On the heels of a successful in-person event that welcomed such stars as Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, Liev Schreiber and “Dopesick” creator Danny Strong, the 2022 Sun Valley Film Festival, which ran from March 30 to April 3, announced its juried film award winners.
Best narrative feature film went to “Linoleum,” directed by Colin West. “Holy Emy,” helmed by Araceli Lemos, received a special mention. Ron Howard’s “We Feed People” netted the fest’s audience award.
The winners were announced during the Idaho fest’s annual awards bash, which took place at Whiskey Jacques on Ketchum’s main drag of town, and was hosted by filmmaker Bobby Farrelly and comedian Hayes MacArthur, with a musical performance by the Nude Party.
Voting jury members at the fest included Jo Addy (global film and entertainment director of Soho House), Eric Bress, Trevor Groth (film financier at 30West) and producer Heather Rae.
Other awards went to “Mama Bears,...
Best narrative feature film went to “Linoleum,” directed by Colin West. “Holy Emy,” helmed by Araceli Lemos, received a special mention. Ron Howard’s “We Feed People” netted the fest’s audience award.
The winners were announced during the Idaho fest’s annual awards bash, which took place at Whiskey Jacques on Ketchum’s main drag of town, and was hosted by filmmaker Bobby Farrelly and comedian Hayes MacArthur, with a musical performance by the Nude Party.
Voting jury members at the fest included Jo Addy (global film and entertainment director of Soho House), Eric Bress, Trevor Groth (film financier at 30West) and producer Heather Rae.
Other awards went to “Mama Bears,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
The films may be short, but there is no shortage of scares as Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 announces its showcase of the best new short films from the UK and around the world, with six countries representing three continents. From under-the-bed monsters to monsters in front of your eyes, from the sinister and the creepy to the wickedly human and the not-so-human, this year’s selection shines a spotlight on upcoming filmmakers.
The UK is represented with a record eleven entries. There are world premiere screenings for Werewolf, where game night just got dangerous, A Bit Of Fun, where a girls’ night in brings out the dead and The Beholder, in which you’d be wise to beware the eyes of strangers…
Homeland talent is further highlighted with Flesh Control, which will surely bug you and in The Afterlife Bureau who says there is no paperwork when you’re dead? Staying...
The UK is represented with a record eleven entries. There are world premiere screenings for Werewolf, where game night just got dangerous, A Bit Of Fun, where a girls’ night in brings out the dead and The Beholder, in which you’d be wise to beware the eyes of strangers…
Homeland talent is further highlighted with Flesh Control, which will surely bug you and in The Afterlife Bureau who says there is no paperwork when you’re dead? Staying...
- 8/11/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Selected by 20th Century Fox and Tongal from more than 550 pitches in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott's classic sci-fi horror movie, the final two official Alien short films Alone (written and directed by Noah Miller) and Harvest (directed by Benjamin Howdeshell) can now be watched in their entireties in celebration of the fourth annual Alien Day.
You can watch Harvest and Alone below via IGN, and check here to view the previously released Alien short films Specimen, Containment, Night Shift, and Ore, courtesy of IGN.
"Alien: Alone - Hope, an abandoned crew member aboard the derelict chemical hauler Otranto, has spent a year trying to keep her ship and herself alive as both slowly fall apart. After discovering hidden cargo, she risks it all to power up the broken ship in search of human life.
Alien: Harvest - The surviving crew of a damaged deep-space harvester...
You can watch Harvest and Alone below via IGN, and check here to view the previously released Alien short films Specimen, Containment, Night Shift, and Ore, courtesy of IGN.
"Alien: Alone - Hope, an abandoned crew member aboard the derelict chemical hauler Otranto, has spent a year trying to keep her ship and herself alive as both slowly fall apart. After discovering hidden cargo, she risks it all to power up the broken ship in search of human life.
Alien: Harvest - The surviving crew of a damaged deep-space harvester...
- 4/26/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Selected by 20th Century Fox and Tongal from more than 550 pitches in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott's classic sci-fi horror movie, the official Alien short film Ore can now be watched in its entirety, pitting miners against a Xenomorph in the claustrophobic confines of a tunnel system.
Written and directed by the Spear Sisters, you can watch "Ore" below via IGN, and check here to view the previously released Alien short films "Specimen," "Containment," and "Night Shift," courtesy of IGN.
The remaining two Alien short films will be released on April 26th, the fourth annual Alien Day.
"Alien: Ore - As a hard-working miner of a planet mining colony, Lorraine longs to make a better life for her daughter and grandchildren. When her shift uncovers the death of a fellow miner under mysterious circumstances, Lorraine is forced to choose between escape or defying management orders and...
Written and directed by the Spear Sisters, you can watch "Ore" below via IGN, and check here to view the previously released Alien short films "Specimen," "Containment," and "Night Shift," courtesy of IGN.
The remaining two Alien short films will be released on April 26th, the fourth annual Alien Day.
"Alien: Ore - As a hard-working miner of a planet mining colony, Lorraine longs to make a better life for her daughter and grandchildren. When her shift uncovers the death of a fellow miner under mysterious circumstances, Lorraine is forced to choose between escape or defying management orders and...
- 4/20/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Selected by 20th Century Fox and Tongal from more than 550 pitches in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott's classic sci-fi horror movie, the official Alien short film Night Shift can now be watched in its entirety, pitting space truckers and supply workers against a deadly Chestburster.
Written and directed by Aidan Brezonick, you can watch "Night Shift" below via IGN, and check here to view the previously released Alien short films "Specimen" and "Containment," courtesy of IGN.
Three additional Alien short films will be released in the coming weeks, with two of them slated to come out on the fourth annual Alien Day on April 26th.
"Alien: Night Shift - When a missing space trucker is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker suggests a nightcap as a remedy. Near closing time, they are reluctantly allowed inside the colony supply depot where the trucker’s condition worsens, leaving...
Written and directed by Aidan Brezonick, you can watch "Night Shift" below via IGN, and check here to view the previously released Alien short films "Specimen" and "Containment," courtesy of IGN.
Three additional Alien short films will be released in the coming weeks, with two of them slated to come out on the fourth annual Alien Day on April 26th.
"Alien: Night Shift - When a missing space trucker is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker suggests a nightcap as a remedy. Near closing time, they are reluctantly allowed inside the colony supply depot where the trucker’s condition worsens, leaving...
- 4/12/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The 40th anniversary celebration continues this week with the third of six official Alien short films, the latest one titled Alien: Night Shift. Thanks to IGN, it’s now live. In Alien: Night Shift, written and directed by Aidan Brezonick… “When a missing space trucker is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker suggests a nightcap as a remedy. Near closing time, they are […]...
- 4/12/2019
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
When someone writes "Do Not Open" in blood on glass, you know something really messed up happened on the other side of that window, and that's just one of several nightmarish scenarios explored in six new short films set in the Alien universe. Selected from more than 550 pitches in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of Ridley Scott's classic sci-fi horror film, the six short films will be released by 20th Century Fox on IGN over the next several weeks, and we've been provided with a new red band trailer for the short films that serves as a chilling reminder that nearly four decades after the release of Alien, in space, no one can still hear you scream.
"Tomorrow, 20th Century Fox will launch the Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts Series on IGN starting with Alien: Containment, the first of six terrifying new tales set in the Alien Universe. Developed by...
"Tomorrow, 20th Century Fox will launch the Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts Series on IGN starting with Alien: Containment, the first of six terrifying new tales set in the Alien Universe. Developed by...
- 3/28/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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