Deadline Continuing with the Fall series of Contenders Film events that have already taken place in London and Los Angeles, and will be offering Virtual presentations this weekend for both Documentary and International movies, Deadline is bringing an in-person Contenders event back to New York , but with a twist. Like LA and London it will be hybrid on Saturday December 4 from 8AM ET to 5PM ET live, and also presented virtually between 9:30AM ET and 3:30PM ET. It also will be in a brand new venue, the spectacular Museum Of The Moving Image in Queens. The Contenders events which started over a decade ago are designed to give AMPAS, BAFTA, and Guild members an overview of this year’s awards season films.
Studios participating for New York Contenders Film include A24 with The Humans and Zola; Amazon Studios with A Hero, The Tender Bar, and Being The Ricardos; Apple Original Films with A24 with The Tragedy Of Macbeth; Apple Original Films with CODA and Swan Song; Focus Features with Stillwater and The Card Counter; Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing with Cyrano, No Time To Die, and Respect; NEON and Participant with Flee; NEON and Tropic Studios with Spencer; Netflix with Don’t Look Up, Passing, The Hand Of God, The Lost Daughter, and The Power Of The Dog; and Warner Bros with In The Heights and King Richard. Participating talent from the films will be announced at a future date.
Sponsors include Michter’s Distillery, Mezcal Los Siete Misterios, Eyepetizer, and modMD. For those attending in person there will be a catered breakfast, lunch, and reception afterwards.
To RSVP just click on https://contendersfilmnewyork.splashthat.com/
