Festival to screen UK premiere of Alive Inside [pictured] and 30th anniversary screenings of Threads and Stop Making Sense.
Sheffield-based festival Sensoria has unveiled its 2014 programme.
Running Sept 27-Oct 4, the festival will feature UK premieres of Michael Rossato-Bennett’s Alive Inside and Greg Olliver’s Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty, alongside 30th anniversary outdoor screenings of Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense and BBC docu-drama Threads.
The festival will also screen Howard S. Berger & Susan Stahman’s A Life in the Death of Joe Meek, six years after it screened at the inaugural Sensoria festival as a work-in-progress.
For more information, visit the festival’s website.
Sheffield-based festival Sensoria has unveiled its 2014 programme.
Running Sept 27-Oct 4, the festival will feature UK premieres of Michael Rossato-Bennett’s Alive Inside and Greg Olliver’s Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty, alongside 30th anniversary outdoor screenings of Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense and BBC docu-drama Threads.
The festival will also screen Howard S. Berger & Susan Stahman’s A Life in the Death of Joe Meek, six years after it screened at the inaugural Sensoria festival as a work-in-progress.
For more information, visit the festival’s website.
- 8/13/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett’s “Alive Inside” is a documentary won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary earlier this year. While largely focusing on individuals with Alzheimer's and dementia, the doc also touches upon the universal healing power of music while examining the state of healthcare in America. The documentary “contains a tiny revolution within its message, and will likely end up being one of the most important documentaries of the year,” Playlist contributor Nikola Grozdanovic wrote earlier this week and that’s some damn fine praise. Landmark Theaters is supporting the doc’s initiative to increase iPod donations and awareness for Music & Memory, a program designed by Dan Cohen (featured in the film), to enhance quality of life for those suffering with Alzheimer’s, by providing long-term care residents with personal music designed to soothe agitation, uplift spirits and even eliminate the need for some medications. We’ve got an exclusive.
- 7/24/2014
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
Elderhood. Is that even a thing? You grow from the innocence of childhood through the experiences of adulthood and then...you just get old. Nobody likes to talk about that. Kids dream about growing up so they can do all the adult things they see adults do, and adults wish they can turn back the clock and be kids again. Have you ever heard anyone say, “Man, I cannot wait to get old. I’m going to have the sweetest walker ever.” From Grandpa Simpson to reactions after an 82-year-old Clint Eastwood talked to an empty chair, American culture has always greeted old age as comic relief from a distance. But as one of the most insightful interviewees says in “Alive Inside,” “American Culture is wrong.” Director Michael Rossato-Bennett and the movie's main subject, Dan Cohen, have given a voice to millions of people, hidden and forgotten in those corners...
- 7/21/2014
- by Nikola Grozdanovic
- The Playlist
Aging is a problem. Not necessarily the fact of getting old, which does represent its challenges, but more the fact that number of seniors in the general population is going up, while the number of people under the age of 65 is going down. Population by age used to look like a pyramid, with the large base at the bottom made up of young people. But that pyramid now looks more like a column, evenly spread out all the way through. In a short time, about 30-35 years, that pyramid will be inverted, bringing with it a whole host of issues. It would seem then that now is a good time to start thinking about elder care in new ways, and one researcher in Alive Inside thinks he’s tapped into something special to help combat not just old age ailments like dementia and Alzheimer’s, but to enhance quality of life for seniors everywhere.
- 7/19/2014
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Practically guaranteed to elicit tears within its first five minutes, Alive Inside — a documentary about activist Dan Cohen's attempts to get nursing homes to use music as a part of their care regimen for those afflicted with dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's diseases — is nonetheless more than just a tearjerker.
Opening with clips of an unwell elderly woman and man becoming rejuvenated, physically and mentally, after listening to the favorite songs of their youth, director Michael Rossato-Bennett's moving film argues music's therapeutic value on slowly deteriorating minds.
This treatment is the brainchild of Cohen, whose Music & Memory non-profit organization advocates such methods as a way to not only relight the spark of senior citizens cast ...
Opening with clips of an unwell elderly woman and man becoming rejuvenated, physically and mentally, after listening to the favorite songs of their youth, director Michael Rossato-Bennett's moving film argues music's therapeutic value on slowly deteriorating minds.
This treatment is the brainchild of Cohen, whose Music & Memory non-profit organization advocates such methods as a way to not only relight the spark of senior citizens cast ...
- 7/16/2014
- Village Voice
Top brass at the Provincetown International Film Festival (Piff) have announced the award winners of this year’s festival.
As previously announced, David Cronenberg was presented with the 2014 Filmmaker On The Edge Award and took part in a conversation with Piff resident artist John Waters at Town Hall.
Debra Winger was on hand to receive the Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award and took part in a conversation with film professor B Ruby Rich.
Patricia Clarkson was presented with the 2014 Excellence in Acting Award.
The festival ran from June 18-22 and the 2015 edition is set for June 17-21.
The winners:
HBO Audience Award / Best Narrative Feature: One Chance, David Frankel;
HBO Audience Award / Best Documentary Feature: Alive Inside, Michael Rossato-Bennett;
HBO Audience Award / Best Short Film: Kehinde Wiley: An Economy Of Grace, Jeff Dupre;
The John Schlesinger Award, presented to a first time documentary or narrative feature filmmaker: Keep On Keepin’ On, Alan Hicks;
Tangerine...
As previously announced, David Cronenberg was presented with the 2014 Filmmaker On The Edge Award and took part in a conversation with Piff resident artist John Waters at Town Hall.
Debra Winger was on hand to receive the Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award and took part in a conversation with film professor B Ruby Rich.
Patricia Clarkson was presented with the 2014 Excellence in Acting Award.
The festival ran from June 18-22 and the 2015 edition is set for June 17-21.
The winners:
HBO Audience Award / Best Narrative Feature: One Chance, David Frankel;
HBO Audience Award / Best Documentary Feature: Alive Inside, Michael Rossato-Bennett;
HBO Audience Award / Best Short Film: Kehinde Wiley: An Economy Of Grace, Jeff Dupre;
The John Schlesinger Award, presented to a first time documentary or narrative feature filmmaker: Keep On Keepin’ On, Alan Hicks;
Tangerine...
- 6/23/2014
- ScreenDaily
Provincetown — The Audence Award for best narrative feature at the 16th annual Provincetown Film Festival went to David Frankel's One Chance, which stars James Corden in the true story of a luckless Welsh cell phone salesman who reverses his fortunes by warbling Puccini on Britain's Got Talent. The Weinstein Co. release is due to hit theaters in the U.S. on Aug. 29. Other winners of Provincetown's audience honors, which are sponsored by HBO, were best documentary to Michael Rossato-Bennett's Alive Inside, an exploration of our relationship to music and its benefits to mind, body and spirit; and best short
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- 6/23/2014
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2014 Provincetown International Film Festival wrapped last night with a closing night party where this year's winners were announced. HBO, the event's key sponsor, backed this year's Audience Awards, which went to David Frankel's feel good drama "One Dance" (Best Narrative Feature) and Michael Rossato-Bennett's "Alive Inside" (Best Documentary Feature). The ladies from Tangerine Entertainment (a production company launched last year to promote films by women directors), Anne Hubbell and Amy Hobby, were on hand to hand out their company's Juice Award presented to a female filmmaker for her first or second narrative feature, to Desiree Akhavan for her autobiographical comedy "Appropriate Behavior." Read More: Tired of Disgruntled New York Hipster Comedies? ‘Appropriate Behavior’ Is a Welcome Update to the Formula The festival also revealed its dates for next year's edition: June 17-21, 2015. Full list of winners below: HBO Audience Award / Best...
- 6/23/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
The winners of the 14th Annual deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City were announced on Saturday, with "Hellion" topping as the Grand Jury Narrative Feature category and Michael Rossato-Bennett's "Alive Inside" winning in the Grand Jury Documentary Feature category. "Hellion," directed by Kat Candler and starring Aaron Paul, Juilette Lewis and Josh Wiggins, is a portrait of a family on the brink of dissolution, set against the haunting backdrop of the refineries of southeast Texas. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and has received relatively mixed reviews: The Playlist's Rodrigo Perez, in his review, wrote that though "heartbreaking and moving in its final moments, 'Hellion' just can’t quite convince or coalesce its ideas of struggle, pain and fury in a meaningful or new way." "Alive Inside" similarly premiered at Sundance and is a heartwarming story about how music therapy can ease the suffering.
- 6/16/2014
- by Oliver MacMahon
- Indiewire
This year's Sundance Audience Award winner, Michael Rossato-Bennett's feature "Alive Inside," now has a trailer. The film follows social worker Dan Cohen's effort to use music, rather than traditional medication, to combat the deteriorating effects of aging. Watch below to hear him defiantly declare "American culture is wrong: there is life beyond adulthood," accompanied by the voice of neurologist and author Oliver Sacks and scenes of the subjects with loved ones. The film appears to be at once a tear jerker and sentimental uplifter, with excerpts from nostalgic home movies as well as images of the hospitalized elderly reinvigorated by the sounds of music, which seemingly returns to them their lost memories. Indiewire's mixed B- review of "Alive Inside," called the film "often tonally divergent, but still provides an affecting look at a growing therapeutic cause." Distributed by Bond/260, "Alive Inside" will open in New York theaters on July 18th.
- 6/10/2014
- by Melina Gills
- Indiewire
For the last five years, we've been posting Indie Trailer Sunday features on FirstShowing, highlighting great indie trailers on the day when no one reads the internet (anymore). I started this feature way back in 2009 as a way of posting some extra trailers over the weekend, on Sunday, when there was no other news, everything was pretty quiet, and there was nothing else worth posting except for an excellent trailer for an independent film most people likely haven't heard of yet. I've carried on that tradition with new posts most Sundays (not always, but I try my best). I still feel like the films never get enough time in the spotlight and are always forgotten by Monday, so here's an extra reminder. Click any poster below for the trailer/teaser. Here's the list of my favorite 22 films from Indie Trailer Sunday, starting with two of the most recent picks: Michael Rossato-Bennett...
- 6/9/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Have you ever had music just hit you in a place where it immediately brought you to tears? Music has that power." This looks wonderful. Winner of the Documentary Audience Award at Sundance 2014 earlier this year, Alive Inside is a doc by Michael Rossato-Bennett about the power that music has to "awaken memories and emotions that have been asleep for years". It focuses on the elderly and how patients with dementia have been able to open their minds again through music, proposing that music has the power to heal by touching our hearts and souls. This does look like a very moving and inspiring documentary, and I definitely do want to see it. Check out the official trailer below for what's being called a "life-changing film". Watch the trailer for Michael Rossato-Bennett's documentary Alive Inside, in high def from Apple: Alive Inside is a joyous cinematic exploration of music...
- 6/8/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Not unlike the Beanie Baby popularity of the 90s, it appears that 2014 batch of Sundance docs are all the craze among indie and docu distributors. The latest rights snap up is comes from the Bond/360 folks, who after their first release (Particle Fever) have landed the Sundance Audience Award winner Alive Inside from first time docu-helmer Michael Rossato-Bennett. A firm July 18th release has been assigned.
Gist: Alzheimer’s and dementia are a reality for an increasing and often unseen population. Alive Inside follows Dan Cohen, a social worker who decides on a whim to bring iPods to a nursing home. To his and the staff’s surprise many residents suffering from memory loss seem to awaken deeply locked memories when they listen to music from their past. With great excitement, Dan turns to renowned neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, and together they investigate the mysterious way music functions inside our brains and our lives.
Gist: Alzheimer’s and dementia are a reality for an increasing and often unseen population. Alive Inside follows Dan Cohen, a social worker who decides on a whim to bring iPods to a nursing home. To his and the staff’s surprise many residents suffering from memory loss seem to awaken deeply locked memories when they listen to music from their past. With great excitement, Dan turns to renowned neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, and together they investigate the mysterious way music functions inside our brains and our lives.
- 4/9/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Innovative independent cinema marketing house Bond/360 has announced the Us distribution of the 2014 Sundance Audience Award winner for Us Documentary, "Alive Inside." The film hits theaters on July 18, 2014. This first feature-length offering from Michael Rossato-Bennett explores the relationship between music and listener, following social worker Dan Cohen as he fights the healthcare system with his findings about music and its ability to counter memory loss. Luminaries interviewed in the film include neurologist Oliver Sacks and musician Bobby McFerrin. Variety writes of the film, "Michael Rossato-Bennett captures some amazingly transformative results in the treatment of dementia through music." Bond/360 will be working with Impact Partners to reach exhibitors and audiences. We interviewed Bond/360 CEO Marc Schiller about the initiative, and the film "Particle Fever," which he says is the future of Diy distribution, here.
- 4/7/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Bond/360 just picked up the distribution rights to 2014 Sundance Audience Award-winner for U.S. Documentary "Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory." Michael Rossato-Bennett's debut feature chronicles the struggle of social worker Dan Cohen as he pushes back against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music’s ability to combat memory loss. Bond/360 is working with Impact Partners to release this powerful documentary. Check out Indiewire's review of the Sundance hit here. Read More: How I Shot "Alive Inside; A Story of Music & Memory" "I love this film and I love Bond/360," said Impact Partners Co-Founder, Dan Cogan. “It's rare that you can work on a documentary that has the potential to really break out into the mainstream, and Alive Inside has that potential in spades. The master film marketers at Bond/360 are the ideal partners for us to make that happen." The film will open in theaters...
- 4/7/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
Doug Block’s HBO Documentary will kick off proceedings in Durham, North Carolina, on April 3.
“Among filmmakers, Full Frame is the country’s most revered documentary film festival, so it’s a particular honour to be chosen as this year’s Opening Night Film,” said Block.
“112 Weddings is a thought-provoking film about love and marriage, and I’m hoping it will get the festival off to a rousing, celebratory start.”
The New Docs programme includes 48 titles such as Ilan Moskovitch and Dan Bronfeld’s Apollonian Story and Ian Phillips’ Book Of Days.
The 21 features in the Invited Program include Ben Cotner, Ryan White’s The Case Against 8 and Michael Rossato-Bennett’s Alive Inside: A Story Of Music & Memory.
The festival runs through April 6. For the full line-up click here.
“Among filmmakers, Full Frame is the country’s most revered documentary film festival, so it’s a particular honour to be chosen as this year’s Opening Night Film,” said Block.
“112 Weddings is a thought-provoking film about love and marriage, and I’m hoping it will get the festival off to a rousing, celebratory start.”
The New Docs programme includes 48 titles such as Ilan Moskovitch and Dan Bronfeld’s Apollonian Story and Ian Phillips’ Book Of Days.
The 21 features in the Invited Program include Ben Cotner, Ryan White’s The Case Against 8 and Michael Rossato-Bennett’s Alive Inside: A Story Of Music & Memory.
The festival runs through April 6. For the full line-up click here.
- 3/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Of the five documentaries nominated for Academy Awards this year, four played Sundance Film Festival 2013. Festival Director John Cooper credited this to the heightened aesthetic excellence in the films at the festival as well as that "the world is accepting non-fiction in really interesting ways." During a discussion of the business and profits of independent films, Cooper stated that "at Sundance, we have to think a little differently. We think of impact. When you look at something like Invisible War is changing policy, when you look at Blackfish -- awareness is actually changing how things are done in our world. It's as important as how much money they (the films) make -- and actually way more important to us."
The documentary film that most affirmed this vision at this year's festival for me was director Michael Rossato-Bennett's documentary Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory. This moving...
The documentary film that most affirmed this vision at this year's festival for me was director Michael Rossato-Bennett's documentary Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory. This moving...
- 2/5/2014
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Continued from yesterday’s countdown….
20. Tessa Louise-Salome (Mr. Leos Carax)
19. Janicza Bravo (Gregory Goes Boom)
18. Michael Rossato-Bennett (Alive Inside)
17. Andrew Droz Palermo & Tracy Droz Tragos (Rich Hill)
16. Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard (20,000 Days on Earth)
15. Maya Forbes (Infinitely Polar Bear)
14. David Cross (Hits)
13. Justin Simien (Dear White People)
12. Kat Candler (Hellion)
11. Sydney Freeland (Drunktown’s Finest)
#10. Peter Sattler (Camp X-Ray)
After working as a graphic artist and designer for the past decade, Peter Sattler makes a remarkable screenwriting and directorial debut with Camp X-Ray. Even with some dubious reservations after the announcement of Kristen Stewart being cast as a Guantanamo Bay guard, the role isn’t an ungainly fit, and Sattler has created a genuinely moving and captivating feature. Stewart’s name will attract a whole audience of people potentially unaware of the controversial subject matter, making this an excellent conversation starter. But beyond all that, Sattler gets an amazing performance from Peyman Mooadi,...
20. Tessa Louise-Salome (Mr. Leos Carax)
19. Janicza Bravo (Gregory Goes Boom)
18. Michael Rossato-Bennett (Alive Inside)
17. Andrew Droz Palermo & Tracy Droz Tragos (Rich Hill)
16. Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard (20,000 Days on Earth)
15. Maya Forbes (Infinitely Polar Bear)
14. David Cross (Hits)
13. Justin Simien (Dear White People)
12. Kat Candler (Hellion)
11. Sydney Freeland (Drunktown’s Finest)
#10. Peter Sattler (Camp X-Ray)
After working as a graphic artist and designer for the past decade, Peter Sattler makes a remarkable screenwriting and directorial debut with Camp X-Ray. Even with some dubious reservations after the announcement of Kristen Stewart being cast as a Guantanamo Bay guard, the role isn’t an ungainly fit, and Sattler has created a genuinely moving and captivating feature. Stewart’s name will attract a whole audience of people potentially unaware of the controversial subject matter, making this an excellent conversation starter. But beyond all that, Sattler gets an amazing performance from Peyman Mooadi,...
- 2/4/2014
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
Commonly known as a lieu that breeds new filmmaking talents, Caitlin Coder, Jordan M. Smith, Nicholas Bell and I had the pleasure of uncovering/discovering a new batch of filmmaker talents (here is last year’s list). Here are our Top 20 New Voices countdown:
#20. Tessa Louise-Salome (Mr. Leos Carax)
Described as a work in progress, documentarian Tessa Louise-Salome continues her fascination with Leos Carax in this debut. A look at the mysterious and alluring director, we are guided through his scant but magnificent filmography with snippets and clips, while she interviews several cast members of his works, including Denis Lavant and Kylie Minogue, as well as Harmony Korine, who had cast Carax in his 2007 film, Mister Lonely. While we never quite get to learn anything more about the man known as Leos Carax, it’s a welcome substitute for the aficionados and fans that wish he would work more frequently.
#20. Tessa Louise-Salome (Mr. Leos Carax)
Described as a work in progress, documentarian Tessa Louise-Salome continues her fascination with Leos Carax in this debut. A look at the mysterious and alluring director, we are guided through his scant but magnificent filmography with snippets and clips, while she interviews several cast members of his works, including Denis Lavant and Kylie Minogue, as well as Harmony Korine, who had cast Carax in his 2007 film, Mister Lonely. While we never quite get to learn anything more about the man known as Leos Carax, it’s a welcome substitute for the aficionados and fans that wish he would work more frequently.
- 2/3/2014
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
It opened the Sundance Film Festival, and on Saturday night Damien Chazelle's "Whiplash" also scored both of the top honors at the fest's award ceremony.
Nabbing both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, this story of a young drummer (Miles Teller) and his ruthless instructor (J.K. Simmons) has already been picked up for release this year by Sony Pictures Classics.
In terms of other winners, Michael Rossato-Bennett's "Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory" won the World Cinema Jury Prize (Dramatic), while Zeresenay Berhane Mehari's Ethiopian film "Difret" won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award.
Onto documentaries and Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos' "Rich Hill" took the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Talal Derki's "Return to Homs" took the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Documentary), and Nadav Schirman's "The Green Prince" took the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award.
Nabbing both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, this story of a young drummer (Miles Teller) and his ruthless instructor (J.K. Simmons) has already been picked up for release this year by Sony Pictures Classics.
In terms of other winners, Michael Rossato-Bennett's "Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory" won the World Cinema Jury Prize (Dramatic), while Zeresenay Berhane Mehari's Ethiopian film "Difret" won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award.
Onto documentaries and Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos' "Rich Hill" took the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Talal Derki's "Return to Homs" took the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize (Documentary), and Nadav Schirman's "The Green Prince" took the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award.
- 1/26/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Sundance Film Festival 2014 came to a close with the announcement of the jury, audience and other special awards winners.Scroll down for full list of winners
Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic prizes, while Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos’ Rich Hill won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary went to Return To Homs (Syria-Germany) by Talal Derki and the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to To Kill A Man (Chile-France) by Alejandro Fernández Almendras.
The Audience Award: U.S. Documentary went to Michael Rossato-Bennett’s Alive Inside: A Story Of Music & Memory (Us).
The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary went to The Green Prince (Germany-Israel-uk) by Nadav Schirman and the Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented to Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s Difret (Ethiopia).
The Audience Award: Best Of Next...
Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic prizes, while Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos’ Rich Hill won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.
The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary went to Return To Homs (Syria-Germany) by Talal Derki and the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to To Kill A Man (Chile-France) by Alejandro Fernández Almendras.
The Audience Award: U.S. Documentary went to Michael Rossato-Bennett’s Alive Inside: A Story Of Music & Memory (Us).
The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary went to The Green Prince (Germany-Israel-uk) by Nadav Schirman and the Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented to Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s Difret (Ethiopia).
The Audience Award: Best Of Next...
- 1/26/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle
Directing Award – Cutter Hodierne, Fishing Without Nets
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Craig Johnson & Mark Heyman, The Skeleton Twins
Excellence in Cinematography Award – Christopher Blauvelt, Low Down
Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Talent – Justin Simien, writer-director of Dear White People
Special Jury Award for Musical Score – Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Audience Award – Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Rich Hill, directed by Andrew Droz Palermo & Tracy Droz Tragos
Directing Award – Ben Cotner & Ryan White, The Case Against 8
Editing Award – Jenny Golden & Karen Sim, Watchers in the Sky
Excellence in Cinematography Award – Rachel Beth Anderson & Ross Kauffman, E-Team
Special Jury Prize – The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss
Special Jury Award for Animation – Watchers in the Sky
Audience Award – Alive Inside, directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize – To Kill a Man,...
Grand Jury Prize – Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle
Directing Award – Cutter Hodierne, Fishing Without Nets
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Craig Johnson & Mark Heyman, The Skeleton Twins
Excellence in Cinematography Award – Christopher Blauvelt, Low Down
Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Talent – Justin Simien, writer-director of Dear White People
Special Jury Award for Musical Score – Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Audience Award – Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Rich Hill, directed by Andrew Droz Palermo & Tracy Droz Tragos
Directing Award – Ben Cotner & Ryan White, The Case Against 8
Editing Award – Jenny Golden & Karen Sim, Watchers in the Sky
Excellence in Cinematography Award – Rachel Beth Anderson & Ross Kauffman, E-Team
Special Jury Prize – The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss
Special Jury Award for Animation – Watchers in the Sky
Audience Award – Alive Inside, directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize – To Kill a Man,...
- 1/26/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Saturday night's Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony, co-hosted by the husband and wife team of Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, was livestreamed (below). The U.S. Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize goes to Damien Chazelle's "Whiplash," which also won the Dramatic Audience Award. "My first time last year was with the short," says Chazelle. "Without Sundance showing the short we would not be here." The U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Documentary goes to "Rich Hill," directed by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo. "It's a small film but we've got a big heart," says Tragos. "We dedicate this to the families in Rich Hill, Missouri." The Documentary Competition Audience Award goes to Michael Rossato-Bennett's "Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory." The Dramatic directing prize goes to Cutter Hodierne for "Fishing Without Nets." "This is my first feature film," he said. "We went to the opposite side of the world.
- 1/26/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Sophie Hyde today won the Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award for her gender-bending drama 52 Tuesdays.
The Adelaide-shot film competed with 11 other titles including Blind (Norway, Netherlands), the UK.s God Help the Girl and Lilting, The Disobedient (Serbia), Liar's Dice (India), To Kill a Man (Chile) and Wetlands (Germany).
In 52 Tuesdays, Tilda Cobham-Hervey plays 16-year-old Billie, who struggles with the revelation that her mother (Del Herbert-Jane) plans to change gender. Billie goes to live with her dad for a year while mother and daughter vow to meet every Tuesday for that year. Matthew Cormack wrote the screenplay from a story he devised with Hyde.
The film was shot on consecutive Tuesdays for 52 weeks. The producers are Closer Productions' Rebecca Summerton, Cormack, Hyde and Bryan Mason. It had its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October, funded by the Safc's FilmLab and the Aff Investment Fund.
The Adelaide-shot film competed with 11 other titles including Blind (Norway, Netherlands), the UK.s God Help the Girl and Lilting, The Disobedient (Serbia), Liar's Dice (India), To Kill a Man (Chile) and Wetlands (Germany).
In 52 Tuesdays, Tilda Cobham-Hervey plays 16-year-old Billie, who struggles with the revelation that her mother (Del Herbert-Jane) plans to change gender. Billie goes to live with her dad for a year while mother and daughter vow to meet every Tuesday for that year. Matthew Cormack wrote the screenplay from a story he devised with Hyde.
The film was shot on consecutive Tuesdays for 52 weeks. The producers are Closer Productions' Rebecca Summerton, Cormack, Hyde and Bryan Mason. It had its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October, funded by the Safc's FilmLab and the Aff Investment Fund.
- 1/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Damien Chazelle's feature film debut "Whiplash," based on his short of the same name, owned the 2014 Sundance Film Festival awards, netting both the Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) and the Dramatic Audience Award. The Grand Jury Prize for a documentary went to Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo's "Rich Hill," while the Documentary Audience Award went to "Alive Inside," directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett. Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman won the Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award for "The Skeleton Twins." Full list of winners below: Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: "Whiplash," directed by Damien Chazelle Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: "Rich Hill," directed by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo World Cinema Jury Prize, Dramatic: "To Kill a Man," directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary: "Return to Homs," directed by Talal Derki Dramatic Audience Award: "Whiplash," directed by Damien Chazelle Documentary Audience...
- 1/26/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
After shooting a bunch of short films and music videos, cinematographer Shachar Langlev debuted his first feature-length film,"Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory" at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary, directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett (also a first timer), looks at a powerful effect music has on Alzheimer's patients. Langlev spoke to Indiewire about her experience working on the film. Which camera and lens did you use? It took us four years to finish the film and our cameras changed and improved as the technology developed. We started with the Panasonic HVX200, with Letus 35mm adaptor, and then the Panasonic AF100. We then switched to the Cannon 7D, and later the Cannon T2I. We finished the film with the superb Cannon C300. We used a ton of Ef Cannon lenses, ranging from the 16-35mm f/2.8, to the 24-70mm f/2.8 and the 75-300mm f/4-...
- 1/23/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Rather than showing the progression of youth to old age, Michael Rossato-Bennett’s debut feature "Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory" benefits greatly from taking the reverse path -- making the old age of its subjects not a destination, but a starting point for rediscovering the past. By charting the efforts of Dan Cohen and the advances shown in those he's helping to treat, Rossato-Bennett delivers a film that is often tonally divergent, but still provides an affecting look at a growing therapeutic cause. Cohen, founder and executive director of Music & Memory, is the film's entry point into the lives of several Alzheimer’s and dementia victims. He presents a simple hypothesis: Music is a largely untapped resource for assisting patients facing memory loss. Shown in practice at facilities like the Cobble Hill Health Center in Brooklyn, the combination of a pair of headphones and an iPod Shuffle...
- 1/18/2014
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Andrew Herwitz has swooped on world sales rights to Michael Rossato-Bennett’s film on the eve of its world premiere in the Us Documentary strand.
Rossato-Bennett produced Alive Inside with Alex McDougald and the film explores the work of an organisation called Music & Memory with people suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Executive producers are The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, Projector Media, Eric J Bertrand, Limore Shur and Ben Spivak.
“This film took me on an unexpected journey of discovery,” said Herwitz. “The film is extraordinarily powerful and is an issue of universal significance. “Whereas 15 years ago, most of my contemporaries were pondering kindergarten options for their toddlers, now most are discussing their parents’ health, wellbeing and care.
“This film provides hope for the literally millions of families around the world who have a loved one who suffers from any kind of senile dementia. It is totally uplifting and impossible to watch without crying and laughing...
Rossato-Bennett produced Alive Inside with Alex McDougald and the film explores the work of an organisation called Music & Memory with people suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Executive producers are The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, Projector Media, Eric J Bertrand, Limore Shur and Ben Spivak.
“This film took me on an unexpected journey of discovery,” said Herwitz. “The film is extraordinarily powerful and is an issue of universal significance. “Whereas 15 years ago, most of my contemporaries were pondering kindergarten options for their toddlers, now most are discussing their parents’ health, wellbeing and care.
“This film provides hope for the literally millions of families around the world who have a loved one who suffers from any kind of senile dementia. It is totally uplifting and impossible to watch without crying and laughing...
- 1/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled its 2014 Competition lineup, made up of several categories. The 30th edition of the event will take place between January 16th-26th in the new year.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Camp X-Ray (Peter Sattler)
Cold in July (Jim Mickle)
Dear White People (Justin Simien)
Fishing Without Nets (Cutter Hodierne)
John's Pocket (John Slattery)
Happy Christmas (Joe Swanberg)
Hellion (Kat Candler)
Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes)
Jamie Marks is Dead (Carter Smith)
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner)
Life After Beth (Jeff Baena)
Low Down (Joe Preiss)
The Skeleton Twins (Craig Johnson)
The Sleepwalker (Mona Fastvold)
Song One (Kate Barker-Froyland)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
U.S. Documentary Competition
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory (Michael Rossato-Bennett)
All the Beautiful Things (John Harkrider)
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (Jeremiah Zagar)
The Case Against 8 (Ben Cotner, Ryan White)
Cesar's Last Fast (Richard Ray Perez, Lorena Parlee...
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Camp X-Ray (Peter Sattler)
Cold in July (Jim Mickle)
Dear White People (Justin Simien)
Fishing Without Nets (Cutter Hodierne)
John's Pocket (John Slattery)
Happy Christmas (Joe Swanberg)
Hellion (Kat Candler)
Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes)
Jamie Marks is Dead (Carter Smith)
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner)
Life After Beth (Jeff Baena)
Low Down (Joe Preiss)
The Skeleton Twins (Craig Johnson)
The Sleepwalker (Mona Fastvold)
Song One (Kate Barker-Froyland)
Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
U.S. Documentary Competition
Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory (Michael Rossato-Bennett)
All the Beautiful Things (John Harkrider)
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (Jeremiah Zagar)
The Case Against 8 (Ben Cotner, Ryan White)
Cesar's Last Fast (Richard Ray Perez, Lorena Parlee...
- 12/6/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival is right around the corner, and the Sundance Institute has released the full line-up for the competition films that will be premiering!
This year there were 12,218 total submissions, and 117 films were accepted from 37 countries around the world. It looks like there's a lot of good selection of films this year.
The Sundance Film Festival 2014 runs from January 16th to the 26th, and the GeekTyrant team will be there to cover as many movies as we possibly can.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The 16 films in this section are world premieres and, unless otherwise noted, are from the U.S.
“Camp X-Ray” — Directed and written by Peter Sattler. A young female guard at Guantanamo Bay forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, J.J. Soria, John Carroll Lynch.
“Cold in July” — Directed by Jim Mickle, written by Nick Damici.
This year there were 12,218 total submissions, and 117 films were accepted from 37 countries around the world. It looks like there's a lot of good selection of films this year.
The Sundance Film Festival 2014 runs from January 16th to the 26th, and the GeekTyrant team will be there to cover as many movies as we possibly can.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
The 16 films in this section are world premieres and, unless otherwise noted, are from the U.S.
“Camp X-Ray” — Directed and written by Peter Sattler. A young female guard at Guantanamo Bay forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, J.J. Soria, John Carroll Lynch.
“Cold in July” — Directed by Jim Mickle, written by Nick Damici.
- 12/5/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Of the sixteen titles that are listed here there are at least more than half that will be talked about throughout the calendar year up until award season in 2015. It speaks volumes about the quality offerings from American Documentarian filmmakers, but it also says a lot about Sundance programming team David Courier, Caroline Libresco et al. exquisite taste for the form. As is the norm for the Sundance doc-comp, there is plenty of socially conscious films on offer, from Andrew Rossi’s film on the insurmountable rise of student debt, Ivory Tower, to government backed food campaigns that have resulted in massive amounts of American health problems in Stephanie Soechtig’s Fed Up, with plenty of diversity within the program as a whole.
Though our non-fiction guesses have never been stellar, the films themselves look auspicious as all get out. Of this year’s promising batch of American docs, we...
Though our non-fiction guesses have never been stellar, the films themselves look auspicious as all get out. Of this year’s promising batch of American docs, we...
- 12/5/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
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