Chazz Palminteri came to Deauville for the Festival screening of Mulholland Falls (Les Hommes de l’Ombre) directed by Lee Tamahori.
Chicago Sun-Times film critic late Roger Ebert, historically a fan of noir, liked Mulholland Falls, writing: 'This is the kind of movie where every note is put in lovingly. It's a 1950s crime movie, but with a modern, ironic edge: The cops are just a shade over the top, just slightly in on the joke. They smoke all through the mov...
SIFF 2021 Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award Presented by Wells Fargo Private and Commercial Bank
April 15, 2021
For over fifty years, Tom Skerritt has been captivating audiences worldwide. The acclaimed actor has left an indelible mark on the medium, having crafted some of film and television’s most memorable characters.
TICKETS
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021
6:30 PM
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OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE FANTASY SECTION JURY MEMBERS
CHRISTIAN HALLMAN
(director - Sweden)
Christian Hallman is an award-winning director-writer/producer from Sweden. Experienced in working with feature films, TV Series, Commercials, Music Promos and Corporate films in both development, production and post-production. He has also worked extensively as a 1st AD for. many years. Besides being a filmmaker, Christian has an extensive background working with genre film festivals for more ...
PAN HOOT
“Winner of Best Doc Short at the Santa Barbara film festival 2021”
Director: Richard REENS
Interview by Eùmmanuel Itier
Q: How did you get involved with this inspiring Doc? What was the attraction to the subject matter?
Richard: I have been a filmmaker and especially a commercial director for years. Good friends of mine who funded this project know the main protagonist of my doc, Stany Nyandwi, for over 14 years. They thought his story w...
DIMITRI EIPIDES
JE ME SOUVIENS DIMITRI - LE PLAISIR DE DÉCOUVRIR BRINGING TOGETHER THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN
BY CLAUDE CHAMBERLAN
Photo credits Pierre St-Arnault, Jacques Dufresne, Bed-in with John Lennon, Dimitri Eipides and Claude Chamberlan Montréal 1969: Photo by Yvan Drapeau
After a rock & roll wrap-up with our band « Les Soeurs de l’Opéra » at the beatnik Café Prag, I got an invitation by two Dimitri’s (Eip...
“Melanie comes to Tallgrass with a wealth of film festival experience, new ideas, and lots of energy,” said Adam Gunnels, board president. “We can’t wait to see what’s in store for Tallgrass with Melanie at the helm.”
Addington most recently served as Executive Director of the Oxford Film Festival in Oxford, MS.
She has worked in the film festival industry since 2006, first as a volunteer, and then eventually becoming the Oxford Film Fe...
THE KNOT
Santa Barbara Film Festival 2021
With Director: Ashish Pant
Interview by Emmanuel Itier
Q: Tell me how this film came together for you?
Ashish: It is based on an event that really happened to me when I was a kid in India, in the city of ‘Lucknow’ in the North. I was 7 and my dad was driving us for lunch to my grand-mother’s place. As we were at a light and had the way to pass, a scooter came from the left and collided with our car...
Cloud 21 International & Kultura PR International to Present “Global Content Creators 2021” Special Virtual Event on April 13, 2021
All Female Panel to Feature Award-winning Filmmakers Anna Fishbeyn and Eva Lanska, German American producer Christina Rose and Alien Films’ Eileen Tasca; Panel to be Moderated by Director/Activist Kate Rees Davies
Cloud 21 PR International and Kultura PR International are pleased to present the inaugural installment of its l...
photo credit - Rob Baker Ashton
Producers William G. Santor, CEO of Productivity Media, and Nicholas Tabarrok, President of Darius Films, announced today that punk-rock icon Iggy Pop (Coffee and Cigarettes, Universal Pictures Cry-Baby) has joined the cast of the dark comedy Blue Iguana, currently filming in the Cayman Islands under the newly announced three-picture production deal between Productivity Media and Darius Films. Blue Iguana is directed by Canadian filmmaker and festival favorite ...
Director: Casey McGarry
Two Shorts at the Santa Barbara film festival : ELECTRIC LADY – VUJA DE
Q: Tell us about the genesis of these two docs?
Casey: For the last 6 years or so, I’ve been making SB themed short to medium-length documentaries for the film festival and there’s no better feeling than lifting up your local community using this particular medium. Finding an inspiring, unique and local story on an ordinary person who lives among us here i...
HIGHLAND FILM GROUP HIRES
CALEB WARD
As Vice President of Acquisitions
Anita Levian, Promoted to Head of Business and Legal Affairs
Todd Olsson, President of International Sales; Laura Voros, EVP of Sales;
Monique Green CFO; and Sebastien Aussal, Head of Marketing and Communications;
expand their roles as the company grows the domestic distribution division – THE AVENUE
As Highland Film Group enters a period of growth and expansion the company has hired ...
DOLLYS BRAE FILMS PRESENTS A SKYLIGHT CINEMA PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH 20TH DIGITAL STUDIO
A THOMAS VERRETTE DOCUMENTARY "ZERO GRAVITY"
FEATURED ASTRONAUTS STEVE SMITH JACK FISCHER AND CADY COLEMAN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY CARLOS MARULANDA
EDITED BY THOMAS VERRETTE
MUSIC BY PENKA KOUNEVA
CO-PRODUCER JACK FISCHER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DAVID WORTHEN...
THOMAS VERRETTE is an award-winning writer, director, editor and producer. Most notably, he produced the FOX Sports docu-series, PHENOMS for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and also edited the episode THE GOALKEEPERS, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
He also created the promo campaigns for multiple seasons of the critically-acclaimed series KINGDOM, and has also directed promos for THE DAN PATRICK SHOW, THE RICH EISEN SHOW, and UNDENIABLE WITH JOE BUCK. Other featured work inc...
Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman (born 14 December 1960) is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force colonel, and a retired NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the International Space Station on 23 May 2011, as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space.
Coleman graduated from Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia, in 1978;[1] in 1978–1979, she was an exchange stud...
Makayla Engelder, Advik Gonugunta and Carol Gonzalez
Their teacher, Tanner Marcoida
STEVE SMITH
NASA ASTRONUAT
STS-103, STS-82, STS-110, STS-68
JACK FISCHER
NASA ASTRONAUT
Soyuz MS-04, Expedition 51, Expedition 52
CADY COLEMAN
NASA Astronaut
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The 36th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is thrilled to announce this year’s panelists for the always riveting Industry Panel series.
“Look at that line-up! All the movies nominated for the Oscars are represented. The panels have always had a special place in our hearts, and this year’s slate is possibly the best ever!” comments Roger Durling, SBIFF’s Executive Director.
The Producers Panel brings together some of the indus...
Punto de Vista has come to the end of the stage led by Garbiñe Ortega, artistic director of the festival for the last four years. We would like to thank her for all the dedication, affection and effort she has put in over this time and wish her all the best for the future. Garbiñe's work at the helm of the festival has made an important mark that, added to those made by her predecessors, will form part of its history forever.
Since it began in 2006, Punto de Vista has had fo...
BACKYARD VILLAGE
Santa Barbara Film Festival 2021
With actor: Tim Plester (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1043031 )
Interview by Emmanuel ITIER for filmfestivals.com
Q: How did you get to play this interesting English man lost in the land of Island?
Tim: I met Marteinn Thorsson, the director of “Backyard Village”, a few years ago. Almost 10 years ago when I was in Iceland for a vacation. We had an amazing time and while we were...
GOODBYE BUTTERFLY
Interview with Director Tyler Wayne and lead actor: Adam Donshik by Emmanuel ITIER for filmfestivals.com
Q: How did this project come together?
Tyler: I had put together some financing for another project and it all fell apart. But I still had a third of that financing and I had to make a very low budget. I then decided to come up with this story of 3 people in a room. This is how our film was born and how it came to be. I was just t...
RECLAIM IDAHO @ Santa Barbara Film Festival 2021 interview with directors: Jim Kamoosi and Laura Wing-Kamoosi
Interview by Emmanuel Itier for filmfestivals.com
Q: How did it come together and what was the idea behind this documentary?
Laura: Jim and I had done, mainly, lots of work in commercials and digital contents. We wanted to do something a little more serious. We knew Tim Faust, who is in the film, and we had been talking with him about finding some type of health care ...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
As if penning and directing THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 to Oscar notice wasn't enough for Aaron Sorkin, his BEING THE RICARDOS from Amazon Studios promises quite a piquant punch bowl of comedic homage to Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz. This backgrounder of the "I Love Lucy" show is one to watch for, as Sorkin rounds out his considerable writing chops with JK Simmons in a turn here in the cast, and Amazon Studios ann...
Happy to share this letter from Sundance Institute CEO Keri Putnam
To our Sundance community —
After 10 deeply rewarding years, I have decided that it is the right time for me to step down as CEO of the Sundance Institute. Leading this incredible organization through a volatile era in media with the help of such a passionate and talented group of colleagues, artists, audiences, board members, partners, friends, and donors has been one of the greatest joys of my life. As I work...
BILL MURRAY
MALTIN MODERN MASTER AWARD
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021 @ 6:00PM
Join us for a 90+ minute online live-streamed conversation with the honoree about his entire career.
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE!
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INVISIBLE VALLEY
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2021
Directors: Aaron Maurer and Producer: Zach McMillan
Interview by Emmanuel Itier
Q: Tell me how this project came together and what was the idea behind it?
Aaron: It came together as the request to show the world of migrant workers. We live in New York and, at first, we were not sure we could tell that story. But we felt we could look at the story of migrant workers in relat...
VARIETY ARTISANS AWARD
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021 @ 6:00PM
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Variety’s seventh annual Artisans Awards celebrates those essential to the filmmaking process and who have exhibited the most exciting and innovative work of the year in their respective fields.
The Tribute evening will take place online Monday, April 5th at 6:00pm and will be moderated by Variety’s Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay
The Variety Artisans Award will be presented to Al...
