"SOMEWHERE SLOW" and "WITHOUT SHEPHERDS" Win Brooklyn Film Festival

“SOMEWHERE SLOW” and “WITHOUT SHEPHERDS” Win Brooklyn Film Festival

SOMEWHERE SLOW

The Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) under the theme MAGNETIC which ran from May 31 through June 9, 2013 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC, at indieScreen and for the first time at Windmill Studios NYC came to a close last night with a ceremony honoring the winning films.  SOMEWHERE SLOW directed by Jeremy O’Keefe won the award for Best Narrative Feature, and WITHOUT SHEPHERDS directed by Cary McClelland won the award for Best Documentary. The prizes for Best Narrative Feature and Best Documentary Feature award winners include a seven-day theatrical release at indieScreen in Brooklyn, New York.

World Premiere of "THE BIG MELT" at 20th Sheffield Doc/Fest

World Premiere of “THE BIG MELT” at 20th Sheffield Doc/Fest

THE BIG MELT directed by Martin Wallace

The world premiere of the “THE BIG MELT” directed by Martin Wallace will help kick off the 20th edition of Sheffield Doc/Fest and also celebrate the 100 Years of Stainless Steel in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK, the home of the festival, on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. In an interesting collaboration, leading Sheffield musicians – including The City of Sheffield Brass Band, Richard Hawley and band members, Pulp band members, The Forgemasters, a string quartet and a youth choir – will perform live to the world premiere of the film.

Four Indie Films "BURN," "HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE," "MISS GULAG," "MY BEST DAY" to Get Digital Release

Four Indie Films “BURN,” “HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE,” “MISS GULAG,” “MY BEST DAY” to Get Digital Release

BURN

Four independent films will be released on digital platforms on June 18, via the Sundance Institute’s Artist Services program. The films will be available on a variety of platforms, including iTunes , Amazon Instant Video,  Microsoft Xbox,  Sony Entertainment Network,  SundanceNOW,  VUDU and YouTube.  The upcoming releases include 3 documentaries – “HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE” “MISS GULAG,” and “BURN”; and “MY BEST DAY” which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the NEXT section.

"OUR NIXON" "C.O.G." Among Top Winning Films at 39th Seattle International Film Festival

“OUR NIXON” “C.O.G.” Among Top Winning Films at 39th Seattle International Film Festival

C.O.G.

The 39th Seattle International Film Festival announced the winners of the SIFF 2013 Competition and Golden Space Needle Audience Awards – OUR NIXON, directed by Penny Lane won the GRAND JURY PRIZE for Best Documentary and C.O.G., directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez won the GRAND JURY PRIZE for Best New American Cinema. OUR NIXON is described as an “all-archival documentary, constructed from Super8 footage shot by three White House aides (Watergate conspirators Ehrlichman, Haldeman, and Chapin), creates an intimate and complex portrait of the Nixon presidency, as it has never been seen before.”  C.O.G. is described as the “first film adaptation of David Sedaris’ work .. a funny and poignant portrait of a lost soul and the amusing characters he meets as he pursues his Steinbeckian dream—to spend his summer working on an apple farm in Oregon.”

“THE SPECTACULAR NOW” and "OUT OF PRINT" Win Top Awards at 2013 deadCENTER Film Festival

“THE SPECTACULAR NOW” and “OUT OF PRINT” Win Top Awards at 2013 deadCENTER Film Festival

THE SPECTACULAR NOW

“THE SPECTACULAR NOW,” directed by James Ponsoldt, won the Grand Jury Feature category, and Vivienne Roumani’s “OUT OF PRINT” won top honors in the Grand Jury Documentary category at the 2013 deadCENTER Film Festival. THE SPECTACULAR NOW is a “sharply witty coming-of-age story” of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood. OUT OF PRINT is “a thoughtful look into the impact of the digital revolution” with testimonials from authors, entrepreneurs, and educators alike highlighting how the digital revolution is changing every aspect of the printed word – and how it’s changing us.

Winners also included:

Amy Finkel Explores Handling the Loss of A Pet in FUREVER at the Brooklyn Film Festival

Amy Finkel Explores Handling the Loss of A Pet in FUREVER at the Brooklyn Film Festival

Amy Finkel’s documentary film “FUREVER” is an official selection at the 2013 Brooklyn Film Festival. FUREVER explores the dimensions of grief people experience over the loss of a pet. The film features interviews from grieving pet owners, veterinarians, psychologists, sociologists, religious scholars, neuroscientists, and the many professionals who preserve a pet’s body or re-purpose a pet’s remains in unique ways  including taxidermy, cloning, mummification, and freeze-drying. Considering that Amy made a documentary about four-string jazz banjo culture entitled “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart: The Banjomaniacs of Guthrie,”  we wanted to know how did she end up making a documentary about a pet’s last rites.

World Premiere of South African Director Jahmil XT Qubeka's OF GOOD REPORT to Open 2013 Durban International Film Festival

World Premiere of South African Director Jahmil XT Qubeka’s OF GOOD REPORT to Open 2013 Durban International Film Festival

Mothusi Magano as Parker Sithole in OF GOOD REPORT

OF GOOD REPORT, from South African director Jahmil XT Qubeka, will have its World Premiere as the opening night film of the 34th Durban International Film Festival in South Africa on July 18. OF GOOD REPORT, which Qubeka describes as “a passionate homage to classic film noir”, tells the somber tale of a small-town high-school teacher with a penchant for young girls.

Nicole Gomez Fisher Talks About her Sold Out Film SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES at 2013 Brooklyn Film Festival

Nicole Gomez Fisher Talks About her Sold Out Film SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES at 2013 Brooklyn Film Festival

Nicole Gomez Fisher is the writer and director of SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES, an official selection of the 2013 Brooklyn Film Festival.  SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES which had its World Premiere at the festival last weekend, continues to screen to sold out audiences for all of the film’s time slots. SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES is a comedy which captures one girl’s journey of self-discovery and the dynamics of her zany family. The film features an incredible Latino cast of established and rising talent including Gina Rodriguez and Ana Ortiz. 

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