Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 25, 2009 under Academy award, Short Films | Comments are off for this article
“The Cat Piano,” Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 2, 2009 under Short Films | Comments are off for this article
“The Perfect Time” by independent filmmaker Jason Musante Klein is the winner of the 2009 Stella Artois Short Film Project. Selected by a celebrity-filled panel of judges that included actors Kevin Spacey whose Triggerstreet.com partnered with Stella Artois for the competition, Laurence Fishburne, Sacha Baron Cohen, actress Judi Dench and songwriter James Blunt, “The Perfect Time” is a darkly beautiful story of a man determined to complete the construction of a machine that will allow him to live in his favorite memory … forever.
Announced in January at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, the Stella Artois Short Film Project invited filmmakers to submit entries to TriggerStreet.com. Films could be no longer than 10 minutes and were challenged to exemplify the theme of Sacrifice and/or Perfection. Ten finalists were selected by TriggerStreet.com and the panel of judges determined the winning film.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 18, 2009 under Film Festival, Short Films | Comments are off for this article
Aaron Putnam (l) at Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia with Erin Boyes, the actress and producer of Nomansland, and her brother Brendan
Filmmaker Aaron Putnam of Asheville, North Carolina had his short film Strigoii, screened as an official entry at the Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia, held on the Costa Brava south of Barcelona. Sitges is considered the most important festival for fantasy, science fiction and horror films.
Putnam’s film, “Strigoii,” is about a town attacked nightly by a fierce creature and three people who must decide whether to let a friend who is trapped outside into their house.
Filmmaker Nargef Kalhor, 25, the daughter of one of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad advisers has requested asylum in Germany, after attending a human rights film festival in Nuremberg.
Nargef Kalhor attended the Nuremberg festival with her short film ‘The Rake.’ The Iranian adaptation of a story by Franz Kafka was critical of Iran’s current regime.
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant,” Community Media Productions
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences yesterday announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 82nd Academy Awards® has been narrowed to eight films, of which three to five will earn Oscar® nominations.
Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 37 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.
The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on September 26, 2009 under Film Festival, Short Films | Comments are off for this article
The short film “Ana’s Playground” had its Canadian international premiere on Friday night at the Calgary International Film Festival. The film, from Minnesota, was shown as part of the festival’s “Anything But Ordinary” collection of internationallyproduced short films.
Sundance Channel today unveiled plans for its multi-platform third season premiere of the network’s critically acclaimed and Webby Award-winning short film series, “Green Porno,” from iconic actress Isabella Rossellini. The series, which focuses on the reproductive habits of sea animals, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, September 11. The series will then make its online debut at www.sundancechannel.com on Monday, September 14 followed by the on-air premiere on Monday, September 21 at 8 pm, ET/PT. In addition, HarperStudio will release GREEN PORNO: A Book and Short Films by Isabella Rossellini in bookstores nationwide on Tuesday, September 22.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 20, 2009 under Film Festival, Short Films | Comments are off for this article
9-year-old New Jersey filmmaker Emma Kenney’s short film “The New Girl in Town” was selected to screen in the New Jersey International Film Festival reports The Star Ledger.
The four-minute film, which stars Emma’s three friends, is about a new girl invited to a friend’s house for a sleep-over. The others at the party find out the girl is, in fact, a vampire and she can only be fought off by garlic potato chips.
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 16, 2009 under Short Films, romantic comedy | Comments are off for this article
The anthology of short films project “New York, I Love You” will be released on October 16th 2009 by Vivendi Entertainment. The film in the same rein as “Paris, je t’aime” and by the same producers, will now focus on stories of love in New York’s five boroughs.
The film includes short films directed by Jian Wen, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner, Allen Hughes, Shekhar Khapur, Natalie Portman, Fatih Akin, Joshua Marston and Randy Balsmyer.
The film’s ensemble cast includes: Bradley Cooper, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Natalie Portman, Irrfan Khan, Emilie Ohana, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Blake Lively, Drea de Matteo, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, Burt Young, Chris Cooper, Eli Wallach and Cloris Leachman.
Scarlett Johansson’s directorial effort starring Kevin Bacon, and Andrei Zvyagintsev’s segment starring Carla Gugino didn’t make the theatrical final cut, but will be included on the DVD.
Future versions will be set in Shanghai, Rio de Jainero, Berlin and Jerusalem.
The Nevada City Film Festival announced the “My Nevada City” Video Contest presented by Citizens Bank of Northern California. They are looking for submissions no shorter than 30 seconds and no longer than 2 minutes that uses the town of Nevada City, California as it’s organizing theme.
The winning video will receive a $250 savings account, be screened during the 9th Annual Nevada City Film Festival August 20-23, 2009 and could possibly be used by the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce and Nevada City Downtown Association to promote the great city of Nevada.
Submission Deadline for the “My Nevada City” Video Contest is July 17th at 6pm. Submit on a DVD disc directly to any Citizens Bank branch location – www.citizensbanknc.com/branches.php for locations.
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Stella Artois Short Film Project. Selected by a celebrity-filled panel of judges that included actors Kevin Spacey whose Triggerstreet.com partnered with Stella Artois for the competition, Laurence Fishburne, Sacha Baron Cohen, actress Judi Dench and songwriter James Blunt, “The Perfect Time” is a darkly beautiful story of a man determined to complete the construction of a machine that will allow him to live in his favorite memory … forever.
