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2009-10-16T13:43:00.001-04:00

GOTHAM SCREEN 3rd Annual Film Festival & Screenplay Contest

GOTHAM SCREEN 2009 Film Festival Line-Up Announced

The program line-up for the 2009 GOTHAM SCREEN Film Festival in New York has now been announced, and tickets are available for sale online.

Join us for six days of screenings and events, with independent feature films, documentaries and short films from around the world. A first glimpse at the highlights of this year's lineup:

Opening Night Premiere:  "Loft" Belgium 2008 - Thursday, October 21st , 8:30pm 
A sexy Belgian thriller, starring Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Matthias Schoenaerts, Veerle Baetens, Laura Verlinden and An Miller; Dir.: Erik Van Looy. U.S. Premiere.

Closing Night Premiere:  "The Understudy" US 2008- Sunday, October 25th, 7:30pm 
A cool New York comedy, starring Marin Ireland, Paul Sparks, Aasif Mandvi, Richard Kind, Tom Wopat, Gloria Reuben, Reiko Aylesworth; Dir: David Conolly & Hannah Davis. New York Premiere.

Special Screening:  "The Belgrade Phantom" UK 2008- Saturday, October 24th, 9pm
A “Fast and Furious’ for the Socialist era” at the end of the 70s,  starring Milutin Milošević, Radoslav Milenković, Marko Živić, Nada Macankovic; Dir: Jovan Todorović. U.S. Premiere.

Live Staged Reading: Tuesday, October 20th, 7:30pm
A selection of excerpts from finalists for the Circleframe Award of the
Gotham Screen screenplay contest are performed live on stage. Free Event.

The festival will take place at the Tribeca Cinemas in downtown Manhattan, from October 20th thru 25th. Tickets are now on sale at www.gothamscreen.com (hurry, certain screenings have nearly sold out).

Festival Dates: Tuesday, October 20th, 2008 - Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Location: Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street (at Laight), New York, NY 10013

For all inquiries and ticket sales, please go to the festival website at www.gothamscreen.com
For all press and industry inquiries please contact:
Stacey Burgay - sburgay@gothamscreen.com / 212-693-5500

2009-08-09T17:57:00.004-04:00

2009 FILM AND SCREENPLAY SUBMISSIONS - DEADLINES APPROACHING FAST

Just a quick reminder that submission deadlines for this year's film fest and screenplay contest are approaching fast. Reduced submission rates end on August 15, after that regular rates will apply.

We have already spotted a few great works among the submissions, but are still looking for many more to complete this year's program. We're looking forward to review and read your film and script entries, to once more determine the best of this year's crop.

We will keep you updated with further announcements on the program-line-up, more info on deadlines, and everything else you need to know about this year's fest. And most of all, we are looking for ward to seeing old and new friends at the event later this fall, so mark your diaries now for the week of October 20-25!

See you then, and all the best,

Your Gotham Screen Team

KEY DATES
August 15th – Early Entry deadline
August 31st – Regular Entry deadline

Festival Dates: Tuesday, October 20 - Sunday, October 25, 2009
Location: Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street (at Laight), New York, NY 10013

For all inquiries and submissions, please go to our website at www.gothamscreen.com

2009-03-15T13:44:00.001-04:00

GOTHAM SCREEN 3rd Annual Film Festival & Screenplay Contest Announced

A Celebration of New American Cinema & International Discoveries

The dates for the 2009 GOTHAM SCREEN Film Festival and Screenplay Contest have been announced today. The festival will take place at the Tribeca Cinemas in downtown Manhattan, from October 20th thru 25th, 2009.

Join us in our third year for six days of screenings at Tribeca Cinemas in downtown Manhattan, with an eclectic selection of international and American feature films, shorts and documentaries.

Tickets and passes will go on sale in early October. For inquiries and submissions, please go to www.gothamscreen.com. Submission deadlines are in late August.

Entries for feature films, shorts and documentaries, as well as screenplays are now being accepted at www.gothamscreen.com.

Set up by a group of Gotham based producers and productions companies, the GOTHAM SCREEN screenplay contest is specifically targeted at up and coming writers who don't have agency or management representation yet but would otherwise have the talent and craft to make it in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

The popular screenplay contest comes again this year with a $2,500 cash prize for the winning screenplay, and excerpts from selected entries will be preformed live at a staged reading. GOTHAM SCREEN hopes to find writers who are serious about their craft and ready to work with producers in further developing their screenplays and stories.

KEY DATES
August 15th – Early Entry Deadline
August 31st – Regular Entry Deadline
October 20th – 3rd Annual GOTHAM SCREEN Film Festival in NYC

Festival Dates: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Location: Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street (at Laight), New York, NY 10013

For all inquiries and submissions, please go to our website at www.gothamscreen.com

2009-03-09T04:28:00.002-04:00

The 09 Season is upon us....

This is submission season for the Gotham Screen Film Festival and Screenplay contest is about to start soon. Submissions will open in a few days via the gothamscreen.com website, and later also again via withoutabox.com.

We look forward to your contributions to this year's festival!

2008-11-15T11:53:00.002-05:00

Gotham Screen 2008 Circleframe Award Winner, for Best Cinematography (Nicolas Karakatsanis) and Best Actress (Eline Kuppens), LEFT BANK (LINKEROEVER), has been picked up for US distribution by theatrical distributor IFC Films.

2008-11-04T04:23:00.000-05:00

2008 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Awards announced

The winning films and screenplays were annnounced on the closing night 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 Konstatopoulos - Winner of the $2,500 Circleframe Screenwriting Award, sponsored by Triboro Pictures.

Best Comedy - The Method by Beth Overmyr

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 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 will be posted over the next days...

2008-10-31T13:27:00.001-04:00

HOW TO BE / PRETTY UGLY PEOPLE - TICKETING UPDATE

A few additional tickets have just gone on sale for the sold out shows of HOW TO BE and PRETTY UGLY PEOPLE this weekend at the GOTHAM SCREEN Film Festival.

Please go to the website at www.gothamscreen.com for details.

As additional tickets are very limited, we cannot guarantee that they will be available for very long. We apologize if your choice of ticket should have already sold out.

Best of luck, and see you at the festival.

2008-10-30T00:57:00.001-04:00

Q&A's at GOTHAM SCREEN 2008:

The following filmmakers have announced that they will be available for Q&A session after the screening of their films:

Thursday, October 30 - Shorts Selection I:
Talk downstairs in the Lower Festival Lounge, with Baley Wynn (director of Daisy), Hal Jordan (director of The Assassin Project) and Jeff Lycett (director of Denim).

Thursday, October 30 - Face Addict:
Q&A with Suzanne Peric, Michael Deiss (producers) and Walter Steding (protagonist).

Thu, Oct 30 - Left / Right:
Q&A with Matt and Todd Wolfe (directors).

Fri, Oct 31 - How To Be:
Q&A with Oliver Irving (director).

Fri, Oct 31 - From A Place Of Darkness:
Q&A with Douglas Raine (director).

Sat, Nov 1 - Shorts Selection II:
Talk with Lisa Martin (director Gare d'Austerlitz) and Kelsy Chauvin (director Bridal Party).

Sat, Nov 1 - How To Be:
Q&A with Oliver Irving (director).

Sun, Nov 2 - Shorts Selection III:
Talk with Conor Simpson (Holomover), Nick Barbieri (Word on the Street), Philip Broste (Elysium), Jay Kanzler (My Uncle Arnie) and Rupert Bryan (Bloodline).

Sun, Nov 2 - Pretty Ugly People:
Q&A with Tate Taylor (director).

Screening Updates

2008-10-15T18:21:00.001-04:00

Gotham Screen 08 – Updated Line-Up and Additional Screenings

The following screenings have been added to the festival line-up:

New Screening:
The Other Half (L’Autre Moitié), starring Abel Jafri, Kader Boukhanef, Nade Dieu and Roberto Bestazzoni, directed by Rolando Colla. We’re delighted to be hosting the East coast screening of this important and timely drama.

Additional Screening:
Following the sell-out within hours of the first screening of How To Be, a second screening of the film starring Robert Pattinson, Rebecca Pidgeon and Jeremy Hardy has been added on Friday, October 31st, at 6:30 pm, at Tribeca Cinema 1. Please go to www.gothamscreen.com for details and tickets.

Tickets are now on sale for both films – please go to the festival website at www.gothamscreen.com.

See you at the festival!

GOTHAM SCREEN

2008 Line-up

2008-10-03T12:33:00.002-04:00

More additions to the line-up to follow shortly... watch this space!

First Highlights of 2008 Line-Up Announced...

2008-10-03T01:11:00.003-04:00

The first highlights of the GOTHAM SCREEN 2008 line-up have just been announced:

Opening Night Premiere:
"Left Bank (Linkeroever)" Belgium 2008 - Thursday, October 30th (date & time tbc)
starring Eline Kuppens, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marilou Mermans; Dir: Pieter Van Hees

Closing Night Premiere:
"Pretty Ugly People" US 2008- Sunday, November 2ndt (date & time tbc)
starring Missi Pyle, Melissa McCarthy, Josh Hopkins, Octavia Spencer, Dir: Tate Taylor

Special Screening:
"How to Be" UK 2008- Saturday, November 1st (date & time tbc)
starring Robert Pattinson, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Hardy; Dir: Oliver Irving

More movies and events coming soon!

Last Day To Submit!

2008-09-30T10:35:00.005-04:00

Today is the last day to submit to the GOTHAM SCREEN 2008 Film Fest and Screenplay Contest. Don't miss your chance to participate, and win attractive prizes! Submit directly at withoutabox.com .

Extended Late Submission Deadline on withoutabox.com

2008-09-24T11:47:00.001-04:00

The submission deadlines for the 2008 GOTHAM SCREEN film festival and screenplay contest have now passed. You can still submit through withoutabox.com, which has exclusive extended late deadlines for another few days...

Final Deadlines Approaching – Line-up Soon to be Announced

2008-09-16T12:50:00.001-04:00

The final deadline for submissions to the 2008 GOTHAM SCREEN Film Festival and Screenplay Contest is approaching fast. Submissions close in less than a week, on September 23 (extended submissions will still be possible through withoutabox.com). The festival will take place at the Tribeca Cinemas in downtown Manhattan, from October 31st thru November 1st.

The line-up for this years festival, chosen from a bumper crop of promising films from around the world, will be announced in the coming days.

Tickets and passes will go on sale in early October. For all inquiries and submissions, please go to www.gothamscreen.com.

Set up by a group of Gotham based producers and productions companies, the GOTHAM SCREEN screenplay contest is specifically targeted at up and coming writers who don't have agency or management representation yet but would otherwise have the talent and craft to make it in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

The contest comes new this year with a $2,500 cash prize for the winning screenplay, and excerpts from selected entries will be preformed live at a staged reading. GOTHAM SCREEN hopes to find writers who are serious about their craft and ready to work with producers in further developing their screenplays and stories.

KEY DATES
September 23rd – Late Entry Deadline
October 31st – 2nd Annual GOTHAM SCREEN Film Festival in NYC

Festival Dates: Friday, October 31, 2008 - Saturday, November 1, 2008
Location: Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street (at Laight), New York, NY 10013

For all inquiries and submissions, please go to our website at www.gothamscreen.com

Deadlines approaching

2008-09-15T13:13:00.002-04:00

The deadline for regular submissions to the film festival and screenplay contest is September 15, 2008 (postmark).

GOTHAM SCREEN 2008 - Film Festival and Screenplay Contest

2008-09-15T11:55:00.004-04:00

The Festival will take place from October 31st to November 1st at the Tribeca Cinemas in downtown Manhattan.