October 2014 class project, Queen of Earth, will be released in theaters on Wednesday, August 26th at IFC and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Catch a Q&A with Alex Ross Perry and Elisabeth Moss after the 8:30 screenings at IFC on Wednesday and Thursday.
TEC alums Dylan Greiss and Regina Sobel served as associate editors and Anthony Mascorro and Brian Young as assistant editors.
Congrats everyone!
Filmmaker Magazine has a great interview this month with Debra Granik, the Oscar-nominated director of Winter's Bone and the just-released documentary Stray Dog. Both were Edit Center class projects and Debra gave us a huge shout out:
The Edit Center is legendary when it comes to the idea of reveling in the art of editing and the artistry and arduousness of it. The editor that edited Stray Dog, Tory Stewart, had gone through The Edit Center program and really benefited from it. She and I found it extremely rich. It injected something very positive into the process… The classes could be both intimate and large, and they were really a true help and intellectually very invigorating.
You can read the full interview here.
The September 2012 class project Stray Dog is having its New York theatrical premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, July 3rd through 9th. See poster below for details. See you there!
Stray Dog, directed by Debra Granik (Winter's Bone), follows Ron "Stray Dog" Hall, a working class man from Southern Missouri. Stray Dog is a guide for delving into the subcultures and identities that comprise his daily life. These pieces in turn shape how he relates to being a part of larger American society. He came of age as a solider in the Vietnam War, an experience that marked him for life, and which he and his peers are forced to confront as a core part of their identity. His observations, decisions and uncertainties reflect his place in American history. Each year, Stray Dog rides in the Run For the Wall, a cross-country motorcycle odyssey to the Vietnam Memorial. This pilgrimage reunites him with other vets who share a profound common bond that is among the most important in their lives. A self-described backwoods hermit, Stray Dog then finds himself embroiled in a complex love affair that takes him across the border to Mexico. He entangles himself in life with a new family and ends up bringing them home to the RV park. Together, these elements build a portrait of an everyday American trying to make sense of his world.
Congratulations to the October 2014 class! Their narrative class film Queen of Earth is the Centerpiece of the BAMcinemaFest. TEC alums Regina Sobel and Dylan Greiss served as associate editors. Alums Brian Young and Anthony Mascorro served as assistant editors.
From BAM:
Catherine (Moss) absconds to the sun-soaked serenity of her best friend Virginia (Waterston)’s lakeside cabin, quivering with anxiety and seeking refuge from the haunting memories of the past year. But as their painful pasts come slithering into the already-uncomfortable present, their nerves become frayed and personas eerily intertwined. Indie wunderkind Perry (The Color Wheel, BAMcinemaFest 2011 ) returns to BAMcinemaFest with this acerbic dissection of isolation and entitlement, steeped in homage to 70s auteurs, luminously lensed in 16mm by Sean Price Williams, and featuring an evocative minimalist score by Keegan DeWitt.
Out in the Night premieres tonight on POV! TEC alum Sarah Devorkin served as the co-editor on Out in the Night and alums Scott Burgess and Chris Iverson served as additional editors
Out in the Night chronicles a group of African-American lesbian friends who were threatened by a man on the street in Greenwich Village in 2006. After fighting back, the women were charged with gang assault and attempted murder. Tabloids dubbed them a "wolf-pack" and a gang of "killer lesbians". Out in the Night explores their case, and the role that race and sexuality play in our criminal justice system.
Out of My Hand, the story of a Liberian rubber plantation worker struggling to make it as a New York City taxi driver, won the U.S. Fiction Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The film was written and directed by alum Takeshi Fukunaga and edited by Takeshi and fellow alum Eugene Yi. You can see other festival winners here.
We Could Be King, which was edited by alums Chris Iversen and David Lieberman, just won a Sports Emmy:
The film, directed by three-time Emmy-nominated documentarian Judd Ehrlich (Magic Camp, Run For Your Life), takes an in-depth and intimate look at urban America’s education crisis, specifically in Philadelphia. Due to minimized budgets, Philly’s Germantown High School was absorbed into their biggest rival, Martin Luther King. Through football, the MLK Cougars move past the longstanding rivalry aside and motivate an entire community.
I Believe in Unicorns, the class project for the November/December 2011 and July/August 2012 six-week classes, just got a great review from Village Voice critic Alan Scherstuhl:
The performances are strong, the imaginary visions are suggestive and fleeting, and the film as a whole is swoony, tender, skittish, a little scary — in short, this is what young love feels like. More Meyerhoff, please!
The film was edited by alums Rebecca Laks and Michael Taylor. Read more here. The film is playing at the IFC Center in New York.
In more good news following its acquisition by HBO, Mavis! has been selected as the closing night film at AFI Docs.
The Washington, DC based festival runs from June 17-21. Mavis!, a documentary about the life of musician and civil rights activist Mavis Stapleton, was produced by TEC alum Rachel Mills and edited by TEC alum Amy Foote.
Out of My Hand, TEC alum Takeshi Fukunaga's debut feature, will make its North American premiere at LA Film Fest. The film was edited by TEC alum Eugene Yi. Read more about the film and see a short teaser here.
