The third annual First Time Fest took place in New York City this past weekend; a film festival that celebrates first time filmmakers, whether they are first time directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, composers and producers. The festival holds a competition for filmmakers all over the world to submit their film and win theatrical distribution as well as international sales. The festival is also the only festival to boast that sixteen of its eighteen competition films have garnered theatrical distribution in an international audience, something no other festival can claim. With such a great track record, it’s no doubt that these films are sure to exceed expectations and are worthy of viewing. Here are the films and what awards they won.
The Intruder (Infiltrant) is a film from Holland directed by Shariff Korver and written by him as well as Rogier de Blok. The film follows a Dutch-Moroccan undercover police...
The Intruder (Infiltrant) is a film from Holland directed by Shariff Korver and written by him as well as Rogier de Blok. The film follows a Dutch-Moroccan undercover police...
- 3/13/2015
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
The Third Annual First Time Fest took place over the past weekend in New York City, from March 5th to March 9th. The festival, which celebrates first time filmmakers, had numerous panels that discussed topics such as financing films to getting the right marketing for the film to even talks from established filmmakers sharing their advice. The festival concluded with the honoring of Harvey Weinstein, as a tribute for “his support of first time filmmakers.”
A purely New York City centric film festival, the festival’s founders of Johanna Bennett and Mandy Ward chose to show the films at the Core Club, the Village East Cinema, and the Wild Project, while the discussions and panels were featured at the B Bar and Grill. The festival allows for a five day competition among films that were completed by first time filmmakers for the chance to win international sales and theatrical distribution.
A purely New York City centric film festival, the festival’s founders of Johanna Bennett and Mandy Ward chose to show the films at the Core Club, the Village East Cinema, and the Wild Project, while the discussions and panels were featured at the B Bar and Grill. The festival allows for a five day competition among films that were completed by first time filmmakers for the chance to win international sales and theatrical distribution.
- 3/13/2015
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Read More: SXSW Exclusive: Meet Davina In Clip From Romantic Drama 'I Believe In Unicorns' If you haven't heard of it before, the First Time Fest is exactly what it sounds like -- a festival designed to put the focus on first-time feature filmmakers, with an aim of shepherding in the next generation of great filmmakers. Held in New York, the five-day festival celebrated its third year. Here are the winners of this year's fest: Grand Prize Winner Of Theatrical Distribution & International Sales From Cinema Libre Studio The grand prize of the five-day festival went to "Infiltrant" ("The Intruder"), Holland-based Shariff Korver's thriller about a Dutch cop of Moroccan descent who goes undercover with a drug-trafficking Moroccan family and has something of an identity crisis along the way. The prize includes theatrical distribution and international sales from one of the festival's sponsors, Cinema Libre Studio. Ftf Award for Outstanding.
- 3/10/2015
- by Rosie Narasaki
- Indiewire
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