MONICA
SHARF/DIRECTOR
CURRENT
SHORTS (2007)
"WHILE WE LIE SLEEPING"
A
16mm black and white silent short, dedicated to the valiant men and
women who have served or are still serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"NOVEMBER 12 "
A companion short to While We Lie Sleeping, dedicated to the vets from WWI, WWII, The Korean and Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. My intention is to get permission from the city of New York to screen it in their honor on Veteran's Day, 2008.
"TANGLED
UP IN BLUE"
A 16mm color short Serena Bocchino's latest collection of paintings, "The Catch Series," to be screened September 20, 2007 at the TRia Gallery opening in Soho, New York.
IN DEVELOPMENT (2007)
"DARA, A VALUABLE LIFE"
A five-part documentary mini series that will follow four or five women in the four stages of breast cancer. It highlights not only the emotional, spiritual and physical effects of this disease, but their courage, stamina, sense of humor, strength, vulnerability, fears, hopes, and desperate need for an advocate in the medical system.
"GHETTO
SONG "
A powerful and insightful feature documentary on the grueling personal and professional struggles of Puff Hickson, an unknown female Hip-Hop artist from Harlem.
"BROTHERHOOD:
3 TOUGH COPS, 3 TOUGH CITIES, 24 HOURS"
A feature documentary and reality-based television series that parallels the lives of three altruistic cops from three of this country's toughest cities over 24 hours.
"THE 911 PROJECT"
A feature documentary advocating the church and God as a way of coping with the pain if the events of 9/11.
"DARK
HIGHWAY"
A pilot short for a televsion series and feature film. This narrative short, based on actual events has award-winning actors, Kevin Conway, Paul Calderon and Glynn Turman and cinematographer, Ken Kelsch attached.
COMPLETED SHORTS
A 16mm B&W film created to capture the emotions, impact, loving and care that flowed from all of the people affected by the day of terror in New York City on September 11th.
A fanciful and entertaining portrait of prominent New York painter, Serena Bocchino.
An award-winning, stylish, noir-esque "action based" documentary short on Dempster Leech, a private investigator, whose stomping grounds were the mean streets of New York City.
"LOVE"
Artist: Queen Esther. A stylized music video a la 1940's Hollywood.
Contributed Footage To HBO And National Geographic 9.11 Specials
In Memoriam, New York City, 9.11.01. Emmy AwardŽ winning documentary from HBO and Brad Grey Pictures. Contributed footage from Tribute 9.11.
9.11 A Year in Focus, The National Geographic Channel.
AWARDS
Official Entry Academy Awards®
Women in Film International Finishing Fund Prize (http://www.inversionfilms.com/crystal.html); acquired by The Library of Congress for the National Archives.
Official Entry Academy Awards®
Best documentary, Melbourne International Film Festival; Best documentary, Long Island Film Festival; First Place/Gold Camera, US International Film & Video Festival; Director's Citation, Black Maria Film Festival; Silver Award, Worldfest/Houston; nomination, best documentary short, Yorkton Film Festival.
AIRED/FESTIVALS/SCREENED
Emmy Award® winning "In Memoriam New York City 9/11/01" New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, Premiered on HBO, May 26, 2002 (Brad Grey Productions); Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Women in Film, Crystal Awards, Los Angeles; Laemmle Music Hall, Beverly Hills; Walker Arts Center, "Women with Vision: Restless Age"; "September 11th: Eyewitnesses," a tribute to New York, Minneapolis; CBS Spectacular Open Air Shorts, Times Square, New York; Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Picture Start, Providence, RI; Los Angeles International Short Film Festival; DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival; Wisconsin Film Festival and Walker Arts Center: Tribute to New York.
IFC, The Independent Film Channel; Museum of Modern Art, New York; CBS Spectacular Open Air Shorts, Times Square, New York.
IFC, Independent Film Channel; Museum of Modern Art, New York; WNET/13, "Reel New York"; http://www.thirteen.org/reelnewyork4/interview-sharf.html; Brooklyn Academy of Music; KQED (San Francisco); WTTW, "Image Nation" (Chicago).
Melbourne
International Film Festival; Leeds International Film Festival; Black
Maria Film Festival; International Documentary Association Film Festival;
Denver International Film Festival; Utah Short Film Festival; Idyllwild
International Film Festival; Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival; Worldfest/Houston;
US International Film & Video Festival; Long Island Film Festival; Philafilm;
Atlanta Film & Video Festival; Ashbury Film Festival.
