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6th ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY
SHORT FILM FESTIVAL |
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S E P T E M B E R 2 4 - 2 5, 2 0 1 0 |
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 BY FILMMAKERS, FOR FILMMAKERS
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ABOUT US
MISSION STATEMENT
NYC Shorts celebrates the short form by showcasing provocative and
entertaining short films from around the world and screening at 92Y Tribeca, a brand new arts and entertainment venue, in New York City.
Created
by filmmakers David Barba, James Pellerito and Jennifer Pellerito, NYC
Shorts includes the following competition categories: drama, comedy,
documentary, lgbt,
student, foreign language and animation.
Our
previous festivals have been artistic and commercial successes. The
quality of the films from the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain,
Switzerland, the UK, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland,
Norway, Slovenia, Portugal, Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, China, India,
Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Iran was superb and we have been fortunate
enough to have filmmakers in attendance from as far as Germany, Canada,
the UK and across the US.
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N Y C S H O R T S
c/o Retribution Media LLC
459 Columbus Ave #370
New York, NY 10024
info@nycshorts.com
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 DAVID BARBA
Co-founder/Co-director NYC Shorts
David Barba was born and raised in Mexico. He graduated from Stanford
University where he received his BA in Feminist Studies and then worked in the
film industries in London, New York and Mexico City. His films XP - recipient of a Sloan Foundation Production Grant - and
Adiós, para siempre, have screened around the world and garnered several festival
awards. He is a graduate of the two-year Meisner acting program with Suzanne Esper at the Esper Studio
in New York. David holds an MFA in Film Direction from the Columbia University
School of the Arts and is co-director with James Pellerito of the feature documentary POP STAR ON ICE and the Sundance Channel documentary series BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR.
 JENNIFER PELLERITO
Co-founder/Co-director NYC Shorts
Jennifer Pellerito was born in Germany and raised in Italy. She
graduated from Colorado College where she studied German and Romance languages. She
worked internationally in Asia, Europe and Latin America in the fashion industry
for Polo Ralph Lauren. She is an award-winning producer of the critically
acclaimed film Maree (Tides), has written several screenplays and co-produced the feature documentary POP STAR ON ICE. Jennifer holds an MFA in Film Production from the Columbia
University School of the Arts.
 JAMES PELLERITO
Co-founder/Co-director NYC Shorts
James Pellerito was born and raised in Italy. He graduated from
Columbia University where he studied film and art history and then worked in the Greek and Roman Art Department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York. His award winning film Maree (Tides) has screened in over 100 festivals
and was broadcast on HBO in 2007. He is a graduate of the two-year Meisner acting
program with Richard Pinter of The Neighborhood Playhouse and is currently in
production on two feature film documentaries. He holds an MA in Humanities from
NYU and an MFA in Film Direction from the Columbia University School of the Arts. James co-directed the feature documentary POP STAR ON ICE and the Sundance Channel documentary series BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR.
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