Posts filed under ‘Screenings’
Womanimation! Film Festival
Seasons of Love has been accepted to the Womanimation! Film Festival, a festival that showcases animated films created by women from around the world. The festival takes place Mother’s Day Weekend on May 8 and 9 at the Cape Ann Community Cinema in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
More info about the festival from Womanimation!’s website…
“This year’s program highlights ten animated shorts that celebrate motherhood and the cycle of life with tales of humor and heartache.
Women taking part include both up-and-coming and established animators, including Emma Lazenby, winner of the 2010 BAFTA for animated short; Nora Twomey from the Academy Award nominated Secret of Kells; and Signe Baumane, whose work has screened in Berlin, Sundance, and many other prestigious festivals.”
Click here for the complete list of films at Womanimation!
I’m so excited to be a part of this festival, and I hope you can attend!
First Run Film Festival
Seasons of Love has been accepted to the First Run Film Festival as an Undergraduate Film “In-Competition” eligible for awards and prizes!
It will screen on April 11 at 5:30pm during the program block,
THE FAMILY FACTOR: Films about the “F” word…with love and anxiety.
The festival takes place at the Cantor Film Center (36 East 8th Street, NYC) from April 8-11, 2010.
A little more info about First Run..
Each Spring, the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television proudly presents the First Run Festival to showcase over 120 advanced projects in film, video, and animation. This annual week-long festival begins with the Craft Awards Ceremony and Wasserman Finalists Announcement and culminates with the Wasserman Awards Ceremony featuring the Charles and Lucille King Family Foundation Awards. Presented by the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television.
Click here to watch trailers of other films submitted to First Run. Only 5 trailers have been uploaded so far but hopefully more will soon come.
And congratulations to Amanda DiNoto for Just So, Cara Schatzman for Euphemia, Catherine Min for Dwell Time, and Mike Healey for The Prune (fellow animation classmates) for making it into the festival as well!
Seasons of Love is a Finalist for the Fusion Film Festival!
Update: The Student Competition Screening and Awards Ceremony were postponed due to extreme weather conditions in New York. The event has been rescheduled for Friday, March 5 at 7pm at the Cantor Film Center (36 E 8th St, NYC).
I’m thrilled to announce that Seasons of Love is an Undergraduate Finalist for NYU’s 7th Annual Fusion Film Festival! Some of you may know that I have a very special relationship with Fusion, and I am just so excited that my film has been selected. Even more so, 2 animated films made it this year–mine and Bethany Heimbigner’s Sucker.
Both films will screen as a part of the Student Film Competition on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 7pm at the Cantor Film Center (36 East 8th Street, NYC). An award ceremony for the Film, Screenplay, and Music Video categories will follow the screening. The event is free and open to the public.
Welcome!
Welcome to the Seasons of Love blog and website. Please continue to check back for more news and screening information.
Here’s all that has happened with my film before I launched this site…
January 25, 2010 – Seasons of Love is accepted to its first film festival!
Seasons of Love will have its San Francisco premiere at the 4th Annual San Francisco Bay International Children’s Film Festival as a part of WonderCon on April 2-4, 2010 (Screening time TBA in March).
January 7, 2010 – Seasons of Love received the 2010 Russell Hexter Filmmaker Grant.
Here’s a little snippet from the award letter.
“They felt that your film was beautifully conceived and executed, with great artistry, style and wit. Additionally, The Hexter Grant is the only grant that takes into consideration each applicants work with fellow classmates and filmmakers, and here, your peers informed the judges of a great generosity with your talent, creativity, energy and time. This was very much what Russ was about and makes us proud to have you receive this award.”
August 2009 – Seasons of Love screens “unofficially” at the Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera in Marzamemi, Sicily, Italy.
I attended the festival as a part of a cultural exchange program between NYU, the festival, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Two NYU graduates and two young filmmakers from Tunisia were invited to participate in a panel discussion to talk about filmmaking in our respective countries and the challenges we face as young filmmakers. As a little treat, they decided to screen my film after the panel. Although the discussion itself was a bit terrifying, I did get some great feedback from the festival director and a few audience members.
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