The ACE Film Festival^[1] (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".^[2][3]

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.

Contents 1 The 2008 ACE Film Festival 1.1 Thursday, September 4 1.2 Friday, September 5 1.3 Saturday, September 6 1.4 Sunday, September 7 2 The 2007 ACE Film Festival 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Thursday, September 4

• 7:20 PM Speed Dating – directed by Crystal Liu
• 7:36 PM L'amie De Zoe – directed by Danny Robashkin
• 7:38 PM Person, Place or Thing – directed by Elle Martini
• 7:56 PM The Outhouse – directed by Jack Truman
• 8:54 PM Rumble Valley – ddirected by Zach Strauss
• 8:15 PM Viola – directed by Shih-Ting Hung
• 8:27 PM Joe Mover – directed by Gabe Fazio and Lev Gorn
• 8:37 PM The Collector – directed by Dempsey Tillman
• 9:20 PM Wherever You Are – directed by Rob Margolies

[edit] Friday, September 5

• 3:00 PM Kill Kill Faster Faster – directed by Gareth Maxwell Roberts
• 5:00 PM Been Rich All My Life – directed by Heather Lyn MacDonald
• 6:45 PM Crawford – directed by David Modigliani
• 8:15 PM Theo – directed by Rati Oneli
• 8:55 PM Long Night Drone – directed by Neil Forman
• 9:00 PM Waiting – directed by Anthony Sclafani Jr.
• 9:20 PM Second Skin – directed by Juan Carlos Peneiro

[edit] Saturday, September 6

• 11:30 AM Raccoon & Crawfish – directed by Calvert J. Waller III
• 11:39 AM Maggie & Mildred – directed by Holly Klein
• 11:44 AM The Creation –
• 11:48 AM Zoologic – directed Nicole Mitchell
• 11:54 AM Dear Fatty – directed Hsin-I Tseng
• 12:15 PM The Rainbow Tribe – directed by Christopher R. Watson
• 2:00 PM Music From The Inside Out – directed by Daniel Anker
• 3:45 PM Water Flowing Together – directed by Gwendolen Cates
• 5:20 PM Grass Roots – directed by Jeffrey Daniels
• 7:00 PM Transrexia – directed by Aurelio Voltaire
• 7:02 PM Window – directed by Matthew Schroeder
• 7:07 PM Bookie – directed by Bao Tran
• 7:26 PM Carissa – directed by David Sauvage
• 8:00 PM Looking For Ms.Locklear – directed by Link Neal and Rhett McLaughlin
• 9:15 PM Remarkable Power! – directed by Brandon Beckner

[edit] Sunday, September 7

• 11:00 AM Hypothetically – directed by J.P. Snell
• 11:04 AM Path – directed by Evan S. Frushtick
• 11:23 AM Longshots – directed by Kate Buhrmaster
• 12:00 PM Chasing Baja – directed by Steve Beebe
• 1:40 PM The Children of Chabannes – directed by Lisa Gossels and Dean Wertherell
• 3:25 PM My Architect – directed by Nathan Kahn
• 5:30 PM The Recruiter – directed by Edet Belzberg
• 7:10 PM Baghdad Diary – directed by Joseph Consentino and Sandra Consentino
• 9:10 PM The Big Shot Caller – directed by Marlene Rhein

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• ACE Film Festival - Official Website
• ACE Film Festival - Official MySpace Page
• The New York Foundation for the Arts

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