ACE Film Festival
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The ACE Film Festival (American Cinematic Experience Film Festival) is a film festival first held in 2007 in New York City. Organized by Tom O’Malley and Luke Szczygielski, the festival focuses "purely" on showcasing domestic films "in an effort to strengthen and promote pride in American independent cinema".[1]
The festival screens premieres of American video art, animation, short films, student films, documentaries and feature films. Band performances, interactive media showcases, games, contests and giveaways are also held.
[edit] The 2007 ACE Film Festival
The inaugural ACE Film Festival took place from August 24 to 26 at the Broad Street Ballroom, 41 Broad Street, right in the center of Manhattan's Financial District and in close proximity to the New York Stock Exchange. One of the upper floors on the venue was transformed into "Club Ace", a networking lounge where a variety of activities took place.
A portion of the festival's ticket proceeds were donated to the in an effort to support its efforts in "spreading the gift of creativity." The festival was also part of the River to River Festival, the "largest annual cultural and arts event in New York City's history."
Among the films screened was Robert Liano's and Tom Coppola's A Broad Way, a documentary film shot over the period of one hour by more than 400 filmmakers, dispersed along 258 blocks of New York City's famous Broadway.
Among the celebrities attending the festival was director Caveh Zahedi, who was a guest speaker. Other films were Anniversary Present, directed by Doug Karr; Getting Back by Wael Omar; History For Kids by Matt D'Elia; Stalking Santa by Greg Kiefer; Covenant of the Sword by Marc M.; Not So Small Talk by Mike Wollaeger; Speedy Pinata by Tomorrow's Brightest Minds; Christ of the Cubicles by Brad Schaffer; I Love You, I'm Sorry, and I'll Never Do It Again by Keith Snyder; Nostalgia by Armand Garabidian; Why by Mr.Muse and Pajji; Spaceboy by Ransom Riggs; The Great Pretenders by Jeremy Cohen; Fade by Anthony Stagliano; No Sweat by Amie Williams; 20 Something by Antonio Jeraci; Metrically Speaking by Sean Jones; The Zit by Mike Blum; The Cocktail Party by Brandon Duncan; The Doorstep by Brian Paul and Jason Nacey; Villains by Zack Keller; Little Chenier by Bethany Ashton; This Side Down, Damn If I Know by Zach Rockhill; American Artist by Natalia Lazarus; Aesop's Diner by Cara Maria O'Shea; We Also Dance by Nancy Stevens; and The City by Vladan Nikolic
The panel of judges included J. Michael Straczynski, Barry Norman, Gregory Hatanaka, Zenon Kruszelnicki, David Sullivan (actor), Peter Weller, John Threat, and Ian Fischer.
[edit] References
- ^ The New Angle: A Different Kind of Film Festival Is Coming to the Financial District, Downtown Reporter; retrieved from Google cache on 2007-11-15
