ACE Film Festival

The ACE Film Festival [ [http://www.acefest.com Homepage] ] (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". [ [http://adowntownreporter.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-angle-different-kind-of-film.html The New Angle: A Different Kind of Film Festival Is Coming to the Financial District] , Downtown Reporter;] [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/23/movies/23fest.html?ex=1345521600&en=d26453c2101f5638&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Passion for Film Spurs New Festivals, but Grueling Work Keeps Them Going] , The New York Times; ]

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.

The 2008 ACE Film Festival

The 2008 ACE Film Festival will take place from September 4th to the 7th, at New World Stages, 343 West 49th Street, down the street from world-famous Times Square. ACEFest's longtime supporter, New York Foundation for the Arts, holds the honor of being the official presenter of this year's event. NYFA, a non-for-profit organization, has supported emerging filmmakers since 1976 and offers a wide variety of programs, including Fiscal Sponsorship, Artists' Fellowships, and NYFA Source.

The final programming includes 40 films of all genres and lengths, including video art, animation, music videos, documentaries, and narrative-based shorts and feature-length films. Of all of those, 4 are World Premieres, 10 are East Coast Premieres, and 12 are New York City Premieres.

Thursday, September 4

* 7:20 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/speed-dating.shtml Speed Dating] " – directed by Crystal Liu
* 7:36 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/lamie-de-zoe.shtml L'amie De Zoe] " – directed by Danny Robashkin
* 7:38 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/person-place-or-thing.shtml Person, Place or Thing] " – directed by Elle Martini
* 7:56 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/outhouse.shtml The Outhouse] " – directed by Jack Truman
* 8:54 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/rumble-valley.shtml Rumble Valley] " – ddirected by Zach Strauss
* 8:15 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/viola.shtml Viola] " – directed by Shih-Ting Hung
* 8:27 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/joe-mover.shtml Joe Mover] " – directed by Gabe Fazio and Lev Gorn
* 8:37 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/collector.shtml The Collector] " – directed by Dempsey Tillman
* 9:20 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/wherever-you-are.shtml Wherever You Are] " – directed by Rob Margolies

Friday, September 5

* 3:00 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/kill-kill-faster-faster.shtml Kill Kill Faster Faster] " – directed by Gareth Maxwell Roberts
* 5:00 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/been-rich-all-my-life.shtml Been Rich All My Life] " – directed by Heather Lyn MacDonald
* 6:45 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/crawford.shtml Crawford] " – directed by David Modigliani
* 8:15 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/theo.shtml Theo] " – directed by Rati Oneli
* 8:55 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/long-night-drone.shtml Long Night Drone] " – directed by Neil Forman
* 9:00 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/waiting.shtml Waiting] " – directed by Anthony Sclafani Jr.
* 9:20 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/second-skin.shtml Second Skin] " – directed by Juan Carlos Peneiro

aturday, September 6

* 11:30 AM " [http://acefest.com/program/raccoon-crawfish.shtml Raccoon & Crawfish] " – directed by Calvert J. Waller III
* 11:39 AM " [http://acefest.com/program/maggie-mildred.shtml Maggie & Mildred] " – directed by Holly Klein
* 11:44 AM " [http://acefest.com/program/creation.shtml The Creation] " –
* 11:48 AM " [http://acefest.com/program/zoologic.shtml Zoologic] " – directed Nicole Mitchell
* 11:54 AM " [http://acefest.com/program/dear-fatty.shtml Dear Fatty] " – directed Hsin-I Tseng
* 12:15 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/rainbow-tribe.shtml The Rainbow Tribe] " – directed by Christopher R. Watson
* 2:00 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/music-from-inside-out.shtml Music From The Inside Out] " – directed by Daniel Anker
* 3:45 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/water-flowing-together.shtml Water Flowing Together] " – directed by Gwendolen Cates
* 5:20 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/grass-roots.shtml Grass Roots] " – directed by Jeffrey Daniels
* 7:00 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/transrexia.shtml Transrexia] " – directed by Aurelio Voltaire
* 7:02 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/window.shtml Window] " – directed by Matthew Schroeder
* 7:07 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/bookie.shtml Bookie] " – directed by Bao Tran
* 7:26 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/carissa.shtml Carissa] " – directed by David Sauvage
* 8:00 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/looking-for-ms-locklear.shtml Looking For Ms.Locklear] " – directed by Link Neal and Rhett McLaughlin
* 9:15 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/remarkable-power.shtml Remarkable Power!] " – directed by Brandon Beckner

unday, September 7

* 11:00 AM " [http://acefest.com/program/hypothetically.shtml Hypothetically] " – directed by J.P. Snell
* 11:04 AM " [http://acefest.com/program/path.shtml Path] " – directed by Evan S. Frushtick
* 11:23 AM " [http://acefest.com/program/longshots.shtml Longshots] " – directed by Kate Buhrmaster
* 12:00 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/chasing-baja.shtml Chasing Baja] " – directed by Steve Beebe
* 1:40 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/children-of-chabannes.shtml The Children of Chabannes] " – directed by Lisa Gossels and Dean Wertherell
* 3:25 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/my-architect.shtml My Architect] " – directed by Nathan Kahn
* 5:30 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/recruiter.shtml The Recruiter] " – directed by Edet Belzberg
* 7:10 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/baghdad-diary.shtml Baghdad Diary] " – directed by Joseph Consentino and Sandra Consentino
* 9:10 PM " [http://acefest.com/program/big-shot-caller.shtml The Big Shot Caller] " – directed by Marlene Rhein

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 New York Foundation for the Arts 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.acefest.com ACE Film Festival - Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/acefest ACE Film Festival - Official MySpace Page]
* [http://www.nyfa.org The New York Foundation for the Arts]