Year: 2013

Professor Gustavo Mercado’s feature film, “Saturnalia” to screen at the Crown Heights Film Festival on October 25th

Professor Mercado’s feature film, recently awarded the “Best Narrative Feature” prize at the 2013 Cincinnati Film Festival, will be screening at the FiveMyles (558 St. John’s Place, Brooklyn NY 11238) on Friday, October 25th at 6:30 PM, followed by a Q & A, as part of the 2013 Crown Heights Film Festival. This is a free screening with no reserved seating. More information available at:

http://www.crownheightsfilms.org/festival.html

Saturnalia event information

Saturnalia official trailer from Gustavo Mercado on Vimeo.

Želimir Žilnik Screening and Workshop


On Monday October 28th from 6:30-9:00PM, Želmir Žilnik will host a free screening and workshop. It will be open to IMA students in Hunter North 502 (space is limited).

Since 1997 Žilnik has taught workshops for film students around the world. His unusual working style often uses a combination of making a documentary as research and using the results to create his own version of ‘docu-drama’.

To see his full filmography

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