Exclusive: Media Farm Pictures has made a financing and producing deal with filmmaker and Student Academy Award winner Karzan Kader. Doug Liman’s Air Extreme Films will executive produce one of Kader’s upcoming projects.
The deal come in the wake of a week-long exploratory visit to multiple locations within the Kurdistan region of Iraq, for the upcoming film A True Desert Rose. Producers Gabrielle Allen, of Media Farm and Russ Stratton and Johanna Baldwin for Air Extreme, along with Kader took meetings with Deputy Prime Minister, Qubad Talabani from the Kurdistan Regional Government to formalize plans for the upcoming production.
A True Desert Rose is a story of a young boy whose life is interrupted when an injured American journalist arrives in his small village pursued by enemy forces.
As a refugee survivor, fleeing Kurdistan at the age of nine during the Iraq War in 1992, Karzan and his family...
The deal come in the wake of a week-long exploratory visit to multiple locations within the Kurdistan region of Iraq, for the upcoming film A True Desert Rose. Producers Gabrielle Allen, of Media Farm and Russ Stratton and Johanna Baldwin for Air Extreme, along with Kader took meetings with Deputy Prime Minister, Qubad Talabani from the Kurdistan Regional Government to formalize plans for the upcoming production.
A True Desert Rose is a story of a young boy whose life is interrupted when an injured American journalist arrives in his small village pursued by enemy forces.
As a refugee survivor, fleeing Kurdistan at the age of nine during the Iraq War in 1992, Karzan and his family...
- 3/5/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
"You get involved with the likes of him and I guarantee you'll get hurt. Championship means more than your father!"
It seems like John Travolta has hit a point in his career where he just doesn’t care about the kinds of films he makes anymore. It’s been a long time since he’s made a decent movie, but today we have the first trailer for his next film project called Trading Paint. Travolta actually seems like he’s enjoying his role in this and it looks like it might be fun.
The film is a race car thriller in which Travolta plays a veteran race car driver who has a rivalry with his own son, who breaks free from his dad to embark on a journey of his own to win races and become a champion.
Veteran race car driver Sam (John Travolta) and his son Cam (Toby Sebastian...
It seems like John Travolta has hit a point in his career where he just doesn’t care about the kinds of films he makes anymore. It’s been a long time since he’s made a decent movie, but today we have the first trailer for his next film project called Trading Paint. Travolta actually seems like he’s enjoying his role in this and it looks like it might be fun.
The film is a race car thriller in which Travolta plays a veteran race car driver who has a rivalry with his own son, who breaks free from his dad to embark on a journey of his own to win races and become a champion.
Veteran race car driver Sam (John Travolta) and his son Cam (Toby Sebastian...
- 1/23/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"You get involved with the likes of him and I guarantee you'll get hurt. Championship means more than your father!" Saban Films has released the first official trailer for an indie race car thriller titled Trading Paint, from director Karzan Kader. The film is about a small town rivalry between a veteran race car driver and his son, as the son decides to go out on his own in hopes of winning more races. John Travolta stars, with his son played by Toby Sebastian, along with Michael Madsen, Kevin Dunn, Shania Twain, Buck Taylor, and Luis Da Silva. This is a rather intense trailer for a movie about race car drivers, but it is an intense sport so I guess it makes sense. Travolta seems to be enjoying this role. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Karzan Kader's Trading Paint, direct from YouTube: Veteran race car driver Sam...
- 1/21/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Finland’s Vertigo is moving beyond Nordic Noir with an ambitious, six-part TV series about Europe’s migrant crisis which they’ll be presenting at Series Mania.
Based on the book by best-selling Finnish novelist Jari Tervo, “Layla” is the story of a 15-year-old Kurdish girl who travels the perilous migrant route from Turkey to northern Europe, where she hopes to be reunited with her older sister.
Vertigo’s Minna Virtanen and Sagafilm Nordic’s Kjartan Thor Thordarson will be looking for financing when they present the series at the Co-Pro Pitching Session in Lille. “Layla” will be directed by the Kurdish-born, Swedish helmer Karzan Kader.
Virtanen says she was immediately drawn to the acclaimed book, and bought the rights with an eye toward developing it into a feature film. “But as a concept, it didn’t work really well,” she says.
Following the eponymous heroine as she flees an...
Based on the book by best-selling Finnish novelist Jari Tervo, “Layla” is the story of a 15-year-old Kurdish girl who travels the perilous migrant route from Turkey to northern Europe, where she hopes to be reunited with her older sister.
Vertigo’s Minna Virtanen and Sagafilm Nordic’s Kjartan Thor Thordarson will be looking for financing when they present the series at the Co-Pro Pitching Session in Lille. “Layla” will be directed by the Kurdish-born, Swedish helmer Karzan Kader.
Virtanen says she was immediately drawn to the acclaimed book, and bought the rights with an eye toward developing it into a feature film. “But as a concept, it didn’t work really well,” she says.
Following the eponymous heroine as she flees an...
- 4/18/2018
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
John Travolta is earning his racing stripes!
In the new movie Trading Paint, Travolta, 63, stars as a dirt track racing legend who is down on his luck and reluctantly drawn back into the sport when his son joins a competitor’s racing team.
People has an exclusive first look at photos of the Grease star in all his racing gear glory — including a shot of him in the driver’s seat, as well as the film’s leading lady, music icon Shania Twain.
“This was John’s first time racing on a dirt track,” producer Andrea Iervolino tells People. “He...
In the new movie Trading Paint, Travolta, 63, stars as a dirt track racing legend who is down on his luck and reluctantly drawn back into the sport when his son joins a competitor’s racing team.
People has an exclusive first look at photos of the Grease star in all his racing gear glory — including a shot of him in the driver’s seat, as well as the film’s leading lady, music icon Shania Twain.
“This was John’s first time racing on a dirt track,” producer Andrea Iervolino tells People. “He...
- 11/8/2017
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
Ambi will introduce racing drama to buyers in Toronto.
Principal photography is now underway in Alabama on the father-son stock car racing film Trading Paint directed by Karzan Kader. The film will shoot through mid-September.
Ambi and Paradox Studios are fully financing and producing the film. Ambi Distribution, the worldwide sales arm of Ambi Group, is handling worldwide sales.
Trading Paint, written by Craig Welch and Gary Gerani, centres on a down and out dirt track racing legend, who is drawn back into the winners circle after his son, an aspiring driver, joins a competitor’s racing team and incites an intense and dangerous competition between father and son.
John Travolta, Toby Sebastian, Michael Madsen, Shania Twain, and Kevin Dunn star in the racing drama.
Producers are Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi, Silvio Muraglia and Alexandra Klim.
Iervolino said: ”It’s well know that dirt track racing is one of the most exciting sports in the world, and it...
Principal photography is now underway in Alabama on the father-son stock car racing film Trading Paint directed by Karzan Kader. The film will shoot through mid-September.
Ambi and Paradox Studios are fully financing and producing the film. Ambi Distribution, the worldwide sales arm of Ambi Group, is handling worldwide sales.
Trading Paint, written by Craig Welch and Gary Gerani, centres on a down and out dirt track racing legend, who is drawn back into the winners circle after his son, an aspiring driver, joins a competitor’s racing team and incites an intense and dangerous competition between father and son.
John Travolta, Toby Sebastian, Michael Madsen, Shania Twain, and Kevin Dunn star in the racing drama.
Producers are Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi, Silvio Muraglia and Alexandra Klim.
Iervolino said: ”It’s well know that dirt track racing is one of the most exciting sports in the world, and it...
- 8/14/2017
- ScreenDaily
The Baltic Event Coproduction Market Awards at the 20th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
The Baltic Event Coproduction Market, taking place since 2005, is the largest coproduction platform in the region of Northern and Central Europe. With a complete overview of the year’s audiovisual production in the region and a range of programs open for feature film projects, Baltic Event is the key production platform to be at in November.
For its 15th edition, Baltic Event selected 14 projects from its traditional roster of new EU territories, Scandinavia and Russia, as well as a project from Georgia in collaboration with Eave and 2 projects from this year’s focus country, Luxembourg. The Baltic Event Coproduction Market presented these 17 projects from November 22 to 24, 2016 to international coproducers and buyers at more than 500 one-to-one meetings during the 20th jubilee edition of the Black Nights Film Festival.
The Baltic Event team was satisfied by the exceptionally...
The Baltic Event Coproduction Market, taking place since 2005, is the largest coproduction platform in the region of Northern and Central Europe. With a complete overview of the year’s audiovisual production in the region and a range of programs open for feature film projects, Baltic Event is the key production platform to be at in November.
For its 15th edition, Baltic Event selected 14 projects from its traditional roster of new EU territories, Scandinavia and Russia, as well as a project from Georgia in collaboration with Eave and 2 projects from this year’s focus country, Luxembourg. The Baltic Event Coproduction Market presented these 17 projects from November 22 to 24, 2016 to international coproducers and buyers at more than 500 one-to-one meetings during the 20th jubilee edition of the Black Nights Film Festival.
The Baltic Event team was satisfied by the exceptionally...
- 11/26/2016
- by Tara Karajica
- Sydney's Buzz
Screen reports on the 19 project pitches, including animations, family fare and a Daniel Dencik drama.
The Nordic Co-Production And Finance Market at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films event hosted its project pitches today (August 24).
They included Daniel Dencik’s drama about a disintegrating relationship 1000 R.I.P.; a children’s animation from Norway’s Aleksander Nordaas, the director of festival hit Thale; Icelandic director Marteinn Thorsson’s new psychological thriller; Martin Skovbjerg’s debut feature produced by hot new Danish outfit Snowglobe (who won Locarno’s Golden Leopard with Godless); and a new family film, hand drawn 2D animated Amundsen & Nobile.
Projects from Georgia, Italy and Canada were also included in the 19-strong line-up.
Overview of pitches:
1000 R.I.P., dir Daniel Dencik, prod Michael Haslund-Christensen, Company Haslund/Dencik Entertainment (Den)
The team behind 2015’s Gold Coast reunites for this fable inspired by The Passenger about a couple who meet a half Japanese model in the desert...
The Nordic Co-Production And Finance Market at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films event hosted its project pitches today (August 24).
They included Daniel Dencik’s drama about a disintegrating relationship 1000 R.I.P.; a children’s animation from Norway’s Aleksander Nordaas, the director of festival hit Thale; Icelandic director Marteinn Thorsson’s new psychological thriller; Martin Skovbjerg’s debut feature produced by hot new Danish outfit Snowglobe (who won Locarno’s Golden Leopard with Godless); and a new family film, hand drawn 2D animated Amundsen & Nobile.
Projects from Georgia, Italy and Canada were also included in the 19-strong line-up.
Overview of pitches:
1000 R.I.P., dir Daniel Dencik, prod Michael Haslund-Christensen, Company Haslund/Dencik Entertainment (Den)
The team behind 2015’s Gold Coast reunites for this fable inspired by The Passenger about a couple who meet a half Japanese model in the desert...
- 8/24/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Filmmaker Doug Liman and actor/director Tyler Perry are teaming to create the racially charged murder tale "The Year of the Great Storm" which is set during the height of Apartheid in South Africa.
The true story tale follows Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright scholar who was living in South Africa during the darkest days of the struggle against Apartheid.
Following her being stabbed to death by a mob of black youths in 1993, her American parents decided to attend the trial of her daughter's killers and remained to begin a grassroots effort to bring about change in the movement.
Karzan Kader ("Bekas") is helming from a script by Johanna Baldwin while Tyler Perry, Ozzie Areu and Matt Moore will produce.
Source: Deadline...
The true story tale follows Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright scholar who was living in South Africa during the darkest days of the struggle against Apartheid.
Following her being stabbed to death by a mob of black youths in 1993, her American parents decided to attend the trial of her daughter's killers and remained to begin a grassroots effort to bring about change in the movement.
Karzan Kader ("Bekas") is helming from a script by Johanna Baldwin while Tyler Perry, Ozzie Areu and Matt Moore will produce.
Source: Deadline...
- 3/10/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Tyler Perry’s 34th Street Films has teamed with a group of producers including Doug Liman to mount The Year of the Great Storm, a racially charged murder tale that occurred during the height of Apartheid in South Africa. Tyler Perry, Ozzie Areu and Matt Moore will produce with Air Extreme Films’ Russ Stratton and Johanna Baldwin. Liman and George C. Wolfe will be exec producers. Directing will be Karzan Kader, whose short film Bekas won a Student Academy Award…...
- 3/9/2016
- Deadline
Plus: Tyler Perry greenlights Apartheid drama; Semana Del Cine Español to kick off in Puerto Rico
Josh Wiggins and Odeya Rush have joined J.K. Simmons and Julie Delpy on ensemble feature The Bachelors. Principal photography is set to being on March 14 in Los Angeles.
Kurt Voelker directs the comedy-drama and Windowseat Entertainment is fully financing. Fortitude International handles sales outside the Us and The Gersh Agency and CAA represent North American rights.
Tyler Perry’s 34th Street Films is in development on The Year Of The Great Storm, with Doug Liman and George C. Wolfe on board as executive producers. Karzan Kader will direct the story of Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright scholar whose death in South Africa during the Apartheid years prompted her parents to move to the country in an effort to bring about change. Wme is packaging the project.Spanish star Paco Leon and writer-director Daniel Guzman will be among the attractions at the...
Josh Wiggins and Odeya Rush have joined J.K. Simmons and Julie Delpy on ensemble feature The Bachelors. Principal photography is set to being on March 14 in Los Angeles.
Kurt Voelker directs the comedy-drama and Windowseat Entertainment is fully financing. Fortitude International handles sales outside the Us and The Gersh Agency and CAA represent North American rights.
Tyler Perry’s 34th Street Films is in development on The Year Of The Great Storm, with Doug Liman and George C. Wolfe on board as executive producers. Karzan Kader will direct the story of Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright scholar whose death in South Africa during the Apartheid years prompted her parents to move to the country in an effort to bring about change. Wme is packaging the project.Spanish star Paco Leon and writer-director Daniel Guzman will be among the attractions at the...
- 3/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Actor-filmmaker Kamal Hassan will inaugurate the 6th Bengaluru International Film Festival on Thursday at Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Central College (Near Mysore bank Circle).
Bekas by Karzan Kader will be screened as the opening film while The Rocket by Kim Mordaunt will close the festival.
The festival that is scheduled to run from December 26 to January 2, 2014 will showcase 152 films from 45 countries, with Country Focus on Taiwan and Germany.
On December 29 at 11.30 am, the festival will host a seminar on ‘The Digital Experience: Talking Red, Alexa and Black Magic’. The panelists – Dr Bedabrata Pain, Manohar Joshi, Br Viswanath – will share their experiences with lighting, composition, resolution, conditions under hot weather, battery life and many problems they faced and solutions found while handling the cameras. The seminar will be presided over by Dr Bedabrata Pain, scientist, filmmaker and specialist on digital cinema, who will guide the seminar through the relevant topics and answer...
Bekas by Karzan Kader will be screened as the opening film while The Rocket by Kim Mordaunt will close the festival.
The festival that is scheduled to run from December 26 to January 2, 2014 will showcase 152 films from 45 countries, with Country Focus on Taiwan and Germany.
On December 29 at 11.30 am, the festival will host a seminar on ‘The Digital Experience: Talking Red, Alexa and Black Magic’. The panelists – Dr Bedabrata Pain, Manohar Joshi, Br Viswanath – will share their experiences with lighting, composition, resolution, conditions under hot weather, battery life and many problems they faced and solutions found while handling the cameras. The seminar will be presided over by Dr Bedabrata Pain, scientist, filmmaker and specialist on digital cinema, who will guide the seminar through the relevant topics and answer...
- 12/26/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Inside Llewyn Davis directed by the Coen brothers, that won the Grand Prix (Grand Jury Prize), the second most important award at Cannes Film Festival this year, will release in India on December 13, 2013.
The film, to be released by PVR Director’s Rare, is releasing in India prior to its Us release scheduled for December 20, 2013.
The Us production is based on a week in the life of a young singer-songwriter as he steers through New York’s folk music scenes in the 1960s. It features Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman. The film recently screened in the World Cinema section of the 15th Mumbai Film Festival.
PVR Director’s Rare is soon bringing to India other festival-favourite films like Karzan Kader‘s Bekas, Asghar Farhadi’s The Past, Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin and Susanne Bier’s Love Is All You Need.
The film, to be released by PVR Director’s Rare, is releasing in India prior to its Us release scheduled for December 20, 2013.
The Us production is based on a week in the life of a young singer-songwriter as he steers through New York’s folk music scenes in the 1960s. It features Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman. The film recently screened in the World Cinema section of the 15th Mumbai Film Festival.
PVR Director’s Rare is soon bringing to India other festival-favourite films like Karzan Kader‘s Bekas, Asghar Farhadi’s The Past, Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin and Susanne Bier’s Love Is All You Need.
- 11/14/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
F rom the works of masters like Costa-Gavras and Asghar Farhadi to newcomers like Nagraj Manjule and Kim Mordaunt, the Mumbai Film Festival 2013 offers above 200 films to choose from for an entire week!
Anu Rangachar, the Program Director of Mumbai Film Festival, lists her 20 favourite films in the lineup.
1. The Act of Killing
Dir.: Joshua Oppenheimer (2012 / Col. / 115′)
Section: The Real Reel
The film won the Panorama Audience Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 2013 and the Cph:dox Award at the Cph:dox Film Festival 2012. It has bagged several other awards in film festivals at Istanbul, Prague, Geneva, Warsaw, Barcelona, Zagreb, Mexico, etc.
An Indonesian documentary, The Act of Killing challenges the total impunity on genocide by the death squad leaders. In 1965, Anwar Congo and his friends were promoted to the ranks of Death Squad Leaders to help the army obliterate more than one million alleged communists,...
Anu Rangachar, the Program Director of Mumbai Film Festival, lists her 20 favourite films in the lineup.
1. The Act of Killing
Dir.: Joshua Oppenheimer (2012 / Col. / 115′)
Section: The Real Reel
The film won the Panorama Audience Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 2013 and the Cph:dox Award at the Cph:dox Film Festival 2012. It has bagged several other awards in film festivals at Istanbul, Prague, Geneva, Warsaw, Barcelona, Zagreb, Mexico, etc.
An Indonesian documentary, The Act of Killing challenges the total impunity on genocide by the death squad leaders. In 1965, Anwar Congo and his friends were promoted to the ranks of Death Squad Leaders to help the army obliterate more than one million alleged communists,...
- 10/10/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Still from Kalpana
Stanley Ka Dabba, Arjun, Mumbai Cha Raja, One More and Kalpana will be screened at the 27th edition of Fribourg International Film Festival (Fiff), to be held from March 16-23, 2013 in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Stanley Ka Dabba, Arjun and Mumbai Cha Raja will screen under the FIFFamily In India section. The newly-introduced FIFFamily is a mini festival under Fiff for the attending parents and children. The section will screen three selected films from the same country.
One More will screen under the Genre Cinema: Escape to Victory! section and Kalpana will screen in the Hommage à World Cinema Foundation section.
The festival that will play host to 90 feature and 20 short films from 45 countries, will open with Karzan Kader’s Bekas and close with Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster.
Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba will make its Swiss premiere at the festival. Young Stanley, unlike his classmates, is...
Stanley Ka Dabba, Arjun, Mumbai Cha Raja, One More and Kalpana will be screened at the 27th edition of Fribourg International Film Festival (Fiff), to be held from March 16-23, 2013 in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Stanley Ka Dabba, Arjun and Mumbai Cha Raja will screen under the FIFFamily In India section. The newly-introduced FIFFamily is a mini festival under Fiff for the attending parents and children. The section will screen three selected films from the same country.
One More will screen under the Genre Cinema: Escape to Victory! section and Kalpana will screen in the Hommage à World Cinema Foundation section.
The festival that will play host to 90 feature and 20 short films from 45 countries, will open with Karzan Kader’s Bekas and close with Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster.
Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba will make its Swiss premiere at the festival. Young Stanley, unlike his classmates, is...
- 3/4/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Nishtha Jain’s “Gulabi Gang” won Best Film Award in Muhr Asia Africa documentary section at the 9th Dubai Film Festival. Awards were announced at the closing ceremony on Sunday, December 16, 2012.
Sourav Sarangi’s “Char … No Man’s Island” won a special mention in the same category.
Egyptian actress Aida El-Kashef won Best Actress award in Muhr Asia Africa Feature category for Anand Gandhi’s film “Ship of Theseus”.
Musa Syeed’s “Valley of Saints” got a special jury prize in the Muhr Asia Africa feature category.
Complete List of Winners:-
Dubai Expo 2020 People’s Choice award:
• Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar – Ernest Et Celestine (Ernest And Celestine): France
• Karzan Kader – Bekas: Sweden
The annual ‘Prize of the International Critics’ for Arab films from the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci), the world’s foremost body of film writers, academics and critics from over 60 countries, were awarded...
Sourav Sarangi’s “Char … No Man’s Island” won a special mention in the same category.
Egyptian actress Aida El-Kashef won Best Actress award in Muhr Asia Africa Feature category for Anand Gandhi’s film “Ship of Theseus”.
Musa Syeed’s “Valley of Saints” got a special jury prize in the Muhr Asia Africa feature category.
Complete List of Winners:-
Dubai Expo 2020 People’s Choice award:
• Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar – Ernest Et Celestine (Ernest And Celestine): France
• Karzan Kader – Bekas: Sweden
The annual ‘Prize of the International Critics’ for Arab films from the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci), the world’s foremost body of film writers, academics and critics from over 60 countries, were awarded...
- 12/16/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Palm Springs International ShortFest, billed as the largest short film festival in North America, has announced its Festival award winners! 331 short films were screened, but in the end, only 18 categories were awarded.
I love and totally support the Palm Springs International ShortFest, many winners move on to nab an Oscar! According to Festival Director, Darry Macdonald, "It.s been a remarkable year for ShortFest, with record attendance and a rapturous response to the programming by audiences, industry and filmmakers alike. The Film Market and industry programs were particulary active, adding hugely to the Festival.s success. I.m confident a number of major future filmmakers emerged here this year and will go on to enliven the feature film world."
And the winners of the 2011 Palm Springs International ShortFest are:
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - $2,000 cash and Software Package courtesy of The Showbiz Café & Store; Ultimate Stock Footage...
I love and totally support the Palm Springs International ShortFest, many winners move on to nab an Oscar! According to Festival Director, Darry Macdonald, "It.s been a remarkable year for ShortFest, with record attendance and a rapturous response to the programming by audiences, industry and filmmakers alike. The Film Market and industry programs were particulary active, adding hugely to the Festival.s success. I.m confident a number of major future filmmakers emerged here this year and will go on to enliven the feature film world."
And the winners of the 2011 Palm Springs International ShortFest are:
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - $2,000 cash and Software Package courtesy of The Showbiz Café & Store; Ultimate Stock Footage...
- 6/27/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
As definite favorites emerged from an incredibly strong selection of shorts, the winning list well-represented the demographics of the overall line-up. From 32 Australian short films in the festival, a few were sure to rise to the top – Elizabeth Tadic’s “Umoja: No Men Allowed” receiving the Grand Jury Award (while Christopher Stollery’s very funny “dik” was by far the most recommended film in the marketplace); and, with many well-known directors, there were always going to be some that ascended (Terry George – writer/director of “Hotel Rwanda” and “Reservation Road” – picked up $500 for his second place effort).
For the full list of winners, see below.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - The winner of this award is eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Bahiya & Mahmoud (Jordan/USA), Zaid Abu Hamdan
Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into...
For the full list of winners, see below.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - The winner of this award is eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Bahiya & Mahmoud (Jordan/USA), Zaid Abu Hamdan
Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into...
- 6/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
As definite favorites emerged from an incredibly strong selection of shorts, the winning list well-represented the demographics of the overall line-up. From 32 Australian short films in the festival, a few were sure to rise to the top – Elizabeth Tadic’s “Umoja: No Men Allowed” receiving the Grand Jury Award (while Christopher Stollery’s very funny “dik” was by far the most recommended film in the marketplace); and, with many well-known directors, there were always going to be some that ascended (Terry George – writer/director of “Hotel Rwanda” and “Reservation Road” – picked up $500 for his second place effort).
For the full list of winners, see below.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - The winner of this award is eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Bahiya & Mahmoud (Jordan/USA), Zaid Abu Hamdan
Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into...
For the full list of winners, see below.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - The winner of this award is eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Bahiya & Mahmoud (Jordan/USA), Zaid Abu Hamdan
Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into...
- 6/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Beverly Hills, CA . Fifteen students from colleges and universities around the world were honored Saturday night (June 11) as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards® competition. For several days, they had participated in a slate of industry-related activities and social events culminating in the awards ceremony, which featured as presenters actress Jennifer Garner, Oscar®-nominated animator John Musker, and Academy Award-winning producer Edward Zwick alongside Academy President Tom Sherak at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
photo: ©A.M.P.A.S
The 2011 winners are:
Alternative category
Gold Medal*: ”The Vermeers,” Tal S. Shamir, The New School, New York
* Only one medal was awarded in the Alternative category.
photo: ©A.M.P.A.S
Animation category
Gold Medal (tie): ”Correspondence,” Zach Hyer, Pratt Institute, New York; and
”Dragonboy,” Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang, Academy of Art University, California
Bronze Medal: ”Defective Detective,...
photo: ©A.M.P.A.S
The 2011 winners are:
Alternative category
Gold Medal*: ”The Vermeers,” Tal S. Shamir, The New School, New York
* Only one medal was awarded in the Alternative category.
photo: ©A.M.P.A.S
Animation category
Gold Medal (tie): ”Correspondence,” Zach Hyer, Pratt Institute, New York; and
”Dragonboy,” Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang, Academy of Art University, California
Bronze Medal: ”Defective Detective,...
- 6/12/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Front row (left to right): Hallvar Witzø, Julian Higgins, Avner Geller, Stevie Lewis, Tal S. Shamir, Wonjung Bae, Soham Mehta; back row (left to right): Theo Rigby, Anthony Weeks, Shawn Wines, Max Zähle, Karzan Kader, Zach Hyer, Bernardo Warman, Shaofu Zhang The winners of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2011 Student Academy Awards were announced Saturday evening at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Actress Jennifer Garner, Oscar-nominated animator John Musker, Academy Award-winning producer Edward Zwick, and Academy President Tom Sherak were the presenters. The 2011 winners — one or more of those listed below will likely end up [...]...
- 6/12/2011
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Beverly Hills, CA . 12 students from nine U.S. colleges and universities and three students from outside the U.S. have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 38th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. The student filmmakers will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry-related activities and social events that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 11, at the Academy.s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):
Alternative category
.The Vermeers,. Tal S. Shamir, The New School, New York
Animation category
.Correspondence,. Zach Hyer, Pratt Institute, New York
.Defective Detective,. Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
.Dragonboy,. Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang, Academy of Art University, California
Documentary category
.Imaginary Circumstances,. Anthony Weeks, Stanford University
.Sin Pais (Without Country),. Theo Rigby, Stanford University
.Vera Klement: Blunt Edge,. Wonjung Bae,...
The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):
Alternative category
.The Vermeers,. Tal S. Shamir, The New School, New York
Animation category
.Correspondence,. Zach Hyer, Pratt Institute, New York
.Defective Detective,. Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida
.Dragonboy,. Bernardo Warman and Shaofu Zhang, Academy of Art University, California
Documentary category
.Imaginary Circumstances,. Anthony Weeks, Stanford University
.Sin Pais (Without Country),. Theo Rigby, Stanford University
.Vera Klement: Blunt Edge,. Wonjung Bae,...
- 5/18/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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