Thursday, April 28, 2011

BEFILM 2011 announces lineup, World Premieres in 3D



The 8th Annual Be Film The Underground Film Festival opens Tuesday May 3rd at The Dolby Screening Room. Be Film screens acclaimed and award-winning short films from around the world in all genres. The festival has included a 3D stereoscopic short film category for the past three years and runs from Tuesday May 3rd through Saturday May 7th in New York City.

Here are some highlights from last year's festival:



Read the full press release after the jump.



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BEFILM THE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2011
FESTIVAL OF ACCLAIMED SHORT FILMS OPENS WITH AN ARRAY OF 
WORLD AND NEW YORK PREMIERES  INCLUDING WORKS BY 
PAUL McCARTNEY AND 3D BY LINKIN PARK
WORLD, US PREMIERES DOMINATE 2011 BEFILM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK -- (Apr 27, 2011) The 8th Annual Be Film The Underground Film Festival opens Tuesday May 3rd at The Dolby Screening Room. Be Film screens acclaimed and award winning short films from around the world in all genres. The festival includes a 3D stereoscopic short film category for the past three years running. The festival runs from Tuesday May 3rd through Saturday May 7th in New York City.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Oscar® winning, as well as Oscar® nominated shorts, include:
The Lost Thing (Australia), Animation, Dir. Andrew Ruhemann
Na Wewe (Belgium), Narrative, Dir. Ivan Goldschmidt
Film Festival World Premieres include:
Blue Sway (USA), Music Video, Dir. Jack Mc Coy, Music & Lyrics Paul McCartney
Changes We Don’t Understand 3D (USA), Music Video,  Dir. Ryan Suits
De-Visions 3D (USA),  Narrative, Dir. Ryan Suits
Dead of Nowhere 3D (USA), Narrative, Dir. Chris Young
Miss Daisy Cutter 3D (France), Narrative, Dir. Laen Sanches
Sunday Jog 3D (USA), Animation, Produced by Passmore Lab
Switch 3D (USA), Animation, Produced by Passmore Lab
TS3 3D (USA), Experimental, Dir. John Zieman
Waiting For The End 3D (USA), Music Video by Linkin Park, Produced by Passmore Lab
Walibi 3D (France), Animation, Produced by Cube Creative
US or New York Premieres:
Among Friends (Canada), Narrative, Dir. Geoff Uloth
Choice Night (New Zealand), Narrative, Dir. Christopher Dudman
Copenhagen (Danemark), Narrative, Dir. Andreas Dalsgaard
Escape Velocity (Australia), Animation, Dir. Lew Keilar
Franswa Sharl (Australia), Narrative, Dir. Hannah Hillard
Heavy On The Way (Switzerland), Music Video, Dir. Michael Koch
I Do Air (UK), Narrative, Dir. Martina Amati
Inner Fire 3D (France), Narrative, Dir. Celine Tricard
Jean Francois (France), Animation, Produced by Cube Creative
Rubika (France), Animation, Dis. Autour de Minuit
Stitches (Israel), Narrative, Dir.Dana Keidar
Sugar (Netherlands), Narrative, Dir. Jeroen Annokkee
The Birds Upstairs (USA), Animation, Dir. Christopher Jarvis
The Colors of Flowers (Spain), Narrative, Dir. Miguel Santesmasses
The Fridge 3D (France), Stereoscopic 3D, Dir. Josephine Derobe
The Miracle Lady (Israel), Animation, Dir. Moran Somer & Michael Aboulafia
The Piano Tuner (France), Narrative, Dir. Olivier Treiner
The Shutdown (Scotland), Narrative, Dir. Adam Stafford
TS1 (USA), Experimental 2D, Dir. John Zieman
Vodafone 3D  theatrical edit (Spain), Spec, Produced by Bosalay Productions
Water Lilies In Bloom (Norway), Narrative, Dir. Emil Stang Lund
Yuri Lennon’s Landing (Switzerland), Narrative, Dir. Anthony Vouardoux
For a complete schedule and tickets please visit BEFILM.net
About:
Laurence Asseraf founded the Be Film The Underground Film Festival in March 2004 in her art gallery at the time “A Taste of Art”, on Duane Street in Tribeca.
Focusing on the belief that “Shorter is Better”, BEFILM THE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL screens short films exclusively and has become one of the most followed short film festivals on the East Coast. Be Film prides itself for always discovering, as well as promoting, talented filmmakers. Short films screening at Be Film are consistently nominated or win Oscars® in both live action and animation categories. The films also go on to festivals such as Toronto, Venice and Berlin.
The festival enjoys a history of constant innovation and pushing boundaries. In 2009, the festival introduced a 3D stereoscopic category. BEFILM became the first established film festival in the world to recognize and enhance the 3D stereoscopic medium with its own category.
The competition selection includes live action, narrative, documentary, experimental animation, 3D stereoscopic, specs and music videos. Established and first-time filmmakers screen side by side in an environment designed to support creativity. A panel of judges from the entertainment industry reviews the films and vote for the awards.
Screening venues are professional screening rooms such as Dolby Screening Room, Disney Screening room, Crosby Hotel Screening room as well as an “art day” screening at Gershwin Hotel. Be Film runs during five consecutive days each spring. The 2011 edition runs May 3 - May 7, 2011.
Founder - Director
Laurence Asseraf
Program Director / 3D Specialist
Dimitris Athos
BEFILM THE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
147 Duane Street
New York, NY  10013
Tel (212) 964-5493
Contact 3D: Dimitris Athos
(917) 340-4765
Contact: Laurence Asseraf
(917) 805 0144




Note: 
All 3D works are World, US or New York Premieres




Stereoscopic Program for 2011
Changes We Don’t Understand 3D (USA), Music Video,  Dir. Ryan Suits 
De-Visions 3D (USA),  Narrative, Dir. Ryan Suits 
Dead of Nowhere 3D (USA), Narrative, Dir. Chris Young
Inner Fire 3D (France), Narrative, Dir. Celine Tricard
Miss Daisy Cutter 3D (France), Narrative, Dir. Laen Sanches
Sunday Jog 3D (USA), Animation, Produced by Passmore Lab
Switch 3D (USA), Animation, Produced by Passmore Lab
The Fridge 3D (France), Stereoscopic 3D, Dir. Josephine Derobe
TS3 3D (USA), Experimental, Dir. John Zieman
Vodafone 3D  theatrical edit (Spain), Spec, Produced by Bosalay Productions
Waiting For The End 3D (USA), Music Video by Linkin Park, Produced by Passmore Lab
Walibi 3D (France), Animation, Produced by Cube Creative
On Thursday May 5th at The Gershwin Hotel, Zoran Zelic of ZZ3D will be presenting Interactive 3D Visuals with an NVIDIA stereoscopic projection system. He will be showing between 6:00 and 7:00 pm. Tickets to the 7:00pm screening include the stereoscopic presentation.

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