There was a long line of hopefuls, who were eagerly awaiting the screening of the 2009 Oscar-nominated short films, in front of the Academy headquarters in Beverly Hills. My c...
Author: Husam "Sam" Asi
Winners in Berlin
David Lee Miller's "My Suicide" about a world-weary teen who announces his intention to make a movie about his suicide and so triggers a storm of attention, has won the Berlinale's Crystal Bear for best feature in the Generation 14plus youth film section.The Generation youth jury said the pic, which
UK Film Council awards 3m to three films
One year after his short film The Tonto Woman was nominated for an Oscar, young British director Daniel Barber has been awarded more than a million pounds of UK Film Council money towards his first feature.His film, Harry Brown, is described as an urban Western, set in modern-day Britain, following
Slumdog Millionaire is the big winner at BAFTA
It was another successful night for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire as both the director and his film picked up the top awards at the British Academy Film Awards, at a lavish ceremony at the Royal Opera House.Hosted by a nervous Jonathan Ross, just two weeks after his return to the
Project Involve (LA): New Wave Cinema Shorts
A crisis! We were called for a meeting with Josh Welsh, the head of Talent Development at Film Independent. In the meeting, Josh announced that our Sponsors, particularly Ban...
Slumdog Millionaire favourite for Oscar
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE FAVOURITE FOR OSCAR IN ALL NOMINATIONSSLUMDOG Millionaire is the early favourite for all 10 Oscar categories in which it has been nominated this year, according to Betfair customers. In the market for the biggest prize of all, Best Motion Picture, the rags-to-riches story is 1-2, with nearest
A New Short Film Competition
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Project Involve(LA), casting your actors
January was an intense month. We started with a workshop with Casting director, Nicole Arbusto (Stephanie Daley, Philadelphia). We were asked to submit a scene from our features in orde...
Project Involve, Los Angeles: The Art of Pitching
Dec 10th, 2008 – Film independent offices (LA) Ten of us were invited to pitch our projects to Oscar-winning director and producer Peggy Rajski. Before we arrived to the...
A Fox Searchlight party for Slumdog and the Wrestler
A Fox Searchlight party for Slumdog and the Wrestler I can’t remember the name of the restaurant, but it’s located in Beverly Hills and has an impressive back garden, where th...