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https://vimeo.com/134142788 REAL BOY will have its world premiere at the British Film Institute's Flare Festival 2016 in London, UK. Tickets and more information available here. The North American premiere will be at the Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston 2016). Tickets and information here. “REAL BOY is often raw and breathtakingly honest, but it is to the film’s credit [...]

"CHAU, BEYOND THE LINES" has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Short. Congratulations to Director/Editor/Producer Courtney Marsh and Producer Jerry Franck. Andrew Gersh was an editing and story consultant on the film. Read more here. "The setting of Chau, Beyond the Lines is initially a small Peace Camp for children suffering birth defects caused by Agent [...]

https://vimeo.com/84707673 "DADDY DON'T GO" premieres at DOC NYC 2015. Tickets available here. What lies at the root of America’s fatherhood crisis? Daddy Don’t Go takes an intimate look at the struggles of four diverse, disadvantaged NYC fathers to beat the odds stacked against them and defy the deadbeat dad stereotype. Fighting against homelessness, unemployment, bureaucracy and, [...]

https://youtu.be/54tHbaHci3A In this short film, part of the New York Times Op-Doc series, a former Pentecostal preacher starts a secular congregation in the heart of the Bible Belt. "In much of America, tolerance rules, but in some communities, especially in the Bible Belt, churches can still compel conformity in ways that make atheism a very costly [...]

https://youtu.be/GKdXyhjOurY The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) brings its signature journalism to public television in Fall of 2014 with Reveal, a four-part series presented by Oregon Public Broadcasting. Reveal is a first-of-its-kind television show that brings viewers deep into investigations and captures the drama and high stakes of the reporting process. Beginning with a lead documentary and [...]

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/spark SPARK: A Burning Man Story opens August 16th in New York and Los Angeles, followed by theaters nationwide. SPARK will also be available through iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and many on-demand cable systems beginning August 17th. Produced and directed by Steve Brown & Jessie Deeter. Read more at the official website. "Since we can’t all attend [...]

After a special US premiere screening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, The Revolutionary Optimists begins its nationwide theatrical run on March 29th in New York and April 19th in Santa Monica, followed by 58 ITVS Community Cinema screenings around the country throughout May. Following the theatrical run, the film will premiere on television June [...]

https://vimeo.com/60429216 SPARK: A Burning Man Story will have its world premiere at the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, TX. For this year's festival, 109 films were selected from a record-breaking 2,096 submissions. Produced and Directed by Steve Brown and Jessie Deeter.  Official Website

https://vimeo.com/46443548 What would you do if your child were diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder? RARE, a feature film four years in the making, is premiering nationwide on public television stations. Check your local listings and read more about the film HERE. RARE will be screening at the Roxie Theater on November 1st as part of [...]

Andrew Gersh is an invited panelist to the San Francisco Documentary Summit, to be held July 28-29 at San Francisco State University. Join fellow documentary filmmakers for a two-day event held at San Francisco State University's Coppola Theater. Each day details cutting edge and contemporary documentary filmmaking techniques, strategies and success stories, from conception through to [...]