscar nomination. For Once in My Life was edited by alum Amy Foote, and has won a number of accolades from film festivals, including the "Audience Award" at the South by Southwest Film Festival and the "Audience Award for Best Documentary" at both the Sarasota Film Festival and Nashville Film Festival, respectively. For more information on DocuWeeks and For Once in My Life screening times, click here.