28
Feb/13

FIRST TIME FEST

28
Feb/13
Amy Nicholson’s ZIPPER is among the debut films seeking to gain notice at the inaugural First Time Fest

Amy Nicholson’s ZIPPER is among the debut films seeking to gain notice at the inaugural First Time Fest

The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South
Loews Village VII, 66 Third Ave. at Eleventh St.
March 1-4, $15 per screening, special passes $75-$500
646-580-1383
www.firsttimefest.com

Everyone remembers their first time — even Martin Scorsese, Gay Talese, Harry Belafonte, Michael Shannon, Ellen Burstyn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, and other stars who will share their experiences and/or judge those of others at the inaugural First Time Fest. No, they won’t be discussing their sexual initiations. First Time Fest celebrates debut works by seminal and up-and-coming directors, held over the course of four days of screenings, panel discussions, and conversations. Along with such classic fare as Barbara Kopple’s Harlan County U.S.A., Darren Aronofsky’s Pi, John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon, Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse, Wes Anderson’s Bottle Rocket, and Todd Haynes’s Poison is such new fare as Benj Binks’s Mongolian Bling, Luciano Quilici’s I Love You All (Los Quiero a Todos), Seth Fisher’s Blumenthal, Amílie van Elmbt’s Headfirst (La Tête la Première), and Amy Nicholson’s Zipper. Belafonte and Shannon will participate in special intimate conversations, while panels includes such topics as “Diversity in Cinema,” “Show Me the Money,” “The Critical Eye,” “ADD — Transmedia Storytelling in the Crazed 21st Century,” “How They Did It,” and “Sell Baby Sell!” One of the new films will be awarded the grand prize of theatrical distribution, and Scorsese will present Aronofsky with the John Huston Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema.