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Warren Report 2/10/12
We had a great screening in LA this week, super films, and awesome to see so many alums. Following the screening Jen Braddock (BFA 04 ) made two awards of a 3 day use of her camera package (Sony pMW-F3 Camera boy, accessories, matte box, follow focus, prime lenses), and tickets to the SOC lifetime achievement awards. Clint Eastwood is getting an award this year! Jen’s awards were made to Jacob Abrams (BFA 11) and Matt Ryan (MFA 11), both of whom DP’d films that were screened.
From Adele Romanski (BFA 04) “The Film I wrote & directed, LEAVE ME LIKE YOU FOUND ME, will have it's world premiere at SXSW next month. (Entire fest line up here). Needless to say I am beyond beyond excited for this -- we've been chipping away at this film in between other projects & cannot wait to finally share with an audience. Taylor Feltner (BFA 04) produced, James Laxton (BFA 03) DP'd, Nicole West (BFA 02) edited, Samantha Polan (BFA 09) associate produced, & Charles Ingram (BFA 08) has created some killer campaign art for the film. Hope too see some of you in Austin!”
And also at SXSW Amy Seimetz (FSU alum and actress in many of our films) makes her feature directorial debut in this tale of a Florida couple on the road doing "very bad things." It's been described as being "inspired by Two-Lane Blacktop, Deliverance, Woman Under the Influence and reoccurring nightmares" and co-stars indie community cohorts Kate Lyn Sheil and AJ Bowen.
"The MFA Writing class of 2012 just returned from our week at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival's regional conference in Daytona Beach, Florida. We won every category we competed in, with Zdenka Turecek's ten-minute play "Somewhere in Between" and Rebekah Suellau's one-act play "The Pretty Girl Basket Toss" . We also presented an invited production of "Don't Worry, Baby," an award-winning one-act by Alexandra Landers (MFA-W '11). The show starred FSU actors Meg Scott Cain, Michael Patrick, and Perry Powell, with ensemble roles played by Kelley Garnier, Elly Schaefer, Rebeccah Noyes, and the writing program's own Matthew Barnette, Ray Nelson, and Corey Womack. It was designed by Marco Barreto (MFA '11), stage managed by FSU School of Theater alumna Sarah George, and produced and directed by Rebekah Suellau. The show was a tremendous success with audiences and professional respondents. We also presented concert readings of four ten-minute plays (Matthew Barnette's "Capes and Tights," Rebekah Suellau's "Under the Tower," Zdenka Turecek's "Somewhere in Between," and Corey Womack's "Death of a Newspaper Man") and Rebekah's one-act. It was a huge week for FSU in the theater community, and we are honored to have had the opportunity to showcase our work and the excellent training we've received here at the film school."
From Jim Lakin (BFA 01) “The show I've been mixing since November is called "STEVIE TV" and will air Sundays at 11pm on VH1 beginning March 4th. It's a sketch comedy show starring Stevie Ryan and several other re-occurring cast members. The show spoofs reality shows, celebrities, and musicians. It should be very enjoyable to anyone with a sense of humor and healthy disdain for the reality TV world.”
From Will Sampson (BFA 09) “Just wanted to let you know Adam Johns, Brian Barrow (both BFA 09) and I have an Indie GoGo account going on now for a television pilot we are going to do, if you could help us get the word out that would be great!
http://www.facebook.com/l/RAQHZHfSlAQERS1HBJPjP2P3JTUmqairLZO4OSOke3Y0E1g/www.indiegogo.com/LARPers
THE FSU Student Life Cinema is screening "JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK" on Monday, February 13th, at 8:00 PM. Audience members will be entered into a drawing to win two tickets to the Seven Days of Opening Nights Joan Rivers event at Ruby Diamond Auditorium on Wednesday, February 15th with an opportunity to meet Joan Rivers back stage!
The International Documentary Association is now accepting proposals for the Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund, which provides production support for full-length documentary films. Named in honor of the landmark documentary filmmaker, the Fund provides annual grants totaling $75,000 to be used in the creation of original, independent documentary films that illuminate pressing issues in the United States. In 2012, grants will be made to up to 5 projects that tell a compelling story and focus on one of Pare Lorentz’s central concerns—the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all or the illumination of pressing social problems. The Fund supports full-length documentary films that reflect the spirit and nature of Pare Lorentz’s work, exhibiting objective research, artful storytelling, strong visual style, high production values, artistic writing, outstanding music composition, as well as skillful direction, camerawork and editing. Complete guidelines and application are available at www.documentary.org/parelorentz
FSU FILM SCREENINGS & AWARDS UPDATE – February 9,2012
The Collegians (MFA Thesis 2011 Bryan Lewis), Finding Benjaman (BFA Documentary 2011 John Wikstrom), Our Rhineland (MFA Thesis 2011 Faren Humes), Knights of the Playground (MFA D-2 2011 Josh Crute), A Pony for Connie (BFA Thesis 2011 Tansy Michaud), Psyche (BFA Thesis 2011 Ricky Rose) and Fat Camp (MFA Thesis 2011 Adam Isaacs) made the first cut in the Student Emmy competition and have moved on to the Blue Ribbon Panel. For more information about this competition, go to http://www.emmys.tv/foundation.
The Virgin Herod (BFA F-3 2011 Xander Robin) was selected for screening in competition at the Florida Film Festival, April 13-22 in Orlando. For more information about this festival, go to www.enzian.org.
Luz (BFA Thesis 2010 David Liz), Empty Sky (BFA Thesis 2011 Michael Vargas), Bullet (MFA D-2 2010 Rebecca Drummond), The Listener (MFA Thesis 2011 Laura Coconato) and Mirage (MFA Thesis 2011Miao Yu) were selected for screening at the Gasparilla Film Festival in Tampa, March 29 – April 1. For more information about this festival, go to http://gasparillafilmfestival.com.
Mirage (MFA Thesis 2011 Miao Yu) was selected for screening at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, February 10-20. For more information about this festival, go to http://www.bostonsci-fi.com.
UnderCover (MFA DIS 2008 Iman Zawahry) was selected for screening at the YES Film Festival in Columbus, Indiana, May 18-20. For more information about this festival, go to www.yesfilmfestival.com.
We just found out that Zeke (MFA Thesis 2003 Dana Buning) and TeppanDead (MFA D-2 2010 Hillary Lavin) were selected for screening in the June 2011 series of Bleedfest in Los Angeles. Zeke won theAudience Award. For more information about this festival, try http://bleedfest.wordpress.com/events/.
Upcoming Screenings and Awards (in chronological order):
Eight Degrees in Suburbia (MFA D-2 2011 Deirdre Morales) was selected for screening at the Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City, Nevada, February 8-11. For more information about this festival, go to www.damshortfilm.org.
Sunshower (BFA F-3 2011 Justin Reager), APT203 (BFA Thesis 2010 Chris Amick), Finding Soil (BFA Thesis 2010 Torch Eberhart), TeppanDead (MFA D-2 2010 Hillary Lavin), Lone Warrior (MFA Thesis 2010 Stephen Griffin) and Bad Influences (MFA Thesis 2010 Kate Emery) were selected for screening at Love Your Shorts in Sanford, Florida, February 10-12. For more information about this festival, go to www.loveyourshorts.com.
Catbird Blues (MFA Thesis 2011 Rebecca Drummond) and Missile Crisis (MFA Thesis 2010 Jaye Davidson) were selected for screening at the Macon Film Festival, February 16-19. For more information about this festival, go to www.maconfilmfestival.com.
Balls (MFA D-2 2010 Jeremy Smith) was selected for screening at the Derby City Film Festival in Kentucky, February 17-19. For more information about this festival, go to derbycityfilmfest.com.
10,000 Hearts (MFA Thesis 2010 Lisa Lodico) and The Archivist (BFA F-3 2010 Katie Scoones) were selected for screening at the inaugural Out in the Desert Film Festival in Tuscon, February 17-26. For more information about this festival, go to www.outinthedesertff.org.
Waking Eloise (MFA Thesis 2010 Bobby Marinelli) and Missile Crisis (MFA Thesis 2010 Jaye Davidson) were selected for screening at the Sedona International Film Festival in Arizona, February 18-26. For more information about this festival, go to www.sedonafilmfestival.com.
Broccoli Monster (MFA D-2 2010 Tara Clark) was selected for screening at the Reel Fun Film Festival in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, February 20-26. For more information about this festival, go to www.reelfunfilmfest.com.
Peace at Home (BFA Thesis 2011 Avital Epstein) was selected for screening at the NYU Jewish Student Film Festival on February 26. For more information about this festival, go to http://blogs.nyu.edu/tisch/kanbarfilmtv/2011/11/jewish_student_film....
Historias (MFA Thesis 2011 Gloriana Fonseca-Malavasi) and The Listener (MFA Thesis 2011 Laura Coconato) were selected for screening at the International Family Film Festival in Hollywood, March 21-25. For more information about this festival go to http://www.iffilmfest.org/2012/.
Waking Eloise (MFA Thesis 2010 Bobby Marinelli) was selected for the Deadline Award and screening at the Landshut Short Film Festival in Munich, Germany, March 21-25. For more information about this festival, go to www.landshuter-kurzfilmfestival.de.
Kosher (BFA F-3 2001 Aimee Barth) was invited to screen at the Tuscaloosa Jewish Film Festival in Alabama, March 24-27. For more information about this festival, go to http://bamatheatre.org/jewish-filmfestival.php.
Missile Crisis (MFA Thesis 2010 Jaye Davidson) was selected for screening at the Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival, March 23-29. For more information about this festival, go to www.lawomensfest.com.
Tuesday (MFA D-2 2011 David Shark) was selected for screening at the Phoenix Film Festival, March 29 – April 5. Mirage (MFA Thesis 2011 Miao Yu) was selected for screening in the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival that runs as a special evening component of the Phoenix Film Festival. For more information about this festival, go to http://phoenixfilmfestival.org.
Luz (BFA Thesis 2010 David Liz) was selected for screening at First Glance Hollywood, April 13-15. For more information about this festival, go to www.firstglancefilms.com.
Finding Benjaman (BFA Documentary 2011 John Wikstrom), The Handshake (MFA D-2 2011 Danny Hankins), Our Rhineland (MFA Thesis 2011 Faren Humes) and Sunshower (BFA F-3 2011 Justin Reager) were Jury Selection Winners at the Brouhaha Film and Video Showcase in Orlando, November 19-20, and will screen in the “Best of Brouhaha” short program at the Florida Film Festival, April 13-22. For more information about both festivals, go to www.enzian.org.
Viral (BFA Documentary 2011 Dustin Waldman/Rakan Shaker) was selected for screening at the New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles, May 18-19. For more information about this festival, go to www.newmediafilmfestival.com.
I’m in Love with Kimberly Johnson (BFA Thesis 2009 Adam Johns) was invited to screen at the Singapore International Children’s Film Festival in May. For more information about this festival, go to www.bigeyesbigminds.com.
I’m in Love with Kimberly Johnson (BFA Thesis 2009 Adam Johns) was invited to screen at the Little Big Shots Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia, June 9-13. For more information about this festival, go to http://www.littlebigshots.com.au/.
I’m in Love with Kimberly Johnson (BFA Thesis 2009 Adam Johns) and Broccoli Monster (MFA D-2 2010 Tara Clark) were invited to screen at the Festival Internacional de Cine para Ninos in Mexico City, August 7-12. For more information about this festival, go to www.lamatatena.org.
The Dreamer (MFA D-2 2010 Jamie Kassler) was selected for screening in the BlackMaria Film + Video Festival Tour, February 4 through September 10. Formore information about this tour, go to http://www.blackmariafilmfestival.org/tour.php.
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