For short films, the Tribeca Film Festival is a must. Winning the award for Narrative Short or Best Documentary Short automatically qualifies a film for the Academy Awards. Their track record isn’t too bad either. Shawn Christensen’s Curfew had its New York premiere at the Festival and went on to win the Academy Award.
This year, Tribeca will show 60 short films in eight categories, from a variety of new and returning directors (including Christensen with Grandma’s Not A Toaster), and featuring performances from a number of Hollywood stars. Elijah Wood plays a standup comic who attempts a daring set in Setup,...
This year, Tribeca will show 60 short films in eight categories, from a variety of new and returning directors (including Christensen with Grandma’s Not A Toaster), and featuring performances from a number of Hollywood stars. Elijah Wood plays a standup comic who attempts a daring set in Setup,...
- 3/11/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Twenty-eight world, U.S. and New York premieres are on tap for the 21st New York Jewish Film Festival, opening January 11 with the New York debut of Guy Nattiv's "Mabul" (The Flood). In all, 35 features and shorts from 11 countries will screen during the event, presented by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center at the Walter Reade Theater and Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center January 11 - 26. Closing out the festival will be the world premiere of Caroline Laskow and Ian Rosenberg's "Welcome to Kutsher's: The Last Catskills Resort," which focuses on the last surviving Jewish resort in the Catskills, in its heyday one of the legendary "Borscht Belt" hotels. Highlights from the 21st New York Jewish Film Festival with descriptions and information provided by the Film Society of Lincoln Center: [For a full lineup and more information, visit the Film Society of Lincoln Center's website.] Guy Nattiv's...
- 12/12/2011
- Indiewire
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