HENLEY the feature is coming soon. The film will be produced in partnership with The Woodshed (Principles: Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh Waller) Deadline Press Release
HENLEY has been invited to screen at the inaugural STANLEY FILM FESTIVAL. The Festival showcases classic and contemporary horror cinema all set at the haunted and historic hotel that inspired THE SHINING. May 2nd - May 5th, 2013. Redrum
HENLEY has been invited to screen in the 2013 Glasgow Film Festival February 3rd - February 13th. Glasgow Film Festival
HENLEY has been invited to screen in the 2012 Anchorage International Film Festival November 30th - December 12th. Anchorage International Film Festival
HENLEY has been invited to screen in the 2012 Cucalorus Film Festival November 8-11. Cucalorus Film Festival
HENLEY has been invited to screen in the 2012 New Hampshire Film Festival October 11-14. New Hampshire Film Festival
HENLEY has been invited to screen in the Short Shorts Int'l Mexico Film Festival Sept 6-14.
LATE BLOOMER screens August 30th at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego MCASD
HENLEY will screen in Malaysia on September 8th, 2012 as part of the Short Shorts & Asia Film Festival tour. SHORT SHORTS & ASIA
HENLEY has been invited to screen at the Academy award qualifying Guanajuato International Film Festival
HENLEY has been selected into the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. 46 films from 18 countries have been invited to participate in this Academy Award qualifying festival. HENLEY 1 of 5 narrative films from the USA to be selected. SHORT SHORTS & ASIA
HENELY appears on the front page of YAHOO today! YAHOO
FILMMAKER MAGAZINE reviews HENLEY: "a beautiful snapshot of a child's isolation" Filmmaker Magazine
Craig and Clay's blog for FILMMAKER MAGAZINE Sundance 2012 Filmmaker Magazine about the production of HENLEY.
LATE BLOOMER wins both Best Short Film and the Audience Award for Best Short film at the 2012 Box[ur]Shorts Film Festival
Craig and Clay's blog for the LAKE PLACID FILM FORUM The Kid Who Could Talk To Deer about our experiences shooting HENLEY.
Sundance Discomfort Zone: "Henley is well shot and sharply edited—a tonal exercise with a startlingly dark ending." SBS
HENLEY receives a nice review: "Macneill's odd film was one of the more original shorts on show at this year's Sundance." Sundance 2012 Short of the Week
LATE BLOOMER is among 10 finalists for the 2012 "box[ur]shorts" film fest competition.
Craig is featured in the Winchester Star
The Road To Sundance. Craig is interviewed in All About Filmmaking.
HENLEY has been invited to screen as an official selection at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. For more information and tickets visit Sundance Film Festival
Mass DVD and VOD release for THE AFTERLIGHT is scheduled for December 6th, 2011 Cinema Purgatorio
Forward Entertainment has picked up THE AFTERLIGHT for foreign sales. Forward Entertainment
LOBOS has been acquired for distribution though Shorts International. Shorts International
HENLEY wins the Grand Jury Prize for BEST SHORT FILM at the 2011 Carmel Film and Arts Festival
"HENLEY takes its place among 2011's most provocative short films" - GALO Magazine. To read an interview with Craig Macneill for GALO Magazine please visit GALO Magazine
HENLEY has been selected as a finalist for the 2011 New Orleans Film Festival. We'll be screening on Sunday 10/16 at 12pm and Tuesday 10/18 at 5:20pm. For more information visit New Orleans Film Festival
HENLEY has been invited to screen at the 2011 Hamptons International Film Festival Festival. We'll be screening on Sunday 10/16 at 10:30am and Monday 10/17 at 8:45pm. For more information visit Hamptons International Film Festival
HENLEY has been selected as one of the best short film at the 2011 Carmel Film and Arts Festival. We'll be screening in the Best of Shorts section on Sunday 10/16 at 2:30pm. For more information visit Carmel Film and Arts
The Los Angeles Times reviews THE AFTERLIGHT: "visual artistry...nothing short of masterful." THE AFTERLIGHT opens at the Downtown Independent Theater on 9/2 and runs through 9/8.
HENLEY has been invited to screen at the 2011 San Diego Film Festival. Saturday October 1st at 8pm and Sunday October 2nd at 5:30pm. For more information and tickets visit San Diego Film Festival
HENLEY has been invited to screen at the 2011 San Diego Film Festival. Saturday October 1st at 8pm and Sunday October 2nd at 5:30pm. For more information and tickets visit San Diego Film Festival
David Sterritt of the National Society of Film Critics gives THE AFTERLIGHT a strong review. Listen to mp3 podcast: Here.
THE AFTERLIGHT will be screening in Los Angeles at the Downtown Independent Theater from September 2nd through September 8th.
THE AFTERLIGHT will be screening in Seattle at the Grand Illusion Cinema from September 2nd through September 8th.
HENLEY wins the Grand Jury Prize for BEST SHORT FILM at the 2011 Gen Art Film Festival
HENLEY has been invited to screen at the 2011 Woods Hole Film Festival. Monday August 1st, 5:00pm. For more information and tickets visit Woods Hole Film Festival
HENLEY has been invited to screen at New York's Museum of Moving Images / Rural Route Film Festival on Sunday August 6th. For more information and tickets visit Rural Route Film Festival
HENLEY has been invited to screen at the 2011 Gen Art Film Festival . Friday June 10th, 7:30pm. For more information and tickets visit Gen Art
HENLEY will be screening at the 2011 BAM CinemaFEST. The New Yorker calls the BAM CinemaFEST "The city's best independent film showcase." For more information and tickets visit BAM CinemaFEST
HENLEY has been invited to screen at the Rooftop Films Summer series sponsored by IFC. For information and tickets visit Rooftop Films Summer Series
Lobos will be screening at the Tribeca Grand Hotel on Wednesday May 11th. RSVP
New York Magazine posts Late Bloomer on their site New York Magazine
i09 shares LATE BLOOMER, calling it an "amazing short film" i09.com
Nerve.com calls LATE BLOOMER an "awesome short film" Nerve.com
"A genuine American art film" - Mike Wilmington of Movie City News reviews The Afterlight during it's Chicago theatrical run at Facets Cinematheque. For complete review please visit: Movie City News
THE AFTERLIGHT has been acquired for distribution by Cinema Purgatorio. Our next theatrical opening will be at Facets Cinematheque in Chicago from March 25th - March 31st, with more cities to follow. A DVD and VOD release is planned for later this year. For complete coverage please visit: Indiewire
Late Bloomer is now viewable on youtube. View Film
Late Bloomer will be screening at the 2011 Small Town Film Festival in Armonk, NY. May 6th & 7th.
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NEW YORK TIMES reviews The Afterlight: "intoxicating beauty ... a minimalist mood poem to loss and alienation" - New York Times
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VARIETY reviews The Afterlight: "cryptic images of ominous beauty ... the pic plumbs feminine mysteries beyond male ken."read article
TimeOut NY reviews The Afterlight: "Alexei Kaleina and Craig Macneill's proudly minimalist affair favors ambiguity over soap-operatics, evoking the inescapable heartache of a loss so great, it cannot be uttered." view page
i-D Magazine feature 'The Afterlight' in the current Summer 2010 issue. view page
A trailer for The Afterlight is up on Apple Trailers view page
A video art piece Craig created based on a painting by Antoinette Wysocki, will be screening at the 23rd Atmospheric Group Gallery in Chicago from 8/6-8/28 Info
"Wolves (Lobos)" has been selected into the Palm Springs Shortfest
The Afterlight opens theatrically at the Quad Cinema on September 10th, 2010.
Craig's short films "Late Bloomer" and "Lobos (Wolves)" will be screening at the Landmark Maple Arts Theater in Bloomfield Hills, MI on March 31st at 7pm. A Q&A will follow the screenings.
Craig is awarded with a Jerome Foundation grant. Official press release here
Craig's award winning, 2005 Sundance selected short film Late Bloomer wins Best Short Film at a 2010 NY Independent powerplay screening.
ID Magazine is featuring a photo spread of The Afterlight
in an upcoming issue. The Afterlight stars Michael Kelly, Rip Torn, Ana Asensio, and Jicky Schnee.
A video installation Craig is creating, based on a painting by Antoinette Wysocki, will be screened in Hong Kong at the Cat Street Gallery co-insiding an exhibition of Antoinette's work. The opening night reception will be held April 12th, 2010.
Rome Film Festival program: "The Afterlight is a debut of suggestions that proudly display an echo of Antonioni (and perhaps Russian or Lithuanian influences in the lyrical vocation of the landscape and the mystery of the characters' thoughts). The two young directors speak the language of cinema with precision, expertise and fascination, where the story is driven like a breeze of pure images." Rome Film Festival
Click here to see the red carpet photos from the World Premiere of "The Afterlight" at the 2009 International Rome Film Festival
Variety reports - "American indie directorial duo Alexei Kaleina and Craig Macneill will bow their first feature, The Afterlight, about a New York City couple who move into an abandoned country house, in the fest's EXTRA section dedicated to cutting-edge works. EXTRA scours the planet for the most original and innovative films around."
Astoria Indies will be screening my Sundance selected short film 'Late Bloomer' for its opening night celebration on Thursday November 18th. "
Lobos has been selected into the 2010 ALOCORTICO film festival in Madrid, Spain.
Major Italian newspaper, Corriere Della Sera features The Afterlight: "Among the suprises in... [The "Extra"] section is "The Afterlight," by Alexei Kaleina and Craig Macneill, two young men from Brooklyn that tell the story of a couple in crisis. The landscapes and images recall the era of silent film.
'The Afterlight' will be having its World Premiere at the, Rome Film Festival, on October 18th, 2009 at 8pm. A second screening will take place on October 19th at 10:00am. For more information please visit afterlightfilm.com
'Lobos' will be premiering at the 2009 Zagreb Film Festival.
A website dedicated to, 'Lobos,' is live. view site
A website dedicated to our feature film, The Afterilght, is now up and running. view site
Please click the following link to view the trailer for our upcoming feature film, The Afterilght. view trailer
We were interviewed by FILMMAKER MAGAZINE for our upcoming feature film, The Afterlight. The film stars Michael Kelly, Ana Asensio, Jicky Schnee, and Oscar nominated actor Rip Torn. view page
New York's 'Feel the Word Magazine' says that Craig's "crafting some of the most fascinating film work going on right now." You can view interview here
4/08 - I recently returned from a one week shoot in Spain for my upcoming short film, LOBOS. Shot on super 16mm, LOBOS was shot in and around Avila and Segovia.
3/08 - Craig Macneill and Alexei Kaleina's feature film THE AFTERLIGHT is currently in post production.
1/08 - IFC, in partnership with ROOFTOP FILMS, will be streaming LATE BLOOMER online at IFC.COM.
1/08 - Critically acclaimed, award- winning author Clay McLeod Chapman and Craig are currently working on an untitled feature length screenplay.
Craig is pictured in the Sundance Film Festival class of 2005 New York Magazine article view page
Craig's feature screenplay, Winter Sea, was selected into the 2006 IFP Market.
Late Bloomer is now available on Netflix in the short film compilation titled The Shortstack. Late Bloomer is currently being distributed by Echelon Studios.
NPR interviews/features Craig during the Sundance Film Festival in a two part series about the short film experience during the Sundance Festival.
Late Bloomer selected into the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL .
Late Bloomer official selections:
Lake Placid Film Festival (*Audience Award Best Short Film)
CineVegas Int値 Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
Calgary Int値 Film Festival
Atlantic Film Festival
Maryland Film Festival
St. Louis Int値 Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Rhode Island Int値 Film Festival
One Reel Int値 Film Festival
Los Angeles Int値 Short Film Festival
Saratoga Film Forum
Montreal Comedia Film Festival (*Best of the Fest)
Museum of Modern Art San Diego
Henry Miller/Big Sur Int'l Film screening series
Small Town Film Festival
Stay Gold Gallery
Rooftop Films
Brookyn Independent Cinema Series
Space Gallery San Fransisco
HP Lovecraf Film Festival (*Best Short Film Brown Jenkins Award)
The Last Picture Show Film Festival DEKK Tribeca
Pumpkin Pie Show
Waterfest Grand
Film Freight Salon
NYC Starving Artist Ball
Barbes Brooklyn
Brick Theater Film Festival
DragonCon Film Festival