Gotham Screen Film Festival & Screenplay Contest
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GOTHAM SCREEN is the newest addition to New York City
's film festival
scene.
After its debut in 2007 as a screenplay contest, Gotham Screen, or GSIFF International Film Festival, has been expanded to showcase shorts and feature films. This years festival will take place in downtown Manhattan
, at the Quad Cinema, at the end of October.
This festival gives filmmakers the chance to have their work shown and critically judged in New York. Gotham Screen specializes in 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. The concurrently held screenplay contest also holds regular readings throughout the year.
The festival's International Showcase will this year host a selection of Europe
an, Middle Eastern and Asia
n feature films, shorts and documentaries
, while the New American Cinema section brings the latest in US shorts and independents.
The GOTHAM SCREEN Screenplay Contest is aimed at first and second time screenwriters and comes with a $2,500 cash prize for the winning screenplay. In addition, excerpts from selected contest entries will be performed live at a staged reading during the festival.
The 2011 Festival and Screenplay Contest will be held in Manhattan from October 13–23, 2011, at the Quad Cinema, Tribeca Grand and other venues in downtown Manhattan.
The winning films and screenplays were announced at the industry brunch on the closing day of the 2010 Gotham Screen Film Festival, Sunday, Oct 17, 2010:
2010 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Screenwriting Awards:
The 2009 Festival and Screenplay Contest was held in Manhattan from October 20–25, 2009.
The highlights of the 2008 lineup:
Opening Night Premiere: Loft (2008 film)
Belgium 2008 - Thursday, October 21 , 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 (film)
US 2008- Sunday, October 25, 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, Serbia 2008- Saturday, October 24, 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 20, 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 winning films and screenplays were announced on the closing day of the 2009 Gotham Screen Film Festival, Sunday, Oct 25, 2009:
2009 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Screenwriting Awards:
Closing Night Premiere:
Special Screening:
The winning films and screenplays were announced on the closing day of the 2008 Gotham Screen Film Festival, Sunday, Nov 2, 2008:
2008 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Screenwriting Awards:
New York City
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's film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
scene.
After its debut in 2007 as a screenplay contest, Gotham Screen, or GSIFF International Film Festival, has been expanded to showcase shorts and feature films. This years festival will take place in downtown Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, at the Quad Cinema, at the end of October.
This festival gives filmmakers the chance to have their work shown and critically judged in New York. Gotham Screen specializes in 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. The concurrently held screenplay contest also holds regular readings throughout the year.
The festival's International Showcase will this year host a selection of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an, Middle Eastern and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n feature films, shorts and documentaries
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, while the New American Cinema section brings the latest in US shorts and independents.
About the festival
The GOTHAM SCREEN film festival showcases new feature, documentary and short films from independent, first- or second-time directors as well as international releases making their East Coast or US debut. The festival focuses on new names and lesser known filmmaking regions.The GOTHAM SCREEN Screenplay Contest is aimed at first and second time screenwriters and comes with a $2,500 cash prize for the winning screenplay. In addition, excerpts from selected contest entries will be performed live at a staged reading during the festival.
The 2011 Festival and Screenplay Contest will be held in Manhattan from October 13–23, 2011, at the Quad Cinema, Tribeca Grand and other venues in downtown Manhattan.
2011 Festival
| Friday, October 14, 7:00 pm, Quad Cinema |
Opening Night Premiere: "Occupant (film) Occupant (film) Occupant is a 2011 American thriller film featuring Van Hansis as Danny, a young New Yorker about to inherit an old apartment. It was written by Jonathan Brett and directed by Henry S. Miller and shot in New York City, USA... ", US 2011, 86 min. WORLD PREMIERE Dir. Henry S. Miller, written by John Brett, with Van Hansis Van Hansis Van Hansis is an American actor. Hansis, who uses the name Van professionally, starred on the long-running CBS soap opera As the World Turns as Luke Snyder, the son of one of the show's signature supercouples, Holden and Lily Snyder ,... , Cody Horn Cody Horn Cody Horn is an American actress and model, and the daughter of entertainment executive Alan F. Horn. She has appeared on Rescue Me and guest starred on 3 episodes of The Office. She also played Lynetta Loski in the 2010 movie Flipped.- Film :- Television :-External links:... , Thorsten Kaye Thorsten Kaye Thorsten Kaye is a German-British actor.-Early life:... , Steve Routman, Amy Wilson |
| Friday, October 14, 1:00 pm, Quad Cinema |
Fat Cows, Lean Cows, Documentary, Israel, 2011, 85 min. NEW YORK PREMIERE Dir. Meni Elias |
2010 Festival
The 2010 Festival and Screenplay Contest was held in Manhattan from October 7–17, 2010, at the Tribeca Cinemas, Tribeca Grand and other venues in downtown Manhattan.2010 Awards Winners
2010 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Awards announcedThe winning films and screenplays were announced at the industry brunch on the closing day of the 2010 Gotham Screen Film Festival, Sunday, Oct 17, 2010:
| Best Feature | Just Between Us Just Between Us Just Between Us is a 2010 Croatian drama film directed by Rajko Grlić starring Miki Manojlović, Bojan Navojec, Nataša Dorčić, Daria Lorenci and Ksenija Marinković... Rajko Grlić Rajko Grlic Rajko Grlić is Yugoslav film director and producer from Croatia of Jewish and Serbian decent... , director |
| Best Photography | Meat Viktor Nieuwenhuijs, Cinematographer/DP |
| Best Actress | Maxine Peake Maxine Peake Maxine Peake is an English stage, film and television actress known for playing Veronica in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless, Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies, and, most recently, barrister Martha Costello in BBC legal drama Silk.-Early life:Peake is the second of... , The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Anne Lister Anne Lister was a well-off Yorkshire landowner, diarist, mountaineer and traveller.Throughout her life she kept diaries which chronicled the details of her everyday life, including her lesbian relationships, her financial concerns, her industrial activities and her work improving Shibden Hall... |
| Best Actor | Miki Manojlović Miki Manojlovic Predrag "Miki" Manojlović is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of former Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he successfully branched out into movies made outside the Balkans, meaning that he's currently active in productions all over Europe... , Just Between Us Just Between Us Just Between Us is a 2010 Croatian drama film directed by Rajko Grlić starring Miki Manojlović, Bojan Navojec, Nataša Dorčić, Daria Lorenci and Ksenija Marinković... ' |
| Best Short Film | Tapeworm Margaret Laney, director |
| Special Jury Mention - Acting in A Short Film | Tapeworm Madeleine Lodge, actress |
| Special Jury Mention - Student Film | The Birds Upstairs Christopher Jarvis, director |
| Special Jury Mention - Short Film Experiment | Somewhere Never Traveled Ben Garchar, director |
2010 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Screenwriting Awards:
| Best Screenplay | Black Parables by Andrew Williams Flores - Winner of the $2,500 Circleframe Screenwriting Award, sponsored by Triboro Pictures. |
| Best Thriller | Freedom at Midnight by Jeffrey Ryback |
| Best Horror | The Life & Crimes of Dudley Segal by Barry Kneller |
| Best Young Adult/Family | Strike by Lucinda Ziesing |
| Best Adventure | The Revenge of the Black Claw by Dylan Paschke |
| Best Drama | Relay by Louise Bylicki |
| Best Comedy | The Liquidator by Ed Waugh & Trevor Wood |
Festival lineup 2010
The 2010 festival lineup:| Thursday, October 7, 7:30 pm, Tribeca Cinemas |
Opening Night Premiere: " Radio Free Albemuth Radio Free Albemuth Radio Free Albemuth is a novel by Philip K. Dick, written in 1976 and published posthumously in 1985. Originally titled VALISystem A, it was his first attempt to deal in fiction with his experiences of early 1974. When his publishers at Bantam requested extensive rewrites he canned the project and... ", US 2010, 100 min. WORLD PREMIERE (of final film version) Dir. John Alan Simon, written by Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered... , with Jonathan Scarfe Jonathan Scarfe Jonathan Scarfe is a Canadian actor. He is married to actress Suki Kaiser and is the son of actors Alan Scarfe and Sara Botsford.... (Raising the Bar Raising the Bar (TV series) Raising the Bar is an American legal drama, which ran on TNT network from September 1, 2008 to December 24, 2009. The series revolves around a group of lawyer friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the criminal law.-Production:... ), Shea Whigham Shea Whigham Franklin Shea Whigham, Jr. , best known as Shea Whigham, is an American actor notably starring as Elias "Eli" Thompson on the HBO dramatic series Boardwalk Empire.-Early life:... (Fast & Furious), Katheryn Winnick Katheryn Winnick Katheryn Winnick is a Canadian film and television actress.-Life and career:Etobicoke-born Winnick, who is of Ukrainian descent and speaks fluent Ukrainian, has appeared in numerous studio films including Paramount's Failure to Launch and New Line's Amusement.She has guest starred in multiple... (Killers Killers (2010 film) Killers is a 2010 American romantic comedy action film starring Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara. The film was released in the United States and Canada on June 4, 2010... ) , Alanis Morissette Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination... , Hanna Hall (The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. The story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on the suicides of five sisters. The Lisbon girls' suicides fascinate their community as their neighbors struggle to find an explanation for... ), Ashley Greene Ashley Greene Ashley Michele Greene is an American actress and model, best known for playing Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels.- Personal life :... (Twilight Twilight Twilight is the time between dawn and sunrise or between sunset and dusk, during which sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere illuminates the lower atmosphere, and the surface of the earth is neither completely lit nor completely dark. The sun itself is not directly visible because it is below... ) |
| Friday, October 8, 7:30 pm, Tribeca Cinemas |
Meat, Netherlands, 2010, 85 min. US PREMIERE Dir. Victor Nieuwenhuijs and Maartje Seygerth, with Nellie Benner, Hugo Metsers, Titus Muizelaar |
| 9:30 pm, Tribeca Cinemas | LelleBelle, Netherlands, 2010, 85 min. US PREMIERE Dir.: Mischa Kamp, with Anna Raadsveld, Benja Bruijing, Charlie Dagelet, Tom Van Landuyt |
| Saturday, October 9, 7:00 pm, Tribeca Cinemas |
Shorts Selection I |
| 9:00 pm, Tribeca Cinemas | The War is Over, Macedonia/Switzerland, 2009, 95 min. US PREMIERE Dir. Mitko Panov, with Enver Petrovci, Blerta Syla, Ljupcho Todorovski, Armond Morina, Muzafer Etemi, Selman Lokaj, Dritero Ame, Sylejman Lokaj, Sheqerie Buqaj |
| Sunday, October 10, 6:30 pm, Tribeca Cinemas |
A Shine of Rainbows (film) A Shine of Rainbows (film) A Shine of Rainbows, also known as Tomás and the Rainbows, is a 2009 Irish family drama, directed and co-written by Vic Sarin and is a film adaptation of the novel A Shine of Rainbows by Lillian Beckwith.-Plot:... , Ireland/Canada, 2009, 101 min. Dir. Vic Sarin Vic Sarin Vic Sarin is an Indian-born Canadian/American film director, producer and screenwriter. His work as a cinematographer includes Partition, Margaret's Museum, Whale Music, Nowhere to Hide, Norman's Awesome Experience, and Riel. He also directed such projects as Partition, Left Behind, and Wind at My... , with Connie Nielsen (Gladiator Gladiator A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their legal and social standing and their lives by appearing in the... , Rushmore Rushmore (film) Rushmore is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson about an eccentric teenager named Max Fischer , his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume , and their mutual love for elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross . The film was co-written by Anderson and Owen Wilson... ), Aidan Quinn Aidan Quinn -Early life:Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois to Irish parents. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and raised in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, as well as in Dublin and Birr, County Offaly in Ireland. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of... (Reckless Reckless (1984 film) Reckless is a 1984 love story shot in the Appalachian Mountains and Rust Belt of Steubenville, Ohio, Weirton, West Virginia and Mingo Junction, Ohio. Starring Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn. Directed by James Foley and written by Chris Columbus. Soundtrack by INXS, Romeo Void, Bob Seger and Thomas... , Desperately Seeking Susan Desperately Seeking Susan Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 American comedy-drama film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna.-Plot:... ), |
| 8:30 pm, Tribeca Cinemas | The Secret Diaries of Miss Ann Lister, UK, 2010, 90 min. US PREMIERE Dir. James Kent James Kent James Kent was an American jurist and legal scholar.-Life:... , with Maxine Peake Maxine Peake Maxine Peake is an English stage, film and television actress known for playing Veronica in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless, Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies, and, most recently, barrister Martha Costello in BBC legal drama Silk.-Early life:Peake is the second of... , Anna Madeley Anna Madeley Anna Madeley is a British actress. She has been described by the British Theatre Guide's Philip Fisher as one of the United Kingdom's "brightest and most versatile young actresses".-Biography:... , Susan Lynch Susan Lynch Susan Lynch is an actor from Northern Ireland.-Early life:Lynch was born in Corrinshego, Newry, County Armagh, Northern Ireland to an Italian mother and Irish father. Her brother is actor John Lynch, she has a sister, Pauline, who is a drama teacher at St... , Christine Bottomley Christine Bottomley Christine Bottomley is a British actress.She is best known for her regular roles as Melanie in the BBC comedy series Early Doors and Susie Ward in Heartbeat.-Life and career:... , Gemma Jones Gemma Jones Gemma Jones is an English character actress on both stage and screen.-Early life:Jones was born in London, England, the daughter of Irene and Griffith Jones, an actor. Her brother, Nicholas Jones, is also an actor... , Dean Lennox Kelly Dean Lennox Kelly Dean Lennox Kelly is an English actor, He is the brother of actor Craig Kelly.Dean is best known for his role as Kev Ball in Channel 4’s Shameless.-Career:... , Tina O'Brien Tina O'Brien Tina O'Brien is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sarah-Louise Platt in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.-Acting career:... |
| Monday, October 11, 6:30 pm |
Staged Screenplay Reading of a winning entry of the Gotham Screen Screenplay Contest |
| Tuesday, October 12, 7:30 pm, Macao Trading Co. |
Shorts Selection II |
| Wednesday, October 13, 7:30 pm, Tribeca Cinemas |
She Wolf Rising, US, 2010, 89 min. WORLD PREMIERE Dir. Marc Leland, with Tiffany Shepis Tiffany Shepis - External links :... (Dirty Little Trick), Debbie Rochon Debbie Rochon Debbie Rochon is a Canadian B-movie actress and former stage performer, best known for her work in Troma films.-Biography:... (Terror Talk, Psychosomatika), Timothy Mandala (As The World Turns As the World Turns As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light... , Guiding Light Guiding Light Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009... ), Ruby Larocca (Contact, The Quiet Ones) |
| Wednesday, October 13, 9:30 pm, Tribeca Cinemas |
Paprika (2006 film) - A tribute to Satoshi Kon Satoshi Kon was a Japanese anime director and manga artist from Kushiro, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association . He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is sometimes credited as in the credits of Paranoia Agent... , Japan, 2006, 90 min. Dir. Satoshi Kon Satoshi Kon was a Japanese anime director and manga artist from Kushiro, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association . He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is sometimes credited as in the credits of Paranoia Agent... (Anime Anime is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons.... ) |
| Thursday, October 14, 8:30 pm |
Film Socialisme, France/Switzerland, 2010, 101 min. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave".... , with Patti Smith Patti Smith Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.... , Élisabeth Vitali, Christian Sinniger, Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Alain Badiou Alain Badiou Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, professor at European Graduate School, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure . Along with Giorgio Agamben and Slavoj Žižek, Badiou is a prominent figure in an anti-postmodern strand of continental philosophy... , Lenny Kaye Lenny Kaye Lenny Kaye is an American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.- Early life :... , Catherine Tanvier Catherine Tanvier Catherine Tanvier is a former tennis player from France, who emerged in the mid-1980s as one of the brightest young talents in the game... |
| Friday, October 15, 7:00 pm |
Shorts Selection III |
| Friday, October 15, 9:00 pm |
Southern District (Zona Sur), Bolivia, 2009, 108 min. Dir. Juan Carlos Valdivia, with Ninón del Castillo, Pascual Loayza, Nicolás Fernández, Juan Pablo Koria, Mariana Vargas, Viviana Condori |
| Saturday, October 16, 8:30 pm |
Closing Night Premiere: Just Between Us Just Between Us Just Between Us is a 2010 Croatian drama film directed by Rajko Grlić starring Miki Manojlović, Bojan Navojec, Nataša Dorčić, Daria Lorenci and Ksenija Marinković... , Croatia, 2010, 87 min. US PREMIERE Dir. Rajko Grlić Rajko Grlic Rajko Grlić is Yugoslav film director and producer from Croatia of Jewish and Serbian decent... , with Miki Manojlović Miki Manojlovic Predrag "Miki" Manojlović is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of former Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he successfully branched out into movies made outside the Balkans, meaning that he's currently active in productions all over Europe... , Bojan, Ksenija Marinkovic, Daria Lorenci, Nataša Dorčić Nataša Dorčić Nataša Dorčić is a Croatian theatre, film and television actress.Dorčić graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998, but started acting professionally as early as 1994, when she joined the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb... , Nina Ivanisin |
| Sunday, October 17, 11:30 am |
Awards Brunch at The Loft |
Festival lineup 2009
The highlights of the 2008 lineup:
Opening Night Premiere: Loft (2008 film)
Loft (2008 film)
Loft is a 2008 Belgian thriller directed by Erik Van Looy, starring an ensemble cast of notable Flemish actors. The script was written by Bart De Pauw.-Synopsis:...
Belgium 2008 - Thursday, October 21 , 8:30pm
A sexy Belgian thriller, starring Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Matthias Schoenaerts
Matthias Schoenaerts
Matthias Schoenarts is the son of the Belgian actor Julien Schoenaerts. After finishing the academy of dramatic arts in Antwerp, Matthias featured in several movies.-Filmography:*Priest Daens as Wannes Scholliers*Waternimf...
, Veerle Baetens
Veerle Baetens
Veerle Baetens is a Flemish actress.She followed a musical education at the "Brusselse Hoger Instituut voor Dramatische Kunsten"...
, Laura Verlinden and An Miller; Dir.: Erik Van Looy
Erik Van Looy
Erik Ludovicus Maria Van Looy is a Belgian film director.In Flanders he is also known as a television presenter .His most famous movies are:*Ad Fundum *Shades...
. U.S. Premiere.
Closing Night Premiere: The Understudy (film)
The Understudy (film)
The Understudy is a 2008 black comedy from British duo David Conolly and Hannah Davis and is their second feature-length film through their Mansion Pictures flagship, which is currently traveling the Film Festival circuit around the world.-Plot:...
US 2008- Sunday, October 25, 7:30pm
A cool New York comedy, starring Marin Ireland
Marin Ireland
Marin Ireland is an American film, stage and television actress.She won the 2009 Theatre World Award and was nominated for a 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in reasons to be pretty.-Education:...
, Paul Sparks, Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Hakim Mandviwala , known professionally as Aasif Mandvi , is an American actor and comedian. He began appearing as an occasional contributing correspondent on The Daily Show on August 9, 2006. On March 12, 2007, he was promoted to a regular correspondent.-Early life and stage career:Mandvi...
, Richard Kind
Richard Kind
Richard John Kind is an American actor known for his roles in the sitcoms Mad About You and Spin City .- Early life :...
, Tom Wopat
Tom Wopat
Tom Wopat is an American actor and singer. He first achieved fame as Luke Duke in the long-running 1979 television series The Dukes of Hazzard, along with John Schneider. He also played Jeff, one of Cybill Shepherd's ex-husbands in the TV series Cybill.-Life and career:Wopat was born in Lodi,...
, Gloria Reuben
Gloria Reuben
Gloria Reuben is a Canadian singer and actress of film and television, known for her role as Jeanie Boulet on the popular medical drama ER and for her role of Rosalind Whitman in the TV show Raising the Bar.-Life and career:...
, Reiko Aylesworth
Reiko Aylesworth
Reiko M. Aylesworth is an American film, television and stage actress, best known for her role on the television series 24 as Michelle Dessler.-Life and career:...
; Dir: David Conolly
David Conolly
David Conolly is a writer, director, comedian and actor whose production company, Mansion Pictures, produced two feature length films, Mothers & Daughters and The Understudy,-Early life:...
& Hannah Davis. New York Premiere.
Special Screening: The Belgrade Phantom, Serbia 2008- Saturday, October 24, 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 20, 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.
2009 Awards Winners
2009 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Awards announcedThe winning films and screenplays were announced on the closing day of the 2009 Gotham Screen Film Festival, Sunday, Oct 25, 2009:
| Best Feature | Salawati Marc X Grigoroff, director |
| Best Documentary | The Belgrade Phantom Jovan B. Todorovic, director |
| Best Photography | Loft (2008 film) Loft (2008 film) Loft is a 2008 Belgian thriller directed by Erik Van Looy, starring an ensemble cast of notable Flemish actors. The script was written by Bart De Pauw.-Synopsis:... Danny Elsen, Cinematographer/DP |
| Best Actress | Salina Safuan, Salawati |
| Best Actor | Eduard Fernández Eduard Fernández Eduard Fernández Serrano is an awarded Spanish actor. He has won two Goya Awards, one for Fausto 5.0 and one for En la ciudad .-Selected filmography:*The Skin I Live In... , El Vestido (The Dress) |
| Best Short Film | El Encargado (The One In Charge) Sergio Barrejón, director |
| Special Jury Mention | The Moon Inside You Diana Fabianova, director |
2009 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Screenwriting Awards:
| Best Screenplay | Coal Hard Cash by Arthur Schurr - Winner of the $2,500 Circleframe Screenwriting Award, sponsored by Triboro Pictures. |
| Best Drama | The Congo Redemption by Ken Straw and Joey O'Connor |
| Best Comedy | Sink or Swim: The Saga of Shore Break Rentals by Keith Strausbaugh |
| Best Romantic Comedy | FRENCHING aka OOH LA-LA by Marie Rose |
| Best Family/Children's | Chances by Jeff Trently and Anthony Stitt |
| Best Action/Adventure | Graf by M. Roman Rosales & Peter Loffredo |
| Best Thriller | Cleo Parker by Michel Palmer |
Festival lineup 2008
Opening Night Premiere:- Left Bank Linkeroever Belgium 2008 - Thursday, October 30th, 7pm
- starring Eline Kuppens, Matthias SchoenaertsMatthias SchoenaertsMatthias Schoenarts is the son of the Belgian actor Julien Schoenaerts. After finishing the academy of dramatic arts in Antwerp, Matthias featured in several movies.-Filmography:*Priest Daens as Wannes Scholliers*Waternimf...
, Marilou Mermans; Dir: Pieter Van Hees
Closing Night Premiere:
- Pretty Ugly People US 2008- Sunday, November 2nd, 7:30pm
- starring Missi PyleMissi PyleAndrea Kay "Missi" Pyle is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in several films, including Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Big Fish, 50 First Dates, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay...
, Melissa McCarthyMelissa McCarthyMelissa McCarthy is an American actress and comedian.From 2000 to 2007, she portrayed Sookie St. James on the The WB television series Gilmore Girls. From 2007 to 2009, she portrayed Dena on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? She currently stars in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, for which she...
, Josh HopkinsJosh HopkinsWilliam Joshua Hopkins is an American actor.-Career:Hopkins joined the fourth, and last season, of New York Undercover in 1998. In 1999 Hopkins starred in Alanis Morissette's "Unsent" music video...
, Octavia SpencerOctavia SpencerOctavia L. Spencer is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role on Ugly Betty as Constance Grady, the INS Agent turned stalker of Betty's father, Ignacio Suarez and in the 2011 movie The Help as Minny....
, Dir: Tate Taylor
Special Screening:
- How To BeHow To BeHow to Be is an award-winning independent comedy/drama feature film written and directed by Oliver Irving. It is about a young man named Art, played by Robert Pattinson, who is going through a quarter-life crisis....
UK 2008- Saturday, November 1st, 9pm - starring Robert PattinsonRobert PattinsonRobert Douglas Thomas Pattinson is an English actor, model, musician, and producer. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started out his career by playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...
, Rebecca PidgeonRebecca PidgeonRebecca Pidgeon is a British actress and singer-songwriter. She has maintained a recording career while also acting on stage and in feature films. She is married to the American writer and director David Mamet.-Early life:...
, Jeremy HardyJeremy HardyJeremy James Hardy is a British alternative comedian who is also known for his socialist politics.-Career:Hardy was born in Farnborough, Hampshire. He attended Farnham College and studied Modern History and Politics at the University of Southampton...
; Dir: Oliver IrvingOliver IrvingOliver Irving is a British film director. He directed and wrote How To Be starring Robert Pattinson. He is currently based in New York.-External links:*...
2008 Awards Winners
2008 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe Awards announcedThe winning films and screenplays were announced 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 |
2008 GOTHAM SCREEN Circleframe 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 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 |