THE NEXT SHOW AND GROW SCREENING AT NYWIFT IS NOVEMBER 17th! Register Now!
SHOW AND GROW is a service that NYWIFT offers to its members who have a rough cut of a film, or a finished cut that needs improving, and can’t afford to run their own test screening. The program is moderated by Alison McMahan, who arranges space with a sponsor (currently Splash Studios), previews the film before the screening, helps the filmmaker draft a questionnaire, and moderates the discussion after the screening.
At least one person on the crew needs to be a NYWIFT member in order for the film to be shown in a Show and Grow. After the screening an appreciative, supportive, educated audience of fellow NYWIFT members and guests fill out the questionnaires and then participate in a discussion moderated by Alison McMahan. The filmmaker(s) are not allowed to speak until the end of the evening; the idea is to sit and listen to what your test audience thinks about your work.
This is a great opportunity for a work-in-progress.
Show and Grow sessions are scheduled based on demand; it usually takes at least a month to schedule a screening, so if you are interested in submitting a film, contact Alison McMahan at [email protected].
Show and Grow was originally brought to NYWIFT when CINEWOMEN NY joined forces with NYWIFT. You can see an archive of films shown at Show and Grow screenings here.
The Next Show & Grow is November 17th!
On Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009 NYWIFT and Splash Studios present: Show and Grow, the work-in-progress screening and discussion series. This program features the work of experimental filmmaker, and NYWIFT member, Lili White: a trailer for her feature in progress Fool's Gold,
and a short, S/tr:w/EET WALK
The program will begin at 6:30 with refreshments and socializing at:
Splash Studios 49 W 23rd Street 6th Floor New York, NY 10010
Seating is limited so you MUST RSVP. Register Online Here.
SYNOPSES:
FOOLS GOLD is a feature length experimental documentary, which explores the theme of greed through weaving together popular legends and stories of the livelihood and moral fiber of a once wealthy small and rural American community, after a corporation creates a mass layoff and exodus. We are subjected to the effect of progress and social responsibility upon nature and humankind. FOOLS GOLD will combine factual interviews with landscape footage and live action. History will unfold in parallel stories — from a modern take on CAIN & ABEL to Zombie movies and Frank Norris’ novel McTEAGUE, incorporated with scientific information about the area’s environments, to reference the theme of “greed”; drawing no concrete conclusions. All images and audio will be interwoven composite shots made with optical printing effects that alter speed, sound, and color. Shot on different stocks to achieve different color and textures, 35MM film will be used for landscape and aerial shots and video for the rest. The layering technique form shifting perspectives suggesting psychological dimensions.
Image from S/tr:w/EET WALK
What innate qualities do shoes convey-especially if found on a prostitute's walk? A pair of shoes found on a Dublin street that used to be a prostitute's walk and that still presents a horse fair, travel tangentially though Ireland, NYC, South Carolina, and Georgia. Moving between diverse landscapes, seemingly haphazard facts disclose historic and mythic connections. An artist found the shoes used in S/tr:w/EET WALK on a Liffey que and incorporated their surrounding environment into her video. She then invited a dialogue with her work; and my video response connects directly to actual events Strands of text about ideas latent in culture relate to each other; but not through a clear, simple concept. Historic facts, a personal story, the Irish Cinderella tale, excerpts from songs and WISE BLOOD, a newspaper review about monumental art, and feminist takes on eroticism & pornography connect intuitively.
LILI WHITE
BIO:
Lili White’s work explores subjects of relationships of power and repression, sometimes drawing from ancient stories re-contextualized into meditations on the world in which we live, and the ramifications of inaction and stagnation. Influenced by art history, Eastern philosophy, psychological theory and her painting studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, her videos were shown in the United States, Germany, England, Ireland and China. Their content highlights nature, myth, dreams, archetypal imagery and language.
Sign up for this test screening featuring the work of Lili White here.