Moderated by Amy Emmerich, President & Chief Content Officer at Refinery29, the Scad Savannah Film Festival’s “Refinery29 + Level Forward Present Shatterbox,” a program of seven quite diverse shorts followed by a post-screening discussion, was presented at the comfy Scad Museum of Art theater on an industry-heavy Monday afternoon. The event featured Parisa Barani (Human Terrain), Tiffany J. Johnson and Adrienne Childress (Girl Callin), Kantú Lentz (Jack and Jo Don’t Want to Die), Channing Godfrey Peoples (Doretha’s Blues), and Lizzie Nastro (the Chloë Sevigny-directed White Echo) onstage to discuss their work – as well as working with Refinery29 and Level Forward’s […]...
- 11/8/2019
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Moderated by Amy Emmerich, President & Chief Content Officer at Refinery29, the Scad Savannah Film Festival’s “Refinery29 + Level Forward Present Shatterbox,” a program of seven quite diverse shorts followed by a post-screening discussion, was presented at the comfy Scad Museum of Art theater on an industry-heavy Monday afternoon. The event featured Parisa Barani (Human Terrain), Tiffany J. Johnson and Adrienne Childress (Girl Callin), Kantú Lentz (Jack and Jo Don’t Want to Die), Channing Godfrey Peoples (Doretha’s Blues), and Lizzie Nastro (the Chloë Sevigny-directed White Echo) onstage to discuss their work – as well as working with Refinery29 and Level Forward’s […]...
- 11/8/2019
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Universal’s Global Talent Development and Inclusion have unveiled the participants for the 2019 Directors Initiative. The initiative has also expanded their partnerships to include the American Black Film Festival and the New York Latino Film Festival. In addition, NBCUniversal Filmmasters will join veteran partners AFI Directing Workshop for Women as well as the Sundance Institute’s FilmTwo Fellowship.
This year, the Initiative has doubled in size with 17 directors from diverse backgrounds selected to participate. This year, the Initiative has the strongest international reach with directors from China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Iran and Singapore.
Sundance Institute FilmTwo filmmakers participating in this year’s Initiative include Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (The Mustang), Rhys Ernst (Adam), Atsuko Hirayanagi (Oh Lucy!) and Kirsten Tan (Pop Aye). From the AFI Directing Workshop for Women are directors Amber Sealey (How Does it Start), Jessica Kaye (Inheritance), Carly Usdin (Suicide Kale), Parisa Barani (Ablution (Wuzu)), Marielle Woods...
This year, the Initiative has doubled in size with 17 directors from diverse backgrounds selected to participate. This year, the Initiative has the strongest international reach with directors from China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Iran and Singapore.
Sundance Institute FilmTwo filmmakers participating in this year’s Initiative include Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (The Mustang), Rhys Ernst (Adam), Atsuko Hirayanagi (Oh Lucy!) and Kirsten Tan (Pop Aye). From the AFI Directing Workshop for Women are directors Amber Sealey (How Does it Start), Jessica Kaye (Inheritance), Carly Usdin (Suicide Kale), Parisa Barani (Ablution (Wuzu)), Marielle Woods...
- 10/7/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion group has selected filmmakers for its 2019 Directors Initiative, which introduces directors to the studio filmmaking process as well as executives across the company.
The Sundance Institute FilmTwo filmmakers participating in the Directors Initiative include Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (“The Mustang”), Rhys Ernst (“Adam”), Atsuko Hirayanagi (“Oh Lucy!”), and Kirsten Tan (“Pop Aye”). From the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, directors participating include Amber Sealey (“How Does it Start”), Jessica Kaye (“Inheritance”), Carly Usdin (“Suicide Kale”), Parisa Barani (“Ablution (Wuzu)”), Marielle Woods (“Do No Harm”), Shilpi Roy (“Hipsterhood”), Siyou Tan (“Hello Ahma”) and Talia Zucker (“Child”).
Additionally, Lukas von Berg (“L’aria Del Moscerino”) is joining from NBCUniversal’s Global Distribution & International Filmmasters program, while Numa Perrier (“Jezebel”) is participating from American Black Film Festival, and Gabriela Calvache (“The Longest Night”) is joining from New York Latino Film Festival. Dinh Thai (“Monday”) is joining from last...
The Sundance Institute FilmTwo filmmakers participating in the Directors Initiative include Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (“The Mustang”), Rhys Ernst (“Adam”), Atsuko Hirayanagi (“Oh Lucy!”), and Kirsten Tan (“Pop Aye”). From the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, directors participating include Amber Sealey (“How Does it Start”), Jessica Kaye (“Inheritance”), Carly Usdin (“Suicide Kale”), Parisa Barani (“Ablution (Wuzu)”), Marielle Woods (“Do No Harm”), Shilpi Roy (“Hipsterhood”), Siyou Tan (“Hello Ahma”) and Talia Zucker (“Child”).
Additionally, Lukas von Berg (“L’aria Del Moscerino”) is joining from NBCUniversal’s Global Distribution & International Filmmasters program, while Numa Perrier (“Jezebel”) is participating from American Black Film Festival, and Gabriela Calvache (“The Longest Night”) is joining from New York Latino Film Festival. Dinh Thai (“Monday”) is joining from last...
- 10/7/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
For the third and fourth seasons of the female-directed short film series, Shatterbox, Refinery29 is partnering with Level Forward.
Chloe Sevigny, who participated in Shatterbox's first season, will return as a featured director in the series' third season. Her short film, White Echo, has been selected to screen at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and will compete for the short film Palme d’Or.
The other directors who contributed short films to the most recent season of Shatterbox are Veronica Rodriguez, Nicole Emanuele, Kantú Lentz, Tiffany J. Johnson, Parisa Barani and Channing Godfrey Peoples.
“We are so honored ...
Chloe Sevigny, who participated in Shatterbox's first season, will return as a featured director in the series' third season. Her short film, White Echo, has been selected to screen at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and will compete for the short film Palme d’Or.
The other directors who contributed short films to the most recent season of Shatterbox are Veronica Rodriguez, Nicole Emanuele, Kantú Lentz, Tiffany J. Johnson, Parisa Barani and Channing Godfrey Peoples.
“We are so honored ...
- 5/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For the third and fourth seasons of the female-directed short film series, Shatterbox, Refinery29 is partnering with Level Forward.
Chloe Sevigny, who participated in Shatterbox's first season, will return as a featured director in the series' third season. Her short film, White Echo, has been selected to screen at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and will compete for the short film Palme d’Or.
The other directors who contributed short films to the most recent season of Shatterbox are Veronica Rodriguez, Nicole Emanuele, Kantú Lentz, Tiffany J. Johnson, Parisa Barani and Channing Godfrey Peoples.
“We are so honored ...
Chloe Sevigny, who participated in Shatterbox's first season, will return as a featured director in the series' third season. Her short film, White Echo, has been selected to screen at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and will compete for the short film Palme d’Or.
The other directors who contributed short films to the most recent season of Shatterbox are Veronica Rodriguez, Nicole Emanuele, Kantú Lentz, Tiffany J. Johnson, Parisa Barani and Channing Godfrey Peoples.
“We are so honored ...
- 5/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: The much-anticipated staging of Oklahoma! will be Broadway’s first partner in Hollywood’s Gun Neutral Initiative: For every visible gun that is seen onstage in Oklahoma!, a donation will be made to organizations “committed to helping solve the gun violence crisis by destroying firearms that should be out of circulation.”
Oklahoma!’s participation in the campaign is expected to be announced today by the show’s lead producer Eva Price at a Sundance Film Festival panel titled “See Change: The Call for Gun Neutral Entertainment.”
“We are honored and proud that Oklahoma! will be leading the way on Broadway by partnering with the Gun Neutral Initiative,” Price said in a statement provided to Deadline prior to the panel. “Just because a particular story calls for the presence of a particular weapon, that doesn’t mean that we have to remain complacent in America’s gun-violence epidemic. Helping to...
Oklahoma!’s participation in the campaign is expected to be announced today by the show’s lead producer Eva Price at a Sundance Film Festival panel titled “See Change: The Call for Gun Neutral Entertainment.”
“We are honored and proud that Oklahoma! will be leading the way on Broadway by partnering with the Gun Neutral Initiative,” Price said in a statement provided to Deadline prior to the panel. “Just because a particular story calls for the presence of a particular weapon, that doesn’t mean that we have to remain complacent in America’s gun-violence epidemic. Helping to...
- 1/28/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Stunt performer Zoë Bell — Uma Thurman’s double in the “Kill Bill” films and a Quentin Tarantino veteran — is getting into the directing game herself. The New Zealander got her start at 17 as Lucy Lawless’ double on “Xena: Warrior Princess,” and is now among the eight participants in this year’s AFI Directing Workshop for Women. Since 1974, the program has provided tuition-free training to more than 300 women seeking film and television careers behind the camera.
Bell will join Parisa Barani, Jessica Kaye, Shilpi Roy, Amber Sealey, Siyou Tan, Carly Usdin, and Talia Zucker for months of immersive education as they ready short films to debut next year at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles. So far, two alumni from the 2017-2018 class have had their Dww projects accepted to prestigious film festivals: Katrelle Kindred premiered “War Paint” at Sundance in January, and Milena Govich will screen “Unspeakable...
Bell will join Parisa Barani, Jessica Kaye, Shilpi Roy, Amber Sealey, Siyou Tan, Carly Usdin, and Talia Zucker for months of immersive education as they ready short films to debut next year at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles. So far, two alumni from the 2017-2018 class have had their Dww projects accepted to prestigious film festivals: Katrelle Kindred premiered “War Paint” at Sundance in January, and Milena Govich will screen “Unspeakable...
- 2/13/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The AFI Directing Workshop for Women has revealed its 2018-2019 participants, who will partake in several months of tuition-free film education program, leading to the production of short films, which will be screened at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles next year. The new trainees are Parisa Barani, Zoe Bell, Jessica Kaye, Shilpi Roy, Amber Sealey, Siyou Tan, Carly Usdin and Talia Zucker. You can check out their bios <a…...
- 2/13/2018
- Deadline
Plus: Lowriders to open La Film Festival; Alamo Drafthouse to open in Downtown Brooklyn; and more…
Disney’s Zootopia crossed $800m worldwide on Tuesday to stand at $523m internationally and $276.7m in North America.
The family hit currently ranks as the biggest global industry release of the year-to-date, the second biggest Walt Disney Animation Studios release of all time in its original release behind Frozen, and the third biggest overall behind Frozen and The Lion King.
Zootopia is also Disney’s sixth biggest animated release of all time and the industry’s fifth biggest original IP animated film ever, climbing to the fourth biggest not counting re-releases.
Ricardo de Montreuil’s Lowriders will open this year’s La Film Festival produced by Film Independent. Brian Grazer and Jason Blum produce the drama set in the Latino car culture and starring Eva Longoria and Demián Bichir. Ryan Coogler is this year’s festival guest director, and [link=nm...
Disney’s Zootopia crossed $800m worldwide on Tuesday to stand at $523m internationally and $276.7m in North America.
The family hit currently ranks as the biggest global industry release of the year-to-date, the second biggest Walt Disney Animation Studios release of all time in its original release behind Frozen, and the third biggest overall behind Frozen and The Lion King.
Zootopia is also Disney’s sixth biggest animated release of all time and the industry’s fifth biggest original IP animated film ever, climbing to the fourth biggest not counting re-releases.
Ricardo de Montreuil’s Lowriders will open this year’s La Film Festival produced by Film Independent. Brian Grazer and Jason Blum produce the drama set in the Latino car culture and starring Eva Longoria and Demián Bichir. Ryan Coogler is this year’s festival guest director, and [link=nm...
- 4/5/2016
- ScreenDaily
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