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Each year Gen Art showcases many of the best emerging independent films in high-profile film festivals & other programs. Gen Art invites rising independent North American filmmakers free-of-care to participate in these programs which draw a high profile audience including tastemakers, film industry members, press and celebrities.
NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2009 GEN ART FILM FESTIVAL
Final deadline for withoutabox members: December 12th
(If you are not a member of withoutabox and would like to request a deadline waiver email filmfestival@genart.org)
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To submit your film click on the link below. All submissions will be considered The Gen Art Film Festival in both New York (April) and Chicago (June).
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Questions? Email us at filmfestival@genart.org or call 212-255-7300 x505
7 Premieres. 7 Parties.
The Gen Art Film Festival is an exciting week of film premieres, spotlighting the most talented emerging filmmakers in North America. This multi-genre slate features the New York premiere of 14 exhilarating films (seven shorts and seven features) each followed by a soon-to-be legendary party at one of New York's most exclusive nightspots.
$10,000 awarded for Feature winner.
$5,000 awarded for Short winner.
Each submission will be considered for a variety of Gen Art programming including the New York festival, customized specialty film programs throughout the year, and our 3rd Annual Gen Art Chicago Film Festival; scheduled to take place June 2009.
GEN ART SCREENS "BATTLE IN SEATTLE" WITH CAST & CREW
In September, Gen Art screened the important film "Battle in Seattle" with director Stuart Townsend and cast members Charlize Theron, Martin Henderson and Rade Serbedzija in attendance at an intimate Cinema Circle event for 115 guests.
Watch the great Q&A mixed with film clips from the real life events when protesters tried to stop the World Trade Organization's meeting in Seattle in 1999. A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalated into a full-scale riot, and soon a State of Emergency is declared by the Mayor of Seattle.
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See photos from this event.
FESTIVAL ALUM BRAD ANDERSON RETURNED TO GEN ART WITH TRANSSIBERIAN
On Wednesday, July 16th, director Brad Anderson joined Gen Art for a Special Advance Screening at AMC Loews Village 7 for his film "Transsiberian; starring Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Thomas Kretschmann & Ben Kingsley. The Gen Art Film Festival alumnus, whose debut feature The Darien Gap opened our first ever festival in 1996, helped introduce the film. Additionally, director Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, one of Filmmaker Magazine’s New Faces of Independent Film, introduced his short film "Sikumi" ("On the Ice") which won the Short Filmmaking Award at Sundance 2008.
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"AUGUST" DEBUTS AT GEN ART SCREENING SERIES + CINEMA CIRCLE
Gen Art had the pleasure of welcoming alumni filmmaker Austin Chick to New York and San Francisco for very special screenings of his recent film "August".
In New York, Gen Art and Don Julio were pleased to present Producer Level members & guests an intimate Cinema Circle event featuring August at the beautiful Dolby 88 Screening Room. Austin Chick provided insight into the film during an extended Q+A moderated by Gen Art's Aaron Levine.
In San Francisco the film premiered at the Century 9 Theaters in San Francisco with a post-screening Q&A including Austin Chick, actor Adam Scott, and panelists from the dot-com industry: Patricia Handschiegel (StyleDiary.net, now StyleHive.com), Jonathan Abrams (Friendster.com & Socializr.com) and Andy Chen (Buzzilions.com & FogDog.com). Additional support from Acura helped to make this a successful premiere!
See photos from the New York event
See photos from the San Francisco event
See video from the NY event.
2ND ANNUAL GEN ART CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS
From June 23 - 27 over 2,500 Gen Art members, Chicago socialites and movie enthusiasts gathered each night to celebrate the best in emerging independent film talent with the 2nd Annual Gen Art Chicago Film Festival presented by Acura! The festival featured the Midwest premieres of five of today's best new North American independent feature and short films, over a course of five consecutive nights. Each evening's premiere was followed-by a high-energy after party at one of Chicago's most exciting venues including The Ravenswood Billboard Factory, ZED451, Landmark, Rockit Bar & Grill and Enclave.
The Festival opened with a bang on June 22nd with the Chicago Premiere of “Bart Got A Room” at the historic Music Box Theater. On the red carpet in support of their film was director Brian Hecker and cast members Alia Shawcat and Steven Kaplan. The film also won The Acura Grand Jury Feature Film Award for $10,000.
The Acura Grand Jury Short Film Award for $5,000 to Joe Wein for "Goldfish." Joe also won the coveted Gen Art Film Festival Audience Award for Best Short while Mark Webber took the honor for his feature "Explicit Ills".
GEN ART ALUMNI MAKE THE CUT FOR THE 25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM
Huge congrats go out to Gen Art Film alumni Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, Christina Voros and Jennifer Phang for being featured in Filmmaker Magazine's 10th annual survey of new talent. MacLean recently screened his Sundance award winning short "Sikumi" with "Transsiberian" at Gen Art Screening Series events this July and August, while Phang’ "Half Life" and Voros’ "The Ladies" both took home the Gen Art Film Festival Acura Grand Jury prizes in New York this April.
"The people on Filmmaker's '25 New Faces' list are not only innovators we believe will be impacting tomorrow's film scene, but they're also artists engaged in a vital re-think of what it means to be independent today," said Filmmaker's editor in chief Scott Macaulay. "Crisscrossing from short-form work into features, from docs to fiction and from the web to theaters, they are creating careers as original as their films."
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