THE LAB:GALLERY Presents INTERSECTION February 10-March 2, 2012
“Clean the Room” a Roger Smith Short by Dmitry Povolotsky
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by Birdsong in Arts, Events, Hotel
A whimsical reinterpretation of mistaken identity, Director Dmitry Povolotsky explores this classic subject matter focusing his comedic vision on a hotel maid, a diva actress, and her lover.
Written and Directed by: Dmitry Povolotsky
Roger Smith Shorts Film Festival Workshop 2009
Cast: Susan Brady, Michael Mason, Sarah Lilley
Crew: Executive Producer John Knowles, Brendan Crane
DP: Christina Voros – Art Direction: Julia Cairo – Asst. Director: Rebecca Conroy – Sound Recordist: Marcin Tyszka – Editor: Julia Kots
About the Roger Smith Shorts
With support from Ghetto Film School, Brooklyn Brewery and the Roger Smith Hotels patronage to the arts, the Roger Smith Shorts 09 (Festival Workshop) was conceived. The concept was envisioned as a collaboration of creativity and ingenuity among visual storytellers and those who form the structure behind it.
“CLEAN THE ROOM”, A Roger Smith Short by Dmitry Povolotsky
Posted on 13. Apr, 2010 by Editor in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Hotel
Clean the Room by Dmitry Povolotsky from Panman Productions on Vimeo.
“Clean the Room”, is a film about mistaken identity and serendipity. This physical comedy, which takes place in the Penthouse of the Roger Smith Hotel is a modern day Cinderella story in which the dreams of a maid strangely come true, while she cleans a messy hotel room. Clean the Room won Best Film at the Roger Smith Shorts Film Festival in August 2009.
About the Director
Dmitry Povolotsky is a writer, director, and choreographer living in Brooklyn. At the age of ten, he was selected to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow to study classical ballet. After graduating from the academy nine years later, Dmitry was awarded a full scholarship to Juilliard in New York City where he received a BFA in modern dance and choreography.
Dmitry remained in New York City to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet for eight seasons and to teach ballet and choreograph for inner city youth at the Harlem School of the Arts.
After making his first short film in 2003, Dmitry left the dance world to study film at Columbia University Film Division. PAL/SECAM, his thesis film, has played at 40 film festivals all over the world, has won several prestigious film awards and was sold to 6 territories so far.
Credits
Written and Directed by Dmitry Povolotsky
Story Idea by Bilge Ebiri
Executive Producers -?Brendan Crane, ?John Knowles
Cast?Maid – Susan Brady
Bobby – Michael Mason
Superstar – Sarah Lilley
Crew
Director of Photography – Christina Voros
Art Direction – Julia Cairo
Assistant Director – Rebecca Conroy
Sound – Marin Conroy
Editor – Julia Kots
Wardrobe Provided by CMarchuska and The Green Room NYC
Special Thanks to the Roger Smith Hotel
Roger Smith Shorts (The Trailer)
Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by AdamWallace in Arts, Community, Hotel
6 filmmakers created 6 short films at the Roger Smith Hotel in one week. The 2009 Roger Smith Short Directors were Daniel Brothers, Sean Cunningham, Sherng-Lee Huang, Jacob Mendel, Dmitry Povolotsky Ted Wallach.
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Roger Smith Shorts ‘09 (Festival Workshop) Winner: Dmitry Povolotsky
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by AdamWallace in Arts, Community, Events, Hotel
Congratulations to Dmitry Povolotsky, who was presented the Roger Smith Shorts ‘09 (Festival Workshop) Bronze Sculpted Creativity Award for his film “Clean the Room” on Saturday, August 22nd. The Judges Panel, which included James Knowles (President, Roger Smith Hotel), Ben Famiglietti (The Weinstein Company), Neil Alumkal (5WPR), Adam Neuhaus (Original Media) and Tommy Popps (Independent Producer) based their decision on 3 criteria: vision, craft and execution.
After deliberation, the judges decided on “Clean the Room” for it’s simple but concise execution; as with all the films, this modern day Cinderella story takes place all within the hotel, in which a dream comes true while a maid cleans the room, all under 6 minutes.
About the Director
Dmitry Povolotsky is a writer, director, and choreographer living in Brooklyn. At the age of ten, he was selected to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow to study classical ballet. After graduating from the academy nine years later, Dmitry was awarded a full scholarship to Juilliard in New York City where he received a BFA in modern dance and choreography.
Dmitry remained in New York City to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet for eight seasons and to teach ballet and choreograph for inner city youth at the Harlem School of the Arts.
After making his first short film in 2003, Dmitry left the dance world to study film at Columbia University Film Division. PAL/SECAM, his thesis film, has played at 40 film festivals all over the world, has won several prestigious film awards and was sold to 6 territories so far.
“Clean the Room”
Written and Directed by Dmitry Povolotsky
Story Idea by Bilge Ebiri
Executive Producers
Brendan Crane
John Knowles
Cast
Maid – Susan Brady
Bobby – Michael Mason
Superstar – Sarah Lilley
Crew
Director of Photography – Christina Voros
Art Direction – Julia Cairo
Assistant Director – Rebecca Conroy
Sound – Marin Conroy
Editor – Julia Kots
Wardrobe Provided by CMarchuska and The Green Room NYC
Special Thanks to the Roger Smith Hotel
