Personal Information

Location

Brooklyn, NY

Biography

LILA PLACE is a documentary filmmaker and film editor. She grew up in Boston and has lived in Spain, and Italy. She received a Masters in Documentary Film from Stanford University and a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Barnard College, Columbia University.Her award-winning short films have screened at numerous festivals in the US and abroad, including Slamdance, Silverdocs, Margaret Mead, and the IDFA, as well as at the Museum of Modern Art and on PBS. Her film Under The Roller Coaster won best documentary short at Slamdance Film Festival and Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and received an outstanding film award by the Caucus Foundation. As a film editor and assistant editor she has worked for HBO Latino, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, and the United Nations, among many others.

Professional Website

http://www.pardoplace.com

Personal Website

http://www.lilaplace.com

IMDB Page

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686338/

Caucus Film

Film Title

Under The Roller Coaster

Film Website

http://www.lilaplace.com/films_utrc.html

Film Information & Synopsis

To thousands, the Thunderbolt Roller Coaster was a Coney Island icon, but for Mae Timpano it was home. This enchanting film examines the true-life experience of one woman and her unique relationship to Coney Island living under the famed Thunderbolt Roller Coaster. The destruction of the Thunderbolt, one of the last remaining Coney Island icons, represented the end of an era in the amusement area’s ever-evolving history. The film celebrates the Thunderbolt coaster as a piece of architecture that holds memories through which we gain insight into the history of New York and its people. Mae’s story is a window onto a lost world and makes us think about the importance of place in a new way.

Festival Experience

Museum of Modern Art New York
IFP Market / IFP Buzz Cuts
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, Best Student Documentary
Angelus Award Finalist
Margaret Mead Film Festival
Coney Island Film Festival, Best “Made in Coney Island” Film
International Student Documentary Competition, Best Biographical Film
Caucus Foundation, Outstanding Student Film Award
Slamdance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Short
Mediterranean Film Festival of Sardinia, City of Carloforte Prize
Aspen Shortsfest
hi/lo film festival
Staten Island Film Festival
Silverdocs/AFI
Los Angeles Film Festival
Broadcast on PBS as part of ReelNY
Rooftop Films

History

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