The 75th Annual ACE Eddie Awards will be postponed. New date and details forthcoming.
The next West Coast "American Cinema Editors Presents" event will be a screening of the 2000 psychological thriller Memento followed by a conversation with editor Dody Dorn, ACE, at Los Angeles institution Vidiots.
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife’s killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he’s going, or why.
General Admission Tickets are $13
(Vidiots Members Receive Discount)
Proceeds benefit the Vidiots Foundation
To the ACE community and beyond who's been affected by the LA wildfires, we've organized a brief zoom presentation and Q&A session with a public insurance adjuster. ACE is in no way affiliated with them, nor are we recommending that you work with this company in-particular, but they graciously offered to hold this information based free event and Q&A in the hopes to arm everyone with as much information as possible.
The Greenspan Co./Adjusters is an independent entity and does not represent any insurance company or general contractor. The role of a public adjuster is to serve as your private Loss Consultant, working on your behalf to calculate your building loss, personal property loss, and additional living expense claim. Their aim is to maximize your claim within a reasonable timeframe, enabling you to make informed decisions about your rebuilding process.
If you're interested, please sign up for the free zoom seminar on Saturday, January 25 for detailed info on what a public adjuster does.
**ACE members only! For more information and how to RSVP, please check your email!**
Our next American Cinema Editors Presents at Metrograph is Frank Oz's 1988 comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine.
The film was edited by Stephen Rotter, ACE and William Scharf. ACE. We’ll be joined for a Q&A afterwards with Stephen Rotter, moderated by Jeffrey Wolf, ACE.
Set on the French Riviera the film stars Martin and Caine as two con men competing to swindle a wealthy tourist out of $50,000.
Stephen Rotter received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Phillip Kaufman's "The Right Stuff."
He also cut Arthur Penn's "Night Moves”and "The Missouri Breaks", Elaine May's "Ishtar," Penny Marshall's "The Preacher's Wife" and Nancy Meyers' "What Women Want."
As usual, we'll continue the conversation in the lobby bar. We hope to see you!
Tickets will be on sale soon!
ACE Presents the 2025 Invisible Art/Visible Artists
*Speakers are subject to change based on availability.
This seminar (honoring the Academy Award-nominated editors) is part of an effort by the editing community to educate professionals, students and the public at large about the art of editing.
Please note that tickets now cost $20 per person, with proceeds going to help those impacted by the fires. All donations are Tax Deductible through the ACE Ed Center.
Tickets must be presented at the door for entrance. Seating is first-come first seated.
DOORS OPEN AT 10:00AM
PANEL RUNS FROM 10:30AM-12:30PM
$8.00 parking with validation from the theater.
Parking is in the West Garage (Lot W) Gates E and F only. (Route navigation app to (West Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90015)
THE 2025 NOMINEES FOR BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING ARE:
Sean Baker- “Anora"
Nick Emerson– “Conclave"
Dávid Jancsó– “The Brutalist"
Myron Kerstein, ACE– “Wicked"
Juliette Welfling– “Emilia Pérez"
Moderated by Sabrina Plisco, ACE
The 75th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, which were postponed from their original date on January 18 due to the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, will now be held on Friday, March 14, 2025, at UCLA's Royce Hall. As previously announced, the 75th Annual ACE Eddie Awards is now a fundraiser with a portion of the proceeds going to wildfire relief. The event has also transitioned from Black Tie to “Come As You Are” allowing guests to focus on solidarity and celebration, rather than attire. ACE will be announcing other wildfire relief efforts before the ceremony.
Icons of French cinema Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva play an elderly couple facing final separation by cruel death in Haneke’s tender-yet-hard study of life at the precipice. Cinematographer Darius Khondji offers a litany of locked-down framings, brittle in their composed beauty, each marked by an elegant exactitude and slowly suffocating airlessness, while editor Monika Willi’s smooth, sure-handed cutting lends what otherwise might be a stultifyingly static work a feeling of grim, merciless momentum, sliding imperceptibly towards the Great Beyond. Perhaps Haneke’s ultimate directorial accomplishment—and, incidentally, a eulogy for the youthful dreams of the 1960s European art cinema.
Q&A with editor Monika Willi on Friday, March 28th
**ACE members only! For more information and how to register, please check your email!**
The next West Coast "American Cinema Editors Presents" event will be a screening of the 1980 American neo-noir crime drama American Gigolo followed by a conversation with editor Richard Halsey, ACE, at Los Angeles institution Vidiots.
Richard Gere sizzles in Paul Schrader’s sexy thriller of a male escort in over his head after the death of a client. Julian lives the Los Angeles dream through sensual means and he lives it in the epitome of early '80s neon-soaked style. As he seduces women at a price he begins to fall for one, even as he’s suspected of the murder of another. With a sick Giorgio Moroder soundtrack and the art, architecture, and fashion of early '80s LA, this scorcher will leave you thirsty… for more!
General Admission Tickets are $13
(Vidiots Members Receive Discount)
Proceeds benefit the Vidiots Foundation
For the third time in three years, Bobbie O’Steen and Molly O’Steen are returning to Metrograph in NYC to discuss the editing work of the late Sam O’Steen. Our latest ACE Presents at Metrograph is Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, the second of Sam O’Steen’s collaborations with Polanski after Rosemary’s Baby. Tickets are selling very fast for this event. Please purchase your tickets soon if you plan to attend.
Each year, the American Cinema Editors Internship Committee selects two interns from each city (Los Angeles, New York, London) and provides them with the opportunity to shadow for one week each the editing rooms of a feature, a television show, and an unscripted show. Interns also visit several facilities integral to post-production (e.g. sound stages, VFX vendors, labs, etc.). Interns are being mentored by ACE editors and previous alumni. The ACE Internship Program is geared toward anyone with a passion for editing, who is just starting their career in post-production.