Chicago – In all film festivals, the real hidden talent can often be found in the Short Films Program. This is the beginning for many great filmmakers, and it is up to the film reporters and programmers to unearth these creative jewels. Film Critic and Writer Collin Souter is the Short Films Programmer for the Chicago Critics Film Festival (Ccff), and the fest will be presenting two separate programs on May 13th and 14th, 2017, during the run of the festival, which takes place from May 12th through May 18th at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre (details below).
Collin Souter has been reviewing films for 17 years in and around the scene in Chicago… he has a weekly radio gig on Wgn 720Am for the Nick Digilio show, and a monthly one on Whpk 88.5Fm. He has written for eFilmcritic.com, and has a monthly column at RogerEbert.com called “Short Films in Focus.
Collin Souter has been reviewing films for 17 years in and around the scene in Chicago… he has a weekly radio gig on Wgn 720Am for the Nick Digilio show, and a monthly one on Whpk 88.5Fm. He has written for eFilmcritic.com, and has a monthly column at RogerEbert.com called “Short Films in Focus.
- 5/12/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This is another edition of Short Starts, where we present a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. You may not think there’s anything worth knowing about the director of Red 2, which opens this Friday. But Dean Parisot, who is best known for helming Galaxy Quest, is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker. He got his start by directing two excellent, slightly surreal shorts in the 1980s, the second of which, The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, won the Oscar in 1989 for Best Live Action Short. (That was a great year for short winners, by the way, as it saw Pixar’s John Lasseter receive his first with Tin Toy and documentarian Bill Guttentag win his first with You Don’t Have to Die.) Parisot shares his honor with comedian Steven Wright, who co-wrote the witty little movie with Mike Armstrong. The acceptance speech was a highlight of the year’s...
- 7/14/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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