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Drama: September 2008
IFP'S "FIRST WEEKEND" SERIES BEGINS WITH LANCE HAMMER'S BALLAST
By Rooftop Films on 09/29/2008
Filed under: Drama, Personal NarrativeRooftop's noble partners at the Independent Feature Project (IFP) are, like us, always looking for innovative ways to support emerging filmmakers, from their Market (which helps find funding for works-in-progress), to their Labs (which provide artistic feedback for films at the rough cut stage), and now onto distribution. Their new "First Weekend" Series will help independent filmmakers secure a crucial, successful opening weekend in a New York theater. It's a great program, and Rooftop is proud to be promoting it. And the opening film--Lance Hammer's Ballast--is truly remarkable cinema, a powerfully-restrained drama of working-class tension and violence, reminiscent of Bresson... MORE »
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