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SYNC OR SWIM (documentary feature work-in-progress, digital
video)
http://www.synchromovie.com
Directed by: Cheryl Furjanic
Produced by: Amanda Keropian & Cheryl Furjanic
Director of Photography: Laela Kilbourn
Running Time: 60-90min
Estimated Completion Date: 2006
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When most people think of synchronized swimming they picture elaborate sequined
costumes, graceful water ballerinas and Esther Williams movies. Rarely does this
sport conjure images of hard-working athletes, intensive training and Olympic
dreams. From Bingo fundraisers to bronze medal wins, this film follows the U.S.
Olympic squad members as they attempt to balance their rigorous training schedules
with their personal lives, while one teammate struggles to overcome a near fatal
car accident. SYNC OR SWIM examines the sacrifices that must be made on the road
to becoming an Olympian in this first-ever behind-the-scenes documentary about
the making of the U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swimming Team.
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A GOOD UPLIFT (documentary short, digital video)
http://www.squeezethestone.org/agooduplift/index.html
Directed/Produced by: Faye Lederman/Cheryl Furjanic/Eve Lederman
Edited by: Simeon Hutner
Camera: Lori Hiris
Additional Camera: Eleana Kim
Additional Editor: Cheryl Furjanic
Sound: Gabriel Miller
Running Time: 13 mintues
Year: 2002
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A lighthearted glimpsed into a Lower East Side Lingerie Shop where owner and Jewish
Grandmother Magda embraces and enhances women of all shapes and sizes in pursuit
of the perfect bra.
Screenings at (Partial List):
• 2003
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (Formerly Doubletake)
• 2003 Rochester
Jewish Film Festival - July 18, 2003
• 2003
Rooftop Films NYC - July 18, 2003
• 2003
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival - July 19, 2003
• 2003
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival - October 2003
• 2003 Boston
Jewish Film Festival - November 2003
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JUNQUE (documentary short currently in post-production, digital video)
http://www.jamestowntn.org/worlds.htm
Directed/Produced by: Cheryl Furjanic & Denise Gaberman
Approximate Running Time: 15 mintues
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Each summer in the south, a 450-mile long tag-sale is held along highway 127.
It's "Antiques Roadshow" meets "Thelma and Louise" as the
filmmakers travel through Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama to make a short
movie about the longest tag sale in America.
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TAX DAY NYC (documentary short work-in-progress, digital video)
Directed/Produced by: Cheryl Furjanic
Approximate Running Time: 10-15 mintues
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From dawn 'til midnight, a look at what happens at the main post office in New
York City on April 15th when the last-minute tax-payers come out to file.
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DIVAS DELITE (info-docu-mercial comedy, digital video)
http://www.divasdelite.com
Directed/Produced/Edited by: Cheryl Furjanic
Written by: Cheryl Furjanic / Meridith Greenberg / Leora Perlman
Running Time: 5:30
Year: 2001
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Business partners and Life-partners Meredith Greenberg and Leora Perlman are Divas
Delite; trained opera singers and full service catering company.
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BLUE VINYL (documentary feature, 2002)
http://www.bluevinyl.org
Produced/Directed by: Judith Helfand & Daniel B. Gold
Co-Produced by: Julia D. Parker
Edited by: Sari Gilman
Animation by: Emily Hubley / Jeremiah Dicky
Senior Creative Consultant: Michelle Ferrari
Organizing Campaign: Robert West and Working Films
Associate Producers: Josef Cressotti / Tara Flynn / Cheryl Furjanic / Christopher
White
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With humor, chutzpah, and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning
filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director Daniel B. Gold travel to America's vinyl
manufacturing capital and beyond in search of the truth about vinyl, the world's
second largest selling plastic.
Partial List Of Screenings:
• Broadcast on HBO - May 2002
• 2002 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Award
Winner for Excellence in Cinematography
• 2002 Bermuda International Film Festival
First Prize Award for Best Documentary 2002
• 2002 Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema
Audience Award
• 2002 Hot Docs Film Festival Opening Night
Film
• 2002 Santa Cruz International Film Festival
Audience Award/Documentary
• 2002 High Falls Film Festival, Rochester,
NY Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary
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DIMASSIMO TO THE RESCUE (docu-comedy short, Beta SP video)
Directed/Produced/Edited by: Cheryl Furjanic
Camera: Stephanie Diaz-Matos
Sound: Benjamin Finateri
Running Time: 8 minutes
Year: 1998
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The comic tale of a New York advertising agency's attempt to rescue a veal calf
from inevitable slaughter.
Screenings at:
• The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art New
Filmmaker Series
• Caroline's Comedy Club Funny Shorts Film
Festival
• 13th Annual Manoogian Invitational Screenings
- Los Angeles, CA
• 1998 First Run Film & Video Festival
Editing Commendation Award & Wasserman Award Semi-Finalist
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TAKE THIS HAMMER (documentary short, Beta SP video)
Directed/Produced/Edited by: Cheryl Furjanic
Camera: Cheryl Furjanic / Vilka Tsouras / Maya Blend
Sound: Sarah Cummings, Jason Bolling, Benjamin Finateri
Running Time: 9 minutes
Year: 1998
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Legendary American folk singer Pete Seeger puts down
his banjo and picks up a hammer to demonstrate the
long-standing tradition of work songs in America.
Screenings at:
• 1999 Solstice Film Festival
• 1999 Hudson Valley Film & Video Festival
• 1999 Apple Awards Film & Video Festival
- National Educational Media Network Silver Apple Award
• 1998 Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
• Western States Center's 8th Annual Community
Strategic Training Initiative
•13th Annual Haig P. Manoogian Invitational
Screenings - Los Angeles, CA
•1998 First Run Film & Video Festival Achievement
in Documentary Form
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