Jason Tippet is the co-director of the lovely Only the Young, which premiered at True/False in 2012. That portrait of California skater kids who evangelize for the Lord was distinguished by Tippet and co-director Elizabeth Mims’ impressive ability to seemingly never repeat an immaculate shot set-up in even the most returned-to locations. From the opening shot My Gal, Rosemarie shows Tippet hasn’t lost his eye for finding strong compositions in domestic spaces, opening here with a hanging hummingbird feeder viewed from directly below, a defamiliarized circle with birds floating weightlessly around it. This is the home of Ray and Rosemarie: the latter, age 90, finds […]...
- 2/8/2016
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Jason Tippet is the co-director of the lovely Only the Young, which premiered at True/False in 2012. That portrait of California skater kids who evangelize for the Lord was distinguished by Tippet and co-director Elizabeth Mims’ impressive ability to seemingly never repeat an immaculate shot set-up in even the most returned-to locations. From the opening shot My Gal, Rosemarie shows Tippet hasn’t lost his eye for finding strong compositions in domestic spaces, opening here with a hanging hummingbird feeder viewed from directly below, a defamiliarized circle with birds floating weightlessly around it. This is the home of Ray and Rosemarie: the latter, age 90, finds […]...
- 2/8/2016
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Change is in the air at Austin Film Festival: They recently announced a few major updates to the film and conference staff structure and have also revealed a year-round programming slate packed with special events.
First, former Conference Director and Film Programmer Erin Hallagan has been named Creative Director of the newly-combined Conference and Film departments. Austin Film Festival (Aff) Co-Founder and Executive Director Barbara Morgan describes Hallagan as "an inspired programmer and leader" and calls her promotion "the natural next step."
Also taking on new roles are Elizabeth Mims and Harrison Glaser, both previous festival employees, as well. Mims was a Young Filmmakers Program Director at Aff and also directed Only the Young, a documentary selected to screen during Aff in 2012 (here's Elizabeth's interview with the Austin-based filmmaker). Mims will now act as a Senior Programmer for the festival. Glaser, who served as a Conference Assistant for the last two years,...
First, former Conference Director and Film Programmer Erin Hallagan has been named Creative Director of the newly-combined Conference and Film departments. Austin Film Festival (Aff) Co-Founder and Executive Director Barbara Morgan describes Hallagan as "an inspired programmer and leader" and calls her promotion "the natural next step."
Also taking on new roles are Elizabeth Mims and Harrison Glaser, both previous festival employees, as well. Mims was a Young Filmmakers Program Director at Aff and also directed Only the Young, a documentary selected to screen during Aff in 2012 (here's Elizabeth's interview with the Austin-based filmmaker). Mims will now act as a Senior Programmer for the festival. Glaser, who served as a Conference Assistant for the last two years,...
- 3/26/2014
- by Caitlin Moore
- Slackerwood
Famed scientist Stephen Hawking to present the Stephen Finnigan-directed documentary in Cambridge.
The 33rd Cambridge Film Festival, which runs from September 19-29, is to open with documentary Hawking.
Told in his own words and by those closest to him, the film relays Professor Stephen Hawking’s journey from boyhood underachiever, to PhD genius, to being diagnosed with Motor Neurone disease and given just two years to live. Despite the constant threat of death, Hawking has risen to fame and stardom and continues to make scientific discoveries.
Review: Hawking
The professor, best-selling author (A Brief History of Time) and Cambridge resident will present the film in person on September 19.
Stephen Finnigan, BAFTA-nominated series producer of The Choir: Military Wives, directs the Channel 4 and PBS co-production, which is produced by Darlow Smithson Productions (Dsp).
It received its world premiere at SXSW in March and the UK rights have been secured by Vertigo Films. It is also...
The 33rd Cambridge Film Festival, which runs from September 19-29, is to open with documentary Hawking.
Told in his own words and by those closest to him, the film relays Professor Stephen Hawking’s journey from boyhood underachiever, to PhD genius, to being diagnosed with Motor Neurone disease and given just two years to live. Despite the constant threat of death, Hawking has risen to fame and stardom and continues to make scientific discoveries.
Review: Hawking
The professor, best-selling author (A Brief History of Time) and Cambridge resident will present the film in person on September 19.
Stephen Finnigan, BAFTA-nominated series producer of The Choir: Military Wives, directs the Channel 4 and PBS co-production, which is produced by Darlow Smithson Productions (Dsp).
It received its world premiere at SXSW in March and the UK rights have been secured by Vertigo Films. It is also...
- 7/1/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
When it was announced that Only The Young and Tchoupitoulas would be released together in a single package, I was a little taken back by the seemingly strange pairing. A coming-of-age story of teenage southern Cali punks playing alongside a trio of young brothers venturing the vibrant streets of New Orleans in an overnight adventure? Sure, they are two of the best American documentaries of 2012, and yes, they both employee a group of kids as their subjects, but it still seemed a little odd. Watching them side by side though, it makes a whole lot of sense. Both films, gorgeously shot and inventively structured, take a look at the world through the naïve eyes of youth, experiencing the awkward tensions between love and friendships or letting the alien mores of a city so near, yet so far, wash over them in a hail of aural overload. Directors Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet,...
- 5/14/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Oscilloscope—a production company responsible for such films as Wuthering Heights and We Need to Talk About Kevin—presents this two-disc set containing award-winning documentaries about “youth, what it means to be young, and what it’s like growing up.” Both films follow a trio of youths, watching them grow up and interacting (and reacting) to the world around them. And although one of them manages to paint an endearing portrait of adolescence, the other one remains a mystifying dreamscape of hedonism through a child’s eye.
Only the Young is the former, more engaging documentary. Filmmakers Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims follow three young teenagers in a poor Southern Californian town. As Kevin Conway works his way towards high school graduation, his best friend Garrison Saenz and Skye Elmore deal with their own romantic entanglements. They have such earnest and innocent demeanors that everything they do shines with honest vibrancy.
Only the Young is the former, more engaging documentary. Filmmakers Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims follow three young teenagers in a poor Southern Californian town. As Kevin Conway works his way towards high school graduation, his best friend Garrison Saenz and Skye Elmore deal with their own romantic entanglements. They have such earnest and innocent demeanors that everything they do shines with honest vibrancy.
- 5/2/2013
- by John Keith
- JustPressPlay.net
Here's the latest in Austin film news.
Disney has hired Dfw-area filmmaker (and former Austinite) David Lowery and producer Toby Halbrooks, whose film Ain't Them Bodies Saints premiered at Sundance this year, to script a remake of the animated movie Pete's Dragon. If this sounds unlikely, bear in mind that Lowery's first feature, St. Nick, was about two children who run away from home. And don't forget his short Pioneer, about a father and son. (Jette adds: Now, someone please release St. Nick on DVD? Finally?)Austin-based filmmaker Elizabeth Mims' documentary Only the Young (Elizabeth's Aff review), which follows three Southern California teenagers, will air July 15 on PBS's award-winning TV series Pov, according to Austin Movie Blog.In festival news, the Hill Country Film Festival announced its lineup last week, which includes the feature-length thriller The Iceman, starring James Franco, and the 2013 Academy Award-winning short Curfew. The festivities take place May 2-5 in Fredericksburg.
Disney has hired Dfw-area filmmaker (and former Austinite) David Lowery and producer Toby Halbrooks, whose film Ain't Them Bodies Saints premiered at Sundance this year, to script a remake of the animated movie Pete's Dragon. If this sounds unlikely, bear in mind that Lowery's first feature, St. Nick, was about two children who run away from home. And don't forget his short Pioneer, about a father and son. (Jette adds: Now, someone please release St. Nick on DVD? Finally?)Austin-based filmmaker Elizabeth Mims' documentary Only the Young (Elizabeth's Aff review), which follows three Southern California teenagers, will air July 15 on PBS's award-winning TV series Pov, according to Austin Movie Blog.In festival news, the Hill Country Film Festival announced its lineup last week, which includes the feature-length thriller The Iceman, starring James Franco, and the 2013 Academy Award-winning short Curfew. The festivities take place May 2-5 in Fredericksburg.
- 3/25/2013
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
It would be the film with the juju in David O. Russell’s zany black comedy that was the toast of the 28th Independent Spirit Awards beating Beasts Of The Southern Wild – its fiercest rival in all major categories. Silver Linings Playbook cleaned up, grabbing Best Feature, Director, Screenplay and Best Actress went to Jennifer Lawrence – the heavy favorite for tomorrow’s Oscar. Fox Searchlight might have grabbed only one award for Beasts in the Cinematography category, but it’s other Sundance pick-up The Sessions managed to nab a pair of acting prizes for Helen Hunt and Oscar snubbed John Hawkes for Best Male Lead. In our favorite grant categories, Adam Leon (Gimme the Loot) nabbed the Someone to Watch Award (last year it went to Mark Jackson), the Piaget Producers Award went to Mynette Louie (she produced Tze Chun’s sophomore film Eye of Winter which we are keeping...
- 2/24/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" was the big winner at the 28th annual Independent Spirit Awards held in Santa Monica, CA this afternoon and hosted by Andy Samberg. "Silver Linings" took home the Best Feature, Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), Director, and Screenplay trophies.
McConaughey, who nearly stole the show in Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike," won the Best Supporting Male award for a performance that was largely ignored by the Academy Awards. As Samberg astutely observed, "We've got Matthew McConaughey...Hollywood fuck you!"
Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Female Lead award for "Silver Linings Playbook," while John Hawkes took home the Best Male Lead trophy for "Sessions." His co-star, Helen Hunt, won the Best Supporting Female award.
Michael Haneke's "Amour," a darling of the 85th Academy Awards, deservingly won Best International Film.
The awards show can be seen on IFC tonight at 10 pm (Est).
Here's the full list...
McConaughey, who nearly stole the show in Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike," won the Best Supporting Male award for a performance that was largely ignored by the Academy Awards. As Samberg astutely observed, "We've got Matthew McConaughey...Hollywood fuck you!"
Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Female Lead award for "Silver Linings Playbook," while John Hawkes took home the Best Male Lead trophy for "Sessions." His co-star, Helen Hunt, won the Best Supporting Female award.
Michael Haneke's "Amour," a darling of the 85th Academy Awards, deservingly won Best International Film.
The awards show can be seen on IFC tonight at 10 pm (Est).
Here's the full list...
- 2/24/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Today the 2013 Spirit Awards were handed out and it was a dominating effort from Silver Linings Playbook as it won Best Picture, Director (David O. Russell), Actress (Jennifer Lawrence) and Screenplay (Russell). The only award it was nominated for and didn't win was Best Actor where Bradley Cooper lost to John Hawkes for The Sessions, but that's only a minor blip on the radar when you win this big. Among the early awards handed out, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower won for Best First Feature while Derek Connolly won for Best First Screenplay for the romantic sci-fi film Safety Not Guaranteed. Then the Twitterverse exploded with a Best Supporting Actor win for Matthew McConaughey and his work in Magic Mike, which, for a time, seemed like it may be able to eek into that last Supporting slot at the Oscars. No dice, a Spirit Award it will have to be.
- 2/23/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Sorry Oscars. But after the Indie Spirit Awards, the number two spot in terms of Award Season importance are the Cinema Eye Honors. Seems like it was only yesterday when Aj Schnack & Thom Powers teamed up for one basic, logical concept: an event that would reward yearly output of documentary film in a rightfully sound manner. With the wind in their sails, the 6th annual edition was held last night and deservingly so, adding to its double wins at the Idfa and Sundance, it is 5 Broken Cameras that took the top honors for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking. Co-directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi – political activism via you guessed it, five video cameras. The film was released via Kino Lorber.
The night’s only double winner, could be regarded as the silver medal doc film of the year: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Detropia grabbed the Outstanding...
The night’s only double winner, could be regarded as the silver medal doc film of the year: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Detropia grabbed the Outstanding...
- 1/10/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
At the Museum of the Moving Image last night, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s 5 Broken Cameras took the headlines at the Cinema Eye Honors by taking the top prize, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, while Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Detropia also took two prizes, for directing and score. Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims (2012 “25 New Faces” alums for their film Only the Young) won Best Debut Feature, while a slew of acclaimed 2012 docs such as Chasing Ice, How to Survive a Plague, Bully, The Imposter and Searching for Sugar Man picked up statuettes too. With the announcement this morning …...
- 1/10/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Title: Only the Young Directors: Jason Tippet, Elizabeth Mims One can certainly enjoy The Who’s “Baba O’Riley,” David Bowie’s “Young Americans” or even, to employ a more recent example, Fun’s “We Are Young” on their own musical terms, in more or less disposable fashion. But for anyone who’s ever felt a stronger kinship to those songs or others because of their sterling evocation of adolescent energy and possibility, nonfiction cinematic equivalent “Only the Young” is a film for you – a delicate coming-of-age snapshot which locates the unextinguished youth in all of us. The Audience Award winner at the AFI Film Festival, co-directors Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ film is swollen with [ Read More ]
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- 1/4/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Here's the latest Austin and Texas film news.
Austin-based filmmaker Richard Linklater's 1991 movie Slacker, about the day in the life of an assortment of Austin characters, is one of 25 films selected this year to join the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, which now totals 600 films for preservation, according to Deadline. Texas' film heritage is further immortalized with the National Film Registry's addition of Dallas filmmaker Melton Barker's The Kidnappers Foil, which has been previously preserved in the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, founded by film archivist and University of Texas Rtf Assistant Professor Caroline Frick. For three decades, Barker and his film company travelled through the southern and central parts of the U.S. filming local children acting, singing and dancing. The Austin premiere of The Man From Orlando will take place on Saturday, January 12 at Stateside at the Paramount. The comedy, about a man who...
Austin-based filmmaker Richard Linklater's 1991 movie Slacker, about the day in the life of an assortment of Austin characters, is one of 25 films selected this year to join the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, which now totals 600 films for preservation, according to Deadline. Texas' film heritage is further immortalized with the National Film Registry's addition of Dallas filmmaker Melton Barker's The Kidnappers Foil, which has been previously preserved in the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, founded by film archivist and University of Texas Rtf Assistant Professor Caroline Frick. For three decades, Barker and his film company travelled through the southern and central parts of the U.S. filming local children acting, singing and dancing. The Austin premiere of The Man From Orlando will take place on Saturday, January 12 at Stateside at the Paramount. The comedy, about a man who...
- 12/26/2012
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
Mims and Tippet Find Faith In Punks
Another non-fiction tale of sun-kissed west coast kids, Only The Young follows a trio of good-hearted teenage punks meandering their way through high school problems while trying to deal with innate ones that are just too big for their own naïve hands to hold. In a small town in southern California, directors Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet found Garrison, Kevin and Skye, a pair of young skaters and their pierced up female counterpart trying to find themselves among the corroding abandoned buildings and fluorescent lit underpasses that make up their neighborhood. Their brief, supremely honest account is one of growing up in a small town with a small clique and a head full of perplexities and the best intentions.
The trio have been friends since the dawning of their teens and have since spent every spare minute sharing their boredom in good company,...
Another non-fiction tale of sun-kissed west coast kids, Only The Young follows a trio of good-hearted teenage punks meandering their way through high school problems while trying to deal with innate ones that are just too big for their own naïve hands to hold. In a small town in southern California, directors Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet found Garrison, Kevin and Skye, a pair of young skaters and their pierced up female counterpart trying to find themselves among the corroding abandoned buildings and fluorescent lit underpasses that make up their neighborhood. Their brief, supremely honest account is one of growing up in a small town with a small clique and a head full of perplexities and the best intentions.
The trio have been friends since the dawning of their teens and have since spent every spare minute sharing their boredom in good company,...
- 12/14/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
"The Imposter" and "Searching for Sugar Man" each received 5 nods from the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. 31 features and 5 shorts will vie for the best of the best in documentary filmmaking. Check out the full list of nominees below including the Audience Award and Heterodox Award.
Winners of the 6th Annual Cinema Eye Honors will be announced on January 9, 2013 as Cinema Eye returns for a third year to New York City.s Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
5 Broken Cameras
Directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Produced by Christine Camdessus, Serge Gordey, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Detropia
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Produced by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady and Craig Atkinson
The Imposter
Directed by Bart Layton
Produced by Dimitri Doganis
Marina Abramović The Artist is Present
Directed by Matthew Akers
Produced by Jeff Dupre and Maro Chermayeff...
Winners of the 6th Annual Cinema Eye Honors will be announced on January 9, 2013 as Cinema Eye returns for a third year to New York City.s Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
5 Broken Cameras
Directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Produced by Christine Camdessus, Serge Gordey, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Detropia
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Produced by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady and Craig Atkinson
The Imposter
Directed by Bart Layton
Produced by Dimitri Doganis
Marina Abramović The Artist is Present
Directed by Matthew Akers
Produced by Jeff Dupre and Maro Chermayeff...
- 12/11/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Here's the latest in Austin and Texas film news.
Former Austinite Elizabeth Mims' film Only the Young made the National Board of Review's Top 5 Documentaries, IndieWire reports. Austinite Richard Linklater's Bernie and Texas native Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom were on the group's Top 10 Independent Films.In distribution news, Tribeca Films has acquired the North American rights to sometimes-Austinite actor/filmmaker Alex Karpovsky's films Rubberneck and Red Flag, with plans to release both in select theatrical and VOD platforms this February.Following the success of Boneboys, Texas filmmakers Duane Graves and Justin Meeks are back in the saddle again with a dark Western, Red on Yella, Kill a Fella, according to The Austin Chronicle. Joe O'Connell visited and took photos on the film's set. The six-week shoot took place at various locations in Texas, including the Northeast Austin living history site Pioneer Farms. Inspired by true events,...
Former Austinite Elizabeth Mims' film Only the Young made the National Board of Review's Top 5 Documentaries, IndieWire reports. Austinite Richard Linklater's Bernie and Texas native Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom were on the group's Top 10 Independent Films.In distribution news, Tribeca Films has acquired the North American rights to sometimes-Austinite actor/filmmaker Alex Karpovsky's films Rubberneck and Red Flag, with plans to release both in select theatrical and VOD platforms this February.Following the success of Boneboys, Texas filmmakers Duane Graves and Justin Meeks are back in the saddle again with a dark Western, Red on Yella, Kill a Fella, according to The Austin Chronicle. Joe O'Connell visited and took photos on the film's set. The six-week shoot took place at various locations in Texas, including the Northeast Austin living history site Pioneer Farms. Inspired by true events,...
- 12/10/2012
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
Never, ever feel bad about neglecting Fsr during the week. We understand. Maybe you’re still tired from Thanksgiving. Perhaps the colder weather and darker sky is causing you to nap more. Or, maybe you had to spend your free time shopping for the holidays or stringing lights around the house. Possibly you saw our guide to must-see movies out this month and have been spending all your time at the cinema. Probably — most likely — you prefer to just wait until Saturday morning and look over highlights in the ol’ Recap. By the way, if you still have shopping to do, check out our latest holiday deals and gift ideas for movie lovers. This week, we posted reviews for new theatrical releases, including Playing for Keeps, Hyde Park on Hudson, Deadfall and Lay the Favorite, and the new home videos, including The Dark Knight Rises and Beasts of the Southern Wild. We...
- 12/8/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Capturing the subtle ache of youth on screen has never been an easy task – as evidenced by the long tradition of idiosyncratic, auteur-driven “coming of age” features like American Graffiti, The Last Picture Show, and Dazed and Confused. So it’s quite an impressive feat that those same emotions and aesthetics are so naturally evoked in the real-life stories of three adrift youth in the new documentary Only the Young. Following the quiet travails of evangelical skate punk best friends Garrison, Kevin and Skye, this debut feature from filmmaking team Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims is one of the year’s …...
- 12/7/2012
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
There is almost a Terrence Malick-like air of mystery around "Only The Young." The press notes don't reveal much except what you'll already know going into the movie: that it's about the lives of three teenagers in a Southern California town, that is named in the film, but that we forgot by time it came to write this review. And really, it doesn't matter. Like the aforementioned director, Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims are less concerned about providing a comprehensive narrative to their documentary (a term that can only be applied very loosely), and more focused on capturing a sensation and snapshot of a moment. They succeed with quiet authority, crafting a film at times lovely, melancholy, funny and always compelling. Trying to summarize the movie and what it's "about" misses the point to a certain degree, but the filmmakers follow Garrison and Kevin, two best friends in the...
- 12/7/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Nominated for the Truer Than Fiction prize at this year's Independent Spirit Awards, Only the Young is a small documentary that is creating a great deal of buzz. Documentarians Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet discovered their subjects, Kevin Conway and Garrison Saenz, in a skate park in Santa Clarita, a Californian town hit particularly hard by the recession in 2008. Using a stylized lens and a light touch, the filmmakers elicited remarkably candid and open interchanges with the teens, providing audiences with refreshing insights into that unique time in our lives when childhood has past and adulthood seems far in the future. The friendship between Kevin and Garrison is inspiring. Brought together by common interests like punk-rock, Christianity and skateboarding, the two are always hanging out, which grows complicated as Garrison begins to date Skye Elmore, a refreshing, alternative beauty with baggage of her own. Against ...
- 12/6/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
Don’t call it a skater film. And definitely don’t dismiss it for being a documentary. Only the Young is simply an extraordinary real-life teen movie, one I’ve previously compared favorably to the fiction works of John Hughes and Cameron Crowe. It’s like Pretty in Pink and Say Anything mashed together but true and even more honest and heartwarming and beautifully shot. The film follows best friends Garrison and Kevin, who are skateboarders and evangelical Christians and punk fans and, most importantly, just teenage boys. We also meet Skye, a girl who Garrison dates then breaks up but stays close friends with. She’s dealing with looming foreclosure on her home, while the guys explore abandoned houses and mini-golf courses, all of this making for a timely story of youth amidst the depressing economic landscape of America in recent years. But it’s also a timely story that anyone who is or once was...
- 12/5/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The exclusive clip above is from the new documentary, Only the Young, from directors Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet. The pair followed teenagers in a small Southern California town around and actually came away with a coming-of-age story hidden amongst the foreclosed homes. Without exaggeration, it looks like it was shot in a wasteland world where only teenagers exist. And we’re giving you a chance to see it for free this weekend at the IFC Center in beautiful New York City. What could be better than that? You get to choose when you want to see it. Here’s how to enter: Email this address by 3pm Est on Thursday (12/6) with the Subject Line “Only The Young,” let us know you’re most embarrassing youthful experience, and tell us which weekend screening (found on the IFC Center website) you’d like to attend. Any screening from Friday – Sunday is on the table. It...
- 12/5/2012
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Screenwriters, actors and directors all do their best to try and capture the teenage experience, but it's a difficult one to replicate with any degree of authenticity. Teens can be both open and mercurial, stubborn and vulnerable and sometimes just a complete mystery, and their feelings and actions can only be understood if you've been through it yourself. For every John Hughes movie, the rare director to have captured that voice so perfectly, there are dozens more films that just don't quite get it. But for directors Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims, they wisely realized that teens themselves are the best subjects for the camera. They are the duo behidn the AFI Audience Award-winning "Only the Young." Produced by Derek Waters, the man behind "Drunk History," the documentary tracks the lives of a few kids in Southern Calinfornia as they go through the familiar ups and downs of love and life.
- 12/4/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Here's the latest in Austin and Texas film news.
Native Texan Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom and Aff 2012 Marquee Feature Audience Award winner Silver Linings Playbook top the 28th Annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, Indiewire reports. Both films were nominated for Best Feature alongside Austinite Richard Linklater's Bernie.In more Film Independent Spirit Award news, the former Austinite Mark Duplass-fronted Safety Not Guaranteed received a Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay nod, alongside former Austinite Jonathan Lisecki's (our interview) SXSW 2012 premiere Gayby (Elizabeth's review). Past and present Austinites, including John Hawkes (The Sessions), Jack Black (Bernie) and Matthew McConaughey (Killer Joe) were nominated for Best Male Lead. McConaughey received a second nomination, Best Supporting Male, for his role in Magic Mike. And former Austinite Elizabeth Mims (Elizabeth's interview) rounds out the awards show with a Truer Than Fiction nomination for Only the Young (Elizabeth's review...
Native Texan Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom and Aff 2012 Marquee Feature Audience Award winner Silver Linings Playbook top the 28th Annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, Indiewire reports. Both films were nominated for Best Feature alongside Austinite Richard Linklater's Bernie.In more Film Independent Spirit Award news, the former Austinite Mark Duplass-fronted Safety Not Guaranteed received a Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay nod, alongside former Austinite Jonathan Lisecki's (our interview) SXSW 2012 premiere Gayby (Elizabeth's review). Past and present Austinites, including John Hawkes (The Sessions), Jack Black (Bernie) and Matthew McConaughey (Killer Joe) were nominated for Best Male Lead. McConaughey received a second nomination, Best Supporting Male, for his role in Magic Mike. And former Austinite Elizabeth Mims (Elizabeth's interview) rounds out the awards show with a Truer Than Fiction nomination for Only the Young (Elizabeth's review...
- 12/3/2012
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
Chicago – Two acclaimed crowd-pleasers led the nominees for the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards, which were announced November 27th. The quirky ensemble comedies “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Moonrise Kingdom” snagged five nominations apiece. The latter picture recently garnered a Best Feature accolade from the Gotham Independent Film Awards.
At the Indie Spirit Awards, David O. Russell’s “Playbook” and Wes Anderson’s “Kingdom” were joined in the Best Feature category by Ira Sachs’ “Keep the Lights On,” Richard Linklater’s “Bernie” and Benh Zeitlin’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” All of the directors whose films were nominated in the top category also received Best Director nominations, with the exception of Linklater, who was replaced by Julia Loktev (“The Loneliest Planet”). Earning nominations for Best First Feature were Rama Burshtein’s “Fill the Void,” Adam Leon’s “Gimmie the Loot,” Colin Trevorrow’s “Safety Not Guaranteed,” Zal Batmanglij’s “Sound of my Voice...
At the Indie Spirit Awards, David O. Russell’s “Playbook” and Wes Anderson’s “Kingdom” were joined in the Best Feature category by Ira Sachs’ “Keep the Lights On,” Richard Linklater’s “Bernie” and Benh Zeitlin’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” All of the directors whose films were nominated in the top category also received Best Director nominations, with the exception of Linklater, who was replaced by Julia Loktev (“The Loneliest Planet”). Earning nominations for Best First Feature were Rama Burshtein’s “Fill the Void,” Adam Leon’s “Gimmie the Loot,” Colin Trevorrow’s “Safety Not Guaranteed,” Zal Batmanglij’s “Sound of my Voice...
- 11/28/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The 28th Annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations were announced eaelier today and while Moonrise Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook both grabbed five noms a piece, it is Bernie, Keep The Lights On and Beasts of the Southern Wild who are glowing with their four noms each. Our jeers, cheers and snubs commentary shall be coming soon. Here are the entire list of nominees for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature:
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey & Josh Penn
Bernie – Producers: Liz Glotzer, Richard Linklater, David McFadzean, Dete Meserve, Judd Payne, Celine Rattray, Martin Shafer, Ginger Sledge, Matt Williams
Keep the Lights On – Producers: Marie Therese Guirgis, Lucas Joaquin, Ira Sachs
Moonrise Kingdom – Producers: Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, Scott Rudin
Silver Linings Playbook – Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon
Best Director
Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev – The Loneliest Planet
David O. Russell...
Best Feature:
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey & Josh Penn
Bernie – Producers: Liz Glotzer, Richard Linklater, David McFadzean, Dete Meserve, Judd Payne, Celine Rattray, Martin Shafer, Ginger Sledge, Matt Williams
Keep the Lights On – Producers: Marie Therese Guirgis, Lucas Joaquin, Ira Sachs
Moonrise Kingdom – Producers: Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, Scott Rudin
Silver Linings Playbook – Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon
Best Director
Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev – The Loneliest Planet
David O. Russell...
- 11/27/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Nominations for the 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced today and were led by Moonrise Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook with five nominations each followed closely by fellow Best Feature nominees Beasts of the Southern Wild and Keep the Lights On as well as Ava DuVernay's Middle of Nowhere, each with four nominations. Richard Linklater's Bernie was the fifth Best Feature nominee while Middle of Nowhere found its four nominations largely in the acting categories with Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo and Lorraine Toussant all being nominated and the fourth for the John Cassavetes Award, which goes to the "best" film made for under $500,000. Looking over the list of nominees I can't help but shrug at the screenplay nomination for Ruby Sparks (a film I loathed), but it's nice to see some First Time Feature love for Colin Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed and Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower,...
- 11/27/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Having taken home the Best Picture award at last night’s Gotham Independent Film Awards, Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom finds itself nominated in the same category in the upcoming Independent Spirit Awards, with the full list of nominations announced tonight.
Anderson’s latest film has been nominated in a healthy five categories – Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Male, and Best Cinematography – with David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook also racking up an impressive five nominations, adding Best Female Lead and Best Male Lead to Best Feature, Director, and Screenplay.
Also coming in as strong contenders are Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone; Mary Elizabeth Winstead in the Best Female Lead category for her performance in Smashed; Colin Trevorrow in the Best First Feature category for Safety Not Guaranteed, and Derek Connolly in the Best First Screenplay for the same film; director Benh Zeitlin and Beasts of the Southern Wild...
Anderson’s latest film has been nominated in a healthy five categories – Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Male, and Best Cinematography – with David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook also racking up an impressive five nominations, adding Best Female Lead and Best Male Lead to Best Feature, Director, and Screenplay.
Also coming in as strong contenders are Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone; Mary Elizabeth Winstead in the Best Female Lead category for her performance in Smashed; Colin Trevorrow in the Best First Feature category for Safety Not Guaranteed, and Derek Connolly in the Best First Screenplay for the same film; director Benh Zeitlin and Beasts of the Southern Wild...
- 11/27/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Silver Linings Playbook and Moonrise Kingdom led the Independent Spirit Award nominations with five each, including best picture.
Other best picture contenders were Bernie, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Keep the Lights On.
With big-screen behemoths like Lincoln, Argo, and Les Miserables dominating Oscar talk, Film Independent’s awards — chosen by filmmakers, actors, critics, and festival programers — cast the spotlight on some smaller films that are nonetheless worthy of consideration this award season.
A little more analysis is on the way, but for now here are the nominees:
Best Director
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
David O. Russell,...
Other best picture contenders were Bernie, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Keep the Lights On.
With big-screen behemoths like Lincoln, Argo, and Les Miserables dominating Oscar talk, Film Independent’s awards — chosen by filmmakers, actors, critics, and festival programers — cast the spotlight on some smaller films that are nonetheless worthy of consideration this award season.
A little more analysis is on the way, but for now here are the nominees:
Best Director
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
David O. Russell,...
- 11/27/2012
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Actors Anna Kendrick, Zoe Saldana and Common presented the nominees for the 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards in a press conference on Tuesday, November 27 at 10:00 am at The W Hotel in Hollywood.
Both "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Moonrise Kingdom" lead the nominations including best picture where they will compete with "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Bernie," and "Keep the Lights On."
Directors Wes Anderson ("Moonrise Kingdom") and David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook") are also nominated in the best director category along with Julia Loktev ("The Loneliest Planet"), Ira Sachs ("Keep the Lights On"), and Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild").
And actor Matthew McConaughey's transformation is now complete. He is nominated for both best actor ("Killer Joe") and best supporting actor ("Magic Mike").
Winners of the 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be announced on February 23, 2013 when they will hold their traditional Saturday afternoon awards show...
Both "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Moonrise Kingdom" lead the nominations including best picture where they will compete with "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Bernie," and "Keep the Lights On."
Directors Wes Anderson ("Moonrise Kingdom") and David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook") are also nominated in the best director category along with Julia Loktev ("The Loneliest Planet"), Ira Sachs ("Keep the Lights On"), and Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild").
And actor Matthew McConaughey's transformation is now complete. He is nominated for both best actor ("Killer Joe") and best supporting actor ("Magic Mike").
Winners of the 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be announced on February 23, 2013 when they will hold their traditional Saturday afternoon awards show...
- 11/27/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The nominations for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning by actors Anna Kendrick, Zoe Saldana, and Common. Nominees for Best Feature include Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Bernie, Keep The Lights On, Moonrise Kingdom, and Silver Linings Playbook. Starlet was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is given one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, February 23, 2013. The awards ceremony will be held as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, and the premiere broadcast will air later that evening at 10:00 pm Et/Pt on IFC.
2013 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not awarded)
Beasts of the Southern Wild Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey & Josh Penn Bernie Producers: Liz Glotzer, Richard Linklater, David McFadzean, Dete Meserve, Judd Payne,...
Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, February 23, 2013. The awards ceremony will be held as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, and the premiere broadcast will air later that evening at 10:00 pm Et/Pt on IFC.
2013 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not awarded)
Beasts of the Southern Wild Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey & Josh Penn Bernie Producers: Liz Glotzer, Richard Linklater, David McFadzean, Dete Meserve, Judd Payne,...
- 11/27/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Fresh from its Audience Award win at AFI Fest yesterday, the amazing and beautiful nonfiction teen movie Only the Young has a brand new trailer, and we’re happy to unleash it out into the world. Directed by newcomers Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims, a duo who can’t seem to get away from being called the filmmakers of tomorrow, this candid look at a trio of evangelical skate punks in a Southern California desert town is one of the most honest movies I’ve seen in a long time. And it deserves to be seen no matter any of your prejudices against documentary (you’ll often forget it is one), religious youth (you’ll forget all about Jesus Camp) or the plethora of lookalike skater films (beyond its skin, there are no similarities between this and 2011′s Dragonslayer). Believe me that you’ll fall in love with this movie, as...
- 11/9/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair, Denmark’s submission for the best foreign language film Academy Award, won the audience award in the World Cinema category at AFI Fest 2012, which concludes today. The film stars Alicia Vikander as an 18th century Danish queen who had an affair with the royal physician, played by Mads Mikkelsen. Audiences awards were also presented to Tobias Lindholm’s A Hijacking, which screened as part of the New Auteurs section; Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ Young Americans, from the Young Americans section; and David Tosh Gitonga’s Nairobi Half Life, from the Breakthrough section. Photos: Kristen Stewart, Garrett
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- 11/9/2012
- by Staff report
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At an event hosted by the AFI Film Festival today, Cinema Eye Honors announced its Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. Bart Layton’s The Imposter (pictured) and Malik Bendjelloul’s Searching for Sugar Man led the pack, with five nominations each. Both films were nominated the group’s Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking Award, joining fellow nominees Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s 5 Broken Cameras; Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Detropia; Matthew Akers’ Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present, and Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ Only the Young. Tippet and Mims, who Filmmaker selected for our 25 New Faces of 2012, had the most individual nominations, with four apiece.
Cinema Eye was founded in 2007 to honor achieve in non-fiction filmmaking. As the organization writes, “It was the first and remains the only international nonfiction award to recognize the whole creative team, presenting annual craft awards in directing, producing, cinematography, editing, composing and graphic design/animation.
Cinema Eye was founded in 2007 to honor achieve in non-fiction filmmaking. As the organization writes, “It was the first and remains the only international nonfiction award to recognize the whole creative team, presenting annual craft awards in directing, producing, cinematography, editing, composing and graphic design/animation.
- 11/3/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
With five nominations each, "The Imposter" and "Searching for Sugar Man" topped the 6th annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. Nominees for the top award, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, are Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi for "5 Broken Cameras," Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s "Detropia," Bart Layton’s "The Imposter," Matthew Akers’ "Marina Abramović The Artist is Present," Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ "Only the Young" and Malik Bendjelloul’s "Searching for Sugar Man." "Detropia," "Only the Young," "Room 237" and "¡Vivan las Antipodas!" received four nominations each. Cinema Eye is often posited as an alternative to the Academy Awards' best-documentary race, which has had to fight the perception of overlooking popular and well-regarded documentaries every year. Read...
- 11/2/2012
- by Dana Harris
- Indiewire
An unorthodox documentary and feature debut for director Elizabeth Mims, "Only the Young" is a portrait of three teenagers who "find things to do in a a place that offers nothing." Set in a small desert town "just beyond the shadow of magic mountain," the story's young protagonists "discover first love, friendship and avoid the realities of becoming an adult." What else should we know about this film? "This is our first feature. We created a short called 'Thompson' that played Sundance. There we originally met Derek Waters our producer on this film. We also established a style that we also use in 'Only the Young.'" On telling the story of having a story: "Our biggest challenge at the beginning was convincing others that we knew we had a story. Our film being a very simple portrait about three teenagers was difficult to put into a synopsis that would lead us to funding.
- 11/1/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
AFI Fest 2012 presented by Audi, a program of the American Film Institute, today announced the events and screenings in its Presentations and Conversations programs, an additional screening and some of the guests who are expected to attend this year.s festival. AFI Fest, which annually presents the best of world cinema in the movie capital of the world, will take place November 1 through 8 at the historic Grauman.s Chinese Theatre, the Chinese 6 Theatres, the Egyptian Theatre and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Stay with us here at Wamg as we bring you the latest from the AFI Fest screenings, panels and after-parties right here in Hollywood!
Presentations:
This variety of special screening events offers audiences a unique festival experience.
Sunset Boulevard: Dir Billy Wilder
With restoration services by Technicolor, be among the first to experience one of Hollywood.s most beloved films as it was originally intended. A fitting release...
Stay with us here at Wamg as we bring you the latest from the AFI Fest screenings, panels and after-parties right here in Hollywood!
Presentations:
This variety of special screening events offers audiences a unique festival experience.
Sunset Boulevard: Dir Billy Wilder
With restoration services by Technicolor, be among the first to experience one of Hollywood.s most beloved films as it was originally intended. A fitting release...
- 10/31/2012
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stopping at Austin Film Festival on a festival circuit, Only the Young is a look at a relationship between three evangelical teens in suburban Southern California: two skaters who are best pals and their female friend (sometime girlfriend of one of the guys). Austinite Elizabeth Mims is one of the directors of this documentary, and answered a few questions I had before watching the film.
Slackerwood: What is your connection to Austin?
Elizabeth Mims: I grew up in Austin and my family lives here. I even went to Austin High. I adore this town and I'm thrilled the film is playing here.
You co-directed Only the Young with Jason Tippet. How did the two of you meet?
Mims: Jason and I met while going to CalArts. After showing our work to the class it was clear we shared some stylistic choices. Together at CalArts we developed a style first by making a short documentary,...
Slackerwood: What is your connection to Austin?
Elizabeth Mims: I grew up in Austin and my family lives here. I even went to Austin High. I adore this town and I'm thrilled the film is playing here.
You co-directed Only the Young with Jason Tippet. How did the two of you meet?
Mims: Jason and I met while going to CalArts. After showing our work to the class it was clear we shared some stylistic choices. Together at CalArts we developed a style first by making a short documentary,...
- 10/24/2012
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
In Canyon Country, California, teen skaters Garrison and Kevin and their female friend Skye frolic amongst the dry, desolate landscape. Skye and Garrison go on dates to an abandoned golf park and Garrison and Kevin have made an empty house their hangout. Only the Young, from directors Austinite Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet, depicts a period of time in the lives of these high schoolers.
Skye describes on-again,-off-again boyfriend Garrison as "a conservative who loves punk rock." Her father is in jail, she recently found out her mom is not dead, and she currently lives with her grandparents. Skye is sharp-tongued and endearing -- well, really all the kids are somewhat endearing in this movie. Kevin and Garrison are best buds, and are trying to figure out what will happen after graduation. Their economic situation is somewhat up in the air.
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Skye describes on-again,-off-again boyfriend Garrison as "a conservative who loves punk rock." Her father is in jail, she recently found out her mom is not dead, and she currently lives with her grandparents. Skye is sharp-tongued and endearing -- well, really all the kids are somewhat endearing in this movie. Kevin and Garrison are best buds, and are trying to figure out what will happen after graduation. Their economic situation is somewhat up in the air.
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- 10/24/2012
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
The AFI Film Fest (11.01-11.08) have announced the line-ups for our favorite sections at the fest in the Young American selections and New Auteurs section and they’ve managed to stack up on titles that are amongst the year’s best and which in the case of two films were mysteriously passed over by the likes of Telluride, Tiff and Nyff. Michel Franco’s After Lucia (see pic above) and Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer will be making the Los Angeles premieres accompanied by the best title to come out of the Main Comp at this year’s Cannes edition in Sergei Loznitsa’s In the Fog. This trio will be joined by a trio of gems that recently premiered at Tiff in: Maja Miloš’ Clip, Gabriela Pichler’s Eat Sleep Die and Tobias Lindholm’s A Hijacking. In the Young American Selections we find some filmmakers (Sean Baker and Amy...
- 10/3/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The funny thing about film festivals is that there never seems to be enough time to talk about the films you’ve just seen. Distribution strategies, yes, industry gossip, most definitely, but the actual creative decisions and approaches involved in making the films themselves – barely! So the Grand Cinema’s mini-festival celebrating Filmmaker‘s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in Tacoma, Wa, last month felt like a truly rare treat.
Bringing together 14 of the actors and filmmakers or filmmaking teams on the list, including myself and Katherine Fairfax Wright, my directing partner on Call Me Kuchu, The Grand Cinema scheduled five days of screenings that allowed us to leisurely take in and discuss each other’s works.
It was an idyllic long weekend of films, food, lake-side Frisbee, and far too much popcorn, with more than a hint of all the good bits of summer camp (or Woodcraft camp, for...
Bringing together 14 of the actors and filmmakers or filmmaking teams on the list, including myself and Katherine Fairfax Wright, my directing partner on Call Me Kuchu, The Grand Cinema scheduled five days of screenings that allowed us to leisurely take in and discuss each other’s works.
It was an idyllic long weekend of films, food, lake-side Frisbee, and far too much popcorn, with more than a hint of all the good bits of summer camp (or Woodcraft camp, for...
- 9/5/2012
- by Malika Zouhali-Worrall
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Several new photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger in both The Last Stand and The Tomb, Chris Hemsworth in Rush, Daniel Day Lewis in full costume in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, and Robert Redford in Jc Chandor's sea survival drama All is Lost.
There's also new photos from The Master, The Iceman, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty, Parental Guidance, The Girl and The Apparition.
Posters for Ten Year, Head Games, Spiders 3D, Dredd 3D, Here Comes the Boom, Bait 3D, Antiviral, Trouble with the Curve, Playing for Keeps, Zero Dark Thirty, Liberal Arts, Alex Cross and Nobody Walks.
Italian artist Monica Manganelli has shared concept art she drew for Cloud Atlas, specifically the scenes in the futuristic city Somni-451.
"French actress/filmmaker Julie Delpy is seeking Woody Allen to star in her new comedy project 'Virgo Rising'. Delpy says 'I don’t know if I’ll do it. I don’t know...
There's also new photos from The Master, The Iceman, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty, Parental Guidance, The Girl and The Apparition.
Posters for Ten Year, Head Games, Spiders 3D, Dredd 3D, Here Comes the Boom, Bait 3D, Antiviral, Trouble with the Curve, Playing for Keeps, Zero Dark Thirty, Liberal Arts, Alex Cross and Nobody Walks.
Italian artist Monica Manganelli has shared concept art she drew for Cloud Atlas, specifically the scenes in the futuristic city Somni-451.
"French actress/filmmaker Julie Delpy is seeking Woody Allen to star in her new comedy project 'Virgo Rising'. Delpy says 'I don’t know if I’ll do it. I don’t know...
- 8/13/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Oscilloscope Pictures has added to its consistently strong catalog of films by snapping up Only the Young, the debut feature from documentarians Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims. The film made its debut at True/False earlier this year and won Silverdocs shortly afterwards, while its directors made it onto our “25 New Faces” list for 2012.
In his profile of Tippet and Mims, Scott wrote the following aboutOnly the Young:
One day, [Tippet and Mims] met high school seniors Kevin Conway and Garrison Saenz at a skate park in Canyon Country, an economically ravaged town located within Santa Clarita, Calif. Skaters, Christians and best friends, Conway and Saenz “didn’t pay attention to the camera,” Tippet says, “and those are the kind of people we’re interested in.” …[T]hey filmed the teens, and three months in found their dramatic conflict: Skye Elmore, Saenz’s quasi-girlfriend, who has kissed Conway and not him.
Over a shoot that lasted almost two years,...
In his profile of Tippet and Mims, Scott wrote the following aboutOnly the Young:
One day, [Tippet and Mims] met high school seniors Kevin Conway and Garrison Saenz at a skate park in Canyon Country, an economically ravaged town located within Santa Clarita, Calif. Skaters, Christians and best friends, Conway and Saenz “didn’t pay attention to the camera,” Tippet says, “and those are the kind of people we’re interested in.” …[T]hey filmed the teens, and three months in found their dramatic conflict: Skye Elmore, Saenz’s quasi-girlfriend, who has kissed Conway and not him.
Over a shoot that lasted almost two years,...
- 8/8/2012
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ debut feature documentary "Only The Young." The film premiered at the 2012 True/False Film Festival and won Best U.S. Feature at the prestigious AFI-Discovery Channel SilverDocs Documentary Festival. "Only The Young" is the story of Southern Californian children who inhabit a small desert town dominated by foreclosed homes and underpasses, unfilled swimming pools and skate parks. The three teenagers of focus must find things to do in a place that offers nothing but in observing their day-to-day lives, we see them discover friendship, first love, heartbreak and what it means to be young. In a statement, O-Scope’s Dan Berger said, "Only The Young" is a revelation. It's exactly the type of film that we like to champion and we couldn't be more pleased to invite it into our cult family.” ...
- 8/7/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Here's the latest in Austin and Texas film news.
Austin was well represented in the awards at the Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival in Silver Springs, Maryland this week. The Sterling Award for best U.S. feature doc went to Only the Young, a film about teenagers in an economically troubled California suburb, co-directed by Jason Tippet and Austin native Elizabeth Mims. (Her dad, Steve Mims, clued us in on the award.) The film Ann Richards' Texas won the WGA Documentary Screenplay Award -- we don't have to tell you how that one ties into Austin, although filmmakers Jack Lofton and Keith Patterson are from Houston. And last night, the Silverdocs Audience Awards were announced, one of which went to Andrew Garrison's documentary Trash Dance, about a unique Austin event involving the Department of Solid Waste Services (SXSW interview, Mike's review).Calling all activist filmmakers: The submission deadline for the Fourth Annual Lights.
Austin was well represented in the awards at the Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival in Silver Springs, Maryland this week. The Sterling Award for best U.S. feature doc went to Only the Young, a film about teenagers in an economically troubled California suburb, co-directed by Jason Tippet and Austin native Elizabeth Mims. (Her dad, Steve Mims, clued us in on the award.) The film Ann Richards' Texas won the WGA Documentary Screenplay Award -- we don't have to tell you how that one ties into Austin, although filmmakers Jack Lofton and Keith Patterson are from Houston. And last night, the Silverdocs Audience Awards were announced, one of which went to Andrew Garrison's documentary Trash Dance, about a unique Austin event involving the Department of Solid Waste Services (SXSW interview, Mike's review).Calling all activist filmmakers: The submission deadline for the Fourth Annual Lights.
- 6/25/2012
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
In an afternoon ceremony yesterday in Silver Spring MD, Silverdocs announced the jury and special award winners for its 10th anniversary edition. Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims' "Only the Young," a beautifully-lensed portrait of adolescent friendship and romance in suburban Californa, was the recipient of the Sterling Award for Best Us Feature, while Seungiun Yi's acclaimed "Planet of Snail," a lyrical film about the life of a deaf and blind South Korean poet and his wife, claimed the Sterling Award for Best World Feature. Both awards came with a $5000 cash prize. The Sterling Award for Best Short Film (for which I served as a juror) went to Sari Gilman's evocative exploration of the need for human connection among a group of Floridian senior citizens, "Kings Point." The award is accompanied by a $2500 cash prize. In addition to the juried awards, Silverdocs presented two cash prizes in partnership with...
- 6/24/2012
- by Basil Tsiokos
- Indiewire
So you want to make a documentary? A panel at Hot Docs this week showed just how two team of first time filmmakers did just that. Led by True/False's David Wilson, the panel was essentially a case study of two films -- Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet's "Only The Young," and Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright's "Call Me Kuchu." Both docs -- coming off celebrated premieres at other fests (True/False for "Young"; Berlin for "Kuchu") -- are quite different in topic. "Young" depicts three American teenagers -- Garrison, Kevin and Skye -- over their last summer of high school. "Kuchu," meanwhile, is set in Uganda's Lgbt community -- focusing primarily on David Kato, a veteran activist who has since been murdered. But the films have one thing in common: Both are feature film debuts by duos of filmmakers who worked pretty much solely as a team,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
In its ninth year, the True/False Film Festival sold over 37,000 tickets. This is my third year attending, but no serious growing pains have been felt with the increasing numbers of first-time attendees: screenings start on time, it’s not overwhelmingly difficult to get into anything if you have an advance ticket, and the programming is unusually trustworthy. (If anything, True/False has a terrific track record of exhuming gems lost in the festival cycle; it’s a good doc fest-of-fests, but a great festival for discovery.) The festival encourages/lubricates sociability without distracting from daily film-watching.
This year seemed special even by the standards set in previous years. The main reason I attend is to see major films that won’t get their due in New York, and True/False keeps delivering in optimal environments. One of last year’s discoveries was At The Edge Of Russia, a equally...
This year seemed special even by the standards set in previous years. The main reason I attend is to see major films that won’t get their due in New York, and True/False keeps delivering in optimal environments. One of last year’s discoveries was At The Edge Of Russia, a equally...
- 3/10/2012
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Why They're On Our Radar: In a field of impressive documentary films at this year's True/False Film Festival, crowds were consistently buzzing about a feature debut that debuted in a sneak preview at the festival. The buzz for Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet's "Only the Young" is certainly well-deserved. In "Only the Young," the recently graduated CalArts alums head to Tippet's Southern California hometown of Santa Clarita to document the friendship of two young men, Kevin and Garrison. The two high schoolers, sincere and naive, are evangelical skateboarders who are exploring the world of girls and enjoying their loving bromance, but none of these attributes dominates the film's depiction of their character or their friendship. The film is a stylized look at the two men's lives - mixing testimonial interviews with with scenic shots of the adventures the friends go on with each other and with their...
- 3/5/2012
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
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