*Winner: 2008 - People's Choice Award*His whole life Tim Donnely has had one dream: to become a teacher. Fresh out of college, Tim is ready to realize that dream and revolutionize education. However, hes in for a rude awakening when he butts heads with jaded educators and a professional teacher-coach sent to retool the faculty. Throw in a celebrity music teacher and a search for a new principal, and youve got the first episode of Teachers. Everyone has been to school; everyone has had teachers. We are now proud to lift the veil and reveal the true colors of American academia from the teachers perspective. NYTVF 2008: Teachers
*Winner: 2008 - Best Drama Pilot* Three struggling actors moonlight as industry hit men in the hopes of boosting their stagnant careers. Hand-picked by their manager Orson, they are the latest generation of a cabal as old as Hollywood itself. With the promise of stardom as bait, Orson uses them to carry out his dirty deeds. But when he gives them the simple job of overdosing movie star Owen Rayne, they find themselves in way over their heads. NYTVF 2008: Hit...
Paul, a struggling screenwriter, wakes up to what should be the best day of his life and ends up with a Page 1 rewrite. First, Paula's agent rejects his screenplay and his girlfriend of 8 months is less than sympathetic to his struggles. Meanwhile, Paula's friends, Jeremy, former child actor turned internet millionaire, and Greg, bewildered newlywed who has known Paul since childhood, each pull him in what they think is the right direction. In a city where life turns on a dime, Paul sets out to navigate a tech-obsessed world where everyone is connected but no one is connecting. NYTVF 2008: Wired...
Red Hook High is an ensemble series that explores the lives of students, teachers and families of an alternative high school in Red Hook, a forgotten Brooklyn neighborhood that lives in the shadow of New York City. On the first day of school, students and teachers from Red Hook High do their best to get the school year going, despite what their everyday lives might throw at them. Matt, a math teacher, takes on a new role in the faculty. Justin, an openly queer student, prepares to battle at home and on the way to school. Lenae and Star, best friends, face a very adult situation and can't stop giggling about it. And Peter discovers just how hard it is to get to school sometimes. NYTVF 2008: Red...
*Winner: 2008 - Best Actor: Nick Offerman* The Psychology Department at the University of Chicago is turned upside down after a series of violent patient outbursts causes Dean Elmore Quinn to bring in a violence expert to watch over the studies of Dr. Alice Holiday and her staff. NYTVF 2008: The...
*Winner: 2008 - Best Nonscripted Host or Star: Bill Rampley* Host Bill Rampley takes to the road and uncovers the real south. Not your typical plantation grandeur or mildewing magnolias, Bill reveals a south that isnt lacking in history or southern hospitality. Come along for the ride and experience the style, the people and the places that make the south so unique and give life to Southern Comfort. NYTVF 2008: Bill...
Mixed Nutz is about a group of irresistible, adventurous, and fun-loving 9-year-olds, as they struggle through the troubles of the everyday life. Often misunderstood, sometimes mismatched, and frequently mistaken, our friends face each situation with humor, imagination and a sense of adventure. In this episode, Sanjay learns that love and politics dont mix when he falls in love with his teacher during class elections. He is too busy imagining her in romantic Bollywood movies instead of paying attention to the voters. NYTVF 2008: Mixed...
The 2008 New York Television Festival was a tremendous success. The staff of the NYTVF would like to thank all artists, sponsors, partners, and attendees for making this year's Festival our biggest and best yet! Soon, we will begin planning for 2009, and we hope that you will continue to support the independent television movement. NYTVF 2008 Recap...
*Winner: 2008 - Best Family Pilot* *Winner: 2008 - Best Actress: Regina Taufen*Every episode, well visit Kitty Landers, a free-spirited Bohemian artist, from her eclectic home in Venice Beach. Her high-powered imagination will continuously get her into hot water, but she prevails with the help of her cast of creative, off-beat guests, including: Lucy, her super-genius half-sister, Philippe, her high-strung, gourmet chef neighbor, Old Man MacGruder, her curmudgeonly landlord and beat poet, Fumiko, her high-styling, Japanese designer buddy, and Muffy, her best friend and dancing queen machine. Kitty discovers some valuable life lessons and finds new ways to entertain and inspire by staying true to the shows irresistible motto: NYTVF 2008: The...
Small Town News is a comedy about the smallest town in America to have its own news station--and nothing to report on. When KCHM's News Director dies, the higher-ups decide to take advantage. Enter Kurt Doogan, a big city producer with the determination, if not the skill, to change the way things are done. What he doesn't know is that the owner wants the station closed. Kurt has been picked for one reason, his unique ability to fail. When he figures this out, he decides to prove them wrong. Now Kurt just needs to find some news. NYTVF 2008: Small...
Living in Captivity is a workplace comedy set in a zoo and styled like a wildlife documentary about the mysterious species Homo Sapiens. When novice zookeeper Alexandra Vogel is left in charge of the zoo on the day of the arrival of a new chimpanzee troop, her disgruntled co-workers plot to sabotage her leadership role. But when bonobo apes- the porn stars of the animal kingdom- are delivered instead, Alex makes the controversial decision to put them on exhibit, resulting in a media frenzy that puts her job in jeopardy. NYTVF 2008:...
When accidents, injuries, and trauma force everyday people to rethink their favorite athletic pursuits, they turn to physical trainer and host Tomas Anthony for help. From snowboarding to rock climbing to surfing, Tomas uncovers unique ways to train for the activities we love, no matter where we are. In each episode, Tomas uses a little ingenuity and a lot of fitness expertise to help give normal people a second chance to follow their fitness passion, and be an everyday athlete. NYTVF 2008:...
Point View Terrace is a comedy about four adult friends -- an actor, a writer, an internet geek and a housewife -- with no jobs and way too much time on their hands. In the pilot episode, the four friends are incensed when they aren't invited to a birthday party -- for a six year old. They retaliate and spark a conflict with the neighbors, who already loathe them. Bounce castles, petty problems, vodka tonics at ten A.M. It's Point View Terrace. There goes the neighborhood. NYTVF 2008: Point...
*Winner: 2008 - Out of the Box Pilot* Food Party is a (would-be) TV cooking show with a spicy Saigon kitchen-witch as your hostess, a cast of unruly puppets as culinary advisors, and a cavalcade of hip-hop/sports world celebrities as surprise dinner guests. Shot on location in a technicolor cardboard kitchen, each episode will instruct you on how to prepare wild gourmet multi-course meals with ingredients you probably have on hand in your kitchen already, such as pretzel rods, cheese puffs, eggs, sugar, secret ingredients, and pizza. After all, you never know who might show up for dinner. NYTVF 2008: Food...
*Winner: 2008 - Best Writing*Wentworth and Buxbury are two young, charismatic, but nonetheless unfathomably evil supervillains-in-training with a healthy mutual disdain for one another (and a healthy mutual love of crumpets). A bizarre blend of callous homicidal instinct and the utmost of civility, the pair are sworn arch-nemeses; yet, at the same time, though they are loathe to admit it, they might just be friends too. NYTVF 2008:...
*Winner: 2008 - Best Nonscripted* Mike DeStefano is traveling on the road every night, performing his comedy routine in front of audiences. But by day Mike travels along his own road--to recovery. He travels around the country telling his story of an abusive childhood, alcohol and drugs, the death of his wife, and the results of his own addictions. On these roads, Mike D is met with great success but also great tragedies. Through it all he feels this life was not a choice, but his destiny. NYTVF 2008: The Road
*Winner: 2008 - Best Web Series* The Prisoner follows a young American who is spirited away to the depths of a secret prison, chronicling his struggle to escape with the help of a seductive but enigmatic Trustee. This dramatic microseries – designed for the web and mobile devices -- explores the limits of personal freedom in the context of a global war on terror. The Prisoner was created for development as a webisode series, long-form television series or feature. In subsequent episodes, our hero joins an underground network of escapees linked by a special RFID implant; are they freedom fighters, or pawns in a vast conspiracy of disinformation? NYTVF 2008: The...
Connie Roche and Marlene Mapplethorpe are the top-selling hosts at Home Shopping Experience (HSE), a shop-at-home network serving New Hampshire and 3/8ths of Vermont. Their personalities and programs couldn't be more different. Marlene is as modern and sophisticated as Connie is crafty and cozy. When a powerful rival network appears, the women are faced with an ultimatum -- co-host or HSE goes under. Connie and Marlene struggle to find common ground on and off the air, while HSE's colorful production team more often hinders than helps their critical collaboration. Will they be able to save the network and their jobs? NYTVF 2008:...
*Winner: 2008 - Best Directing* The Triboro is the union of three suburban towns, Olympus, White Valley and Black Mountain. Enterprising Olympus teens Grant Masterson and Alex Jones are making a small fortune out of throwing parties and selling beer cups to their peers. On the night of their largest, most attended party, it's business as usual until they are drawn away from the festivities in order to deal with some drunk friends and a beer cup deficiency. While on this routine cup run, their lives, and vision of Olympus, are changed forever. Something is rotten in The Triboro.The TriboroScreening ScheduleSaturday, September 13th 3:45pmNew World Stages 3Tuesday, September 16th 10:00pmNew World Stages 5Print this PageEmail to a Friend NYTVF 2008: The...
PILOT: Philip Bosco narrates as three New York City actors spend one terrifying night looking for ghosts in the Boston University Theatre. NYTVF 2008:...
Tix and Tox is a CGI animated series intended for 6-8 year olds. In this episode of Tix and Tox, the twin brothers land in a grand musical theater. Tix plays a mean guitar, but Tox would much rather listen to his classical violin skills. As usual, the brothers begin to fight, and a musical fiasco ensues. The brothers must learn to work together in order to escape the tuneful terror. NYTVF 2008: Tix...
*Winner: 2008 - Best Animated Pilot* Tickle Me Silly follows the comedic adventures of the young raccoon sheriff, Raul Rattatan, and his lovable sidekick, Deputy Pancho the Warthog, in their quest to stop the notorious El Pinto and his tickling crime spree. The short illustrates all the key elements that will make the NYTVF 2008:...
*Winner: 2008 - Best Comedy Pilot*Sam and Dave Randall have wanted to be cops since they were accosting jaywalkers on their big wheels. So when they took the police academy test and passed, they were elated! Only one problem-- there's a year wait before they can actually begin their training. Frustrated and overeager, the brothers set out to take their own brand of incompetent vigilante law to the streets. Buckle up world, it's not going to be pretty. NYTVF 2008: Below...
Some shots leading up to the premiere screening of ABC's Pushing Daisies with Lee Pace, Barry Sonnenfeld, et al. in attendance.Get the info on this year's fest at www.nytvf.com.-video courtesy of Thomas Lückerath NYTVF 2007 -...

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