- Rodrigo Garcia, Keith Gordon, Catherine Hardwicke, and Alfredo De Villa to Serve as Lab Mentors -
Los Angeles (February 10, 2010) - Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has announced the filmmakers and film projects for its 9th annual Directors Lab, sponsored by Kodak. Taking place in Los Angeles from now until the end of March, the Directors Lab is an intensive nine-week incubator designed to assist directors with strong, original voices develop new narrative feature films, improve their craft, and advance their filmmaking careers in a nurturing yet challenging creative environment. This year's Lab Mentors include Rodrigo Garcia (Mother and Child), Keith Gordon (The Singing Detective, Waking the Dead), Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen), and Alfredo De Villa (Adrift in Manhattan, Washington Heights).
"It's exciting to have a group of filmmakers in the Directors Lab that not only have such varied artistic backgrounds,...
- 2/11/2010
- by maint
- Film Independent
Thirty-two students from 20 colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 35th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Winning filmmakers will participate in a week of industry-related activities, culminating in the awards ceremony on June 7.
The winners, to be chosen by Academy members, will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with accompanying cash prizes of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively, in each of four categories.
The finalists in the alternative category are: "Circles of Confusion," Phoebe Tooke, San Francisco State University; "Come Wander With Me," Phillip Van, New York University; "Comfort Zone," Mandi Lin, California College of the Arts; "A Convolution of Imagined Histories," Thomas Micah Stansell, Georgia State University; "Doxology," Michael Langan, Rhode Island School of Design; "Fish," Hyun Jeen Lee, The School of Visual Arts, New York; and "Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant," Shih-Ting Hung, USC.
In the animation category,...
The winners, to be chosen by Academy members, will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with accompanying cash prizes of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively, in each of four categories.
The finalists in the alternative category are: "Circles of Confusion," Phoebe Tooke, San Francisco State University; "Come Wander With Me," Phillip Van, New York University; "Comfort Zone," Mandi Lin, California College of the Arts; "A Convolution of Imagined Histories," Thomas Micah Stansell, Georgia State University; "Doxology," Michael Langan, Rhode Island School of Design; "Fish," Hyun Jeen Lee, The School of Visual Arts, New York; and "Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant," Shih-Ting Hung, USC.
In the animation category,...
- 8/26/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.