Press Releases
PRESS CONTACT: Lori Zakalik, 914.773.7663, ext. 434 - lzakalik@burnsfilmcenter.org
Thank you for your interest in the Jacob Burns Film Center. Please click on the links below to view recent press releases.
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May 1, 2013 Jacob Burns Film Center Student's Film Accepted into Major FestivalsTamara Rabil’s first film, Unburden, has been accepted into five film festivals in the United States and has won two of them, the Gasparilla International Film Festival and the Lifetree Film Festival. Rabil, a co-writer and co-producer of the film, took 17 classes at the Media Arts Lab at the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) in Pleasantville, where the idea for the film was developed. Unburden is a JBFC Spotlight Production. |
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February 26, 2013 Italian Composer Latest International Fellow at Jacob Burns Film CenterThe Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts and education institution will welcome Lucio Gregoretti as its first composer-in-residence for the month of March. Gregoretti will attend film screenings, discuss his film scores, present public programs, and work with students. This residency is presented in partnership with Copland House. |
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February 25, 2013 Jacob Burns Film Center Receives Grants to Expand "Seeing Stories" ProgramThe Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) has received grants from the John P. & Constance A. Curran Charitable Foundation and The Frog Rock Foundation to expand the SEEING STORIES program in the Ossining School District. Beginning in March, the JBFC education program will reach approximately 1,300 children at Park Early Childhood Center and Brookside School through school assemblies, professional development, and a series of workshops. The SEEING STORIES curriculum engages students in literacy building activities through storytelling and media production. |
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February 13, 2013 Stephen Apkon, Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center, Writes Book on Redefining LiteracyStephen Apkon, the Founder and Executive Director of the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit film and education center in Pleasantville, NY, has written a book entitled The Age of the Image: Redefining Literacy in a World of Screens. Apkon calls for a new definition of literacy, encouraging readers to embrace the visual and digital shifts in how we teach, create, and communicate in the 21st century, a period that is awash in visual storytelling. He draws on the history of literacy, on the science of how storytelling works on the human brain, and on the value of literacy in real-world situations, and argues that now is the time to transform the way we teach, create, and communicate. |
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January 24, 2013 Jacob Burns Film Center Announces New Jazz ProgramsThe Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) today announced it is receiving a multi-year grant from Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan for a new Musician-in-Residence and fellowship program to enhance film and educational initiatives. Since 2001, Rose and McQuillan have provided significant and ongoing support to the JBFC, including sponsoring the “Jazz Sessions” series for the past four years. |
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