Happenings in the documentary film world and within the School of Visual Arts MFA in Social Documentary Film Community
Sasha is currently in Indonesia filming her thesis film “Where Heaven Meets Hell: the Sulfur Miners of Kawah Ijen”. Sasha created this film last semester as one of her semester projects – it also deals with issues related to Indonesian culture and people.
Karma: The Outcasts of Bali from Sasha Friedlander on Vimeo.
Telegraph 21, the innovative website for documentary filmmakers, announced the winners of its Best of Student Docs 2010 contest. Winners were selected in two categories: Short Doc (under 15 min) and Feature Doc (15-60min). The winners are:
“Racing Dreams” the new documentary film by Marshall Curry will be shown on Thursday 6.10.10 at 6pm in the SocDoc Theater (ground floor – 136 W 21t street NY, NY 10011).
This free screening will be followed by a Q&A with Marshall Curry. Please rsvp to mbhattacharya(at)sva.edu
Join us in NYC for the World Premiere of the tenth annual Media That Matters collection!
6:00 pm: Doors Open
7:00—9:00 pm: Screening of tenth annual Media That Matters collection
Arrive early to take part in the impACT salon with some of our presenting partners for Take Action opportunities and a chance to meet the festival filmmakers.
Be among the first to see the 12 new inspiring short films selected this year by our jury of eight incredible activists and media makers.
School of Visual Arts
Visual Arts Theatre
333 West 23rd Street
New York, NY
See map
The theater is accessible by wheelchair.
The Time Machine by Mark Kendall, class of 2010 is being shown at:
March 10-19 Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Ave ( at 2nd St)
New York
212-505-5181
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org
Selected programs will be introduced by Tom Hurwitz, the filmmaker’s son, and by Manfred Kirchheimer, who worked with Leo Hurwitz on many of his later films. For full descriptions and details of the films, please visit: www.anthologyfilmarchives.org CONTINUE READING »
We are hosting a special screening of BAREFOOT TO TIMBUKTU
followed by a Q&A with Ernst Aebi on Tuesday 2/9/10 in our theater.
Feel free to invite guests. Please rsvp to mbhattacharya@sva.edu. Thanks!
BAREFOOT TO TIMBUKTU
Opening February 12th at the Quad in New York
Directed by Martina Egi
BAREFOOT TO TIMBUKTU cleverly weaves archival and new material into a fascinating portrait of artist Ernst Aebi, an out-of-the-ordinary Swiss/American swashbuckler, one of the pioneers in the transformation of Soho and Tribeca’s factory spaces to lofts, and a social activist of a different kind. CONTINUE READING »
The festival is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people living with different disabilities. The festival presents award winning films in various locations throughout the NY metropolitan area. Discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience. Visit www.reelabilities.org for full program. For tickets visit www.jccfilm.org and click on ReelAbilities logo, or call (646) 505-5708. Student rate $5 per ticket.
Thursday, 01.21.10
Deborah Shaffer – Work in Progress –
“To Be Heard”
Thursday 01.28.10
Susan Fromke and Deborah Dickson –
“Lalee’s Kin”
Thursday 02.04.10
Paula Heredia –
Director, Editor, Cinematographer
Thursday 02.11.10
Alice Elliott –
Advocacy and Education “The Collector of Bedford Street”
Thursday 02.18.10
Joshua Bennett – Nitty Gritty of Producing Shoots
Thursday 02.25.10
Richard Hankin – “Capturing the Freidmans”
Thursday 03.04.10
Sandi Dubowski – “Trembling Before G*d”
Thursday 03.18.10
Natalia Almada – Producer, Director, Editor
Thursday 03.25.10
Brett Morgen –
Reconstruction/recreation, animation, photo animation
Thursday 04.01.10
John Walter, Director, Editor
Thursday 04.09.10
Kathy Brew and Roberto Guerra –
On foreign turf, dealing with difficult production issues
Thursday 04.15.10
Vee Bravo & Bernardo Ruiz
“Estilo Hip-Hop” & “Clemente”
Thursday 04.22.10
TBA
I’M DANGEROUS WITH LOVE will be getting a “sneak preview” in the upcoming winter season of STRANGER THAN FICTION in NYC at the IFC Theater.
The film will screen on Tues. Dec. 15 at 8pm. A Q&A with Michel Negroponte and Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis to follow.
There will also be a post-show reception at 99 Below featuring drink specials (99 MacDougal St.).
For more information about ticket sales & reservations, please go to:
http://stfdocs.com/films/im_dangerous_with_love/
The IFC Theater contact info:
IFC Center
www.ifccenter.com
323 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10014-4403
(212) 924-7771
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