The 50th Annual Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) wrapped up on Sunday and announced the winners of the 2024 Golden Space Needle Audience and Juried Competition Awards.
The festival began on May 9 and screened 261 films representing 84 countries with “62% of the feature films were created by first or second-time filmmakers; 43% were created by women or nonbinary filmmakers; 35% of filmmakers identify as a Bipoc director; and nearly 60% are currently without U.S. distribution and may not screen commercially in the United States,” according to Siff.
Siff holds two categories of competition: juried and audience based. Juried competitions include five feature subcategories including the Official Competition, New American Cinema Competition, New Directors Competition, Ibero-American Competition and Documentary Competition. Short film categories include live action, animation and documentary.
In addition, over 32,000 ballots were submitted for the Golden Space Needle Awards (Gsna). Films judged through the GSNAs are selected by audience members through post-screening ballots. The categories include best film,...
The festival began on May 9 and screened 261 films representing 84 countries with “62% of the feature films were created by first or second-time filmmakers; 43% were created by women or nonbinary filmmakers; 35% of filmmakers identify as a Bipoc director; and nearly 60% are currently without U.S. distribution and may not screen commercially in the United States,” according to Siff.
Siff holds two categories of competition: juried and audience based. Juried competitions include five feature subcategories including the Official Competition, New American Cinema Competition, New Directors Competition, Ibero-American Competition and Documentary Competition. Short film categories include live action, animation and documentary.
In addition, over 32,000 ballots were submitted for the Golden Space Needle Awards (Gsna). Films judged through the GSNAs are selected by audience members through post-screening ballots. The categories include best film,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat’s documentary “Sugarcane” garnered the top nonfiction honor at the 26th annual Sarasota Film Festival. About the abuse and death of Indigenous children at a Canadian-based Indian Residential School, the docu premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival (Sff), where it picked up the U.S. documentary directing kudo. In February, National Geographic Documentary Films acquired the film.
The doc feature jury made up of producer Wren Arthur, Indiewire’s Christian Blauvelt, NPR’s Eric Deggans, and Doc NYC artistic director Jaie Laplante said in a joint statement that they selected the film for “bravely tackling the legacy of trauma from the abuse of First Nations students at the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in British Columbia. The Catholic Church-run school closed decades ago, but the horrors there are still deeply felt by generations across an entire community. The filmmakers do not lose sight...
The doc feature jury made up of producer Wren Arthur, Indiewire’s Christian Blauvelt, NPR’s Eric Deggans, and Doc NYC artistic director Jaie Laplante said in a joint statement that they selected the film for “bravely tackling the legacy of trauma from the abuse of First Nations students at the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in British Columbia. The Catholic Church-run school closed decades ago, but the horrors there are still deeply felt by generations across an entire community. The filmmakers do not lose sight...
- 4/15/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Following a gala closing night celebration featuring Steve Buscemi and his film “The Listener,” the 2024 Sarasota Film Festival has announced its awards — with several prominent indies taking the top prizes. This 26th edition of the Florida festival celebrating independent film gave the Narrative Feature Jury Prize to Josh Margolin’s Sundance breakout “Thelma,” starring June Squibb and the late Richard Roundtree. “Sugarcane” won the Documentary Feature Jury Prize.
Speaking for the narrative feature jury, filmmaker Alex Hedison, in awarding the prize to “Thelma,” said the group found the movie to celebrate “what Hollywood cinema so infrequently does: age. The extraordinary performances by June Squib and Richard Roundtree are at the center of ‘Thelma,’ surrounded by an excellent supporting cast who serve as a surrogate for the audience in reminding them of the significance of living their best lives with the kind of action and adventure life affords us if we...
Speaking for the narrative feature jury, filmmaker Alex Hedison, in awarding the prize to “Thelma,” said the group found the movie to celebrate “what Hollywood cinema so infrequently does: age. The extraordinary performances by June Squib and Richard Roundtree are at the center of ‘Thelma,’ surrounded by an excellent supporting cast who serve as a surrogate for the audience in reminding them of the significance of living their best lives with the kind of action and adventure life affords us if we...
- 4/15/2024
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Steve Buscemi’s “The Listener” is heading to the Sarasota Film Festival.
The 26th edition of the Florida fest will feature live and in-person screenings and events that will take place across Sarasota beginning on April 5. The 10-day fest will feature 23 narrative features, 41 documentary features and 81 short films.
Buscemi will be in Sarasota to participate in a Q&a following the screening of “The Listener,” which will serve as the closing night film. About a crisis hotline worker enduring the pressures of her job, the film starring Tessa Thompson made its world premiere at Venice Film Festival in 2022.
Lynn Dow’s “Bull Street,” starring Loretta Devine and Amy Madigan, will open the fest on April 5. The drama centers on a South Carolina small-town lawyer (Malynda Hale) as she faces local politics and an unwavering judge (Madigan) when her estranged father’s family tries to evict her and her grandmother (Devine) from her home.
The 26th edition of the Florida fest will feature live and in-person screenings and events that will take place across Sarasota beginning on April 5. The 10-day fest will feature 23 narrative features, 41 documentary features and 81 short films.
Buscemi will be in Sarasota to participate in a Q&a following the screening of “The Listener,” which will serve as the closing night film. About a crisis hotline worker enduring the pressures of her job, the film starring Tessa Thompson made its world premiere at Venice Film Festival in 2022.
Lynn Dow’s “Bull Street,” starring Loretta Devine and Amy Madigan, will open the fest on April 5. The drama centers on a South Carolina small-town lawyer (Malynda Hale) as she faces local politics and an unwavering judge (Madigan) when her estranged father’s family tries to evict her and her grandmother (Devine) from her home.
- 3/21/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance is asking you to save the date! Sundance Institute has announced the dates for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, its 41st edition, which will run January 23 through February 2, 2025 in both Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Further details will be announced in the coming months, and filmmakers can start submitting later this spring. This edition of the festival will be the second go-round for director of the Sundance Film Festival and public programming Eugene Hernandez (also the co-founder of IndieWire) at the helm. He’s taking planning into his own hands (literally) and is so excited for next year that you can see him above atop the Egyptian Theater marquee swapping out the “4” for a “5.” In a statement he even added “that photo isn’t Photoshopped!”
“While the next Sundance Film Festival is still 10 months away, we’re already laying the foundation for the 2025 edition, looking ahead to sharing...
Further details will be announced in the coming months, and filmmakers can start submitting later this spring. This edition of the festival will be the second go-round for director of the Sundance Film Festival and public programming Eugene Hernandez (also the co-founder of IndieWire) at the helm. He’s taking planning into his own hands (literally) and is so excited for next year that you can see him above atop the Egyptian Theater marquee swapping out the “4” for a “5.” In a statement he even added “that photo isn’t Photoshopped!”
“While the next Sundance Film Festival is still 10 months away, we’re already laying the foundation for the 2025 edition, looking ahead to sharing...
- 3/19/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
In “Porcelain War,” a resilient Ukrainian couple divide their time between two seemingly antithetical pursuits: When enterprising Slava Leontyev isn’t training fellow civilian soldiers in the ongoing fight against Russia’s invasion, he and his partner Anya Stasenko are skilled ceramic artists, casting and painting dainty porcelain figurines inspired by local nature and folklore. If the title already suggests something pointed in that disparity, this emotive debut by Leontyev and American co-director Brendan Bellomo leaves nothing to chance in ensuring we get it: Porcelain, we are told, is “fragile but everlasting, and can be restored after hundreds of years.” Lest the point still be lost on us, the couple’s combined voiceover later offers a blunter paraphrase: “Ukraine is like porcelain — easy to break, but impossible to destroy.”
The metaphor is clear enough, then. Whether it’s quite complex enough to sustain a feature-length documentary is another question. “Porcelain War” thrives on contrast,...
The metaphor is clear enough, then. Whether it’s quite complex enough to sustain a feature-length documentary is another question. “Porcelain War” thrives on contrast,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Watching Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev’s visually confident, intellectually insecure documentary Porcelain War is like listening to a recitation from a brilliant poet while somebody sitting next to you is whispering what the poems are actually about. And the person sitting next to you explaining what the poet is trying to say is… twist… also the poet!
There’s a great deal of beauty in Porcelain War and there’s a potent artistry behind it, but I’ve never watched a documentary with so many running visual metaphors and so little faith that the audience will be able to grasp them. It’s a bit stunning and a bit insulting all at once. That it often tends more toward the former explains its top award in the U.S. Documentary Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The documentary is the story of Slava (the co-director) and Anya,...
There’s a great deal of beauty in Porcelain War and there’s a potent artistry behind it, but I’ve never watched a documentary with so many running visual metaphors and so little faith that the audience will be able to grasp them. It’s a bit stunning and a bit insulting all at once. That it often tends more toward the former explains its top award in the U.S. Documentary Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The documentary is the story of Slava (the co-director) and Anya,...
- 1/27/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Sundance Film Festival announced its 2024 winners on January 26, two days before the festival’s end date. The Awards Ceremony took place at The Ray Theater in Park City, Utah. This year marks its 40th annual festival run taking place from January 18 to January 28.
In the Summer, a film director Alessandra Lacorazza, won the top honor, U.S. Grand Jury Prize, starring Lio Mehiel.
Last year, Mehiel told uInterview exclusively about the importance of trans representation.
“Whenever there is an uptick of queer or trans representation in the media, there is an equal and perhaps greater response from the other side … that are looking to suppress trans rights, trans agency [and] queer liberation,” Mehiel told uInterview founder Erik Meers. “While in Hollywood we are seeing trans representation and this film is able to be part of that movement, this film is more important now than ever because even just in Utah,...
In the Summer, a film director Alessandra Lacorazza, won the top honor, U.S. Grand Jury Prize, starring Lio Mehiel.
Last year, Mehiel told uInterview exclusively about the importance of trans representation.
“Whenever there is an uptick of queer or trans representation in the media, there is an equal and perhaps greater response from the other side … that are looking to suppress trans rights, trans agency [and] queer liberation,” Mehiel told uInterview founder Erik Meers. “While in Hollywood we are seeing trans representation and this film is able to be part of that movement, this film is more important now than ever because even just in Utah,...
- 1/27/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
A still from In ‘The Summers’ by Alessandra Lacorazza (Courtesy of Sundance Institute.)
In the Summers took home the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Porcelain War was named the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary winner at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Sujo and A New Kind of Wilderness were also recognized with Grand Jury Prizes during the awards ceremony held on February 26, 2024 at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah.
Daughters, directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, was named the Festival Favorite Award winner and also received the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary.
“This year was especially meaningful to all of us for being the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival,” stated Joana Vicente, Sundance Institute CEO. “We congratulate all of our artists in the program this year for their contributions to an incredible slate and Festival experience. Something we were pleasantly surprised by was how...
In the Summers took home the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Porcelain War was named the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary winner at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Sujo and A New Kind of Wilderness were also recognized with Grand Jury Prizes during the awards ceremony held on February 26, 2024 at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah.
Daughters, directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, was named the Festival Favorite Award winner and also received the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary.
“This year was especially meaningful to all of us for being the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival,” stated Joana Vicente, Sundance Institute CEO. “We congratulate all of our artists in the program this year for their contributions to an incredible slate and Festival experience. Something we were pleasantly surprised by was how...
- 1/26/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Sundance announced its winners on Friday morning, with Alessandra Lacorazza’s In The Summers took the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Brendan Bellomo’s Porcelain War the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind Of Wilderness won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, while Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez earned the corresponding world cinema dramatic prize for Sujo.
The pair collaborated as writers on the 2020 World Cinema – Dramatic prize winner Identifying Features directed by Valadez.
The Festival Favorite Award went to Daughters by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, whose film also...
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind Of Wilderness won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, while Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez earned the corresponding world cinema dramatic prize for Sujo.
The pair collaborated as writers on the 2020 World Cinema – Dramatic prize winner Identifying Features directed by Valadez.
The Festival Favorite Award went to Daughters by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, whose film also...
- 1/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Sundance announced its winners on Friday morning, with Alessandra Lacorazza’s In The Summers took the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Brendan Bellomo’s Porcelain War the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind Of Wilderness won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, while Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez earned the corresponding world cinema dramatic prize for Sujo.
The pair collaborated as writers on the 2020 World Cinema – Dramatic prize winner Identifying Features directed by Valadez.
The Festival Favorite Award went to Daughters by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, whose film also...
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind Of Wilderness won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, while Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez earned the corresponding world cinema dramatic prize for Sujo.
The pair collaborated as writers on the 2020 World Cinema – Dramatic prize winner Identifying Features directed by Valadez.
The Festival Favorite Award went to Daughters by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae, whose film also...
- 1/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony revealed winners Friday honoring the best of this year’s lineup in Park City.
The U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury prize went to Alessandra Lacorazza’s In the Summers, about two sisters who navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, Nm. Lacorazza also won a special jury prize for directing.
See the full list of winners below.
Other Grand Jury winners unveiled today in the ceremony at the Ray Theatre included Porcelain War in the U.S. Documentary competition, A New Kind of Wilderness in the World Cinema Documentary competition, and Sujo in the World Cinema Dramatic competition.
Angela Patton and Natalie Rae’s documentary Daughters received the Festival Favorite Award, which Park City audiences select across all new feature films presented at the festival, as well as the Audience Award for the U.
The U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury prize went to Alessandra Lacorazza’s In the Summers, about two sisters who navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, Nm. Lacorazza also won a special jury prize for directing.
See the full list of winners below.
Other Grand Jury winners unveiled today in the ceremony at the Ray Theatre included Porcelain War in the U.S. Documentary competition, A New Kind of Wilderness in the World Cinema Documentary competition, and Sujo in the World Cinema Dramatic competition.
Angela Patton and Natalie Rae’s documentary Daughters received the Festival Favorite Award, which Park City audiences select across all new feature films presented at the festival, as well as the Audience Award for the U.
- 1/26/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
While there’s still a few days left of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Ferrari, Sundance 2024, Once Within a Time, Four Daughters & More”>including the opportunity to watch many titles from the comfort of your own home, the juries have now handed out their awards. Grand Jury Prizes were awarded to: In The Summers (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Porcelain War (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sujo (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and A New Kind of Wilderness (World Cinema Documentary Competition).
Check out the full list below and see all of our reviews here.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to In The Summers / U.S.A. — On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Cast: René Pérez Joglar, Sasha Calle, Lío Mehiel, Leslie Grace, Emma Ramos,...
Check out the full list below and see all of our reviews here.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to In The Summers / U.S.A. — On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Cast: René Pérez Joglar, Sasha Calle, Lío Mehiel, Leslie Grace, Emma Ramos,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival awards were announced today at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah.
See the list of 2024 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
Festival Favorite Award
Daughters (USA) – Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Suncoast (USA) – Nico Parker
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Dìdi – Sean Wang
Audience Award
Dìdi – Sean Wang
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
Directing Award
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Special Jury Award for Sound
Gaucho Gaucho (USA, Argentina) – Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
Special Jury Award for The Art of Change
Union (USA) – Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
Frida...
See the list of 2024 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
Festival Favorite Award
Daughters (USA) – Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Suncoast (USA) – Nico Parker
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Dìdi – Sean Wang
Audience Award
Dìdi – Sean Wang
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
Directing Award
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Special Jury Award for Sound
Gaucho Gaucho (USA, Argentina) – Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
Special Jury Award for The Art of Change
Union (USA) – Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
Frida...
- 1/26/2024
- by Prem
- Talking Films
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival winners are in, with films like “In the Summers,” “Didi,” and “Daughters” dominating across the categories. “In the Summers” filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza, whose film centers on a fractured family in New Mexico, also won the Directing prize in U.S. Dramatic.
On Friday, January 26, the winners of juried prizes were shared out of the competition sections, including the U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, and the Next lineup.
The 2024 Sundance jury consisted of 16 filmmakers and artists across all sections, with the U.S. Dramatic Competition jury made up of “Winter’s Bone” director/co-writer Debra Granik, “Shortcomings” screenwriter Adrian Tomine, and “Master of None” producer Lena Waithe.
“Navalny” producer Shane Boris, “The Disappearance of Shere Hite” director Nicole Newnham, and “The Sentence” director Rudy Valdez serve on the U.S. Documentary Competition jury, with “The Babadook” director Jennifer Kent,...
On Friday, January 26, the winners of juried prizes were shared out of the competition sections, including the U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, World Cinema Documentary Competition, and the Next lineup.
The 2024 Sundance jury consisted of 16 filmmakers and artists across all sections, with the U.S. Dramatic Competition jury made up of “Winter’s Bone” director/co-writer Debra Granik, “Shortcomings” screenwriter Adrian Tomine, and “Master of None” producer Lena Waithe.
“Navalny” producer Shane Boris, “The Disappearance of Shere Hite” director Nicole Newnham, and “The Sentence” director Rudy Valdez serve on the U.S. Documentary Competition jury, with “The Babadook” director Jennifer Kent,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson and Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The First Weekend of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Saw the Debut of a New Wave of Oscar Contenders
While “Oscars” sometimes gets treated like a dirty word that may pull focus from the hundreds of films premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, the past few days on the ground in Park City, Utah have been a big reminder of the increased interconnectivity between the festival and the Academy Awards.
For example, the first night of this year’s fest saw current Best Supporting Actor frontrunner Robert Downey Jr. give his “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan the inaugural Sundance Institute Trailblazer Award at the opening night gala. That same event also saw “May December” and “Past Lives” producer Christine Vachon present the Vanguard Award for Fiction to multiple Oscar contender Celine Song, the filmmaker behind the latter film, which premiered at the festival last year.
Actors like Colman Domingo and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, who have made waves this awards season with their performances in “Rustin” and “Origin,” also happen to be at Sundance with other projects,...
For example, the first night of this year’s fest saw current Best Supporting Actor frontrunner Robert Downey Jr. give his “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan the inaugural Sundance Institute Trailblazer Award at the opening night gala. That same event also saw “May December” and “Past Lives” producer Christine Vachon present the Vanguard Award for Fiction to multiple Oscar contender Celine Song, the filmmaker behind the latter film, which premiered at the festival last year.
Actors like Colman Domingo and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, who have made waves this awards season with their performances in “Rustin” and “Origin,” also happen to be at Sundance with other projects,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev’s documentary Porcelain War starts with a text card: “Nearly all the footage you are about to watch was shot by the subjects in this film.” It’s the kind of thing that makes one expect material that’s quite unbelievable. In this case, consider that promise kept. Most of what we see comes from Ukraine in 2022. A fraught time, which continues as I type.
An idyllic opening in a Ukrainian forest around Kharkiv (a city near the Russian border) introduces us to co-director Slava and Anya, artists who make porcelain figures that they drop in real-world settings. The title card to follow places one of their beautiful pieces within the rubble of their metropolis. This film is a roaring success with regard to tone. Here are people who have decided to remain while their country is at war. Stay and do art. Stay and fight.
An idyllic opening in a Ukrainian forest around Kharkiv (a city near the Russian border) introduces us to co-director Slava and Anya, artists who make porcelain figures that they drop in real-world settings. The title card to follow places one of their beautiful pieces within the rubble of their metropolis. This film is a roaring success with regard to tone. Here are people who have decided to remain while their country is at war. Stay and do art. Stay and fight.
- 1/20/2024
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
When Russia invaded Ukraine, artists Anya Stasenko, Slava Leontyev and Andrey Stefanov chose to stay behind and fight. Along with their friends Brendan Bellomo and Aniela Sidorska in the United States, they have made their feature filmmaking debut documenting their lives during wartime and their art. Below, Bellomo, who served as co-director and editor, and Sidorska, who also produced, explain how they came to shape the film’s narrative and built intimacy with the on-screen subjects while coordinating across three continents. See all responses to our annual Sundance editor questionnaire here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor […]
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- 1/20/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
When Russia invaded Ukraine, artists Anya Stasenko, Slava Leontyev and Andrey Stefanov chose to stay behind and fight. Along with their friends Brendan Bellomo and Aniela Sidorska in the United States, they have made their feature filmmaking debut documenting their lives during wartime and their art. Below, Bellomo, who served as co-director and editor, and Sidorska, who also produced, explain how they came to shape the film’s narrative and built intimacy with the on-screen subjects while coordinating across three continents. See all responses to our annual Sundance editor questionnaire here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor […]
The post “The Rhythms of the Film Mirror Their Artistic Spirit”: Editors Brendan Bellomo & Aniela Sidorska on Porcelain War first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “The Rhythms of the Film Mirror Their Artistic Spirit”: Editors Brendan Bellomo & Aniela Sidorska on Porcelain War first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/20/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Although artists by trade, Ukrainians Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko and Andrey Stefanov opted to help their countries fight off the Russian invasion. Their lives, their continued passion for their art and their country are now the subject of Porcelain War, co-directed by Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo, the latter of whom is based in the United States. Below, Stefanov, who also served as the film’s cinematographer, discusses making a film about war-torn Ukraine and the place of the filmmakers within it and how they managed to do it across two continents. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: […]
The post “The Audience Must Be Transported Here to Feel What It’s Like”: Dp Andrey Stefanov on Porcelain War first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “The Audience Must Be Transported Here to Feel What It’s Like”: Dp Andrey Stefanov on Porcelain War first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/20/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Although artists by trade, Ukrainians Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko and Andrey Stefanov opted to help their countries fight off the Russian invasion. Their lives, their continued passion for their art and their country are now the subject of Porcelain War, co-directed by Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo, the latter of whom is based in the United States. Below, Stefanov, who also served as the film’s cinematographer, discusses making a film about war-torn Ukraine and the place of the filmmakers within it and how they managed to do it across two continents. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: […]
The post “The Audience Must Be Transported Here to Feel What It’s Like”: Dp Andrey Stefanov on Porcelain War first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “The Audience Must Be Transported Here to Feel What It’s Like”: Dp Andrey Stefanov on Porcelain War first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/20/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Exhibiting Forgiveness.The Sundance Institute has announced the films selected for their 2024 Festival, which will take place January 18-28, 2024, in person in Utah. A selection of the films are available online across the U.S. from January 25-28.U.S. Dramatic COMPETITIONBetween the Temples (Nathan Silver): A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher reenters his life as his new adult bat mitzvah student. World Premiere. DìDi (弟弟) (Sean Wang): In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. World Premiere. Exhibiting Forgiveness (Titus Kaphar): Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father,...
- 12/13/2023
- MUBI
“Chupa” is a Netflix movie directed by Jonas Cuaron and released on April 7, 2023. Jonas Cuaron is the son of Alfonso Cuaron, a Mexican filmmaker who has won Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Cinematography Oscars. “Chupa” is a heartwarming tale of Alejandro, aka Alex (Evan Whitten), who is going through grief because of the death of his father, who died of cancer, and Chupa, or the mythical creature Chupacabra, who, due to the fault of man, has been displaced from his family. Alex lives in Kansas City and studies at Lakewood Middle School, where he doesn’t interact with any of his classmates but engages himself in playing a game on the Game Boy, for which he is called weird and teased with words like ‘Taquito.’ Alex feels out of place and isn’t able to brave this situation at school. Nevertheless, his mother offers him a trip to...
- 4/7/2023
- by Carlos Luis
- Film Fugitives
Director Jonás Cuarón reimagines the terrifying mythical beast as a cute and furry little creature in Netflix’s Chupa. The two-minute trailer for the family-friendly adventure confirms this incredibly adorable baby chupacabra looks nothing like a goat-killing, nightmare-inducing monster.
“I was a small kid when the legend started. When the idea came of turning [the myth] on its head and using it to tell a family adventure, I was immediately excited,” said Cuarón in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “I’ve always been a huge fan of E.T. and believe that stories like that are so powerful because they play on the idea of kids being misunderstood by adults. Chupa might be a monster but he’s the only one that truly understands what Alex is going through. The bond between a boy and a creature is so pure, like with a pet, it transcends language.”
Chupa stars Demián Bichir,...
“I was a small kid when the legend started. When the idea came of turning [the myth] on its head and using it to tell a family adventure, I was immediately excited,” said Cuarón in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “I’ve always been a huge fan of E.T. and believe that stories like that are so powerful because they play on the idea of kids being misunderstood by adults. Chupa might be a monster but he’s the only one that truly understands what Alex is going through. The bond between a boy and a creature is so pure, like with a pet, it transcends language.”
Chupa stars Demián Bichir,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Evan Whitten as Alex in ‘Chupa’ (Photo Credit: Netflix © 2023)
Although Netflix’s family adventure Chupa is inspired by the legend of the chupacabra, director Jonás Cuarón was determined to make the creature at the heart of his film much less fearsome than the mythical creature. “Our goal was to create an incredibly cute creature based on a terrifying legend,” said Cuarón in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “The mythical creature was described as a hairless dog with wings and sharp teeth. Chupa is furry and incredibly cute.”
The first photos from Chupa confirm this creature, at least as a youngster, is anything but terrifying.
Cuarón added: “I’ve always been a huge fan of E.T. and believe that stories like that are so powerful because they play on the idea of kids being misunderstood by adults. Chupa might be a monster, but he’s the only one that truly...
Although Netflix’s family adventure Chupa is inspired by the legend of the chupacabra, director Jonás Cuarón was determined to make the creature at the heart of his film much less fearsome than the mythical creature. “Our goal was to create an incredibly cute creature based on a terrifying legend,” said Cuarón in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “The mythical creature was described as a hairless dog with wings and sharp teeth. Chupa is furry and incredibly cute.”
The first photos from Chupa confirm this creature, at least as a youngster, is anything but terrifying.
Cuarón added: “I’ve always been a huge fan of E.T. and believe that stories like that are so powerful because they play on the idea of kids being misunderstood by adults. Chupa might be a monster, but he’s the only one that truly...
- 3/1/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Chris Columbus’ 26th Street Pictures producing.
Demián Bichir has joined the cast of Jonas Cuarón’s Chupa, which Netflix will release worldwide.
The star of Land, The Midnight Sky and Alien: Covenant is joined by Dominic Mariche, Adriel Manzano and Isabella Patron in principal roles.
Chupa centres on a teenager on a family trip to Mexico who discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandfather’s shed. The youngster and his cousins embark on an adventure to save the mythical creature.
Cuarón and Tim Sexton are writing the screenplay based on an original script by Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore,...
Demián Bichir has joined the cast of Jonas Cuarón’s Chupa, which Netflix will release worldwide.
The star of Land, The Midnight Sky and Alien: Covenant is joined by Dominic Mariche, Adriel Manzano and Isabella Patron in principal roles.
Chupa centres on a teenager on a family trip to Mexico who discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandfather’s shed. The youngster and his cousins embark on an adventure to save the mythical creature.
Cuarón and Tim Sexton are writing the screenplay based on an original script by Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Chris Columbus’ 26th Street Pictures producing.
Demián Bichir has joined the cast of Jonas Cuarón’s Chupa, which Netflix will release worldwide.
The star of Land, The Midnight Sky and Alien: Covenant is joined by Dominic Mariche, Adriel Manzano and Isabella Patron in principal roles.
Chupa centres on a teenager on a family trip to Mexico who discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandfather’s shed. The youngster and his cousins embark on an adventure to save the mythical creature.
Cuarón and Tim Sexton are writing the screenplay based on an original script by Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore,...
Demián Bichir has joined the cast of Jonas Cuarón’s Chupa, which Netflix will release worldwide.
The star of Land, The Midnight Sky and Alien: Covenant is joined by Dominic Mariche, Adriel Manzano and Isabella Patron in principal roles.
Chupa centres on a teenager on a family trip to Mexico who discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandfather’s shed. The youngster and his cousins embark on an adventure to save the mythical creature.
Cuarón and Tim Sexton are writing the screenplay based on an original script by Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jonás Cuarón’s feature Chupa has added Oscar nominee Demián Bichir, Dominic Mariche, Adriel Manzano and Isabella Patron in principal roles.
The pic follows a teenage Alex (Mariche), who while visiting his family in Mexico, gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed. In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and his cousins (Manzano and Patron) must embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Cuarón and Tim Sexton wrote the most recent screenplay based on an original script by Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore and Joe Barnathan.
Said Cuarón, “Demián, Dominic, Adriel and Isabella all bring a genuineness to the characters they play. Growing up in both Mexico and the US, I’m fortunate to have my own life experiences to inspire the stories that I tell. It’s even more special to have found a cast that is able to...
The pic follows a teenage Alex (Mariche), who while visiting his family in Mexico, gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed. In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and his cousins (Manzano and Patron) must embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Cuarón and Tim Sexton wrote the most recent screenplay based on an original script by Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore and Joe Barnathan.
Said Cuarón, “Demián, Dominic, Adriel and Isabella all bring a genuineness to the characters they play. Growing up in both Mexico and the US, I’m fortunate to have my own life experiences to inspire the stories that I tell. It’s even more special to have found a cast that is able to...
- 6/17/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonas Cuarón is set to direct an untitled Chupacabra movie for Netflix, according to an individual with knowledge of the project. Additionally, Cuarón is writing the latest draft of the script based on an original script by Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore and Joe Barnathan.
Oscar-nominated writer, producer and director Chris Columbus’ 26th Street Pictures is producing the movie with Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. Brendan Bellomo is the executive producer.
The movie centers on a teenager named Alex who, while visiting his family in Mexico, gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young Chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed. In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and his cousins must embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Also Read: Netflix Inks First-Look Deal With 'Harry Potter' Director Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures
In 2018, 26th Street Pictures signed a multi-year first-look film deal at Netflix. Columbus started the...
Oscar-nominated writer, producer and director Chris Columbus’ 26th Street Pictures is producing the movie with Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. Brendan Bellomo is the executive producer.
The movie centers on a teenager named Alex who, while visiting his family in Mexico, gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young Chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed. In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and his cousins must embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Also Read: Netflix Inks First-Look Deal With 'Harry Potter' Director Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures
In 2018, 26th Street Pictures signed a multi-year first-look film deal at Netflix. Columbus started the...
- 8/7/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Jonas Cuarón has been tapped to direct an untitled feature film for Netflix with Chris Columbus’ 26th Street Pictures producing. He is also penning the most recent draft of the script based on the original script by Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore and Joe Barnathan.
The film follows a teenager, who while visiting his family in Mexico, gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed. In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and his cousins must embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Columbus is joined by his 26th Street Pictures partners Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe as producers. Brendan Bellomo is exec producing.
Cuarón caught his big break when he helped co-write Gravity with his father, Alfonso. When that film become a massive hit, it open the doors for Jonas to try his hand at directing as well. His...
The film follows a teenager, who while visiting his family in Mexico, gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandpa’s shed. In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and his cousins must embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Columbus is joined by his 26th Street Pictures partners Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe as producers. Brendan Bellomo is exec producing.
Cuarón caught his big break when he helped co-write Gravity with his father, Alfonso. When that film become a massive hit, it open the doors for Jonas to try his hand at directing as well. His...
- 8/7/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Looks like the Tardis may have some competition in the time travel department. How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is the debut novel written by Charles Yu. This book, about a time travel machine repairman who goes back and forth through time searching for his father, was published in the fall of last year and has already been named one of Time Magazine’s Top 10 Fiction Books of 2010 and amongst the 100 Notable Books of 2010 by the New York Times.
According to THR, How To Live Safely will now make its way to the big screen with Chris Columbus’ production company 1492 Pictures acquiring the film rights to the book. Brendan Bellomo, a Nyu film school grad who nabbed acclaim with his live-action sci-fi short titled Bohemibot, will direct the project. 1492’s Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will serve as producers.
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According to THR, How To Live Safely will now make its way to the big screen with Chris Columbus’ production company 1492 Pictures acquiring the film rights to the book. Brendan Bellomo, a Nyu film school grad who nabbed acclaim with his live-action sci-fi short titled Bohemibot, will direct the project. 1492’s Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will serve as producers.
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- 12/6/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
1492 Pictures has picked up the film rights to Charles Yu's 2010 debut novel "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe" with Brendan Bellomo ("Bohemibot") set to direct says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story centers on a time travel machine repairman named Charles Yu who has spent the past decade traveling back and forth in time in search of his missing father.
When the fictional Yu falls into a time loop, he must find a way to change the future. Chris Cocentres Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will produce.
The story centers on a time travel machine repairman named Charles Yu who has spent the past decade traveling back and forth in time in search of his missing father.
When the fictional Yu falls into a time loop, he must find a way to change the future. Chris Cocentres Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will produce.
- 12/4/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
1492 Pictures confirm they have picked up film rights to author Charles Yu's 2010 debut novel "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe". The novel revolves around a search for a father and the father-son relationship. It also includes themes about life and how we live especially with respect to time, memories and creation of the self.
Former VFX Supervisor Brendan Bellomo will direct for producers Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe :
'Charles Yu', a 'time machine' mechanic lives in his 'Tm-31' time machine with his dog 'Ed' and the time machine's depressed computer, 'Tammy'. Yu travels through 'Minor Universe 31' fixing time machines of people who try to fix the past. Yu visits a girl who traveled to be with her grandmother as she died. Yu explains to her that because she wasn't present when it happened, she cannot stay. Yu is then called in by his boss,...
Former VFX Supervisor Brendan Bellomo will direct for producers Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe :
'Charles Yu', a 'time machine' mechanic lives in his 'Tm-31' time machine with his dog 'Ed' and the time machine's depressed computer, 'Tammy'. Yu travels through 'Minor Universe 31' fixing time machines of people who try to fix the past. Yu visits a girl who traveled to be with her grandmother as she died. Yu explains to her that because she wasn't present when it happened, she cannot stay. Yu is then called in by his boss,...
- 12/3/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Chris Columbus' production company, 1492 Pictures, has won the rights to Charles Yu's 2010 debut novel, "How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe."The novel won several science fiction awards and sounds kind of awesome. The Hollywood Reporter offers this brief description of the plot: "The novel centers on a time travel machine repairman -- also named Charles Yu -- who has spent the past 10 years traveling back and forth in time in search of his father, who has disappeared. When the fictional Yu falls into a time loop he must find a way to change the future." I love the idea of blue collar approaches to grand futuristic ideas. A time travel repairman fits that description perfectly. If the film gets the futuristic details down and hits the right tone, it could really be something to look forward to. I have no idea how someone stuck in a...
- 12/3/2011
- LRMonline.com
THR broke the story today that 1492 Pictures, the production company owned by everyone’s “favorite” director Chris Columbus, has acquired the film rights to Charles Yu‘s novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. Here’s the plot of the 2010 novel according to Amazon:
Minor Universe 31 is a vast story-space on the outskirts of fiction, where paradox fluctuates like the stock market, lonely sexbots beckon failed protagonists, and time travel is serious business. Every day, people get into time machines and try to do the one thing they should never do: change the past. That’s where Charles Yu, time travel technician—part counselor, part gadget repair man—steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he’s not taking client calls or consoling his boss, Phil, who could really use an upgrade, Yu visits his mother (stuck in a one-hour cycle of time, she...
Minor Universe 31 is a vast story-space on the outskirts of fiction, where paradox fluctuates like the stock market, lonely sexbots beckon failed protagonists, and time travel is serious business. Every day, people get into time machines and try to do the one thing they should never do: change the past. That’s where Charles Yu, time travel technician—part counselor, part gadget repair man—steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he’s not taking client calls or consoling his boss, Phil, who could really use an upgrade, Yu visits his mother (stuck in a one-hour cycle of time, she...
- 12/2/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
After taking the reins at the start of fantasy adaptations like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (as well as Chamber of Secrets) and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Chris Columbus is moving on to sci-fi. THR reports Columbus and his 1492 Pictures banner has snagged the film rights to How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, the first novel from writer Charles Yu. However, Columbus will not be in the director's chair for this project. Instead New York University film school graduate and 2009 Student Academy Award winner Brendan Bellomo will direct the film adaptation. The story follows a time travel machine repairman, who happens to be named after the author of the book, who has spent the last ten years traveling through time in search of his father who has disappeared. But when Yu falls into a time loop, he must somehow find a ...
- 12/2/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Science fiction fans get ready for some family friendly movie fun. THR reports that Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures has bought the rights to Charles Yu’s debut novel, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.
The book has been a big hit since it hit shelves in September 2010. It has been named one of Time's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2010 and was listed in the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2010. The story centers on "a time travel machine repairman -- also named Charles Yu -- who has spent the past 10 years traveling back and forth in time in search of his father, who has disappeared. When the fictional Yu falls into a time loop he must find a way to change the future."
The project is being produced by Columbus and 1492 principals Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. Brendan Bellomo is set to direct. Bellomo graduated from Nyu film school and wrote,...
The book has been a big hit since it hit shelves in September 2010. It has been named one of Time's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2010 and was listed in the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2010. The story centers on "a time travel machine repairman -- also named Charles Yu -- who has spent the past 10 years traveling back and forth in time in search of his father, who has disappeared. When the fictional Yu falls into a time loop he must find a way to change the future."
The project is being produced by Columbus and 1492 principals Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. Brendan Bellomo is set to direct. Bellomo graduated from Nyu film school and wrote,...
- 12/2/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Chris Columbus, the director behind the first two Harry Potter movies, will make a movie out of the book How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe. His 1492 Productions (The Help) will make the movie but New York University film school graduate Brendan Bellomo will direct. The story is about a time machine repairman who has spent the last decade surfing through time to try and find his missing father but gets stuck in a time loop.
Columbus wrote The Goonies and most recently directed Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
Source: THR...
Columbus wrote The Goonies and most recently directed Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
Source: THR...
- 12/2/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
1492 Pictures has picked up the film rights to Charles Yu's debut novel "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe" and has set Brendan Bellomo to direct, says The Hollywood Reporter . The book is described as follows: National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award winner Charles Yu delivers his debut novel, a razor-sharp, ridiculously funny, and utterly touching story of a son searching for his father... through quantum space.time. Minor Universe 31 is a vast story-space on the outskirts of fiction, where paradox fluctuates like the stock market, lonely sexbots beckon failed protagonists, and time travel is serious business. Every day, people get into time machines and try to do the one thing they should never do: change the past. That's where Charles Yu, time...
- 12/2/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures has acquired film rights to How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, the debut novel from writer Charles Yu. Columbus and 1492 principals Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will produce and Brendan Bellomo is set to direct. Photos: 10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of the Last 25 Years The novel centers on a time travel machine repairman -- also named Charles Yu -- who has spent the past 10 years traveling back and forth in time in search of his father, who has disappeared. When the fictional Yu falls into a time loop
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- 12/2/2011
- by Daniel Miller
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thirteen students from nine colleges and universities were honored Saturday night at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 36th annual Student Academy Awards.
Gary Oldman, director John Landis, animator Andreas Deja and Academy first vp Robert Rehme presented the awards at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Winners in the alternative category are: gold medal, "Alice's Attic," Robyn Yannoukos, UCLA; and silver, "Matter, in a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed," Kwibum Chung, School of Visual Arts, New York.
The animation winners are: gold, "Pajama Gladiator," Glenn Harmon, Brigham Young University; silver, "Sebastian's Voodoo," Joaquin Baldwin, UCLA; and bronze, "Kites," Jed Henry, Brigham Young.
Documentary winners are: gold, "The Last Mermaids," Liz Chae, Columbia University; silver, "The Wait," Cassandra Lizaire and Kelly Asmuth, Columbia; and bronze, "A Place to Land," Lauren DeAngelis, American University, Washington, D.C.
Narrative winners are: gold, "Kavi," Gregg Helvey, USC; silver, "The Bronx Balletomane,...
Gary Oldman, director John Landis, animator Andreas Deja and Academy first vp Robert Rehme presented the awards at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Winners in the alternative category are: gold medal, "Alice's Attic," Robyn Yannoukos, UCLA; and silver, "Matter, in a Quiescent State, Prepares Itself to Be Transformed," Kwibum Chung, School of Visual Arts, New York.
The animation winners are: gold, "Pajama Gladiator," Glenn Harmon, Brigham Young University; silver, "Sebastian's Voodoo," Joaquin Baldwin, UCLA; and bronze, "Kites," Jed Henry, Brigham Young.
Documentary winners are: gold, "The Last Mermaids," Liz Chae, Columbia University; silver, "The Wait," Cassandra Lizaire and Kelly Asmuth, Columbia; and bronze, "A Place to Land," Lauren DeAngelis, American University, Washington, D.C.
Narrative winners are: gold, "Kavi," Gregg Helvey, USC; silver, "The Bronx Balletomane,...
- 6/14/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thirty-six students from 20 colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 36th annual Student Academy Awards competition.
Winning filmmakers will participate in a week of industry-related and social activities, culminating in a June 13 awards ceremony.
The finalists are:
In the alternative category: Robyn Yanoukos, UCLA; Sean Conaty and John Thompson, USC; Kwibum Chung, School of Visual Arts; Jason Chen, University of the Arts.; Imran Shafi, USC.
In animation: Hamilton Lewis, Ringling College of Art and Design; Paris Mavroidis, Pratt Institute; Jin Sung Choi, Academy of Art University; Max Winston, Cal Arts; Jud Henry, Brigham Young University; Joji Tsuruga and Anca Risca, School of Visual Arts; Glenn Harmon, Brigham Young University; George Smaragdis, Pratt; and Joaquin Baldwin, UCLA.
In documentary: Theo Rigby, Stanford University; Emile Bokaer and Alaa Eldin El Dajani, Stanford; Liz Chae, Columbia University; Nicholas Berger, Stanford; Lauren DeAngelis, American University; Robert Hess,...
Winning filmmakers will participate in a week of industry-related and social activities, culminating in a June 13 awards ceremony.
The finalists are:
In the alternative category: Robyn Yanoukos, UCLA; Sean Conaty and John Thompson, USC; Kwibum Chung, School of Visual Arts; Jason Chen, University of the Arts.; Imran Shafi, USC.
In animation: Hamilton Lewis, Ringling College of Art and Design; Paris Mavroidis, Pratt Institute; Jin Sung Choi, Academy of Art University; Max Winston, Cal Arts; Jud Henry, Brigham Young University; Joji Tsuruga and Anca Risca, School of Visual Arts; Glenn Harmon, Brigham Young University; George Smaragdis, Pratt; and Joaquin Baldwin, UCLA.
In documentary: Theo Rigby, Stanford University; Emile Bokaer and Alaa Eldin El Dajani, Stanford; Liz Chae, Columbia University; Nicholas Berger, Stanford; Lauren DeAngelis, American University; Robert Hess,...
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