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A BIG THANK YOU

TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN MAKING GFF 12 INTO AN EXCITING AND SUCCESSFUL YEAR !!!                   Click above for a fullsize downloadable version.

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Greenpoint Gazette: Greenpoint Film Festival Closes with a Positive Sign

Douglas Ridloff by Jeff Mann   Sep 28, 2012 by Jeff Mann With a silent tribute that spoke volumes, the Greenpoint Film Festival (GFF) closed on Sunday, September 23rd, with a tip of its hat to Best Documentary winner “Deaf Jam.” The film follows Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen, who when introduced to American Sign…

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ASL Slam on Closing Night

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Greenpoint Star: Greenpoint Film Festival returns for second year

by Kathleen LeesSep 19, 2012   Celebrating its second season, the upcoming Greenpoint Film Festival has a new and exciting list of experimental and independent films from contemporary filmmakers. The festival premiered last fall, featuring works from such American filmmakers as David Lynch and Jonas Mekas, among others. Read more: Greenpoint Star

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Greenpointers: Opening Night of The Greenpoint Film Festival

Opening Night of The Greenpoint Film Festival Posted by Matt G. | September 21, 2012   Last night was the opening night celebration of The Greenpoint Film Festival which took place at the Greenpoint Garage on Huron Street off of Manhattan Ave. The festival kicked off with a standing-room only screening of the documentary “Deaf…

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Greenpointers: Greenpoint Film Festival Day Two: The Millennium Nomadic Program

Posted by Matt G. | September 22, 2012   On Friday, the Millennium Film Workshop, an artists’ film collaborative based out of the East Village, guest-curated the Greenpoint Film Festival’s program with a host of bold and striking experimental short films under the banner of the “Millennium Nomadic Program.” I’m of the opinion that any…

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Greenpointers: Greenpoint Film Festival Day 3: Community, Environment and Tom Jarmusch

Posted by Matt G. | September 23, 2012   In what was an inspired choice of venue, day three of the Greenpoint Film Festival took place at the Newtown Creek Visitors Center with a selection of environmentally and community themed documentaries. Opening the program was the must-see “The Domino Effect” – a very timely chronicle of…

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Greenpoint Gazette: Eclecticism Highlights the 2nd Annual Greenpoint Film Festival

Eclecticism Highlights the 2nd Annual Greenpoint Film Festival Sep 20, 2012 by Nick Powell After a successful inaugural year, the Greenpoint Film Festival makes its return to the neighborhood this week, showcasing talented young filmmakers and actors and providing local cinephiles the opportunity to view interesting and dynamic films in their own backyard. More than…

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GFF12 Documentary Shorts highlight: Rip Smops

directed by Jenny Miller, Sam Phillips & Arielle Edelman, 21min A documentary portrait of multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and DJ Rip Smops who has been making music for over 30 years and is ready for his big break.

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GFF12 presents another highlight from the Documentary Program: Wimoweh

directed by Sean Gallagher, 10min A charming reflection on the success of the 1960’s American male doo-wop group The Tokens, made famous by their hit single “The Lion Sleep Tonight,” as told by band member Jay Seigel.

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GGF12 presents the NOW COLLECTION our winner for Best Experimental Short

directed by Aki Goto, 39mins Multimedia artist Aki Goto’s fashion-video epic for her Now Collection is as sweet as it is daring, highlighting her one-of-a-kind repurposed creations while exploring the idea of the present outside of time.

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GFF12 presents a highlight from the Environmental Program: Newtown

directed by Sarah Choi, 8min In this eye-opening documentary, filmmaker Sarah Choi exposes the history and realities of the Greenpoint Oil Spill – one of the largest, and least publicized man-made disasters in the USA – and its impact on local communities.

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GFF12 presents its winner for Best Narrative Short: ANGELFISH

directed by Michael Tyburski, 11min After a difficult breakup, a quiet young man moves off the grid and onto a sailboat on New York’s East River in search of what can not be found within the confines of the city.

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GFF12: Narrative Feature Louise and Her Lover

Director: Ryan Balas Running Time: 72 min Lines get blurred in this erotic thriller testing the nature of relationships and boundaries. Lousie and Lilly, two young models, and Johanna, a young painter, become involved in a twisted three-way relationship that once started as civil then shifts into complicated territory. Beautifully shot, this is the world…

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Opening our ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM at the Newtown Creek Visitors' Center

Opening our ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM at the Newtown Creek Visitors’ Center location is David Leitner’s NEWTOWN CREEK DIGESTOR EGGS: THE ART OF HUMAN WASTE. The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, epitomizes wha t can be achieved by progressive government working with local activists to adopt the latest technology – but it’s the award-winning…

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GFF12 : Bill Morrison Selection curated by Paul Dallas

GFF12 : Bill Morrison Selection curated by Paul Dallas Bill Morrison’s re-workings of rare archival footage often paired with rich soundtracks have earned him international recognition as “one of the most adventurous American filmmakers.” His work addresses collective mythologies and forgotten narratives, both real and imagined. Paul Dallas will be presenting a selection of short…

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GFF12 Narrative Feature: Maybe Tomorrow

In Michael Wolfe’s NARRATIVE FEATURE drama MAYBE TOMORROW three men are haunted by a crime that severs their friendships but connects them to each other for life. After fifteen years of denial, they revisit the one night that changed their lives. http://maybetomorrowthefilm.com/

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OPENING NIGHT GFF 2012!

The 2nd Annual Greenpoint Film Festival opens Thursday, Sept. 20 with the winner of the Documentary Features competition, Judy Lieff’s Deaf Jam, a mind-opening look into the world of American Sign Language (ASL) Slam Poetry! 6:00pm Opening Reception7:00pm Screening of Deaf Jam8:15pm Q & A with director Judy Lieff, main character Aneta Brodski with ASL…

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GFF12: Last Call at the Oasis

by Jessica Yu, 105 min Screening as part of the curated environmental section at the Newton Creek Visitor Center. Cinematic journalism at its best, Jessica Yu’s startling documentary, is a call to action regarding the current water crisis. The film exposes the consequences of human and corporate decisions made affecting our water on a local…

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Highlight from Themed Section: Community -The Domino Effect

by Daniel Phelps, Megan Sperry and Brian Paul, 50min The Domino Effect is a documentary which explores the Domino Sugar Factory development project in Williamsburg and its projected impact on the neighborhood. Told through the voices of longtime residents, the film conveys the personal impact of gentrification while also shedding light on the controversial process…

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GFF12 Festival Highlight: Golf in the Kingdom, Winner of Best Narrative Feature

Directed by Susan Streitfeld – Produced by Mindy Affrime, 86 min Golf in the Kingdom, is adapted from Michael Murphy’s 1972 classic novel. A blend of sport and mysticism, it tells the story of Michael, who in 1956 is bound for an ashram in India when he stops over in Scotland to play one last…

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GFF12 Festival Highlight: Lost in America, Winner Best Documentary Short

Directed by Ian Kennedy, 39min A poetic urban western, Lost In America is a unique portrait of eccentric poet and singer Philip Norris who struggles to survive in the quickly changing neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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GFF12 for Micro-Budget: Love Stalker

Shot in the environs of St. Louis in five weeks with a $20,000 budget and a Canon 5D Mark II, filmmakers Brian Bowls MacLean and Matt  “Mugs” Glasson crafted together a witty and semi-gritty “un-romantic comedy” feature. Love Stalker is the highlight of GFF12’s Micro-Budget category.  Q & A with the filmmakers will follow. Stay…

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Tom Jarmusch's Sometimes City Headlines Experimental Documentary Program

From Cineaste Magazine: ” an unshowy dedication to portraying a city through the words and faces of its residents, and its patience in allowing its accumulation of unspectacular filmed encounters to gradually form an incredibly revealing mosaic of a deeply troubled urban community.

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We Reached Our Kickstarter Goal!

A huge thanks out to our backers. We are very grateful. Now on to the show!

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Another highlight for GFF12's upcoming program

Bestiaire buffaloBestiaire is an elegant meditation on the nature of sentience and the boundaries between nature and “civilization”.

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We're in the final turn of our Kickstarter campaign

Folks, thanks so much for your contributions. As you see we are almost there, but we still have a gap to bridge. Please spread the word to as many others as possible. Below are a few still previews of coming attractions to this year’s festival. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2123586201/2012-greenpoint-film-festival Cheers & much gratitude, GFF

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2012 Kickstarter is Now in Gear

Please help grow our 2nd annual festival by contributing to our Kickstarter campaign. Thank you!

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Sunset Cruise & After Party Fundraiser 2012 Was a Success

Sunset Cruise & After Party Fundraiser 2012, a set on Flickr. Thanks so much to our sponsors, especially the East River Ferry, our amazing volunteers, and all who came out to support the Festival.

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Tickets Are Still Hot for the June 21st Fundraising Event

You can still get on board to cool off from Thursday’s oncoming climate change 90 plus degree oven, with  cool river and ocean breezes and sipping wine and Brooklyn Brew on our East River Sunset Cruise.  Tickets are STILL AVAILABLE! Download our flyer.

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Greenpoint Star: Rosa Valado

by Heather Senison Mar 20, 2012     Rosa Valado moved to Richmond Hill from a small town in Northwest Spain with her parents when she was 11 years old. She went back to Europe several years later to study art in Madrid, finishing with a specialized degree in Fine Arts and Art History from…

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Greenpoint Star: Greenpoint film fest taking submissions

Attendees in 2011, photo compliments of the Greenpoint Film Festival.   The Greenpoint Film Festival is gearing up for its second year, taking submissions from the public, in addition to curated programs, for the first time. Categories for the festival, hosted by Brooklyn’s Woven Spaces arts organization, include experimental/avant-garde, narrative, documentary, and animation. The festival…