The 2022 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Awards announced presenters for this year’s ceremony, including “Special” creator Ryan O’Connell and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The awards will be held on May 5 at Sony Pictures Studios’ Cary Grant Theater in Los Angeles.
Additional presenters include Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”), Max Borenstein (“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”), Blake Stadnik (“This is Us”) and “As We See It” actors Rick Glassman, Sue Ann Pien and Albert Rutecki.
Launched in 2014 and created by Nic Novicki, the film challenge gives filmmakers the chance to write, produce and complete short films that tell unique stories showcasing disability in many forms. Submissions can come from filmmakers with or without disabilities, and this year’s challenge saw a record-breaking submission of 95 films from around the world.
The finalists will be announced on April 29, with four competitors to move forward...
Additional presenters include Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”), Max Borenstein (“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”), Blake Stadnik (“This is Us”) and “As We See It” actors Rick Glassman, Sue Ann Pien and Albert Rutecki.
Launched in 2014 and created by Nic Novicki, the film challenge gives filmmakers the chance to write, produce and complete short films that tell unique stories showcasing disability in many forms. Submissions can come from filmmakers with or without disabilities, and this year’s challenge saw a record-breaking submission of 95 films from around the world.
The finalists will be announced on April 29, with four competitors to move forward...
- 4/28/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Easterseals Southern California has announced finalists for the 2021 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge: Home Edition 2.0.
Created in 2013 by Nic Novicki, the challenge gives filmmakers the opportunity to create short films that showcase disabilities in its many forms. The week-long filmmaking contest received a record number of submissions, with 93 from across the globe. Winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony on May 6 on the organization’s website.
Here is the list of finalists:
Awareness Award:
Couples Therapy – Melanie Rivera Waldman
The Roommates – Jennifer Msumba
So You Wanna Be an Actor – Rachel Handler
Social Fitness – Anna Pakman
Editor Award:
Archaic Intergalactic Extraterrestrials – Matthew Placencia
Breaking Cody – Victoria Elena Nones & Nathaniël Siri
The Home Office (The Making of Cartoon Hr) – Dani Bowman
Superheroes – Grace Kelly
Actor Award:
Breaking Cody – Cody Lascala
Dwarfo-psychosis – Pancho Moler
Extra Special – Andy Arias
Nay Nay Too Bomb – Natalie Trevonne
Director:
Dwarfo-psychosis – Maria Didomenico
Extra Special – Luke Terrell...
Created in 2013 by Nic Novicki, the challenge gives filmmakers the opportunity to create short films that showcase disabilities in its many forms. The week-long filmmaking contest received a record number of submissions, with 93 from across the globe. Winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony on May 6 on the organization’s website.
Here is the list of finalists:
Awareness Award:
Couples Therapy – Melanie Rivera Waldman
The Roommates – Jennifer Msumba
So You Wanna Be an Actor – Rachel Handler
Social Fitness – Anna Pakman
Editor Award:
Archaic Intergalactic Extraterrestrials – Matthew Placencia
Breaking Cody – Victoria Elena Nones & Nathaniël Siri
The Home Office (The Making of Cartoon Hr) – Dani Bowman
Superheroes – Grace Kelly
Actor Award:
Breaking Cody – Cody Lascala
Dwarfo-psychosis – Pancho Moler
Extra Special – Andy Arias
Nay Nay Too Bomb – Natalie Trevonne
Director:
Dwarfo-psychosis – Maria Didomenico
Extra Special – Luke Terrell...
- 4/30/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Nonprofit disability services provider and resource Easterseals Southern California announced today that Critics Choice Award-winning comedian and actor Michelle Buteau, Actor Matthew Jeffers (New Amsterdam), Academy Award nominee Paul Raci (Sound of Metal), and Tony Award-winning actor Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!), will all serve as presenters during the 2021 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge: Home Edition 2.0 virtual awards ceremony on Thursday, May 6.
Stroker will also serve as a mentor for one of this year’s winners, along with Gena Desclos, Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i, Brett King, and Emerlynn Lampitoc (Vice President of Inclusion – Talent & Content for NBCUniversal).
The second at-home edition of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge saw a record-breaking number of submissions, with 93 films put forth from the US and places all across the world including India, The Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and more. Entries can be viewed at disabilityfilmchallenge.com. Finalists will be announced on Thursday, April 29, with the virtual Awards...
Stroker will also serve as a mentor for one of this year’s winners, along with Gena Desclos, Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i, Brett King, and Emerlynn Lampitoc (Vice President of Inclusion – Talent & Content for NBCUniversal).
The second at-home edition of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge saw a record-breaking number of submissions, with 93 films put forth from the US and places all across the world including India, The Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and more. Entries can be viewed at disabilityfilmchallenge.com. Finalists will be announced on Thursday, April 29, with the virtual Awards...
- 4/1/2021
- Look to the Stars
The Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have announced the launch of their inaugural Laura Ziskin Visionary Award.
Named after the late film producer, the award will recognize leaders in the film industry whose work exemplifies groundbreaking collaboration. This year’s recipients will be Andra Day and director Lee Daniels for their collaboration on “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” The award will be presented on March 31 by Katie Couric, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer, and will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Day and Daniels.
Established in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer raises funds to accelerate the pace of research and get new therapies to patients to save lives. As of January, more than 1,950 scientists representing more than 210 institutions are involved in SU2C-funded research projects. Ziskin, who co-founded SU2C, passed away from breast cancer in June 2011 after living with the disease for seven years.
Named after the late film producer, the award will recognize leaders in the film industry whose work exemplifies groundbreaking collaboration. This year’s recipients will be Andra Day and director Lee Daniels for their collaboration on “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” The award will be presented on March 31 by Katie Couric, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer, and will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Day and Daniels.
Established in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer raises funds to accelerate the pace of research and get new therapies to patients to save lives. As of January, more than 1,950 scientists representing more than 210 institutions are involved in SU2C-funded research projects. Ziskin, who co-founded SU2C, passed away from breast cancer in June 2011 after living with the disease for seven years.
- 3/29/2021
- by Marc Malkin and Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Former SAG-AFTRA Foundation events and communications team members Mara Webster, Liz Riesterer and Danna Friedberg will launch their digital entertainment events firm In Creative Company as virtual events become the norm of during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Given the situation and current climate in our industry, we look forward to highlighting and elevating creative voices online, whilst this is the only way it is safe for us to do so right now,” Webster, Liz and Riesterer said.
The new events company will see Webster, Riesterer and Friedberg, who have years of events management and about 170 digital Foundation interviews under their belt, head programming, business and operations and communication, respectively. In Creative Company’s launch will feature a year-round lineup of online interviews touching on creative disciplines in film, television and theater aimed at a wide audience of aspiring industry talent, entertainment enthusiasts and Hollywood insiders.
The online interview series, which will run exclusively on YouTube,...
“Given the situation and current climate in our industry, we look forward to highlighting and elevating creative voices online, whilst this is the only way it is safe for us to do so right now,” Webster, Liz and Riesterer said.
The new events company will see Webster, Riesterer and Friedberg, who have years of events management and about 170 digital Foundation interviews under their belt, head programming, business and operations and communication, respectively. In Creative Company’s launch will feature a year-round lineup of online interviews touching on creative disciplines in film, television and theater aimed at a wide audience of aspiring industry talent, entertainment enthusiasts and Hollywood insiders.
The online interview series, which will run exclusively on YouTube,...
- 8/4/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
August 2018 will see the arrival of a brand new destination genre festival in the scenic town of North Bend, Washington, with a focus on standout vanguard programming. Best known as the original shooting location for cult-hit and recently rebirthed Twin Peaks, North Bend will be home to the North Bend Film Festival from August 23rd to the 26th. Using the town’s fantastical and mysterious energy that once inspired David Lynch, the festival will set out to fill the void of programming for the progressive audiences in the Pacific Northwest, and to provide a platform for emerging filmmakers. Working directly with the town of North Bend, Nbff will be an event for the local community, Northwest creatives, and national genre film industry to enjoy together.
The fest’s homebase will be the North Bend Theatre, the town’s beautiful art-deco cinema built in 1941, with additional events spread out to historic...
The fest’s homebase will be the North Bend Theatre, the town’s beautiful art-deco cinema built in 1941, with additional events spread out to historic...
- 9/22/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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