Shortly after the Sundance Institute named their January Screenwriter’s Lab roster, it’s another West coast entity that is offering some support to the next gen of producers. The San Francisco Film Society folks have bestowed the Producer Fellowships to Reena Dutt, Kyle Martin (who is know best from producing Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture and Lance Edmands’ Bluebird) and Kimberly Parker (who most recently produced Katie Says Goodbye – a title we had pegged for Sundance). Here is the press release.
This round of Sffs Producer Fellowships runs from January to June 2016, kicking off with a 5-day networking trip to the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to this excursion, over the course of the Fellowship each winner will receive:
A $25,000–$40,000 cash grant to be used for living expenses. Individual amounts depend on place of residence and estimated travel costs to participate in Bay Area fellowship components.
Placement in our...
This round of Sffs Producer Fellowships runs from January to June 2016, kicking off with a 5-day networking trip to the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to this excursion, over the course of the Fellowship each winner will receive:
A $25,000–$40,000 cash grant to be used for living expenses. Individual amounts depend on place of residence and estimated travel costs to participate in Bay Area fellowship components.
Placement in our...
- 1/15/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
On the eve of the world premiere screening to Antonio Campos’ Christine and the soon to be launched theatrically Creative Control, producers Melody C. Roscher and Craig Shilowich have launched a new prod company in Wonder Club and have announced that Roscher will direct her feature debut. Deadline reports that their next venture will be Our Band Is Forever. We imagine there’ll be casting announcements sometime in ’16.
Gist: This revolves around a sequestered American family folk band attempting to tour in Bavaria.
Worth Noting: Melody C. Roscher’s first major cred is as producer on Henry Joost, Jody Lee Lipes’ 2010 film NY Export: Opus Jazz.
Do We Care?: Nashville meets National Lampoon meets Funny Games. We’re not sure what to expect in this debut — but this producer pairing have exquisite taste in film.
Gist: This revolves around a sequestered American family folk band attempting to tour in Bavaria.
Worth Noting: Melody C. Roscher’s first major cred is as producer on Henry Joost, Jody Lee Lipes’ 2010 film NY Export: Opus Jazz.
Do We Care?: Nashville meets National Lampoon meets Funny Games. We’re not sure what to expect in this debut — but this producer pairing have exquisite taste in film.
- 1/14/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Emmy award winning producers, Marc Smerling and Zac Pointer are set to headline the Australian International documentary conference in February.
Smerling, cinematographer and producer, and Pontier, editor, co-writer and co-producer, of the HBO documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst will be keynote speakers at Aidc 2016 from February 28 to March 2.
Smerling.s production credits include All Good Things, Catfish, a 2011 documentary feature about the perils of social networking, and Capturing the Friedmans, (2003) winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and nominee for an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
The Aidc has also opened earlybird registration for the event..
Pontier co produced Catfish, and edited Sundance award winner Martha Marcy May Marlene and SXSW award winner NY Export: Opus Jazz, He was awarded the 2015 Primetime Emmy for Editing and Outstanding Documentary Series for The Jinx.
Both Smerling and Pontier will be participating...
Smerling, cinematographer and producer, and Pontier, editor, co-writer and co-producer, of the HBO documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst will be keynote speakers at Aidc 2016 from February 28 to March 2.
Smerling.s production credits include All Good Things, Catfish, a 2011 documentary feature about the perils of social networking, and Capturing the Friedmans, (2003) winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and nominee for an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
The Aidc has also opened earlybird registration for the event..
Pontier co produced Catfish, and edited Sundance award winner Martha Marcy May Marlene and SXSW award winner NY Export: Opus Jazz, He was awarded the 2015 Primetime Emmy for Editing and Outstanding Documentary Series for The Jinx.
Both Smerling and Pontier will be participating...
- 12/3/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
There is a unique creative purity that filmmaker Jody Lee Lipes is able to capture in his enthralling documentary Ballet 422. The cinematographer/director is no stranger to filming bodies in motion, having lensed the magnificent dance film NY Export: Opus Jazz which showcased talented dancers performing through New York City. In his latest effort, the Martha Marcy May Marlene cinematographer […]...
- 2/5/2015
- by Raffi Asdourian
- The Film Stage
About 3 months ago we made the decision to self-distribute Bluebird in North America. From the beginning, our goal was to make an intimate, quietly affecting ensemble drama. For writer/director Lance Edmands, there was a specific kind of feeling he was trying to express with the film. There was a unique sense of loneliness, solitude, and isolation that was linked directly to a region of Northern Maine and the culture that permeates the area. Lance grew up in Maine, and he felt that these melancholy emotions stood in stark contrast with the great rugged beauty of the state. We wanted to explore that conflicted feeling in way that would resonate personally with a viewer. It was important to us to maintain the subtle, quiet tone of the film both in the way we made it and the way we brought the film to an audience. With that in mind, we...
- 7/16/2014
- by Kyle Martin
- Hope for Film
Making his name with Afterschool and Tiny Furniture, Jody Lee Lipes has quickly solidified his standing as one of the most impressive American cinematographers currently working. Alongside a diverse slate of Dp work (he both shot and directed episodes of Girls and is currently working on Judd Apatow’s next feature Trainwreck), Lipes has also been establishing himself as a documentarian. 2009′s Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same followed the title artist in the middle of a creative and personal breakdown/breakthrough; for 2010′s co-directed NY Export: Opus Jazz, Lipes staged a 1958 Jerome Robbins ballet on New York’s […]...
- 4/22/2014
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Making his name with Afterschool and Tiny Furniture, Jody Lee Lipes has quickly solidified his standing as one of the most impressive American cinematographers currently working. Alongside a diverse slate of Dp work (he both shot and directed episodes of Girls and is currently working on Judd Apatow’s next feature Trainwreck), Lipes has also been establishing himself as a documentarian. 2009′s Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same followed the title artist in the middle of a creative and personal breakdown/breakthrough; for 2010′s co-directed NY Export: Opus Jazz, Lipes staged a 1958 Jerome Robbins ballet on New York’s […]...
- 4/22/2014
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Choreographer Justin Peck is something of a big deal in the world of ballet. In a recent column, New York Times dance critic Brian Seibert addressed the growing “Messiah” chatter around Peck’s work, as critics starved for a Great (with a capital ‘g’) 21st century artist have assigned their dreams to the young man. That he’s is only 25 years old seems to only fuel the excitement. His pieces for the New York City Ballet have gotten rave reviews, and the old institution has continued to commission them. The fact that he is also a low-ranking dancer in the company’s corps de ballet makes the story even more interesting. All of this makes him an excellent subject for a documentary, at least on paper. Ballet 422 follows the production of one of these Nycb commissions from start to finish, all the way up to its Lincoln Center premiere in January 2013. This is the third feature...
- 4/20/2014
- by Nonfics.com
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
By the looks of it, the Tribeca Film Festival might finally be growing out of their awkward teenage phase and moving into a new era where the nab more than just Sundance and SXSW festival rejects. Artistic Director Frederic Boyer has managed to nab some noteworthy American indie projects such as Lou Howe’s Gabriel (see pic above), Keith Miller’s Five Star, Adam Rapp’s Loitering with Intent, and Tristan Patterson’s Electric Slide.
On the docu front, we’ve got the latest from the likes of notable documentarians Marshall Curry and Jessica Yu. Think Ewan McGregor’s Long Way Round meets child solider movie for Curry’s awesomely titled Point and Shoot — where the Libyan rebel army take hold of Curry’s subject. Yu moves from water shortage in Last Call at the Oasis (read our review) to the biggest pandemic of all; Misconception looks at the consequences...
On the docu front, we’ve got the latest from the likes of notable documentarians Marshall Curry and Jessica Yu. Think Ewan McGregor’s Long Way Round meets child solider movie for Curry’s awesomely titled Point and Shoot — where the Libyan rebel army take hold of Curry’s subject. Yu moves from water shortage in Last Call at the Oasis (read our review) to the biggest pandemic of all; Misconception looks at the consequences...
- 3/4/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Here’s a brand new photo featuring Kathryn Newton in the upcoming film “Paranormal Activity 4″ by directors Henry Joost (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3, NY Export: Opus Jazz) and Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3, Metropolis II) stars Dianna Agron (Glee, I Am Number Four, Burlesque), and Katie Featherston (Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, Psychic Experiment). Synopsis: The Paranormal Activity film series continues with this fourth entry from Paramount Pictures and returning directors of the previous outing, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman Follow @Shockya on Twitter for the latest from “Paranormal Activity 4″. Source: Dailyblam.com...
- 8/31/2012
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
check the first trailer for “Paranormal Activity 4″ by directors Henry Joost (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3, NY Export: Opus Jazz) and Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3, Metropolis II) stars Dianna Agron (Glee, I Am Number Four, Burlesque), and Katie Featherston (Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, Psychic Experiment). Synopsis: The Paranormal Activity film series continues with this fourth entry from Paramount Pictures and returning directors of the previous outing, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman...
- 8/2/2012
- by Brent Butler
- ShockYa
As a way of celebrating this year's nominees for the Spirit Awards in the weeks leading up to the ceremony, we reached out to as many as we could in an effort to better understand what went into their films, what they've gotten out of the experience, and where they've found their inspiration, both in regards to their work and other works of art that might've inspired them from the past year. Their answers will be published on a daily basis throughout February.
It would be one thing to say that Jody Lee Lipes had a beautiful year, but it would be equally accurate to say he made the year beautiful for the rest of us. Following the accomplishments of lensing Antonio Campos' "Afterschool" in 2008 and directing the doc "Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same" in 2009, 2010 began with a bang when Lipes landed at SXSW with...
It would be one thing to say that Jody Lee Lipes had a beautiful year, but it would be equally accurate to say he made the year beautiful for the rest of us. Following the accomplishments of lensing Antonio Campos' "Afterschool" in 2008 and directing the doc "Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same" in 2009, 2010 began with a bang when Lipes landed at SXSW with...
- 2/7/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Alison Willmore:
If 2010 has been the year of the fuzzy line between fact and fiction, it's also been the year in which the truth became subjective and, often, incidental. These past 12 months saw the arrival of the avowed documentary many suspect is staged "Catfish," and the admitted staged film that pretended to be a documentary "I'm Still Here," but as the dust has cleared, what remains is the question of their bona fides as stand alone films. Does Banksy's puckish "Exit Through the Gift Shop" lose some of the bite of its bitterly funny art world commentary if it turns out to be more engineered than it claims? Is it important that "The Social Network" elides and ignores details about Mark Zuckerberg and the website he founded? Would "Alamar" be less of a movie if it were populated by unrelated actors instead of a father and son?
Your answers may differ,...
If 2010 has been the year of the fuzzy line between fact and fiction, it's also been the year in which the truth became subjective and, often, incidental. These past 12 months saw the arrival of the avowed documentary many suspect is staged "Catfish," and the admitted staged film that pretended to be a documentary "I'm Still Here," but as the dust has cleared, what remains is the question of their bona fides as stand alone films. Does Banksy's puckish "Exit Through the Gift Shop" lose some of the bite of its bitterly funny art world commentary if it turns out to be more engineered than it claims? Is it important that "The Social Network" elides and ignores details about Mark Zuckerberg and the website he founded? Would "Alamar" be less of a movie if it were populated by unrelated actors instead of a father and son?
Your answers may differ,...
- 12/16/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
Winner of this year's SXSW Jury Award, at a glance, Tiny Furniture could fit neatly into the typical post-college subgenre that has been a staple in American indies for the last two decades, except it doesn't. Thanks to director/actor Lena Dunham.
Aura(Lena Dunham), a recent graduate from some liberal art college in Midwest with her useless film theory degree and a dying hamster comes back home, to the Manhattan loft, inhabited by her successful photo artist mother Siri (Laurie Simmons, Dunham's real mom) and her high school prodigy, prettier sister Nadine (Grace Dunham, her real sister). Only thing she has to show for her college education is a youtube clip of herself in an unflattering performance art (she already has 375 hits on it!). She is completely stumped at life after college with no job prospects, no ambition and no boyfriend. Only thing that is left for Aura to...
Aura(Lena Dunham), a recent graduate from some liberal art college in Midwest with her useless film theory degree and a dying hamster comes back home, to the Manhattan loft, inhabited by her successful photo artist mother Siri (Laurie Simmons, Dunham's real mom) and her high school prodigy, prettier sister Nadine (Grace Dunham, her real sister). Only thing she has to show for her college education is a youtube clip of herself in an unflattering performance art (she already has 375 hits on it!). She is completely stumped at life after college with no job prospects, no ambition and no boyfriend. Only thing that is left for Aura to...
- 11/10/2010
- Screen Anarchy
What do filmmakers Sean Durkin, Lance Edmands and Alistair Banks Griffin all have in common? Besides being future talents worth keeping tabs on and being featured on our American New Wave 25 list, they all use the same “ace” in their deck. Of all the people included on this list, Jody Lee Lipes needs no introduction. If your an art-house theatre patron, you've seen this award-winning cinematographer's work in 2008 for Antonio Campos' Afterschool and Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell. If you read Filmmaker Magazine, you've seen him be profiled in the 25 New Faces of 2009 issue. If you're into docs – then he goes by the title of “director” as he gave us last year's Hot Doc presented Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same and the year before, he scripted and co-directed SXSW winning NY Export: Opus Jazz. If you're a film journalist covering the film fest circuit this year,...
- 7/15/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Rating: 9/10
Directors: Henry Joost, Jody Lee Lipes
Choreography: Jerome Robbins
Writer: Jody Lee Lipes
Cast: Dancers of the New York City Ballet Company
I can’t be the only one who’s had this feeling before: you’re walking down the street, a spring in your step and you’re tempted to just dance your way around town. Okay, well maybe it is just me, but I’ve always flirted with the idea of dancing across campus on my way to class, when the air was fresh and I was in a great mood. NY Export: Opus Jazz, a film based off the ballet of the same name, does exactly that. It dances in the street and gives a beautiful tribute to the work of the late Jerome Robbins.
Read more on SXSW 2010 Review: NY Export: Opus Jazz…...
Directors: Henry Joost, Jody Lee Lipes
Choreography: Jerome Robbins
Writer: Jody Lee Lipes
Cast: Dancers of the New York City Ballet Company
I can’t be the only one who’s had this feeling before: you’re walking down the street, a spring in your step and you’re tempted to just dance your way around town. Okay, well maybe it is just me, but I’ve always flirted with the idea of dancing across campus on my way to class, when the air was fresh and I was in a great mood. NY Export: Opus Jazz, a film based off the ballet of the same name, does exactly that. It dances in the street and gives a beautiful tribute to the work of the late Jerome Robbins.
Read more on SXSW 2010 Review: NY Export: Opus Jazz…...
- 3/24/2010
- by Lauren Lester
- GordonandtheWhale
Even though the 2010 SXSW Film/Interactive/Music Festival is all but finished, that doesn’t mean there are not still a few awards left to give out. Today the fest announced additional audience awards for films that screened during the film portion of the event.
These films include films from the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters categories. For the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, 134 feature-length films, including 64 world premieres, were selected from a record 1,572 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,206 U.S. and 366 international feature-length films. 130 shorts were selected from 2,312 short film submissions.
Here’s a list of the additional 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Feature Film Audience Awards
Spotlight Premieres
Winner: Richard Garriott – Man on a Mission
Director: Mike Woolf
Emerging Visions
Winner: NY Export: Opus Jazz
Director: Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: When You’re Strange – a film...
These films include films from the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters categories. For the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, 134 feature-length films, including 64 world premieres, were selected from a record 1,572 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,206 U.S. and 366 international feature-length films. 130 shorts were selected from 2,312 short film submissions.
Here’s a list of the additional 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Feature Film Audience Awards
Spotlight Premieres
Winner: Richard Garriott – Man on a Mission
Director: Mike Woolf
Emerging Visions
Winner: NY Export: Opus Jazz
Director: Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: When You’re Strange – a film...
- 3/23/2010
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
As promised, SXSW revealed the last of audience award winners this morning. Here’s the list:
SXSW Film Announces Additional
2010 Audience Award Winners
Austin, Texas – March 22, 2010 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced additional Audience Award-winners today from the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters categories.
For the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, 134 feature-length films, including 64 world premieres, were selected from a record 1,572 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,206 U.S. and 366 international feature-length films. 130 shorts were selected from 2,312 short film submissions. The 2010 SXSW Film Festival Awards were hosted by Ovation TV.
Additional 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Feature Film Audience Awards
Spotlight Premieres
Winner: Richard Garriott – Man on a Mission
Director: Mike Woolf
Emerging Visions
Winner: NY Export: Opus Jazz
Director: Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: When You’re Strange – a film about the Doors
Director:...
SXSW Film Announces Additional
2010 Audience Award Winners
Austin, Texas – March 22, 2010 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced additional Audience Award-winners today from the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters categories.
For the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, 134 feature-length films, including 64 world premieres, were selected from a record 1,572 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,206 U.S. and 366 international feature-length films. 130 shorts were selected from 2,312 short film submissions. The 2010 SXSW Film Festival Awards were hosted by Ovation TV.
Additional 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Feature Film Audience Awards
Spotlight Premieres
Winner: Richard Garriott – Man on a Mission
Director: Mike Woolf
Emerging Visions
Winner: NY Export: Opus Jazz
Director: Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: When You’re Strange – a film about the Doors
Director:...
- 3/22/2010
- by Heather Campbell
- IMDb Blog - All the Latest
SXSW Film Announces Additional
2010 Audience Award Winners
Austin, Texas – March 22, 2010 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced additional Audience Award-winners today from the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters categories.
Complete Coverage of SXSW 2010
For the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, 134 feature-length films, including 64 world premieres, were selected from a record 1,572 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,206 U.S. and 366 international feature-length films. 130 shorts were selected from 2,312 short film submissions. The 2010 SXSW Film Festival Awards were hosted by Ovation TV.
Additional 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Feature Film Audience Awards
Spotlight Premieres
Winner: Richard Garriott – Man on a Mission
Director: Mike Woolf
Emerging Visions
Winner: NY Export: Opus Jazz
Director: Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: When You’re Strange – a film about the Doors
Director: Tom Dicillo
Lone Star States
Winner: Thunder Soul
Director: Mark Landsman
Midnighters
Winner: Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
Director: Eli Craig
About South by Southwest Film Conference & Festival
The SXSW Film Conference and Festival is a uniquely creative environment featuring the dynamic convergence of talent, smart audiences and industry heavyweights. A hotbed of discovery and interactivity, the event offers lucrative networking opportunities and immersion into the art and business of the rapidly evolving world of independent film.
Over the first five days, the Film Conference buzzes as world-class speakers, creative minds, and notable mentors tackle the latest filmmaking trends amidst the unmatched social atmosphere of the SXSW experience. Simultaneously, the internationally acclaimed, nine-day Festival celebrates raw innovation and emerging talent, with a truly diverse program ranging from provocative documentaries to subversive Hollywood comedies. For more information, visit www.sxsw.com/film.
Related posts:sxsw 2010 Film Festival Winners Final Thoughts on SXSW 2010 SXSW 2010 – Day Two...
2010 Audience Award Winners
Austin, Texas – March 22, 2010 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced additional Audience Award-winners today from the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters categories.
Complete Coverage of SXSW 2010
For the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, 134 feature-length films, including 64 world premieres, were selected from a record 1,572 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,206 U.S. and 366 international feature-length films. 130 shorts were selected from 2,312 short film submissions. The 2010 SXSW Film Festival Awards were hosted by Ovation TV.
Additional 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Feature Film Audience Awards
Spotlight Premieres
Winner: Richard Garriott – Man on a Mission
Director: Mike Woolf
Emerging Visions
Winner: NY Export: Opus Jazz
Director: Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes
24 Beats Per Second
Winner: When You’re Strange – a film about the Doors
Director: Tom Dicillo
Lone Star States
Winner: Thunder Soul
Director: Mark Landsman
Midnighters
Winner: Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
Director: Eli Craig
About South by Southwest Film Conference & Festival
The SXSW Film Conference and Festival is a uniquely creative environment featuring the dynamic convergence of talent, smart audiences and industry heavyweights. A hotbed of discovery and interactivity, the event offers lucrative networking opportunities and immersion into the art and business of the rapidly evolving world of independent film.
Over the first five days, the Film Conference buzzes as world-class speakers, creative minds, and notable mentors tackle the latest filmmaking trends amidst the unmatched social atmosphere of the SXSW experience. Simultaneously, the internationally acclaimed, nine-day Festival celebrates raw innovation and emerging talent, with a truly diverse program ranging from provocative documentaries to subversive Hollywood comedies. For more information, visit www.sxsw.com/film.
Related posts:sxsw 2010 Film Festival Winners Final Thoughts on SXSW 2010 SXSW 2010 – Day Two...
- 3/22/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The fine folks at SXSW just announced a handful of the remaining Audience Award winning films. You can find all of our coverage of SXSW here. The previous winners were announced last week and you can find the complete list here. Over the next few weeks we’ll be posting more reviews of the films screened in Austin for SXSW, along with some video/audio that I recorded while at the festival. Congratulations to all of the winners! I’ve included trailers to all of the films, along with links to their official homepages where available. Hopefully these films will all get distributed in the states, both theatrically and on home video, so you all can experience them.
Additional 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners: Feature Film Audience Awards Spotlight Premieres
Winner: Richard Garriott – Man on a Mission [Official Website]
Director: Mike Woolf
Emerging Visions
Winner: NY Export: Opus Jazz [Official Website]
Director: Henry Joost...
Additional 2010 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners: Feature Film Audience Awards Spotlight Premieres
Winner: Richard Garriott – Man on a Mission [Official Website]
Director: Mike Woolf
Emerging Visions
Winner: NY Export: Opus Jazz [Official Website]
Director: Henry Joost...
- 3/22/2010
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced additional Audience Award-winners today from the Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters categories. Among them were Mike Woolf's "Richard Garriott - Man on a Mission" in the Spotlight program, Henry Joost and Jody Lee Lipes' "NY Export: Opus Jazz" in the Emerging Visions program, and Tom Dicillo's "When You're Strange - a film about ...
- 3/22/2010
- Indiewire
The Loved Ones, NY Export: Opus Jazz, A Different Path, For Once in My Life, Erasing David, Crying with Laughter, The Phantom of Liberty II, Beijing Taxi As I mentioned yesterday, we are kicking off our SXSW coverage with previews to the films that were selected into the 2010 Film Festival. Today we have eight reviews from the fingers of our Senior Contributing Writer, Don Simpson. Check out the excerps below and click the links to see the full reviews. Stay tuned for more previews as we inch closer to March 12th opening day to SXSW Film 2010. Loved Ones, The | Review "The Loved Ones, a brilliantly creepy feature-length debut from writer-director Sean Byrne, is sure to please some of the more discerning horror fans out there with its brains, creativity and visual panache. From my estimation The Loved Ones is prone to become a “midnight movies” cult favorite ala Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy,...
- 3/10/2010
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Directors: Henry Joost, Jody Lee Lipes Writer: Jody Lee Lipes The premiere of Jerry Robbins’ NY Export: Opus Jazz took place on June 8, 1958 at the Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto) performed by Ballets: USA. The production enjoyed a successful run on Broadway as well as a world tour. Also in 1958, NY Export: Opus Jazz was broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show. Set to a jazz soundtrack by Robert Prince, Robbin’s production of NY Export: Opus Jazz told the story of the disaffected youth of America. Cut to the present. The production was rarely revisited until The New York City’s revival of it in 2005. Ballet soloists Ellen Bar and Sean Suozzi (while performing in the 2005 revival) conceived of a modern film adaptation of NY Export: Opus Jazz to be shot on location around New York City (High Line, McCarren Pool, Coney Island, Red Hook, and Carroll Gardens) with dancers...
- 3/10/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Editor’s Note: This is one interview in a series profiling directors whose films are screening in the Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition and Emerging Visions sections at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. Set to air in 2010 on PBS' Great Performances, Jody Lee Lipes and Henry Joost's "NY Export: Opus Jazz" recreates and reflects on a would-be-classic dance piece. "NY Export: Opus Jazz is a scripted adaptation of a 1958 "ballet in ...
- 3/3/2010
- indieWIRE - People
Editor’s Note: This is one interview in a series profiling directors whose films are screening in the Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition and Emerging Visions sections at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. Set to air in 2010 on PBS' Great Performances, Jody Lee Lipes and Henry Joost's "NY Export: Opus Jazz" recreates and reflects on a would-be-classic dance piece. "NY Export: Opus Jazz is a scripted adaptation of a 1958 "ballet in ...
- 3/3/2010
- Indiewire
Less than a week worth of recovering from the Sundance Film Festival, and we are already looking forward to our next, big film fest coverage. That would be the South by Southwest Film Festival held annually in Austin, Texas. Last year, Scott and I brought you all kinds of coverage from the Lone Star State, and this year doesn’t look to be much different.
With that, the announcement came last night of the feature films that will be playing at the SXSW Film Festival. Previous announcement were already made about films like Cold Weather, Electra Luxx, Hubble 3D, Lemmy, Saturday Night, and The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights making their debut. Kick-ass was recently announced as the opening night film, as well.
Among the other films being presented this year are some Sundance darlings, a few, highly anticipated premieres, and MacGruber.
Check out the full list...
With that, the announcement came last night of the feature films that will be playing at the SXSW Film Festival. Previous announcement were already made about films like Cold Weather, Electra Luxx, Hubble 3D, Lemmy, Saturday Night, and The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights making their debut. Kick-ass was recently announced as the opening night film, as well.
Among the other films being presented this year are some Sundance darlings, a few, highly anticipated premieres, and MacGruber.
Check out the full list...
- 2/4/2010
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I was so excited at seeing the SXSW line up last night that I completely forgot to post it and started searching the interwebs for cool content to go with it. Oops. Yes, I wish I was there but alas, it wasn’t mean to be (though don’t despair. We’ll be bringing you wicked awesome coverage).
But enough rambling, you want to know what’s all playing. Well, for a start there’s the much anticipated McGruber (trailer), the Duplass’ semi-mainstream comedy Cyrus, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs (trailer, review), Daniel Stamm’s horror flick Cotton and that’s on top of the previously announced titles which include Electra Luxx (Carla Gugino as a pregnant porn star? Bring. It. On.) and Kick-Ass (trailer). That’s already a great line-up but dear me, some of the other titles are pretty awesome too.
There’s Clay Liford scifi drama Earthling (trailer...
But enough rambling, you want to know what’s all playing. Well, for a start there’s the much anticipated McGruber (trailer), the Duplass’ semi-mainstream comedy Cyrus, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs (trailer, review), Daniel Stamm’s horror flick Cotton and that’s on top of the previously announced titles which include Electra Luxx (Carla Gugino as a pregnant porn star? Bring. It. On.) and Kick-Ass (trailer). That’s already a great line-up but dear me, some of the other titles are pretty awesome too.
There’s Clay Liford scifi drama Earthling (trailer...
- 2/4/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Late yesterday the SXSW Fim Festival, which runs from March 12-20 in Austin, TX, announced the full lineup of films that will be screening at this year’s event. And baby, it’s quite a list. Mixing big name films with intimate indie gems, the sheer number of films and the vast array of talented filmmakers is sure to be a hit with attendees and critics alike.
This lineup includes premieres of studio films such as Universal’s MacGruber, Lionsgate’s teen superhero actioneer Kick-Ass and smaller films like Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs, Michel Gondry’s The Thorn in the Heart and Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine. With so many films to watch, it will be very difficult to find time to seem them all during the events nine days. But hell, we’re going to try.
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This lineup includes premieres of studio films such as Universal’s MacGruber, Lionsgate’s teen superhero actioneer Kick-Ass and smaller films like Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs, Michel Gondry’s The Thorn in the Heart and Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine. With so many films to watch, it will be very difficult to find time to seem them all during the events nine days. But hell, we’re going to try.
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- 2/4/2010
- by Chris Ullrich
- The Flickcast
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