Film by Pratt Alumni To Be Shown As Part of Tribeca Film Festival
BROOKLYN — Josh Koury (B.F.A. Film ‘01), an assistant professor in Pratt Institute’s Department of Film and Video, will premiere the new feature-length documentary film, Journey to Planet X, at the annual Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan later this month, starting on April 21.
Koury, an alumnus of the program in which he teaches, co-directed the film with fellow Pratt alumnus Myles Kane (B.F.A. Film ‘01), who is director of media production at The New Yorker.
Journey to Planet X follows Eric Swain and Troy Bernier, two mild-mannered, middle-aged office workers from Florida, as they come together to make science fiction movies with the help of a green screen, amateur actors and computer graphics. As they embark on their most ambitious no-budget production yet, the documentary shows how boundless imagination can stretch the limits of do-it-yourself moviemaking, to comedic effect.