Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt, opens at the Angelika theater this week. Edited by TEC alum Michael Taylor, the film has been described as "a tender, impressionistic film biography" by The New York Times. Taylor also has another film opening in theaters this week, Exist: Not a Protest Film, his first editing gig after taking the six-week course in 2001.
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.
The IFP has announced its nominees for the 2005 Gotham Awards, and both Saving Face and Murderball are on the list. Edit Center alum Alice Wu has been nominated as a "Breakthrough Director" for Saving Face, which was distributed by Sony Classics earlier this year. Murderball, edited by Edit Center teacher Geoff Richman, is nominated for Best Documentary.
Alchemy, a feature film edited by Edit Center alum Allison Zell, will air on ABC Family this week. The film was directed by Evan Oppenheimer and stars Thomas Cavanagh (NBC's Ed).
The pilot episode of Restaurant Revamp is set to air on Food Network this week. The show, which was edited by Edit Center alum David Kausch, follows celebrity chef Bobby Flay as he attempts to rescue failing restaurants.
Edet Belzberg, director of Gymnast (an Edit Center class project in 1999) and The Army Recruiter (the project of the current Edit Center class), has been awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. Edet's first film, Children Underground, was nominated for an Oscar in 2002.
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.
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.