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Tanner Hall
Spotlight
Feature Narrative, 2009, 95 min
Directed by: Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg
Interests: Coming of Age, Women's Interest
TANNER HALL is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. The knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming-of-age stories of four teenage girls when their friendship is jeopardized by the arrival of a new girl. Rising Star Rooney Mara shines as the heart of this film. Read More
Spotlight
Feature Narrative, 2009, 95 min
Directed by: Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg
Interests: Coming of Age, Women's Interest
TANNER HALL is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. The knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming-of-age stories of four teenage girls when their friendship is jeopardized by the arrival of a new girl. Rising Star Rooney Mara shines as the heart of this film. Read More
Tears of April
World Cinema , Scandinavian Focus
Feature Narrative, 2008, 115 min
Directed by: Aku Louhimies
Interests: Drama, History
At the end of Finland's civil war in 1918, the government-supported Whites are rounding up the Social Democratic Reds. Private Aaro Harjula cannot tolerate the cruel abuses he has witnessed and insists on taking Miina Malin, a young Red platoon leader, to await trial. Along the way Aaro and Miina develop a connection that will force Aaro to make an agonizing choice. Read More
World Cinema , Scandinavian Focus
Feature Narrative, 2008, 115 min
Directed by: Aku Louhimies
Interests: Drama, History
At the end of Finland's civil war in 1918, the government-supported Whites are rounding up the Social Democratic Reds. Private Aaro Harjula cannot tolerate the cruel abuses he has witnessed and insists on taking Miina Malin, a young Red platoon leader, to await trial. Along the way Aaro and Miina develop a connection that will force Aaro to make an agonizing choice. Read More
Ten: Thirtyone
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2008, 18 min
Directed by: Lev Gorn and Gabe Fazio
Precedes: Surrogate
Interests: Drama
Eleonore Hendricks (THE PLEASURE OF BEING ROBBED) plays Tommy, an outer-borough NYC teen in a desperate search for her missing dog. She eventually seeks out her estranged grandmother in this gritty, consistently surprising drama. Read More
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2008, 18 min
Directed by: Lev Gorn and Gabe Fazio
Precedes: Surrogate
Interests: Drama
Eleonore Hendricks (THE PLEASURE OF BEING ROBBED) plays Tommy, an outer-borough NYC teen in a desperate search for her missing dog. She eventually seeks out her estranged grandmother in this gritty, consistently surprising drama. Read More
Tenure
Spotlight
Feature Narrative, 2008, 90 min
Directed by: Mike Million
Interests: Comedy, Romance
In this comedic and romantic send-up of academia, Associate Professor Charlie Thurber (Luke Wilson) begrudgingly prepares for one more attempt at a tenure position. Just as he starts to feel the long awaited promotion is within his grasp, an impressive new professor (Gretchen Mol) is brought on staff. Charlie's best friend convinces him the only solution is to sabotage his new competition, but Charlie soon finds his professional aspirations and personal emotions leading him down different paths. Read More
Spotlight
Feature Narrative, 2008, 90 min
Directed by: Mike Million
Interests: Comedy, Romance
In this comedic and romantic send-up of academia, Associate Professor Charlie Thurber (Luke Wilson) begrudgingly prepares for one more attempt at a tenure position. Just as he starts to feel the long awaited promotion is within his grasp, an impressive new professor (Gretchen Mol) is brought on staff. Charlie's best friend convinces him the only solution is to sabotage his new competition, but Charlie soon finds his professional aspirations and personal emotions leading him down different paths. Read More
This is Her
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2009, 12 min
Plays In: New York Women in Film and Television Short Film Program
Interests: Comedy, Women's Interest
While Evie struggles to give birth with her loving husband beside her, commentary reveals that seeds of destruction have already been sown. Innocent six-year old Kylie seems like she could do no harm, but in the future she will destroy the family we see born in this poignant film. Read More
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2009, 12 min
Plays In: New York Women in Film and Television Short Film Program
Interests: Comedy, Women's Interest
While Evie struggles to give birth with her loving husband beside her, commentary reveals that seeds of destruction have already been sown. Innocent six-year old Kylie seems like she could do no harm, but in the future she will destroy the family we see born in this poignant film. Read More
transitions
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2009, 16 min
Plays In: Student Awards Showcase & Making Your First Short Panel
What connects us as people? A shared space. A common interest. A basic drive. Blood. In our teeming city of millions, lives criss-cross in ways both expected and unexpected. The bag lady. The straphanger. The summer intern. The single mom. In a single evening, these familiar characters discover just what it is that connect one to the other, and along the way confront their own deep secrets. transitions is a snapshot of our modern-day lives, played out on the ultimate world stage. Read More
Short Films
Short Narrative, 2009, 16 min
Plays In: Student Awards Showcase & Making Your First Short Panel
What connects us as people? A shared space. A common interest. A basic drive. Blood. In our teeming city of millions, lives criss-cross in ways both expected and unexpected. The bag lady. The straphanger. The summer intern. The single mom. In a single evening, these familiar characters discover just what it is that connect one to the other, and along the way confront their own deep secrets. transitions is a snapshot of our modern-day lives, played out on the ultimate world stage. Read More
Two From The Sloan Screenwriters Lab: CHARM SCHOOL FOR PRIMATES and THE TRANSFORMATION
Panels
Panel, 60 min
The Hamptons International Film Festival, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, presents staged readings of two featured screenplays from their annual screenwriters lab. In the romantic comedy CHARM SCHOOL FOR PRIMATES, a lovelorn primatologist with acute social anxiety must present her ape research to a board of executives and defeat brilliant, socially adept scientists to win a coveted research grant. Under the merciless scrutiny of a top presentation coach, she learns the art of public speaking and takes on the demons that threaten to crush her mired career and love life. In the historical drama THE TRANSFORMATION, based on the true story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, an innovative Hungarian physician makes a radical discovery of the cause and cure of Childbed Fever, a disease killing thousands of poor pregnant women in the hospitals of 19th Century Europe. As he fights against the many medical setbacks in the prevention of the disease itself, he must also combat the prejudice, scientific hubris, political repression, and superstitions of his day. Jay Anania (DAY ON FIRE, HER NAME IS CARLA) will direct a selection from each screenplay, which will be performed by a cast of guest actors from New York City. Casting by Amy Devra Gossels, CSA. Read More
Panels
Panel, 60 min
The Hamptons International Film Festival, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, presents staged readings of two featured screenplays from their annual screenwriters lab. In the romantic comedy CHARM SCHOOL FOR PRIMATES, a lovelorn primatologist with acute social anxiety must present her ape research to a board of executives and defeat brilliant, socially adept scientists to win a coveted research grant. Under the merciless scrutiny of a top presentation coach, she learns the art of public speaking and takes on the demons that threaten to crush her mired career and love life. In the historical drama THE TRANSFORMATION, based on the true story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, an innovative Hungarian physician makes a radical discovery of the cause and cure of Childbed Fever, a disease killing thousands of poor pregnant women in the hospitals of 19th Century Europe. As he fights against the many medical setbacks in the prevention of the disease itself, he must also combat the prejudice, scientific hubris, political repression, and superstitions of his day. Jay Anania (DAY ON FIRE, HER NAME IS CARLA) will direct a selection from each screenplay, which will be performed by a cast of guest actors from New York City. Casting by Amy Devra Gossels, CSA. Read More