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.

Liberia: An Uncivil War Wins IDFA Special Jury Prize

Liberia: An Uncivil War, was awarded a Special Jury Prize at the conclusion of the International Documentary Film Festival. The film was edited by Michael Kovalenko, an Edit Center alum, and aired on the Discovery Channel earlier this year.

Edit Center Alumni Edit Looking South

Edit Center alumni Denise Garcia, David Bemis, and Ancil McKain are all working as editors on the television show Looking South, an interview program that examines Latin American economic, social, and political developments.  David was a student of the September 2003 six-week course, while Ancil and Denise were both students in the summer of 2003.

Saving Face Purchased by Sony Classics

Saving Face, directed by Edit Center alum Alice Wu, has been purchased for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics.  The film was a hit at the Toronto Film Festival, where Variety called it "a warmly observed, low-key charmer."  It was edited by Susan Graef (She's the One) and Edit Center instructor Sabine Hoffman (Personal Velocity).

Film School Begins on IFC

Film School, a reality series about NYU students making their thesis films, has begun airing on the Independent Film Channel (Fridays at 10:30 pm).  Edit Center graduates Minnea Lin, Matthew Hamacheck, and Ancil McKain worked as assistant editors on the series, helping to manage the 2,000 hours that were shot (and eventually edited down to six half-hour episodes).

Be Here to Love Me Purchased by Palm Pictures

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt, directed by Margaret Brown and edited by Edit Center alum Michael Taylor, has been purchased for distribution by Palm Pictures.  The film premiered in the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month.

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.)

Speedo to Air on PBS

Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story will be airing on PBS on Tuesday, August 24 at 10:00pm. Speedo, directed by Jesse Moss, was the project of the July 2002 course and was edited by Edit Center instructor Aaron Lubarsky (Journeys With George).  Edit Center alums Rob Gilpatrick, Ken Yapelli and Mollie Goldstein were assistant editors on the film.