(Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same world-premiered in the “Park City At Midnight” section at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. It opens for a one-week theatrical run at the reRun Gastropub in New York City on Friday, January 6, 2012. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.)
“I have to make it clear that I hate all dramas,” Madeleine Olnek told me in an interview the other day. “I think making dramas is immoral, if you are capable of making a comedy.”
Olnek is a New Yorker who writes and directs comedy films. Plays too. As she’s predominantly worked in the short film arena up to this point, her cinematic talents have been under-appreciated. Her Sundance-vetted shorts, Hold Up and Countertransference, are replete with an original sense of humor and the kinds of completely unpredictable, fully New York, totally pathological characters who inadvertently impose their insanity on everyone around them.
“I have to make it clear that I hate all dramas,” Madeleine Olnek told me in an interview the other day. “I think making dramas is immoral, if you are capable of making a comedy.”
Olnek is a New Yorker who writes and directs comedy films. Plays too. As she’s predominantly worked in the short film arena up to this point, her cinematic talents have been under-appreciated. Her Sundance-vetted shorts, Hold Up and Countertransference, are replete with an original sense of humor and the kinds of completely unpredictable, fully New York, totally pathological characters who inadvertently impose their insanity on everyone around them.
- 1/5/2012
- by Holly Herrick
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Madeleine Olnek is an indie filmmaker based in New York. She has directed a number of award winning short films and now she is making her feature film debut with Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same. Previous films of hers, including Hold Up and Countertransference were chosen as official selections of the Sundance film festival in past years. At this year's Sundance Film Festival, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, will make its debut on January 24th. In honour of the film, we thought we would take some time to talk to Madeleine and ask her about the movie.
- 1/24/2011
- by Blake Griffin
- We Got This Covered
Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Institute announced that 12 short films from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, as well as eight classic short films from Institute alumni and earlier Festivals will be available in the You Tube Screening Room. The first launch date is January 6, 2011 and will continue to release through February 3, 2011.
Each YouTube Screening Room series is scheduled to run for a span of six weeks.
”We are thrilled to be able to share a selection of short films free online on the YouTube Screening Room with the broader public,” said Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming. “The Screening Room will offer just a sample of the diversity and originality of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program, as well as a taste of Institute history.”
The YouTube Screening room (www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom) is a curated wing of YouTube that focuses on independent films.
Short Films from Directors with Feature...
Sundance Institute announced that 12 short films from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, as well as eight classic short films from Institute alumni and earlier Festivals will be available in the You Tube Screening Room. The first launch date is January 6, 2011 and will continue to release through February 3, 2011.
Each YouTube Screening Room series is scheduled to run for a span of six weeks.
”We are thrilled to be able to share a selection of short films free online on the YouTube Screening Room with the broader public,” said Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming. “The Screening Room will offer just a sample of the diversity and originality of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program, as well as a taste of Institute history.”
The YouTube Screening room (www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom) is a curated wing of YouTube that focuses on independent films.
Short Films from Directors with Feature...
- 1/6/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Sundance is always a little queer inclusive, but 2011 is poised to be even more gay than usual. This morning, I told you that Pariah would be part of the festival competition. Today, programmers announcedwill see the premieres of My Idiot Brother, starring Zooey Deschanel and Rashida Jones as girlfriends; Becoming Chaz, a documentary following Chaz Bono's transition; and Kaboom, Greg Arraki's sci-fi thriller featuring a main lesbian character, Stella, played by Haley Bennett. (It won the Queer Palms Award at Cannes two years ago, but this is its Us premiere.)
Kaboom
Another film of interest is Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same from Madeleine Olnek (Hold Up, Countertransference). Here's the premise: A shy greeting card store employee unknowingly falls for a lesbian space alien while two government agents closely track their romance. The cast includes Lisa Haas, Susan Ziegler, Jackie Monahan and Cynthia Kaplan.
And !Women Art Revolution will also...
Kaboom
Another film of interest is Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same from Madeleine Olnek (Hold Up, Countertransference). Here's the premise: A shy greeting card store employee unknowingly falls for a lesbian space alien while two government agents closely track their romance. The cast includes Lisa Haas, Susan Ziegler, Jackie Monahan and Cynthia Kaplan.
And !Women Art Revolution will also...
- 12/2/2010
- by Trish Bendix
- AfterEllen.com
- Big ideas sometimes come in small packages. A couple of years back, my top film from the Sundance film fest was exactly just that -- a short film by a commercials director named Carter Smith. Bugcrush would go on to claim many international film awards and has set the one time photographer on a career path in feature filmmaking. They used to call the form the best calling card for an eventual feature length career --- now with the whole viral thing the short form complements an auteur’s body of work. 5,632 submissions were submitted this year with 96 short films making the cut including the impressive Next Floor from Denis Villeneuve (see pic). When I cover Sundance I usually don’t attend the short programs, I’ll occasionally catch When I’m not seeing the shorts that come right before select feature length films, I’ll attempt to grab as many screeners,
- 12/9/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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