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- 10/21/2014
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
The 14th annual Screamfest La film festival kicks off on October 14th, and they've now announced their "Shorts to Die For" lineup of 40 short films from all across the globe. Read on for the details!
Screamfest 2014 takes place in Los Angeles on October 14-23 at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028.
For more info visit the Screamfest website, "like" Screamfest on Facebook, and follow Screamfest on Twitter.
Alone (Seule) (France) - Directed by Didier Philippe - Claire, a young woman, lives alone in a large apartment. Her fear of the outside world stops her from going out and letting people in. One day, she discovers evidence revealing that a man lives in her home. The presence of that man becomes more and more apparent and eventually threatening…
3 Versos (Us) - Directed by Antonio Yee - After a violent encounter with an abusive spirit, two sisters seek the help...
Screamfest 2014 takes place in Los Angeles on October 14-23 at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028.
For more info visit the Screamfest website, "like" Screamfest on Facebook, and follow Screamfest on Twitter.
Alone (Seule) (France) - Directed by Didier Philippe - Claire, a young woman, lives alone in a large apartment. Her fear of the outside world stops her from going out and letting people in. One day, she discovers evidence revealing that a man lives in her home. The presence of that man becomes more and more apparent and eventually threatening…
3 Versos (Us) - Directed by Antonio Yee - After a violent encounter with an abusive spirit, two sisters seek the help...
- 9/4/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Mark Strong stars for his Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy screenwriter Peter Straughan in the darkly comic slice of life.
Meanwhile Josh Tanner’s The Landing was named best foreign film, Eric Kissack’s The Gunfighter won best comedy and Andrej Gontcharov claimed best drama for Berlin Troika.
Ned McNeilage’s Showfolk won best documentary, Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story earned best animation, Roman Kaelin claimed best experimental honours for Wrapped and Bouha Kazmi took best music video for The Ramona Flowers ‘Tokyo’.
The screenplay competition prize went to Kevin Walsh for Grocery Day.
The festival ran from July 24-31 and presented 233 films from 17 countries. ScreenDaily Us editor Jeremy Kay was among the jurors.
Meanwhile Josh Tanner’s The Landing was named best foreign film, Eric Kissack’s The Gunfighter won best comedy and Andrej Gontcharov claimed best drama for Berlin Troika.
Ned McNeilage’s Showfolk won best documentary, Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story earned best animation, Roman Kaelin claimed best experimental honours for Wrapped and Bouha Kazmi took best music video for The Ramona Flowers ‘Tokyo’.
The screenplay competition prize went to Kevin Walsh for Grocery Day.
The festival ran from July 24-31 and presented 233 films from 17 countries. ScreenDaily Us editor Jeremy Kay was among the jurors.
- 8/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Female directors have dominated the Documentary Feature category of the 2014 Australian Directors Guild Awards, whilst Home & Away has muscled out any other competition for TV Drama Serial. The nominees, announced this morning, cover 16 categories across film, television, multiplatform, music and advertising. This year has seen the Adg receive more entries than ever before, making the judging process a difficult one. .In the TV drama category, the documentary feature category and the feature film categories especially, the caliber is really high so that.s why there are so many nominations,. says Adg Executive Director Kingston Anderson. .The judges take it very seriously and fully understand the recognition the awards can bring.. In the feature film category, Baz Luhrmann was unsurprisingly nominated for box office hit The Great Gatsby alongside strong contenders Kim Mordaunt (The Rocket), Ivan Sen (Mystery Road), Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) and Zak Hilditch, whose film These Final Hours,...
- 4/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
First Footprints, Jabbed, Fallout and Once My Mother were among the winners of the 2013 Ipaf Atom awards presented in Melbourne on Thursday night.
Founded in 1982 and voted by members of the Australian Teachers of Media, the awards recognise film and media excellence in the education and screen industry sectors.
There were more than 600 entries from Australian and New Zealand media producers in 29 categories. The event was hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz. The Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (Ipaf) was the naming sponsor this year.
Martin Butler and Bentley Dean.s First Footprints, which tells how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments, was named best documentary, general.
Sonya Pemberton.s Jabbed, which poses the questions how do you decide whether to vaccinate or not, and what are the risks?, took the award for best docu, science, technology and the environment.
Lawrence Johnston.s Fallout, which...
Founded in 1982 and voted by members of the Australian Teachers of Media, the awards recognise film and media excellence in the education and screen industry sectors.
There were more than 600 entries from Australian and New Zealand media producers in 29 categories. The event was hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz. The Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (Ipaf) was the naming sponsor this year.
Martin Butler and Bentley Dean.s First Footprints, which tells how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments, was named best documentary, general.
Sonya Pemberton.s Jabbed, which poses the questions how do you decide whether to vaccinate or not, and what are the risks?, took the award for best docu, science, technology and the environment.
Lawrence Johnston.s Fallout, which...
- 11/29/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The 2013 Sitges International Fantastic Film Fest wrapped up this weekend with an awards ceremony, and the winners list is overflowing with horror films you should be keeping on your radar.
From the Press Release:
Borgman, by Alex van Warmerdam, was the winning film at the 46th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which awarded prizes to many diverse productions. The award for best direction went to Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales for the film Big Bad Wolves and for best cinematography to Larry Smith for Only God Forgives. The award for best actress went to Juno Temple for Magic Magic and for best actor to Andy Lau for Blind Detective. The award for best screenplay went to James Ward Byrkit for Coherence and for distinguished special effects to Afflicted, by Cliff Prowse and Derek Lee.
In addition, Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch received the special jury award,...
From the Press Release:
Borgman, by Alex van Warmerdam, was the winning film at the 46th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which awarded prizes to many diverse productions. The award for best direction went to Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales for the film Big Bad Wolves and for best cinematography to Larry Smith for Only God Forgives. The award for best actress went to Juno Temple for Magic Magic and for best actor to Andy Lau for Blind Detective. The award for best screenplay went to James Ward Byrkit for Coherence and for distinguished special effects to Afflicted, by Cliff Prowse and Derek Lee.
In addition, Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch received the special jury award,...
- 10/20/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
The Cairnes brothers' 100 Bloody Acres has been named best feature film in the Midnight X-Treme Category at Spain's Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
Australian director Josh Tanner.s short film The Landing took the prize for best short in the Official Fantastic Competition Shorts section.
Produced and written by Jade van der Lei, The Landing tells the story of Edward, a middle-aged man who returns to the farm of his childhood, desperate to uncover a horrifying secret.
Written and directed by Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes and produced by Julie Ryan, 100 Bloody Acres is a comedy-horror about two brothers (Damon Herriman, Angus Sampson) who run a struggling organic blood and bone fertiliser business. The Midnight X-Treme section of the Sitges program showcases the best independent horror movies.
The film has been sold to the Us, UK, Germany, Canada and Hong Kong. Hopscotch will release the title on DVD...
Australian director Josh Tanner.s short film The Landing took the prize for best short in the Official Fantastic Competition Shorts section.
Produced and written by Jade van der Lei, The Landing tells the story of Edward, a middle-aged man who returns to the farm of his childhood, desperate to uncover a horrifying secret.
Written and directed by Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes and produced by Julie Ryan, 100 Bloody Acres is a comedy-horror about two brothers (Damon Herriman, Angus Sampson) who run a struggling organic blood and bone fertiliser business. The Midnight X-Treme section of the Sitges program showcases the best independent horror movies.
The film has been sold to the Us, UK, Germany, Canada and Hong Kong. Hopscotch will release the title on DVD...
- 10/20/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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