Zero Film Festival New York Premiere (8/20/09)

By Michael Tully

August 20, 2009

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In their own words, the Zero Film Festival’s mission is to be “the first festival EXCLUSIVE to self financed filmmakers and the authentically independent films they create.” This raises interesting questions, but I’m all for any festival or collective that aims wants to provide an outlet for filmmakers who are putting their own money where there cameras are.

Tonight, at Galapagos in Williamsburg, the Zero Film Festival makes its New York City debut leading up to their week-long festival in December. This sounds like quite an event, in which three screening blocks will showcase work from the following artists: Guy Ben-Ner, Alia Raza, Victor Varnado, Rodrigo Lopresti, Sunset Television, Peru Ana Ana Peru, Jesse Gelaznik, Elaine Lima, Bianca Ahmadi, Lovisa Inserra, “Mike Smith”, Zach Clark, Mary Wall Bronstein, Casey RAnderson, Jacquelyn Gallo, Lena Dunham, Timothy Saccenti, Team Zero and more.

If you’re looking to get inspired for your own self-financed film production, this seems to be a great place to do just that. Go here to buy tickets.

— Michael Tully

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Michael Tully

Michael Tully is an award-winning writer/director whose films have garnered widespread critical acclaim, his projects having premiered at some of the most renowned film festivals across the globe. He is also the former (and founding) editor of this site. In 2006, Michael's first feature, COCAINE ANGEL, chronicling a tragic week in the life of a young drug addict, world premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film immediately solidified the director as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s "25 New Faces of Independent Film,” a reputation that was reinforced a year later when his follow-up feature, SILVER JEW, a documentary capturing the late David Berman's rare musical performances in Tel Aviv, world-premiered at SXSW and landed distribution with cult indie-music label Drag City. In 2011, Michael wrote, directed, and starred in his third feature, SEPTIEN, which debuted at the 27th annual Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by IFC Films' Sundance Selects banner. A few years later, in 2014, Michael returned to Sundance with the world premiere of his fourth feature, PING PONG SUMMER, an ‘80s set coming-of-age tale that was quickly picked up for theatrical distribution by Gravitas Ventures. In 2018, Michael wrote and directed the dread-inducing genre film DON'T LEAVE HOME, which has been described as "Get Out with Catholic guilt in the Irish countryside" (IndieWire). The film premiered at SXSW and was subsequently acquired by Cranked Up Films and Shudder.

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