When writer-director Georden West and producer Russell Sheaffer submitted to U.S. Features in Post, Playland, which centers around the staff of Boston’s most notorious gay bar, was close to picture lock. Aside from making connections to help finish and release the film, Georden and Russell saw the Project Market as …
Just a few weeks ago, filmmaking partners Monica Sorelle and Robert Colom shared the news that their first feature film Mountains would have its world premiere at Tribeca this June. The film, a loving portrait of the Haitian community in Miami, is inspired by their shared backgrounds hailing from two …
Writer-director Diana Peralta, whose work is inspired by her Dominican background and upbringing in New York City, brought her second feature film No Love Lost to the 2022 Gotham Week Project Market. The film follows a troubled young woman’s experience bringing her new boyfriend home to meet her two protective, …
A selection of 20+ fiction feature films at the script stage, U.S. Features in Development offers emerging and established filmmakers the opportunity to introduce new work in development to the Project Market’s attending industry professionals.
With the Early Submissions Deadline on March 22 to apply to the U.S. Features in Development …
Each year, The Gotham EDU Film & Media Career Development Program brings together students and recent graduates from around the U.S. to learn from industry professionals, providing resources, workshops, and mentorship so that participants are able to make more informed and strategic career decisions as they complete their studies.
With …
(from light to left: Nikkia Moulterie; Aya Hamdan; Myriam Schroeter)
Through its longstanding partnership with CineMart, The Gotham annually selects two producers to participate in the Rotterdam Lab. The 2023 Fellows are Aya Hamdan (“Dress Up”) and Myriam Schroeter (“Gramercy.”) In addition, Nikkia Moulterie (Nanny) will be participating in the 2023 Rotterdam Lab’s Alumni Special …
Even before she participated in The Gotham’s 2020 TV Series Lab, Jenn Shaw had her sights set on working in entertainment, studying film at NYU, and working as a producer at ESPN. Now, Shaw is juggling projects across commercial, documentary, and scripted content while also gearing up to direct her first …
Andrew Semans’s new film, Resurrection, had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival last week, nearly seven years after Semans participated in the 2015 Gotham Week Project Market with its early script.
In his Q&A with The Gotham, Semans talks about the film’s inspiration and its journey from script …