Filmette is a new festival celebrating films that run between 30 and 60 minutes in length. The festival was created to showcase movies that have historically struggled to find an audience and distribution simply because of their unconventional running time. Too long for traditional shorts programs and too short for the theatrical release given to feature films, these mid-length movies are no less deserving of attention simply because they run between a half-hour and an hour.

The festival will focus on works across four genres: Narrative, Documentary, Animation and Experimental. Films need not be premieres or created within the last year as the goal is simply to showcase the best.

Dates: Saturday November 19 and Sunday November 20 2016

12 NOON to 10 PM

Harvestworks 596 Broadway #602 New York NY 10012

Phone: 212-431-1130

Subway: F/M/D/B Broadway/Lafayette, R to Prince, #6 to Bleecker St

Filmette Founders

Gisburg: A composer, singer, and sound/music editor/assistant for film directors such as Abigail Child, Ethan Coen, Robert Duvall, Rob Marshall, Martin Scorsese and Amie Siegel, Gisburg has worked in the industry for over 20 years. She attended the Berlin University as a guest student for composition and modern music theatre with Prof. Dieter Schnebel with whom she toured internationally as a singer. Settling down in NYC in 1992, she recorded several CDs for Tzadik, Knitting Factory Record, and GP music and has also composed original music for several features and shorts. More here.

Molly Gross: As BAMcinématek’s Senior Publicist for nine years, she worked on Sundance at BAMfor its three year run and was on the team for the inaugural BAMcinemaFEST. Subsequently, she became the Senior Publicist at the Whitney museum where she worked closely with L ight Industrycurators Ed Halter and Thomas Beard who curated the film section of the 2012 Biennial. Having studied Electronic Media Art at the Hochschule fur Graphik und Buch-Kunst in Leipzig, Germany, she also creates time-based digital works. More here.

Drew Pisarra: The former VP of Digital Media for both SundanceTV and AMC network was instrumental in launching Shorts On SundanceTV, an online showcase for short films which had previously premiered at the festival, including works by Jill Soloway and Denis Villeneuve among others. A screenwriter as well, his short “18 Kisses of Significance” was presented at Cannes in 2011. His devotion to film also extends to criticism, including his blog Korean Grindhouse, devoted exclusively to Korean movies.

Loui Terrier: A filmmaker and visual artist, he received his BA in Film and Video Production from Pennsylvania State University, studied fine painting at the New School, and screenwriting at NYU. Loui spent seven years working for a Pennsylvania production company, Filmspace, where he helped to produce over 50 documentaries, commercials, and local music videos. His last three independent short films have won many awards, premiered at NYC Film Festivals and have screened at Film Festivals in Europe, Asia, South America, the United States, and Canada. His latest film, A Match Made In, is in the final stages of post-production. More here and here.

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