Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Film Fellow Highlights


Legendary documentarian Albert Maysles dropping in on the 2007 Tribeca Film Fellows to show them his reel and teach them a little bit about Direct Cinema.

All of the 2007 Our City, My Story filmmakers gathering together at AMC 34th Street Theater before the gala screening of their work.

The Film Fellows learning to work together via "human knot" outside Tribeca Cinemas

Pierre Lalumiere Kayitana, Thierry Dushimirimana and Gilbert Ndahayo--three visiting Rwandan filmmakers--spent the day with the Film Fellows, exchanging stories and ideas.

The 2007 Tribeca Film Fellows had a chance to attend the premiere of Angelina Jolie's experimental documentary about the world, A Place in Time . Here they are posing with Angelina Jolie, Wyclef Jean and other members of the cast.

At a special private youth screening held at the SOHO Apple Store, students screened the TFF '07 documentary Darius Goes West and had the chance to attend a lively Q&A with Darius and six other members of the film crew.

Filmmakers Jerry Lamothe (Blackout) and Oscar nominee Rachel Grady (Boys of Baraka, Jesus Camp), participating in the Listen Up!/TFI panel "Sink or Swim: Filmmakers Tell All About Getting Their First Films Made"

Young filmmakers from NYC mingle with their peers (and with MTV's Gideon Yago!) at the Youth Filmmaker Party at the Kyle Kauffman Gallery (with Gideon Yago)



Each Film Fellow was paired with a professional filmmaker mentor who helped them to develop their original film ideas into pitches. Here are a few shots of the Fellows and mentors working together.

Film Fellow Brian Fernandez chats with a Fordham representative as part of Next Steps: From High School to Higher Ed--an event where the Fellows were able to meet college and university representatives and learn a bit more about what is in store for them.

Breaking In: Careers in the Industry, an event where the Fellows met with producers, studio executives, editors and more to learn about what kinds of careers there are out there in the film world.

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