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And the winner is... Oscar night! Hollywood's most anticipated evening of red carpet glamour and cinematic accolades. Join The Film School for our sixth annual fundraiser "Oscar Night at Hotel Duval" Sunday, February 24th at 7:30pm. 35 General Admission. Go to www.tickets.fsu.edu, or https://www.choicesecure03.net/mainapp/eventschedule.aspx?clientID=fsu&group=nopah&prod=film, or call 850.644.0453 Also featuring a VIP Red Carpet Reception http://film.fsu.edu/News/Top-Stories/Oscar-Night-at-Hotel-Duval Did any of you work on any of the Oscar nominated films? FSU is wanting to do an article on Film School alums who had some connection with Oscar nominated films. We’d like to know that too! Send me an email, giving us the name of the film and your position. Do it NOW! Congratulations to Barry Jenkins (BFA 03) who just received a $50,000 United Artists film grant!!!! Go to http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Barry-Jenkins-films-get-financial-boost-4164894.php to read a great article, including a super picture of Barry, from the San Francisco Chronicle. From Najaa Young (MFA 04 ) “Check out the Website and Trailer Www.bloodfirstthemovie.com "Blood First" Written and Directed by Najaa Young (MFA '04) Director of Photography Ana Foy (MFA '04) “Blood First,” chronicles the lives of two brothers, O and Rico, who eventually follow their father’s footsteps into the dangerous drug trade. When the brothers learn that one of their associates has decided to cooperate with a federal investigation they must decide whether to run, fight the charges in the legal system or cooperate with the investigation by naming others they’ve had dealings with. The film’s non-linear storytelling fluidly mixes the past with the present as audiences experience what events occurred in their lives to make these men who they are in the present. The film will be released in Spring 2013. From Glenn Kaufmann (MFA 97) On Saturday February 2, my full-length theatrical script Back From Boston is being read as part of the New Writing program at Dublin's New Theatre in Temple Bar. The script tells the story of a young Boston couple who emigrate ‘back’ to Dublin and must deal with the complexities of starting over in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland along with a host of issues from the family's past. Details at - http://www.thenewtheatre.com/tnt_php/scripts/page/reading.php?reading_id=19&gi_sn=50e5842134caa|1 Valerie Scoon’s film “Grenada: Colonialism and Conflict“ has been selected for screening in the 21st Pan African Film Festival (PAFF), February 7-18, 2013 which will take place in Los Angeles at the new all digital RAVE Cinemas 15 Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza! "Paul Cohen, Executive Director of the Torchlight Program, and his assistant, Courtney Harmstone, a recent FSU film grad, are attending Sundance this year from the 17th to the 23rd of January, and would love the opportunity to meet up with former FSU graduates! You can reach Paul Cohen through his email, paulcohenfilm@gmail.com, or through his assistant, Courtney Harmstone, at pcasstcourtney@gmail.com or 843-637-7535." From Justin Ross (MFA 07) “ I just wanted to submit a shameless plug for TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D, of which I'm the Associate Producer. The show opened nationally last weekend, and has been a labor of love of mine for the past year and a half. We're taking a lot of risks with this one, which I'm confident that the public, and hopefully FSU alumni, will respond to.” From Mike Felker (BFA 10) “This past month I've been working with Slamdance Film Festival on a five part mockumentary web series "Modern Imbecile's Idiot's Guide to Making Movies For Dummies". The series follows independent filmmaker Wallace Cotten as he tackles the laborious process of making a movie with two most outlandish action movie stars in all of Eurasia, Don and Lizardman. Each episode tackles a certain aspect of filmmaking from casting the movie all the way to submitting the final product to Slamdance. This web series has been a fun way to promote the Slamdance Film Festival (a festival for filmmakers by filmmakers) which runs from January 18th-24th in Park City, Utah. My part was Co-Director with FSU Theater alum Ben Hethcoat ('10) and Editor for all five parts. I've had the honor in collaborating with Slamdance alums Todd Berger (The Scenesters, It's A Disaster), Doug Manley (Modern Imbecile's Planet World) and Kevin Brennan (It's A Disaster, The Vacationeers) all who act as the three leads in the series. Guest stars include Parvesh Cheena (Outsourced), Jeff Grace (It's A Disaster), and Shaye Troha (Holiday Road). The first three episodes have premiered on Movieline.com (with great write-ups in the links below), and have been hits on Break.com and Youtube (Over 20K views each for the first two episodes). Episode 1: Castinghttp://movieline.com/2012/12/20/slamdance-modern-imbeciles-guide-to-making-movies-for-dummies-casting/Episode 2: Directinghttp://movieline.com/2012/12/27/slamdance-modern-imbeciles-idiots-guide-to-making-movies-for-dummies-episode-2-directing/#utm_campaign=homepage&utm_source=maincolumn&utm_medium=carousel&utm_content=slot1Episode 3: Actinghttp://movieline.com/2013/01/03/modern-imbeciles-idiots-guide-to-making-movies-for-dummies-episode-3-acting-slamdance/#utm_campaign=homepage&utm_source=maincolumn&utm_medium=carousel&utm_content=slot1 Episode 4 and 5 will premiere in the next two weeks leading up to Slamdance. Please watch and share with your friends and family. It's a little raunchy but it's very funny and tons of fun to make! “My name is Adam Johns (BFA '06) and my brother Andy Johns and I have been working together on the board of a new film festival in the southeast. Its called the Lookout Wild Film Festival and we are actively looking for submissions. This festival is a niche festival for films having to do with the great outdoors, adventure sports, and anything else WILD! So if you think that your film is a good fit send it our way; I'll include a list of links at the bottom of this message. Let's talk a little bit more about the festival. Our mission is to showcase wild places and the people they inspire by screening and showing films. Our film festival is scheduled for March 22-24 in Downtown Chattanooga, Tenn. The idea came from my brother discovering some common ground between he and I when he started enjoying and looking for more outdoor films. While there are a number of thriving outdoor film festivals in the West, no such festivals exist in the East. We believe the LWFF can fill a niche immediately as a regionally significant festival and eventually grow into a nationally important outdoor film festival. We are in the process of placing an open call for films that fit our plan for the festival. We plan to have a good variety of films that match our mission of showcasing wild places and the people they inspire. While the final selections will not be made until February, we anticipate a mix of topics including outdoor activities, exploration, conservation, nature, wildlife, action sports, survival and outdoor personalities. Eventually, we hope to be able to focus more and more on films from the Eastern and Southeastern United States (like FSU!) This is a big undertaking for my brother and I, and I hope you'll submit your films. We have discounted our already low rates for students and I would love to see a strong FSU presence at this festival. Thank you for your time and go Noles! Like us on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/LookoutWildFilmFestival?fref=tsWithout-a-boxhttps://www.withoutabox.com/login/11890More infohttp://lookoutfilmfestival.org/ From Daniel Hankins (MFA 12) “Happy new year, everybody. I am happy to be able to report that, at the end of my internship three weeks ago, the production company I was with hired me full time, and I begin on January 7th. I think it's going to be a very exciting year. I honestly don't think you need to "know anyone" before coming out here. You just need to be willing to take the leap and put in the time and effort- the UTA list really does work; that's how I found my internship. Brenda helped me with my resume, and I just used a cover letter template that was reported to be "awesome" that I found online. I also thought I would share how to roll a call; it's super simple: The phone rings and you pick up, and it's somebody wanting to talk to your boss, who is out of the office. Get their name, put them on hold, pick up another line, and dial your boss's cell phone. Tell your boss who it is, and if he wants to talk to the caller, hit "conference" on the key pad. Done . I also wanted to say that any of you who has plans to come out here to LA is welcome to crash at my place while you look for a place of your own.” An article by Dean Emeritus Ray Fielding appears in the current issue of ‘Media Ethics.’ Published in print and online, the magazine is read principally by print and television journalists, government officials, media commentators and researchers. It can be accessed on the Internet at Mediaethicsmagazine.com/ From David Roesner (MFA 92) “Mostly to Recently-Graduated BFAs, but also anyone else who might be taking a truck from Florida to LA. I have a couple small boxes stored with family in the Orlando area and would love to get them to LA if possible, but they are not worth shipping and no one is traveling this way any time soon. If anyone is moving from Florida to LA and might have a little spare room in the back of a U-Haul, I'd love to talk to you about bringing them out. Please email me if you can help. rezdave@filmmaker.com” I'm Beverly Sebastian, former Film Producer under contract to Paramount Pictures until I retired and moved to Central Florida. I am now the CEO of a national non-profit organization, The National Greyhound Foundation that rescues retired racing greyhounds, rehabilitates incarcerated men and women and trains greyhounds for Veteran Service Dogs. We are having a HAWGSand DAWGS Motorcycle event, Saturday, Jan 19th starting at the Harley-Davidson Ocala store with signup and ending up at Harley Davidson-Crystal River. Our last feature film for Paramount Pictures, was RUNNING COOL and the proceeds from that film have been donated to this cause. We are shooting a Virtual Run documentary on the event and are in need of several cameramen or women to work with us on the DVD. They need to have their own cameras. If anyone has a head camera mount they would be of help. We are shooting Mimi Digital DVD format and editing on an Apple Editing System. We can also use SD cards. We will be filming both at the Ocala signup, during the motorcycle run and also at the Crystal River event. This is a non-profit event so we need to get as many volunteer people to work with us. They can work on different phases of the event from filming through editing. This will be a great experience for them and a good example of their work. Please contact Ferd at 352-212-5878 or Beverly at 352-212-5878. Thank you for your help. You can check out the event at www.hawgsanddawgs.com, or our programs at www.giveasecondchance.com or www.purpleheartgreyhounds.org Sundance Institute Requests Applicants for Creative Producing Fellowship (Deadline: February 8) The Sundance Institute is accepting applications from emerging film producers for their Creative Producing Fellowship and Lab. Six producers will be selected for the one-year fellowship. Candidates must have produced at least one short or feature-length narrative or documentary film but no more than two narrative features. Visit here for more info.http://www.sundance.org/programs/creative-producing-fellowship-and-lab/ This week with the Tallahassee Film Society: “• "Swan Lake" - This Thursday and Sunday, January 10 and 13!
• "Facing the Storm" - This Friday, January 11
• "Company" Holds Over Again - Sunday, January 13!
• "The Great Escape" 50th Anniversary Showing - This Saturday Night, January 12
• "A Royal Affair" Holds Over This Weekend!
• Coming Friday, January 18 - "Hava Nagila"” For complete information go to tallahasseefilms.com Am heading to Biloxi this weekend with some gambling friends – send me lucky vibes! FSU CMPA Screenings & Awards Update – January 10, 2013 The Handshake (MFA D2 2011 Danny Hankins), Watch Out for the Big Girl (MFA D2 2011 Michael Blevins), Irrational (BFA F3 2012 Holly Pearson), Out of Hand (BFA F3 2012 Katie Aldworth), Underground (MFA Thesis 2010 Akil DuPont), Waking Eloise (MFA Thesis 2010 Bobby Marinelli) and The Orphan (MFA D2 2011 Teresa Sutherland) were selected for screening at the Love Your Shorts Film Festival in Sanford, FL, February 15-17. For more information about this festival, go to www.loveyourshorts.com. Our Rhineland (MFA Thesis 2011 Faren Humes) and The Collegians (MFA Thesis 2011 Bryan Lewis) were selected for screening at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival in Los Angeles, February 7-18. Faculty member Valerie Scoon’s feature documentary Grenada: Colonialism and Conflict will also be screening at the festival. For more information about this festival, go to www.paff.org. Killer Kart (MFA Thesis 2012 James Feeney) was invited to screen at the Little Terrors Short Film Event, a monthly horror screening series in Toronto, Canada on January 23. For more information about this festival, go to www.littleterrorsfestival.com. Out of Hand (BFA F3 2012 Katie Aldworth) was invited to screen at Little Big Shots International Film Festival for Kids in Melbourne, Australia, in June. For more information about this festival, go to www.littlebigshots.com.au. Upcoming Screenings and Awards (in chronological order): Crushed (MFA D2 2012 Paola Ariza) was selected for screening at the Enzian Theater FilmSlam in Orlando, January 13 at 1pm. For more information about this event, go to http://www.enzian.org/festivals/filmslam/. Killer Kart (MFA Thesis 2012 James Feeney) was selected for screening at the Festivus Film Festival in Denver, January 23-27. For more information about this festival, go to www.festivusfilmfestival.com. Nigga, Nigga, NIGGA! (MFA Thesis 2012 Michael Blevins) was selected for screening at the San Diego Black Film Festival, January 31 – February 3. For more information about this festival, go to www.sdbff.com. Me & My Deadbeat Husband (MFA Thesis 2012 Deirdre Morales), Luz (BFA Thesis 2010 David Liz) were selected for screening at the Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City, Nevada, February 6-9. For more information about this festival, go to www.damshortfilm.org. Our Rhineland (MFA Thesis 2011 Faren Humes) was selected for screening at the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College in New York City, February 7-10. For more information about this festival, go to http://athenafilmfestival.com. Watch Out for the Big Girl (MFA D2 2011 Michael Blevins) was selected for screening at the Love Your Shorts Film Festival in Sanford, FL, February 15-17. For more information about this festival, go to www.loveyourshorts.com. Nigga, Nigga, NIGGA! (MFA Thesis 2012 Michael Blevins) was selected for screening at the ActNow New Voices in Black Cinema Film Festival in Brooklyn, February 15-18. For more information about this festival, go to www.actnowproduction.org/film-festival. Badass Brock (MFA Thesis 2012 Eric Davis) was selected for screening at the Richmond International Film Festival, February 28 – March 3. For more information about this festival, go to www.richmondfilmfestival.com. Imminent Danger! (MFA Thesis 2011 Alana McNair) was invited to screen atthe Emerald City ComiCon in Seattle, March 1-3. For more information about this event, go to www.emeraldcitycomicon.com. Killer Kart (MFA Thesis 2012 James Feeney),The Winter (MFA Thesis 2012 Teresa Sutherland), Badass Brock (MFA Thesis 2012Eric Davis) and KLSTRDC (BFA Documentary 2012 Eric Jaffe/Dylan Hendrickson) were selected for screening at the Florida Film Festival in Orlando, April 5-14. For more information about this festival, go to www.enzian.org. Devoted to the Dark Side (BFA Documentary 2011 Adam Ruckersfeldt) was invited to screen at the following festivals in 2013:Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival (TCIF3) in Richland, WA in October (www.tcif3.com); LoneStarCon Film Fest in San Antonio in August (lonestarcon3.org); Radcon Film Fest in Pasco, WA in February (www.radcon.org); Crypticon Film Fest in Seattle in May (www.crypticonseattle.com). Knights of the Playground (MFA D2 2011 Josh Crute) was invited to screen at Little Big Shots International Film Festival for Kids in Melbourne, Australia, in June. For more information about this festival, go to www.littlebigshots.com.au. See More
