Gotham Screen Film Festival & Screenplay Contest

GOTHAM SCREEN is the newest addition to New York City's film festival scene.

After its debut in 2007 as a screenplay contest, Gotham Screen has been expanded to showcase shorts and feature films. This years festival will take place in downtown Manhattan, at the Tribeca Cinemas, at the end of October.

This festival gives filmmakers the chance to have their work shown and critically judged in New York. Gotham Screen specializes in fresh voices and perspectives from local, national and international filmmakers. The mission of the festival is to create a positive industry and audience exposure for works that would otherwise not easily get seen. The concurrently held screenplay contest also holds regular readings throughout the year.

The festival's International Showcase will this year host a selection of European, Middle Eastern and Asian feature films, shorts and documentaries, while the New American Cinema section brings the latest in US shorts and independents.

Festival lineup 2008

A first glimpse at the highlights of this year's lineup:

Opening Night Premiere: "Left Bank (Linkeroever)" Belgium 2008 - Thursday, October 30th, 7pmstarring Eline Kuppens, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marilou Mermans; Dir: Pieter Van Hees

Closing Night Premiere: "Pretty Ugly People" US 2008- Sunday, November 2nd, 7:30pmstarring Missi Pyle, Melissa McCarthy, Josh Hopkins, Octavia Spencer, Dir: Tate Taylor

Special Screening: "How to Be" UK 2008- Saturday, November 1st, 9pmstarring Robert Pattinson, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Hardy; Dir: Oliver Irving

About the Festival:

The GOTHAM SCREEN film festival showcases new feature, documentary and short films from independent, first- or second-time directors as well as international releases making their East Coast or US debut. The festival focuses on new names and lesser known filmmaking regions.

The 2008 Screenplay Contest is aimed at first and second time screenwriters and comes new with a $2,500 cash prize for the winning screenplay. In addition, excerpts from selected contest entries will be performed live at a staged reading during the festival.


External links

* [http://www.gothamscreen.com/ 2008 Gotham Screen Film Festival]
* [http://www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/Default.aspx?DN=f794e4c1-a21e-4d65-a7f1-50d864a27cdf&month=5&year=2008 Moving Pictures Magazine]
* [http://www.filmfestivalpost.com/showthread.php?t=106 Filmfestivalpost]
* [http://www.filmfestivals.com/servlet/JSCRun?obj=FichePro&CfgPath=ffs&Cfg=search.cfg&id=4330 Filmfestivals.com Festival Guide]