The Boy in the Bubble: Peter Daou's Verrit is Peak Clintonism...
- 9/8/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
Only in the ‘70s, man, only in the ‘70s. Long before PC culture invaded popular entertainment, movies were the haven of the taboo, a safe house for ideas two steps from the norm. Now, many of these films of perversion were relegated to grindhouse theatres and the third feature of a Dusk Til Dawn showing at your local Drive-In. But occasionally a film will crawl towards the mainstream and plop itself down, bawling for attention. The Baby (1973) is one such film, so twisted in conception that it’s hard to believe it would be released in any decade. Except the ‘70s of course, where you could even get the director of a Dirty Harry and a Planet of the Apes flick to helm it.
Distributed by Scotia International in March, The Baby was given a limited theatrical release; and that’s really for the best – as much as the film...
Distributed by Scotia International in March, The Baby was given a limited theatrical release; and that’s really for the best – as much as the film...
- 5/20/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Talk about a good marriage of brands — Walden Media and Jim Henson Co. have joined together to develop and produce a new family-friendly film project called Happy Krampus! This will be a fully live-action project and is based on an original idea by Kealan O'Rourke (The Boy In The Bubble). The story follows Santa's forgotten helper and giver of coal to naughty children (Krampus) – who has lost his job at the North Pole due to modern parents spoiling their…...
- 7/16/2015
- Deadline
Kealan O'Rourke has signed on to rewrite Emily the Strange.
Chloë Grace Moretz remains attached to the comic book movie, reports The Wrap.
The Dark Horse Comics title adaptation was first announced in 2010 and, despite a long period of silence, seems to be gaining momentum.
The little goth girl character was created for the Cosmic Debris clothing line before graduating into a popular series of stories.
Mirror Mirror's Melissa Wallack wrote the first draft of the script.
O'Rourke is best known for his work on various shorts including The Boy in the Bubble. He is also working on Chernin Entertainment's The Houdini Box and Warner Bros' Bolivar.
Emily the Strange will be produced by Dark Horse's Mike Richardson, with Keith Goldberg and Rob Reger as executive producers.
Watch Chloë Grace Moretz discuss Kick-Ass 2 with Digital Spy below:...
Chloë Grace Moretz remains attached to the comic book movie, reports The Wrap.
The Dark Horse Comics title adaptation was first announced in 2010 and, despite a long period of silence, seems to be gaining momentum.
The little goth girl character was created for the Cosmic Debris clothing line before graduating into a popular series of stories.
Mirror Mirror's Melissa Wallack wrote the first draft of the script.
O'Rourke is best known for his work on various shorts including The Boy in the Bubble. He is also working on Chernin Entertainment's The Houdini Box and Warner Bros' Bolivar.
Emily the Strange will be produced by Dark Horse's Mike Richardson, with Keith Goldberg and Rob Reger as executive producers.
Watch Chloë Grace Moretz discuss Kick-Ass 2 with Digital Spy below:...
- 9/30/2013
- Digital Spy
Kealan O'Rourke has been brought on to rewrite the languishing graphic novel adaptation Emily the Strange.
We first reported on the project back in 2010, when Chloe Moretz signed on to star as the title character. Then, in August 2011, Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club, Mirror Mirror) signed on to write the script, but that was the last we heard about the adaptation until now.
The character was created in 1993 by pro skateboarder Rob Reger, which was initially used to promote a clothing line. The adaptation reportedly centers on Emily's origin story and how she gains her ability to fuse technology and imagination. The story also follows Emily's relationship with her four cats, Sabbath, Nee-Chee, Miles and Mystery. Of course, now that a new writer is involved, this all could change.
Dark Horse's Mike Richardson is producing, with Rob Reger and Keith Goldberg executive producing. Kealan O'Rourke is currently developing a...
We first reported on the project back in 2010, when Chloe Moretz signed on to star as the title character. Then, in August 2011, Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club, Mirror Mirror) signed on to write the script, but that was the last we heard about the adaptation until now.
The character was created in 1993 by pro skateboarder Rob Reger, which was initially used to promote a clothing line. The adaptation reportedly centers on Emily's origin story and how she gains her ability to fuse technology and imagination. The story also follows Emily's relationship with her four cats, Sabbath, Nee-Chee, Miles and Mystery. Of course, now that a new writer is involved, this all could change.
Dark Horse's Mike Richardson is producing, with Rob Reger and Keith Goldberg executive producing. Kealan O'Rourke is currently developing a...
- 9/27/2013
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
Irish filmmaker Kealan O'Rourke ("The Boy in the Bubble") has been set to write and direct a film adaptation of Brian Selznick's 1991 young adult novel "The Houdini Box" at Chernin Entertainment.
The story centers on a boy unsuccessfully attempting to perform Harry Houdini's magic tricks. He soon meets his idol at a train station and begs Houdini to explain himself.
He later receives a letter inviting him to Houdini's house - the same day Houdini died and be quested a mysterious, locked box to the boy.
Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping will produce. Selznick also wrote "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," which was adapted into Martin Scorsese's "Hugo."
Source: Variety...
The story centers on a boy unsuccessfully attempting to perform Harry Houdini's magic tricks. He soon meets his idol at a train station and begs Houdini to explain himself.
He later receives a letter inviting him to Houdini's house - the same day Houdini died and be quested a mysterious, locked box to the boy.
Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping will produce. Selznick also wrote "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," which was adapted into Martin Scorsese's "Hugo."
Source: Variety...
- 1/9/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
We’ve got news concerning two upcoming adaptations to share this evening. First up, Variety reports that Chernin Entertainment has set Kealan O’Rourke to write and direct an adaptation of the young adult novel The Houdini Box. Written by Hugo Cabret author Brian Selznick, the story centers on a young boy who idolizes the titular magician, meets him by chance, and then receives an invitation to go to Houdini’s house where he learns that the magician has recently died and left the young boy a mysterious box. O'Rourke's experience is primarily with short films, but he’s currently developing his short The Boy in the Bubble as an animated feature and is set to write and direct an animated adaptation of the graphic novel Bolivar. No word on how soon Houdini Box will come to fruition, but it’s one of a few Houdini-centered projects in development at the moment.
- 1/9/2013
- by Adam Chitwood
- Collider.com
The Irish are out in force at this years BFI London Film Festival, now in its 56th year. The festival runs from October 10th to October 21st and us Irish are out in force. Ok, so not of all of us, but congrats to all who got selected. In the Features section… Pilgrim Hill: Dir. Gerard Barrett Silence: Dir. Pat Collins What Richard Did: Dir. Lenny Abrahamson Citadel : Dir. Ciarán Foy (Co-production with UK) Good Vibrations: Dir. Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Co-production with UK) Kelly + Victor: Dir. Kieran Evans (Co-production with UK) Legends Of Valhalla - Thor (Hetjur Valhallar - ÞÓR): Dir. Óskar Jónasson (Co-production with Iceland and Germany) Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God: Dir. Alex Gibney (Co-production with USA) The Pervert’S Guide To Ideology: Dir. Sophie Fiennes (Co-production with UK) The Road: A Story Of Life And Death: Dir.
- 9/5/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
The Palm Springs International Shortfest, the largest short film festival and market in North America, announced its Festival award winners on Sunday, June 24, 2012. 324 short films screened throughout the Festival along with more than 3,000 filmmaker submissions available in the film market. A total of $118,800 in prizes, including $16,000 in cash awards, were awarded in 20 categories. Held from June 19-25, 2012, the Festival had another record-breaking year in attendance for ticket buyers, filmmakers and film industry delegates.
Darryl Macdonald, ShortFest Programming and Executive Director, said, “It's been a great year for ShortFest, with record crowds, a spectacular lineup of provocative and engaging new films and a banner year for the ShortFest Forums, with acclaimed talents like Robert Elswit, Gus Van Sant and Oorlagh George participating. All in all, we've achieved everything we set out to accomplish with this year's Festival. I'm confident we've provided a fitting springboard for the astonishingly accomplished young filmmakers who participated.”
Returning for a second year, the Palm Springs International ShortFest continued the ShortFest Online Film Festival. Ten films were chosen to represent the Festival online. The ShortFest Online Audience Award went to Lost & Found (UK), directed by Sam Washington. The film will be available to view online for the next three months.
Jury Category Awards
Awards in the non-student and student categories were selected by ShortFest jury members Richard Abramowitz (President of Abramorama, distribution and marketing company), Lael Loewenstein, (President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and a critic for Variety) and Jane Schoettle (International Programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival). All first place winners in the non-student categories received a cash award of $2,000. First place winners in the non-student Animation and Live Action categories may be eligible for Academy Awards consideration. Second place recipients received a $500 cash prize.
Designated by AMPAS as an award-qualifying festival, and accredited by the International Short Film Conference, the Palm Springs International ShortFest and its Short Film Market are the largest and most prominent short film showcase in North America. The Festival and its concurrent 3,000-film Market continue to serve as a scouting ground for new filmmaking talent and are well attended by those in the business of buying and selling short films.
The Palm Springs International ShortFest is supported by an ever-growing number of new and longtime sponsors with local, national and international prominence. The Title Sponsor is the City of Palm Springs with Presenting Sponsors The Desert Sun and Spencer’s. Major Sponsors include, Panavision, The BottomLine, Stampede Post Productions, Greenhouse Studios, Kqed San Francisco and The Australian Consulate General in Los Angeles. Special support has been provided by The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
The 2012 Palm Springs International ShortFest award winners are:
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award – Winner received $2,000 cash prize, Software Package courtesy of The Showbiz Café & Store, Post Production award courtesy of Greenhouse Studios and Final Cut Pro X courtesy of Apple. The winner of this award may be eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Behind the Mirrors (Detras del Espejo) (Peru/USA), Julio O. Ramos
A young husband, and soon-to-be father, manages a local brothel with his wife. When one of the night’s customers leaves behind an unexpected mess, the husband's keen eye for opportunity and quick thinking may change their fortunes forever.
Panavision Grand Jury Award – Winner received a Panavision Camera Package valued at $60,000.
Paulie (USA), Andrew Nackman
Paulie is a nine year old in the seventh grade. Used to being the smartest kid in the room Paulie aces every test, wins every spelling bee and science fair, and does not lose. So when bully Tony beats him one day at an essay contest, Paulie refuses to let it go.
Future Filmmaker Award – Winner received a $2,000 cash prize and a post production package courtesy of Greenhouse Studios.
Khaana (UK), Rajinder Sawhney
A pregnant, orthodox Muslim woman living in London has an appetite for life as well as for food, in this delightful exploration of the ways in which her homeland’s culture intersects with her still novel foreign surroundings.
Audience Awards
Audience Favorite Live Action Short
A Curious Conjunction of Coincidences (Netherlands), Joost Reijmers
An absurdist journey through time with an explosive ending in the heart of Amsterdam, this Dutch treat won the Best Comedy Award at the recent Aspen ShortsFest, and rightly so: its inventive tale links up three hapless heroes living in different centuries whose worlds collide unexpectedly in the present day.
Runner-up – Talking Dog For Sale, 10 Euros (Se Vende PerroQue Habla, 10 Euros) (France/Spain), Lewis-Martin Soucy
Audience Favorite Documentary Short
Mr. Christmas (USA), Nick Palmer
Bruce Mertz is the kind of guy who lights up the lives of those around him -- quite literally -- when every holiday season he transforms his house into a beacon with 50,000 colorful lights and himself into Mr. Christmas.
Runner-up – The Little Team (L’Equip Petit) (Spain), Robert Gomez
Audience Favorite Animation Short
The Boy in the Bubble (Ireland), Kealan O’Rourke
Young Rupert Shelley utilizes magic to win the heart of his true love at school and save his own heart from breaking. The magic works, but not in quite the way that Rupert had expected.
Runner-up – The Gruffalo’s Child (UK), Uwe Heidschötter, Johannes Weiland
Best Animation short
First Place ($2,000) – Nuru (Belgium), Michael Palmaers
In this dazzling, CG-enhanced story about an abandoned zoo and its lone animal inhabitant, a zookeeper looks after a giant gorilla who is being subjected to a dark experiment run by an opportunistic director.
Second Place ($500) – Amen! (Germany), Moritz Mayerhofer
Best Live Action short over 15 minutes
First Place ($2,000) – Dura Lex (Belgium), Anke Blondé
When two detectives show up at Kristi’s house asking lots of questions about her Albanian maid, she has little time to decide what to think, say, and do – and her answers will have major consequences for all concerned.
Second Place ($500) – Light Years (Lichtjahre) (Germany), Florian Knittel
Best Live Action short 15 Minutes And Under
First Place ($2,000) – The Devil’s Ballroom (Mannen fra isødet) (Norway/Greenland), Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
After burying his last remaining companion, a fearless explorer has to find his way to the North Pole alone, fighting snow-blindness and physical strain. An unexpected encounter forces him to decide between honor and fame in the history books or keeping the moral high ground—a choice which will haunt the rest of his life.
Second Place ($500) – The Moment (Australia), Troy Bellchambers
Best Documentary short:
First Place ($2,000) – The Record Breaker (Denmark), Brian McGinn
Climbing Machu Picchu on stilts is not for everybody, but it suits Ashrita Furman just fine. Furman holds the official record for the most Guinness World Records by one individual, and he has set his sights on one more for the books.
Second Place ($500) – The Globe Collector (Australia), Summer DeRoche
Student Categories
All first place winners in these categories received a software package courtesy of The Showbiz Café & Store along with a one-year download membership to videoblocks.com or stock footage DVD set courtesy of Video Block and Footage Firm.
Best Student Animation
First Place – Bear Me (Germany), Katarzyna Wilk
A young woman’s object of love, and other desires, is a surprisingly strange choice in her seemingly otherwise quite normal world.
Second Place – Flamingo Pride (Germany), Tomer Eshed
Best Student Live Action short over 15 minutes
First Place – Hatch (Austria/USA), Christoph Kushnig
On a wintry Vienna night, a young couple makes the decision to give up their child, knowing they cannot raise it and realize their own youthful dreams. Across town, another couple is desperate for a child of their own, with no way to conceive one. When the paths of these two couples briefly cross, fate holds an unexpected lesson for each of them.
Second Place – Good Night (UK), Muriel d’Ansembourg
Best Student Live Action short 15 Minutes And Under
First Place – Behind the Mirrors (Detras del Espejo) (Peru/USA), Julio O. Ramos
A young husband, and soon-to-be father, manages a local brothel with his wife. When one of the night’s customers leaves behind an unexpected mess, the husband's keen eye for opportunity and quick thinking may change their fortunes forever.
Second Place – Paulie (USA), Andrew Nackman
Best Student Documentary short
In an unprecedented decision, the ShortFest jury has decided to award first place jointly to two documentaries: The Battle of the Jazz Guitarist and Julian. The jury issued the following statement: “With strikingly different techniques, each paints a remarkable portrait of family ties. Although we didn’t set out to define the category thematically, we noted that both films raised questions of parental legacy, filial responsibility, and the indelible cost of personal ambition. Each left an unmistakable impression on us. And so, after sustained and impassioned deliberations, we decided that the only real option was to recognize both films.”
First Place (tie) – The Battle of the Jazz Guitarist (USA), Mark Columbus
Filmmaker Mark Columbus takes an inventive, probing and amusing look at his relationship with his dad, a once famous jazz guitarist from the Fiji Islands, whose career stalled when he moved to the U.S.
First Place (tie) – Julian (USA), Bao Nguyen
When a young man named Julian looks straight into the camera and talks about the lure of joining the Marines and the possibility of not returning home, so begins this riveting portrait of a young soldier and his family.
Best Student Cinematography - Software package courtesy of The Showbiz Café & Store.
Saro Varjabedian (cinematographer), Jesus Loves Youssef (Lebanon)
Young Youssef is praying for a bike for a first communion gift, but communion involves confession, and the boy is feeling awfully guilty about something that he doesn’t want to confess to the priest.
Second Place – Anand Kishore (cinematographer), Mong (China)
Best Student Film Award (From A Us Film School) - $2,000 cash prize courtesy of Kqed, San Francisco.
First Place – Hatch (Austria/USA), Christoph Kuschnig
On a wintry Vienna night, a young couple makes the decision to give up their child, knowing they cannot raise it and realize their own youthful dreams. Across town, another couple is desperate for a child of their own, with no way to conceive one. When the paths of these two couples briefly cross, fate holds an unexpected lesson for each of them.
Additional Prizes
The Alexis Award for Best Emerging Student Filmmaker went to Kiss Me (USA), directed by Jules Nurrish. The recipient received Final Cut Pro X courtesy of Apple. The Alexis Award is selected by the Festival’s programming team and was created in honor of Alexis Echavarria, a young filmmaker, whose talent as a budding filmmaker and gift for inspiring excellence among his fellow students were cut short suddenly in 2005 at age 16.
Bridging the Borders Award presented by Cinema Without Borders went to Road to Peshawar (USA), directed by Hammad Rizvi. The winner received a certificate for an upcoming Method Acting Intensive with a value of $2000 from Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. The runner-up was Dura Lex (Belgium), directed by Anke Blondé.
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will be held January 3-14, 2013.
Darryl Macdonald, ShortFest Programming and Executive Director, said, “It's been a great year for ShortFest, with record crowds, a spectacular lineup of provocative and engaging new films and a banner year for the ShortFest Forums, with acclaimed talents like Robert Elswit, Gus Van Sant and Oorlagh George participating. All in all, we've achieved everything we set out to accomplish with this year's Festival. I'm confident we've provided a fitting springboard for the astonishingly accomplished young filmmakers who participated.”
Returning for a second year, the Palm Springs International ShortFest continued the ShortFest Online Film Festival. Ten films were chosen to represent the Festival online. The ShortFest Online Audience Award went to Lost & Found (UK), directed by Sam Washington. The film will be available to view online for the next three months.
Jury Category Awards
Awards in the non-student and student categories were selected by ShortFest jury members Richard Abramowitz (President of Abramorama, distribution and marketing company), Lael Loewenstein, (President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and a critic for Variety) and Jane Schoettle (International Programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival). All first place winners in the non-student categories received a cash award of $2,000. First place winners in the non-student Animation and Live Action categories may be eligible for Academy Awards consideration. Second place recipients received a $500 cash prize.
Designated by AMPAS as an award-qualifying festival, and accredited by the International Short Film Conference, the Palm Springs International ShortFest and its Short Film Market are the largest and most prominent short film showcase in North America. The Festival and its concurrent 3,000-film Market continue to serve as a scouting ground for new filmmaking talent and are well attended by those in the business of buying and selling short films.
The Palm Springs International ShortFest is supported by an ever-growing number of new and longtime sponsors with local, national and international prominence. The Title Sponsor is the City of Palm Springs with Presenting Sponsors The Desert Sun and Spencer’s. Major Sponsors include, Panavision, The BottomLine, Stampede Post Productions, Greenhouse Studios, Kqed San Francisco and The Australian Consulate General in Los Angeles. Special support has been provided by The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
The 2012 Palm Springs International ShortFest award winners are:
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award – Winner received $2,000 cash prize, Software Package courtesy of The Showbiz Café & Store, Post Production award courtesy of Greenhouse Studios and Final Cut Pro X courtesy of Apple. The winner of this award may be eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Behind the Mirrors (Detras del Espejo) (Peru/USA), Julio O. Ramos
A young husband, and soon-to-be father, manages a local brothel with his wife. When one of the night’s customers leaves behind an unexpected mess, the husband's keen eye for opportunity and quick thinking may change their fortunes forever.
Panavision Grand Jury Award – Winner received a Panavision Camera Package valued at $60,000.
Paulie (USA), Andrew Nackman
Paulie is a nine year old in the seventh grade. Used to being the smartest kid in the room Paulie aces every test, wins every spelling bee and science fair, and does not lose. So when bully Tony beats him one day at an essay contest, Paulie refuses to let it go.
Future Filmmaker Award – Winner received a $2,000 cash prize and a post production package courtesy of Greenhouse Studios.
Khaana (UK), Rajinder Sawhney
A pregnant, orthodox Muslim woman living in London has an appetite for life as well as for food, in this delightful exploration of the ways in which her homeland’s culture intersects with her still novel foreign surroundings.
Audience Awards
Audience Favorite Live Action Short
A Curious Conjunction of Coincidences (Netherlands), Joost Reijmers
An absurdist journey through time with an explosive ending in the heart of Amsterdam, this Dutch treat won the Best Comedy Award at the recent Aspen ShortsFest, and rightly so: its inventive tale links up three hapless heroes living in different centuries whose worlds collide unexpectedly in the present day.
Runner-up – Talking Dog For Sale, 10 Euros (Se Vende PerroQue Habla, 10 Euros) (France/Spain), Lewis-Martin Soucy
Audience Favorite Documentary Short
Mr. Christmas (USA), Nick Palmer
Bruce Mertz is the kind of guy who lights up the lives of those around him -- quite literally -- when every holiday season he transforms his house into a beacon with 50,000 colorful lights and himself into Mr. Christmas.
Runner-up – The Little Team (L’Equip Petit) (Spain), Robert Gomez
Audience Favorite Animation Short
The Boy in the Bubble (Ireland), Kealan O’Rourke
Young Rupert Shelley utilizes magic to win the heart of his true love at school and save his own heart from breaking. The magic works, but not in quite the way that Rupert had expected.
Runner-up – The Gruffalo’s Child (UK), Uwe Heidschötter, Johannes Weiland
Best Animation short
First Place ($2,000) – Nuru (Belgium), Michael Palmaers
In this dazzling, CG-enhanced story about an abandoned zoo and its lone animal inhabitant, a zookeeper looks after a giant gorilla who is being subjected to a dark experiment run by an opportunistic director.
Second Place ($500) – Amen! (Germany), Moritz Mayerhofer
Best Live Action short over 15 minutes
First Place ($2,000) – Dura Lex (Belgium), Anke Blondé
When two detectives show up at Kristi’s house asking lots of questions about her Albanian maid, she has little time to decide what to think, say, and do – and her answers will have major consequences for all concerned.
Second Place ($500) – Light Years (Lichtjahre) (Germany), Florian Knittel
Best Live Action short 15 Minutes And Under
First Place ($2,000) – The Devil’s Ballroom (Mannen fra isødet) (Norway/Greenland), Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
After burying his last remaining companion, a fearless explorer has to find his way to the North Pole alone, fighting snow-blindness and physical strain. An unexpected encounter forces him to decide between honor and fame in the history books or keeping the moral high ground—a choice which will haunt the rest of his life.
Second Place ($500) – The Moment (Australia), Troy Bellchambers
Best Documentary short:
First Place ($2,000) – The Record Breaker (Denmark), Brian McGinn
Climbing Machu Picchu on stilts is not for everybody, but it suits Ashrita Furman just fine. Furman holds the official record for the most Guinness World Records by one individual, and he has set his sights on one more for the books.
Second Place ($500) – The Globe Collector (Australia), Summer DeRoche
Student Categories
All first place winners in these categories received a software package courtesy of The Showbiz Café & Store along with a one-year download membership to videoblocks.com or stock footage DVD set courtesy of Video Block and Footage Firm.
Best Student Animation
First Place – Bear Me (Germany), Katarzyna Wilk
A young woman’s object of love, and other desires, is a surprisingly strange choice in her seemingly otherwise quite normal world.
Second Place – Flamingo Pride (Germany), Tomer Eshed
Best Student Live Action short over 15 minutes
First Place – Hatch (Austria/USA), Christoph Kushnig
On a wintry Vienna night, a young couple makes the decision to give up their child, knowing they cannot raise it and realize their own youthful dreams. Across town, another couple is desperate for a child of their own, with no way to conceive one. When the paths of these two couples briefly cross, fate holds an unexpected lesson for each of them.
Second Place – Good Night (UK), Muriel d’Ansembourg
Best Student Live Action short 15 Minutes And Under
First Place – Behind the Mirrors (Detras del Espejo) (Peru/USA), Julio O. Ramos
A young husband, and soon-to-be father, manages a local brothel with his wife. When one of the night’s customers leaves behind an unexpected mess, the husband's keen eye for opportunity and quick thinking may change their fortunes forever.
Second Place – Paulie (USA), Andrew Nackman
Best Student Documentary short
In an unprecedented decision, the ShortFest jury has decided to award first place jointly to two documentaries: The Battle of the Jazz Guitarist and Julian. The jury issued the following statement: “With strikingly different techniques, each paints a remarkable portrait of family ties. Although we didn’t set out to define the category thematically, we noted that both films raised questions of parental legacy, filial responsibility, and the indelible cost of personal ambition. Each left an unmistakable impression on us. And so, after sustained and impassioned deliberations, we decided that the only real option was to recognize both films.”
First Place (tie) – The Battle of the Jazz Guitarist (USA), Mark Columbus
Filmmaker Mark Columbus takes an inventive, probing and amusing look at his relationship with his dad, a once famous jazz guitarist from the Fiji Islands, whose career stalled when he moved to the U.S.
First Place (tie) – Julian (USA), Bao Nguyen
When a young man named Julian looks straight into the camera and talks about the lure of joining the Marines and the possibility of not returning home, so begins this riveting portrait of a young soldier and his family.
Best Student Cinematography - Software package courtesy of The Showbiz Café & Store.
Saro Varjabedian (cinematographer), Jesus Loves Youssef (Lebanon)
Young Youssef is praying for a bike for a first communion gift, but communion involves confession, and the boy is feeling awfully guilty about something that he doesn’t want to confess to the priest.
Second Place – Anand Kishore (cinematographer), Mong (China)
Best Student Film Award (From A Us Film School) - $2,000 cash prize courtesy of Kqed, San Francisco.
First Place – Hatch (Austria/USA), Christoph Kuschnig
On a wintry Vienna night, a young couple makes the decision to give up their child, knowing they cannot raise it and realize their own youthful dreams. Across town, another couple is desperate for a child of their own, with no way to conceive one. When the paths of these two couples briefly cross, fate holds an unexpected lesson for each of them.
Additional Prizes
The Alexis Award for Best Emerging Student Filmmaker went to Kiss Me (USA), directed by Jules Nurrish. The recipient received Final Cut Pro X courtesy of Apple. The Alexis Award is selected by the Festival’s programming team and was created in honor of Alexis Echavarria, a young filmmaker, whose talent as a budding filmmaker and gift for inspiring excellence among his fellow students were cut short suddenly in 2005 at age 16.
Bridging the Borders Award presented by Cinema Without Borders went to Road to Peshawar (USA), directed by Hammad Rizvi. The winner received a certificate for an upcoming Method Acting Intensive with a value of $2000 from Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. The runner-up was Dura Lex (Belgium), directed by Anke Blondé.
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will be held January 3-14, 2013.
- 7/5/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Chicago – In our latest new-music CD edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Music, we have 5 new-music CDs up for grabs for the upcoming release of Peter Gabriel’s two-disc CD album “Live Blood,” which was recorded live at London’s iconic Hammersmith Apollo!
Following last year’s stunning “New Blood Live in London” DVD, Blu-ray and 3D disc and “New Blood” studio album comes “Live Blood” from Eagle Rock Entertainment: a newly remixed and remastered live, 2-cd set recorded at London’s iconic Hammersmith Apollo on March 23, 2011. Peter Gabriel’s new live, two-disc CD “Live Blood” went on sale on April 24, 2012.
To win your free CD to Peter Gabriel’s “Live Blood” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
Peter Gabriel’s new live, two-disc CD “Live Blood...
Following last year’s stunning “New Blood Live in London” DVD, Blu-ray and 3D disc and “New Blood” studio album comes “Live Blood” from Eagle Rock Entertainment: a newly remixed and remastered live, 2-cd set recorded at London’s iconic Hammersmith Apollo on March 23, 2011. Peter Gabriel’s new live, two-disc CD “Live Blood” went on sale on April 24, 2012.
To win your free CD to Peter Gabriel’s “Live Blood” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
Peter Gabriel’s new live, two-disc CD “Live Blood...
- 4/25/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
If You thought the comics-to-film trend was running out of steam, you'd be wrong. It's now been revealed that new graphic novels Trespassers and Bolivar are heading to the big screen.
According to Variety, Ryan E. Heppe is to produce a film of Scott Hampton's supernatural graphic novel Trespassers, with the screenplay to be adapted by Bob Gale (above).
Bob co-scripted the three Back to the Future films and has also written for comics, including Batman, Spider-Man and Daredevil.
Trespassers centres on a group of mythbusters who aim to debunk the legend of a famous haunted house. But their scientific logic is tested when they discover demonic guardians, a gateway to hell and that not all of them are who they claim to be. No director or casting is yet in place.
Heppe said: "A good horror flick needs one thing: a simple, original premise that's terrifying as hell.
According to Variety, Ryan E. Heppe is to produce a film of Scott Hampton's supernatural graphic novel Trespassers, with the screenplay to be adapted by Bob Gale (above).
Bob co-scripted the three Back to the Future films and has also written for comics, including Batman, Spider-Man and Daredevil.
Trespassers centres on a group of mythbusters who aim to debunk the legend of a famous haunted house. But their scientific logic is tested when they discover demonic guardians, a gateway to hell and that not all of them are who they claim to be. No director or casting is yet in place.
Heppe said: "A good horror flick needs one thing: a simple, original premise that's terrifying as hell.
- 3/7/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Despite not being released till May 2013, the graphic novel Bolivar, written and illustrated by Sean Rubin, has being picked up by Warner Bros. Pictures to be adapted into an animated movie. Irish filmmaker Kealan O'Rourke will write and direct the cartoon. O'Rourke won the award for best animation at the 2012 Irish Film And Television Awards for the short The Boy In The Bubble. Narrated by Alan Rickman, it follows a ten year old boy who, following his first broken heart, invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever. Bolivar centres on a young girl, Sybil, who moves to New York, and finds out her new neighbour is a reclusive dinosaur named Bolivar. Due to Sybil's persistence, they soon become friends. No release date has been given. Source:The Hollywood Reporter...
- 3/6/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Irish filmmaker Kealan O’Rourke ("The Boy in the Bubble") is attached to write and direct an animated film adaptation of Sean Rubin's upcoming graphic novel "Bolivar" for Warner Bros. Pictures says Heat Vision.
The story follows a young girl named Sybil who moves to New York and finds out her neighbor is Bolivar, the last living dinosaur.
Despite Sybil's persistent efforts, the reclusive Bolivar refuses to befriend her. He soon realizes how much she means to him and that he would risk everything for her.
Akiva Goldsman, Kerry Foster and Stephen Christy will produce.
The story follows a young girl named Sybil who moves to New York and finds out her neighbor is Bolivar, the last living dinosaur.
Despite Sybil's persistent efforts, the reclusive Bolivar refuses to befriend her. He soon realizes how much she means to him and that he would risk everything for her.
Akiva Goldsman, Kerry Foster and Stephen Christy will produce.
- 3/6/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Though the book itself isn't slated to hit shelves until May 2013, Sean Rubin's graphic novel Bolivar is planned for a big-screen adaptation as an animated film, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to the illustrated tale, which tells of young girl, Sybil, and her attempts to befriend her new next-door neighbor: the world's last living dinosaur. Akiva Goldman, Kerry Foster and Stephen Christy are attached to produce while Kealan O'Rourke, best known for his short animated film, "The Boy in the Bubble," will write and direct.
- 3/5/2012
- Comingsoon.net
The Boy In The Bubble is an animated short film that won both the James Horgan Award for Best Animation and the Don Quijote Award for a Short Film at the this year's Galway Film Fleadh. It is directed and co-written by Kealan O'Rourke, and stars Alan Rickman in the voice cast. Official synopsis: Rupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache again. Turning to a book of magic, he invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever....
- 7/21/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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