The Directors Chair, held in downtown Staten Island only a short ferry ride from Manhattan, is in its 6th year. We have screened hundreds of films, including shorts, features and documentaries. Every year we invite panelist to discuss different film topics. This year our panel will discuss set design and film distribution.
Opening night: Walk the red carpet into our festival gallery. If you have a film screening, you will receive a badge along with a festival package. Schedules will be given out to fans and movie goers. Food, music and meeting other filmmakers and fans are a big part of the night. Films will be screened throughout the weekend, along with interviews with the filmmakers.
Sunday we will screen films and awards will be given that night.
Our awards are very unique. They are full size directors chairs with the winning film embroidered on the sleeve of the chair. Iv'e seen filmmakers actually using their award chair on their film set. Pretty cool.
If you submit your film and are unable to attend, we will mail the award to you.
AWARDS
Awards will be given to the winning films for
Best Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Screenplay
Best Soundtrack
Best Editing
Best Short Film
Best Feature Film
Best Documentary
Best Staten Island Filmmaker