NEW YORK — EditFest NY 2011 (www.editfest.com) takes place this weekend at the Director’s Guild of America Theater located at 110 West 57 ^th Street.

The schedule begins with check in today at 6pm, and then kicks off with “The Lean Forward Moment” at 7:15pm, with feature film editors discussing influential scenes from their favorite films.  At 9:00pm there will be an opening night cocktail party at Le Parker Meridian Hotel next door.

Saturday is filled with panels and discussions, beginning at 10am with “The Documentary Edit: Finding the Moment” in which documentary editors will discuss writing with images.

At 11:45, the “Editing Animation: Pixar” session will feature Toy Story 3 editor Ken Schretzmann, A.C.E., explaining the Pixar process.

After lunch, the schedule returns with the “Greatest Movies You Never Saw” panel at 2:30, moderated by Jeffrey Wolf, A.C.E.

At 4:00pm, a “Feature Editor Panel” will be held, moderated by SVA professor and author Vincent LoBrutto. Things wrap up at 5:30 on Saturday with a short mixer open to panelists and EditFest attendees.