2009 Festival Schedule

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All events are open to the public unless otherwise specified.

Thursday, February 26

4:00 to 5:30 PM - Smart Talk: Women and Film in the Blogosphere

Writer/marketer/blogger Melissa Silverstein of Women & Hollywood moderates a panel of some of the most influential film bloggers on the Internet. They will discuss the business and politics of being a female film critic in the emerging field of blogs.

721 Broadway, 9th floor

6:30 PM - Special Screening: SUNSHINE CLEANING with Q&A

Come see a special screening of Big Beach Film's upcoming release Sunshine Cleaning, about a struggling single mother (Amy Adams) who starts a crime scene cleanup business with her unreliable sister (Emily Blunt) in order to send her son to private school. The film is directed by Christine Jeffs and written by Megan Holley. Following the screening there will be a Q&A with the film's producer Peter Saraf (Little Miss Sunshine, Adaptation)

Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St., Rm. 200

Friday, February 27

1:00 to 3:00 PM - Docs in the Works

Come see finalists for our student-written documentary pitch competition pitch their work to a panel of industry guests in order to get feedback on not only their films but also their pitching techniques. Panelists include execs from IFP, HBO, POV, and Chicken & Egg Pictures.

721 Broadway, Rm. 006

3:30 to 5:30 PM - Writers to Watch

Excerpts of the student finalists' screenplays will be read by actors from the StoneStreet Studio. Directed by Matt Morgenthaler. Winners will be announced at the close of the event.

721 Broadway, Golderberg Theatre, 7th Floor

6:30 PM - Filmmakers to Watch

Come see some of the most impressive work done by all levels of Tisch students. The screening will be followed by our awards ceremony which will honor Fusion's best Graduate, Undergraduate, and Sight and Sound directors and cinematographers.

Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St., Rm. 200

10:30 PM - After Party / Networking Event

Location TBA

Saturday, February 28

12:00 PM - A Conversation with Maryse Alberti (The Wrestler)

Roundtable Discussion, NYU students by invitation only

3:00 PM - Screening: SHOOTING WOMEN

New York Premiere of Alexis Krasilovsky's documentary on female cinematographers sponsored by Women Make Movies. Featuring more than 50 camerawomen from around the world and shot over a period of six years, Shooting Women, by pioneering filmmaker and cinema studies professor Alexis Krasilovsky, celebrates the amazing talent and unflinching spirit of image-making women from the sets of Hollywood and Bollywood to the war zones of Afghanistan.

721 Broadway, Rm. 006

5:00 PM - Women Behind the Camera: Goddesses Who Do It!

Professor Sandi Sissel, ASC, moderates this panel of important female cinematographers with Nancy Schreiber, ASC (American Gun), Valentina Caniglia (Pomegranates and Myrrh), Kate Phelan, and more. This event will be followed by a closing reception in the lower lobby.

721 Broadway, Rm. 006

7:00 PM - Closing Reception

721 Broadway, Lower Lobby