The Third Annual St. Louis Black Film Festival will be September 6-14 2014 at the Mx Theater at 618 Washington Ave. in downtown Saint Louis. All the films screened will be new movies and not only will the fest feature feature-length films but music videos, short films, and short documentaries as well.
The St. Louis Black Film Festival provides the American Midwest with a forum for African American independent film and video, and also serves as an advocate for African American film and video production in the state of Missouri. The Festival seeks to introduce the best films and videos from the surrounding area to its culturally diverse, film-loving audiences Stlbff was initially established as a vehicle for exposing Black cinema. The event was green-lighted after recognition that though St. Louis is the largest city in Missouri, it did not have a viable Black film festival. Independent filmmakers with films featuring a Black,...
The St. Louis Black Film Festival provides the American Midwest with a forum for African American independent film and video, and also serves as an advocate for African American film and video production in the state of Missouri. The Festival seeks to introduce the best films and videos from the surrounding area to its culturally diverse, film-loving audiences Stlbff was initially established as a vehicle for exposing Black cinema. The event was green-lighted after recognition that though St. Louis is the largest city in Missouri, it did not have a viable Black film festival. Independent filmmakers with films featuring a Black,...
- 9/3/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Third Annual St. Louis Black Film Festival will be September 6-14 2013 at the Mx Theater at 618 Washington Ave. in downtown Saint Louis. All the films screened will be new movies and not only will the fest feature feature-length films but music videos, short films, and short documentaries as well.
The St. Louis Black Film Festival provides the American Midwest with a forum for African American independent film and video, and also serves as an advocate for African American film and video production in the state of Missouri. The Festival seeks to introduce the best films and videos from the surrounding area to its culturally diverse, film-loving audiences Stlbff was initially established as a vehicle for exposing Black cinema. The event was green-lighted after recognition that though St. Louis is the largest city in Missouri, it did not have a viable Black film festival. Independent filmmakers with films featuring a Black,...
The St. Louis Black Film Festival provides the American Midwest with a forum for African American independent film and video, and also serves as an advocate for African American film and video production in the state of Missouri. The Festival seeks to introduce the best films and videos from the surrounding area to its culturally diverse, film-loving audiences Stlbff was initially established as a vehicle for exposing Black cinema. The event was green-lighted after recognition that though St. Louis is the largest city in Missouri, it did not have a viable Black film festival. Independent filmmakers with films featuring a Black,...
- 9/3/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Extremely short shorts are all the rage at Park City this year. Perhaps this is a byproduct of Sundance’s embrace of online–originated material, or the result of a crop of filmmakers used to making thirty-second commercials for a living. The end result is a surprising number of shorts clocking in around the two-minute mark. Other trends among the 66 official short film selections: Sundance alumni are responsible for crafting some of the most accomplished dramatic pieces the festival has to offer, the handful of shorts with well-known faces either in front of or behind the camera are among the most interesting, and Canada is on a hot streak with the largest representation in recent memory. Here, in alphabetical order, are five shorts that epitomize the best of what’s trending at Sundance this year. “The Bravest, the Boldest” Having been to Sundance twice before with his films “Pop Foul...
- 1/15/2014
- by Kim Adelman
- Indiewire
Another Planet directed by Smita Bhide won the ‘Golden Lamp Tree Award’ comprising cash prize of 4 lakh Inr in the International Competition Section at the Short Film Center in Goa recently.
The ‘Silver Lamp Tree Award’ with cash prize of 3 lakh Inr was awarded to the film Crazy Beats Strong Every Time directed by Moon Molson.
The Special Jury Award with a cash prize of Rs. 2 lakhs went to Khule Darwaaze (Open Doors) directed by Ashish Pandey.
The Special Jury Award for a Goan Film in International Competition with cash prize of 50,000 Inr went to Anthony Gonsalves – The Music Legend directed by Ashok Rane.
Vasudha Award for the Best Film on Environmental Issues with a cash prize of 2.75 lakhs Inr went to A Pestering Journey directed by K. R. Manoj.
Short Film Center was held alongside International Film Festival of India, Goa from November 24-December 1,2011.
The ‘Silver Lamp Tree Award’ with cash prize of 3 lakh Inr was awarded to the film Crazy Beats Strong Every Time directed by Moon Molson.
The Special Jury Award with a cash prize of Rs. 2 lakhs went to Khule Darwaaze (Open Doors) directed by Ashish Pandey.
The Special Jury Award for a Goan Film in International Competition with cash prize of 50,000 Inr went to Anthony Gonsalves – The Music Legend directed by Ashok Rane.
Vasudha Award for the Best Film on Environmental Issues with a cash prize of 2.75 lakhs Inr went to A Pestering Journey directed by K. R. Manoj.
Short Film Center was held alongside International Film Festival of India, Goa from November 24-December 1,2011.
- 12/2/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Short Film Center which will take place alongside the 42nd International Film Festival of India, Goa announced its lineup.
Films selected under the Vasudha Award Competition Section are Save Earth by Prakash Mishra (india), Pachilakkkoodu (My Home is Green) by Sajan Sindhu (india), A Pestering Journey by K.R. Manoj(india) and Battle for Survival by Naresh Bedi(india).
Films selected under the International competition section are Khule Darwaaze (Open Doors) by Ashish Pandey (india), Raag Sarkari (bureacracy sonata) by Vinay Shukla (india), Another Planet by Smita Bhide (India), Unearthed by Karan Vazirani (india), Man of the Match by Hitesh Kewalya (india), Save the Girl Child by Sunil H. Naik (india), Inklab by Gaurav Chhabra (india), Anthony Gonsalves – The music legend by Ashoke Rane (india), Hot “n” Fast by Rajinder Singh Puller (india), Paper Planes by Neha Singh (india), Maple Syrup by Alexander N (USA), Crazy Beats Strong Every Time...
Films selected under the Vasudha Award Competition Section are Save Earth by Prakash Mishra (india), Pachilakkkoodu (My Home is Green) by Sajan Sindhu (india), A Pestering Journey by K.R. Manoj(india) and Battle for Survival by Naresh Bedi(india).
Films selected under the International competition section are Khule Darwaaze (Open Doors) by Ashish Pandey (india), Raag Sarkari (bureacracy sonata) by Vinay Shukla (india), Another Planet by Smita Bhide (India), Unearthed by Karan Vazirani (india), Man of the Match by Hitesh Kewalya (india), Save the Girl Child by Sunil H. Naik (india), Inklab by Gaurav Chhabra (india), Anthony Gonsalves – The music legend by Ashoke Rane (india), Hot “n” Fast by Rajinder Singh Puller (india), Paper Planes by Neha Singh (india), Maple Syrup by Alexander N (USA), Crazy Beats Strong Every Time...
- 11/4/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
It happened last month, and was later uploaded to YouTube for those of us who couldn’t be present. The entire 1 hour & 40 minute Tribeca Film Institute panel at The New School here in NYC, titled, How to Make a Living as a Filmmaker or How to Make a Living and Still Be a Filmmaker. Panelists of note include Moon Molson, a name we’ve mentioned a few times on this site… an up-and-coming filmmaker, whose short film, Crazy Beats Strong Every Time, was a Sundance 2011 selection. Also, Rodney Evans, another name you should be familiar with. His feature film debut, Brother To Brother, starring Anthony Mackie, was released to critical acclaim in 2004, and he’s currently working on his second feature, called Daydream, about jazz musician Billy Strayhorn.
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- 3/8/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The 2011 Sundance Film Festival announced the names of the its selected jury members earlier this morning, for its 5 categories – Us Documentary, World Documentary, Us Narrative, World Narrative and Short Films.
Congrats are in order to Barry Jenkins who will be sitting in the judges panel as a member of the Short Films jury! Of course, if you’re new here, Barry directed the 2008 indie darling of a film, Medicine For Melancholy, and we’ve certainly been following his progress since then, which a search of his name on this site will show.
Of relevance to this site, Moon Molson and Tahir Jetter both have short films in competition at the festival this year – Moon’s short film about an African-American young man who finds his Nigerian-immigrant stepfather passed out drunk in their project-building hallway and is pressured by a friend into murdering him, is titled Crazy Beats Strong Every Time; and Tahir’s short,...
Congrats are in order to Barry Jenkins who will be sitting in the judges panel as a member of the Short Films jury! Of course, if you’re new here, Barry directed the 2008 indie darling of a film, Medicine For Melancholy, and we’ve certainly been following his progress since then, which a search of his name on this site will show.
Of relevance to this site, Moon Molson and Tahir Jetter both have short films in competition at the festival this year – Moon’s short film about an African-American young man who finds his Nigerian-immigrant stepfather passed out drunk in their project-building hallway and is pressured by a friend into murdering him, is titled Crazy Beats Strong Every Time; and Tahir’s short,...
- 1/18/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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
Short films by some Sundance alumni in Moon Molson, Michael Mohan, Oscilloscope founder Adam Yauch (see above), Lance Weiler, Zellner Bros., Neil Labute, Lake Bell, Isabella Rossellini, Daniel Mulloy, and as we mentioned before Carter Smith will be attending the festival with Yearbook with the logline being: "Something strange is going on at Rockdale high school…" And always worth the detour, Ruben Östlund brings Incident by a Bank whose plot is pretty much revealed in the title. The short films selected for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival are: U.S. Narrative Shorts This year's 44 U.S. short films were selected from a record 3,453 submissions. After You Left (Director: Jef Taylor; Screenwriters: Jef Taylor and Michael Tisdale) – A man in his mid-thirties searches for meaning in the aftermath of a relationship. Andy and Zach (Director and Screenwriter: Nick Paley) – When Zach decides to move out, his roommate Andy tries to set up...
- 12/6/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Well, we’ve see the list of feature-length films that are in the 2011 lineup of the Sundance Film Festival. Just moments ago, the festival revealed the full list of short films that will accompany those features – 44 in total, from a record 3,453 submissions! Wow! Glad I’m not on that judging committee.
But of note in the below list are 2 filmmakers who are followers of this blog, both I’ve communicated with in the past – one actually was mentioned on Black Filmmakers To Watch thread, so we may as well add the other.
I’m referring to Moon Molson and Tahir Jetter.
Moon’s short film is titled Crazy Beats Strong Every Time. Some may recall that, in September, I posted an entry for Moon, to help raise money to complete the short film. He was trying to raise $8,000, and actually ended up raising $10,250! So, congrats to Moon! The synopsis for...
But of note in the below list are 2 filmmakers who are followers of this blog, both I’ve communicated with in the past – one actually was mentioned on Black Filmmakers To Watch thread, so we may as well add the other.
I’m referring to Moon Molson and Tahir Jetter.
Moon’s short film is titled Crazy Beats Strong Every Time. Some may recall that, in September, I posted an entry for Moon, to help raise money to complete the short film. He was trying to raise $8,000, and actually ended up raising $10,250! So, congrats to Moon! The synopsis for...
- 12/6/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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