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.
Murderball, which was edited by Edit Center instructor Geoffrey Richman, premiered in theaters July 8 and was distributed by ThinkFilm. Murderball won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, as well as the first Special Jury Prize for Editing ever awarded at Sundance. Edit Center alum Stephen Walker was the assistant editor on the film.
Stella, whose pilot episode was edited by Edit Center instructor Alan Oxman, will premiere on Comedy Central on June 28. Edit Center alum Mollie Goldstein is an editor on the series, where she is joined by Edit Center instructor Eric Kissack, the show's associate editor.
HOME, the class project in the July/August 2004 six-week course, is premiering at the Silverdocs Film Festival in June. Directed by Jeffrey M. Togman and edited by Edit Center alum Mollie Goldstein, HOME is one of only ten films chosen for Silverdocs' 2005 Feature Competition. Alum Riva Marker was the assistant editor on the film, and alum Matthew Jacob was the online editor.
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.
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.
Palindromes, directed by Todd Solondz, will be opening at the Angelika on April 13. The film was edited by Edit Center alum Mollie Goldstein and Edit Center teacher Kevin Messman. Alumni Minnea Lin and Chad Beck worked as assistant editors. Palindromes is distributed by Wellspring and will be opening in other cities across the country after its New York premiere.
Alchemy, which was edited by Edit Center Alum Allison Zell, has been accepted to this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Also screening at Tribeca will be Bittersweet Place, which was edited by Edit Center alum Mark Saunders and supervised by Edit Center instructor Anne McCabe (Maria Full of Grace).
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.
Ted Rodenborn, a student of the November/December 2003 six-week course, is now working full-time at Technicolor. Alumni Michael Taylor (July/August 2001) and Ben Stark (July/August 2004) are working together on the documentary Cropsey, directed by Josh Zeman (producer of The Station Agent). Michael is editing, and Ben is the associate editor and post supervisor. Edit Center instructor Kevin Messman has finished work on Hidden Inside Mountains, an HD film written and directed by musician Laurie Anderson. The film was recently displayed on the jumbo screens in Times Square.