An Evening of the World’s Best Short Films
Old Westbury, N.Y., April 18, 2006: New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) and Asbury Shorts of New York (ASNY) will present, An Evening of the World’s Best Short Films, on Saturday, May 6 at 7 p.m. The film show will be shown at Salten Hall on NYIT’s Old Westbury, N.Y., campus. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door beginning at 4 p.m. the day of the show.
The Asbury Shorts Film Show will showcase a collection of today’s most entertaining and fast-paced live action comedy, drama and animated independent short films, including the two-time film festival award winner, “SPIN,” from director Jamin Winans. The film recently won Best Live Action Short at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and Best Short Film at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival.
Other works include “Zombie American,” starring Ed Helms of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” This hilarious comedy has picked up several awards at U.S. film festivals since 2004. Also being shown is “The Delivery Boy,” by Long Island’s own award-winning filmmaker Stephen Marro, whose film was a finalist at the prestigious Million Dollar Short Film Competition.
The Asbury Shorts Film Show will feature a total of 12 short films, including a student production from NYIT’s film program. For more information, please call 516.686.7800 or e-mail aff1@earthlink.net.
About NYIT
NYIT is the college of choice for more than 14,000 students currently enrolled in more than 100 courses of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees from eight schools, including engineering, architecture, business, communication arts and medicine. A private, independent college, NYIT embraces an educational philosophy of career-oriented, professional education for all qualified students and supports applications-oriented research to benefit the greater global community. Students attend classes at NYIT’s Manhattan and Long Island campuses, as well as online and in a number of programs throughout the world. To date, more than 66,000 alumni have earned degrees at NYIT. For additional information, visit www.nyit.edu.
About ASNY
ASNY is a 26-year traveling exhibition of elite, festival award-winning short films founded by graduates of NYIT’s Communication Arts program. Based in New York City, ASNY has presented major internationally honored shorts in venues including, The DGA Theatre in Manhattan, Visions Cinema in Washington, D.C., International House in Philadelphia, The Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Royal Festival Hall in London and the Leminske Theater in Berlin. Past hosts of Asbury Shows have included actors Edie Falco, Matthew Modine, Peter Gallagher, John Turturro as well as directors Bob Balaban, Bob Giraldi, Frank Oz and Jason Reitman.
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