• Donald Trump Gets ‘Trumped’ in New Documentary at Hot Docs Festival

    Donald Trump is making more news, this time with a new Scottish documentary coming out that paints a pretty negative picture of the tycoon.

    The film, You’ve Been Trumped, directed by the Scottish filmmaker Anthony Baxter, premiered at the Toronto Hot Docs Festival, which is still running. It follows the process of Trump trying to build a golf course in the lovely seaside village of Balmedie, Scotland, where the sport was reportedly born. He runs up against a local farmer who refuses to sell his land, and subsequently wages war against him. Baxter delves into the conflict, apparently at the risk of angering authorities, as he was arrested at one point for trespassing.

    The Edinburgh Film Festival actually rejected the film, deeming it too “racy,” but Baxter raised money online and is now pitching the film to U.S. distributors. The doc also boasts a score by Jonsi, the lead singer of Sigur Ros.

    This new documentary gives a glimpse of what Donald Trump looks and acts like in the face of adversity; a symbolic story of strong rural residents standing against the ruthless American capitalism that tries to exploit their land. But more than just being symbolic, Baxter hopes to illustrate a very real side of Trump that Americans may not know exists, and realizes the timeliness of the film coinciding with Trump’s new political aspirations.

     

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  • Festival Winner “Lebanon, Pa” Now In Theaters

    It took three long years, but Philadelphia native Ben Hickernell debut his first full-length feature film partially shot in and named after Lebanon, Pennsylvania, named “Lebanon, Pa” at Great Escape theater at the Lebanon Valley Mall in Lebanon, Pennsylvania

    Hickernell wrote, directed and co-produced the film, and as reported by ldnews.com, stresses that the film is not about the town itself and is merely the setting for the story. Although some of the scenes were shot in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, most of the film was actually shot in Philadelphia.

    The story is described as Will (Josh Hopkins), a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ (Rachel Kitson), his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ’s married teacher (Samantha Mathis) and CJ confronts her conflicted father, both struggle with formidable decisions about the path their lives will take.

    Can we vault our differences and meet in the middle? This bittersweet comic drama tenderly explores the cultural divide in America through the lives of one extended family.

    “Lebanon, Pa” premiered at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, and also screened in filmmaker Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan in July, where it won the Founder’s Prize for Best Fiction Film.

    The film also won the Filmadelphia Award for the best film made in Pennsylvania at the Philadelphia Film Festival and the Standout Film Award at the Hells Half Mile Film and Music Festival in Michigan.

    The movie is now in limited release in New York City, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Michigan and Florida, with new cities continuously being added.

    Visit the official film site for more details.

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  • RIP: Jackie Cooper, Film and Television Actor

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    Jackie Cooper, Emmy-winning director of “M*A*S*H” and other hits, plus known to moviegoers as Perry White, editor of The Daily Planet, in four “Superman” films died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 88.

    His agent, Ronnie Leif, said Mr. Cooper died in a hospital after a short illness.

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  • ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT – documentary film will open in NYC on June 8; and in LA on June 24

    ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT, a documentary film directed by Lisa Leeman and produced by Cristina Colissimo and Jordana Jordana Glick-Franzheim will open at Film Forum in NYC on Wednesday, June 8 and at Laemmle Theaters in LA on Friday, June 24.

    Ten years in the making, this poignant, compelling saga of Flora the Circus Elephant has screened to enthusiastic audience and critical reception at numerous international film festivals, winning Best Editing Award at the Woodstock Film Festival.

    Where does an elephant go after a life in the circus?  Sixteen years have passed since circus producer David Balding adopted Flora, the orphaned baby African elephant. As Flora approaches adulthood, David realizes that she is not happy performing. Ultimately, he must face the difficult truth that the circus is no place for Flora; she needs to be with other elephants. The road to Flora’s retirement, however, is a difficult and emotional journey which tests their bond in unexpected ways.  ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT eschews easy sentimentality and doesn’t shy away from examining the problems and mysteries posed by keeping wild animals in captivity, while never losing sight of the delicate love story between a man and a 10,000 pound elephant, who share feelings of loyalty, sorrow, admiration and joy.  The film is suitable for children, 10 and older.
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  • 90 Films Are KIDS FIRST! Best Award Winners

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    Ninety-one short and feature films met KIDS FIRST!’s standards for combining excellence in filmmaking with pro-social benefits to be selected winners of the annual KIDS FIRST! Best Awards.  Tinkerbell, The Pups of Liberty and Paws and Whiskers; and How toTrain Your Dragon, Shrek: Forever After, Barbie and Wubbzy, were all celebrated as creative and innovative works and winners.

    2010 KIDS FIRST! Best Winners    

    SERIES, AGES 2-5    
    Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!     Anchor Bay Entertainment

    FEATURE FILM, AGES 2-5    
    1     Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas     Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    2     Curious George: Follow That Monkey     Universal Studios Home Entertainment

    SERIES, AGES 5-8    
    1     WordGirl      Scholastic Media
    2     Strawberry Shortcake     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

    FEATURE FILM, AGES 5-8    
    1     Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue     Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
    2     Barbie in a Mermaid Tale     Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    3     Lego: The Adventures Of Clutch Powers     Universal Studios Home Entertainment

    SHORT AGES 5-12    
    1     Goosebumps: Go Eat Worms     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
    2     Goosebumps: The Blog That Ate Everyone     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
    3     Tom & Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes     Warner Home Video

    FEATURE FILM, AGES 5-12    
    1     How to Train Your Dragon     Paramount
    2     Shrek Forever After     Paramount
    3     Spy Next Door, The     Lionsgate

    FEATURE FILM, AGES 8-12    
    1     Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
    2     Diary of a Wimpy Kid     20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
    3     The White Lion     Screen Media Films

    INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 2-5    
    1     Eco Beeps with Skip & Molly: Plastic Bags     Magic Drawer Productions
    2     Tails of Abbygail: Finding Betty     Kid Vid Entertainment
    3     Sheepies     NMG

    SHORT AGES 5-8    
    1     The North Star     Fablevision/Scholastic
    2     Great Joy     Weston Woods/Scholastic Productions
    3     Safety Smart: In the Water     Disney Educational Productions

    INDEPENDENT SHORT AGES 5-8    
    1     Pups of Liberty     Picnic Productions
    2     Sneeze Me Away     Ryan Grobins
    3     Gus Outdoors: Gull Island     Sand Pictures

    INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 5-12    
    1     Ride of the Mergansers     Steve Furman
    2     Great Race, The     Martin Humphreys
    3     Beans     Bad Sparkle Productions

    INDEPENDENT SHORT SHORTS, AGES 5-12, ANIMATION    
    1     Gorilla in the Greenhouse: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch     Sustainlane Media
    2     Cuento de la C (The Story of C)     Carlos Navarro
    3     Manantial     Gabriel Govela Azuela

    INDEPENDENT SHORT, AGES 5-12, ANIMATION    
    1     Lost and Found     Studio AKA
    2     Little Spirit: Christmas in New York     Curious Pictures
    3     Slap Back Jack “High Five Master”     Mark Newell

    INDEPENDENT FEATURE, AGES 8-12    
    1     The Wanderer (Dayo)     Cutting Edge Productions, Inc.
    2     I Sense Danger     Blind Dog Entertainment
    3     Ez Money     Vizmo Films LLC

    INDEPENDENT SHORT, 8-12, Short Shorts    
    1     Parent-Teacher Night     Ouat Media
    2     Decklin and the Dentist     Lance Dumais
    3     Brain Zapped – Reason For The Seasons     George Garcia

    INDEPENDENT SHORT, 8-12, Over 10 min    
    1     Superhuman     Kick The Dog Productions
    2     How I Taught My Grandmother To Read     Worldkids International
    3     Hollow Tree, The     Cyprus Productions

    INDEPENDENT SHORT, 8-12, ANIMATION    
    1     El Salon Mexico     Paul Glickman
    2     For A Fistful Of Snow     Julien Ezri
    3     After Hours     Marshall Fels Elliot

    INDEPENDENT SHORT, 8-12, ANIMATION/LIVE ACTION    
    1     Planet You     The Health Museum
    2     Locally Unwanted Land Usage     Katherine Balsley
    3     Jet     V. Sassmannshausen

    FEATURE, AGES 12-18    
    1     Twilight Saga, The: New Moon     Summit Entertainment

    INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY, AGES 12-18    
    1     Shi-Shi-Etko     Monkey Ink Media
    2     True Insight (Samyaktva)     Worldkids International
    3     AutoMorphosis     Harrod Blank

    INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY, AGES 12-18    
    1     Walking on Water     Walking On Water

    INDEPENDENT FEATURE, AGES 12-18    
    1     Broken Hill     Audience Alliance Mps
    2     Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger     Monterey Media
    3     Yeh Khulaa Aasmaan (This Open Sky)     Aaranca Creations

    INDEPENDENT SHORT, 12-18    
    1     The Naughty List     Rodney Brunet
    2     The Day My Parents Became Cool     Eke Pictures LLC
    3     The Macabre World of Lavender Williams     Castilian Pirate Productions

    INDEPENDENT SHORT, 12-18, ANIMATION    
    1     A Long-Distance Call     Joe Chang
    2     The Lift     Kohrtoons Studio, Inc
    3     FOT-The Next Big Thing     Yukfoo Animation

    STUDENT PRODUCTION, ELEMENTARY    
    1     Paws And Whiskers     Katie Hoffman
    2     The Lion at Home     National Media Museum
    3     The Golden Tree     Emma Kenney/Gillian Kenney

    STUDENT PRODUCTION, MIDDLE SCHOOL    
    1     Ndepawa: I Am Given     Erin Buckley
    2     In The Footsteps Of Yellow Woman     Camille Manybeads Tso
    3     Sparks in the Night     Ben Kadie

    STUDENT PRODUCTION, HIGH SCHOOL    
    1     The Complex     Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe
    2     Becoming Cephalopod     Reel Grrls, Katherine Nilsen
    3     What Lives On     Jesse Rosenberg

    STUDENT PRODUCTION, HS, DOCUMENTARY    
    1     Mama’s blouse     Profile Productions Ltd
    2     Beyond Green: Paper Gardens     Listen Up! Youth Media Network
    3     Beyond Green: Toxic Soil Busters     Listen Up! Youth Media Network

    STUDENT PRODUCTION, COLLEGE Short shorts    
    1     Extraordinary Monday of Herman Brumby     Allison Leger
    2     I’m In Love With Kimberly Johnson     Adam Johns
    3     Night Terrors     Matthew Thompson

    STUDENT PRODUCTION, COLLEGE Shorts    
    1     Harmony Town     Ryan Parma
    2     Grown-Up For A Day     Capri Films
    3     In This Place     Amy Bench

    STUDENT PRODUCTION, COLLEGE, ANIMATION    
    1     Kidnap     Sijia Luo
    2     We Are All Here     Yonghwa Choi
    3     Lobster Boy     Tracy Qiu

    SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 5-8    
    1     Blinda     Vicki Bartholomew

    SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 5-12    
    1     Toucan Amazon Adventure, A     Donna Lisa
    2     Nuts!     Kevan Peterson

    SCREENPLAY FOR AGES 8-12    
    1     Play Date     John Malkin
    2     The Horse of His Dreams     Sabrina Zackery
    3     Dressing Up     Hugh Schulze

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  • 18th Chicago Underground Film Festival Announces Opening and Closing Night Films + Jury

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    The 18th Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF) will open with the World Premiere of Chicago filmmaker, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum, Jerzy Rose’s first feature, “Some Girls Never Learn,” a humorous, absurd romp through time and space, the underworld and the stratosphere. Closing Night will bring Jeff Krulik and John Heyn back to Chicago to share the cult favorite “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” as an opener for their brand new feature documentary “Heavy Metal Picnic“

    The festival runs June 2 – June 9, 2011 and all screenings will take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 164 North State Street.

    The Chicago Underground team also announced its jurors for the 2011 Festival:

    Donald Harrison – Executive Director of the Ann Arbor Film Festival

    Chi Jang Yin – Chinese-born media artist known for her conceptual, documentary work, which comments upon the state of Chinese culture, past and present

    Ignatiy Vishnevetsky – one of the new co-hosts of “Ebert Presents At The Movies”

    Irvine Welsh acclaimed and often controversial writer, his book Trainspotting was made into a 1996 film of the same name.

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  • ‘The House of Suh’ and ‘Living In Seduced Circumstances’ Took Top Jury Honors at 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

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    The 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival celebrated the closing night of their 27th Anniversary edition on Thursday night with the screening of the Taiwanese romantic comedy “LOVE IN DISGUISE” by Leehom Wang and the announcement of this year’s jury prizes.

    Filmmaker Ian Gamazon took home both the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Fiction Film and Outstanding Director award for his film “LIVING IN SEDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES,” while actors Eric Mabius, Fernando Noriega, Will Yun Lee and Luke Brandon Field were singled out with a Best Ensemble Acting Award for their performances in “WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE SUN” directed by Mun Chee Yong.

    Other narrative film awards given out included Outstanding Screenplay to writer/director Stephane Gauger for “SAIGON ELECTRIC;” Outstanding Cinematography to Gavin Kelly for “WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE SUN;” and a Special Jury Award for Breakout  Performance by a New Actor to Ryan Greene for his role in “ONE KINE DAY.”

    First time filmmaker Byron Q received the Best First Film Award for his dramatic “BANG BANG.”

    The winning audience favorite awards went to “RAKENROL” from Quark Henares for fave fiction film and to “AMONG B-BOYS” from Christopher Woon for favorite documentary.

    In the documentary jury competition, “THE HOUSE OF SUH” from Iris K. Shim received both the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Non-Fiction Film and the Outstanding Director Award.

    “ONE BIG HAPA FAMILY” directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns also took home two awards for Outstanding Cinematography to Jason Woodford and for Outstanding Editing to Chiba Stearns.

    The jury awarded a Special Jury Prize for Human Rights to “FINDING FACE” directed by Skye Fitzgerald and Patti Duncan which chronicles the details of the controversial case of rising star Tat Marina who was attacked with acid in Cambodia in 1999.

    Short films this year were in abundance with 148 shorts being screened at the festival.  The film “TEAMWORK” from Hong Seo Yun was the recipient of the Golden Reel Award, while Soham Mehta was honored with the Linda Mabalot New Directors/New Visions award for his film “FIRECRACKER.”

    The 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival kicked off on April 28 with the Justin Lin action film “FAST FIVE” and has seen record-breaking attendance and multiple sold out shows throughout the past seven days.  The Fest will conclude May 6 and May 7 with encore screenings of award winners along with the Los Angeles premiere of “BANGKOK KNOCKOUT” from Thailand and the Sundance/Berlin Film Festival favorite “BOY” from Taika Waititi at the CGV Cinemas in KoreaTown, Los Angeles.  CGV Cinemas are located at 621 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA  90005.  This amazing venue is situated north of Wilshire Boulevard in K-Town.

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  • 54th San Francisco International Film Festival Wraps; Announces More Awards

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    54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21 – May 5) with 265 screenings of 193 films from 48 countries came to close on Thursday.

    Eleven films were in juried competition for the 15th annual $15,000 New Directors Award which was given to director Park Jung-bumʼs The Journals of Musan (South Korea).

    The Salesman by Sébastien Pilote (Canada) was awarded the FIPRESCI prize. The jury described it as “a first feature with a precise sense of character and place, yet which is also provocatively ambivalent about the value of work in the aftermath of local economic collapse.” FIPRESCI, the influential international organization of film critics, supports cinema as an art and as an autonomous means of expression.

    As previously announced, the GGA for Best Investigative Documentary Feature was presented to Crime After Crime by Yoav Potash (USA). Best Documentary Feature and Best Bay Area Documentary Feature were both presented to Better This World by Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway (USA).

    Other awards included Best Documentary Short, awarded to Into the Middle of Nowhere by Anna Frances Ewert (Scotland/England). The Best Narrative Short was Blokes by Marialy Rivas (Chile). First place for Best Bay Area Short went to Tourist Trap by Skye Thorstenson (USA), with second place going to Young Dracula by Alfred Seccombe (USA). The GGA Youth Work winner was Z-Man by Nat Talbot (USA), with The Math Test by Sam Rubin (USA) receiving Honorable Mention. The Best Work for Kids and Families was Specky Four Eyes by Jean-Claude Rozec (France), with Honorable Mention going to The Snowman by Kelly Wilson and Neil Wrischnik (USA). The Best Animated Short was The External World by David O’Reilly (Ireland) and Best New Visions was Lost Lake by Zackary Drucker (USA).

    The Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature went to Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies, with Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins also scoring well with festivalgoers. The Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature went to Yoav Potash’s Crime After Crime, with Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway’s Better This World also tallying high votes from the viewers.

    [caption id="attachment_1302" align="alignnone" width="560"]Park Jung-bum, director of THE JOURNALS OF MUSAN, which won the New Directors Award at the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival, May 4, 2011. [/caption]

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  • 63 films from Hawaii and around the world at 2011 Big Island Film Festival

    Hawaii stars including celebrity honorees Sarah Wayne Callies (The Walking Dead), and Kristina Anapau (Black Swan) will help celebrate independent narrative filmmaking at the 6th Annual Big Island Film Festival (BIFF) running May 11-15, 2011 event at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawai‘i and The Shops at Mauna Lani.

    BIFF 2011 will showcase 63 independent narrative films from 7 countries, 10 of them filmed in Hawaii, including:
    -All Collected Things, looking back at a love story. Michael Tanji producer, director, writer.
    -Layover, on the Shore, a contemporary Honolulu filmmaker’s edgy story, A Christopher Makoto Yogi Film, Producers William Kwok, Yu Gu.
    -Mute, a deaf high school junior wants to try out for football, by Jeremy Johnson Films.
    -The Green Tie Affair, a puppet musical about identity and wardrobe

    And these, from Big Island filmmakers:
    -Hawaii’s Undersea Ohana, Hawaiian proverbs put to music, includes a segment filmed on Ni‘ihau, by Fasano Underwater Productions, Charles Fasano.
    -Alison’s Adventures: Snaked, a surf adventure to Morocco, Alison Tea Productions.
    -Sproot, Produced and directed by Loring Robbins, is a whimsical animation about telekinetic power and personal strength
    -The Pick-Up Artist, two people meet in a bar, but are they who they seem to be?  Beckwood Entertainment, producer/director/writer: Rockwood.
    -Waterfall, loss and grief, embraced by nature. Keyland Productions, Braide Keyland producer, director and writer.

    From Maui, Get a Job written and directed by Brian Kohne, is an outrageous comedy with an all-star lineup of top Hawaii entertainers including Willie K, Eric Gilliom, Augie T, Jake Shimabukuro, Carolyn Omine, Slam Poet Kealoha, Ernie Cruz, Jr., Amy Hanaiali‘i, Mick Fleetwood, Pat Simmons, Charles Ka‘upu, Willie Nelson, and Henry Kapono (who headlines BIFF’s “Best of the Fest” concert May 15).

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  • 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival Kicks Off.. runs through Sunday, May 8

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    The 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday night, May 4, with the Opening Night celebration which featured the U.S. Premiere of the Delhi-set comedy “Do Dooni Chaar,” Disney’s first live-action Hindi film. The star-studded red carpet premiere, held at Manhattan’s prestigious Paris Theater, was attended by special guests Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh Kapoor along with writer/director Habib Faisal. Also attending the premiere were Aparna Sen, Madhur Jaffrey, Aditya Bhattacharya, Ajay Naidu, Samrat Chakrabarti, Meetu Chilana, Rehana Mirza, Pulitzer Prize winner Siddhartha Mukherjee, Sarita Choudhury, Ami Sheth, Poorna Jagannathan, and many other actors and filmmakers whose films will play at NYIFF through Closing Night on Sunday, May 8.

    Following the screening of “Do Dooni Chaar” was a discussion with Faisal and the Kapoors moderated by festival director Aseem Chhabra which reportedly had the audience laughing throughout.

    The 11th Annual New York Indian Film Festival runs from Wednesday, May 4 to Sunday, May 8 with 25 feature films including 15 World and U.S. Premieres, industry panels, photo exhibits, afterparties, and more.

    FRI May 6 | CENTERPIECE | Iti Mrinalini, directed by Aparna Sen

    SUN May 8 | CLOSING NIGHT | Nauka Dubi, directed by Rituparno Ghosh

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  • 37th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) to cancel Al Pacino event

    The 37th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) will cancel the rare Al Pacino appearance, Pacino: One Night Only, the website seattle.broadwayworld.com reports. The cancellation is due to this week’s announcement that Pacino has been nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Actor for his critically acclaimed performance on Broadway in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. Due to the conflict with the Tony Award Ceremony STG and Al Pacino announce a cancellation of his appearance at The Paramount Theatre on June 11. “I hope to make it back to Seattle,” said Pacino. “it’s a city I’ve always enjoyed.”

    The festival will offer refunds to individuals that purchased tickets for the events.

    The 37th Seattle International Film Festival, a 25 day event will run from May 19 through June 12, and feature 441 films (257 features, 184 shorts) – including 96 feature and short premieres and a Festival record 74 countries represented – with screenings at venues throughout Seattle, Renton, Everett and Kirkland.

    Al Pacino is still scheduled to receive the Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2011 Award, a prize of the Venice International Film Festival created in collaboration with Jaeger-Le Coultre, and dedicated to an artist who has left an original mark on contemporary cinema. This year, the award will celebrate Al Pacino and his achievements as a filmmaker. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, September 4th at the 2011 Venice International Film Festival.

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  • 5Point Film Festival Winners for 2011; The Wolf and The Medallion wins Best of Festival

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    The Wolf and The Medallion by Jeremy Collins won the top award, Best of Festival, at the 5Point Film Festival which ran April 28 – May 1, 2011 in Carbondale, Colorado.

    The Wolf and The Medallion which had its world premiere at the festival is described as a thrilling experimental art performance by artist and climber, Jeremy Collins, the filmmaker who brought you last year’s beloved Border Country. Scored to live music, this multifaceted piece will take over your senses—most importantly, your sense of wonder. The Wolf and the Medallion is rooted in Collins’ personal climbing adventure to the border of China and Mongolia, where rumors of a virgin canyon of granite revealed a cultural and vertical experience like no other. From the summit of his first peak, Collins writes a letter to his son back home, a letter that guides the film along its peaks and valleys. An encompassing journey of fatherhood, brotherhood and adventure, The Wolf and the Medallion is a captivating and original tale.

    The 2011 5Point Film Festival awards:

    BEST OF FESTIVAL
    The Wolf and The Medallion by Jeremy Collins

    SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
    Cold by Anson Fogel and Cory Richards

    Finalists:
    Skateistan
    Fly or Die
    Swiss Machine

    MOST INSPIRING STORY
    Chasing Water by Peter McBride

    Finalists:
    Salt
    Scrapertown
    The Wolf and the Medallion

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Dark Side of the Lens by Mickey Smith

    Finalists:
    Life Cycles
    Towers of Ennedi
    Wildwater

    JURY SPECIAL SELECTION
    Scrapertown by Drea Cooper and Zack Canepari

    Finalists:
    Salt
    Skateistan
    Eastern Rises

    PEOPLE’S CHOICE
    Eastern Rises

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