Sep 24, 2013 by Keith R. Higgons After a successful opening night on Thursday, September 19, the third annual Greenpoint Film Festival wrapped on Sunday. Just as she has done in the previous two years, Festival Director Rosa Valado was able to tap into the creativity of our neighborhood as well as bring together a…
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Sept 18, 2013 by Andrew Shilling The Greenpoint Film Festival is back again for the third year in North Brooklyn, and this year there were more submissions than ever before. According to founder Rosa Valado, the response this year brought in nearly double the submissions from last year, with 200 shorts, documentaries, experimental and animated…
The three-year-old fest returns to North Brooklyn for four days’ worth of screenings at venues around the neighborhood. Sep 17, 2013 By Peter Kirby The annual New York Film Festival gets underway on September 27, but if you’re looking for something that’s more hyperlocal, consider checking out the Greenpoint Film Festival. The upstart event, now…
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Selection Jury – GFF13
Jeremy Kipp Walker is a New York-based producer/ director and partner at the independent film production company Journeyman Pictures. Among the films that he has produced are Sophie Barthes’ Cold Souls, starring Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, and Emily Watson; and Mark Heller’s The Passage, starring Stephen Dorff and Sarai Givaty. By day, Keith R. Higgons…
Sep 13, 2013 by Kevin D’Angelo The Greenpoint Film Festival is back for its third year, running from September 19th to the 22nd. The festival, which in the past featured a retrospective of David Lynch and a premiere of Jonas Mekas’ My Mars Bar Movie, will screen an exciting collection of films at venues including…
August 20, 2013 By Erica Martin A pyrotechnics addict in love, a moody French-Canadian out to save a Palestinian refugee, and a trailblazing dolphin. They’ll all hit the big screen at the third annual Greenpoint Film Festival next month. Woven Spaces, a Greenpoint-based arts organization that has been working out of Brooklyn since 1996, will…
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Film lineup for GFF13 !
Animation: “Elk Grass”, Abbey Luck, Best Animation Short “The Pyrotechnician’s Daughter”, Courtney Taniguchi, Official Selection “Silent Voices”, David O’Brien, Official Selection Narrative: “La Vallée des Larmes”, Maryanne Zehil, Best Narrative Feature “Your Side of the Bed”, Jason Jeffrey, Official Selection Narrative Feature “Mojave”, Peter Sasowsky, Best Narrative Short “Epilogue”, Dylan Allen, Official Selection Narrative Shorts…
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GFF 2013 Jury
Here are the names of the jury for GFF 2013! Tom Jarmusch Rachael Guma Keith R. Higgons Jeremy Kipp Walker Michael Sayers
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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.
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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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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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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Bestiaire is an elegant meditation on the nature of sentience and the boundaries between nature and “civilization”.
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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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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…
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…
Last night, just a couple dozen people braved the rain and cold to help kick off the first Greenpoint Film Festival with the premiere of Jonas Mekas’s new documentary, “My Mars Bar Movie.” The film, which Mr. Mekas, 88, said he had recorded during trips to Mars Bar over the course of fifteen years at…
Yesterday evening marked the beginning of what appears to be a promising new presence on the New York film scene: the opening night of the first annual Greenpoint Film Festival, launched by Brooklyn based arts organization Woven Spaces. Films screened for the rest of the weekend will be a promising melange of documentaries, features and…
On October 27th, the Greenpoint Film Festival will make its debut. Inside Broadway Stages, movies from avant-garde, indie filmmakers will be screened, as will the work of cult favorite David Lynch. Throughout the four-day event, a wide variety of films with diverse themes covering environmental issues, local happenings, and social commentary are going to be…
Legendary filmmaker and Gotham flaneur Jonas Mekas is set to kick off the first-ever Greenpoint Film Festival with the premiere of a full-length documentary about boozing it up at the infamous Mars Bar in Manhattan. The 88-year-old, Lithuanian-born and Brooklyn-based filmmaker nicknamed “the Godfather of avant-garde cinema,” will screen five of his films at the…
Well-known for his contribution to the avant-garde film world, Jonas Mekas has been called the godfather of it all, but the humble 89-year-old doesn’t want that label. “I don’t like it because there is a big misunderstanding,” he said as he spoke to this paper in his Clinton Hill studio in August before Hurricane Irene…
Did you know that the Little Rascals was set in Greenpoint? It’s one of the screenings for the upcoming Greenpoint Film Festival, the first of what will become an annual affair organized by Woven Spaces, a local nonprofit public arts group. Taking place October 27 – 30 at Broadway Stages in Greenpoint, the line-up includes…