Film

My short film Dress to Impress will be screening at Symphony Space on New York’s Upper West Side on Saturday, December 20th at 11am as part of the Venus on Broadway International Film Festival. If you’re around, please come check it out! This will be the FINAL festival presentation of […]

Screening at Symphony Space

November 11, 2025 in Film by curtalert@gmail.com

Dress to Impress will play as part of the Chain Film Festival in NYC on Friday, August 2nd at 6pm at the Chain Theatre (312 W 36 Street — between 8th and 9th ave) Dress to Impress is a contemporary silent film that I wrote, directed and starred in about […]

OFFICIAL SELECTION at the Chain Film Festival

June 10, 2024 in Film by curtalert@gmail.com

Dress to Impress received 4 awards nominations at the Brightside Tavern Film Festival including: Best ComedyBest Actor, ComedyBest Director, ComedyBest Short Short And we WON for BEST SHORT SHORT! It is an honor for this labor of love – that I wrote, directed, produced, and starred in – to receive […]

WINNER ‘Best Short Short’ at Brightside Film Festival

March 6, 2024 in Film by curtalert@gmail.com

I’m a semi-finalist for the ‘Best Short‘ Award at the Santa Monica International Filmmaker Awards for my short Dress to Impress! Dress to Impress has won ‘Best Comedy’ awards at the New York City IO Film Festival and the Gothamite Monthly Film Awards, ‘Best Male Performance in a Comedy’ at […]

SEMI-FINALIST at Santa Monica International Filmmaker Awards

November 9, 2023 in Film by curtalert@gmail.com

Dress to Impress will play as part of the Silent City Film Festival in Ithaca, NY on Saturday, October 7th at 2:10pm at Deep Dive Bar. And the coolest part is that I’m screening in the same block as Buster-freaking-Keaton! Dress to Impress is a contemporary silent film that I […]

OFFICIAL SELECTION at the Silent City Film Festival

September 25, 2023 in Film by curtalert@gmail.com

I won ‘Best Male Performance in a Comedy’ award at the Bridgeport Film Festival for my short film, Dress to Impress. Dress to Impress is a contemporary silent film that I wrote, directed and starred in about a man confronting his inner critics. This marks the third win and seventh […]

WINNER ‘Best Performance in a Comedy’ at The Bridgeport Film ...

September 11, 2023 in Film by curtalert@gmail.com