Like last year, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the closing night awards ceremony for the First Time Fest, which was held at the New York City nightclub 42West. The ceremony continued the festival’s celebration of first...
At the closing night reception for the second annual First Time Fest at 42 West, Love Steaks won the “contest disguised as a film festival” and received the prize all emerging filmmakers crave: theatrical distribution. The voting jury included...
One the best things about First Time Fest — a New York City-based festival that celebrates the work of first-time filmmakers that is now in its second year — is the astounding level of talent the festival has brought...
Fall to Rise is a multi-character study that focuses on the friendship between Lauren (Katherine Crockett), the former star of a dance company who was let go because of injuries, and Sheila (Daphne Rubin-Vega), who joined the company at...
It takes courage for a filmmaker to tackle a well-known play that has already been adapted into films and television more than a half-dozen times as his or her first film. But that’s exactly what Swedish writer/director Mikael Berg...
