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 The Big Apple Film Festival, presented by the Big Apple Film Society, takes place annually at the world famous Tribeca Cinemas in the heart of the greatest city in the world.
The BAFF, named one of MovieMaker Magazine's top "25 Film Festivals Worth The Entry Fee" and "One of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals", is dedicated to showcasing and promoting the highest quality films from the New York City independent film community, as well as additional specially selected films from across the country and around the world. Additionally, the festival is proud to honor a variety of New York City based filmmakers, writers, actors and artists who have played an influential role in the growth of independent filmmaking in the Big Apple. Each year BAFF presents awards in a variety of categories including Best Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary, Animation, Experimental, NYC Cityscape Award, Student Film Award, Golden Apple Award, and NY Emerging Talent Award.
Each year BAFF presents its NY Emerging Talent Award to an up-and coming actor and/or filmmaker who displays extraordinary talent and influence in the independent film community.
Previous NY Emerging Talent Award recipients include:
- Noah Bean (Morning Glory, Damages, The Pill) and Rachel Boston (500 Days Of Summer, The Pill)
- Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Jesse Eisenberg
- Aaron Stanford (X-Men, Cake Eaters, Winter Solstice, The Hills Have Eyes)
- Zoe Lister Jones (All Good Things, Armless, Breaking Upwards, State of Play, Salt, NBC's Whitney)
Each year BAFF presents its Golden Apple Award to one individual for exceptional artistic achievement in the New York City independent film community.
Previous Golden Apple Award recipients include:
- Producer Anthony Bregman (Our Idiot Brother, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Oranges, Synechdoche, New York, The Ice Storm, The Brothers McMullen, Darling Companion, Lay The Favorite)
- Independent Spirit
Award nominee
Kevin Corrigan
- Emmy Nominee and Independent Spirit Award winner Alan Cumming (The Good Wife, X2, The Smurfs, The Anniversary Party)
- Ernie Hudson
2010 Spirit of New York Award recipient (inaugural year):
- actor/comedian
Mario Cantone
Previous panelists, guests and keynote speakers include representatives from:
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- Magnolia Pictures
- HBO
- movies.com
- Fandango
- Current TV
- Wellspring Media
- Cinematical.com
- Zeitgeist Films
- Wild Bunch Films
- First Run Features
- Gen Art
In order to bring the most elite talent to the silver screen, BAFF is proud to partner with a variety of New York City independent film organizations and media outlets including IFP and MovieMaker Magazine.
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| Big Apple Film Festival Breaking News |
May 1, 2012
Independent Film Week (September 16-20, 2012) is the oldest and largest forum in the U.S. for the discovery of new projects in development and new voices on the independent film scene. The Project Forum is a meetings-driven forum connecting filmmakers with producers, funders, distributors.
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March 6, 2012
BAFF Cityscape Award Winner THE PILL starring Noah Bean, Rachel Boston, and Anna Chlumsky now available in 45 million homes on Cable Movies on Demand and on all the major VOD platforms including iTunes, where it is currently the second most watched film in the Independent category!
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February 21, 2012
Congratulations to BAFF Alumni Film "Time Freak" for a 2012 Academy Award Nomination
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February 9, 2012
Big Apple Film Festival presents Oscar Night Party on February 26th
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January 24, 2012
2012 BAFF Best Documentary Award Winner "Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the
Shot Heard Around the World" to premiere on Discovery Channel.
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January 17, 2012
BAFF Alumni film "Harvest" starring Jack Carpenter and Robert Loggia to air on Showtime.
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December 08, 2011
BAFF alumni doc, "The Weird World of the Blowfly" now available on DVD and Blu-Ray from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, ITunes, Best Buy, Netflix and on Demand Cable from Time Warner, Verizon, AT&T, as well as select theaters.
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December 08, 2011
BAFF 2011 Cityscape Award winner, "The Pill" opens theatrically on Friday, December 16 at the Quad Cinemas in NYC.
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December 08, 2011
BAFF alumni doc, DRESSED is nominated for Favorite Fashion Documentary by The Taste Awards!
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December 01, 2011
Congratulations to BAFF alumni film "Hello Lonesome" for a 2011 Independent Spirit Award nomination
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November 11, 2011
BAFF Award Winning Alumni doc "Barbershop Punk" named New York Times Critic Pick
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November 07, 2011
2011 Big Apple Film Festival announces award winners
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October 30, 2011
8th Annual Big Apple Film Festival presents the Big Apple Blogger Series, in which leading NYC bloggers and critics will host discussions with BAFF Filmmakers and cast members
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October 13, 2011
8th Annual BAFF Presents NY Emerging Talent Award to Noah Bean (Morning Glory, Damages, The Pill) and Rachel Boston (500 Days Of Summer, The Pill)
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October 3, 2011
2011 BAFF To Present Honorary Golden Apple Award To Producer Anthony Bregman (Our Idiot Brother, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Oranges, Synechdoche, New York, The Ice Storm, The Brothers McMullen, Darling Companion, Lay The Favorite)
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September 26, 2011
8th Annual BAFF, November 1-6 at Tribeca Cinemas, featuring 184 films including "The Fields" starring Cloris Leachman, Tara Reid, "Kevin" directed by Jay Duplass (The Puffy Chair, Baghead, Jeff Lives at Home), "The Pill" starring Noah Bean (Morning Glory) and Rachel Boston (500 Days of Summer), and much more...
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Submissions are now being accepted for the 9th Annual Big Apple Film Festival.
Entry Deadlines:
- Early Bird Deadline: June 30, 2012
- Regular Deadline: August 01, 2012
- Late Entry Deadline: August 15, 2012
- WAB Extended Deadline: September 1, 2012
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True to the Heart (starring Andrew Ruth, Meghan Grace O'Leary, and Michael Hartney) Released by Epiphany Storm Productions |
Harvest (starring Robert Loggia, Barbara Barrie, Victoria Clark, Arye Gross, Peter Friedman, and Jack T. Carpenter) Released by Monterey Media. (New York Times Critic Pick)
The film Harvest will be airing on Showtime. |
Montana Amazon (starring Haley Joel Osment, Olympia Dukakis, and Alison Brie) |
"The Pill" starring Noah Bean, Rachel Boston, and Anna Chlumsky (Shoot First Entertainment). Available on Cable on Demand and all major VOD platforms, including itunes.
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Hello Lonesome
Independent Spirit Award nominee
Will be released on DVD and Netflix in 2012 |
Barbershop Punk (featuring Janeane Garofalo and Henry Rollins) (NY Times Critic Pick) |
"Breaking Upwards" starring Zoe Lister Jones, Daryl Wein, Julie White, Olivia Thirlby (IFC Films) |
"Against the Current starring Joseph Fiennes, Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Kirk, Mary Tyler Moore (IFC Films) |
"Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags" (HBO Documentary Films) |
Vamperifica (starring Martin Yurkovic, Dreama Walker, and Creighton James) |
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"Thank you Big Apple for helping to put "Kevin" on the map. Austin musician Kevin Gant had not performed for 15 years prior to last year's festival run, and theaters like Tribeca Cinemas are the perfect setting and film festivals provide the perfect audience for Kevin's comeback tour. Thanks Big Apple, for helping me introduce "Kevin" to the world."
- Director Jay Duplass (Jeff Who Lives at Home, Baghead, Cyrus, The Puffy Chair, Kevin)
"It's hard to imagine a festival more New York than Big Apple".
- MovieMaker Magazine
"In a time when most theaters are running the same homogenized dreck, BAFF is unveiling the upstart visionaries and out-of-left-field artists who remind us that there's a future to filmmaking."
- Producer Anthony Bregman (Our Idiot Brother, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Oranges, Synechdoche, New York, The Ice Storm, The Brothers McMullen, Darling Companion, Lay The Favorite)
"The big apple film festival plays the films that you hope people will get to see but worry that they won't be able to -- specifically, the ones I have been in."
- actor Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Holy Rollers, Zombieland, Adventureland)
"A festival that supports and promotes homegrown talent."
-Cinematical.com
"Big Apple is a great festival. By showing true, bootstrap independent films, they give support to the filmmakers that need it and deserve it the most."
- Actor, Aaron Stanford (The Cake Eaters, The Hills Have Eyes, X-Men)
"I salute the Big Apple Film Festival for keeping it real""
- Independent Spirit Award nominee Kevin Corrigan.
"The big apple film festival is fabulous. Such a supportive and wonderful showcase for NY filmmakers"
- Actor, Zoe Lister Jones (All Good Things, Armless, Breaking Upwards, Salt, NBC's Whitney)
"The Big Apple Film Festival is what a film festival should be: it's not just a market or an excuse for swag, but a place where film, filmmakers and those who love them experience life outside the mainstream. Bravo Big Apple!"
- Emmy Nominee and Independent Spirit Award Winner Alan Cumming (actor/director)
"Apple of the City's Eye"
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