Dear Friends,

--The NYTVF is proud to announce the 36 Official Selections to the 2008 Independent Pilot Competition.

These pilots, spanning all genres of TV programming, represent some of the greatest shows the Festival has ever presented. Screenings will take place at the 2008 NYTVF starting Saturday, Sept. 13th and concluding Wednesday, Sept. 17th. We hope you will come out and support the latest wave of independent television creators.

The Official Selections to the 2008 NYTVF Independent Pilot Competition:

• “The Average American” (Political Satire) Created by: Jonah Sachs, Mike Million, and Bruce Hurwit—Los Angeles, CA
• “Below the Law” (Action-Adventure Comedy) Created by: Dan Levy and Steve Basilone—Los Angeles, CA
• “Bill Rampley’s Southern Comfort” (Southern Lifestyle) Created by: Jennifer Spell—Atlanta, GA
• “The Department” (Workplace Sitcom) Created by: Christina Gausas and Don P. Hooper—New York City, NY
• “Everyday Athlete” (Reality Competition) Created by: Tomas Anthony—Brooklyn, NY
• “Food Chain” (Comedy) Created by: Eric Moe and Ivo Knezevic—Los Angeles, CA
• “Food Party” (Fantasy Cooking Comedy) Created by: Thu Tran—Brooklyn, NY
• “Hit Factor” (Action-Adventure Dramedy) Created by: James Rosenblatt and Neil Hopkins—Los Angeles, CA
• “Improv City” (Mockumentary Sitcom) Created by: Kyle More and Grant Weiss—Chicago, IL
• “Jet-Set-Go” (Adventure Travel) Created by: Warner Bonner, Bill Strocco, and Gene Strocco—San Diego, CA
• “The Kitty Landers Show” (Children’s Show) Created by: Chris Potocki, Anna Christopher, and Regina Taufen—Venice Beach, CA
• “Lifeless” (Horror) Created by: David Sasich—Salt Lake City, UT
• “Living in Captivity”(Nature Comedy) Created by: Uma Incrocci, Erica Jensen, and Nicole Greevy—Sunnyside, NY
• “Mixed Nutz” (Children’s Animation) Created by: Shabnam Rezeaei, Aly Jetha, Dustin Ellis, and Mastaneh Moghadam—New York City, NY
• “The Other High School” (Mockumentary Comedy) Created by: Adam Goodman and Alex Ricciardi—New York City, NY
• “Point View Terrace” (Sitcom) Created by: Jeff Drake, Wendy Molyneux, Brooke Dillman, and Tuc Watkins—Los Angeles, CA
• “The Prisoner” (Alternative Sci-Fi Action Thriller) Created by: Karin Williams—New York City, NY
• “Project Ghostlight” (Docu-reality) Created by: Steve Maihack and Michael Todd Cohen—New York City, NY
• “Red Hook High” (Teen Drama) Created by: Trac Minh Vu—Brooklyn, NY
• “Rhyme Animal” (Urban Drama) Created by: Jorge Rivera—Brooklyn, NY
• “The Road” (Reality Drama) Created by: Frank Mosca and Mike DeStefano—Bronx, NY
• “Road to Rhythm” (Reality Music) Created by: Omar Mortaza—Beverly Hills, CA
• “Sex Culture” (Travel Show) Created by: Amardeep Kaleka, Heather Howard, and Angela Maynard—Atlanta, GA
• “Sexual Intercourse: American Style” (Short-form Comedy) Created by: Mitch Magee—Brooklyn, NY
• “Small Town News” (Workplace Sitcom) Created by: Holt Bailey and Brian Steele—Los Angeles, CA
• “Sundance Celebrity Swag Hunt” (Reality Competition) Created by: Poull Brien—Park City, UT
• “Super Slice” (Action-Adventure Comedy) Created by: Frank Mosca—Bronx, NY
• “The Surf” (Web Highlights Parody) Created by: Jeremy Beiler, Paul Dorfman, Jared Gramstrup, Gabe Gronli, Anne Johnson, and Dieter Klipstein—New York City, NY
• “Teachers” (Workplace Comedy) Created by: Jim Garvey—New York City, NY
• “Tickle Me Silly” (Family Comedy Animation) Created by: Miguel Martinez-Joffre—Jersey City, NJ
• “Tix and Tox” (Children’s Animation) Created by: Jason Toliopoulos and Emilio Incerto—Toronto, Ontario-Canada
• “Today’s Special” (Sitcom) Created by: Jennifer Cobb, Leah Gotcsik, Marty Johnson, and Michael Kuell—Boston, MA
• “The Travelling Twins” (Travel Documentary) Created by: Sunny Setton and Joy Setton—Brooklyn, NY
• “The Triboro” (Suburban Dramedy) Created by: Jon Pivko—Haskell, NJ
• “Wentworth & Buxbury” (Animated Sitcom) Created by: Tim Nash, Hayden Grubb, and Lucas Crandles—Melbourne, Victoria-Australia
• “Wired City” (Buddy Dramedy) Created by: Howard Reichman—New York City, NY