Cinema St. Louis and St. Louis Public Radio are proud to co-present a free virtual screening of a selection of the award-winning short films from the 2020 Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff) and 2020 Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. In addition to the films, the event will feature an interview with Jon Alston, director of “Augustus,” which won the Essy Award (which honors films with St. Louis connections) for Best Narrative Short at both the Showcase and Sliff.
The program will be streamed at 7 pm Saturday, Feb. 20, on St. Louis Public Radio’s Twitch channel.
Twitch is a livestream video platform owned by Amazon. It’s like YouTube, but all the videos are live, so the experience is different at any given time.
More information can be found on St. Louis Public Radio’s Events page: stlpublicradio.org/events. Participants can register for the event here.
The Academy of Motion...
The program will be streamed at 7 pm Saturday, Feb. 20, on St. Louis Public Radio’s Twitch channel.
Twitch is a livestream video platform owned by Amazon. It’s like YouTube, but all the videos are live, so the experience is different at any given time.
More information can be found on St. Louis Public Radio’s Events page: stlpublicradio.org/events. Participants can register for the event here.
The Academy of Motion...
- 2/17/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 29th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff) wrapped on Nov. 22, 2020, but Cinema St. Louis is providing cinephiles another opportunity to view the event’s award winners in the Best of Fest, which is available virtually from Jan. 22-31, 2021.
A few of Sliff’s honorees are already or imminently out in the world — “Transhood” is available on HBO Max, and “9to5: The Story of a Movement” premieres on PBS’s “Independent Lens” on Feb. 1 — but Best of Fest reprises the other 19 winners of the festival’s juried and audience-choice awards.
Like 2020’s Sliff, the Best of Fest is an online-only event and is again presented with our virtual-festival partner, Eventive. Nine features and a program of 10 shorts will be available to stream during all 10 days of the event, and several of the films will once more include recorded Q&As with filmmakers and documentary subjects. Geographic restrictions will apply to some films.
A few of Sliff’s honorees are already or imminently out in the world — “Transhood” is available on HBO Max, and “9to5: The Story of a Movement” premieres on PBS’s “Independent Lens” on Feb. 1 — but Best of Fest reprises the other 19 winners of the festival’s juried and audience-choice awards.
Like 2020’s Sliff, the Best of Fest is an online-only event and is again presented with our virtual-festival partner, Eventive. Nine features and a program of 10 shorts will be available to stream during all 10 days of the event, and several of the films will once more include recorded Q&As with filmmakers and documentary subjects. Geographic restrictions will apply to some films.
- 1/13/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 29th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival concluded its epic 18 day run last night, culminating with their annual awards presentation.
And here are some of the winners:
Best Film Award: Asia, directed by Ruthy Pribar
TV5Monde Award for Best International Film: Beasts Clawing at Straws, directed by Kim Yong-Hoon (read Jim Batts‘ Wamg review Here)
Leon Award for Best Documentary: God Save the Wings, directed by Adam Knapp & Kenneth Linn
Spotlight on Inspiration Award This juried competition awards a $5,000 prize to a feature documentary that focuses on people working to make the world a better place and that inspires audience members and leaves them with a sense of hope for the future. Sponsored by The Albrecht Family: The Road Up, directed by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel
Nff Emerging Director Award: The Bobbie
The New Filmmakers Forum (Nff) annually presents the Emerging Director Award. Five works by...
And here are some of the winners:
Best Film Award: Asia, directed by Ruthy Pribar
TV5Monde Award for Best International Film: Beasts Clawing at Straws, directed by Kim Yong-Hoon (read Jim Batts‘ Wamg review Here)
Leon Award for Best Documentary: God Save the Wings, directed by Adam Knapp & Kenneth Linn
Spotlight on Inspiration Award This juried competition awards a $5,000 prize to a feature documentary that focuses on people working to make the world a better place and that inspires audience members and leaves them with a sense of hope for the future. Sponsored by The Albrecht Family: The Road Up, directed by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel
Nff Emerging Director Award: The Bobbie
The New Filmmakers Forum (Nff) annually presents the Emerging Director Award. Five works by...
- 11/23/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 23rd annual Scad Savannah Film Festival has announced this year’s competition award winners. Best narrative feature went to “Killing Eleanor,” while “Kusasa” won best documentary feature. “My Brother’s Keeper” won the Jury Award for exceptional storytelling.
A key stop on the festival circuit leading up to the Academy Awards, Scad screened more than 150 films ranging from narrative features to documentaries and shorts with 14 world premieres.
Thirty-three awards were announced from the 122 films selected to compete in the categories of narrative features, documentary features, professional shorts, animated shorts, student shorts, Global Shorts Forum, Shorts Spotlight and Southern Voices.
“Killing Eleanor,” directed by Rich Newey, is about a terminally ill elderly woman who convinces a self-destructive addict to help her die on her terms in exchange for clean urine. Meanwhile, “Our Side,” directed by Nicola Rinciari, won best live action short by a Scad student. The story follows an African...
A key stop on the festival circuit leading up to the Academy Awards, Scad screened more than 150 films ranging from narrative features to documentaries and shorts with 14 world premieres.
Thirty-three awards were announced from the 122 films selected to compete in the categories of narrative features, documentary features, professional shorts, animated shorts, student shorts, Global Shorts Forum, Shorts Spotlight and Southern Voices.
“Killing Eleanor,” directed by Rich Newey, is about a terminally ill elderly woman who convinces a self-destructive addict to help her die on her terms in exchange for clean urine. Meanwhile, “Our Side,” directed by Nicola Rinciari, won best live action short by a Scad student. The story follows an African...
- 10/30/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
Ben Lawrence took home the main prize – Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M+) – at last night’s Australian Directors’ Guild (Adg) Awards, for his debut narrative feature Hearts and Bones.
Held virtually and hosted by Greta Lee Jackson and Nina Oyama, this year’s Adg Awards also saw female directors take home 10 of the 19 prizes – marking the first time ever that women have made up more than 50 per cent of winners.
Among them were Josephine Mackerras, who took home Best Direction of A Feature Film (Budget under $1M) for the French-language Alice; Maya Newell whose In My Blood It Runs saw her win Best Direction of a Documentary Feature, and Emma Freeman, who won Best Direction of a TV or SVOD Mini-Series for Stateless: Episode 3.
The guild suggests this reflects the push for gender parity in the industry. Traditionally, women have been extremely underrepresented in director roles, and last week,...
Held virtually and hosted by Greta Lee Jackson and Nina Oyama, this year’s Adg Awards also saw female directors take home 10 of the 19 prizes – marking the first time ever that women have made up more than 50 per cent of winners.
Among them were Josephine Mackerras, who took home Best Direction of A Feature Film (Budget under $1M) for the French-language Alice; Maya Newell whose In My Blood It Runs saw her win Best Direction of a Documentary Feature, and Emma Freeman, who won Best Direction of a TV or SVOD Mini-Series for Stateless: Episode 3.
The guild suggests this reflects the push for gender parity in the industry. Traditionally, women have been extremely underrepresented in director roles, and last week,...
- 10/19/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Ben Mortley, Jaclyn Hewer and Antony Webb.
Writer-director Antony Webb and producer Jaclyn Hewer’s Carmentis has won the $5,000 CinefestOz Short Film Prize.
It’s the first year the festival has presented shorts awards, with Carmentis beating out Carrie’s Doing Great, I Want to Make a Film About Women and The Immortal for the top gong.
The sci-fi short follows a grief-stricken miner (Ben Mortley) who finds himself injured on the desolate planet ‘Carmentis’ and must overcome his personal demons in order to survive. It was previously selected for the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, and recently screened as part of Fantasia Festival.
“We are so proud to have won the first inaugural short film prize,” Webb and Hewer said.
“CinefestOZ is a festival that has become an essential part of the fabric for the Australian screen industry and we couldn’t be more excited to accept such a prestigious award.
Writer-director Antony Webb and producer Jaclyn Hewer’s Carmentis has won the $5,000 CinefestOz Short Film Prize.
It’s the first year the festival has presented shorts awards, with Carmentis beating out Carrie’s Doing Great, I Want to Make a Film About Women and The Immortal for the top gong.
The sci-fi short follows a grief-stricken miner (Ben Mortley) who finds himself injured on the desolate planet ‘Carmentis’ and must overcome his personal demons in order to survive. It was previously selected for the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, and recently screened as part of Fantasia Festival.
“We are so proud to have won the first inaugural short film prize,” Webb and Hewer said.
“CinefestOZ is a festival that has become an essential part of the fabric for the Australian screen industry and we couldn’t be more excited to accept such a prestigious award.
- 8/31/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘The Skin of Others’.
In moving elements of the Sydney Film Festival online, director Nashen Moodley was particularly keen to focus on Australian cinema and support the local industry.
The festival unveiled its virtual line-up today, consisting of four strands: The Documentary Australia Foundation (Daf) Award for Best Australian Documentary, including eight world premieres; The Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films; Europe! Voices of Women in Film, and Screenability, featuring three shorts from practitioners with disability.
Running from June 10 – 21, the full program consists of 33 films from 12 countries including 16 world premieres, with seven feature films, 13 documentaries, and 13 shorts. Every feature-length film will be presented with a Q&a from the filmmaker, and series of industry talks and panels will be announced in the coming weeks.
When the Sydney Film Festival was cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns in March – a move Moodley which describes as “extremely difficult” but necessary – around 50 per cent...
In moving elements of the Sydney Film Festival online, director Nashen Moodley was particularly keen to focus on Australian cinema and support the local industry.
The festival unveiled its virtual line-up today, consisting of four strands: The Documentary Australia Foundation (Daf) Award for Best Australian Documentary, including eight world premieres; The Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films; Europe! Voices of Women in Film, and Screenability, featuring three shorts from practitioners with disability.
Running from June 10 – 21, the full program consists of 33 films from 12 countries including 16 world premieres, with seven feature films, 13 documentaries, and 13 shorts. Every feature-length film will be presented with a Q&a from the filmmaker, and series of industry talks and panels will be announced in the coming weeks.
When the Sydney Film Festival was cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns in March – a move Moodley which describes as “extremely difficult” but necessary – around 50 per cent...
- 5/27/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Dany Cooper receives the Elle from Titus Randall.
The editors of Breath, Backtrack Boys and Blue Murder: Killer Cop part 2 were among the recipients of the 2018 Ellie Awards presented by Australian Screen Editors.
Hosted by comedians Eliza and Hannah Reilly, the awards were handed out on Saturday night at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst. In addition, the veteran Edward McQueen Mason Ase was accredited by the guild.
Avid Award for Best Editing in a Feature Drama
Dany Cooper Ase – Breath – presented by Titus Randall.
Audio Network Award for Best Editing in a Documentary Feature
Andrea Lang Ase – Backtrack Boys – presented by Jess Ossington to Sally Fryer.
The Blue Post Award for Best Editing in a Drama
Bill Russo Ase – Blue Murder: Killer Cop Part 2 – presented by Rachel Knowles to Peter Crombie.
Spectrum Films Award for Best Editing in a Documentary
Sam Hart & Harriet Clutterbuck Ase – Hawke: The Larrikin and the...
The editors of Breath, Backtrack Boys and Blue Murder: Killer Cop part 2 were among the recipients of the 2018 Ellie Awards presented by Australian Screen Editors.
Hosted by comedians Eliza and Hannah Reilly, the awards were handed out on Saturday night at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst. In addition, the veteran Edward McQueen Mason Ase was accredited by the guild.
Avid Award for Best Editing in a Feature Drama
Dany Cooper Ase – Breath – presented by Titus Randall.
Audio Network Award for Best Editing in a Documentary Feature
Andrea Lang Ase – Backtrack Boys – presented by Jess Ossington to Sally Fryer.
The Blue Post Award for Best Editing in a Drama
Bill Russo Ase – Blue Murder: Killer Cop Part 2 – presented by Rachel Knowles to Peter Crombie.
Spectrum Films Award for Best Editing in a Documentary
Sam Hart & Harriet Clutterbuck Ase – Hawke: The Larrikin and the...
- 12/17/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
David Gulpilil in 'Another Country'..
Molly Reynolds' feature documentary Another Country, starring David Gulpilil, has collected three gongs at the Atom Awards, held in Melbourne last night.
The Vertigo Productions film, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, picked up Best Documentary — General; Best Documentary — Social & Political Issues and Best Documentary — History.
Keryn Nossal.s Yiramalay, about the Aboriginal people of the Fitzroy Valley Community in the Kimberley, was named Best Documentary — Short Form.
Best Factual Television Series went to the.two-parter Becoming Superhuman, which aired on ABC's Catalyst earlier this year..
Nel Minchin and Rhian Skirving.s Matilda and Me, chronicling Tim Minchin.s journey to compose a musical based Roald Dahl.s 'Matilda' for the Royal Shakespeare Company, has won Best Documentary — Biography and Best Documentary — Arts.
Sensible Film.s Sperm Donors Anonymous won Best Documentary — Science, Technology & The Environment.
Molly Reynolds' feature documentary Another Country, starring David Gulpilil, has collected three gongs at the Atom Awards, held in Melbourne last night.
The Vertigo Productions film, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, picked up Best Documentary — General; Best Documentary — Social & Political Issues and Best Documentary — History.
Keryn Nossal.s Yiramalay, about the Aboriginal people of the Fitzroy Valley Community in the Kimberley, was named Best Documentary — Short Form.
Best Factual Television Series went to the.two-parter Becoming Superhuman, which aired on ABC's Catalyst earlier this year..
Nel Minchin and Rhian Skirving.s Matilda and Me, chronicling Tim Minchin.s journey to compose a musical based Roald Dahl.s 'Matilda' for the Royal Shakespeare Company, has won Best Documentary — Biography and Best Documentary — Arts.
Sensible Film.s Sperm Donors Anonymous won Best Documentary — Science, Technology & The Environment.
- 11/25/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
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