Nursery University in the New York Times

Nursery University, formerly titled The Diaper League and the project of the March/April 2007 6-week class, screened to a sold out theatre at the Margaret Mead film festival this past weekend. The two NY Times articles written about the film express that it "...depicts New York City parents as a fascinating anthropological subculture,” and that the film "examines the sometimes laughable lengths to which parents go to help their children, but to its credit, the film does not ridicule or judge them." The articles can be found here and here.

Nursery University to Screen at Margaret Mead Film Festival

Nursery University, the project of the March/April 2007 six-week course (when it was titled Diaper League), will be screening at the Margaret Mead Film Festival at the American Museum of Natural History November 15th. Nursery University premiered at the Hampton's International Film Festival this fall and was reviewed by John Anderson of VARIETY who wrote the film was "...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."

Alumni Film Opening in NYC

Run for Your Life, a documentary edited by TEC alum Alison Shurman opens this week in NYC. The film, directed by Emmy nominated filmmaker Judd Ehrlich, chronicles the life of Fred Lebow who founded the New York City Marathon. After Run for Your Life premiered at Tribeca this year, Alison's work was praised by NY Times film critic AO Scott, who wrote that "The film's words and images... create a time-lapse picture of New York's renewal." Judd's next film, an untitled documentary about a magic camp, will be workshopped in The Edit Center's upcoming Nov/Dec 6-week class.

Summer Speaker Series Ranges from 30 Rock to The Lives of Others

The Edit Center would like to extend our thanks to all the editors who visited our summer 6-week classes: Affonso Gonçalves (40 Shades of Blue, Married Life, New York I Love You), Meg Reticker (30 Rock, Wet Hot American Summer), and Stephen Garrett (trailer editor for The Lives of Others, Half Nelson, Encounters at the End of the World). And a very special thanks to our alumni who were able to return and discuss their work: Michael Taylor (The Order of Myths, Day Night Day Night), Ramsey Fendall (Moving Midway), and Alison Shurman (Run for Your Life).

Frozen River Opens in Theaters

Frozen River, the project of the May/June 2007 six-week class, premieres in NY and LA on August 1. The film stars Melissa Lo (21 Grams, The L-Word) and was the winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature. TEC instructor Kate Williams edited the film.

Finishing Heaven Premieres at the LA Film Festival

Finishing Heaven, the project of the Sept/Oct 2007 six-week class, recently premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The VARIETY review of the film singled out editor (and TEC alum) Amy Foote for how she "smoothly weaves in and out of the new and old footage." Finishing Heaven is directed by Mark Mann and produced by Independent Spirit Award winning producers David Shapiro and Laurie Gwen Shapiro. It has been purchased by HBO and will be airing in 2009.

"Best Original Score" for The Understudy

The Understudy, the project of the July/August 2007 six-week class, was awarded "Best Original Score" by the composers' union of France at the Avignon Film Festival. TEC instructor Kate Eales edited the film after the course, and it was directed by husband-and-wife team Hannah Davis and David Conolly. Next, the film will be screening at the Cambridge Film Festival in September.

Silverdocs Film Festival

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).