Exclusive: Beau Bridges (Dreamin’ Wild), Jessica Parker Kennedy (The Flash), Bruce Davison (1923) and Miguel Gabriel (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish) will topline Camera, an indie drama from award-winning filmmaker Jay Silverman (Saving Paradise), which has wrapped production.
Pic tells the story of Oscar (Gabriel), a nine-year-old boy who is unable to speak, watching as he struggles to adapt to the small fishing town where he has just moved with his widowed, hard-working mother Evelyn (Kennedy). Brought together by a broken film format camera, an unlikely friendship is formed between Oscar and a kind repair shop owner, Eric (Bridges).
With the local fishing industry in decline, the townspeople where Oscar and Evelyn now live become fiercely divided as to whether or not to stake their futures on building a luxury hotel – which will surely bring in new jobs — or fight to keep things the way they have been there for generations.
Pic tells the story of Oscar (Gabriel), a nine-year-old boy who is unable to speak, watching as he struggles to adapt to the small fishing town where he has just moved with his widowed, hard-working mother Evelyn (Kennedy). Brought together by a broken film format camera, an unlikely friendship is formed between Oscar and a kind repair shop owner, Eric (Bridges).
With the local fishing industry in decline, the townspeople where Oscar and Evelyn now live become fiercely divided as to whether or not to stake their futures on building a luxury hotel – which will surely bring in new jobs — or fight to keep things the way they have been there for generations.
- 4/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles has announced the nominees for the 10th annual Best of Nfmla Awards.
Nfmla is a nonprofit organization that supports emerging filmmakers and artists through a monthly series of screenings and events in Los Angeles. The nominees for its Best of Nfmla slate are comprised of films that have screened as part of the Nfmla Monthly Film Festival selection in 2021. This year, the awards honor 125 nominees across 16 categories, including achievements in features, documentaries, shorts, experimental media and a best new filmmaker award.
“We are so proud to be able to highlight the incredible talent of all of our nominees, who have each created such inspiring work,” Nfmla programming director Bojana Sandic said in a statement.
15,000 will be provided to select Best of Nfmla winners, a practice that began last year to celebrate the career of recently passed producer Anthony Rhulen, who launched the indie producing company FilmEngine.
“We...
Nfmla is a nonprofit organization that supports emerging filmmakers and artists through a monthly series of screenings and events in Los Angeles. The nominees for its Best of Nfmla slate are comprised of films that have screened as part of the Nfmla Monthly Film Festival selection in 2021. This year, the awards honor 125 nominees across 16 categories, including achievements in features, documentaries, shorts, experimental media and a best new filmmaker award.
“We are so proud to be able to highlight the incredible talent of all of our nominees, who have each created such inspiring work,” Nfmla programming director Bojana Sandic said in a statement.
15,000 will be provided to select Best of Nfmla winners, a practice that began last year to celebrate the career of recently passed producer Anthony Rhulen, who launched the indie producing company FilmEngine.
“We...
- 4/6/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
“We’re dealing with slavery and slave content. How are we approaching this material and what’s the unique way of doing that?” “Augustus” filmmaker Jon Alston asked when making his documentary short feature which is gaining awards chatter and hoping to make the shortlist.
Alston’s short tracks a slave’s fight as he stands up for his rights just before the Civil War, and seeing slavery evolve into today’s racial injustices and inequality.
Below Alston and cinematographer, Matt Edwards discuss the film’s journey and how filming on location helped serve the story.
Where and how did the journey for “Augustus” begin?
It was a wild time. Ayinde Howell, who plays Augustus, had this idea for a screenplay that he started in 2017. I worked with him briefly at USC on a short film, and I looked at it; at the time, it was different.
It jumped around time frames,...
Alston’s short tracks a slave’s fight as he stands up for his rights just before the Civil War, and seeing slavery evolve into today’s racial injustices and inequality.
Below Alston and cinematographer, Matt Edwards discuss the film’s journey and how filming on location helped serve the story.
Where and how did the journey for “Augustus” begin?
It was a wild time. Ayinde Howell, who plays Augustus, had this idea for a screenplay that he started in 2017. I worked with him briefly at USC on a short film, and I looked at it; at the time, it was different.
It jumped around time frames,...
- 2/6/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Long before he became one of the hottest stars in Hollywood, Michael B. Jordan won raves for his portrayal of the complex Dillon Lions quarterback Vince Howard on the acclaimed NBC drama “Friday Night Lights.” His character’s scrappy, inspiring journey from a troubled family to a triumphant success story was not lost on Jon Alston, an NFL linebacker-soon-to-be-filmmaker, who was traveling a rocky road of his own.
So a decade later, when Alston’s award-winning short film “Augustus” was selected for the recent Social Justice Now Film Festival — where Michael B. Jordan serves as co-ambassador — the coincidence was, well, a touchdown. Jordan’s films “Just Mercy” and “Fruitvale Station” opened the Festival at the Paramount Drive-In Theater, kicking off a slate of virtual screenings that explored themes of racial inequalities.
Alston played college football at Stanford before being drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft.
So a decade later, when Alston’s award-winning short film “Augustus” was selected for the recent Social Justice Now Film Festival — where Michael B. Jordan serves as co-ambassador — the coincidence was, well, a touchdown. Jordan’s films “Just Mercy” and “Fruitvale Station” opened the Festival at the Paramount Drive-In Theater, kicking off a slate of virtual screenings that explored themes of racial inequalities.
Alston played college football at Stanford before being drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft.
- 11/3/2020
- by Lorraine Cwelich
- The Wrap
And the winner is……..St. Louis!
With this years St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, we’ve again proven that our city is packed with ridiculously talented filmmakers, actors, and other artisans.
The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties. The various film programs that screened at the Tivoli from July 13-22, 2018 serve as the Showcase’s centerpiece. The programs ranged from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs included post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Filmmakers of all ages within a 120 mile radius of St. Louis were strongly encouraged to submit their works, or at the very least attend the event to celebrate the amazingly talented St.
With this years St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, we’ve again proven that our city is packed with ridiculously talented filmmakers, actors, and other artisans.
The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties. The various film programs that screened at the Tivoli from July 13-22, 2018 serve as the Showcase’s centerpiece. The programs ranged from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs included post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Filmmakers of all ages within a 120 mile radius of St. Louis were strongly encouraged to submit their works, or at the very least attend the event to celebrate the amazingly talented St.
- 7/24/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It's the not too distant future. Denton Sparks is an elite, covert, one-man assassin squad. He's on a secret mission to rid both the on and offline worlds of the Spam King, a dangerous computer hacker responsible for the financial collapse and ensuing destruction of at least two island nations. The assignment would be suicide for you or me, but for Sparks, it's just another day on the job. He has the paramilitary training of a Jason Bourne and the Twitter presence of an Ashton Kutcher. Dude's addicted to social networking. So begins Status Kill, a brand new web series that premiered yesterday at a blip.tv screening and is set to drop online next week. Created by Jesse Cowell (who online video fans will recognize as the creator of the mixed live-action/animated series, Drawn by Pain, and Red vs. Blue forum members will recognize as Jeskid), the show is equal parts action flick,...
- 9/2/2010
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
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