Filmed in Texas and told "from the perspective of the San Marcos River," Yakona had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival last week and went on to win an Audience Award in the Visions category. This meditative and visually captivating film can't be neatly categorized, and it will surely speak to the hearts of locals, nature lovers and anyone who has ever taken a swim in the San Marcos.
Filmmakers Paul Collins and Anlo Sepulveda chose to use a Pure Cinema stylistic technique, which relies on vision and movement rather than traditional narrative storytelling (not a single talking head is included and there is only minimal speaking). Instead, with footage captured using underwater cameras and reenacted scenes depicting life from prehistoric to modern times, Collins and Sepulveda create a collage of moments and emotions that together capture the spirit of the San Marcos River and the ecosystem of...
Filmmakers Paul Collins and Anlo Sepulveda chose to use a Pure Cinema stylistic technique, which relies on vision and movement rather than traditional narrative storytelling (not a single talking head is included and there is only minimal speaking). Instead, with footage captured using underwater cameras and reenacted scenes depicting life from prehistoric to modern times, Collins and Sepulveda create a collage of moments and emotions that together capture the spirit of the San Marcos River and the ecosystem of...
- 3/19/2014
- by Caitlin Moore
- Slackerwood
Shawn Christensen’s Before I Disappear has won (15) the 2014 SXSW narrative feature audience award, while Diana Whitten’s Vessel triumphed in the documentary section.
Diego Luna’s Cesar Chavez earned the narrative spotlight audience award and Ben Knight and Travis Rummel took the documentary prize for DamNation.
The 24 Beats Per Second category will be announced via sxsw.com on March 17 as first screenings were still remaining at time of writing on Saturday (15).
The audience awards follow the previously announced juried awards, which included grand jury winners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ Fort Tilden for narrative feature and Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible for documentary feature.
Complete 2014 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: Before I Disappear
Shawn Christensen
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: Vessel
Director: Diana Whitten
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: DamNation
Director: Ben Knight and Travis Rummel
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: Cesar Chavez
Directors: Diego Luna
Visions...
Diego Luna’s Cesar Chavez earned the narrative spotlight audience award and Ben Knight and Travis Rummel took the documentary prize for DamNation.
The 24 Beats Per Second category will be announced via sxsw.com on March 17 as first screenings were still remaining at time of writing on Saturday (15).
The audience awards follow the previously announced juried awards, which included grand jury winners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ Fort Tilden for narrative feature and Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible for documentary feature.
Complete 2014 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: Before I Disappear
Shawn Christensen
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: Vessel
Director: Diana Whitten
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: DamNation
Director: Ben Knight and Travis Rummel
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: Cesar Chavez
Directors: Diego Luna
Visions...
- 3/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
With the 2014 SXSW Film Festival drawing to an end, the organization just announced this year's Audience Awards, chosen by the festival's attendees, who hit up movie screenings all across Austin, TX.
Shawn Christensen's "Before I Disappear" won the Audience Award in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Diana Whitten's flick, "Vessel" earned the Audience Award in the Documentary Feature Competition.
Awards in the respective categories were also given to to Sarah-Violet Bliss & Charles Rogers’ "Fort Tilden," as well as Margaret Brown's documentary, "The Great Invisible."
"Cesar Chavez," directed by Diego Luna, won the Audience Award in the Narrative Spotlight, set to premiere on March 28th through Pantelion Films, and Ben Knight and Travis Rummel's film, "DamNation" won the Documentary Spotlight.
Take a look at the list of winners below!
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: "Before I Disappear"
Director: Shawn Christensen
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner:...
Shawn Christensen's "Before I Disappear" won the Audience Award in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Diana Whitten's flick, "Vessel" earned the Audience Award in the Documentary Feature Competition.
Awards in the respective categories were also given to to Sarah-Violet Bliss & Charles Rogers’ "Fort Tilden," as well as Margaret Brown's documentary, "The Great Invisible."
"Cesar Chavez," directed by Diego Luna, won the Audience Award in the Narrative Spotlight, set to premiere on March 28th through Pantelion Films, and Ben Knight and Travis Rummel's film, "DamNation" won the Documentary Spotlight.
Take a look at the list of winners below!
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: "Before I Disappear"
Director: Shawn Christensen
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner:...
- 3/15/2014
- GossipCenter
It's the last day of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, and the fest has announced the Audience Award winners from the Narrative and Documentary Feature, Narrative and Doc Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic, SXGobal, Festival Favorites and Design Award Categories. Full list below. The 24 Beats Per Second category will be announced online on Monday, March 17. Here's our wrap of the fest, and list of the competition winners. Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award Winner: Before I Disappear Director: Shawn Christensen Documentary Feature Competition Audience Award Winner: Vessel Director: Diana Whitten Documentary Spotlight Audience Award Winner: DamNation Director: Ben Knight & Travis Rummel Narrative Spotlight Audience Award Winner: Cesar Chavez Directors: Diego Luna Visions Audience Award Winner: Yakona Director: Anlo Sepulveda & Paul Collins Midnighters Audience Award Winner: Exists Director: Eduardo...
- 3/15/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Scheduled To Appear: *Days subject to change Monday (tentative schedule, times in Cdt/Pdt): 11:00/9:00 a.m.: Ted Hope, Chris Kelly Fandor 11:15/9:15 a.m.: Elijah Wood, Sasha Grey, Nacho Vigalondo “Open Windows” 11:30/9:30 a.m.: Tony Hadley, Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet 12:00 p.m./10:00 a.m.: Leigh Janiak, Phil Graziadei ”Honeymoon” 12:30 p.m./10:30 a.m.: Larry Abrahamson ”Frank” 1:00 p.m./11:00 a.m.: Shaq, “Shaq Fu 2″ 1:30 p.m./11:30 a.m.: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg “Neighbors” 2:00/12:00 p..m.: Kerry Trainor Vimeo 2:20/12:20 p.
- 3/8/2014
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
We mentioned it in our 22 Can't Miss SXSW Titles yesterday, and now we have an exclusive first look clip for you of the SXSW Visions-premiering nature docu Yakona. Directed by Anlo Sepulveda and Paul Collins, Yakona looks like it will take us on an ethereal trip above and below water at the mouth of Texas's Unesco-designated San Marcos River. The film premieres Saturday at SXSW with an encore presentation Tuesday (more on the SXSW page). Here are a few more words on the film and the video below. Yakona is an impressionistic journey down Texas's San Marcos River. The film travels from source to sea, through the changing seasons, interpreting the river's time and memory, and documenting the relationship between ourselves and the natural...
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- 3/6/2014
- Screen Anarchy
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