At this year's Silverdoc Film Festival, The Order of Myths, edited by TEC alum Michael Taylor, won the Cinematic Vision Award. Winning Best Music Documentary was Throw Down Your Heart which was edited by TEC Alum Scott Burgess.
Frozen River plays at BAM at Sundance series
Frozen River, winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature, starring Melissa Lo (21 Grams, The L-Word) and the project of the May/June 2007 6-week class, will be playing in the BAM at Sundance series June 8th. BAM at Sundance Series highlights the best of the Sundance Film Festival and provides sneak peeks of work being developed with Sundance Institute support.
The Recruiter Screening in Theaters and on HBO
The Recruiter (formerly titled The Army Recruiter), which was a project of the July/August 2005, September/October 2005, and May/June 2006 six-week classes at the Edit Center, will be screening in several places this summer. It is currently playing at the Cinema Village in New York City, and in June the film will open in the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. In July, The Recruiter will begin airing on HBO. The film was directed by Macarthur-winner Edet Belzberg and edited by Edit Center alumni Adam Bolt and Chad Beck (who edited the Oscar-nominated documentary No End in Sight).
Class Projects at Tribeca, Outfest, and FilmOut
Trucker, the project of the September/October 2007 class, premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. The film, starring Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives) and Michelle Monaghan (Made of Honor), was co-produced by Edit Center alum Riva Marker. The New 20, previously titled Fast Company and the project of the November/December 2006 6-week class, will be premiering at Outfest 2008 in July. You Belong to Me, previously titled Mama's Boy and the project of both the July/August 2006 and March/April 2007 classes, won the award for best First Narrative Feature at FilmOut, the San Diego Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Hotel Gramercy Park Wins a Special Mention at Tribeca
Hotel Gramercy Park, directed by Douglas Keeve (Unzipped) and produced by Wendy Ettinger (The War Room), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last month and received a Special Mention in the category of New York State LOVES Film, Best Documentary. Harvey Feinstein of INDIEWIRE wrote that the film is "... a model of rhythmic doc editing and mise-en-scene, with colliding story lines that create sparks as they document seismic shifts in the New York City scene." TEC alums Mollie Goldstein and Cindy Lee edited the film, along with fellow alumni Ramsey Fendall and Anita Gabrosek as additional editors and Nick Bussey and Sarah Lynch as assistant editors.
Nursery University Praised in VARIETY
Nursery University, formerly titled Diaper League and the project of the March/April 2007 6-week class, was recently reviewed in VARIETY. Writer John Anderson commented that the film "...may seem like science-fiction: Strange, possessed beings stumble sleepless through a landscape of plenty, willing to sell their kidneys to get their kid into the proper pre-school.... and Nursery University plays it sympathetically, like a Spellbound in training pants." He continued that the film is "...handled with such good humor and humanity by Simon (the director) that you start to forget that what you're so involved with is the question of where some very short people...are going to be finger-painting for the next eight months."
Second season of Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane edited by TEC Alums
TEC Alums Paul Frost, Anita Gabrosek, and Anna Holtzman were all editors, with Eric Finkelstein assisting, on the upcoming season of Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane, which premieres Sunday, April 20th at 8 PM on the Style Network.
TEC Alum's Film to Screen at IFC
Edit Center alum Moira Demos wrote and produced the new documentary film, The State of Wisconsin v. Steven Avery, which will be screening at the Columbia University Film Festival at the IFC Center. Previously, Moira edited the documentary short "Ferry Tales," which was nominated for an Oscar in 2004. The State of Wisconsin v. Steven Avery is about the conviction of an innocent man, his short-lived redemption, and his current struggle to regain his freedom.
Festival Updates
Full Battle Rattle, edited by TEC instructor Youna Kwak, received the Special Jury Award in the Documentary Feature catagory at 2008 SXSW Film Festival. Run for Your Life, a film about NYC Marathon founder Fred Lebow, will premiere at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. It was edited by TEC alum Alison Shurman and assisted by alum Ted Rodenborn. Also premiering at Tribeca is Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha, edited by TEC alum Paul Frost and Hotel Gramercy Park, with many alums contributing: Mollie Goldstein and Cindy Lee, editors; Ramsey Fendall and Anita Gabrosek, additional editors; Nick Bussey and Sarah Lynch, assistant editors.
Edit Center class project at New Directors/New Films
Moving Midway, a TEC class project of Summer 2006 and edited by alum Ramsey Fendall, has been selected to appear in the New Directors/New Films festival in New York, which is co-presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. This is one of the most prestigious and selective venues for new films in the U.S.