New website at fusionfilmfestival.com!
Posted on February 12th, 2013
We’ve moved our site to fusionfilmfestival.com!
Please update your links accordingly.
Note: This site will no longer be updated or maintained and is kept here for archival purposes.
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Submissions are Now Open!
Posted on November 8th, 2012
Deadline: January 31, 2013
Do you have a student film, script, T.V. pilot, or animation? Then submit your work to The Fusion Film Festival!!!
Click to download Submissions Requirements
Download Applications Below:
For any questions please e-mail submissions@fusionfilmfestival.com
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Fusion Dates
Posted on October 19th, 2012
The 10th annual Fusion Film Festival will take place March 7-9, 2013!
For the most current and up to date information:
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Launch Event: CLOUD ATLAS!
Posted on September 25th, 2012
Join us on Friday October 19, 2012 at 7:00pm at the Cantor Film Center for a special early screening of Cloud Atlas directed by Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer.
The film stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, and Hugh Grant.
Admittance is free with your NYU ID.
Filed under: Announcements, Screening
Fusion Recruiting Closed
Posted on September 25th, 2012
The recruiting process is officially CLOSED. Thank you so much to all of you for applying. We will soon be contacting all of the applicants on the status of their applications. Please follow us on Twitter and Facebook for all of the up to date Fusion info!
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Apply To Join The Fusion Team!
Posted on August 29th, 2012
The Fusion team is searching for eager students looking to gain professional experience. We need individuals who are dedicated, responsible, and reliable. Our professional atmosphere allows for unlimited opportunities including endless networking and valuable experience.
“Working with the Fusion team has by far been one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had in my four years at Tisch. Through Fusion, I had the opportunity to meet an incredible group of passionate and energetic young men and women that have undoubtedly become some of my favorite people at NYU. The Fusion team’s dedication to the festival and women in entertainment inspires me both personally and creatively. I’m so lucky to have been a part of this wonderful organization, and only wish I would have gotten involved with Fusion before my senior year…” Marissa Diaz ’12
Listed below are the positions/committees available. They are limited to only NYU students and recent NYU grads. Feel free to apply to as many positions/committees as you like!
Submissions:
Sponsorship:
Web Design:
Graphic Design:
Editorial:
Finance:
Marketing:
Public Relations:
Programming
APPLY NOW
For the Photographer and Secretary positions please email apply@fusionfilmfestival.com explaining why you’d like the position, and describing any experience you might have. For anyone interested in being one of our photographers, please submit some of your best photos.
Keep in mind these positions are dependent on your schedule. Photographers must be able to all festival events and Secretaries must be able to attend all Fusion meetings, which take place monthly on Friday evenings.
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To Our Panelists
Posted on March 2nd, 2012
Although all of us here are Fusion are devishly good looking, sometimes, even beauties like us can make mistakes. We adore our panelists. Here are some featured on the site, but not in the program.
CELINE RATTRAY President of Maven Pictures, a New York-based film development, production, and financing company. Previously worked as the President of Mandalay Vision, where she produced the award-winning The Kids Are Alright, was a founding principal of Plum Pictures, and was Director of Marketing & Business Development at HBO where she helped develop HBO on Demand. Selected for Crain’s New York’s “Forty Under 40” list of young executives. Graduated with a first class degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University.
MELISSA WELLS Melissa Wells is a Motion Picture Lit agent at United Talent Agency in New York City. Melissa graduated from Columbia in 2003 with a major in Film Studies. Upon graduating she began working for writer/director Marc Lawrence as his assistant on his directorial debut TWO WEEKS NOTICE, starring Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock, followed by MISS CONGENIALITY 2. She then worked for producer Jennifer Todd on the films PRIME and ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. In 2007, Melissa and Marc Lawrence started the New York based production company, Banter Films. During her time with Banter she was a Co-Producer on MUSIC & LYRICS, starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, Co-Producer on DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? starring Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker, and she developed multiple other film projects. Melissa joined the New York office of UTA in the fall of 2011, where she represents writers and directors for film.
MYNETTE LOUIE A New York-based independent film producer, Mynette Louie produced Marshall Lewy’s CALIFORNIA SOLO (Sundance 2012), Tze Chun’s CHILDREN OF INVENTION (Sundance 2009), co-produced Andrew Bujalski’s MUTUAL APPRECIATION (SXSW 2005, Top 10 films of the year–EW, Village Voice, Film Comment, Artforum, etc.), and was the consulting producer on Olivia Silver’s ARCADIA (Berlinale 2012). She is currently in post-production, pre-production, and development on several narrative projects. Louie was a fellow of the 2008 Rotterdam Lab, 2009 Sundance Creative Producing Lab, and 2010 Berlinale Talent Campus. She is on the Program Advisory Committee of the IFP and Selection Advisory Committee for the Sundance Labs, and was named by Ted Hope as one of “21 Brave Thinkers Of Truly Free Film.” Mynette previously worked at the Hawaii Film Office, where she authored the state’s production tax credit, and in business development and marketing at SportsIllustrated.com, Jupiter Research, and Time Magazine. A native New Yorker, Mynette graduated from Harvard University, where she studied Chinese literature and film.
ANNE CAREY Anne Carey is a New York based independent producer. Currently housed at Epoch Films, she is collaborating with Epoch Film’s founder Mindy Goldberg to expand Epoch’s film and television division. Epoch films produced Phil Morrison’s “Junebug” for which Amy Adams was nominated for an Academy Award. Carey is currently executive producing Liz Garbus’s documentary “Fragments” financed by Studio Canal. Carey produced Anton Corbijn’s “The American”, written by Rowan Joffe and starring George Clooney released through Focus Features in Fall of 2010. In 2008 Carey produced “Adventureland,” written and directed by Greg Mottola and starring Ryan Reynolds, Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. “Adventureland” was released through Miramax in April 2009. In 2007 Carey produced “ The Savages”, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins, released by Fox Searchlight “The Savages” garnered two Oscar nominations. That year, Carey also executive produced Oscar-winner Alan Ball’s feature film directorial debut, “Towelhead”. Carey’s other notable film credits include “Friends with Money”, “The Ex”, “Thumbsucker”, “The Door in the Floor” and “The Laramie Project”. Carey founded the New York City production company This is that, Inc. in 2002; prior to that Carey was a producer and head of Development at Good Machine, Inc. Carey began her career at the William Morris Agency as the Director of Literary Development sourcing literary material for the agencies top film and television clients.
Filed under: Announcements
Fusion 2012 Finalists!
Posted on February 28th, 2012
With submissions having come to a close, being screened, reviewed, judged, decided upon and chosen, we now have our Fusion Film Festival 2012 Finalists decided by faculty and industry judges.
Fusion would love to thank our brilliant participants and finalists for the amazing work they have submitted this year. Without all of these talented people, Fusion wouldn’t be plausible and we always appreciate submissions.
Undergraduate Film
My Ketchup Smiles
Directed by: Eliza McNitt
Cinematography by: Oliver Anderson
Obscure Night
Directed by: Joe Felong
Cinematography by: Sara Eklund
The Ninth Train
Directed by: Eliza McNitt and Oliver Anderson
Cinematography by: Oliver Anderson
Knockers
Directed by: Diana Snyder
Cinematography by: Bobby Johnson and David Sabshon
Graduate Film
Reprise
Directed by: Shripriya Mahesh
Cinematography by: Pepa Avila Del Pino
Salam Ghourba (Farewell Exile)
Directed by: Lamia Alami
Cinematography by: Edna Luise Biesold
Join The Dots
Directed by: Jessica Lux
Cinematography by: Daniel Stafford-Clark
So Over You
Directed by: Karen Odyenic
Cinematography by: Kit Pennebaker
Sight and Sound
Ms. Sheridan
Directed by: Lauren Ciaravalli
Cinematography by: Michael Litwak
The Eye
Directed by: Lauren Young
Cinematography by: Dennis Hu
10 Rings
Directed by: Lea Jackson
Cinematography by: Will Mayo, Casey Sincic, and Jon Hess
Docs In The Works
Little Limbs
Directed by: Maximillain Stentrom
Reporting on the Times: The New York Time and The Holocaust
Directed by: Emily Harrold
To The Moon
Directed by: Emma Thatcher
Kougie and Me
Directed by: Eliza McNitt
Neither Here Nor There
Directed by: Ema Yamazaki
Undergraduate Short Screenplay
Try Outs
Written by: Lauren Ciaravalli
The Perfect Man
Written by: Shannon Brown
Star Crossed Lovers
Written by: Nesma Bensalem
Graduate Short Screenplay
Oh Lucy!
Written by: Atsuko Hirayanagi
Now Or Neverland
Written by: Jason Stefaniak and EJ An
The Disobedience
Written by: Jean-Baptiste Breliere and Marina Sinitsyna
Undergraduate Feature Screenplay
Shenanigans
Written by: Alyssa DiMari
Alone Together
Written by: Christina Tellez
Capacity
Written by: Xueche Guo
Graduate Feature Screenplay
I’ll Tell You No Lies
Written by: Bianca Ursillo
Michaela
Written by: Luisa Parnes
Falling Into Place
Written by: Lily Mercer
Music Videos
“Be The One” – Moby
Directed by: Mandy Madelstein
“They Call Us Animals” – Free Blood
Directed by: Catrin Hedstrom
“NYU Film Rap” – Hila the Kila
Directed by: Hila Perry
We here at Fusion would like to congratulate our 2012 participants and finalists for their amazing work and for contributing to another successful year at Fusion Film Festival!
Filed under: Announcements, Finalists
All New Calendar!
Posted on February 15th, 2012
Check out the brand spanking new official calendar for Fusion 2012′s Events! Your google calendar just got a lot more filled up!
Created by our very own Lauren Ciaravalli.
Filed under: Programming
Welcome!
Posted on February 14th, 2012
Welcome one and all, male and female, young and old to the official website for Fusion Film Festival.
Fusion Film Festival is a student run festival featuring works from New York University’s top female filmmakers, writers, and directors with a collaborations from both genders.
Fusion offers free events annually to celebrate the films and their creators, check out our events page for this year’s schedule. Remember, they’re all free! Come meet industry pros and engage in conversation about not just film, but television industry as well.
Be sure to check out our sponsors, they’re the ones who help make this all plausible!
