Join us for a masterclass with Eliza Hittman on her early career and first feature IT FELT LIKE LOVE.

Overview

This event is presented by The Gotham Z, our under 25 program for independent filmmakers.

My First Time welcomes leading creative voices to discuss how they first achieved success. Having discovered new and inventive ways to propel their careers forward, these men and women are known throughout the industry as respected trendsetters, admired for creating cutting-edge and critically-celebrated entertainment. The event is comprised of a conversation between the creative and a revered journalist. The format includes a deep-dive into their early body of work by showing clips and discussing their career as a whole. Past My First Time events have included conversations with Tamara Jenkins, Paul Dano and Emma Tammi.

Join us on Tuesday March 10th for a conversation with Eliza Hittman on how she went from a successful festival run with her sensational short film 'Forever's Gonna Start Tonight' into her award lauded feature debut 'It Felt Like Love' and beyond to her Sundance winner 'Beach Rats' and soon to be released 'Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always'.

Talk will be followed by a short mixer in our cafe.

 

Event Schedule:

7pm – Talk Begins

7pm to 7:45pm – Guided Talk with Eliza

7:45pm to 8pm – General Q&A

8pm to 9pm – The Gotham Z Mixer

 

About the Filmmaker:

Eliza Hittman (Director / Writer) is an award-winning filmmaker, born and based in Brooklyn, NY. Her last film Beach Rats premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where she won the Directing Award. It premiered internationally at Locarno in the Golden Leopard Competition and was the Centerpiece Film at New Directors / New Films. Beach Rats was released domestically by NEON Rated, and was a New York Times Critics' Pick. It was the winner of the Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting, Outstanding Screenwriting in a U.S. Feature at Outfest, and the London Critics’ Circle Film Award for Young British/Irish Performer of the Year. In 2018, it was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Male Lead at the Independent Spirit awards and a Breakthrough Actor Award for the Gothams Awards. Her micro-budget feature film It Felt Like Love premiered at Sundance in 2013 in NEXT and was a New York Times Critic's Pick. She earned an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and is currently an Assistant Professor of Film/Video at Pratt Institute. She is the recipient of the Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center, and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow.

 

Moderator TBA.