Cannes No.64. Côte d’Azur. Film, film, film and more films. As a matter of fact, more films than you can even imagine are made. That was my first impression last year as I popped my cherry at the Palais, bringing my 30-minute short film, The Sea Is All I Know, starring Oscar winner Melissa Leo (above), to the festival. It was overwhelming. How could so many films be made? Where are they seen? Where does the funding come from? How does one sell them? Who were these people selling the films? What are pre-sells? How is that different than distribution? How are deals made? Where did the Weinsteins fit in all this madness or even Killer Films, my heroes, where were they… What did a film commission in a pavilion have to offer me?
Gorgeous gowns and smoking suits with papillon ties walking side by side with kids on skateboards tearing up the Croisette.
Gorgeous gowns and smoking suits with papillon ties walking side by side with kids on skateboards tearing up the Croisette.
- 5/25/2012
- by Jordan Bayne
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Sally sings a lullaby she wrote in "African Chelsea"A confession: I've never been this caught up in the drama of the short film categories before. But this year I await Oscar's finalist list on pins and needles. At least four former Oscar players are involved in shorts from the long 70ish wide semi-finals list (the actual list has been hard to come by with no AMPAS press release detailing it). One of them is 80s nominee Sally Kirkland who I've always felt a certain kooky fondness for. She campaigned tirelessly for the actressy drama Anna back when campaigning wasn't so loudly expected of people. She was rewarded with a spot in the 1987 Best Actress list which turned out to be one of the greatest in Oscar's entire history. There's not a dud or even a "just good" performance in that shortlist; they're all freaking great. Sometimes you've got to...
- 12/12/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Melissa Leo discusses her short-film Oscar hopeful "The Sea is All I Know": "Any day now -- perhaps any moment! -- the Academy will release the 10-wide finalist list for the Best Live Action Short category at this year's Oscars ... Currently approximately 70 films are qualified so it'll be a deep cut for that next-to-nominated list. One of the buzziest possibilities, though, is Jordan Bayne's 'The Sea Is All I Know' which stars the LEOgend herself, Oscar winner Melissa Leo. Director and star sat down together to speak about the film after a screening here in NYC to discuss the film." The Film Experience David Fincher directs a music video for "Immigrant Song," which is featured in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo": "... a new David Fincher-directed video for the Karen O-Trent Reznor cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song' has debuted online. As you may have guessed,...
- 12/11/2011
- Gold Derby
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