The NYU Sports Film Festival, co-produced by the NYU Production Lab and NYU Athletics, is partnering with SportsNet New York (SNY) for their third annual television special. The broadcast will feature award-winning films and event highlights from the student-run, sports-themed festival. Made possible by faculty support from across the university, the show is entirely a product of NYU student work, from the directing and editing to the scoring.
The special will premiere on Thursday, August 24th at 6:30pm EST on SNY.
Re-airs include August 26th at 6pm, August 27th at 1pm, September 2nd at 4pm, September 3rd at 5:30pm, September 10th at 1pm, September 24th at 3pm, and September 26th at 1pm.
The show will exhibit three films made by current NYU Tisch students, which were among twelve official selections from a competitive pool of seventy-five submissions. Fút, Hop Heel Drop, and Fool’s Mate will air with introductions from Tisch student directors Eric Zhang, Sania Bhatia, and Jason Adam Maselle. Interviews with NYU alumni filmmakers Safiya Songhai (Audience Award Winner for Interception: Jayne Kennedy, American Sportscaster) and Alrick A. Brown (Grand Jury Award Winner for And of the Son: The Legacy of David and Jackie Robinson) are also featured in addition to interviews with several filmmakers honored by the festival.
CREDITS
Written and Directed by: Allegra Saltzman & Bennett Garcia
Producers: Allegra Saltzman, John Tintori, & Linsey Bostwick
Editor: Bennett Garcia
Director of Photography: Bennett Garcia
Cinematographers: Anika Brown, Kassidy Cameron, Jasmine Brooks,
Thomas Skinner, & Zac Wurfel
Narrator: Bennett Garcia
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Chris Casillas
Lindsay Dievert
Noah Penkrat
Noam Rapoport
Tom Zylbersztein
FEATURED FILMMAKERS
Alrick A. Brown
Eric Zhang
Jason Adam Maselle
Jessie Gi
Robert Daniel Martin
Safiya Songhai
Sania Bhatia
FEATURED GUESTS
Andrew Mayz
Benjamin Simoné
Carlos Fleming
Carolyn Hepburn
George Veras
Jeremiah Zagar
Laurie Hernandez
SPECIAL THANKS
Ajai Vishwanath
Ahad Rehmani
Casiano Hamer
Claire Yezbak
Colin Shepherd
Cyprian Elwes
David Hollander
Gina Antoniello
Joss Saltzman
Liz Nord
Manny Malhotra
Marie deParis
Matt Huck
Matt Sandulli
Ron Sadoff
Russ Fink
Steve Albistur
Stuart Robinson
FESTIVAL TEAM
Allegra Saltzman | Festival Director
Amaara Bahanda | Head of Event Production
Annelise Lee | Design Manager
Bennett Garcia | Head of Videography
Milan Veissi | PR & Event Manager
Paree Chopra | Head of Marketing
Tommy Hoffman | PR & Event Manager
NYU Production Lab | Co-Producer
NYU Athletics | Co-Producer
FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Alrick A. Brown for And of the Son: The Legacy of David and Jackie Robinson
Eric Welshenbaugh for 2023 Pro Football Hall of Fame Knocks on the Door
Eric Zhang for Fút
Federico Russotto for The Opponent
Florian Moses Bayer for Chin Up, Dude!
Jason Adam Maselle for Fool’s Mate
Jesse Gi for The Show
Kyle Sykes for Jumptown
Robert Daniel Martin for State of the Game
Safiya Songhai for Interception: Jayne Kennedy, American Sportscaster
Sania Bhatia for Hop Heel Drop
Wojciech Lorenc for Jayro
FESTIVAL HONORABLE MENTIONS
Anestis Iossifidis for Uncharted Waters
Carter Wells for The Human Etch-a-Sketch Documentary: Running for Armstrong
Jakob Roston for Cowboy Jim
Nathan Godwin for 3, The Hard Way
Rebecca Schlichting for Kings’ Court
Sebastian Carrillo for Violet World Ep 1: “Fresh Start”