New York, N.Y. – On March 21, 7 pm the first ever Coney Island Student Film Festival will take place, with students from the brand new Coney Island Film School exhibiting their work. The event will also include Q and As with the student directors. Lead teacher of the film school and cult filmmaker Dylan Mars Greenberg will be leading the event.
Greenberg is an NYC based filmmaker and video artist whose work has been exhibited at Museum of the Moving Image and on outlets such as Rolling Stone and NPR. She created the Coney Island Film School alongside non profit Coney Island USA to impart her philosophies and techniques of experimental film on both aspiring and working artists in New York City.
“The Coney Island Film School is an incredible resource for aspiring filmmakers of all ages,” says Coney Island Artistic Director Adam Rinn. “We’re thrilled to have partnered with Dylan and I’m really looking forward to seeing the films that the students have produced.”
“People taking this class come from all walks of life,” says Greenberg. “It’s really interesting, we have people who have been making films for years and want to learn a different approach to making art, and people who have never made a film in their lives. We all learn from each other, and everyone has made such a diverse array of films. It’s really exciting seeing the work take shape.
The very first day, I make a film that I direct, and cast every student in it as an actor. The next week, they see the film edited and we discuss it. I try to immerse them in the world of filmmaking as soon as they walk into the classroom. We are learning how to make films with the tools we have available, and my goal is that the learning doesn’t end in the classroom, but that all of my students will go on to make films of their own without the infrastructure of the class. It’s like training wheels, and once you take them off, you can go anywhere!”
The event will be held in the theater at 1208 Surf Ave. Tickets for the Student Film Festival can be purchased here.
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