Jeremy Merrifield’s “Balloon,” Carolina Markowicz’s “The Orphan” and Siqi Song’s “Sister” have won the top awards at the 2019 HollyShorts Film Festival, which handed out its awards on Saturday Night at the Harmony Gold in Hollywood.
Those three films won in categories that automatically qualify a short for the Best Animated Short or Best Live-Action Short categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Balloon” stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer is the story of a high schooler who discovers he has super powers. The film, made at the American Film Institute, is also a finalist at the 2019 Student Academy Awards.
Also Read: 2019 ShortList Film Festival Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for the Winner!!
“The Orphan” is based on true stories and deals with a teen orphan given up by his adoptive parents for being too effeminate.
“Sister,” which is also a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival,...
Those three films won in categories that automatically qualify a short for the Best Animated Short or Best Live-Action Short categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Balloon” stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer is the story of a high schooler who discovers he has super powers. The film, made at the American Film Institute, is also a finalist at the 2019 Student Academy Awards.
Also Read: 2019 ShortList Film Festival Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for the Winner!!
“The Orphan” is based on true stories and deals with a teen orphan given up by his adoptive parents for being too effeminate.
“Sister,” which is also a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival,...
- 8/18/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Academy invitee Eddie Redmayne in 'The Theory of Everything.' Academy invites 322 new members: 'More diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before' The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered membership to 322 individuals "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures." According to the Academy's press release, "those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2015." In case all 322 potential new members say an enthusiastic Yes, that means an injection of new blood representing about 5 percent of the Academy's current membership. In the words of Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (as quoted in the press release), in 2015 "our branches have recognized a more diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before, and we look forward to adding their creativity, ideas and experience to our organization." In recent years, the Academy membership has...
- 7/1/2015
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
- 6/27/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Strangely dropping a press release on a historic day where the nation's attention is elsewhere, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their annual list of new member invitees this morning. For those who criticize the makeup of the Academy there was some good news and the stark realization the organization still has a long way to go. The Academy has spent the last eight to 10 years attempting to diversify its membership and this year's class mostly reflects that. There are significantly more invitees of Asian and African-American descent, but the male to female disparity is still depressing. Out of the 25 potential new members of the Actor's Branch only seven are women. And, no, there isn't really an acceptable way for the Academy to spin that sad fact. Additionally, It's important to realize the 322 people noted in the release have only been invited to join Hollywood's most exclusive club.
- 6/26/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
- And they say moderation is the spice of life. Screen Media Films, a late-comer to the frenzy of Tribeca wheelin' and dealin', has just announced that they are picking up the scraps, err -- have acquired international distribution rights to "Lake City", a feature directed by Hunter Hill and Perry Moore. The film, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, describes the tempestuous relationship between a boy (Billy, played by Troy Garity) and his estranged mother (Sissy Spacek). It's a great opportunity for mother and son to figure out their issues, if only Billy's wife (Drea de Matteo) didn't stiff a murderous drug dealer (ironically played by Dave Matthews) and set him on Billy's trail. Set in the Virginia countryside, Billy is forced to make amends for his past and reconnects with a childhood pal (Rebecca Romijn). "Lake City" was produced by Allison Sarofim, Donna Bascom and Mike Ryan,
- 7/9/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
New York -- Screen Media Films has acquired worldwide rights to the dramatic thriller "Lake City," starring Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity, Rebecca Romijn and Dave Matthews.
Keith Carradine and Drea De Matteo also star in the film, the latest theatrical acquisition from this spring's Tribeca Film Festival.
Writer-directors Perry Moore and Hunter Hill's feature follows a young man (Garity) who journeys to the rural Virginia home of his mother (Spacek) to hide from the drug dealer (Matthews) of his estranged wife (De Matteo).
Screen Media will release the film in New York, Los Angeles and five urban markets on Nov. 7. Allison Sarofim, Donna Bascom and Mike Ryan produced the film with executive producers Mark Johnson, Weiman Seid and Sally Pope through N.Y.-based Sixty-Six Productions.
Robert Baruc and David Fannon negotiated the deal on behalf of Screen Media.
Keith Carradine and Drea De Matteo also star in the film, the latest theatrical acquisition from this spring's Tribeca Film Festival.
Writer-directors Perry Moore and Hunter Hill's feature follows a young man (Garity) who journeys to the rural Virginia home of his mother (Spacek) to hide from the drug dealer (Matthews) of his estranged wife (De Matteo).
Screen Media will release the film in New York, Los Angeles and five urban markets on Nov. 7. Allison Sarofim, Donna Bascom and Mike Ryan produced the film with executive producers Mark Johnson, Weiman Seid and Sally Pope through N.Y.-based Sixty-Six Productions.
Robert Baruc and David Fannon negotiated the deal on behalf of Screen Media.
- 7/8/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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