News & Edit Center Updates

June 5, 2008 Frozen River plays at BAM at Sundance series

Frozen River, winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature, starring Melissa Lo (21 Grams, The L-Word) and the project of the May/June 2007 6-week class, will be playing in the BAM at Sundance series June 8th. BAM at Sundance Series highlights the best of the Sundance Film Festival and provides sneak peeks of work being developed with Sundance Institute support.

May 28, 2008 The Recruiter Screening in Theaters and on HBO

The Recruiter (formerly titled The Army Recruiter), which was a project of the July/August 2005, September/October 2005, and May/June 2006 six-week classes at the Edit Center, will be screening in several places this summer. It is currently playing at the Cinema Village in New York City, and in June the film will open in the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. In July, The Recruiter will begin airing on HBO. The film was directed by Macarthur-winner Edet Belzberg and edited by Edit Center alumni Adam Bolt and Chad Beck (who edited the Oscar-nominated documentary No End in Sight).

May 6, 2008 Class Projects at Tribeca, Outfest, and FilmOut

Trucker, the project of the September/October 2007 class, premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. The film, starring Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives) and Michelle Monaghan (Made of Honor), was co-produced by Edit Center alum Riva Marker. The New 20, previously titled Fast Company and the project of the November/December 2006 6-week class, will be premiering at Outfest 2008 in July. You Belong to Me, previously titled Mama's Boy and the project of both the July/August 2006 and March/April 2007 classes, won the award for best First Narrative Feature at FilmOut, the San Diego Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

May 4, 2008 Hotel Gramercy Park Wins a Special Mention at Tribeca

Hotel Gramercy Park, directed by Douglas Keeve (Unzipped) and produced by Wendy Ettinger (The War Room), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last month and received a Special Mention in the category of New York State LOVES Film, Best Documentary. Harvey Feinstein of INDIEWIRE wrote that the film is "... a model of rhythmic doc editing and mise-en-scene, with colliding story lines that create sparks as they document seismic shifts in the New York City scene." TEC alums Mollie Goldstein and Cindy Lee edited the film, along with fellow alumni Ramsey Fendall and Anita Gabrosek as additional editors and Nick Bussey and Sarah Lynch as assistant editors.

April 30, 2008 Nursery University Praised in VARIETY

Nursery University, formerly titled Diaper League and the project of the March/April 2007 6-week class, was recently reviewed in VARIETY. Writer John Anderson commented that the film "...may seem like science-fiction: Strange, possessed beings stumble sleepless through a landscape of plenty, willing to sell their kidneys to get their kid into the proper pre-school.... and Nursery University plays it sympathetically, like a Spellbound in training pants." He continued that the film is "...handled with such good humor and humanity by Simon (the director) that you start to forget that what you're so involved with is the question of where some very short people...are going to be finger-painting for the next eight months."

April 18, 2008 Second season of Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane edited by TEC Alums

TEC Alums Paul Frost, Anita Gabrosek, and Anna Holtzman were all editors, with Eric Finkelstein assisting, on the upcoming season of Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane, which premieres Sunday, April 20th at 8 PM on the Style Network.

April 8, 2008 TEC Alum's Film to Screen at IFC

Edit Center alum Moira Demos wrote and produced the new documentary film, The State of Wisconsin v. Steven Avery, which will be screening at the Columbia University Film Festival at the IFC Center. Previously, Moira edited the documentary short "Ferry Tales," which was nominated for an Oscar in 2004. The State of Wisconsin v. Steven Avery is about the conviction of an innocent man, his short-lived redemption, and his current struggle to regain his freedom.

March 17, 2008 Festival Updates

Full Battle Rattle, edited by TEC instructor Youna Kwak, received the Special Jury Award in the Documentary Feature catagory at 2008 SXSW Film Festival. Run for Your Life, a film about NYC Marathon founder Fred Lebow, will premiere at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. It was edited by TEC alum Alison Shurman and assisted by alum Ted Rodenborn. Also premiering at Tribeca is Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha, edited by TEC alum Paul Frost and Hotel Gramercy Park, with many alums contributing: Mollie Goldstein and Cindy Lee, editors; Ramsey Fendall and Anita Gabrosek, additional editors; Nick Bussey and Sarah Lynch, assistant editors.

March 13, 2008 Teachers announced for the March/April Art of Editing course

The Edit Center is pleased to announce that the teachers for the March/April Art of Editing course will be Chad Beck, Mollie Goldstein, and Bret Granato. Chad edited No End in Sight, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary this year and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. His narrative credits include Half Nelson, for which he was the associate editor. Mollie's credits include Palindromes, for director Todd Solondz, and Stella, a half-hour series on Comedy Central. She also worked on the documentary, Hotel Gramercy Park, which will be debuting at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Bret works as both a producer and editor, and his projects include the PBS documentaries The Republic of Baseball (2006 Global International Film Festival) and Anyone and Everyone. His political commercial/documentary work has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News Channel, and has earned top honors from the American Association of Political Consultants.

March 12, 2008 Fall/Winter 6-week Classes enjoy excellent speaker series

Special thanks to the guest speakers of the Fall/Winter classes: Jay Rabinowitz, Editor of I'm Not There; John Gilroy, Editor of Michael Clayton; Sarah Flack, Editor of Lost in Translation; Malcolm Jamieson, Editor of Mad Men; Meg Reticker, Editor of 30 Rock; Kate Eales, Associate Editor of Everything is Illuminated, Michael Levine, Editor of My Kid Could Paint That.

March 10, 2008 Peter and Vandy Announced as March Class Project

Peter and Vandy, written and directed by Jay DiPitrio, will be the project of the March 24 six-week class at the Edit Center. The film is based on Jay's off-Broadway play of the same name, which was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Play. It was shot by DP Frankie DeMarch (Shortbus, Hedwig) on super-16mm film and will be edited alongside the class by Geoffrey Richman (winner of the 2008 ACE award for Sicko). Jess Wexler (Teeth) stars as Vandy, with Jason Ritter (Happy Endings) as Peter.

February 11, 2008 Edit Center class project at New Directors/New Films

Moving Midway, a TEC class project of Summer 2006 and edited by alum Ramsey Fendall, has been selected to appear in the New Directors/New Films festival in New York, which is co-presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. This is one of the most prestigious and selective venues for new films in the U.S.

January 30, 2008 TEC class project, Frozen River, wins at Sundance and more

Congratulations Frozen River for receiving the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at this year's Sundance Film Festival! Frozen River, directed by Courtney Hunt, was the May/June 6-week class project. Congrats to everyone who worked on it! Also premiering at Sundance was The Recruiter (formerly An American Solidier), edited by Edit Center alumni, Chad Beck and Adam Bolt. It received a positive review in VARIETY and THE ADVOCATE, "For all the talk about putting a "human face" on the war in Iraq, there may be no better vehicle than The Recruiter, the devastating new documentary from director Edet Belzburg." Congratulations are also in order for TEC Alum Michael Taylor and TEC instructor Geoffrey Richman. They edited The Order of the Myths, directed by Margaret Brown, which Manohla Dargis of the NY TIMES said was "...Handsomely shot and intelligently edited."

January 22, 2008 TEC Alumni and Instructors, Academy Award Nominees

Congratulations to alumni and instructors for their films' 2008 Oscar nominations. No End in Sight, the Iraq war documentary directed by Charles Ferguson, was edited by Edit Center alumni/instructors Chad Beck and Cindy Lee. TEC instructor, Geoffrey Richman, edited Michael Moore's Sicko. Also, TEC Alum, Kristin Lesko, co-produced the documentary Operation Homecoming. Good Luck!

January 10, 2008 Films announced for the Jan/Feb 2008 6-week class

The Edit Center is pleased to announce the class projects for the upcoming January/February 2008 six-week course. The first film will be Sorry, Thanks, starring Wiley Wiggins (Dazed and Confused, Waking Life), and Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha). Sorry, Thanks is a film about real relationships-ambiguous, underwhelming, incidental-and the people who change us...then exit just as quickly. It is directed by Dia Sokol who was the in-house producer for acclaimed director Errol Morris for four years (The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line) and has worked as a producer for Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me). The second film will be Garbage Dreams, a feature documentary that celebrates the richness, strength and vitality of Egypt's community of indigenous garbage collectors, known as the Zaballeen or “garbage people.” Garbage Dreams is directed by Mai Iskander. Iskander has worked with legendary Academy-Award Nominee Albert Maysles on the documentary Profiles of a Peacemaker and Academy-Award Nominee Edet Belzberg on her documentary The Unofficial Man. She has also worked on dozens of features such as Men in Black and As Good as It Gets.

November 30, 2007 Two Edit Center Projects in Competition at Sundance

Two of The Edit Center's past class projects will be competing at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Frozen River, competing in the narrative category, was directed by Courtney Hunt and edited by TEC instructor Kate Williams (with help from the May 2007 six-week course). Competing in the documentary category is An American Soldier, which was formerly titled The Army Recruiter. Directed by MacArthur-winner Edet Belzberg, An American Soldier was a class project in both 2005 and 2006, and was edited after the class by TEC alums Adam Bolt and Chad Beck.

November 29, 2007 Edit Center Alumni and Instructors' Films to Screen at Sundance

Congratulations to the following alumni, instructors, and films premiering at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival: TEC instructor Tim Streeto (editor), alumni Riva Marker (associate producer) and Anthony Brandonisio (post-production coordinator) for Diminished Capacity; TEC instructor Andrew Blackwell (associate editor) Sugar; Alum Michael Taylor (editor) The Order of Myths; Alum Sharon Perlman (post-production assistant) The Savages; Alum Jennifer Lee (assistant editor) American
Teen; Instructor Eric Kissack (editor) Birds of America.

November 28, 2007 Great World of Sound's wins and nominations

Much exciting news coming through for Great World of Sound, the class project of the January and March 2006 six-week classes. Director Craig Zobel won a Gotham Award last weekend for "Breakthrough Director" and actor Kene Holliday (who played Clarence) was nominated for "Breakthrough Actor." Great World of Sound is also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the category "Best First Feature" and Kene Holliday is nominated for "Best Supporting Male."

November 21, 2007 TEC Alum Chad Beck featured on Moviemaker.com

TEC alum and instructor, Chad Beck, is currently featured on www.moviemaker.com in the "Hands N Pages" section. He talks about his decision to be an editor, working on documentaries vs narratives, and of getting his start at The Edit Center, "...I feel so grounded here. It’s a school run by editors, and the spirit of the place is very positive and academic. I got my start as a student in the six-week class and learned the craft from some of the great editors who teach here." Congrats Chad!

November 20, 2007 Choking Man Opens at Cinema Village

Choking Man, a psychological drama edited by Edit Center alumni Jon Griggs and Todd Holmes, opens this week at Cinema Village. The film, which stars Mandy Patinkin ("Criminal Minds", The Princess Bride) and Aaron Paul ("Big Love", Mission Impossible 3) was previously featured at the Tribeca, Miami, and Deauville Film Festivals. Jon and Todd worked together on the film after teaching together at the Edit Center shortly after they finished the six-week class.

November 19, 2007 No End in Sight Short-Listed for an Oscar

No End in Sight, the Iraq war documentary directed by Charles Ferguson and edited by Edit Center alumni Chad Beck and Cindy Lee, has been short-listed for the Best Documentary prize at this year's Academy Awards. Also among the 15 films on the list is Sicko, which was edited by Edit Center instructor Geoffrey Richman and directed by Michael Moore. Both Sicko and No End in Sight were among the best reviewed documentaries of 2007, with No End in Sight being singled out
in particular for its "masterful" editing.

October 23, 2007 Second class film announced for Nov/Dec 2007 6-week class!

The Edit Center is excited to announce the addition of a second class project to the November/December 2007 6-week class. Reporter: On the Ground with Nicholas Kristof is a documentary set in central Africa which chronicles, in verité fashion, the haunting, physically grueling and, at moments, shocking voyage of Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Nick Kristof. He is joined by two young companions—Will Okun, a 33-year old high school teacher and photographer from Chicago, and Leana Wen, a 24-year old medical student from St Louis. The reason for their trip is simple: travel to ignored conflict regions (this time Rwanda, Congo and Burundi) and report back to other Americans, via daily blogs on the New York Times website. The film will bring individual stories into rich, colorful, audible existence, thereby extending their reach and the critical issues they embody. Reporter is directed by 2007 Independent Spirit Awards Nominee, Eric Daniel Metzger, and brought to us by Stick Figure Productions who have produced numerous award-winning documentary films including, Devil’s Playground, Willie Nelson: Still Moving, and loudQUIETloud: a film about the Pixies.

October 4, 2007 November/December 2007 6-week class project announced!

The Edit Center is pleased to announce that the class project for the upcoming November/December 2007 six-week course will be The Missing Person, directed by Noah Buscel (Bringing Rain, Neal Cassady).  The Missing Person stars Michael Shannon (World Trade Center), Frank Wood ("Flight of the Conchords," winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Actor), and Amy Ryan (Capote, "The Wire," 2000 & 2005 Tony nominee for Best Actress).  The film is about a private investigator hired by a grieving widow to find her missing husband who was working at the World Trade Center on September 11th but whose remains were never found.  The case follows Rosow on a manhunt that puts him in the path of corrupt bureaucrats, 9/11 trauma victims, lost children, and his own memories of that terrible day.  The film is produced by Jesse Scolaro and Allen Bain of The 7th Floor (who produced Gardener of Eden with Leonardo DiCaprio and the Sundance award-winner Manito).  Edit Center alum Mollie Goldstein (Palindromes, "Stella") will be editing the film and, with Noah, working closely with the November/December students.

September 28, 2007 Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane edited by TEC Alum

TEC alum Paul Frost has been working as an editor, since episode 5, on Kimora Lee Simmons', "Kimora:  Life in the Fab Lane," now airing on the Style Network.  He originally came on as a first assistant editor 6 months ago, congrats Paul!

September 14, 2007 Great World of Sound opens in theaters

Great World of Sound, the March/April 2006 class project, opens at the Angelika Film Center and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas September 14, 2007 in NYC. Andrew O'Hehir of Salon.com says... "Great World of Sound is under-the-radar independent filmmaking in the Jarmusch-Casssavetes mode, both noble and ruthlesss in spirit." Great World of Sound was director by Craig Zobel and edited by TEC Instructor Tim Streeto.

September 11, 2007 TEC Alum's Cartoon Network Premiere

Congratulations to TEC alum Holly Schlesinger, writer and dialogue editor for "Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil." The show premiered on Cartoon Network this September and is being promoted as part of the Sunday night Adult Swim block.

August 14, 2007 Superheroes and You Belong to Me receive reviews in Variety
Superheroes, the class project of the Sept/Oct 2006 class, was referred to in Variety as a, "wrenching two-hander about the visible and less visible scars an Iraq vet attempts to live with... Somber, affecting indie is a conversation-starter for folks who assume getting home in one piece is all that matters." Superheroes was assistant edited by TEC alum Eric Gerdts. And after an exciting premiere at The Frameline Film Festival, You Belong to Me, the class project of the March/April 2007 class, received a Variety review stating the film "benefits from crisp execution, quirky character writing and a credible sense of real-world peril." You Belong to Me was edited by TEC Instructor Anita Gabrosek, who was assisted by TEC alum Rachel Mills.

August 10, 2007 Spring/Summer 2007 Classes enjoy excellent speaker series
Special thanks to the guest speakers of the Spring/Summer classes: Craig McKay, Editor of Silence of the Lambs; Jay Rabinowitz, Editor of Requiem for a Dream; Chad Beck and Cindy Lee, Editors of No End in Sight (Special Jury Prize, Sundance 2007); Pete Beadreau, Editor of Room (Director's Fortnight, Cannes 2005) ; Sam Pollard, Editor of "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" (2007 Peabody Award, directed by Spike Lee); Stephen Garret, Trailer Editor; Penny Faulk, Editor of Election Day (SXSW 2007); Fernanda Rossi, Documentary Story Consultant.

June 25, 2007 July/August 2007 Six-week Class Updates
Award-winning editor Geoff Richman (Sicko, Murderball, God Grew Tired of Us), Mollie Goldstein (Palindromes, "Stella"), and Cindy Lee (No End in Sight, Grand Jury Prize Winner, Sundance) will all be teaching the July 16th class, in which the class will be editing two films: a documentary called The Pit, executive produced by the Oscar-winning team of Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein; and the off-beat dark comedy The Understudy, starring Richard Kind ("Mad About You", "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and Aasif Mandvi ("The Daily Show"). Call The Edit Center directly to inquire about availability.

April 4, 2007 Festival Updates
After premiering at SXSW in March, Doubletime, the class project of the Nov/Dec 2005 class, will be screening at NYC's Tribeca Film Festival later this spring.  Moving Midway, edited by TEC alum Ramsey Fendall and the class project of the July/Aug 2006 class, will be premiering at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in April.

March 30, 2007 Great World of Sound makes noise at ND/NF
Great World of Sound, the class project of the Jan/Feb 2006 class, played this April Fool's Day weekend at The Walter Reade Theater with New Directors/New Films.  Taking a "bitterly funny, uncomfortably true look at some small-time hustlers," Great World of Sound was proclaimed "one of the best American offerings at this year's Sundance Film Festival."

February 14, 2007 Doubletime to premiere at SXSW
Doubletime, the class project of the Nov/Dec 2005 class, will premiere in March at the South by Southwest Film Festival.  The film, which was edited by TEC alum Paul Frost and directed by Stephanie Johnes, will be featured in the festival's "Spotlight Premiere" category.

February 13, 2007 Little Miss Sunshine nominated for 5 Oscars
Congratulations to TEC alum Sue Jacobs, music supervisor for Little Miss Sunshine.  The film was nominated for five academy awards, including Best Picture.  Good luck, Sue!

February 2, 2007 Grace is Gone, No End in Sight win at Sundance
Congratulations to Grace is Gone and No End is Sight, which both won big this year at Sundance.  After selling to the Weinstein Co. on the first night of the festival, Grace is Gone, which was co-produced and post-supervised by TEC alum Riva Marker, was honored with both the Audience Award as well as the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.  No End in Sight, which the Village Voice aptly reported was "masterfully edited" by TEC alums Chad Beck and Cindy Lee, won the Special Jury Prize in the Documentary category.

January 2, 2007 Matthew Barney: No Restraint opens at the IFC Center
Matthew Barney: No Restraint, edited by TEC instructor Aaron Lubarsky and TEC alum Helen Yum, opens this week at the IFC Center.  Directed by Alison Chernick, No Restraint captures the contermporary art superstar in a recent recreation of his work, transforming his artistic process into "an avant-garde, operative love story."

January 2, 2007 Sundance Film Festival announces 2007 selections
Congratulations to the following films premiering this year at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival: Great World of Sound, edited by TEC instructor Tim Streeto and the class project of the January and March 2006 six-week classes; No End in Sight, edited by TEC alums Chad Beck and Cindy Lee with consulting editor Alan Oxman; Grace is Gone, co-produced and post supervised by TEC alum Riva Marker; Hounddog, edited by TEC instructor Sabine Hoffman; Never Forever, edited by TEC instructor Pete Beaudreau; Pop Foul, edited by TEC alum Paul Frank; The Ten, edited by TEC instructor Eric Kissack; and The Savages, assistant edited by TEC alum Ali Muney.

October 4, 2006 August in the Empire State premiers on the Sundance Channel
August in the Empire State, the November/December 2004 class project, will premiere on the Sundance Channel on October 16th at 9pm.  This "refreshing examination of the polarized nature of contemporary political discourse" will continue to air until the end of the month.

September 22, 2006 HOME opens in Manhattan
HOME, the July/August 2004 class project, opened yesterday at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in Manhattan.  The New York Times reviewed the film as a "marvelously revealing documentary about the psychology of poverty."  HOME was edited by TEC alum Mollie Goldstein.

September 13, 2006 Slamdance presents reading of Preeti Girl
Slamdance Film Festival presents a staged reading of the Grand Prize Winning Screenplay, Preeti Girl, on Wednesday, September 20th at 7pm.  Preeti Girl, was written by TEC alum Todd Holmes, whose extensive time in India filming highway courtisans inspired the story.

September 5, 2006 Red Doors opens at Angelika Film Center
Red Doors, the July/August 2004 class project, opens at the Angelika Film Center on Friday, September 8th.  The film, a 2005 Tribeca Award Winner, was produced by TEC alum Jane Chen, and edited by TEC instructor Youna Kwak.

August 31, 2006 July/August six-week enjoys excellent speaker series
Special thanks to the guest speakers of the July/August six-week class: Sarah Price, Co-Director and Producer of American Movie (Grand Jury Prize, 1999 Sundance Film Festival); Anna Boden, Editor, Co-Writer, and Co-Producer of Half-Nelson (2006 Sundance Film Festival); Cindy Lee, Editor of Manhattan, Kansas (Audience Award, 2006 SXSW); and Ron Dulin, Assistant Editor of Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot (currently in post-production).

August 29, 2006 The Hill premieres on The Sundance Channel
The Hill, a six-part verité series that follows the young, driven, and quirky staff of Congressman Robert Wexler, premieres on the Sundance Channel this fall on Wednesdays at 9pm.  TEC alum Steve Heffner was both the Associate Producer as well as an Associate Editor on the series, and TEC alum Ron Dulin was an Assistant Editor.

August 10, 2006 Head Trauma announces national theatrical release
Head Trauma, the class project of the January/February and March/April 2005 classes, will be opening in cities nationwide on August 18th.  The film, which was directed by Lance Weiler, was also an official selection at the Los Angeles film festival.

August 9, 2006 The Republic of Baseball to air on PBS
The Republic of Baseball, edited by TEC instructor Bret Granato, will air on PBS on August 28th at 8pm.  After a highly successful premiere at the San Diego Latino Film Festival, the film recently headlined Dominican night at the HBO New York Latino Film Festival.

August 8, 2006 Little Miss Sunshine opens to rave reviews
Little Miss Sunshine, which was music supervised by TEC alum Sue Jacobs, has opened nationwide to rave reviews.  After winning the Best Feature-World Cinema Audience Award at the 2006 Sydney Film Festival, the film was purchased at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival by Fox Searchlight. 

June 20, 2006 Manhattan, Kansas announces NYC premiere
Manhattan, Kansas, the class project of the May/June 2005 class, will be having its NYC premiere on August 10th at 6:30 pm at Lincoln Center as part of the Independents Night series, a joint program of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and IFP.  The film was edited by TEC alum Cindy Lee, who was joined by TEC alum JJ Evans, the film's assistant editor.

June 19, 2006 ROOM announces NYC theatrical premiere
ROOM, the class project of the March/April and May/June 2004 classes will be premiering at Two Boots Pioneer Theater on June 28th at 7pm.  The film, Kyle Henry's directorial debut, premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and had its international premiere at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight.

June 13, 2006 Subway Dreams screens at Transit Museum
Subway Dreams, TEC alum Anna Holtzman's directorial debut, will be screening at the NYC Transit Museum on Saturday, July 8th, as part of the museum's 30th anniversary celebration.  Subway Dreams explores the lives of six musicians who audition for the MTA's Music Under New York Program.

May 30, 2006 Day Night Day Night wins at Cannes
Day Night Day Night, edited by TEC alum Michael Taylor and assistant edited by TEC alum Riva Marker, was awarded Le Prix Regards Jeunes at the Cannes Film Festival.  Critics called the film "a strangely powerful portrait" and "best of all the late shows at Cannes."

May 30, 2006 Red is the Color of wins at Oxford International Film Festival
Red is the Color of, the class project of the July/August 2002 Six-week class, was the winner of the Merchant-Ivory Award at the Oxford International Film Festival.  The film was produced by Anne Norda and Jodi Macaulay.

May 8, 2006 Festival Updates
Who Killed the Electric Car, which was edited by TEC alum Michael Kovalenko and premiered at Sundance, opened at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this week.  Also premiering at Tribeca were two films to which TEC alum Jon Griggs contributed: his own short, Deviation, as well as Choking Man, directed by Steve Barron.  Destricted, which was produced by TEC alum Mel Agace and also premiered at Sundance, will be premiering at the Cannes Critics' Week Premiere later this month.

May 2, 2006 Day Night Day Night to premiere at Cannes
Day Night Day Night, directed by Julia Loktev, has been selected to premiere at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes 2006.  TEC alum Michael Taylor was the editor of the film, the story of a 19-year-old suicide bomber prepared to bomb Times Square.  TEC alum Riva Marker was the assistant editor.

April 12, 2006 The Camden 28 wins big at the Philadelphia Film Festival
The Camden 28, directed by Anthony Giacchino and edited by TEC instructor Brandon Park, was winner of two major awards at the 2006 Philadelphia Film Festival: the Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature and the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.  It is the first film to win both awards in the festival's history.

March 29, 2006 The Garage premieres at The Garden State Film Festival
The Garage, the class project of the March/April and May/June 2005 six-week classes, is premiering as an Official Selection at The Garden State Film Festival early next month.  TEC alum Helen Yum was the Supervising Editor on the film, and TEC alums Maya Menendez, Alex Wilson, and Paul Rabin were associate editors.

March 20, 2006 Encounter Point to premiere at Tribeca
Encounter Point, which was co-directed and edited by TEC alum Julia Bacha, is having its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in May.  TEC alum Ned Jaszi was the assistant editor.  Encounter Point follows a civilian group that is trying to promote a grassroots, non-violent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

March 15, 2006 Manhattan, Kansas wins at SXSW
Manhattan, Kansas, the class project of the May/June 2005 six-week course, was runner-up for the Audience Award in the Emerging Filmmakers section of the SXSW film festival.  The film also received rave reviews; the Austin Chronicle said of the film, "It's everything a personal documentary can and should be."

March 1, 2006 Manhattan, Kansas to premiere at SXSW
Manhattan, Kansas, the class project of the May/June 2005 six-week course, is premiering at the SXSW festival on March 10.  Directed by Tara Wray and edited by Edit Center alum Cindy Lee, Manhattan, Kansas is the Opening Night Selection of the Emerging Filmmakers section of the festival.  Alum Lilah Bankier was the supervising editor on the film, alum JJ Evans was the associate editor, and alum Andy Pang was the assistant editor.

January 31, 2006 Murderball, Street Fight nominated for Best Documentary
Both Murderball and Street Fight were nominated today for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.  Murderball was edited by TEC Instructor Geoff Richman, who was assisted by TEC alum Stephen Walker.  Street Fight was co-edited by TEC instructor Rachel Kittner, who was assisted by TEC alum Matt Hamachek.

January 31, 2006 The Squid and the Whale nominated for Best Original Screenplay
The Squid and the Whale was nominated today for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.  The film was edited by Tim Streeto, who is currently teaching the six-week class at The Edit Center.  Tim's next film, The Great World of Sound, is the project of the January/February 2006 class.

January 29, 2006 Half Nelson purchased at Sundance
Half Nelson, starring Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps, was acquired by ThinkFilm on the last day of the Sundance Film Festival.  For just under $1 million, ThinkFilm purchased worldwide rights to director Ryan Fleck's first feature, on which TEC alum Chad Beck was Associate Editor and TEC alum Cindy Lee was Assistant Editor.

January 23, 2006 How to Eat Your Watermelon opens at Film Forum
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) , written and directed by Joe Angio, opens at Film Forum this week to rave reviews.  Mr. Angio will be talking about the film to six-week students this week at The Edit Center.  How to Eat Your Watermelon was onlined at Final Frame by Will Cox, who was assisted by TEC alum Matt Jacobs.

January 11, 2006 "Dominick Dunne" premieres on Court TV
Edit Center alum David Kausch just finished editing the season premiere of the Court TV series, "Dominick Dunner's Power, Privilege and Justice."  The episode is entitled "Mystery in the Mountains," and it premieres this week on Court TV's cable channel.

December 24, 2005 Red Doors to be distributed by Polychrome Pictures
Red Doors, the project of the July/August 2004 six-week class, has been purchased for distribution by Polychrome Pictures, in association with Warner Bros. Home Video.  Additionally, CBS and Paramount Network TV have commissioned a one-hour pilot script based on Red Doors to be written by TEC alum Jane Chen with Geogia Lee and Mia Riverton.

December 8, 2005 Room nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards
Room, the project of the May/June 2004 six-week class, has been nominated this week for two prestigious Independent Spirit Awards: The John Cassavetes Award, given to the best feature made under $500K, as well as the award for Best Female Lead.  Room was edited by TEC Instructor Pete Beaudreau, who was assisted by TEC alum Riva Marker.

December 2, 2005 Be Here to Love Me opens at the Angelika
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt, opens at the Angelika theater this week.  Edited by TEC alum Michael Taylor, the film has been described as "a tender, impressionistic film biography" by The New York Times.  Taylor also has another film opening in theaters this week, Exist: Not a Protest Film, his first editing gig after taking the six-week course in 2001.

October 25, 2005 Swimmers to be distributed by Skouras Films
Swimmers, the project of the January 2004 Edit Center class, has been purchased for distribution by Skouras Films.  Swimmers will be released in theaters next year and will then air on the Sundance Channel.  This follows the film's recent win at the Seattle Film Festival, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best New American Film.  Swimmers was directed by Doug Sadler and edited by Edit Center alum Lilah Bankier and Edit Center instructor Affonso Goncalves.

October 25, 2005 Saving Face and Murderball nominated for Gotham Awards
The IFP has announced its nominees for the 2005 Gotham Awards, and both Saving Face and Murderball are on the list.  Edit Center alum Alice Wu has been nominated as a "Breakthrough Director" for Saving Face, which was distributed by Sony Classics earlier this year.  Murderball, edited by Edit Center teacher Geoff Richman, is nominated for Best Documentary.

October 15, 2005 Todd Holmes' screenplay honored at Slamdance
Preeti Girl, a screenplay written by Edit Center alum Todd Holmes, was the Grand Prize winner in the Slamdance screenplay competition. Preeti Girl is based on the characters in the documentary Highway Courtesans, which Todd edited earlier this year. Preeti Girl was also selected for the Emerging Narrative section of the IFP Market.

October 12, 2005 Tim Streeto speaks at TEC
Editor Tim Streeto came to speak at the Edit Center this week about his film, The Squid and the Whale (directed by Noah Bomback), which is currently in theaters. Tim also spoke about his television work (on Comedy Central's Stella) and his experience as an assistant editor on such films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and A Beautiful Mind.

October 7, 2005 Alchemy to air on ABC Family
Alchemy, a feature film edited by Edit Center alum Allison Zell, will air on ABC Family this week. The film was directed by Evan Oppenheimer and stars Thomas Cavanagh (NBC's Ed).

October 1, 2005 Restaurant Revamp Premieres on Food Network
The pilot episode of Restaurant Revamp is set to air on Food Network this week. The show, which was edited by Edit Center alum David Kausch, follows celebrity chef Bobby Flay as he attempts to rescue failing restaurants.

September 29, 2005 Forty Shades of Blue Opens to Rave Reviews
Sundance-winner Forty Shades of Blue, edited by Edit Center instructor Affonso Goncalves and directed by Ira Sachs (The Delta), opened this week to glowing reviews. Variety called it a "muted by nicely observed study of a Russian woman's gradual estrangement from her domineering Memphis music-legend husband," and the New York Times called it a "beautiful, melancholy film."

September 28, 2005 Michael Showalter and Sarah Flack Speak at TEC
Writer-actor-director Michael Showalter (Stella, Wet Hot American Summer) and editor Sarah Flack came to the Edit Center this week to speak to the current class about their feature film, The Baxter. Sarah also answered questions about her work editing Lost in Translation and The Limey.

September 20, 2005 Edet Belzberg Wins a MacArthur Genius Grant
Edet Belzberg, director of Gymnast (an Edit Center class project in 1999) and The Army Recruiter (the project of the current Edit Center class), has been awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. Edet's first film, Children Underground, was nominated for an Oscar in 2002.

August 1, 2005 Red Doors Wins at Outfest
Red Doors, the project of the July 2004 six-week class, won two awards at Outfest this week:  the Audience Award for First Narrative Feature and the Grand Jury Award for Screenwriting.  This follows the film's win at Tribeca, where it was given the NY, NY Best Narrative Feature award.  Red Doors was directed by Georgia Lee and edited by TEC instructor Youna Kwak.

July 11, 2005 Murderball opens in theaters
Murderball, which was edited by Edit Center instructor Geoffrey Richman, premiered in theaters July 8 and was distributed by ThinkFilm.  Murderball won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, as well as the first Special Jury Prize for Editing ever awarded at Sundance.  Edit Center alum Stephen Walker was the assistant editor on the film.

June 28 , 2005 Stella Premieres on Comedy Central
Stella, whose pilot episode was edited by Edit Center instructor Alan Oxman, will premiere on Comedy Central on June 28.  Edit Center alum Mollie Goldstein is an editor on the series, where she is joined by Edit Center instructor Eric Kissack, the show's associate editor.

June 27 , 2005 Yan Shvalb to teach Motion/DVDSP
The Edit Center is now offering a new seven-day class that combines designing elements for use in motion graphics, Apple's new Motion software, and DVD Studio Pro.  The Edit Center is delighted to welcome Yan Shvalb, consultant, graphic artist, and Apple-certified Trainer, to TEC to teach this course.  He is also the author of two recent books released by PeachPit Press: Authoring Professional DVDs with DVD Studio Pro 2 and Advanced Finishing Techniques for Final Cut Pro 4.

June 20 , 2005 Festival Updates
Swimmers, the class project for the January 2004 class, was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best New American Film at the Seattle International Film Festival.  Red Doors, the July 2004 class project, won the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting at the CineVegas Film Festival.  Home, the other July 2004 class project, won the Jury Award Honorable Mention for Best Feature Film at the Silverdocs Film Festival.

May 18, 2005 Saving Face opens in theaters
Writer/director Alice Wu's debut film, Saving Face, opened in theaters in New York this months.  It was released by Song Classics and was an Official Selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.  Alice Wu attended the first ever Edit Center class.

May 24, 2005 HOME to Premiere at Silverdocs
HOME, the class project in the July/August 2004 six-week course, is premiering at the Silverdocs Film Festival in June.  Directed by Jeffrey M. Togman and edited by Edit Center alum Mollie Goldstein, HOME is one of only ten films chosen for Silverdocs' 2005 Feature Competition.  Alum Riva Marker was the assistant editor on the film, and alum Matthew Jacob was the online editor.

May 10, 2005 Anytown, USA Wins Again
Anytown, USA, directed by Kristian Fraga and co-edited by Edit Center alum Sandy Patch, premiered in April to awards at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival.  Later that month at the Trenton Film Festival, it went on to win the Jury Prize for Best Director of a Documentary Feature.

May 2, 2005 Red Doors Wins at Tribeca
Red Doors, the July/August 2004 six-week class project, won Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival.  Directed by Georgia Lee, Red Doors was also the recipient of a Jerome Foundation New York Media Arts Grant Award.  Edit Center instructor Youna Kwak was the editor on the film, which was cut at Final Frame.

May 1, 2005 Charlie's Party to Premiere at CineVegas
Charlie's Party, the project in the July/August 2003 six-week course, is premiering at the CineVegas Film Festival in June.  Charlie's Party was directed by Catherine Cahn. Edit Center alumni Anita Gabrosek and Jonathan Reinhart were the editors on the film.

April 30, 2005 Edit Center Alumni Updates
Alum Faisal Azam was the editor and post-production supervisor on the sci-film short, Photographic Memory, which will premiere at the short film section of the Cannes Film Festival in May.  Nisi Jacobs is currently curating experimental video/film programs for The Phatory gallery, one of which, Broca's Aphasia: Disturbances of Language, honors Nisi's father.

April 27, 2005 Room to Show in Director's Fortnight at Cannes
Room, the project of the March/April 2004 six-week course, has been accepted to the Director's Fortnight of this year's Cannes Film Festival. Room, which premiered earlier this year at Sundance, was directed by Kyle Henry and edited by Edit Center instructor Pete Beaudreau. Alumni Riva Marker and Victoria Lang were assistant editors on the film.

April 20, 2005 Match Point To Premiere at Cannes
Woody Allen's next feature, Match Point, will be premiering at Cannes this summer. Edit Center alum Katy Fisher was the assistant editor on the film, working with editor Alisa Lepselter. Katy has also assisted on Forty Shades of Blue, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year; Door in the Floor; and Raising Victor Vargas.

April 20, 2005 Edit Center Alumni Updates
In brief: Minnea Lin was the assistant editor on Boys of Baraka, a documentary that won the Special Jury Award and SXSW this year and will be screening at the Human Rights Festival in New York in June. Don Evans is in Los Angeles, freelancing for the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi and waiting to hear the fate of a pilot he edited for NBC. Giacomo Ambrosini is cutting a fund-raising trailer for the political documentary Wide Open. And Ancil McKain is in the Caribbean, working as a series editor on the television show Run'Bout, a treasure-hunt reality game show.

April 18, 2005 Anytown, USA Wins at Minneapolis Film Festival
Anytown, USA won the Emerging Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Film Festival. The film was edited by Edit Center alum Sandy Patch (with co-editor Robert Greene), who took the six-week course in March of 2004. The Minnesota Daily wrote that, "Making its world premiere Saturday at the Lagoon Cinema, the hilarious and endlessly quirky 'Anytown, USA' should have a strong, popular future ahead of it. Indeed, directed by Kristian Fraga and produced by John Sikes, 'Anytown, USA' mixes the humor of the best Christopher Guest films with both the scrutiny and pathos of a political satire based in the woeful, all-too-real world."

April 5, 2005 Palindromes To Open in Theaters
Palindromes, directed by Todd Solondz, will be opening at the Angelika on April 13. The film was edited by Edit Center alumn Mollie Goldstein and Edit Center teacher Kevin Messman. Alumni Minnea Lin and Chad Beck worked as assistant editors. Palindromes is distributed by Wellspring and will be opening in other cities across the country after its New York premiere.

April 1, 2005 First-Time Caller Featured in Indie Slate Magazine
First-Time Caller, the project of the September/October 2003 six-week course, was featured in the "True Tales of Reel Life" section of the most recent issue of Indie Slate magazine. The article chronicles the process of director Paul Sullivan (a former producer for The Daily Show) and writer Ted Sullivan (an Emmy-nominee for As the World Turns) from pre-production through post. First-Time Caller was edited by Edit Center alum Jon Griggs, who is also featured in the Indie Slate story.

March 24, 2005 Winter Solstice To Open in Theaters
Winter Solstice, edited by Edit Center teacher Plummy Tucker, will be opening in theaters on Friday, April 8.  Winter Solstice stars Emmy-winner Anthony LaPaglia, Aaron Stanford (Tadpole), Allison Janney (also an Emmy winner for her role on The West Wing), and Ron Livingston (Office Space, Sex in the City).  It was directed by Josh Sternfeld and is being distributed by Paramount Classics.

March 21, 2005 The Ballad of Jack & Rose To Open in Theaters
The Ballad of Jack & Rose, edited by Edit Center teacher Sabine Hoffman, will be opening in theaters this Friday, March 25.  The film is directed by Rebecca Miller (who also directed Personal Velocity, which Sabine edited as well) and stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Catherine Keener.  Newsweek wrote that "Jack and Rose is what the American indie cinema often promises and rarely delivers: a movie you haven’t seen before, told from the point of view that owes no debt to either political correctness or genre conventions."

March 1, 2005 Red Doors, Gymnast, and How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It): Class Projects Accepted to Major Film Festivals
Red Doors, the project of the July/August 2004 six-week course, has been accepted to this year's Tribeca Film Festival.  Directed by Georgia Lee, the film was edited by Edit Center instructor Youna Kwak, with assistance from Edit Center alum Lori Kefalos.  Gymnast, directed by Oscar-nominee Edet Belzberg, was the first Edit Center project ever and will be screening in the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival this year.  How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It), a documentary about Melvin Van Peebles, was the project of the January/February 2002 course.  Directed by Joe Angio (editor-in-chief of Time Out New York), the film will be screening at the Full Frame and Tribeca film festivals.

March 1, 2005 Alchemy and Bittersweet Place: Alumni Projects Accepted to Tribeca
Alchemy, which was edited by Edit Center Alum Allison Zell, has been accepted to this year's Tribeca Film Festival.  Also screening at Tribeca will be Bittersweet Place, which was edited by Edit Center alum Mark Saunders and supervised by Edit Center instructor Anne McCabe (Maria Full of Grace).

February 25, 2005 Edit Center Alumni Updates
Ted Rodenborn, a student of the November/December 2003 six-week course, is now working full-time at Technicolor.  Alumni Michael Taylor (July/August 2001) and Ben Stark (July/August 2004) are working together on the documentary Cropsey, directed by Josh Zeman (producer of The Station Agent).  Michael is editing, and Ben is the associate editor and post supervisor.  Edit Center instructor Kevin Messman has finished work on Hidden Inside Mountains, an HD film written and directed by musician Laurie Anderson.  The film was recently displayed on the jumbo screens in Times Square.

February 7, 2005 Highway Courtesans To Show at SXSW
Highway Courtesans, a documentary film about a girl born into prostitution in India, has been accepted into the Emerging Visions section of the 2005 SXSW Film Festival. Highway Courtesans was edited by Edit Center alum Todd Williams and produced by alum Anura Idupuganti.

February 1 , 2005 Swimmers Reviewed in the Hollywood Reporter
The Edit Center class project Swimmers, which recently played in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, was very well reviewed in the Hollywood Reporter recently. "Mature audiences looking for a deeply-felt, human-scale story should be given the chance to enjoy this one in theaters," James Greenberg wrote. Swimmers was edited by Edit Center instructor Affonso Goncalves and alum Lilah Bankier, with assistance from alum Paul Kondo.

January 31, 2005 Forty Shades of Blue and Murderball Win at Sundance
Forty Shades of Blue, edited by Edit Center instructor Affonso Goncalves, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Winning the Documentary Audience Award was Murderball, which was onlined by Edit Center alumni Matthew Jacob and Tim Goodwin.  TEC Alumn Stephen Walker was the assistant editor and media manager on Murderball, which also won a Grand Jury Prize for editing.

January 21, 2005 Edit Center Featured on Apple's Web Site
Apple has published an article on their web site covering the Edit Center, Swimmers, and Room.  Also available on the Edit Center press page, the article is called "Cut to Sundance" and covers the Edit Center's role in helping these two films (both class projects) on their way to the Sundance Film Festival.

January 19, 2005 Assisted Living and Unscrewed to Open in Theaters
Elliot Greenebaum's Assisted Living and Leslie Shearing's Unscrewed (formerly titled Dogs in the Basement and Sex & How to Fix It) are both opening in theaters this February. Assisted Living, which was a class project in November/December of 2000 and won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2002 Slamdance Film Festival, will start at the Angelika on February 4. Unscrewed, the project of the November/December 2001 course, opens at the Quad Cinema on February 9.

January 12, 2005 Edit Center Alumni Films to Screen at SXSW
Both Palindromes and Be Here to Love Me: A Film about Townes Van Zandt, will be screening at the 2005 South by Southwest Film Festival taking place in Austin, Texas in March. Palindromes, directed by Todd Solondz, was edited by alum Mollie Goldstein and Edit Center instructor Kevin Messman. Be Here to Love Me, a music documentary, was edited by alum Michael Taylor and directed by Margaret Brown.

January 10, 2005 Down to the Bone and Liberia: An Uncivil War on IndieWire's Top 15
Down to the Bone, edited by Edit Center teacher Malcolm Jamieson with associate editor Todd Williams (a TEC alum), and Liberia: An Uncivil War, edited by TEC alum Michael Kovalenko, have both been featured as two of IndieWire's Top 15 Undistributed Films of 2005. "If Debra Granik's Down to the Bone can't find a good distribution deal, indie film is really dead," said IndieWire. "The film's climax, involving a betrayal of more than just love, hits a nerve as deep as any of this year's Oscar contenders."

January 1, 2005 Edit Center Alumni Updates, Part II
In brief:  Edit Center alum Holly Schlesinger, who took the six-week class in the summer of 2001, is working as a segment producer for Fuse. Frank Luna, from the September/October 2004 course, has been hired as a full-time assistant editor for the post-production facility Batwin & Robin. The work of alumni Sam Farrell and Ted Rodenborn -- as well as the whole November/December 2003 class -- is now for sale on DVD. What Goes On, the music DVD that was one of their class projects, is now available for purchase at www.whatgoeson.tv.

December 6, 2004 Edit Center Alumni Updates
After the last edition of the alumni newsletter, many TEC alums wrote back to share what they are doing. Victoria Lang (March/April 2004) was just hired as a post-production assistant on Prime, starring Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman and edited by Kris Boden (Carlito's Way, Insomnia). Giacomo Ambrosini (March/April 2004) just finished cutting the trailer for the independent feature Susan Hero. Andrew Shulman (March/April 2003) is teaching editing and video production classes at the Bronx Museum of Art. Michael Taylor (July/August 2001) edited the film commune, which will be playing at next month's Slamdance Film Festival (another film Michael edited, Homework, won the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance last year).

December 1, 2004 Swimmers and Room: Edit Center Class Projects Accepted to Sundance

Swimmers and Room, both projects of Edit Center classes in 2004, have both been accepted to the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.  Swimmers, directed by Doug Sadler, will be screening in the American Spectrum section of the festival.  After the class, Swimmers was edited by Edit Center teacher Affonso Goncalves and alum Lilah Bankier, with assistant editor (and Edit Center alum) Paul Kondo.  Room, directed by Kyle Henry, was edited by Edit Center teacher Pete Beaudreau with assistance from alumni Riva Marker and Victoria Lang.  It will be featured in the Frontier category.

December 1, 2004 Saving Face in American Spectrum at Sundance

Saving Face, which was directed by Edit Center alum Alice Wu, will be screening in the American Spectrum section of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.  Earlier this year, the film was a hit at the Toronto Film Festival and was purchased for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics.  Saving Face was edited by Susan Graef (She's the One) and Edit Center instructor Sabine Hoffman (Personal Velocity).

December 1, 2004 Four Edit Center Teachers Have Films at Sundance

Edit Center instructors Plummy Tucker, Affonso Goncalves, Colleen Sharp and Sabine Hoffman all have films screening in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.  Lonesome Jim, directed by Steve Buscemi and edited by Plummy (Girlfight, Aeon Flux) will be screening in the Dramatic Competition.  Also in competition is Forty Shades of Blue, edited by Affonso (Door in the Floor) and directed by Ira Sachs (The Delta). Colleen's film, The Motel (directed by Michael Kang), will be in the American Spectrum category (Colleen was assisted by Edit Center alum Chad Beck).  The Ballad of Jack and Rose, directed by Rebecca Miller (Personal Velocity) and edited by Sabine, will be in the Premieres section.

November 29, 2004 Liberia:  An Uncivil War Wins IDFA Special Jury Prize

Liberia: An Uncivil War, was awarded a Special Jury Prize at the conclusion of the International Documentary Film Festival. The film was edited by Michael Kovalenko, an Edit Center alum, and aired on the Discovery Channel earlier this year.

October 22, 2004 Palindromes Acquired by Wellspring

Palindromes, which was edited by Edit Center alum Mollie Goldstein and Edit Center instructor Kevin Messman, has been purchased for distribution by Wellspring.  The film, which was directed by Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness), screened at the Telluride, Venice, Toronto, New York and London film festivals this year.  It is scheduled for release in April.

October 20, 2004 Greg Mattola Speaks to the Edit Center

Director Greg Mattola came to speak to the Edit Center class about his work in the film Daytrippers, which was edited by teacher Anne McCabe (Anne also cut You Can Count on Me and Maria Full of Grace).  Mattola also spoke about his television work, including directing Arrested Development.

October 11, 2004 Plummy Tucker Cutting Aeon Flux

Edit Center instructor Plummy Tucker is in Berlin editing Aeon Flux for director Karyn Kusama.  Aeon Flux stars Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand and is based on the MTV cartoon from the mid-90's of the same name.  Plummy previously worked with Karyn Kusama on Sundance-award-winner Girlfight.

October 11, 2004 Edit Center Alumni Edit Looking South

Edit Center alumni Denise Garcia, David Bemis, and Ancil McKain are all working as editors on the television show Looking South, an interview program that examines Latin American economic, social, and political developments.  David was a student of the September 2003 six-week course, while Ancil and Denise were both students in the summer of 2003.

October 4, 2004 Saving Face Purchased by Sony Classics

Saving Face, directed by Edit Center alum Alice Wu, has been purchased for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics.  The film was a hit at the Toronto Film Festival, where Variety called it "a warmly observed, low-key charmer."  It was edited by Susan Graef (She's the One) and Edit Center instructor Sabine Hoffman (Personal Velocity).

September 27, 2004 Film School Begins on IFC

Film School, a reality series about NYU students making their thesis films, has begun airing on the Independent Film Channel (Fridays at 10:30 pm).  Edit Center graduates Minnea Lin, Matthew Hamacheck, and Ancil McKain worked as assistant editors on the series, helping to manage the 2,000 hours that were shot (and eventually edited down to six half-hour episodes).

September 25, 2004 Be Here to Love Me Purchased by Palm Pictures

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt, directed by Margaret Brown and edited by Edit Center alum Michael Taylor, has been purchased for distribution by Palm Pictures.  The film premiered in the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month.

September 15, 2004 Year of the Bull Airing on Showtime

Year of the Bull, the project of two summer 2002 classes, is airing on Showtime this month.  The film, a documentary that follows a high school football star in his senior year, was edited by Edit Center instructor Emir Lewis and Edit Center alum Matthew Ludvino.  Alum Sonya Rhee was an assistant editor on the film, which won the Best Documentary Award at the Sonoma Film Festival earlier this year.

September 15, 2004 Evergreen Opens to Excellent Reviews

Evergreen, the project of the May/June 2003 six-week course, has opened in AMC theaters nationwide and is garnering great reviews from critics across the country.  The LA Times writes that Evergreen is “the kind of small, deeply personal American film that rarely surfaces even in art theaters these days…Mainstream moviegoers at their local AMC willing to stray from Hollywood fare may find themselves pleasantly surprised," and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says it is "a rare film that's about social class in American life, and Bellingham writer-director Enid Zentelis explores its hidden structure and silent barriers in a novel, subtle way that makes its points without hitting us over the head with them."  Evergreen was edited by Edit Center instructor Meg Reticker, with alumni Anita Gabrosek and Chad Back serving as associate and assistant editors.

September 3, 2004 Anne McCabe to Teach the September Class

Anne McCabe has worked in the film business in England and the US for the last 20 years.  Her editing credits include the features The Daytrippers, the Academy Award-nominated film You Can Count on Me, and, more recently, Maria Full of Grace, which won the Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and is in theatres now.  She has also edited television programs, documentaries and commercials. 

August 20, 2004 Speedo to Air on PBS

Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story will be airing on PBS on Tuesday, August 24 at 10:00pm.  Speedo, directed by Jesse Moss, was the project of the July 2002 course and was edited by Edit Center instructor Aaron Lubarsky (Journeys With George).  Edit Center alums Rob Gilpatrick, Ken Yapelli and Mollie Goldstein were assistant editors on the film.

August 20, 2004 Evergreen to Open at AMC Theaters

Evergreen, the project of the May 2003 course, will be opening in AMC Theaters nationwide on September 10.  This caps off a series of festival successes for Evergreen, which premiered in the dramatic competition of the 2003 Sundance film festival.  Evergreen was edited by Edit Center instructor Meg Reticker (Heavy, The Big One, Wet Hot American Summer) with associate editor Anita Gabrosek and assistant editor Chad Beck (both Edit Center alumni.)

August 18, 2004 Edit Center Instructors Trained on Motion

Edit Center instructors Kevin Messman, Tim Goodwin, Will Cox, Alon Koppel, Chad Beck, Jon Griggs, Eric Kissack and Tarikh Korula are now trained to teach Apple's new motion graphics application, Motion.  The four-day class covered the wide range of Motion's capabilities and The Edit Center will soon be offering instruction in Motion.  Though a full class will not be available until the Apple Pro Training book is released in October, students will be able to sign up for one-on-one training with the Motion trainers.

August 5, 2004 Meg Reticker Editing Winter Passing

Edit Center instructor Meg Reticker is currently editing Winter Passing, directed by playwright Adam Rapp.  The film stars Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel and Will Farrell.  Along with Evergreen, the project of the May 2003 course at The Edit Center that she taught, Meg has edited Heavy, The Big One, Wet Hot American Summer, Decade Under the Influence, and various other narrative and documentary features.

August 4, 2004 Liberia: An Uncivil War to Air on the Discovery Channel

Liberia: An Uncivil War, edited by Michael Kovalenko, will be airing on the Discovery Times Channel this Saturday at 8:00pm.  The film showed in New York earlier this summer at the New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival after premiering at the Silverdocs Film Festival.  Michael is an Edit Center alum who took the six-week course in March of 2002.

August 3, 2004 Palindromes Accepted to Venice

Palindromes, directed by Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness, Storytelling), will be screening in competition at this year's Venice Film Festival.  Palindromes was edited by Edit Center alum Mollie Goldstein and Edit Center teacher Kevin Messman.  The film will also be in the Special Presentations section of this year's Toronto Film Festival.