Thanks to a grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Yale’s Films at the Whitney has been able to bring a distinguished roster of filmmakers to campus to screen and discuss their films and to meet with students particularly interested in filmmaking.
The following is a list of Academy sponsored events to date.
Thursday, March 28
There are Still so Many Things Left to Say (Syria, 1997)
Director Omar Amiralay
Followed by a discussion with the Playwright Mohammad Al Attar, Writer and Director Dalia Basiouny, Theatre Director Eyad Houssami, and Ron Gregg.
(Doomed by Hope Theatre Series, Film Studies Program, Masrah Ensemble (Lebanon), Arte East, Interdisciplinary Performance Studies at Yale, Yale Drama Coalition, Pierson College, Arab Students’ Association, Council on Middle East Studies, MacMillan Center, and Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
8 pm, Linsley-Chittendan Hall
Thursday, February 16
Blue Valentine (USA, 2010) 112 min. 35mm.
Director Derek Cianfrance
Followed by a discussion with Producer Jack Lechner
(Film Studies Program and Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
7 pm, Auditorium
Filmmakers Workshop with Jack Lechner on independent film production
2 pm, Room 116 (space limited)
Fall 2011
Wednesday, December 7
Special Preview Screening
In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA, 2011) 127 min. 35mm.
Director Angelina Jolie
Followed by discussion with Production Designer Jon Hutman and Professor John MacKay
(Film Studies Program and Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
7 pm, Auditorium
Filmmakers Workshop with Jon Hutman on production design
2:30 pm, Yale School of Drama (space limited)
Thursday, November 10
Filmmakers Workshop with Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan on digital cameras and editing in conjunction with a DMCA screening of Raising Renee (2011)
1 pm, Room 108 (space limited)
Friday, October 28
The Melancholy Fantastic (USA, 2011)
Director and Screenwriter A.D. Calvo
Followed by a discussion with the director and actors Robin Lord Taylor and
two-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe, Tony, and Emmy Award winner Shirley Knight
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
7 pm, Auditorium
Filmmakers Workshop with A. D. Calvo about all aspects of independent filmmaking (financing, production, distribution, exhibition)
12:30 pm, Room 108 (space limited)
Master’s Tea with actress Shirley Knight about her career and approach to acting
4 pm, Ezra Stiles College
Thursday, October 27
Anton Chekhov’s The Duel (USA, 2010) 95 min. 35mm.
Director Dover Koshashvili
Followed by a discussion with Screenwriter Mary Bing and
Professor Murray Biggs about adapting Chekhov for film
(Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Friday, September 23
Sneak Preview!
Grassroots (USA, 2011)
Director, Producer, and Screenwriter Stephen Gyllenhaal
Followed a discussion with the director and producer Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal about self-releasing the film
(Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
7 pm, Auditorium
For more information see http://www.grassrootsthefilm.com/
Filmmakers Workshop with Stephen Gyllenhaal and Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal on acting for film
4 pm, DMCA (space limited)
Thursday, September 22
Preview Screening!
Wham! Bam! Islam! (USA, 2011) 55 min.
Director Isaac Solotaroff
Followed by Q&A with the director and animators Reno Msad and Camilla Wycoco
(Chaplain’s Office, Council on Middle East Studies, Religious Studies, Jews and Muslims at Yale, Muslim Student Association, and Films at the Whitney)
Special support provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
7 pm, Auditorium
Filmmakers Workshop with Isaac Solotaroff and animators Reno Msad and Camilla Wycoco
4 pm, Room 208 (space limited)