Exterior. Establishing: Film Independent HQ. Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. Prelap the sounds of passionate conversation and laughter. Cut To: Interior, Conference Room, Film Independent HQ. Seven new screenwriting Fellows are arrayed around a table, the Hollywood Sign visible on the distant hills outside the window. They’re here to develop six deeply personal and wholly original feature film projects under the steady guiding hand of Film Independent’s Screenwriting Lab. A fun, creative, safe space.
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Sorry–we wish our story could’ve been longer but there wasn’t really any dramatic conflict at the Screenwriting Lab this year, just a lot of productive discussion and writing workshops with lead creative advisors Javier Fuentes-León, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, Jessica Sharzer, Jeff Stockwell and Christopher Makoto Yogi. Additional guest speakers and advisors include Ruth Atkinson, Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Bridget Savage Cole, Lauren Craniotes, Ellie Foumbi, Priyanka Kapoor, Danielle Krudy,...
The End.
(Roll credits)
Sorry–we wish our story could’ve been longer but there wasn’t really any dramatic conflict at the Screenwriting Lab this year, just a lot of productive discussion and writing workshops with lead creative advisors Javier Fuentes-León, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, Jessica Sharzer, Jeff Stockwell and Christopher Makoto Yogi. Additional guest speakers and advisors include Ruth Atkinson, Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Bridget Savage Cole, Lauren Craniotes, Ellie Foumbi, Priyanka Kapoor, Danielle Krudy,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
Exclusive: Film Independent has named Omer Ben Shachar, Mary Dauterman, Mg Evangelista, Naomi Iwamoto, Thomas Kivney, Juan Paulo Laserna and Jhanvi Motla as the screenwriters selected for the 26th edition of its Screenwriting Lab, an intensive program designed to provide individualized story and career development for screenwriters with fiction feature scripts.
Over the course of the program, Fellows will workshop their projects under the guidance of creative advisors Javier Fuentes-León, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, Jessica Sharzer, Jeff Stockwell and Christopher Makoto Yogi. Additional guest speakers and advisors will include Ruth Atkinson, Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Bridget Savage Cole, Lauren Craniotes, Ellie Foumbi, Priyanka Kapoor, Danielle Krudy, Amanda Marshall, Josh Peters, Jon Schumacher, Ellen Shanman, Lauren Shelton and Caddy Vanasirikul.
“We are honored to provide the tools and support necessary for these exceptional filmmakers to propel their projects and careers forward,” said Dea Vazquez, Associate Director of Fiction Programs for Film Independent.
Over the course of the program, Fellows will workshop their projects under the guidance of creative advisors Javier Fuentes-León, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, Jessica Sharzer, Jeff Stockwell and Christopher Makoto Yogi. Additional guest speakers and advisors will include Ruth Atkinson, Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Bridget Savage Cole, Lauren Craniotes, Ellie Foumbi, Priyanka Kapoor, Danielle Krudy, Amanda Marshall, Josh Peters, Jon Schumacher, Ellen Shanman, Lauren Shelton and Caddy Vanasirikul.
“We are honored to provide the tools and support necessary for these exceptional filmmakers to propel their projects and careers forward,” said Dea Vazquez, Associate Director of Fiction Programs for Film Independent.
- 4/16/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Film Independent Screenwriting Lab is 25 years old. Can you believe it? It’s officially old enough to rent a car! And sure, hardshell clams and giant tortoises can live for centuries, but you don’t reach the quarter-century mark as a Hollywood talent incubator without substance, value and tangible success.
But more than that, this year’s cohort of freshly announced Screenwriting Lab Fellows are special. Why? Because! We’re in the midst of celebrating #AD30, aka the 30th anniversary of Film Independent’s Artist Development programs. And like its elder sibling Project Involve (which got the whole ball of wax rolling in ‘93), the Screenwriting Lab has been an essential industry resource, whether your looking to develop your own skills or tap new talent.
“We’re thrilled to support this exceptional group of filmmakers, who bring compassion, authenticity and curiosity to their work exploring unique communities and characters,” says Dea Vazquez,...
But more than that, this year’s cohort of freshly announced Screenwriting Lab Fellows are special. Why? Because! We’re in the midst of celebrating #AD30, aka the 30th anniversary of Film Independent’s Artist Development programs. And like its elder sibling Project Involve (which got the whole ball of wax rolling in ‘93), the Screenwriting Lab has been an essential industry resource, whether your looking to develop your own skills or tap new talent.
“We’re thrilled to support this exceptional group of filmmakers, who bring compassion, authenticity and curiosity to their work exploring unique communities and characters,” says Dea Vazquez,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
Exclusive: Film Independent on Wednesday named the eight screenwriters set for the 25th edition of their Screenwriting Lab. The latest cohort of the intensive program, designed to provide individualized story and career development for screenwriters with fiction feature screenplays, includes Bri Brooks, Karina Dandashi, Thais Drassinower, Chloé Hung, Adam Meeks, Nat Moonhill, Veronica Moonhill and Richard Van.
Film Independent also today named Dandashi as the recipient of their latest Mpac Hollywood Bureau Writing Fellowship Grant, who will receive $10,000 in recognition of her script, Out of Water.
Over the course of the Lab, Fellows will workshop their projects under the guidance of creative advisors Andrew Ahn, Javier Fuentes-León, Jeff Stockwell and Robin Swicord. Additional guest speakers and advisors will include Ruth Atkinson, Angela Cheng Caplan, Kd Dávila, Greta Fuentes, Jordan Hart, Eliza Hittman, Ana Leocha, Ilyse McKimmie, Lauren Mann, Kiva Reardon, Pamela Ribon and Ellen Shanman.
“In our 30th year of...
Film Independent also today named Dandashi as the recipient of their latest Mpac Hollywood Bureau Writing Fellowship Grant, who will receive $10,000 in recognition of her script, Out of Water.
Over the course of the Lab, Fellows will workshop their projects under the guidance of creative advisors Andrew Ahn, Javier Fuentes-León, Jeff Stockwell and Robin Swicord. Additional guest speakers and advisors will include Ruth Atkinson, Angela Cheng Caplan, Kd Dávila, Greta Fuentes, Jordan Hart, Eliza Hittman, Ana Leocha, Ilyse McKimmie, Lauren Mann, Kiva Reardon, Pamela Ribon and Ellen Shanman.
“In our 30th year of...
- 4/26/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Steven Ogg, notably recognized for his roles on The Walking Dead and Westworld, has signed with Buchwald for representation.
Most recently, Ogg played the role of Pike in TNT’s post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller Snowpiercer opposite Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs. He also had pivotal roles in the Emmy-nominated series Better Call Saul and Amazon’s The Tick.
On the film side, Ogg can be seen in Antoine Fuqua’s Apple TV+ thriller Emancipation opposite Will Smith and Ben Foster, and in the cyberpunk indie The Dresden Sun. The actor has also appeared in Ani Simon-Kennedy’s Tribeca drama The Short History of the Long Road and Carl Strathie’s sci-fi pic Solis, among other titles.
Ogg is also well known for his portrayal of the Trevor Philips character in the Grand Theft Auto video game, for which he was nominated for Best Performer at the BAFTA Games Awards.
He...
Most recently, Ogg played the role of Pike in TNT’s post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller Snowpiercer opposite Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs. He also had pivotal roles in the Emmy-nominated series Better Call Saul and Amazon’s The Tick.
On the film side, Ogg can be seen in Antoine Fuqua’s Apple TV+ thriller Emancipation opposite Will Smith and Ben Foster, and in the cyberpunk indie The Dresden Sun. The actor has also appeared in Ani Simon-Kennedy’s Tribeca drama The Short History of the Long Road and Carl Strathie’s sci-fi pic Solis, among other titles.
Ogg is also well known for his portrayal of the Trevor Philips character in the Grand Theft Auto video game, for which he was nominated for Best Performer at the BAFTA Games Awards.
He...
- 2/7/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sarah Catherine Hook (First Kill) and Steven Ogg (Westworld) have signed on to star alongside Zak Steiner and Greer Grammer in the upcoming feature The Ghost Trap from Khanlarian Entertainment.
The film currently in production in Maine is based on the novel of the same name by K. Stephens. It tells the story of Jamie Eugley (Steiner), a young lobsterman struggling with the grinding responsibilities of a head-injured fiancée (Grammer) and a mounting trap war with a rival lobstering family. While Hook will be playing Happy, a potential love interest of the protagonist, details as to Ogg’s role haven’t been disclosed. Pic’s ensemble also includes former Miss Utah, Rachel Slawson.
James Khanlarian is directing from Stephens’ script, with Khanlarian Entertainment and Filmtrax producing. The producers on the project are Peter A. Couture, Simon Fawcett, Larry Mortorff, Candace Cason, Steiner, Khanlarian and Stephens.
Hook recently found her...
The film currently in production in Maine is based on the novel of the same name by K. Stephens. It tells the story of Jamie Eugley (Steiner), a young lobsterman struggling with the grinding responsibilities of a head-injured fiancée (Grammer) and a mounting trap war with a rival lobstering family. While Hook will be playing Happy, a potential love interest of the protagonist, details as to Ogg’s role haven’t been disclosed. Pic’s ensemble also includes former Miss Utah, Rachel Slawson.
James Khanlarian is directing from Stephens’ script, with Khanlarian Entertainment and Filmtrax producing. The producers on the project are Peter A. Couture, Simon Fawcett, Larry Mortorff, Candace Cason, Steiner, Khanlarian and Stephens.
Hook recently found her...
- 8/30/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Annalise Basso (Snowpiercer) Tracy Campbell (House of Payne), Steven Ogg (Apple TV+’s Emancipation), Jay Huguley (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), Denise Smolarek and newcomer Avalon Reign have signed on to star in the crime drama Now I See, from writer-director Carissa Stutzman and Anthem Entertainment.
The film centers on Claire Moyer (Basso), a blind woman who is overly cautious with her six-year-old daughter, Briar (Reign). When Briar goes missing on Christmas Day, Claire faces her worst nightmare and sets out in the darkness to find her. Knowing her daughter’s life is at stake and frustrated by a lack of police effort, she joins forces with her boyfriend Beck (Campbell). But when law enforcement turns their investigation onto Beck, Claire has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. Ogg will play Sheriff Walker Donley, with Huguley as Officer Hooper Miller—both assigned to the case of finding Claire’s daughter.
The film centers on Claire Moyer (Basso), a blind woman who is overly cautious with her six-year-old daughter, Briar (Reign). When Briar goes missing on Christmas Day, Claire faces her worst nightmare and sets out in the darkness to find her. Knowing her daughter’s life is at stake and frustrated by a lack of police effort, she joins forces with her boyfriend Beck (Campbell). But when law enforcement turns their investigation onto Beck, Claire has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. Ogg will play Sheriff Walker Donley, with Huguley as Officer Hooper Miller—both assigned to the case of finding Claire’s daughter.
- 3/31/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Steven Ogg has signed on to star alongside Christina Ricci and Samantha Win in The Dresden Sun, a cyberpunk indie from writer-director Michael Ryan.
The film observes as a heist goes south when a brilliant, principled mercenary with a traumatic past works with an insider to steal a valued asset from Peredor Corporation called “the sphere”. The C & Earth corporation, vying for global dominance, seeks to find a solution to an otherworldly technology via a scientist’s project. Meanwhile, a financial analyst, who despises his job at the powerful investment firm Mutual One, finds himself caught between deadly corporate rivals, financial fraud, and technological espionage, and is ultimately forced to run from a psychopathic military contractor.
Ogg will play the film’s mercenary protagonist, Crilenger. Michael Ryan and Tyler Lockamy are producing via their Archetype Pictures banner,...
The film observes as a heist goes south when a brilliant, principled mercenary with a traumatic past works with an insider to steal a valued asset from Peredor Corporation called “the sphere”. The C & Earth corporation, vying for global dominance, seeks to find a solution to an otherworldly technology via a scientist’s project. Meanwhile, a financial analyst, who despises his job at the powerful investment firm Mutual One, finds himself caught between deadly corporate rivals, financial fraud, and technological espionage, and is ultimately forced to run from a psychopathic military contractor.
Ogg will play the film’s mercenary protagonist, Crilenger. Michael Ryan and Tyler Lockamy are producing via their Archetype Pictures banner,...
- 11/30/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sabrina Carpenter, Rj Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, and Sebastian Chacon have been tapped to star in Emergency, a comedy thriller that hails from Amazon Studios and Temple Hill. Filming is currently underway with Carey Williams directing the film from the screenplay by Kd Dávila, which landed on the 2020 Blacklist.
The pic is based on a short film of the same title. The short picked up the Special Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award at 2018’s SXSW Film Festival.
The plot centers on a group of Bipoc college students, ready for a night of partying, as they weigh the pros and cons of calling the authorities when faced with an unusual emergency.
Cyler will play Sean, a college senior ready to embark on a night of partying with his best friend Kunle (Watkins) and roommate Carlos (Chacon). As they return to their apartment to pre-game,...
The pic is based on a short film of the same title. The short picked up the Special Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award at 2018’s SXSW Film Festival.
The plot centers on a group of Bipoc college students, ready for a night of partying, as they weigh the pros and cons of calling the authorities when faced with an unusual emergency.
Cyler will play Sean, a college senior ready to embark on a night of partying with his best friend Kunle (Watkins) and roommate Carlos (Chacon). As they return to their apartment to pre-game,...
- 4/16/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Nola has spent her entire young life on the road. And not just moving from town to town, but state to state, criss-crossing the country alongside her beloved father Clint, barely staying in one place long enough for a sit-down meal. It’s not a bad life, but Nola is beginning to expect that there might be more out there for her. In Ani Simon-Kennedy’s pleasant, if predictable “The Short History of the Long Road,” the cracks between what Nola (Sabrina Carpenter) and Clint (Steven Ogg) want are showing long before they’re blown wide open.
, but it does provide a platform for Carpenter’s evolving performance and Simon-Kennedy’s skilled eye. While Simon-Kennedy’s characters occasionally avoids the cliches of similar movies, nothing about the film’s plotting surprises, as Nola aimlessly drives in search of what eventually amounts to a found family.
Nola and Clint have been...
, but it does provide a platform for Carpenter’s evolving performance and Simon-Kennedy’s skilled eye. While Simon-Kennedy’s characters occasionally avoids the cliches of similar movies, nothing about the film’s plotting surprises, as Nola aimlessly drives in search of what eventually amounts to a found family.
Nola and Clint have been...
- 6/12/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Bill Nighy is set to score a triple word score this weekend with the dramedy Sometimes Always Never, which is set to open virtually in theaters today before it becomes available on-demand July 10.
Directed by former member of the British band The Farm, Carl Hunter and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the film follows Alan (Nighy) a stylish tailor who has spent years searching for his son Michael who went missing after he stormed out of his life…over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must fix the relationship with his youngest son Peter (Sam Riley) and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family. The film also stars Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter and Tim McInnerny.
Marking Hunter’s feature film debut, the dramedy debuted in...
Directed by former member of the British band The Farm, Carl Hunter and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the film follows Alan (Nighy) a stylish tailor who has spent years searching for his son Michael who went missing after he stormed out of his life…over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must fix the relationship with his youngest son Peter (Sam Riley) and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family. The film also stars Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter and Tim McInnerny.
Marking Hunter’s feature film debut, the dramedy debuted in...
- 6/12/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
, “The Short History of the Long Road” begins with a peaceful image of a young woman, whose long locks float over sunny pool waters. But her serenity gets cut short by her dad before she can fully immerse in the calm of the moment. And soon enough, the time comes for the duo to hit the road again in their vintage refurbished Rv, not even giving the teenager time to finish her hot dog, cooked on a grubby grill that has seen better days.
With startling narrative economy — and a boost from Maurice Williams’ buoyant track “Come Along” — this brief opening to writer-director Ani Simon-Kennedy (“Days of Gray”) makes it unambiguous that the vacant house whose grounds the father-daughter had just enjoyed doesn’t belong to them and these interruptions are ordinary in the life of Nola. Evidently raised on the road by her on-the-move father Clint (Steven Ogg), who...
With startling narrative economy — and a boost from Maurice Williams’ buoyant track “Come Along” — this brief opening to writer-director Ani Simon-Kennedy (“Days of Gray”) makes it unambiguous that the vacant house whose grounds the father-daughter had just enjoyed doesn’t belong to them and these interruptions are ordinary in the life of Nola. Evidently raised on the road by her on-the-move father Clint (Steven Ogg), who...
- 6/12/2020
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
"Not everyone wants to live like this..." FilmRise has released an official trailer for an indie drama titled The Short History of the Long Road, which originally premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. It also played at the Nashville, Lone Star, Fly Over, and Chicago Critics Film Festivals in 2019. The film stars singer / actress Sabrina Carpenter as Nola, a teen who lives on the open road with her nomad father in a refurbished Rv. She arrives solo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she goes in search of a mother she never knew. The cast includes Steven Ogg, Danny Trejo, Maggie Siff, Rusty Schwimmer, and Jashaun St. John. This looks like another of these cliche indie films where a beautiful teen runs off and learns about how to figure out yourself and live your own life. Official trailer (+ poster) for Ani Simon-Kennedy's The Short History of the Long...
- 5/18/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Last year’s Tribeca Film Festival winning-title The Short History of the Long Road will be hitting VOD on June 16 via FilmRise. Written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy, the film tells the story of Nola (Sabrina Carpenter), a teenager who grew up living out of a van with her beloved father Clint (Steven Ogg), two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola is confronted by the reality that life as an outsider may not be her only choice.
The movie is also hoping to open in theaters on June 12 ahead of its digital release. The Short History of the Long Road won a Special Jury Mention for Best Screenplay at last year’s Tribeca.
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The movie is also hoping to open in theaters on June 12 ahead of its digital release. The Short History of the Long Road won a Special Jury Mention for Best Screenplay at last year’s Tribeca.
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- 4/6/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Sabrina Carpenter’s “The Short History of the Long Road” gets a home, comedian Jo Koy’s life will become a movie, “True to the Game” is getting a sequel and Apa promotes Chris Ridenhour.
Acquisition
FilmRise has acquired Sabrina Carpenter’s coming-of-age drama “The Short History of the Long Road” and is planning a May 15 theatrical release.
The film, written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy, won a special jury mention for screenplay at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. “The Short History of the Long Road” also stars Maggie Siff, Steven Ogg and Danny Trejo.
Carpenter portrays a teenager who grew up living out of a van with her beloved father. When tragedy strikes, she is confronted by the reality that life as an outsider may not be her only choice.
The film is produced by Darren Dean, Bettina Kadoorie, Kishori Rajan, Eddie Rubin, Ani Simon-Kennedy,...
Acquisition
FilmRise has acquired Sabrina Carpenter’s coming-of-age drama “The Short History of the Long Road” and is planning a May 15 theatrical release.
The film, written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy, won a special jury mention for screenplay at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. “The Short History of the Long Road” also stars Maggie Siff, Steven Ogg and Danny Trejo.
Carpenter portrays a teenager who grew up living out of a van with her beloved father. When tragedy strikes, she is confronted by the reality that life as an outsider may not be her only choice.
The film is produced by Darren Dean, Bettina Kadoorie, Kishori Rajan, Eddie Rubin, Ani Simon-Kennedy,...
- 2/19/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
FilmRise has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Short History of the Long Road,” featuring singer and actress Sabrina Carpenter in her first lead role in a feature film, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
Danny Trejo, Steven Ogg and Maggie Siff also star in the film that is set for a theatrical release on May 15. Ani Simon-Kennedy wrote and directed the feature. Simon-Kennedy was the winner of the Special Jury Mention Best Screenplay Award at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
“The Short History of the Long Road” stars Carpenter as Nola, a teenager who grew up living out of a van with her father. When tragedy strikes, she must come to terms with the fact that living life as an outsider might not be her only choice, and she must integrate into a society she’s never known.
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Danny Trejo, Steven Ogg and Maggie Siff also star in the film that is set for a theatrical release on May 15. Ani Simon-Kennedy wrote and directed the feature. Simon-Kennedy was the winner of the Special Jury Mention Best Screenplay Award at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
“The Short History of the Long Road” stars Carpenter as Nola, a teenager who grew up living out of a van with her father. When tragedy strikes, she must come to terms with the fact that living life as an outsider might not be her only choice, and she must integrate into a society she’s never known.
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- 2/18/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The Chicago Critics Film Festival Runs May 17th – 23rd. Stephen Tronicek is covering the event for We Are Movie Geeeks
Today I had to arrive at 5 pm instead of 3 pm, so I had more time to explore the city. The great thing I’ve noticed about the past few days is that because Ccff replays films, it gives you time to explore and have time to yourself. Chicago is really a beautiful place to spend a day walking around.
The first film of last night’s lineup was already strong. The Short History of the Long Road, directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy is the type of optimistic, sentimental fare that we need in the trying times that we live in. Long Road follows Nola (a never better Sabrina Carpenter), a teenager living in a vintage van with her father (Steven Ogg). After a devastating event changes her life forever, Nola must...
Today I had to arrive at 5 pm instead of 3 pm, so I had more time to explore the city. The great thing I’ve noticed about the past few days is that because Ccff replays films, it gives you time to explore and have time to yourself. Chicago is really a beautiful place to spend a day walking around.
The first film of last night’s lineup was already strong. The Short History of the Long Road, directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy is the type of optimistic, sentimental fare that we need in the trying times that we live in. Long Road follows Nola (a never better Sabrina Carpenter), a teenager living in a vintage van with her father (Steven Ogg). After a devastating event changes her life forever, Nola must...
- 5/22/2019
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Last May 11, Sabrina Carpenter spent her 19th birthday in the desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico, filming the final scenes for her latest movie, The Short History of the Long Road. This year, however, the singer-actress — who will be 20 on Saturday — celebrated another turn around the sun a couple weeks early at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of that very project with which she hopes to make an indelible mark.
The indie pic — written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy — centers around Carpenter's character, Nola, a wise-beyond-her-years teen who grew up as a nomad on ...
The indie pic — written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy — centers around Carpenter's character, Nola, a wise-beyond-her-years teen who grew up as a nomad on ...
Last May 11, Sabrina Carpenter spent her 19th birthday in the desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico, filming the final scenes for her latest movie, The Short History of the Long Road. This year, however, the singer-actress — who will be 20 on Saturday — celebrated another turn around the sun a couple weeks early at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of that very project with which she hopes to make an indelible mark.
The indie pic — written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy — centers around Carpenter's character, Nola, a wise-beyond-her-years teen who grew up as a nomad on ...
The indie pic — written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy — centers around Carpenter's character, Nola, a wise-beyond-her-years teen who grew up as a nomad on ...
Phillip Youmans’ “Burning Cane” took home the Founders Award for best narrative feature at the 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, with star Wendell Pierce earning Best Actor.
Youmans, a 19-year-old freshman at NYU, is the first African-American director to win the Founders Award and the youngest director to have a feature in Tribeca — he was just 17 when he wrote, directed and shot the film, about the fractious relationship between a mother and son in rural Louisiana.
Korean director Bora Kim’s “House of Hummingbird” won for best international narrative feature, and Ji-hu Park won best international actress.
In addition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin won for their documentary feature “Scheme Birds.”
Here’s the complete list of winners.
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U.S. Narrative Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2019 U.S. Narrative Competition were Lucy Alibar,...
Youmans, a 19-year-old freshman at NYU, is the first African-American director to win the Founders Award and the youngest director to have a feature in Tribeca — he was just 17 when he wrote, directed and shot the film, about the fractious relationship between a mother and son in rural Louisiana.
Korean director Bora Kim’s “House of Hummingbird” won for best international narrative feature, and Ji-hu Park won best international actress.
In addition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin won for their documentary feature “Scheme Birds.”
Here’s the complete list of winners.
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U.S. Narrative Competition Categories:
The jurors for the 2019 U.S. Narrative Competition were Lucy Alibar,...
- 5/2/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
The 18th Annual Tribeca Film Festival announced the winning filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in its competition categories at this year’s awards ceremony, which took place this evening at the Stella Artois Theatre at Bmcc Tpac. The top honors went to “Burning Cane” for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae) for Best International Narrative Feature, and “Scheme Birds” for Best Documentary Feature.
The winners were dominated by fresh faces, including “Burning Cane” director Phillip Youmans, who was just 17 when he made his film, making him the youngest director to have a feature play at Tribeca. Other first-time directors also won big, as both “House of Hummingbird” filmmaker Bora Kim and “Scheme Birds” filmmaking duo Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin all made feature directorial debuts with their Tribeca winners.
“I’m so proud to see our juries reward a group of winners that is...
The winners were dominated by fresh faces, including “Burning Cane” director Phillip Youmans, who was just 17 when he made his film, making him the youngest director to have a feature play at Tribeca. Other first-time directors also won big, as both “House of Hummingbird” filmmaker Bora Kim and “Scheme Birds” filmmaking duo Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin all made feature directorial debuts with their Tribeca winners.
“I’m so proud to see our juries reward a group of winners that is...
- 5/2/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Burning Cane, the drama whose writer-director Phillip Youmans is the youngest-ever helmer to have a feature at the Tribeca Film Festival, won the fest’s marquee Founders Award on Thursday. Tribeca bestowed all three of its top juried feature awards on first-time directors, but none more first-time than Youmans, who made the movie when he was 17. He also becomes the first African American director to win the award.
The film’s Wendell Pierce won the Best Actor award in the fest’s U.S. Narrative Competition section. He plays a preacher dealing with his wife’s recent death in Burning Cane, a portrait of Southeastern Louisiana. Youmans also won a cinematography honor.
Haley Bennett won the Best Actress award for Swallow, a psychological thriller about a newly pregnant woman who develops the compulsion to consume dangerous objects.
In the documentary competition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin’s Scheme Birds won the Best Feature prize,...
The film’s Wendell Pierce won the Best Actor award in the fest’s U.S. Narrative Competition section. He plays a preacher dealing with his wife’s recent death in Burning Cane, a portrait of Southeastern Louisiana. Youmans also won a cinematography honor.
Haley Bennett won the Best Actress award for Swallow, a psychological thriller about a newly pregnant woman who develops the compulsion to consume dangerous objects.
In the documentary competition, Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin’s Scheme Birds won the Best Feature prize,...
- 5/2/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Burning Cane” has won the Founders Award for best U.S. narrative feature and star Wendell Pierce has been awarded the top actor in the category for the 18th Annual Tribeca Film Festival.
Haley Bennett won the festival’s award for best actress in a narrative feature for her performance in “Swallow.” “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae) took the prize for best international narrative feature, and “Scheme Birds” won for top documentary feature.
The awards were announced Thursday. Rania Attieh won the Nora Ephron Award and a $25,000 prize for Initials S.G. (“Iniciales S.G.”). The award honors excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director embodying the spirit and boldness of the late filmmaker. Tribeca’s Storyscapes Award went to “The Key,” created by Celine Tricart.
“Burning Cane,” set in the Louisiana swamplands, is directed by Phillip Youmans, who wrote, directed and shot the film at the age of 17. He...
Haley Bennett won the festival’s award for best actress in a narrative feature for her performance in “Swallow.” “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae) took the prize for best international narrative feature, and “Scheme Birds” won for top documentary feature.
The awards were announced Thursday. Rania Attieh won the Nora Ephron Award and a $25,000 prize for Initials S.G. (“Iniciales S.G.”). The award honors excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director embodying the spirit and boldness of the late filmmaker. Tribeca’s Storyscapes Award went to “The Key,” created by Celine Tricart.
“Burning Cane,” set in the Louisiana swamplands, is directed by Phillip Youmans, who wrote, directed and shot the film at the age of 17. He...
- 5/2/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Writer-director Ani Simon-Kennedy takes a page from the Kelly Reichardt and Debra Granik playbook with her Tribeca Film Festival world premiere The Short History of the Long Road. Like Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy or Granik's Leave No Trace, this low-key drama focuses on a regional American woman trying to sustain herself through rough economic and emotional times. It's derivative of both films, but, for a little while at least, not disagreeably so.
Disney Channel star/pop singer Sabrina Carpenter, significantly de-glammed, stars as Nola, a teen who's been roughing it with her father Clint (Steven Ogg) since she was ...
Disney Channel star/pop singer Sabrina Carpenter, significantly de-glammed, stars as Nola, a teen who's been roughing it with her father Clint (Steven Ogg) since she was ...
- 4/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Writer-director Ani Simon-Kennedy takes a page from the Kelly Reichardt and Debra Granik playbook with her Tribeca Film Festival world premiere The Short History of the Long Road. Like Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy or Granik's Leave No Trace, this low-key drama focuses on a regional American woman trying to sustain herself through rough economic and emotional times. It's derivative of both films, but, for a little while at least, not disagreeably so.
Disney Channel star/pop singer Sabrina Carpenter, significantly de-glammed, stars as Nola, a teen who's been roughing it with her father Clint (Steven Ogg) since she was ...
Disney Channel star/pop singer Sabrina Carpenter, significantly de-glammed, stars as Nola, a teen who's been roughing it with her father Clint (Steven Ogg) since she was ...
- 4/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 18th edition of Tribeca Film Festival will get underway next month, featuring 103 films from 124 filmmakers, with 50% women-directed films in the three competition sections. Highlights include world premieres directed by Abel Ferrara, Werner Herzog, Christoph Waltz, as well as films by Sebastian Schipper, Mary Harron, Peter Strickland, and Andrew Ahn.
Check out the lineup below for the festival taking place April 24 – May 5.
U.S. Narrative Competition
Tribeca’s U.S. Narrative Competition showcases extraordinary work from breakout independent voices and distinguished filmmaking talent. These ten world premieres will vie for the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Last year, the award for Best Narrative Feature went to Kent Jones’ Diane while Jeffrey Wright was awarded Best Actor for his role in O.G. Other previous films from this section include Reed Morano’s Meadowland (2015), Ingrid Jungermann’s Women Who Kill (2016), and...
Check out the lineup below for the festival taking place April 24 – May 5.
U.S. Narrative Competition
Tribeca’s U.S. Narrative Competition showcases extraordinary work from breakout independent voices and distinguished filmmaking talent. These ten world premieres will vie for the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Last year, the award for Best Narrative Feature went to Kent Jones’ Diane while Jeffrey Wright was awarded Best Actor for his role in O.G. Other previous films from this section include Reed Morano’s Meadowland (2015), Ingrid Jungermann’s Women Who Kill (2016), and...
- 3/5/2019
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The Tribeca Film Festival has set its full feature slate for 2019, selecting 103 titles including world premieres of films by Jared Leto, Christoph Waltz, and Margot Robbie.
The 18th edition of the festival, which runs from April 24 to May 5, will include documentaries from Antoine Fuqua, Werner Herzog, and Abel Ferrara, and music-focused docs highlighting the lead singer of band Inxs (“Mystify: Michael Hutchence”), Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman (“The Quiet One”), and musician Linda Ronstadt (“Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice”) with Sheryl Crow performing after the premiere.
Leto’s “A Day in the Life of America” is a crowd-sourced documentary featuring footage from all 50 states on July 4, 2017. Waltz is making his directorial debut with the crime drama “Georgetown,” starring himself, Annette Bening, and Vanessa Redgrave. Robbie stars in and produces “Dreamland,” a Depression-era drama set in the Oklahoma dustbowl.
Other notable titles include “Mad Men” producer Semi Chellas making...
The 18th edition of the festival, which runs from April 24 to May 5, will include documentaries from Antoine Fuqua, Werner Herzog, and Abel Ferrara, and music-focused docs highlighting the lead singer of band Inxs (“Mystify: Michael Hutchence”), Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman (“The Quiet One”), and musician Linda Ronstadt (“Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice”) with Sheryl Crow performing after the premiere.
Leto’s “A Day in the Life of America” is a crowd-sourced documentary featuring footage from all 50 states on July 4, 2017. Waltz is making his directorial debut with the crime drama “Georgetown,” starring himself, Annette Bening, and Vanessa Redgrave. Robbie stars in and produces “Dreamland,” a Depression-era drama set in the Oklahoma dustbowl.
Other notable titles include “Mad Men” producer Semi Chellas making...
- 3/5/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Strickland’s In Fabric among inaugural Tribeca Critics’ Week sidebar.
New work from Werner Herzog, the directorial debut of Christoph Waltz and a documentary about the late Inxs front man Michael Hutchence are among the line-up at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival presented by At&T, which includes the inaugural Tribeca Critics Week.
Unveiling the programme on Tuesday (5), festival brass noted that female directors account for half of the three competition strands. The feature programme includes 103 films from 124 filmmakers, of whom 42 are first-timers, and 19 return to Tribeca.
Some 40% of the feature films have one or more women directors, 29% are directed by people of color,...
New work from Werner Herzog, the directorial debut of Christoph Waltz and a documentary about the late Inxs front man Michael Hutchence are among the line-up at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival presented by At&T, which includes the inaugural Tribeca Critics Week.
Unveiling the programme on Tuesday (5), festival brass noted that female directors account for half of the three competition strands. The feature programme includes 103 films from 124 filmmakers, of whom 42 are first-timers, and 19 return to Tribeca.
Some 40% of the feature films have one or more women directors, 29% are directed by people of color,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The producers of Oscar winners Moonlight and Icarus, Oscar nominee Carol and Showtime series Billions, are among those bringing new projects to the Ifp Project Forum, which runs during the 40th Ifp Week in New York.
This year’s particularly buzzy Project Forum slate will comprise 150 U.S. and international films, series, digital and audio projects (for the first time) in different stages of development.
The co-production market will feature new narrative films and series from producers and Ep’s including Lamb On The Throne from Adele Romanski (Moonlight) and Sara Murphy (Land Ho!), Breezin’ from Amy Lo (Nancy), The Gymnast from Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Billions), The Fugitive Game from Ryan Cunningham (Broad City), Sleepwalkfrom Ryan Zacarias (A Ciambra), Bitterroot from Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim (Columbus) and Nine Days from Jason Michael Berman (Amateur), Mette-Marie Kongsved (I Don’t Feel At Home In This World...
This year’s particularly buzzy Project Forum slate will comprise 150 U.S. and international films, series, digital and audio projects (for the first time) in different stages of development.
The co-production market will feature new narrative films and series from producers and Ep’s including Lamb On The Throne from Adele Romanski (Moonlight) and Sara Murphy (Land Ho!), Breezin’ from Amy Lo (Nancy), The Gymnast from Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Billions), The Fugitive Game from Ryan Cunningham (Broad City), Sleepwalkfrom Ryan Zacarias (A Ciambra), Bitterroot from Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim (Columbus) and Nine Days from Jason Michael Berman (Amateur), Mette-Marie Kongsved (I Don’t Feel At Home In This World...
- 7/26/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Ani Simon-Kennedy is going on the road and bringing Sabrina Carpenter along for the ride.
Bicephaly Pictures, in association with Lunacy Productions and Relic Pictures, has announced the start of production on The Short History of the Long Road, the sophomore feature from Simon-Kennedy (Days of Gray). The road trip drama stars international recording artist and actress Carpenter as Nola, a young van-dweller forced to take the wheel for the first time when tragedy strikes. Rounding out the cast are Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead), Maggie Siff (Billions), Danny Trejo (Machete), Jashaun St. John (Songs My Brothers Taught Me) and...
Bicephaly Pictures, in association with Lunacy Productions and Relic Pictures, has announced the start of production on The Short History of the Long Road, the sophomore feature from Simon-Kennedy (Days of Gray). The road trip drama stars international recording artist and actress Carpenter as Nola, a young van-dweller forced to take the wheel for the first time when tragedy strikes. Rounding out the cast are Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead), Maggie Siff (Billions), Danny Trejo (Machete), Jashaun St. John (Songs My Brothers Taught Me) and...
- 4/7/2018
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filmmaker Ani Simon-Kennedy is going on the road and bringing Sabrina Carpenter along for the ride.
Bicephaly Pictures, in association with Lunacy Productions and Relic Pictures, has announced the start of production on <em>The Short History of the Long Road</em>, the sophomore feature from Simon-Kennedy (<em>Days of Gray</em>). The road trip drama stars international recording artist and actress Carpenter as Nola, a young van-dweller forced to take the wheel for the first time when tragedy strikes. Rounding out the cast are Steven Ogg (<em>The Walking Dead</em>), Maggie Siff (<em>Billions</em>), Danny Trejo (<em>Machete</em>), Jashaun St. John (<em>Songs My Brothers Taught ...</em>...
Bicephaly Pictures, in association with Lunacy Productions and Relic Pictures, has announced the start of production on <em>The Short History of the Long Road</em>, the sophomore feature from Simon-Kennedy (<em>Days of Gray</em>). The road trip drama stars international recording artist and actress Carpenter as Nola, a young van-dweller forced to take the wheel for the first time when tragedy strikes. Rounding out the cast are Steven Ogg (<em>The Walking Dead</em>), Maggie Siff (<em>Billions</em>), Danny Trejo (<em>Machete</em>), Jashaun St. John (<em>Songs My Brothers Taught ...</em>...
Every week, IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit rounds up the latest opportunities that can help those looking to advance projects or get a career started in the film industry. The following grants, labs, fellowships, contests, and other nonprofit opportunities could be a great way to help kickstart your movie and TV dreams.
Read More: Attention, Screenwriters: New Opportunities for Horror, TV and Women Over 40 — Indie Film Resources
Flies Collective Film Grant
Flies Collective, a New York-based production company founded by filmmakers Daniel Patrick Carbone, Zachary Shedd, and Matthew Petock, announced the launch of the inaugural Flies Collective Film Grant. Open to both established filmmakers and emerging talent in the independent space, the 2017 Flies Collective Film Grant will provide funding that allows promising, original projects to start production.
In an interview with IndieWire, Carbone explained that after the members of the collective had a good run of making money in commercial work...
Read More: Attention, Screenwriters: New Opportunities for Horror, TV and Women Over 40 — Indie Film Resources
Flies Collective Film Grant
Flies Collective, a New York-based production company founded by filmmakers Daniel Patrick Carbone, Zachary Shedd, and Matthew Petock, announced the launch of the inaugural Flies Collective Film Grant. Open to both established filmmakers and emerging talent in the independent space, the 2017 Flies Collective Film Grant will provide funding that allows promising, original projects to start production.
In an interview with IndieWire, Carbone explained that after the members of the collective had a good run of making money in commercial work...
- 4/14/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Five fiction, five documentary projects from underrepresented voices to receive support.
Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) has announced the 10 projects selected for the 14th annual Tribeca All Access (Taa) programme.
Tfi’s Artist Programmes team selected the projects from scripted and documentary works-in-progress that represent communities largely underserved in the entertainment industry.
Five grants will be awarded to the following scripted projects:
Monsters And Men: written and directed by Reinaldo Green;
Selah And The Spades: written and directed by Tayarisha Poe;
The Green Guerrillas: written and directed by Dean Marcial;
The Short History Of The Long Road: written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy; and
White: Co-written and directed by A. Sayeeda Moreno. Co-written by Michah Schaffer.
Five grants will be awarded to the following documentary projects:
Bloodthicker: directed by Zachary Manuel;
Border South: directed by Raul Paz Pastrana;
How To Have An American Baby: directed by Leslie Tai;
Jaddoland: directed by Nadia Shihab; and
The Youth:...
Tribeca Film Institute (Tfi) has announced the 10 projects selected for the 14th annual Tribeca All Access (Taa) programme.
Tfi’s Artist Programmes team selected the projects from scripted and documentary works-in-progress that represent communities largely underserved in the entertainment industry.
Five grants will be awarded to the following scripted projects:
Monsters And Men: written and directed by Reinaldo Green;
Selah And The Spades: written and directed by Tayarisha Poe;
The Green Guerrillas: written and directed by Dean Marcial;
The Short History Of The Long Road: written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy; and
White: Co-written and directed by A. Sayeeda Moreno. Co-written by Michah Schaffer.
Five grants will be awarded to the following documentary projects:
Bloodthicker: directed by Zachary Manuel;
Border South: directed by Raul Paz Pastrana;
How To Have An American Baby: directed by Leslie Tai;
Jaddoland: directed by Nadia Shihab; and
The Youth:...
- 2/21/2017
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the glitzy film awards world with our weekly Awards Roundup column.
-Natalie Portman will receive the Hollywood Actress Award for her role as Jacqueline Kennedy in “Jackie” at the annual Hollywood Film Awards. Comedian James Corden will host the event, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and takes place in Beverly Hills on November 6. Also being honored at the awards are actress Janelle Monáe, who will receive the Hollywood Spotlight Award for her breakout role in “Hidden Figures,” and the cast of the film “Gold,” including Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, Golden Globe Award-nominated actress Bryce Dallas Howard, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor Edgar Ramirez and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Stacy Keach, all of whom will receive the Hollywood Ensemble Award.
-The African American Film Critics Association will honor Oscar-Nominated producer-director Lee Daniels with the Aafca Cinema Vanguard award at its Special Achievement Awards ceremony...
-Natalie Portman will receive the Hollywood Actress Award for her role as Jacqueline Kennedy in “Jackie” at the annual Hollywood Film Awards. Comedian James Corden will host the event, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and takes place in Beverly Hills on November 6. Also being honored at the awards are actress Janelle Monáe, who will receive the Hollywood Spotlight Award for her breakout role in “Hidden Figures,” and the cast of the film “Gold,” including Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, Golden Globe Award-nominated actress Bryce Dallas Howard, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor Edgar Ramirez and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Stacy Keach, all of whom will receive the Hollywood Ensemble Award.
-The African American Film Critics Association will honor Oscar-Nominated producer-director Lee Daniels with the Aafca Cinema Vanguard award at its Special Achievement Awards ceremony...
- 10/28/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
No one said the name “Donald Trump” at the annual Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program kickoff luncheon, held this afternoon at New York City’s Locanda Verde restaurant. But they didn’t need to. As Jane Rosenthal, the Executive Chair of Tribeca Enterprises (and co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival) greeted the crowd with an enthusiastic cry for her fellow “nasty ladies!” to welcome each other, it was clear that the group, composed of leading female actresses, directors, writers, producers, casting directors and costume designers, was already on the same page.
Now in its second year, the Through Her Lens program is a three-day workshop that “aims to balance industry support, artistic development and funding for new and emerging U.S.-based female writers and directors of short-form narrative films.” This year’s group consists of five filmmakers, who will each pitch their project to...
Now in its second year, the Through Her Lens program is a three-day workshop that “aims to balance industry support, artistic development and funding for new and emerging U.S.-based female writers and directors of short-form narrative films.” This year’s group consists of five filmmakers, who will each pitch their project to...
- 10/25/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Tribeca Enterprises and Chanel have announced the second annual Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program to support new and emerging Us-based female writers and directors of short-form narrative films.
Five filmmakers will receive project support and one will be awarded full financing to produce her short film, along with support of Tribeca Studios and Pulse Films to make the project.
The four other projects will each receive grant funds to continue the development of their films.
The participants are: Ani Simon-Kennedy with Camp Moonlight; Joey Ally with Displacement Therapy; A.V. Rockwell with Feathers; Catherine Eaton with On The Outs; and Sonejuhi Sinha with The Quarry.
The initiative runs in New York from October 25-27.
The Visual Effects Society said on Thursday that five-time Oscar winner Ken Ralston will receive the Ves Lifetime Achievement Award “in recognition of his enormous contributions to filmed entertainment.” The award will be presented at the 15th Annual Ves Awards...
Five filmmakers will receive project support and one will be awarded full financing to produce her short film, along with support of Tribeca Studios and Pulse Films to make the project.
The four other projects will each receive grant funds to continue the development of their films.
The participants are: Ani Simon-Kennedy with Camp Moonlight; Joey Ally with Displacement Therapy; A.V. Rockwell with Feathers; Catherine Eaton with On The Outs; and Sonejuhi Sinha with The Quarry.
The initiative runs in New York from October 25-27.
The Visual Effects Society said on Thursday that five-time Oscar winner Ken Ralston will receive the Ves Lifetime Achievement Award “in recognition of his enormous contributions to filmed entertainment.” The award will be presented at the 15th Annual Ves Awards...
- 10/20/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Tribeca Enterprises and Chanel have announced today the second annual Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program, which brings together industry support, artistic development and funding to assist and help new and emerging U.S.-based female writers and directors of short-form narrative films.
The program has selected five emerging female filmmakers to receive project support, and take part in master classes, one-on-one mentorship and peer-to-peer sessions during a three-day session at the end of this month. At the end of the program, each of the filmmakers will pitch her project to a jury of industry experts, and one filmmaker will be awarded full financing to produce her short film. The four other projects will each be awarded grant funds to continue the development of their films.
Read More: Filmmaker Anna Martemucci Wins First-Ever Female-Focused ‘Through Her Lens’ Grant
“We share with Chanel the goal to bring...
The program has selected five emerging female filmmakers to receive project support, and take part in master classes, one-on-one mentorship and peer-to-peer sessions during a three-day session at the end of this month. At the end of the program, each of the filmmakers will pitch her project to a jury of industry experts, and one filmmaker will be awarded full financing to produce her short film. The four other projects will each be awarded grant funds to continue the development of their films.
Read More: Filmmaker Anna Martemucci Wins First-Ever Female-Focused ‘Through Her Lens’ Grant
“We share with Chanel the goal to bring...
- 10/20/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
On the day of the annual Golden Globe nominations, Glamour has released a web series that puts a new spin on award-winning films. The Conde Nast-owned publication is behind Role Reversal, which imagines female actors in roles made famous by men.
The three movies featured in Role Reversal’s initial slate of episodes are all modern classics: Fight Club, Silence of the Lambs, and There Will Be Blood. Instead of highlighting the performances of Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Daniel Day-Lewis, Glamour’s series turns to a trio of actresses, who put their own signatures on the films’ famous monologues. Abigail Breslin delivers Tyler Durden’s generational manifesto, Julia Garner tells her audience “I drink your milkshake,” and, in the cleverest casting of the three episodes, Golden Globe nominee Uzo Aduba performs her own version of Hannibal Lecter:
For Role Reversal, Glamour worked with Cailin Yatsko and Ani Simon-Kennedy of Bicephaly Pictures,...
The three movies featured in Role Reversal’s initial slate of episodes are all modern classics: Fight Club, Silence of the Lambs, and There Will Be Blood. Instead of highlighting the performances of Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Daniel Day-Lewis, Glamour’s series turns to a trio of actresses, who put their own signatures on the films’ famous monologues. Abigail Breslin delivers Tyler Durden’s generational manifesto, Julia Garner tells her audience “I drink your milkshake,” and, in the cleverest casting of the three episodes, Golden Globe nominee Uzo Aduba performs her own version of Hannibal Lecter:
For Role Reversal, Glamour worked with Cailin Yatsko and Ani Simon-Kennedy of Bicephaly Pictures,...
- 12/10/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Tom Huang will be awarded the Loyola Marymount University School Of Film And Television Screenwriting Fellowship, granting him $10,000 to develop his script for the Screenwriting Lab.
The Lmu Film and Television alumnus, among seven writers and six projects selected, is one of the chosen participants for Film Independent’s 17th annual Screenwriting Lab.
This is the fourth year Film Independent will present the Lmu School of Film and Television Screenwriting Fellowship.
The workshop is a four-week programme designed to help writers by providing individualised story sessions and connecting them with industry professionals. This year’s creative advisors include Maya Forbes from Infinitely Polar Bear, Ligiah Villalobos for Under The Same Moon and David N Weiss from Shrek 2.
2015 Screenwriting Lab participants and their projects are: Thomas Huang for Dealing With Dad; Linda Yvette Chavez for Fieras, Puja Maewal for Jaya; Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs for The Midwestern; Q. Terah Jackson for Rustin; and Ani Simon-Kennedy for The...
The Lmu Film and Television alumnus, among seven writers and six projects selected, is one of the chosen participants for Film Independent’s 17th annual Screenwriting Lab.
This is the fourth year Film Independent will present the Lmu School of Film and Television Screenwriting Fellowship.
The workshop is a four-week programme designed to help writers by providing individualised story sessions and connecting them with industry professionals. This year’s creative advisors include Maya Forbes from Infinitely Polar Bear, Ligiah Villalobos for Under The Same Moon and David N Weiss from Shrek 2.
2015 Screenwriting Lab participants and their projects are: Thomas Huang for Dealing With Dad; Linda Yvette Chavez for Fieras, Puja Maewal for Jaya; Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs for The Midwestern; Q. Terah Jackson for Rustin; and Ani Simon-Kennedy for The...
- 9/22/2015
- ScreenDaily
Fandor is partnering with Kickstarter to launch production of four new short films: Daniel Stuyck's The Eternal, Lynne Sachs and Lizzie Olesker's Every Fold Matters, Ani Simon Kennedy's Hench and Josh Gibson's Pig/Pork. What's more, with Alex Cox joining our Fix Filmmakers Initiative, we'll be premiering a short from his new film, Tombstone Rashomon, currently raising funds with an Indiegogo campaign. "After the immensely successful launch of FIXshorts in March, it was essential to roll-out another quartet of projects as those films near completion," says our co-founder and Chief Content Officer, Jonathan Marlow. » - David Hudson...
- 9/15/2015
- Keyframe
Fandor is partnering with Kickstarter to launch production of four new short films: Daniel Stuyck's The Eternal, Lynne Sachs and Lizzie Olesker's Every Fold Matters, Ani Simon Kennedy's Hench and Josh Gibson's Pig/Pork. What's more, with Alex Cox joining our Fix Filmmakers Initiative, we'll be premiering a short from his new film, Tombstone Rashomon, currently raising funds with an Indiegogo campaign. "After the immensely successful launch of FIXshorts in March, it was essential to roll-out another quartet of projects as those films near completion," says our co-founder and Chief Content Officer, Jonathan Marlow. » - David Hudson...
- 9/15/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
Jack Of The Red Hearts and In My Father’s House were among the winners on Friday night at Geena Davis and Arc Entertainment’s inaugural Bentonville Film Festival (Bff) in Arkansas.
Janet Grillo’s Jack Of The Red Hearts claimed the jury award, while Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg’s In My Father’s House took the best documentary prize.
Best family feature was awarded to Morgan Matthews’ A Brilliant Young Mind, Meet The Patels from Geeta V Patel and Ravi V Patel took the Highest Diversity prize and Big Stone Gap from Adriana Trigiani won best ensemble award.
Stephanie Linus earned the best protagonist for her role in Dry, while Elizabeth Van Meter’s documentary Thao’s Library won the audience award.
The Dernsie Award for best screenplay sponsored by Bruce Dern and Jason Netter of Kickstart Productions went to Ani Simon-Kennedy for The Short History Of The Long Road.
The Bff Spirit...
Janet Grillo’s Jack Of The Red Hearts claimed the jury award, while Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg’s In My Father’s House took the best documentary prize.
Best family feature was awarded to Morgan Matthews’ A Brilliant Young Mind, Meet The Patels from Geeta V Patel and Ravi V Patel took the Highest Diversity prize and Big Stone Gap from Adriana Trigiani won best ensemble award.
Stephanie Linus earned the best protagonist for her role in Dry, while Elizabeth Van Meter’s documentary Thao’s Library won the audience award.
The Dernsie Award for best screenplay sponsored by Bruce Dern and Jason Netter of Kickstart Productions went to Ani Simon-Kennedy for The Short History Of The Long Road.
The Bff Spirit...
- 5/8/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Film selections include Paris of the North [pictured], Kon-Tiki and Hotel.
The Nordic Film Festival will run its third edition in the UK from Nov 26-Dec 7 in London followed by more touring in December 2014 to the Edinburgh Filmhouse, Glasgow Film Theatre, Tyneside in Newcastle and Broadway in Nottingham.
Film company Day for Night runs the event, which includes features, documentaries and shorts.
Films selected include Iram Haq’s I Am Yours, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson’s Paris Of The North, Lisa Langseth’s Hotel, Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg’s Kon-Tiki, Ani Simon-Kennedy’s Days of Gray, Andreas Johnsen’s Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, and Petri Luukkainen’s My Stuff.
In London, the venues are the Ica, Hackney Picturehouse, Arthouse Crouch End, The Proud Archivist, Cafe Kaizen and Hotel St Ermin.
One new strand is about Architecture, Design & The City.
Cph: Dox will screen a shorts programme from their Cph: Lab.
The Nordic Film Festival will run its third edition in the UK from Nov 26-Dec 7 in London followed by more touring in December 2014 to the Edinburgh Filmhouse, Glasgow Film Theatre, Tyneside in Newcastle and Broadway in Nottingham.
Film company Day for Night runs the event, which includes features, documentaries and shorts.
Films selected include Iram Haq’s I Am Yours, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson’s Paris Of The North, Lisa Langseth’s Hotel, Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg’s Kon-Tiki, Ani Simon-Kennedy’s Days of Gray, Andreas Johnsen’s Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, and Petri Luukkainen’s My Stuff.
In London, the venues are the Ica, Hackney Picturehouse, Arthouse Crouch End, The Proud Archivist, Cafe Kaizen and Hotel St Ermin.
One new strand is about Architecture, Design & The City.
Cph: Dox will screen a shorts programme from their Cph: Lab.
- 11/10/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Thanks to your votes, the fantasy silent film "Days of Gray" won this weekend’s Project of the Week contest! Congratulations to “Days of Gray" director Ani Simon-Kennedy. The filmmaker will receive a digital distribution consultation from SnagFilms and the film is now officially a candidate for Project of the Month. That winner will be awarded with a consultation from the Sundance Institute. Here's what the project's about: "Days of Gray" is a timeless tale set to an original score by Icelandic band Hjaltalín. A boy journeys away from his family's strange yet tradition-bound home to the far side of a forbidden boundary. There, a girl leads him through an even stranger place of distortions and mutations. It is a world naturalistic yet awry, inviting yet fearsome, epic in darkness and in hope. Together, the boy and girl discover a world that is theirs and, in the process, who they might be.
- 6/4/2012
- by Devin Lee Fuller
- Indiewire
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