WELCOME TO THE 2009 FESTIVAL...
Submissions are now open for the 09 season.
That was GOTHAM SCREEN 2008: Four days of screenings at the Tribeca Cinemas, with 31 movies from 14 different countries...
photo: denzil coxall
Thanks everyone for a great 2008 festival!
photo: dina litovksy
Lines sneak around the block on Saturday night for the special screening of "How To Be", starring "Twilight" topper Robert Pattinson.
Gearing up for the 2009 Festival:
In this trying time for the economy, the film industry has proven to be one of the rare bright spots, with 2009 box office admissions and box office up over 15%, year on year in the first months, and it looks like the trend will continue. The worst of times can be the best of times - we strongly believe that there exist great opportunities for filmmakers and screenwriters, and that this is an important time for artists, to go out there and make themselves heard and seen.
The 3rd Annual GOTHAM SCREEN Film Festival and Screenplay Contest will take place October 20th thru 25th
2009 in New York City.
Following the
success of the 2008 edition, this year's event has been expanded to
showcase more short and feature films during six days of screenings. The festival will again present films from around the world, including World, US and New York premieres.
GOTHAM SCREEN presents fresh voices and perspectives from local, national and international filmmakers. The mission of the festival is to create a positive industry and audience exposure for works that would otherwise not easily get seen, and give New Yorkers a chance to see fresh, undiscovered cinema from around the US, and the world.
The GOTHAM SCREEN film festival showcases cutting-edge feature, documentary and short films from independent, first- or second-time directors as well as international releases making their East Coast or US debut.
GOTHAM SCREEN tries to connect overlooked US and international films with a discerning New York audience, with the aim of boosting both the films’ and the filmmaker’s profiles in what has become an increasingly overloaded marketplace. GOTHAM SCREEN focuses exclusively on new names and lesser known filmmaking regions. The festival aims to be truly a place for new discoveries, for both audiences and industry professionals.
The 2009 Screenplay Contest comes again with a $2,500 cash prize for the winning screenplay. In addition, excerpts from a finalist screenplay contest entry will be performed live by professional actors at a staged reading during the festival. The winners of the film contest will receive valuable production software, and other production-related gifts and prizes.
2008 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Awards announced
The winning films and screenplays were annnounced on the closing day of the 2008 Gotham Screen Film Festival, Sunday, Nov 2, 2008:
Audience Award - Pretty Ugly People
Tate Taylor, director
Best Feature - The Other Half (L'Autre Moitié)
Rolando Colla, director
Best Documentary - Face Addict
Edo Bertoglio, director
Best Photography - Left Bank (Linkeroever)
Nicolas Karakatsanis, Cinematographer/DP
Best Actress - Eline Kuppens, Left Bank (Linkeroever)
Best Actor - Robert Pugh, Goodnight Irene
Best Short Film - Word On The Street
Nick Barbieri, director
Winners of the 2008 GOTHAM SCREEN Screenwriting Awards:
Best Screenplay - The Virgin Of Poughkeepsie
A romantic comedy, by Eva Konstantopoulos - Winner of the $2,500 Circleframe Screenwriting Award, sponsored by Triboro Pictures.
Best Comedy - The Method
by Beth Overmyer
Best Drama - Lone Scout
by Alan O'Connor
Best Adventure - The Legend of Jean Lafitte
by C. Robert Holloway
Best Children's/Family - The Magical Kingdom of Naga as Envisioned by the Princess Lena
by Tanya Klein
Best Horror - Buzz
by Mark Cerulli
Best Thriller - American Gothic
by Melissa Bruning
Congratulations to all the winners!
Complete lists of all screenplay contest semi-finalists and finalists can be found here...
Opening Night Premiere 08:
"Left Bank (Linkeroever)" Belgium 2008
starring Eline Kuppens, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marilou Mermans; Dir: Pieter Van Hees
Closing Night Premiere 08:
"Pretty Ugly People" US 2008
starring Missi Pyle, Melissa McCarthy, Josh Hopkins, Octavia Spencer, Dir: Tate Taylor
Special Screening 08:
"How to Be" UK 2008
starring Robert Pattinson, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Hardy; Dir: Oliver Irving
