Congratulations to TEC alum Sue Jacobs, music supervisor for Little Miss Sunshine. The film was nominated for five academy awards, including Best Picture. Good luck, Sue!
Grace is Gone, No End in Sight win at Sundance
Congratulations to Grace is Gone and No End is Sight, which both won big this year at Sundance. After selling to the Weinstein Co. on the first night of the festival, Grace is Gone, which was co-produced and post-supervised by TEC alum Riva Marker, was honored with both the Audience Award as well as the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. No End in Sight, which the Village Voice aptly reported was "masterfully edited" by TEC alums Chad Beck and Cindy Lee, won the Special Jury Prize in the Documentary category.
Sundance Film Festival announces 2007 selections
Congratulations to the following films premiering this year at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival: Great World of Sound, edited by TEC instructor Tim Streeto and the class project of the January and March 2006 six-week classes; No End in Sight, edited by TEC alums Chad Beck and Cindy Lee with consulting editor Alan Oxman; Grace is Gone, co-produced and post supervised by TEC alum Riva Marker; Hounddog, edited by TEC instructor Sabine Hoffman; Never Forever, edited by TEC instructor Pete Beaudreau; Pop Foul, edited by TEC alum Paul Frank; The Ten, edited by TEC instructor Eric Kissack; and The Savages, assistant edited by TEC alum Ali Muney.
Matthew Barney: No Restraint opens at the IFC Center
Matthew Barney: No Restraint, edited by TEC instructor Aaron Lubarsky and TEC alum Helen Yum, opens this week at the IFC Center. Directed by Alison Chernick, No Restraint captures the contemporary art superstar in a recent recreation of his work, transforming his artistic process into "an avant-garde, operative love story."
August in the Empire State premiers on the Sundance Channel
August in the Empire State, the November/December 2004 class project, will premiere on the Sundance Channel on October 16th at 9pm. This "refreshing examination of the polarized nature of contemporary political discourse" will continue to air until the end of the month.
HOME opens in Manhattan
HOME, the July/August 2004 class project, opened yesterday at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in Manhattan. The New York Times reviewed the film as a "marvelously revealing documentary about the psychology of poverty." HOME was edited by TEC alum Mollie Goldstein.
Slamdance presents reading of Preeti Girl
Slamdance Film Festival presents a staged reading of the Grand Prize Winning Screenplay, Preeti Girl, on Wednesday, September 20th at 7pm. Preeti Girl, was written by TEC alum Todd Holmes, whose extensive time in India filming highway courtesans inspired the story.
Red Doors opens at Angelika Film Center
Red Doors, the July/August 2004 class project, opens at the Angelika Film Center on Friday, September 8th. The film, a 2005 Tribeca Award Winner, was produced by TEC alum Jane Chen, and edited by TEC instructor Youna Kwak.
July/August six-week enjoys excellent speaker series
Special thanks to the guest speakers of the July/August six-week class: Sarah Price, Co-Director and Producer of American Movie (Grand Jury Prize, 1999 Sundance Film Festival); Anna Boden, Editor, Co-Writer, and Co-Producer of Half-Nelson (2006 Sundance Film Festival); Cindy Lee, Editor of Manhattan, Kansas (Audience Award, 2006 SXSW); and Ron Dulin, Assistant Editor of Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot (currently in post-production).
The Hill premieres on The Sundance Channel
The Hill, a six-part verité series that follows the young, driven, and quirky staff of Congressman Robert Wexler, premieres on the Sundance Channel this fall on Wednesdays at 9pm. TEC alum Steve Heffner was both the Associate Producer as well as an Associate Editor on the series, and TEC alum Ron Dulin was an Assistant Editor.