Independent Spirit Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards

The Film Independent Spirit Awards are taking place:


Saturday February 26th, 2011


The Voting Body of Spirit Award nominees is comprised of IFP and Film Independent members.


Film Independent embraces the heart and soul of the indie filmmaker, showcasing movies with lower film budgets and those with a larger movie budget with which to work.   By supporting filmmakers in both the Spirit Awards and throughout the year, this organization is an extremely valuable asset to the movie making community.

The categories that will be awarded on this year are:

Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay, John Cassavetes Award for best feature under a $500,000 film budget, Best Female Lead, Best Male Lead, Best Supporting Femal, Best Supporting Male, Best Cinematography, Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film, Robert Altman Award for the chosen film's director, casting director and ensemble cast.

The Following are Sponsors with their own Grant Nominees:

Acura - Someone to watch Award - $25,000 unrestricted grant
    Hossein Keshavarz director of 'Dog Sweat,'
    LaurelNakadate director of 'The Wolf Knife'
    Mike Ott director of 'Littlerock'

Aveeno - Truer Than Fiction Award - $25,000 unrestricted grant
    Ilsa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor directors of 'Sweetgrass'
    Jeff Malmberg director of 'Marwencol'
    Lynn True & Nelson Walker directors of Summer Pasture

Piaget - Producers Award - $25,000 unrestricted award
    In-Ah Lee producer of 'Au Revoir Taipei'
    Adele Romanski producer of 'The Myth of the American Sleepover'
    Anish Savjani producer of 'Meek's Cutoff'

Jameson - Find Your Audience Award - $50,000
    A blue-ribbin commitee will determine the winner

Under the Best Male Lead Award, the Nominees are: 


Aaron Eckhart in 'Rabit Hole,' Ben Stiller in 'Greenberg,' James Franco in '127 hours,' and Ronald Bronstein in 'Daddy Longlegs.'

Best Female Lead Nominees are: 


Natalie Portman in 'Black Swan,' Michelle Williams in 'Blue Valentine,' Jennifer Lawrence in 'Winter's Bone,' and Annet Benning in 'The Kids Are All right.'

Best First Feature Nominees Include Directors:

Frazier Bradshaw for 'Everything strange and New,' Aaron Schneider for 'Get Low,' Tanya Hamilton for 'Night Catches Us,' Daniel Stamm for 'Last Exorcism,' and Lena Dunham for 'Tiny Furniture.'

Guests and Patrons of the award can find information on how to attend the very prestigious award ceremony and event at the following link to The Film Independent's website at http://www.spiritawards.com/attend-1



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Sarasota Film Festival

The Sarasota Film Festival has earned its position in the ranks of highly acclaimed film festivals in the country, by amongst the others, attracting top talent, big movie stars, directors and writers and by its national and international awareness. Independent cinema is fetted and star driven films with film budgets ranging from major to micro and talent from across the spectrum of filmmaking.

The SFF 2010 highlighted the holidays with Kevin Kline, a Sarasota Film legend of the screen and director John Landis, of 'Animal House' and 'Blues Brothers' fame.   Golden Globe winner Steve Buscemi performed and directed a stage reading of Oren Moverman's 'The Messanger', also starring Ben Foster, who co-stars with Buscemi in Moverman's upcoming film 'Rampart', about the 1990's LA Police Department's Rampart Division and the cases of Police misconduct.

The 2011 SFF will be offering more of such encounters with stars of the Silver Screen starting this April 7th, 2011 and running till the 17th.  Movies of all genres and film budgets will be proudly screened. Additional to the usual screenings and Q&A's from film professionals and stars, there will be Family Interactive workshop activities newly introduced this year where kids participate in a pinhole camera and lego animation, eat breakfast and screen short films.  Also, Cinema Tropicale is an event hosted at the Yacht club on the 13th where you can enjoy Caribbean beats, mingle with other film makers from the festival, have cocktails and cuisine.

Christopher Plummer will be accepting this year's Cinema Master Award at the Sarasota Opera House on the 16th, where you will be able to attend the celebration of art in film with other stars in the line-up of honorees and presenters.    The Closing Night film will be Mike Mills' Focus Feature, 'Beginners,' starring Ewan McGregor, Melanie Laurent, and Christopher Plummer.

For more info on the location of these Sarasota Film Festival events, visit http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/festival/events/

An ongoing, year round event important to the constant renewal of creativity in the film community is that of the Screenwriter's Circle, which can be attended by writers of every level on the 2nd tuesday of the month from six to eight pm at the Keiser College University, 6151 Lake Osprey Dr, Sarasota, FL. The group facilitator is Laurie Stoner, who will be more than happy to help see your ideas turn into the reality they need to be on paper for a screenplay that is worthy of being looked at by a movie budgeting professional, again taking it to the next level of production and ready to finance.

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Cinequest Film Festival 2011

Cinequest Film Festival 21

The 21st Cinequest Film Festival will unveil one hundred-seventy three films, be comprised of some soul stirring events and amazing innovations in palatial venues.  Cinequest will fuse the community of film lovers with each films creators, holding forums with the 700 plus artists expected in attendance.  There will be much more than a film festival to experience.

The opening night will be this March 1st, 2011 and the festival will run through the 13th.  The opening night will feature John Turturro's directorial spectacular and beautiful love poem to the city of Naples; a city of music, of culture and especially, its extraordinary people.  The movie is called 'Passione' which is a beautiful celebration of not just the music of a city, but also about what connects us with every artist out there; passion.  It is a captivating journey that uses such music to explore ideas of life: loving, losing, sex, birth and dealing with death.  After the screening, Cinequest throws an Opening Night Party, providing cocktails, food, and music.

Cinequest is now honored and recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a festival qualified for the Short Films category for the Annual Academy Awards®.  Provided a film production complies with the Academy’s rules, Recipients of the BEST Short Narrative and BEST Short Animation will qualify for consideration for an Academy Award® without the standard theatrical run.

Cinequest Film Festival 21 will continue to celebrate the Maverick Spirit with the Best Short Narrative, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Animated Film, Best Student Film, Best Feature Documentary, Best Feature Narrative, and Maverick Spirit Award.  Movies with large film budgets and those with smaller film budgets are included.

The Day of the Writer is also a special event packed into this Festivals schedule. The event will take place 10AM to 5 PM, with breaks, on 3/11/11. It will be broken up into three parts; Part One - Crafting the Heart of Sci Fi: The Story, Part Two - Science Fiction Writing Comprehensive-A Forum Discussion, and Part Three - The Maverick Spirit Conversation. A PURCHASE OF $20 eill include all parts of this Intensive. The winners amongst the top ten screenplay finalists will be announced during Part Two of the Day of the Writer.

The Festival screenings and events will be held at 4 different locations, however all nearby.  The  specific location per scheduled screening and event is all laid out in the Official Guide(event calendar) and can be found at http://www.cinequest.org/film_festival.php .   The 4 venues and their locations are as follows:

Camera 12 Theater,  201 S 2nd Street, San Jose, CA.

California Theatre, 345 S. 1st Street, San Jose, CA

San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, CA

San Jose State University Theatre, 5th and San Fernando Street, San Jose, CA


For maps and directions to these locations please visit http://www.cinequest.org/venues.php 

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Top 10 Film Festivals for the Film Business

Film festivals are an enormous part of the film business today.   Festivals provide many functions for the industry including publicity, marketing muscle, prestige and networking opportunities.

A film receiving an award at a film festival can expect a boost in attendance as well as recognition for the artists and talent behind the movie.   With movies having a low film budget such notoriety is critical to help provide an audience and help to find a distributor for the production.

Film festivals likewise can be a breading ground for new talent and attract film industry executives looking for the next talented actor, actress, director, writer or DP.   Films with a large movie budget and major studio backing are often found at festivals seeking a wider audience, free publicity and to build a buzz for the release.

Top 10 Film Festivals for the Film Business

Cannes Film Festival 

Berlin Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

Toronto Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

Telluride Film Festival

New York Film Festival

London Film Festival

San Sebastian Film Festival

Deauville American Film Festival

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Göteborg International Film Festival

[Gothenburg International Film Festival]


What:  Göteborg International Film Festival

Where:  Göteborg, Sweden

When:  28 January to 7 February 2011


The 34th Göteborg International Film Festival is underway in Sweden with over 200,000 festival attendees expected.   The festival is one of the biggest film festivals in the world by audience members.
Festival fans come to see art films with a modest movie budget and those with higher amounts to spend on telling their story, all with a Scandinavian sensibility.


Additionally the Nordic Film Market commences this week and coincides with the film festival.   The 12th Nordic Film Market is the premiere market for Nordic films with 28 movies and productions to be presented to international distributors and buyers.




  

The top award for the festival is the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film


Featured films include:


 'Happy Happy' directed by Anne Sewitzky from Norway.  


      This film has just won at Sundance in Park City, Utah teh World Cinema Grand Jury Prize


'She Monkeys' directed by Lisa Aschan from Sweden


'Brim' from Iceland


'King of Devil's Island from Norway - which will open the festival


Eleven films taking part in the festival likewise have been nominated for the Academy Awards Oscars.


Charlie Kaufman will teach a Master Class and there will be a focus on Romania filmmaking as well.


   




Theaters and Maps




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Film Agency Wales to Support Michael Sheen in "Port Talbot Passion"

Film Agency Wales announced their support of £425,000 for four films including Michael Sheen starring movie 'Port Talbot Passion'.   The Welsh funding body revealed their investment in the project in conjunction with National Theatre Wales.   Based upon a series of live theatrical productions which were staged in non-traditional, non-theater spaces, the project has been a collaborative effort of Sheen's and director Dave McKean, with Sheen travelling often back to his hometown of Port Talbot.  Project is inspired by but not based upon the biblical Passion Play.

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