Qaushiq Mukherjee a.k.a. Q’s Suzanne Takes Me Down is part of the Slam Collective launched at the ongoing 19th Slamdance Film Festival. The film trails one night in the life of Suzanne, a transgender sex worker, who walks the streets of Kolkata, confessing her dreams.
The Slam Collective features seven Slamdance filmmakers from five countries (United States, Mexico, South Africa, Australia and India) coming together to make I Want To Be An American, Slamdance’s first documentary feature.
“In the spirit of the Surrealist parlor game of chance Exquisite Corpse, each filmmaker makes a documentary short film based on imagery forwarded on by the previous filmmaker in the chain. The composite story forms a global independent filmmaking experience,” states an official press release.
The other films in the Collective are Dale Yudelman’s I Want To Be An American, Maya Newell’s Clown In The Crowd, Dylan Verrechia’s Aidee,...
The Slam Collective features seven Slamdance filmmakers from five countries (United States, Mexico, South Africa, Australia and India) coming together to make I Want To Be An American, Slamdance’s first documentary feature.
“In the spirit of the Surrealist parlor game of chance Exquisite Corpse, each filmmaker makes a documentary short film based on imagery forwarded on by the previous filmmaker in the chain. The composite story forms a global independent filmmaking experience,” states an official press release.
The other films in the Collective are Dale Yudelman’s I Want To Be An American, Maya Newell’s Clown In The Crowd, Dylan Verrechia’s Aidee,...
- 1/23/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Mexico City -- The 8th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival will kick off with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's latest drama "Biutiful," marking the Mexico premiere of the Javier Bardem vehicle.
"Biutiful," Mexico's foreign-language Oscar submission, made its worldwide debut in Cannes earlier this year, where Bardem won best actor for his role as an underworld businessman.
Festival director Daniela Michel told reporters at a Wednesday news conference that Gonzalez Inarritu, Bardem and Argentine actress Maricel Alvarez will attend the film fest, which runs from Oct. 16-24. "Biutiful" will screen out of competition.
Also programmed for this year's event is a retrospective spanning the career of Terry Gilliam, which includes all 12 of his feature films. Gilliam will be on hand as a special guest.
More than 80 Mexican films will screen in competition, with seven fiction works from first- and second-time directors. The feature films in the official selection comprise Jorge Michel Grau...
"Biutiful," Mexico's foreign-language Oscar submission, made its worldwide debut in Cannes earlier this year, where Bardem won best actor for his role as an underworld businessman.
Festival director Daniela Michel told reporters at a Wednesday news conference that Gonzalez Inarritu, Bardem and Argentine actress Maricel Alvarez will attend the film fest, which runs from Oct. 16-24. "Biutiful" will screen out of competition.
Also programmed for this year's event is a retrospective spanning the career of Terry Gilliam, which includes all 12 of his feature films. Gilliam will be on hand as a special guest.
More than 80 Mexican films will screen in competition, with seven fiction works from first- and second-time directors. The feature films in the official selection comprise Jorge Michel Grau...
- 10/6/2010
- by By John Hecht
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 16th annual San Antonio Film Festival, which runs June 23-27, is truly a great combination of celebrating local talent and international cinema, screening films produced in Texas to ones produced in Europe, South America and the Middle East.
There’s also a distinct flavor of socially aware fictional narratives and documentaries, including films about Tibetan refugees, migrant workers, the 2008 Presidential election, alcoholism and genocide. But, that’s not to say the fest is a totally serious affair as there’s also several genre films about the World Cup, sheep rustlers, dancers, crooks and other ne’er-do-wells. It looks like a fun mix.
The full lineup of films is below. The way the festival runs is that films screen in blocks in three different theaters. A “block” of films will generally contain a feature or two (feature = film that is 50 mins. or more), plus several shorts. In the lineup I have up,...
There’s also a distinct flavor of socially aware fictional narratives and documentaries, including films about Tibetan refugees, migrant workers, the 2008 Presidential election, alcoholism and genocide. But, that’s not to say the fest is a totally serious affair as there’s also several genre films about the World Cup, sheep rustlers, dancers, crooks and other ne’er-do-wells. It looks like a fun mix.
The full lineup of films is below. The way the festival runs is that films screen in blocks in three different theaters. A “block” of films will generally contain a feature or two (feature = film that is 50 mins. or more), plus several shorts. In the lineup I have up,...
- 6/22/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Dylan Verrechia's Tijauna Makes Me Happy took home the grand jury award for best narrative feature, while Adam Hootnick's Unsettled picked up the grand jury award for best documentary feature at the 13th Slamdance Film Festival, which concluded Saturday in Park City, Utah.
Separately, the Slamdunk Film Festival concluded on Friday, awarding its best fictional feature prize to The Junior Defenders and its documentary prize to This African Life.
At the Slamdance awards ceremony, which took place Friday, the top audience award winners were Jeremy Saulnier's Murder Party, named best narrative feature, and Red Without Blue, written and directed by Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills and Todd Sills, which took the prize for best documentary.
Jury awards were also given to Robin Fuller's The Ballad of Mary Slade, best animated short; Alice Nelson's A Map with Gaps, best documentary short; Cesar Velasco Broca's Avant Petalos Grillados, best experimental short; and Charles Williams' The Cow Thief, best narrative short.
Other audience award winners were Danny Bourque's "Commode Creations: The Artwork of Barney Smith," which copped the Global Audience Award for Best Anarchy Film, and JoEllen Martinson and William Scott Rees' The Mallorys Go Black Market, which scored the Spirit of Slamdance Award.
Separately, the Slamdunk Film Festival concluded on Friday, awarding its best fictional feature prize to The Junior Defenders and its documentary prize to This African Life.
At the Slamdance awards ceremony, which took place Friday, the top audience award winners were Jeremy Saulnier's Murder Party, named best narrative feature, and Red Without Blue, written and directed by Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills and Todd Sills, which took the prize for best documentary.
Jury awards were also given to Robin Fuller's The Ballad of Mary Slade, best animated short; Alice Nelson's A Map with Gaps, best documentary short; Cesar Velasco Broca's Avant Petalos Grillados, best experimental short; and Charles Williams' The Cow Thief, best narrative short.
Other audience award winners were Danny Bourque's "Commode Creations: The Artwork of Barney Smith," which copped the Global Audience Award for Best Anarchy Film, and JoEllen Martinson and William Scott Rees' The Mallorys Go Black Market, which scored the Spirit of Slamdance Award.
- 1/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dylan Verrechia's Tijauna Makes Me Happy took home the grand jury award for best narrative feature, while Adam Hootnick's Unsettled picked up the grand jury award for best documentary feature at the 13th Slamdance Film Festival, which concluded Saturday in Park City, Utah.
Separately, the Slamdunk Film Festival concluded on Friday, awarding its best fictional feature prize to The Junior Defenders and its documentary prize to This African Life.
At the Slamdance awards ceremony, which took place Friday, the top audience award winners were Jeremy Saulnier's Murder Party, named best narrative feature, and Red Without Blue, written and directed by Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills and Todd Sills, which took the prize for best documentary.
Jury awards were also given to Robin Fuller's The Ballad of Mary Slade, best animated short; Alice Nelson's A Map with Gaps, best documentary short; Cesar Velasco Broca's Avant Petalos Grillados, best experimental short; and Charles Williams' The Cow Thief, best narrative short.
Other audience award winners were Danny Bourque's "Commode Creations: The Artwork of Barney Smith," which copped the Global Audience Award for Best Anarchy Film, and JoEllen Martinson and William Scott Rees' The Mallorys Go Black Market, which scored the Spirit of Slamdance Award.
Separately, the Slamdunk Film Festival concluded on Friday, awarding its best fictional feature prize to The Junior Defenders and its documentary prize to This African Life.
At the Slamdance awards ceremony, which took place Friday, the top audience award winners were Jeremy Saulnier's Murder Party, named best narrative feature, and Red Without Blue, written and directed by Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills and Todd Sills, which took the prize for best documentary.
Jury awards were also given to Robin Fuller's The Ballad of Mary Slade, best animated short; Alice Nelson's A Map with Gaps, best documentary short; Cesar Velasco Broca's Avant Petalos Grillados, best experimental short; and Charles Williams' The Cow Thief, best narrative short.
Other audience award winners were Danny Bourque's "Commode Creations: The Artwork of Barney Smith," which copped the Global Audience Award for Best Anarchy Film, and JoEllen Martinson and William Scott Rees' The Mallorys Go Black Market, which scored the Spirit of Slamdance Award.
- 1/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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