MEET ME
Kyle Farscht is an award-winning director, filmmaker, musician, and artist based out of New York City. Kyle focuses in creating clever and unique storytelling with fresh and unconventional atmospheres for audiences to be entranced and captured by. He is a student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts where he studies film and television production. Kyle has a passion for all aspects of filmmaking and artistic creation and has experience working in many various film departments. He has experience and technical training within camera, lighting, sound, and post-production. Aside from filmmaking, Kyle also is a songwriter, producer, and singer. He has released his EP “Dreamland”, which he wrote, produced, and performed himself and is currently working on his debut album. A queer artist, Kyle also is a drag performer by the name of "Shimshim She", where he incorporates his other interests of performance, makeup, costume design, and storytelling. All of these skills and passions inform Kyle’s artist voice and perspective. To see a list of skills, work, and experience click the resume below.
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AWARDS
Ocean County Library Student Film Festival 2019
"After the Beep" - Best Narrative
"Scales" - Best Silent Film
Millburn Film Festival 2019
"After the Beep" - First Overall
"A Sensation" - Third Overall
"Drive" - Official Selection
STARdance Youth Short Film Festival 2019
"A Sensation" - Nominee for Film of the Year
"After the Beep" - Nominee for Best Editing
The Lovett High School Film Festival 2019
"Scales" - Best U.S. Music Video
SPLICE Film Festival 2019
"A Sensation" - Official Selection
Count Basie Center Teen + College Film Festival
"A Sensation" - Official Selection
SOMA Young Filmmakers Track 2019
"Scales" - Grand Jury Award First Place Narrative
"A Sensation" - Storyteller Citation Award
Big Dreams Youth Film Festival
"Drive" - Official Selection
BAM! Festival 2019
"A Sensation" - Official Selection
"Scales" - Official Selection
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival 2019
"A Sensation" - Official Selection
"Drive" - Official Selection
Garden State Film Festival
"A Sensation" - Official Selection
The Brightside Film Festival 2019
"A Sensation" - Official Selection
Ramapo College NJ High School Film Festival 2018
"A Sensation" - Winner, Best of Fest (1st Overall)
Los Angeles CineFest 2019
"A Sensation" - Semi-finalist
NanoCon International Film Festival 2019
"Coffee" - Semi-Finalist
Enimation Internation Film Festival 2018
"A Sensation" - Official Selection
All American High School Film Festival 2018
"Drive" - Official Selection
Bright Ideas Film Festival
"Coffee" - Official Selection
Millburn Film Festival 2018
"Coffee" - Third Overall
"Entreé" - Honorable Mention
SOMA Young Filmmakers Track - Cinema Ed Film Festival 2018
"Soulfege - The A Cappella Experience" - Finalist
"Entreé" - Honorable Mention
Pine River Student Film Festival
"Soulfege - The A Cappella Experience" - Official Selection
Bute Street Film Festival
"Soulfege - The A Cappella Experience" - Official Selection
Princeton University Film Festival 2017
"Entreé" - Official Selection
"Flash" - Official Selection
Upstate NY Horror Film Festival 2017
"Slash" - Official Selection
All American High School Film Fest 2017
"Entrée" - Official Selection
"Soulfege - The A Cappella Experience" - Official Selection
NJ Young Filmmakers Festival 2017
"Entrée" - 2nd Place Narrative
Spotlight Horror Awards 2017
"Slash" - Honorable Mention
NJ High School Film Festival 2017
"Soulfege - The A Cappella Experience" - Finalist
Millburn Film Festival 2017
"Soulfege - The A Cappella Experience" - 2nd Place Overall
"Flash" - Official Selection
All American High School Film Festival 2016
"Watercolors" - Official Selection
Millburn Film Festival 2016
"Paranoid" - Official Selection
Millburn Film Festival 2014
"Written" - Official Selection