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Dusty Film & Animation Festival

May 5, 2017 - May 8, 2017

Free

School of Visual Arts

8th Dusty Film & Animation Festival
May 5 – 8, 2017

ANNOUNCING
2017 Dusty Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients

Shannon Prynoski
(BFA 1994 Film & Video)
Producer and Founder of Titmouse
The Venture Bros., Nico and the Sword of Light, Nerdland

Chris Prynoski
(BFA 1994 Animation)
Director/Producer and Founder of Titmouse
Motorcity, Nerdland, Metalocalypse

Michael Giacchino
(BFA 1990 Film & Video)
Academy Award-winning Composer
Up, Lost, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Since 1990, the School of Visual Arts’ Dusty Film & Animation Festival has become one of the country’s foremost events to discover exceptional new talent in film and animation. The Dusty Film & Animation Festival gives BFA Film and BFA Animation thesis students the unique opportunity to exhibit their work to industry professionals, family and friends. The festival culminates in our eminent Dusty Awards, attended by luminaries and distinguished guests from the film and animation industries.

The 2016 Dusty Awards presenters were: Academy Award-winning screenwriter Josh Singer (Spotlight, The Fifth Estate, The West Wing), actress/producer/director Trudie Styler (American Honey – Official Selection for the Festival de Cannes 2016, Freak Show, The Seagull), director/writer/producer Mark Osborne (The Little Prince, Kung Fu Panda, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie), Academy Award-winning production sound mixer Chris Newman (The Godfather, The Exorcist, Amadeus), Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Laurens Grant (The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Freedom Riders), writer/director Ti West (The House of the Devil, Wayward Pines, VHS), editor Aaron Yanes(Tyson, You Don’t Know Jack, Europa Report), director of photography Michael Simmonds (Nerve, White Girl, Vice Principals), animator Howard Beckerman (Boop-Beep), producer and New York Women in Film & Television president Alexis Alexanian, IFP program manager and producer Zach Mandinach and filmmaker Neil Burger (Limitless, The Illusionist, Divergent, Billions).

Producer/Director: Annie Flocco

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Details

Start:
May 5, 2017
End:
May 8, 2017
Cost:
Free
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Organizer

School of VIsual Arts
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Venue

School of Visual Arts Theatre
333 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011 United States
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