THE EMOJI STORY
A Documentary Entirely About Emoji
Premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival as Picture Character
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VIRTUaL EVENTS
The Emoji Story Documentary Screening
March 16, 2021 18:00 CET
The Emoji Story: A Documentary Screening and Q&A
Professional Association of Design
Feb 18, 2021 6-8pm EST
MOMA
Feb 17, 2021 7:30 EST
Harvard c50 (authentication required)
Feb 13, 2021 1–3pm EST
The Emoji Story: A Film Screening and Conversation About Food and Representation
MOFAD
Feb 12, 2021 8-9pm EST
CAST AND CREW
Directors: Martha Shane, Ian Cheney
Producers: Jennifer 8. Lee, Ian Cheney, Martha Shane
Associate Producer: Margaux Sax
Cinematographers: Emily Topper, Ian Cheney, Lucy Martens
Composers: Simon Beins, Ben Fries
Editor: Frederick Shanahan
Executive Producers: Fred Benenson, Peter Friedland
Co-Producers: Christian Deonier, Eric T. Lee, Morwin Schmookler, Joshua Elkes, Eric Dash
Associate Producers: Greg Brockman, Adam J. Goldstein, David J. McCarthy, Albert Ni, Debo Olaosebikan, David Phantana, Matthew Prince Steven Willis, Tim Wu, Joshua Yguado
Martha Shane
Director and Producer
Martha Shane is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer of documentaries. Her directorial debut After Tiller premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. Theatrically released by Oscilloscope Laboratories, After Tiller was broadcast on PBS in 2014 and won an Emmy for Best Documentary. Most recently, she produced the award-winning From This Day Forward, which was released theatrically and broadcast on PBS in 2016.
Ian Cheney
Director and Producer
Ian is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. He received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Yale University, and his films include King Corn (2007),The Greening of Southie (2008), Truck Farm (2010), The City Dark (2011), The Search for General Tso (2014), Bluespace (2015) and The Most Unknown (2018). He helms the independent production company Wicked Delicate and is a lecturer at Yale College.
Jennifer 8. Lee
Producer
Jennifer 8. Lee is co-founder and CEO of Plympton, a San Francisco-based literary studio that innovates in digital publishing. A former New York Times reporter, Jenny is a producer of “The Search for General Tso” (2014) and the author of the New York Times-bestselling book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles (Twelve, 2008). Jenny is vice-chair of the Unicode a Emoji Subcommittee and was one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in business in 2017 as well as a Esquire Women We Love in 2003. Jenny graduated with a degree in Applied Math and Economics from Harvard
Frederick Shanahan
Editor
Frederick is a film editor based in New York City. He has worked on several award-winning documentaries, including the Emmy-nominated feature, The City Dark, which aired on PBS POV in 2012, The Search for General Tso, which premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, The Birth of Sake, which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival in the feature documentary competition, and From This Day Forward, which premiered at the 2015 Full Frame Film Festival and will air on PBS POV in the summer of 2016. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
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Available October 8, 12:00 PM - October 25, 2:00 PM, 2020
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Available November 4 - 16, 2020
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Live Q&A with the filmmakers on Nov 11, 2020 10PM-11PM CST
Available November 11 - 22, 2020
Available in Australia and New Zealand for an online appointment
July 17-19, 2020Tuesday 16th June, 1230pm NZT - 1st Screening
Tuesday 23rd June, 1230pm NZT - 2nd Screening
Tuesday 30th June, 1230pm NZT - 3rd Screening
Available April 15-28, 2020
Watch with online streaming
Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 9:30 AM at Gaslight Twin Cinema - 1st Screening
Friday, March 6, 2020 at 3:00 PM at Durango Stadium - 2nd Screening
Sunday, July 29, 2019 at 6:00 PM
The Kubrick at Central Grade School 301 Seventh St, Traverse City, MI 49684
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 12:00 PM
Central High School Auditorium 1150 Milliken Dr, Traverse City, MI 49686
Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 9:00 AM
City Opera House Q97G+GM Traverse City, Peninsula Township, MI
Saturday June 22, 2019 at 12:15 PM
AFI Silver Theater 3, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Sunday June 23, 2019 at 3:30 PM
Landmark E Street 6, 555 11th St NW, Washington, DC 20004
Monday, June 10, 2019 at 4:15 PM
Dendy Newtown Cinema Hall, 261-263 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 5:15 PM
Dendy Opera Quays Cinema 1, Shop 9, 2 East, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 1:00 PM at SVA1-Silas – WORLD PREMIERE
SVA, Silas, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY | between 8th & 9th Avenues
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 5:45 PM at VEC-03 - 2nd Screening
Location: Village East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Ave., New York, NY | between 11th & 12th Streets
Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 6:30 PM at REGAL-05 - 3rd Screening
Regal Cinemas Battery Park Stadium 11
102 North End Avenue, New York, NY | between Vesey and Murray
Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 2:00 PM at VEC-02 - 4th Screening
Village East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Ave. New York, NY | between 11th & 12th Streets
