Gen Art

Saturday 06.09.2012 @ 10:00am

Venue: New York (click here for venue details)

7 Premieres. 7 Parties.

The Gen Art Film Festival is an amazing week of premieres that spotlight some of the most talented emerging filmmakers in North America. Offering a multi-genre slate of 14 dynamic films, seven shorts and seven features, the festival is attended by an influential audience of film lovers, press, and industry professionals. Each screening is followed by a legendary after-party where filmmakers receive VIP treatment and have the opportunity to mix and mingle with everyone in attendance.

Our mission is to give filmmakers the best possible festival experience you can imagine. By showcasing only one short and one feature each night, we focus all eyes on your work exclusively and strive to get you and your film as much exposure as possible. After the festival we will continue to support and promote your current and future work with the national resources provided at Gen Art.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Gen Art Film Festival was founded to elevate emerging filmmakers into the next stage of their career. With a unique format that only showcases one short and one feature each night, a premiere at Gen Art means the spotlight will shine exclusively on your film for the entire evening. This festival is an opportunity for you to significantly raise your profile by sharing your film with a powerful audience - gaining crucial media attention and strengthening industry relations.

Celebrating its 17th year in 2012, Gen Art has hosted New York premieres for a vast array of emerging filmmakers who have gone on to become some of the strongest voices in independent film today. In 2011 alone, five Gen Art alumni filmmakers had features at Sundance, one of which took home the Grand Jury Prize for US Dramatic Competition (Drake Doremus, Like Crazy).

Like Crazy is being released in Fall 2011, as well as Archie's Final Project and Tanner Hall, both winners of the Acura Grand Jury Award at Gen Art. Tanner Hall also won the Stargazer Award for Rooney Mara, well before the buzz she generated in The Social Network and her upcoming The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

For short filmmakers, the Gen Art experience can't be beat. Each short film shares the red carpet experience and is presented exclusively in front of that night's feature. This unique opportunity allows us to highlight these filmmakers with the same concentrated focus that the features receive, and many of the short films showcased at Gen Art have gone on to win or be nominated for Student Academy Awards.

But aside from all that, The Gen Art Film Festival is a downright good time. Countless filmmakers point out Gen Art as one of their most exhilarating and memorable stops on the festival circuit. The non-stop action as premieres and parties roll out over the course of the week creates a feeling of excitement that will stay with you for years to come.


AWARDS

The Grand Jury Award
The Grand Jury Award is decided by a collection of Gen Art Alumni, Celebrity Judges and Industry Professionals. All seven selected features are in competition.

Gen Art Audience Award
This distinguished honor represents the favorite film as decided by the 21-39 year old, mover/shaker and culture-maker Gen Art audience. This award has tremendous commercial value when seeking distribution or funding for future projects. All seven selected features are in competition.

Stargazer Award
The Stargazer Award honors a uniquely powerful performance by an emerging actor taking part in the festival. All actors appearing in either a short or feature are eligible for this prize. This prize is shared with other categories.


ALUMNI
Gen Art has presented the New York premiere for dozens of influential filmmakers including Brad Anderson, Richard Shepard, George Ratliff, Jesse Peretz, Adrienne Shelly, Derick Martini, Victoria Mahoney, Azazel Jacobs, Tim Blake Nelson, Brad Furman, Josh Radnor, Kevin Bacon, Julie Davis, Ari Gold, The Duplass Brothers, Adrian Grenier, Susan Buice, Arin Crumley, Cary Fukunaga, Drake Doremus and many more!

"Gen Art inspires me as a filmmaker. It is so exciting to share something with a really young, super hip audience." - Kevin Bacon

Gen Art is the only festival we've ever been to where we've consistently (every night) had the time of our lives and have enjoyed EVERY FILM. With such a focused program we got A LOT OF ATTENTION and RECOGNITION we wouldn't ordinarily have in other festival formats. - Julie Snyder (Producer, Tanner Hall)

Thanks @Gen_art 4 a great #NY @TeenPaparazzo premier-your audiences are smart, receptive and damn can they party! It was a perfect evening. - Adrian Grenier via Twitter

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